Sachin Tendulkar

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"Tendulkar" redirects here. For the Marathi writer, see Vijay Tendulkar. For the actress, see Priya Tendulkar. For the economist, see Suresh Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendulkar

Personal information
Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 37) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nickname	Little Master, Tendlya,[1] Master Blaster,[2] The Master,[3][4] The Little Champion,[5]The Great Man[6]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	18 July 2010 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	24 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	10
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988–present	Mumbai
2008–present	Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	168	442	270	529
Runs scored	13,647	17,594	22,432	21,150
Batting average	55.93	45.12	59.03	45.87
100s/50s	48/55	46/93	74/101	57/111
Top score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Balls bowled	3,982	8,020	7,359	10,196
Wickets	44	154	69	201
Bowling average	52.22	44.26	60.73	42.01
5 wickets in innings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	105/–	132/–	173/–	169/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 July 2010

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर [səʨin rəmeˑɕ t̪eˑɳɖulkər]; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket.^[7][8][9] He is the only player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.^[10][11] In 2002, just 12 years into his career Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one day international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.^[12] In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.^[13] Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven.^{[nb 1]} He is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster.^[15][16]
Tendulkar is the first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has 94 centuries in international cricket. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game,^[17] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.^[18] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history and 200 runs in a one-day international match. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.^[19] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009, and has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour.