Sachin Tendulkar Biography

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, popular as Sachin Tendulkar, is one of the most famous cricketer's in the Indian team. Apart from that, in the history of this sport, he is among the greatest batsmen. Tendulkar is leading the list of century makers as well as the maximum run scorers in the One Day International (O.D.I.) cricket matches and the Test cricket matches. Sachin is even the first and sole player in the history of Test cricket matches, who made 50 centuries. He is a right handed batsman. His bowling style includes right arm leg spin, medium pace and off spin though.

Early Life of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin was born on 24th April 1973 to a Marathi novelist, Mr. Ramesh Tendulkar and an insurance professional Mrs. Rajni Tendulkar; he was nicknamed as Tendlya and Little Master. He did his schooling from the Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School. While in school, Sachin attended the M.R.F. Pace Foundation so as to train himself to be a fast bowler. However, as per the suggestion of Dennis Lillee, the fast bowler from Australia, he concentrated on batting. As a child, he used to practice for a long stretch of time. At the age of 14 years, he served in the Cricket World Cup of 1987 as a ball boy in the Wankhede Stadium.

Personal Life of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar Tendulkar is married to Anjali Mehta, who apart from being a pediatrician is the daughter of Mr. Anand Mehta, an industrialist from the state of Gujarat. The couple has two children named Sara and Arjun. Sachin, by nature, is a religious person. He is even known to be socially responsible by sponsoring 200 deprived children per year through a N. G. O. of Mumbai called Apnalaya that is associated with Mrs. Annabel Mehta, his mother-in-law cum a social worker. In 2012, Sachin was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

Cricket Career of Sachin Tendulkar

The cricketing career of Tendulkar began during his school days under the coaching and guidance of his mentor Mr. Ramakant Achrekar. However, the actual career of this world famous cricketer began at the age of 13 years, when he made cricket debut in the Cricket Club of India's club cricket. The date of 11th December, 1988 is marked as the date when 100 not out were scored by him in a first class cricket match between Mumbai and Gujarat. Starting from there, Sachin played innumerable cricket matches of national as well as international level.


On 5th December 2012, Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of Cricket put together. He had played total 657 matches in international cricket. His much awaited 100th century milestone was achieved on 16th March 2012 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, putting an end to the speculations that he no longer has it in him. On 23rd December 2012, Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI Cricket. He also stated that he will not be playing in T20 Internationals.

Following are some of the major cricket teams that he played for:

Awards and Recognitions of Sachin Tendulkar

Let us have a quick look at some of the best awards and appreciations, which this well known Indian cricketer is being honored with in his entire cricket career:

Facts and Information about Sachin Tendulkar

Full Name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973 (Mumbai)
Birth Place Nirmal Nursing Home, Dadar, Mumbai
Nickname Master Blaster, Tendlya, Little Master
Nationality Indian
Height 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Father Ramesh Tendulkar (reputed Marathi novelist)
Mother Rajni Tendulkar
Named after Sachin Dev Burman (his father's favorite music director)
Wife Anjali Tendulkar
Children Sara and Arjun
Siblings Nitin and Ajit (half-brothers), Savita (half-sister)
Sporting Idols John McEnroe, Sunil Gavaskar, Imran Khan and Sir Vivian Richards
Religious beliefs Tendulkar is a devoted follower of Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi.
Marriage Married Anjali, a pedriatician, on May 24, 1995. He was 22 at that time. Anand Mehta, Tendulkar's father-in-law, is a Gujarati industrialist.
Schooling Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High School
Introduction To Cricket Sachin was introduced to cricket by his brother Ajit, who took him to to Ramakant Achrekar, famous club cricketer and coach of that time.
School Cricket Sachin was regularly a part of his school's cricket team.
John Bright Cricket Club He played club cricket in the Kanga League, the premeir tournament in Mumbai. At that time he represented the John Bright Cricket Club.
Best Junior Cricket Award In 1987, when Sachin was 14, he became extremely disheartened after not getting the Best Junior Cricket Award. Sunil Gavaskar consoled him by giving Sachin his ultra-light pads.
Ballboy In the 1987 Cricket World Cup semifinal (India vs. England), Sachin was the ballboy.
664-run Partnership in School He was part of an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game against St. Xavier's High School in (1988). His partner was Vinod Kambli, who also became a notable cricketer for India.
First Ranji Match Sachin scored a century on his very first match in the Ranji Trophy (Decemer 10, 1988, Bombay vs. Gujarat, Wankhede Stadium in Bombay) and thus became the first Indian to score a century on first-class debut.
First Double Century in Ranji In April 2000, Sachin scored 233 not out against Tamil Nadu.
First One Day International Sachin's ODI debut was against Pakistan on December 18, 1989. In a major upset, Waqar Younis sent him back without scoring a single run.
First Test Match Tendulkar played his first test on November 23, 1989, when he wasn't even 17. He could score only 15 runs, but received attention for his technique.
First Test Century August 14, 1990 saw Tendulkar score his first test century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester. His 119 not out saved the match for India.
First One day International Century His first ODI century came after 78 matches and five long years.
First World Cup Match February 22, 1992, against England (Perth, Australia)
First One Day Double Century February 24, 2010 (200 off 147 balls. 25 fours, 3 sixes)
First Test Double Century Against New Zeland on October 30, 1999, Ahmedabad (217 not out)
First Twenty20 Match Against South Africa in Johannesburg (December 1, 2006)
First T20 IPL Against Chennai Super Kings on May 14, 2008
Last Ranji Match November 13, 2013 against Haryana (scored a match-winning 79 not out)
Last One day International Against Pakistan at Dhaka (March 18, 2012)
Last World Cup Match Against Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (April 2, 2011)
Last One Day Century Against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (scored 114)
Last Test Century Against South Africa on January 4, 2011 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town (scored 146)
Last T20 Match Against South Africa at Johannesburg
Last Test Match Against West Indies in Kolkata, November 6-8, 2013
Last T20 Match Against Sunrisers (May 13, 2013)
Best Score in Test Match 248 not out against Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka on December 12, 2004
Best Score in One Day International 200 not out Against South Africa on February 24, 2010
Most Runs in One Day International 18426 in 463 Matches (452 Innings)
Most Runs in Test Cricket 15847 in 199 Matches (328 Innings)
Most Centuries in One Day International 49 (also, 96 half-centuries)
Most Centuries In Test Cricket 51 (also, 67 half-centuries)
Record as Test Captain Won 4, Lost 9, Drew 12, Tied 0, Total 25
Record as ODI Captain Won 23, Lost 43, Tied 2, No Result 6, Total 73
100th Century On March 16, 2012, Sachin became the only batsman to score 100 international centuries. The 100th century was scored against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur
Most Run In IPL 2010 618 runs in 14 innings
Nervous 90s Dismissed 28 times in his 90s (18 times in ODIs and 10 times in Tests)
First to be given out by the Third Umpire When Sachin was given run out against South Africa in Durban in 1992, he became the first bastman to be given out by the third empire.
Highest Man of The Match Awards 199 times
Most Runs in a Calander Year 1894 runs (in 1998)
Favourite Cricket Ground Sydney
Favourite Movie Coming to America
World Cup Appearances Holds the joint record for most World Cup appearances - 6 (1992 to 2011)