Full Name: Sachin Tendulkar Date of birth: 24 / 04 / 1973 Country: India Role: Batsman Batting style: Right-hand Bowling style: Off break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Career summary - Test debut v Pakistan at Karachi - November 1989. - ODI debut v Pakistan at Gujranwala - December 1989. - Showed bravery during his debut match when he played on after he was struck on the head. He was only 16 at the time, Indias youngest ever Test player. - The Little Master made his ODI debut later on the same tour at Gujranwala in December, but was dismissed without scoring a run. - In his debut first-class match for Bombay in the 1988/89 season, he scored 100 not-out aged 15 years 232 days, he was by far the youngest player to score a century on debut. - He is the only player to score a century while making his debuts in the Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy. - Currently holds the record for the most number of runs in ODIs and Tests, and the most number of centuries scored, both in one-day Internationals and in Test cricket. - He also holds the record for most-capped Indian in Test cricket while he was the first player to reach 400 ODI caps. - Also holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year, having done it six times, in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003. - In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, a record for ODI runs by any batsman in a calendar year. - His highest Test score with the bat is 248 not out, which he made against Australia in 2004 at Sydney. - Was the top run scorer in the 2003 World Cup with 673 runs & passed 50 in seven of his 11 innings. - In February 2010 he became the first batsman to hit a double-century in ODI cricket as he scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in Gwailor. - Became the first man to 50 Test match centuries in December 2010 achieving the feat against South Africa in Centurion. - 2011 saw him finally win the World Cup as India beat Sri Lanka in final. - Scored his 100th international century against Bangladesh in Mirpur in March 2012 - a record unlikely to ever be matched. - In December 2012 after 463 matches, 18,426 runs and 49 hundreds, Tendulkar retired from ODIs
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:38:30 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015