Sachin Tendulkar announced this morning that he will retire from cricket after his 200th Test. And after 24 years, there are few records the Little Master hasnt broken. Having made his debut in 1989, Tendulkar has lit up the international stage with a majestic career of batting. He became the first man to score 100 international centuries among and has also scored more international runs. And in celebration of his landmark, achieved with 51 Test centuries and 49 ODI hundreds, we have compiled a century of facts for you to enjoy... 1) His full name is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar 2) He was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai 3) He has two brothers and a sister. His elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket 4) He was named after legendary Indian music director Sachin Dev Burman 5) His nicknames are Little Master, Tendlya, The Little Champion, and Master Blaster 6) Sachin stands just 5ft 5ins tall 7) He is a right-handed batsman 8) He is also a right-handed spin bowler 9) But he writes with his left hand 10) He attended the MRF Pace Foundation to get training as a fast bowler, Australian bowling legend Dennis Lillee was unimpressed and recommended he focus on batting 11) He was a ball boy during the 1987 World Cup semi-finals between India and England at Wankhende. England won 12) Growing up, Sachin would ask his friend Ramesh Pradhe to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him. He wanted to see the wet marks left on the bat to know whether he had middled the ball 13) International teammate Praveen Amre bought him his first pair of international quality cricket shoes Sachin Tendulkar with Praveen Amre in 2007 Pals: Amre bought Tendulkar cricket shoes Getty 14) A prankster, he once put a hose pipe into Sourav Gangulys room and turned on the tap. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating 15) Sachin calls Ganguly Babu Moshai, meaning elder brother in Bengali. Ganguly calls him Chota Babu – little brother 16) He was considered a child prodigy during his high school days. He never played in under 19 league, instead moving straight into senior cricket 17) In his senior season of 1988, aged 15, he scored a century in every innings he played 18) On 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut 19) He is half of the world record cricket partnership of 664 runs, set with schoolfriend Vinod Kambli in an inter-school competition in 1988 20) The pair sang and whistled during their 664-run record stand to avoid eye contact with the coachs assistant, who wanted to declare while the duo wanted to bat on. Sachin ended on 326 not out 21) He made his Test debut for India against Pakistan on November 15, 1989, scoring 15 Sachin Tendulkar before the Test series against Pakistan in India in October 1989 Ready to go: Sachin ahead of his first Test series Getty 22) On his debut he wore a set of cricket pads given to him when he was 16 by his hero Sunil Gavaskar 23) He always puts his left pad on first when kitting himself up for the crease 24) He made his One Day International debut on December 18, 1989 – but Waqar Younis got him out for a duck 25) His chosen shirt number when he played ODIs was 10 or 99 26) Sachin went 79 matches before scoring his first ODI century – by which time he had scored seven Test hundreds 27) During the England tour of 1990, he became the second youngest cricketer to score a Test Century at Old Trafford Manchester 28) He was the first overseas player to play for Yorkshire, joining in 1992 View gallery Getty Images Sachin Tendulkar View gallery 29) Aged 19, it made him the youngest Indian to play in county cricket 30) The first brand which Sachin endorsed was the health drink Boost. He was seen alongside Kapil Dev in many of their adverts from 1992 onwards 31) Other brands he has promoted include Pepsi, which saw him appear in an advert alongside king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan. He joined cricketers Karl Hooper and Shane Warne for a commercial which ran during the 2003 World Cup 32) In 1992 Sachin became the youngest cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in Test cricket 33) Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a world record, still held by him 34) Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire, when he was run out against South Africa in the first test in Durban in 1992 35) Tendulkars immense popularity saw him be an early pioneer in India on cricket business dealings, signing a record sports management deal with Worldtel in 1995 worth $5.7million over five years. In 2001 he signed a new deal for $15.2million, switching to Saatchi and Saatchis ICONIX in 2006 for a deal worth $34.2million over three years 36) He did not have a bat sponsorship contract until 1996 37) Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/2000 season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side 38) He also holds the record for the highest 2nd wicket partnership with Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1990/2000 39) In 2002 cricket bible Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman, behind Sir Don Bradman 40) In 2003 Wisden rated Sachin the greatest ever ODI player 41) In 2010 he won the ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year 42) On 3 September 2010 he became the only sportsman to be made an Honorary Group captain by the Indian Air Force 43) He was the first cricketer to score 200 runs in an ODI Game, against South Africa in 2010. He held the record for the highest individual score in ODI cricket until it was recently broken by his team mate Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar throws his arms up into the air as he celebrates scoring a world record breaking double century History maker: Tendulkar celebrates his record-breaking double century Getty 44) He is the only cricketer to have featured in six ODI World Cups 45) He also has the highest number of World Cup Man of the Match awards 46) He holds the record for the most number of runs scored in a single World Cup after racking up 673 runs in the 2003 tournament 47) His hundred against England during the group stages of last year’s Cricket World Cup gave him more centuries than any other player in World Cups, with six 48) That 100 also made him the first player to score 2,000 runs in World Cup cricket 49) He is the only cricketer to receive Rajiv Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour 50) He is the highest ever run scorer in ODIs 51) Sachin also holds the record for most hundreds in ODIs with 41 Sachin Tendulkar bowls during a ODI the Rosebowl in Hampshire All rounder: Sachin can turn his hand to spin-bowling Getty 52) But he doesn’t always make it to a century – he also has the largest number of ODI innings in the 90s 53) He was the first cricketer to pass 10,000 runs in ODIs 54) He went on to become the first cricketer to pass 15,000 runs in ODIs too 55) Sachin also holds the record for scoring most boundaries in ODIs 56) He is also the first batsman to cross 15,000 runs in Test cricket 57) Run machine Sachin is the first player to reach 25,000 international runs 58) And the first to reach 30,000 international runs 59) He is the only player to have taken 150 wickets and scored more than 15,000 runs in ODIs 60) And the only player to have taken 40 wickets and scored more than 11,000 runs in Tests 61) Sachin also holds the record for most number of Test appearances at 198 62) He has the most Test 50s in history 63) Despite all his success, Sachin has never scored a Test century at Lord’s, the only major venue where he has not notched 100 Sachin Tendulkar goes back to the pavillion at Lords after being dismissed Not to be: Sachin Tendulkars name is still not on the Lords honours board Getty 64) Sachin’s career average in Tests stands at an impressive 53, while his ODI average finished at 44.83 65) Tendulkar features in Bradman’s all time Test XI, the only player from the current generation 66) The Don, rated by many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered Tendulkar to have a batting style similar to his. Bradman was most taken by Tendulkars technique, compactness and shot production, and had asked his wife to have a look at Tendulkar, having felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradmans wife, Jessie, agreed that they did appear similar,” his biography records 67) In August 2008 Sachin became the first Indian cricketer, and only the third player in Test match history, to play 150 matches when he was selected for the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo 68) Sachin’s talents extend beyond batting. While he is not a regular bowler, he can bowl medium pace, leg spin, and off spin, and is often used as a partnership breaker 69) He has taken 45 Test match wickets and is the 10th highest wicket taker for India in ODIs 70) Tendulkar has scored more than 1,000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs seven times Don Bradman in action during a test match against Leeds The Don: Sir Donald Bradman recognised a fellow cricketing legend Getty 71) In 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals 72) Sachin has also had success in Twenty20. He was made captain for the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition in 2008 73) He was also made the teams icon player - signing for more than $1million 74) Tendulkar set the record for most runs in an IPL season in 2010, scoring 618 runs in 14 innings with the Mumbai Indians 75) He was declared player of the tournament for his performance during the season. He also won Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at the 2010 IPL Awards ceremony 76) Sachin had less success in his two short spells as international captain, with only four Test wins in 25 matches 77) Tendulkar has been on Twitter since May 2010, tweeting as @sachin_rt Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-retires-100-facts-763750#ixzz2kdRtKrhi Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook
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