Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar(English pronunciation/s t n t? n? du? lk? r/(listen) born 24 April 1973)1is anIndian playerwidely acknowledged as the greatestbatsmaninOne Day Internationals2and second only toDon Bradmanin the both time greatest list inTest cricket. 3In 2002,The Wisdenranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behindDon Bradman, and the second greatest champion-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behindViv Richards. 4Tendulkar was a part of the2011 cricket World CupwinningIndian teamin the later part of his animateness, his starting much(prenominal) win in six World Cup appearances for India. 5He was also the recipient of Player of the playney award of the2003 Cricket World Cupheld in South Africa. Tendulkar won the 2010Sir Garfield Sobers Trophyfor cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. 6He has been recommended for the receipt of theBharat Ratnaaward, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of theBharat Ratnawas changed to allow him receive the award. 78He is also a member ofRajya SabhaofParliament of India. 9Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009.On 5 celestial latitude 2012, Tendulkar became first batsman in floor to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of the game put together. 101112At 36 age and 306 days, he became the first ever player to score a double-century in the history of ODIs. Two years later he became the first player to score 100 international centuries. As of December 2012, Tendulkar has compete 657 matches in international cricket. 13 Tendulkar has been honoured with thePadma Vibhushanaward, Indias second highest civilian award, and theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnaaward, Indias highest sporting honour.He was also the first sportsperson and the first one withoutaviationbackground to be awarded the honorary rank ofGroup Captainby theIndian Air Force. Tendulkar has reliable honorary doctorates fromUniversity of MysoreandRajiv Gandhi Universi ty of Health Sciences. 1415Sachin holds the 19th rank inICC Player Rankingsfor Test batsmen as of 17 jar against 2013. 16On 1 August 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was nominal for the ICC Peoples Choice award for the third time. 17In 2012, he was nominated toRajya Sabha, the upper house of theParliament of India.Sachin Tendulkar was named as an HonoraryMember of the Order of Australiain 2012. 18On 23 December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs. 19202122Tendulkar has already stated that he will not be playingT20 Internationals23 circumscribehide * 1Early years and personal life * 1. 1Beliefs * 2Early domestic line of achievement * 3International career * 3. 1Early career * 3. 2Rise through the ranks * 3. 3Captaincy * 3. 4Injuries and apparent decline * 3. 5Return to old form and consistency * 3. 2007/08 tour of Australia * 3. 7Home series against South Africa * 3. 8Sri Lanka Series * 3. 9Return to form and severance the recruit * 3. 10ODI and Test Series against England * 3. 1120092010 * 3. 122011 World Cup and after * 3. 12. 1100th international century * 3. 12. 2Return To Ranji Trophy and retirement from ODIs * 4Indian postmortem examination League and Champions League * 5Style of play * 6Contr oversies * 6. 1Mike Denness incident * 6. 2Ferrari import tax * 7Fan following * 8Business interests * 8. Commercial endorsements * 9political career * 10Career achievements * 10. 1Individual honours and appreciations * 10. 1. 1National honours * 10. 1. 2Other honours * 11Philanthropy * 12Biographies * 13See also * 14 upgrade reading * 15Notes * 16References * 17External links - Early years and personal life Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 into aRajapur Saraswat Brahminfamily in Bombay (nowMumbai). 242526His father Ramesh Tendulkar was a reputedMarathinovelist and his mother Rajni worked in the insurance industry. 27Ramesh named Tendulkar after his favourite music director,Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar has three elder siblings two half-brothers Nitin and Ajit, and a half-sister Savita. They were Rameshs children from his first marriage. 28He spent his formative years in theSahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society,Bandra (East), Bombay. As a young boy, Tendulkar was considered a bully, and often picked up fights with new children in his school. 29He also showed an interest intennis, idolisingJohn McEnroe. 30To aid curb his mischievous and bullying tendencies, Ajit introduced him to cricket in 1984.He introduced the young Sachin toRamakant Achrekar, a famous cricket managing director of Bombay and a club cricketer of repute, atShivaji Park,Dadar, Bombay. Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkars talent and advised him to shift his schooling to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) highschool School,1a school at Dadar which had a overabundant cricket team and had produced many notable cricketers. 31Prior to this, Tendulkar had attend the Indian Education Societys New English School in Bandra (East). 31He was also pramed under th e counselor-at-law of Achrekar at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings. 32Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-rupeecoin on the top of thestumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions. 33He moved in with his aunt and uncle, who lived near Shivaji Park, during this period, due to his hectic schedule. 31 Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Meanwhile at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy.He had become a common parley point in Mumbai cricketing circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. Besides school cricket, he also played club cricket, initially corresponding John Bright Cricket Club in Bombays necropsy club cricket tournament, the Kanga Leagu e,31and later went on to play for theCricket Club of India. 34In 1987, at the age of 14, he attended theMRF Pace Foundationin Madras (nowChennai) to train as afast bowler, but Australian fast bowlerDennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead. 35A peer of months later, former Indian batsmanSunil Gavaskargave him a pair of his own ultra light pads. It was the greatest tooth root of encouragement for me, Tendulkar said nearly 20 years later after surpassing Gavaskars world record of 34 Test centuries. 36His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every innings he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-runpartnershipin a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game against Anjuman-E-Islam High School in 1988 with his friend and team-mateVinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India.The destructive pair decrease one bowler to tears and made the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326 (not out) in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament. 37This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held atHyderabadin India. On 24 May 1995,38at the age of 22, Tendulkar married Anjali, apaediatricianand daughter ofGujaratiindustrialist Anand Mehta and British social worker Annabel Mehta.Anjali is six years his senior. 39They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997) and Arjun (born 24 September 1999). Arjun, a left transfer batsman, has recently been included in under-14 probables list of Mumbai Cricket Association for off-season training camp. In January 2013 he was selected in mumbai under-14 team for the west zone league40 Beliefs Tendulkar is known to be a religious person,41and an ardent rooter ofSathya Sai Babaof Puttaparthi. 424344He has visited Puttaparthi on several occasions to seek Babas blessings. 4245In 1997, Te ndulkar mastered the Indian National side, playing against a World Eleven team, in the Unity Cup which was held at the hill view stadium in Puttaparthi, in Babas presence. 4647After Sai Babas death, Tendulkar broke into tears when he saw the body of Baba in Puttaparthi, and cancelled his natal day celebrations. 484950The cricketer is also known to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at home and frequently visits temples during night when it is calm and quiet. 4151The cricketer has also offered his prayers at several otherHindutemples across the country. 5253 - Early domestic career On 14 November 1987, Tendulkar was selected to representBombayin theRanji Trophy, Indias premier domesticfirst-class crickettournament, for the 198788 season. However, he was not selected for the final eleven in any of the matches. 31A year later, on 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar made his debut for Bombay againstGujaratat home and scored 100 not out in that match, making him the you ngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut.He was handpicked to play for the team by the then Mumbai captainDilip Vengsarkarafter watching him easily negotiating Indias best fast bowler at the time,Kapil Dev, in theWankhede Stadiumnets,1where theIndian teamhad come to play against the touringNew Zealand team. He followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and Duleep Trophies, which are also Indian domestic tournaments. 54 Tendulkar finished the 198889 season as Bombays highest run-scorer. note 155He also made an unbeaten century in theIrani Trophymatch againstDelhiat the start of the 198990 season, playing for the Rest of India. 56 In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas-born player to representYorkshire, which prior to Tendulkar connectedness the team, never selected players even from other English counties. 1note 2Selected for Yorkshire as a replacement for the injuredAustralianfast bowlerCraig McDermott, Tendulkar played 16 first-clas s matches for the county and scored 1070 runs at an average of 46. 52. 57 His first double century was for Mumbai while playing against the tour Australian team at theBrabourne Stadiumin 1998. 1He is the only player to score a century in all three of his domestic first-class debuts. 58 - International career Early career Raj Singh Dungarpuris credited for the selection of Tendulkar for the Indian tour ofPakistanin late 1989,59and that also after just one first class season. 60The Indian selection committee had shown interest in selecting Tendulkar for the tour of theWest Indiesheld in the beginning that year, but eventually did not select him, as they did not want him to be exposed to the dominant fast bowlers of the West Indies so early in his career. 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