Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Listeni/səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973)[1] is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation.[2][3] Born in Mumbai, he took up cricket at age of eleven, made his test debut against Pakistan at just sixteen years old, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for more than twenty years. He retired from the Indian Premier League in May 2013 and has announced that he will retire from the sport in November 2013 after playing his two-hundredth test match, against the West Indies in Mumbais Wankhede Stadium.[4][5][6] He is the first player to score one hundred international centuries, the first player to score a double century in a One Day International, and thus far the only to complete 34,000 runs in international cricket.[7][8][9][10] In 2002, Wisden Cricketers Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[11] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[12] He was also the recipient of Player of the Tournament award of the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. In October 2013, he became the only Indian cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers Almanack.[13][14][15][16] Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[17] He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna were changed to allow him receive the award.[18][19] He is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of India.[20] As of October 2013, Tendulkar has played 662 matches in international cricket.[21] On 5 October 2013, Sachin Tendulkar became the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket (First-class cricket, List A cricket and Twenty20 combined).[22][23][24] Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, Indias second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, Indias highest sporting honour. He was also the first sportsperson and the first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.[25][26] Sachin holds the 19th rank in ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen as of 17 March 2013.[27]On 1 August 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was nominated for the ICC Peoples Choice award for the third time.[28] In 2012, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Sachin Tendulkar was ranked 78th richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes list of worlds highest-paid athletes for the year 2012.[29] In June 2013 list, Forbes ranked Sachin at 51st position in highest paid athletes list, with his total earnings were estimated to be USD 22 million.[30][31][32] In October 2013,the net worth of Sachin Tendulkar was estimated at US$ 160 million by Wealth X ,making him Indias wealthiest cricket player.[33][34] Sachin Tendulkar was named as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in 2012.[35] On 23 December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.[36][37][38][39] Before ODI retirement,Tendulkar had already stated that he will not be playing T20 Internationals.[40]
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