Sachin Tendulkar India Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra Current age 40 years 196 days Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire Nickname Tendlya, Little Master Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly Height 5 ft 5 in Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs. More Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 198 327 33 15837 248* 53.86 51 67 69 115 0 ODIs 463 452 41 18426 200* 44.83 21367 86.23 49 96 2016 195 140 0 T20Is 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 12 83.33 0 0 2 0 1 0 First-class 308 488 51 25312 248* 57.92 81 115 186 0 List A 551 538 55 21999 200* 45.54 60 114 175 0 Twenty20 96 96 11 2797 100* 32.90 2310 121.08 1 16 359 38 28 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 198 142 4198 2461 45 3/10 3/14 54.68 3.51 93.2 0 0 0 ODIs 463 270 8054 6850 154 5/32 5/32 44.48 5.10 52.2 4 2 0 T20Is 1 1 15 12 1 1/12 1/12 12.00 4.80 15.0 0 0 0 First-class 308 7563 4353 70 3/10 62.18 3.45 108.0 0 0 List A 551 10230 8478 201 5/32 5/32 42.17 4.97 50.8 4 2 0 Twenty20 96 8 93 123 2 1/12 1/12 61.50 7.93 46.5 0 0 0 Career statistics Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard Last Test India v Australia at Delhi, Mar 22-24, 2013 scorecard Test statistics ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard Last ODI India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Mar 18, 2012 scorecard ODI statistics Only T20I South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard T20I statistics First-class debut 1988/89 Last First-class Haryana v Mumbai at Rohtak, Oct 27-30, 2013 scorecard List A debut 1989/90 Last List A India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Mar 18, 2012 scorecard Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard Last Twenty20 Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals at Delhi, Oct 6, 2013 scorecard Recent matches Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard 5, 79* Mumbai v Haryana Rohtak 27 Oct 2013 FC 15 Mum Indians v Royals Delhi 6 Oct 2013 T20 35 Mum Indians v Trinidad & T Delhi 5 Oct 2013 T20 0 Mum Indians v Scorchers Delhi 2 Oct 2013 T20 5 Mum Indians v Lions Jaipur 27 Sep 2013 T20 15 Mum Indians v Royals Jaipur 21 Sep 2013 T20 38* Mum Indians v Sunrisers Mumbai 13 May 2013 T20 15 Mum Indians v Warriors Pune 11 May 2013 T20 48 Mum Indians v KKR Mumbai 7 May 2013 T20 15 Mum Indians v Super Kings Mumbai 5 May 2013 T20 Profile Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses - anticipation. If he doesnt have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will. There are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkars game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, can tune his technique to suit every condition, temper his game to suit every situation, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions. Some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year-old on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman: Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself. Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and armed with a loathing for losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best batsmen in the world. His greatness was established early: he was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood- soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer, and in the years after, he went past 13,000 Test runs 30,000 international runs, and 50 Test hundreds. He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs - remarkable, considering he didnt score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match. Incredibly, he retains a divine enthusiasm for the game: at 36 years and 306 days he broke a 40-year-old barrier by scoring the first double-century in one-day cricket. In 2012, when just one month short of his 39th birthday, he became the first player to score 100 international centuries, which like Bradmans batting average, could be a mark that lasts for ever. Later that year, though, he announced his retirement from ODIs after a disappointing 18 months in international cricket. In October 2013, having played 198 Tests, Tendulkar announced that he would quit the longest format after playing his 200th Test, at home against West Indies. Tendulkars considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred in each innings as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Sambit Bal Hide Rahul Bhattacharya on Sachin Tendulkar Man-child superstar The cricketer seemingly emerged fully formed when he first picked up a bat. So too perhaps did the luminary Stats analysis Master of the game He has such staggering numbers in both Tests and ODIs that its conceivable some of those records may never be broken Timeline February 23-25, 1988 A monster in the making December 11, 1988 Truly first-class debut December 14, 1989 Bloody-minded to start with Read All » « Prev Showing 1 of 16 Next » Best Performances 119 not out v England, Old Trafford, 1990 114 v Australia, Perth, 1991-92 169 v South Africa, Cape Town, 1996-97 Read All » « Prev Showing 1 of 6 Next » Cricinfo picks - Our top articles on this player The saint (Nov 1, 2003) His purity of technique and image make him an icon with more than a touch of the divine Mark 3 (Jun 1, 2006) Not anymore the wunderkind he was 15 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Cricinfo about looking at life and his game with equanimity and stoicism A ride with Sachin (Oct 1, 2004) In a 2004 interview, Tendulkar speaks about his decade and a half in cricket and how the game, and his approach to it, have changed. Sachin Tendulkar (1997) It was one brief moment in time Sachin Tendulkar: Man, myth or product of the times? (Oct 16, 2000) Sachin Tendulkar.. A singular icon (Sep 1, 2002) Like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Sachin Tendulkar dominates his sport comprehensively, but unlike them he is the sole focus of an entire nation and its quest for identity The best batsman Ive bowled to (Sep 1, 2002) Theres Steve Waugh and Brian Lara. And then, a notch above, theres Sachin Tendulkar Latest Articles Tendulkar gets his game face on for the final lap (Nov 6, 2013) Tendulkar mania grips Kolkata (Nov 3, 2013) The king and his heir (Nov 3, 2013) Tendulkar fifty holds Mumbai hopes (Oct 29, 2013) First-class crowd laps up first-class cricket (Oct 28, 2013)
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