Born 24 April 1973 Birthplace Bombay
Height 5'4"
Major Teams India, Yorkshire, Bombay
Batting Style Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Right Arm Off Break
Bat Weight 3 pounds 2 ounces
Memorable Day Beating Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup
Worst Day Losing the first ODI in RSA in 1992
Heroes Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan, Sandeep Patil
Greatest Influence My family
Current Players Admired Vinod Kambli, Brian Lara, Jonty Rhodes
Ambition To be number one in the world
Favourite Ground Sydney Cricket Ground
Least Favourite Ground Bangalore
Other Sports Followed Tennis in particular
Other Stars Maradona, Boris Becker
Motto Be true to yourself
Magazines Sportstar, Cricket today
Name: Sachin Rames Tendulkar
DOB: 24th April, 1973
Category: Sports
Country: India
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the most famous cricketer ever was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai. He had his schoolin at Sharadashram Vidyamandir School in Mumbai. He started playing cricket at a very young age. He played his first international match at the age of 16, which was a record at that time. Sachin's debut match was against Pakistan in a test match on 1989. His one-day international (ODI) debut was on December 18 against Pakistan. His maiden ODI century came on September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo, just six years after his debut. Starting there, he has so far scored a record 38 ODI centuries.
Sachin now holds the record for having taken most one-day runs (13500+) and centuries (38). He belongs to the group of rare sportsmen and his records might never be broken. Sachin Tendulkar has also captained India for few years.
Tedulkar had his love marriage with Anjali Mehta, a Gujarati doctor. They have two children Sarah (daughter) and Arjun (son).
Family: Father - Ramesh Tendulkar, Mother - , Wife - Anjali Mehta, Daughter - Sarah, Son - Arjun, Brothers - Nitin & Ajit
Tendulkar, Sister - Savita.
Praises on Sachin
1) First and foremost, Tendulkar is an entertainer and that for me is as important as any fact or figure.... For sheer entertainment he will keep cricket alive
-Barry Richards
2) He is a genius. He has a shot for every ball. The only way to stop him is to keep him off strike.
- Wes Hall ( former WestIndian cricketer and coach )
3) He is someone sent from up there to play cricket and go back
-Ravi Shastri
4) He is a genius. He has a shot for every ball. The only way to stop him is to keep him off strike. - Wes Hall ( former WestIndian cricketer and coach )
5) Sachin's a batting genius, on his day he can tear any attack in the world apart.
- Wasim Akram ( former Pakistan fast bowler)
6) Everytime I see him he gets better, his concentration reminds me of Sunny.
Ian Botham ( former English cricketer )
7) Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Lara
8) I'd pay to see him.
- Sir Vivian Richards
9) His wicket will be the biggest prize sought after by every bowler around the world. That has always been the case for batsmen who hold the mantle of 'best in the world'
- Geoffrey Boycott
10) I did produce a beauty to get Sachin out, but the whole thing was a nightmare.
- Sohib Akhtar (Pakistan speedstar)
11) I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, .... - Don Bradman 12) I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable.
- Shane Warne
13) Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind,.....and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero.
- Rahul Dravid (Indian Captain)
Personal lifeSachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta, in 1995, some years after they were introduced by mutual friends. They have two children, Sara (born October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September, 2000). It's said that Sachin named his daughter Sara after the Sahara Cup victory over Pakistan in Toronto, one of his firsts after becoming the captain of the Indian cricket team.
Marriage and fatherhood have reinforced the social values instilled by his parents; Tendulkar now sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta.
He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him. Tendulkar has been seen taking his Ferrari 360 Modena for late-night drives in Mumbai. (Gifted by Fiat through Michael Schumacher, the car became notorious when Tendulkar was given customs exemption; Fiat paid the dues to end the controversy.)
Achievements
Sachin Tendulkar's career performance graph.
Test Cricket
Highlights of Tendulkar's Test career include:
Highest number of Test centuries (35), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi. Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds - he has played Test Cricket on 52 different grounds, ahead of Azharuddin (48), Kapil Dev (47), Inzamam-ul-Haq (46) and Wasim Akram (45). 4th highest tally of runs in Test cricket (10,323) at an outstanding average of 56.14 (highest among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs) as of December 2, 2005 He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings. Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches. He has 37 wickets in Tests (14 Dec 2005), though his bowling averages are above 40. Second fastest player to reach 9000 runs (Brian Lara made 9000 in 177 innings, Sachin in 179.)
ODI
Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include:
Played more matches than any other cricketer Most Man of the Matches (50) awards Most runs (14,146 as of 15th February, 2006) First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs Only cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIs Most centuries (39)
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs as of February, 2006 Apeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds) Strike rate of over 86% over 350 matches Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Over 100 wickets (141 as of 15th February, 2006)
Highest batting average among batsmen with over 7,500 ODI runs (as of February 15, 2006) Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999) Most runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket History Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
Miscellaneous
Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa. He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1992. Till date Sachin has been caught behind 52 times in ODI's.
