The legend of cricket

The Legend of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar

The Legend of CricketSachin Tendulkar

Contents:-Early & Personal Life Domestic CareerInternational CareerIPLRecordsFan FollowingConclusion

Early & Personal Life:-Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 24 April 1973. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist.Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister SavitaHis wife is Anjali, who is a doctor.

Domestic Career:-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. He followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and Duleep Trophy.[He also made an unbeaten century in the Irani Trophy final, and was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year, after just one first class season.[

International Career :-

Pakistan Tour:Tendulkar played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989 aged just 16.In all, he scored 215 runs at an average of 35.83 in the Test series.He was dismissed without scoring a run in the only One Day International he played.

Tendulkar's shot to reach 14,000 Test runs. He was batting against Australia in October 2010

Career Records:-Batting and fielding averagesMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100504s6sCtStTests1772903214692248*56.945159641060ODIs4444334117629200*44.972045686.18469319291851340T20Is1101010101283.33002010First-class2804424823585248*59.86781051740List A5315185521181200*45.74571111690Twenty2044445151689*38.871171129.4601120121190MatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10Tests17713540962388453/103/1453.063.4991.0000ODIs444267802068171545/325/3244.265.1052.0420T20Is11151211/121/1212.004.8015.0000First-class28074614280703/1061.143.44106.500List A5311019684452015/325/3242.014.9650.7420Twenty204489312321/121/1261.507.9346.5000Bowling averages

Fan Following:-Tendulkar's entry into world cricket was very much hyped up by former Indian stars and those who had seen him play. Tendulkar's consistent performances earned him a fan following across the globe, including amongst Australian crowds, where Tendulkar has consistently scored centuries.One of the most popular sayings by his fans is "Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God".Cricinfo mentions in his profile that "... Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world."During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew Hayden said "I have seen God. He bats at no. 4 in India in Tests."

Conclusion:-

Man of The series award in WC-2003Captain Award by IAF