Sachin Tendulkar Biography And his records

Sachin Tendulkar Biography

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India. He went to Shradashram Vidyamandir, a high school in Mumbai, where he began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He attended the MRF Pace Foundation during his schooldays to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who saw him training, was not much impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should focus on his batting instead. As a young boy, Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net, and was driven hard by his coach Achrekar.

While at school, his extraordinary batting skills got noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the young boy would soon become one of the greats in cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in every inning that he played. In one of the inter school matches that year, he had an unbroken 664-run partnership with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.

At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15 runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of 18 balls at Peshawar.

In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.

During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.

At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for the English county as the first overseas player.

In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 873 runs in 11 matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.

Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.

Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.

Personal Life

In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a Mumbai-based NGO.

LIST OF RECORDS HELD BY SACHIN TENDULKAR

1. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals 2. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket 3. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46 4. Most number of hundreds in the Tests 47 5. Most number of nineties in the ODI 6. Most number of man of the matches in the ODI's -61 7. Most number of man of the series(15) in ODI's 8. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's 9. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI 10. First Cricketer to pass 15000, 16000, 17000 run in the ODI 11. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) 12. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup 13. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 14. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup 15. Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 16. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 17. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so. 19. First and only cricketer to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. India's highest sporting honor 20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player 21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman. 22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. 23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts 24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire 25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan. 26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times 27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman 28.First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire. 29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 61 man of the match awards only 7 times India has lost. 30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards against Australia 31. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket 32. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 93 centuries 33. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall. 34. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches 35. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record 36. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 (Sachin 186*, Dravid 153) 37. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid 38. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998 39. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007) 40. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 - 15, 000and 16,000 run marks IN ODI. 41. He hit the fastest double century in any international match 42. Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs 43. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations. 44. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs 45. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds 46. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 47. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world 48. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century 49. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record 50. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side 51. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten 52. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs 53. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world. 54. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home 55. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings 56. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches 57. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. 58. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), have appeared in more games than Tendulkar. 59. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances). 60. First to 25,000 international runs 61. Tendulkar's 25,000+ runs in international cricket include 17000+ runs in ODI's, 13,000+ Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played. 62. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket. 63. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI 64. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests 65. Sachin hit the first double century in the 40 year history of one day internationals 66. Maximum number of boundaries in a single innings 67. Heighest score in ODI cricket 200*

Sachin's batting statistics at Worldcup 2011 

Against

Runs

Balls

4s

6s

SR

Bangladesh

28

29

4

0

96.5

England

120

115

10

5

104.34

Ireland

38

56

4

0

67.85

Netherlands

27

22

6

0

122.72

South Africa

111

101

8

3

109.9

Sachin Tendulkar become the first batsman to score five centuries in World Cup matches 

Tendulkar made 120 off 115 balls against England

Little Master Sachin Tendulkar slammed his 47th ODI hundred on Sunday as India were all out for 338 in 49.5 overs against England in Group B match of ICC Cricket World cup 2011.

Tendulkar displayed a wide variety of strokes, Master Blaster's flawless 120 was studded with 10 fours and 5 sixes.

Runs:120

Balls:115

R.R:104.34

4's:10

6's:5

1. Record number of matches played – 442 matches
2. First player to play a record 400 innings
3. Number of consecutive ODI appearances – 190 matches
4. Cricket grounds played on – 90 grounds
5. Highest individual score by a single player – 200*
6. Most runs in a cricket career – 17,598 runs
7. Record number of ODI centuries – 46 Centuries
8. Record number of centuries in ODIs against an opponent – 9 Centuries
9. Record number of centuries in tournament finals – 6 Centuries
10. Record number of centuries in all formats against an opponent – 19 centuries
11. On Sachin’s Debut, he was the second youngest debutant after Aaqib Javed of Pakistan
12. First player to score 10,000 runs
13. First player to score 11,000 runs
14. First player to score 12,000 runs
15. First player to score 13,000 runs
16. First player to score 14,000 runs
17. First player to score 15,000 runs
18. First player to score 16,000 runs
19. First player to score 17,000 runs
20. Only male player to score a double century in ODIs
21. Tendulkar has scored more than 1,000 runs against every major cricket playing nation
22. Sachin is the only player to score more than 3000 runs against a single opponent – Sri Lanka and Australia
23. Holds the record to score more than 1,000 runs in a single calender year. He has done this 7 times so far.
24. Most number of runs in tournament finals – 1833 runs
25. Most fours in an innings – 25 against South Africa
26. Record number of scores above 150  in an innings – 5
27. Most Half Centuries in ODIs – 93 Half Centuries
28. Highest number of scores over 50 – 139
29. Most Man of the Match awards in ODIs – 61
30. Most Man of the Series awards in ODIs – 19
31. Most half centuries in world cup matches – 13
32. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most runs in ODIs in a calendar year – 1894 runs in 1998
33. Second Fastest to reach 8000 test runs. Record recently broken by Kumar Sangakarra
34. Fastest to reach 12,000 test runs
35. Fastest to reach 13,000 test runs
36. Record centuries in a calendar year – 9 centuries in 1998
37. Highest partnership for any ODI wicket – 331 runs with Rahul Dravid
38. Highest partnership for 2nd wicket in ODIs – 331 runs with Rahul Dravid
39. Highest partnership for 3rd wicket in ODIs – 237* runs with Rahul Dravid
40. Highest partnership aggregated by a pair – 8227 runs with Sourav Ganguly
41. Record opening partnership pair – 6609 runs with Sourav Ganguly
42. Most century partnerships – 26 partnerships with Sourav Ganguly
43. 4 wickets and Century in the same match – Against Australia in 1998
44. Sachin Tendulkar has been dismissed a record 3 times on 99 in ODIs
45. Sachin has been the most dismissed batsman in the 90s in International cricket – 24
46. Most 200 run partnerships in ODIs – 6
47. Most century partnerships by an opening pair – 21 with Sourav Ganguly
48. Record number of runs in a cricket world cup – 673 runs in 2003
49. Most runs in cricket world cups combined – 1796 runs
50. Most centuries in International cricket – 94 centuries
51. Most Test cricket centuries – 48 Centuries
52. First batsman to complete 31,000 International runs
53. Most test runs – 13447 runs
54. Most dismissals in the 90s in ODIs – 17
55. Most number of Test appearances - 169
56. Most fours in test cricket – 1734+
57. Most century partnerships in Tests – 17 with Rahul Dravid
58. Highest score by an Indian captain – 217 against New Zealand
59. More than 1000 test runs in a single calendar year – 5 times
60. Record number of man of the match awards by an Indian in Test matches – 14 times
61. First batsman to score 50 international centuries
62. First batsman to score 60 International centuries
63. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 70 International centuries
64. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 80 International centuries
65. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 90 International centuries
66. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored century on debut in the Irani trophy, Ranji trophy and Duleep trophy
67. Most Centuriess in World cup Cricket – 4
68. Most Half Centuries in World Cup cricket – 17
69. Most boundaries in International cricket – 3675
70. Most half centuries in International cricket – 149
71. Most runs in a single edition of the IPL – 618 runs
72. Most runs scored in test matches away from home – 7819 runs
73. Highest overall partnership runs, in all formats combined – 12,400 runs with Sourav Ganguly
74. Most matches in a career – 606 matches
75. Sachin Tendulkar has played for a record number of consecutive matches for India – 239 matches
76. Highest partnership for the 3rd wicket in World Cup – 237 runs with Rahul Dravid
77. Fastest to reach 10,000 Test runs
78. Sachin is currently second after Sanath Jayasuriya for the most ODI appearances, soon expected to overtake
79. Sachin Tendulkar scored 5 centuries before he turned 20
80. Most fours in ODI cricket – 1927 boundaries
81. Ranked by Wisden as the Best ODI batsman of all time
82. Ranked by Wisden as the Second Best Test batsman of all time
83. Highest Indian last wicket partnership – 133 runs with Zaheer Khan
84. Most number of Man of the Match awards in World Cup
85. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were involved in a 664 run partnership in Harris Shield game in 1988. A record broken this year
86. In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas player to play for Yorkshire at the age of 19
87. Has the least percentage of Man of the Match awards when on the losing side. Out of the 56 times, India has lost 5 times
88. Sachin has won the Padma Shri, Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards, and he is the only cricketer to receive them all
89. One of the few batsmen to have Centuries against all Test Playing countries
90. The first batsman to be given out by a Third Umpire TV reviewal system
91. Sachin holds the record for being the only player to have 40 wickets and 11000 runs in Test cricket
92. Sachin holds the record for being the only player to have 150 wickets and 15000 runs in ODI cricket
93. Sachin Tendulkar holds the best average amongst the batsman who have crossed 10,000 ODI runs
94. The highest run scorer in the 199 and 2003 cricket world cups
95. Sachin is the only player to have more than 100, fifty plus scores
96. The only batsman to have scored more than 2 centuries against all Test playing nations
97. Sachin has completed his Century by hitting a 6, on four different occasions in test matches, a record shared by Ken Barrington
98. Only cricketer to have done 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs
99. The only player to be in Top 100 of ICC rankings for 10 years
100. Sachin is the cricketer to have a record number of records.

Another 100 for Sachin Tendulkar, with his records list. We are sure the list will grow. The list surely does tell what great caliber does Sachin Tendulkar possess. When Sachin Tendulkar toured Pakistan to face the finest bowling attacks ever in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a Formula 1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was captain of the world champion Argentine team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam title, Roger Federer was a name no one knew of , Lionel Messi was probably in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid back in Jamaica. The Berlin Wall still existed firmly, USSR was one big, big country fighting the Cold War, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to open the Narsimha Rao’s Indian economy.

It seems while time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.

                                                         FINALLY HE GOT IT......