Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Biography

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar  pronunciation ( born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the first male player to score a double century in ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.



Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar   Biography
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 38)
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Nickname Little Master, Tendlya[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 187) 15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test 24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 16 March 2012 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 10
Only T20I 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
1988 Cricket Club of India
1988–present Mumbai
1992 Yorkshire
2008–present Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 188 453 292 541
Runs scored 15,470 18,111 24,389 21,684
Batting average 55.44 45.16 58.62 45.84
100s/50s 51/65 49/95 78/111 59/113
Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*
Balls bowled 4,174 8,032 7,539 10,220
Wickets 45 154 70 201
Bowling average 54.33 44.32 61.95 42.11
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32
Catches/stumpings 113/– 136/– 181/– 171/–