Sachin Tendulkar
Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master, Master Blaster, Slashin Sachin, The Bombay Bomber, 10dulkar, 4+6=10dulkar
Born: April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major teams: India, ACC Asian XI, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Height: 5.05 ft
Education: Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak googly
Test debut: Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989
ODI debut: Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989
Only Twenty20 Int.: South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1997-98
Padma Shri 1999
PROFILE
The name, Sachin Tendulkar, itself spells excellence. It won't be wrong to call him a genius batsman. He became the first batsmen to reach the 50 centuries mark in international cricket and at present leads the list of the number of runs scored in ODI cricket. He is the best ever batsman in the Indian cricket history and can be called second only to the legendry cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt.
Sachin, born in a middle class Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins community in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, was named after his family's favorite music director Sachin Dev Burman. His late father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother, Ajit Tendulkar. While at school, he was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who also went on to represent India. He also became the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut before entering the international arena.
Tendulkar's debut in both test and one day cricket was disappointing but he soon showed signs that he is the best out there. Tendulkar, succeeded Mohammad Azharuddin as captain and led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 3-0 [5] by the newly-crowned world champions. After another Test series defeat, this time by a 0-2 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000. In the CWC1996 he scored with an awesome average and scored 673 runs in the CWC2003 to win the Man of the series award. Shane Warne, the Australian cricketer once ruefully joked that he was having nightmares about his Indian nemesis.
But after all these things he has always been in a grip of injuries. A chronic back problem flared up when Pakistan toured India in 1999. Tennis elbow then took its toll on Tendulkar, leaving him out of the side for the first two Tests when Australia toured India in 2004. In 2006 again he remained out of action for over 2 months following shoulder injury. After recovering from this injury he has returned to the team but can't be said in top of his form. But even then he it can't be said Tendulkar is finished. Let's hope that like the previous world cup, Tendulkar becomes the largest runs scorer and helps India bring world cup 2007 home.
Sachin, born in a middle class Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins community in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, was named after his family's favorite music director Sachin Dev Burman. His late father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother, Ajit Tendulkar. While at school, he was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who also went on to represent India. He also became the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut before entering the international arena.
Tendulkar's debut in both test and one day cricket was disappointing but he soon showed signs that he is the best out there. Tendulkar, succeeded Mohammad Azharuddin as captain and led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 3-0 [5] by the newly-crowned world champions. After another Test series defeat, this time by a 0-2 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000. In the CWC1996 he scored with an awesome average and scored 673 runs in the CWC2003 to win the Man of the series award. Shane Warne, the Australian cricketer once ruefully joked that he was having nightmares about his Indian nemesis.
But after all these things he has always been in a grip of injuries. A chronic back problem flared up when Pakistan toured India in 1999. Tennis elbow then took its toll on Tendulkar, leaving him out of the side for the first two Tests when Australia toured India in 2004. In 2006 again he remained out of action for over 2 months following shoulder injury. After recovering from this injury he has returned to the team but can't be said in top of his form. But even then he it can't be said Tendulkar is finished. Let's hope that like the previous world cup, Tendulkar becomes the largest runs scorer and helps India bring world cup 2007 home.
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