Sachin Tendulkar

Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

D.O.B.: 24-04-1973

Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90

ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala

Batting Style: Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly

He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

Some of His Records:

Played more matches than any other cricketer

Most Man of the Match (50) awards

Appeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds)

Most runs.

Most centuries.
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.

Rated as the second best batsman of all time (next to Don Bradman) by Wisden.