Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar The Master Blaster Born 24th April, 1973 Mumbai 1973 Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the cricket legend, was born on 24th April, 1973 in Mumbai. |1984 It elder brother, Ajit, who encouraged him to play cricket seriously at the age of 11. was Sachin's Ramakant Achrekar, a famous cricket coach, coached Sachin at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai. 3 1987 4 During the 1987 World 1988 Cup, Sachin was the ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe. At the early age of 15, Sachin was selected to represent Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy but he was not selected in the final 11. 1988 6. It was in 1988 Sachin was se- lected in the Ranji Trophy and made his debut against Guja- rat, scoring 100 not out and becoming Indian to score a century. the youngest Dilip Vengsarkar He was then selected by Dilip Vengsarkar to play for the team when he saw Sachin easily play against the best fast bowler during that time, Kapil Dev. 1988 Sachin set a world record of 664 runs in partnership with his school friend Vinod Kambli in an inter-school competition in 1988. Kapil Dev 1989 In 1989 at the young age of 16, Sachin made his Test Cricket debut for India 1989 against Pakistan, and braved the likes of Waseem Akram and Waqar Younis. Sachin Tendulkar never played in the under 19 team and made it straightaway to senior cricket. 1991 It was Shane Warne's debut match and Sachin scored a extraordinary 148 runs at the age of 18 and this was followed by another cen- tury in Perth, which is sup- posed to be the most diffi- cult pitch to bat 11 1991 12 Sachin has since then made and beaten several re- cords in the cricketing world. He has 31 hundreds in Test, out of which 3 are double hun- dreds, 34 One Day Interna- tional hundreds, out of which 2 are over 150. 1992 13 In 1992 Sachin became the youngest player to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket. Shane Warne 1995 14 In October 1995 Sachin signed a Rupee 31.5 crore with 1996 WorldTel, making Sachin the richest cricketer in the World. contract 15 In the 1996 World Cup, Sachin was the lead run scorer which a score of 523. 1998 16 Not only a batsman, Sachin has also been a suc- cessful bowler and his best bowling figure is 5-32 at Kochi in 1998 against Australia. 17 Sachin's cricketing skills and technique have often been compared with Don Bradman, another legendary cricketer. 2005 18 In 2005 Sachin became the fifth man to Score 10,000 Test runs with a score of 52 against Pakistan and later became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket. 2010 Don Bradman 19 In September 2010 Sachin became the first individual, without an avia- tion background, awarded the rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air force. to be 2012 20 Sachin, in March 2012, scored his 100th Interna- tional hundred against Bangla- desh in Dhaka. Sachin holds the record for being the first for reaching 30,000 International runs, for taking 150 wickets and scoring more than 15,000 runs in ODI's and for making the most number of Test appearances at 198 Sachin has never touched a century mark at Lord's, England. Sachin is famous as a bowler as well, known as the Partnership breaker, and can bowl medium pace, leg spin and off spin. Sachin is the only Indian cricketer to have a waxwork at Madame Tussaud's wax museum. Sachin has always been a right hand bowler and batsman but he uses his left hand to eat and write. Sachin is known by the following nicknames: Little master, Little Champion, Ma Cricket. Blaster and sometimes God of FUN FOR ME! Mocomi Visit mocomi.com for more cool stuff! .com Copyright © 2013 Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.