Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nick Name: The Master Blaster, The Little Champion, The Bombay Bomber
DOB: 24-04-1974
Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly
Highlights of Tendulkar’s Test career include:
• Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds - he has played Test Cricket on 52 different grounds, ahead of Azharuddin (48), Kapil Dev (47), Inzamam-ul-Haq (46) and Wasim Akram (45).
• Highest number of Test centuries (35), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi.
• He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
• 4th highest tally of runs in Test cricket (10,323)
• Career Average 55.79 - Has the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs
• Second Indian to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.
• Has 37 Test wickets (14 Dec 2005)
• Second fastest player to reach 9000 runs (Brian Lara made 9000 in 177 innings, Sachin in 179.)
• Rated as the second best batsman of all time (next to Don Bradman) by Wisden
Highlights of Tendulkar’s ODI career include:
• Played more matches than any other cricketer
• Most Man of the Match (50) awards
• Appeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds)
• Most runs (14,146 as of 15th February, 2006)
• Most centuries (39)
• Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
• First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
• Only cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIs
• Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs as of February, 2006
• Over 100 wickets (141 as of 15th February, 2006)
• Highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs (as of March 17, 2006)
• Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
• Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.
• In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
• In 1998 he hit 9 ODI centuries, the highest by any player in an year.
World Cup Record:
• Most runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket History
• Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
• 673 runs in 2003 World Cup, highest by any one in a single Cricket World Cup
Miscellaneous
• Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.
• He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1992.
• Oddly, Wisden does not include any innings by Tendulkar among its list of 100 greatest Test batting performances.
The Board of control for Cricketer in India put an announcement for the new skipper on Tuesday. Rumors had taken place. All the eyes are looking suspicious for only one person and you know, I know, we know it may be SACHIN TENDULKAR and it somewhat possible to once again become the Captain of Indian Cricket Team.
Former Indian Batsman Sanjay Manjrekar deems that Dilip Vengsarkar should get in and convince Dravid to reevaluate his decision and will sort out the issue which has been troubling Dravid. Chappell had suggested BCCI for the future Captain as MS Dhoni and VVS Laxman for the one-day and for Test Matches who could lead the team for a long time.
But fact is that, chief BCCI sources declared that Mumbai ace batsmen has also signify to take on the responsibility. There is chance of split captaincy, as the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar had recently given statement about “Fatigue factor” in playing ODIs. So there will another way that MS Dhoni may get extra responsibility to be skipper for ODIs while Sachin get the responsibility for Test matches. Sachin first responses to BCCI propose was a little positive.
After all-rounder Irfan Pathan strong performance against Pakistan in Twenty20, he will be in India’s one-day squad for the next challenges.
May be it is hard to think at 34 how sachin will manage his captaincy. And his earlier record as a Captain is some what worse than playing as a normal player, and now he is getting old. But after all his decision and lack of any senior and sober contestants all thing goes in his good luck. Still there is one person who could be the Indian skipper, the former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly but current news says that he will abandon cricket and he had neither shown any eagerness for same.
Born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India, is an Indian cricketer broadly known as one of the greatest batsmen in the cricket history. Tendulkar had been honored with the India’s second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan award, and also India’s highest sporting honor, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. He is the first batsman to ever score 12,000 runs in the world of cricket. He was the first Indian man and third man to score 11,000 runs in Test Cricket Matches. He had also made first 10,000 runs in one day International Matches. Tendulkar had also broke Brian Lara’s record for the highest runs scored in Test Cricket. According to wisden, Tendulkar is the only greatest batsman of all Time after Sir Donald Bradman in his Test Career, and second greatest batsman next to Sir Viv Richards in his one day career. He is only man to beat most centuries in his both career.
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