Born As: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth: April 24, 1973
Birth Place: Mumbai, India
About
He was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, making the record in the third game of a five-match series against Australia on the 31st of March 2001.
Well SACHIN TENDULKAR is
majestic and awesome. Today he has more centuries in the world than anyone
else.Recently he broke the record of Desmond Haynes and made his 18th ton.Apart
from that he has sacored over 7000 runs at an age of 25.He is certainly a
nightmare to every bowler isn't he.In this page we are going to take a look at
some of his mighty stats.
Tendulkar's sensational journey
to cricket stardom sparked of when his brother Ajit made him meet Mr. R.
Achrekar ( Cricket Coach ). Sachin failed to perform in the first go which made
him very nervous but his brother's persuasion led Mr. Achrekar give him another
chance.
Young Sachin had aspired
of being a fast bowler. It was this dream that made him undertake trials at
Chennai based MRF pace academy, but his small stature proved to be a major hindrance to his aspiring career. ( THANK GOD !!! else the WORLD would have
been deprived of such a genius batsman. )
It was his change of school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir in Dadar - close
to Shivaji Park on his coach's advice which marked a turn around in Sachin's
career. He says," I use to bat in four nets at one strech. Whenever, I use
to get tired, Achrekar use to keep a one rupee coin on top of the stumps and
say, "Anyone who gets him out will take this coin. If no-one gets him,
Sachin takes it." Tendulkar till date contributes this technique in being
instrumental for enhancing his concentration. He still treasures the 13 coins
earned by him during the practice sessions.
Tendulkar's
idol is the American Tennis superstar-John McEnore. During his young age, he
argued and fought for McEnore with his colony friends who supported Swedish
Bjorn Borg. Sachin sported a head-band, sweat-band and a tennis racquet showing
his staunch loyalty towards his idol.
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Season
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Age
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Highlights
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85 - 86
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12
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Made
his debut in club cricket in the Kanga league.
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86 - 87
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13
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Scored
his first hundred in Bombay's schools cricket tournament.
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87 - 88
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14
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Score
over 1,200 runs in schools cricket, including two triple centuries. Scored
326 not out for Shardashram against St. Xavier's in the Harris Shield
tournament, putting on 664 runs with Vinod Kambli, a record for any grade of
cricket anywhere in the world. Voted best Junior cricketer by the BCA.
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88 - 89
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15
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Scored
100 not out on debut for Bombay against Gujrat. Was the youngest ever to
represent Bombay in Ranji.
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89 - 90
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16
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Scored
103 not out on his Irani Trophy debut. Was selected for the tour of Pakistan
and became the youngest player ever to play for India in tests at 16 years
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90 - 91
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17
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Scored
his maiden test century when he knocked a match saving 119 not out against
England at Old Trafford. Was the second youngest to achieve this feat, after
Pakistan's Mushtaq Mohammad. Scored 159 on debut in Duleep trophy for West
Zone against East Zone, thus becoming the only in Indian cricket to have
scoreed centuries on debut in all three major domestic tournaments - Ranji,
Duleep and Irani trophies.
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91 - 92
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18
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Became
the first overseas player to represent Yorkshire. Voted cricketer of the
year.
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92 - 93
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19
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Became
the youngest player in the world to crack 1,000 runs in the annals of test
cricket, during the tour of RSA. Became the first and the only player in the
world to score as many as five hundreds in tests before turning 20.
Completes 1000 runs in One day
internationals and 1000 runs in Test cricket.
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93 - 94
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20
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Appointed
vice-captain for the Indian team touring SL.
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94 - 95
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21
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Scored
his first ODI century against Australia in Colombo.
Completes 2000 runs in One day
internationals and 2000 runs in Test cricket.
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95 - 96
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22
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Signed
by WorldTel for a $7.5 million, 5 year contract to advertise thier products.
Thus became the most paid player in the history of cricket.
Topped with 523 runs in the
Wills World Cup 1996.
Completes 3000 runs in One day
internationals.
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96 - 97
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23
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Appointed
as captain of the Indian cricket team. Won the Border-Gavaskar trophey and
the Titan Cup ODI tournaments for India.
Completes 4000 runs in One day
internationals and 3000 runs in Test cricket.
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97 - 98
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24
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Discontinued
as a captain but blossomed as a batsman. He is now regarded as one of
the best batsman in the world. Helped India win the one day series in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the Coca-Cola Cup in Sharjah.
Completes 5000 runs in One day
internationals and 4000 runs in Test cricket. Also completed 6000 ODI
runs.
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