Sachin
Tendulkar is an Indian professional cricket player, considered by many to be
one of the greatest batsmen of all time.
Sachin
Tendulkar a boy of 16 walks in to bat against the fiery attack of Waqar Younis
and Wasim Akram and is hit on the head, even then this little boy goes on to
make half century. This boy was none other than the phenomenal Sachin
Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar, the very name that strikes terror in the hearts of
the bowlers all over the world, is regarded as the most accomplished batsman of
modern day cricket. Since his debut against Pakistan in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar
has been shining like a star in the international cricketing arena.
Achievements and Accolades:
Ever
since Sachin made his debut against Pakistan at the age of 16, he has not
looked back. Sachin has piled up runs against all teams in the world. Sachin
Tendulkar is rightly hailed as the master blaster as he treats most of the
bowlers with utter disdain. This man employs almost every shot mentioned in the
cricketing manuals. Sachin Tendulkar is capable of tearing apart any bowling
attack.
The
most fascinating part of Sachin's batting is that he keeps improvising the
shots in his armory. In the last 16 years of his carrier, Sachin has won almost
every award associated with cricket. At present Sachin is the highest run
getter (over 13000 runs) in the one day form of the game and is inching towards
becoming the highest run scorer in the test cricket as well. Sachin also has
the maximum number of test and one day centuries to his name.
The
talent and genius of Sachin Tendulkar was best summed up by the legendry sir
Don Bradman when he said that batting style of Sachin Tendulkar reminded him of
his own youth.
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Batting Style:
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Right -Hand Batsman
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Bowling Style:
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Right Arm Medium, Leg Break,
Right Arm off Break
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ODI Debut:
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India v Pakistan at Gujranwala,
2nd ODI, 1989/90
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Test Debut:
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India v Pakistan at Karachi,
1st Test, 1989/90
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Turning Point
Initially
Sachin Tendulkar wanted to be a fast bowler and even undertook trials at the
MRF pace foundation, Chennai, but his short height proved to be an obstacle.
Changing his school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir and meeting Mr. Ramakant
Achrekar (who became his coach) was the turning point of Sachin's cricket
career.
Early Promise
Playing
for his school, Shardashram Vidya Mandir, Sachin along with his buddy Vinod
Kambli set a world record partnership of 664 runs for the third wicket. There
was no looking back after that. Sachin became the only player to score a
century on debut in all three domestic first class competitions- 100 not out in
the Ranji Trophy (Bombay v Gujarat at Bombay 1988-89), 159 in the Duleep Trophy
(West Zone v East Zone at Guwahati 1990-91) and 103 not out in the Irani Trophy
(Rest of India v Delhi at Bombay, 1989-90).
This
was the beginning of what Sunil Gavaskar called an illustrious cricketing
genius. Such was the promise and prospect of this little boy that during a
local match the umpire deliberately didn't declare him out just to show the
class of Sachin to one of his friends, a former cricketer.
Sachin Tendulkar Biography
Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai. Sachin's father, Ramesh
Tendulkar was a professor of Marathi. Seeing loads of promises in his younger
brother, Ajit Tendulkar (Sachin's brother) decided to guide Sachin in the early
stages of his life. Ajit took his kid brother to Mr. Ramakant Achrekar,
arguably the best cricket coach of his times. It was because of cricket that
Sachin had to change his school and had to stay at his uncle's place.
Mr.
Achrekar was thoroughly impressed by this little boy. Achrekar could see the
world champion in this little boy. He was satisfied beyond doubt that Sachin
had huge potential and hunger to succeed at the highest level. Slowly and
gradually Sachin started making waves in the local cricket of Mumbai. And it
was not long before Sachin got to play his first Ranji trophy match against
Gujarat in 1988-89. Sachin went on to make 100 not out in his very debut 1st class
match; it was not a surprise for those who knew him!
Ups And Downs
After
some initial hiccups, there has not been any real stumbling block in cricketing
carrier of this" Bombay Bomber". The little genius, as Sachin is
fondly called, has been performing consistently for the country ever since he
started playing cricket for India. But every champion has some lean patches,
Sachin too had some.
Sachin's
tremendous performances soon elevated him to the most challenging task of
captaining the Indian side. But sadly this pressure had its toll on Sachin's
batting. Many criticize Sachin of not delivering the goods in crunch
situations. In recent years Sachin has not been in scintillating of forms and
his genius has been visible only in parts. While criticizing him we must not
forget that Sachin has been round the corner for the last 16 years.
Captaincy: Tendulkar's record
Tendulkar's
two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful.
When Tendulkar took over as captain in 1996, it was with huge hopes and
expectations. However, by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Azharuddin was credited with saying "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main
jeet nahin hai!” which translates into: "He won't win! It's
not in the small one's destiny!"
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Tendulkar's record as
captain
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Matches
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Won
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Lost
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Drawn
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Tied
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No result
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Win %
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25
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4
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9
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12
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0
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16%
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73
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23
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43
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2
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6
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31.50%
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Tendulkar,
succeeding Azharuddin as captain for his second term, led India on a tour of
Australia, where the visitors were beaten 3–0 by the newly crowned world
champions. Tendulkar, however, won the player of the series
award as well as player of the match in one of the games. After
another Test series defeat, this time by a 0–2 margin at home against South
Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took
over as captain in 2000. Tendulkar remained an integral part of the Indian
team's strategic processes. He was often seen in discussion with the captain,
at times actively involved in building strategies Former captain Rahul Dravid publicly
acknowledged that Tendulkar had been suggesting moves such as the promotion
of Irfan Pathan up the batting order which, although only
temporary, had an immediate effect on the team's fortunes. In 2007,
Tendulkar was appointed vice-captain to captain Rahul Dravid. During the
Indian team's 2007 tour of England, Dravid's desire to resign from the
captaincy became known. The BCCI President Sharad Pawar
personally offered the captaincy to Tendulkar. However, Tendulkar asked Pawar
not to appoint him captain, instead recommending Mahendra Singh
Dhoni to take over the
reins. Pawar later revealed this conversation, crediting Tendulkar for first
forwarding the name of Dhoni, who since achieved much success as captain.
International Record’s of Sachin
Tendulkar:
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Tendulkar's
results in international matches
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Matches
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Won
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Lost
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Drawn
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Tied
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No
result
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Test
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200
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72
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56
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72
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0
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ODI
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463
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234
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200
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5
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24
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T20
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1
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1
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–
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–
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–
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Indian Premier League and Champions
League:
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Tendulkar's
record in Twenty20 matches
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Matches
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Runs
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HS
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100s
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50s
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Avg.
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T20I
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1
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10
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10
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0
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0
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10.00
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IPL
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78
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2334
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100*
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1
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13
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34.83
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CLT20
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13
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265
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69
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0
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1
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20.38
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Centuries Against different
Nations:
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Nations
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Test
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ODI
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 Australia
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11
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9
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 Sri Lanka
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9
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8
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 South Africa
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7
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5
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 England
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7
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2
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 New Zealand
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4
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5
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 West Indies
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3
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4
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 Zimbabwe
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3
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5
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 Pakistan
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2
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5
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 Bangladesh
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5
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1
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 Kenya
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0
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4
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 Namibia
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0
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1
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Rajya Sabha Nomination:
In
April 2012, Tendulkar accepted the Rajya Sabha nomination proposed by the
President of India and became the first active sportsperson and cricketer to
have been nominated. Former cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar, Ajit Wadekar, Madan
Lal expressed their surprise over this move.
On
2 May, Tendulkar was elected to seat number 103 in the Rajya Sabha and took the
oath on 4 June. He refused to take the bungalow allotted to him in New Delhi
calling it "waste of tax payer's money" as he resides in Mumbai.
