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Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar in 2017

Personal information

Full name

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born

24 April 1973 (age 51)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(now Mumbai, India)

Nickname

Little Master
Master Blaster

^[1]^[2]

Height

165 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm leg break
Right-arm off break

Role

Top order Batter

Relations

Ramesh Tendulkar (father)
Arjun Tendulkar (son)

Website

sachintendulkar.com

International information\n

National side

India (1989\u20132013)

Test debut (cap 187)

15 November 1989 v Pakistan

Last Test

14 November 2013 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 74)

18 December 1989 v Pakistan

Last ODI

18 March 2012 v Pakistan

ODI shirt no.

10 (formerly 99, 33)

Only T20I (cap 11)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information\n

Years

Team

1988\u20132013

Mumbai

1992

Yorkshire

1994

East Bengal^[3]

2008\u20132013

Mumbai Indians (squad no. 10)

Career statistics

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Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	200	463	310	551
Runs scored	15,921	18,426	25,396	21,999
Batting average	53.78	44.83	57.84	45.54
100s/50s	51/68	49/96	81/116	60/114
Top score	248\"	200\"	248\"	200\"
Balls bowled	4,240	8,054	7,605	10,230
Wickets	46	154	71	201
Bowling average	54.17	44.48	61.74	42.17
5 wickets in innings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	115/\u2013	140/\u2013	186/\u2013	175/\u2013

Medal record

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Men's cricket\n
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Representing $\"\"$ India\n
ODI World Cup\n
$\"First$	2011 India / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka	\n
Champions Trophy\n
$\"First$	2002 Sri Lanka	\n
Asia Cup\n
$\"First$	1990\u201391 India	\n
$\"First$	1995 United Arab Emirates	\n

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2013

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

In office
27 April 2012 \u2013 26 April 2018

Constituency

Nominated

Personal details

Awards

Bharat Ratna
Padma Vibhushan
Padma Shri
Maharashtra Bhushan
Khel Ratna Award
Arjuna Award
Honorary Member of the Order of Australia

Signature

$\"\"$

Military service

Allegiance

$\"\"$ India

Branch/service

$\"\"$ Indian Air Force

Years of service

2010\u2013present

Rank

Honorary Group Captain^[4]

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Indian International Cricketer

Achievements

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy\n
- 2010
Test Team of the Year\n
- 2010
- 2011
ODI Team of the Year\n
- 2004
- 2007
- 2008
- 2010
Wisden Leading Cricketer\n
- 1998
- 2010
Wisden Cricketer of the Year\n
- 1997

Eponyms\n

In Media\n

Books\n

Playing It My Way (Autobiography)

People\n

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (/\u02ccs\u028ct\u0283\u026an t\u025bn\u02c8du\u02d0lk\u0259r/ ^\u24d8; pronounced [s\u0259t\u0255in te\u02d0\u0273\u0256ulk\u0259\u027e]; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time,^[5] and is the holder of several world records, including being the all-time highest run-scorer in both ODI and Test cricket,^[6] receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket,^[7] and being the only batsman to score 100 international centuries.^[8] Tendulkar was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by presidential nomination from 2012 to 2018.^[9]^[10] \n

Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test match debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for over 24 years.^[11] In 2002, halfway through his career, Wisden ranked him the second-greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second-greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.^[12] The same year, Tendulkar was a part of the team that was one of the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy. Later in his career, Tendulkar was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.^[13] He had previously been named \"Player of the Tournament\" at the 2003 World Cup.\n

Tendulkar has received several awards from the government of India: the Arjuna Award (1994), the Khel Ratna Award (1997), the Padma Shri (1998), and the Padma Vibhushan (2008).^[14]^[15] After Tendulkar played his last match in November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.^[16]^[17] He was the first sportsperson to receive the award and, as of 2024^[update], is the youngest recipient.^[18]^[19]^[20] In 2010, Time included Tendulkar in its annual list of the most influential people in the world.^[21] Tendulkar was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the 2010 International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards.^[22]\n

Having retired from ODI cricket in 2012,^[23]^[24] he retired from all forms of cricket in November 2013 after playing his 200th Test match.^[25] Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.^[26] In 2013, Tendulkar was included in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and he was one of only two specialist batsmen of the post\u2013World War II era, along with Viv Richards, to get featured in the team.^[27] In 2019, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[28]\n

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Tendulkar's Test cricket record^[370]\n
	Matches	Runs	Best	Average	100s	50s\n
Home	94	7216	217	52.67	22	32\n
Away	106	8705	248\"	54.74	29	36\n

\n	Test\n	ODI\n
$\"\"$ Australia\n	11	9\n
$\"\"$ Sri Lanka\n	9	8\n
$\"\"$ South Africa\n	7	5\n
$\"\"$ England\n	7	2\n
$\"\"$ New Zealand\n	4	5\n
$\"\"$ West Indies\n	3	4\n
$\"\"$ Zimbabwe\n	3	5\n
$\"\"$ Pakistan\n	2	5\n
$\"\"$ Bangladesh\n	5	1\n
$\"\"$ Kenya\n	NA	4\n
$\"\"$ Namibia\n	NA	1\n

Match results in Tendulkar's international career^[388]\n
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result\n
Test^[389]	200	72	56	72	0	\u2013\n
ODI^[390]	463	234	200	\u2013	5	24\n
T20I^[391]	1	1	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013\n

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Tendulkar's record as captain\n
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result	Win %\n
Test^[108]	25	4	9	12	0	\u2013	16%\n
ODI^[109]	73	23	43	\u2013	2	6	31.50%\n

Early life and background

Early career

County cricket

Career

Early tours

Rise through the ranks

1994\u201396: ODI matches

1998: Australian competition

1999: Asian Test Championship, Test matches, and the World Cup

Captaincy of national team

South Africa match fixing

Role in 2007 captaincy change

Continued rise

2001\u201302: Mike Denness incident, Kolkata Test, and breaking Bradman's record

2003: Cricket World Cup

2003\u201304: Tour of Australia

Performance dip

2005\u201306: Dry spell

2007 Cricket World Cup

Return to old form and consistency

2007

2007\u201308: Tour of Australia

2008: Return to Tests and breaking Brian Lara's record

2008: England Series

2009\u201310: Consolidation and ODI record

2011\u201312: World Cup win and final years

100th international century

Domestic return

Retirement

Post-retirement

Exhibition and charity matches

Indian Premier League

Playing style

Reception and legacy

Indian Premier League

Awards and honours

National honours

India

Australia

Sporting honours

Career statistics

Runs

Centuries

Wins

Man of the Match

Statistics

Personal life

Business interests

Political career

Attendance

Use of funds

Role in public awareness and philanthropy

Health

Sanitation

COVID-19 pandemic

Education

Post-playing career

Cricket Advisory Committee

In media

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

Sachin Tendulkar

Media collections