little-known Sachin Tendulkar facts As one of the greatest Indian cricketer wraps up his 24-year career, here are some little-known, interesting nuggets about the master. 1. The first school Sachin attended as a child was Indian Education Societys New English School in Bandra East. Sachin Tendulkar looks on with a bust of Sir Donald Bradman before an ODI against Australia at the SCG on February 26, 2012. (Getty Images) 2. Sachins elder brother Ajit Tendulkar had played cricket alongside former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit and former India opener Lalchand Rajput. 3. In 1990, while returning from the tour of England at the age of 17, Sachin met his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport. 4. Sachin got married at the age of 22. 5. Sachins father-in-law is a seven-time national bridge champion. 6. Sachins daughter Sara is named after the first tournament Sachin won as a captain - Sahara Cup in 1997. 7. Sachins father, Ramesh Tendulkar, named him after the famous music director Sachin Dev Burman. EARLY DAYS 8. Sunil Gavaskar gifted the 14-year-old Sachin a pair of his own ultra-light pads. Those pads were later stolen while Sachin was at the under-15 national camp. 9. Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a GM bat after he was selected for the under-15 Bombay squad. 10. Dennis Lillie rejected Sachin when he went to the MRF Pace Foundation to become a fast bowler. 11. Sachin met Sourav Ganguly for the first time at the under-15 national camp in Indore. 12. Sachin scored his lifes first century for Shradashram Vidyamandir against the Don Bosco School, Matunga, in the Harris Shield quarter-final at Shivaji Park. 13. Sachins average in the 1988 Harris Shield was 102.5. 14. CCI amended its rules to allow 14-year-old Sachin to use its dressing room. 15. Sachin and Gavaskar were both named among the 36 Bombay Ranji Trophy probables in 1987. 16. Sachin was one of the ball boys during the 1987 World Cup held in India. Becoming Tendulkar 17. Sachin, Waqar Younis, Salil Ankola and Shahid Saeed made their international debuts together in the 1989 Karachi Test. 18. Sachins debut Test was Kapil Devs 100th. 19. Sachin scored a duck in his ODI debut, which was against Pakistan. 20. Sachin scored his first Test century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1990.
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