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In 1987 world cup Tendulkar at the age of 14 was a ball boy for India versus Zimbabwe game at Wankhede Stadium. Greatest batsmann on earth so far in the history of cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the leading run-scorer as well as century maker within Test & ODI cricket was born on 24 Apr 1973 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is the only player in Test Cricket to score 50 centuries. His mother Rajni worked in insurance industry. The master of cricket was first encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother Ajit.
Comments on the greatest batsman
Tendulkar is the
greatest player I have played with – Shane Warne.
Tendulkar beyond my
favourite music executive, Sachin Dev Burman.
Wisden ranked him 2nd
greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman
Awards
received by the great
Tendulkar has been
honoured with Padma Vibhushan award, India’s 2nd highest civilian award.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award, India’s
highest sporting honor.
He won Year 2010 Sir
Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Personal life
On 24 May 1995, Sachin
Tendulkar married Anjali, paediatrician &
daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta & British social worker Annabel
Mehta. They have two children, Sara & Arjun. Anjali is 6 years elder
toArjun.
Career
as a bowler
Throughout his school days he
finished MRF Pace Foundation to train as speedy bowler. However Australian
speedy bowler Dennis Lillee, who took world record 355 Test wickets, was
unimpressed and suggesting that Tendulkar focus on hiz batting instead.
Cricketing
achievement
He holds
the world record for playing highest Test & ODI matches. He is the first
sportsperson to receive honorary rank of Group Captain by Indian Air Force. He
has received honorary doctorates from Mysore University &
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
Tendulkar
finished Sharadashram Vidyamandir, where he started his cricketing career underneath
guidance of his coach & mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. While at schools, he
developed reputation as child sensation. He had become common conversation
point within Mumbai circles. At the age of 14 he receives ultra light pads from
the Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar. “It was greatest basis of
encouragement for me,” he told 20 years later beyond crossing Gavaskar’s world
record of 34 Test centuries. On 11 Dec 1988, aged only 15 years & 232 days,
Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his first appearance 1st class match
for Bombay beside Gujarat,
creating him youngest Indian to score century on 1st class debut. He
was picked by Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar beyond seeing him talk Kapil Dev
within nets, & finished season as Bombay’s
highest run scorer. He as well prepared unbeaten century within Irani Trophy
final, & was selected for tour of Pakistan coming year. His 1st dual
century was for Mumbai just as playing besides visiting Australian team at
Brabourne Stadium within 1998. He is only player to score century within all 3
of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy & Irani Trophy debuts. 200
underprivileged children were sponsored by Tendulker in a Mumbai based NGO
associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta. A request from Sachin on
Twitter raised Indian Rupee 10.25 million for Crusade beside Cancer foundation.
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