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Sachin Tendulkar

Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born: 24th April 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Leg-break, Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace

Teams: India (Test: 1989/90-2007/08); India (ODI: 1989/90-2007/08); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07); Bombay (Main FC: 1988/89-1995/96); Yorkshire (Main FC: 1992); Mumbai (Main FC: 1997/98-2006/07); Bombay (Main ListA: 1990/91-1995/96); Yorkshire (Main ListA: 1992); Mumbai (Main ListA: 1997/98-1998/99); Mumbai (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); All teams

Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1991

Yorkshire Cap: 1992

Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997

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Articles: சச்சின தெண்டுல்கர்

Mumbai Indians beat the Challengers in inconsequential match, finish fifth

Mumbai lose a last ball thriller, need a miracle now

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Pictures: Sachin Tendulkar acknowledges the crowd after scoring his half century

Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his fifty

Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman congratulate each other after their team's victory

Sachin Tendulkar walks back to the pavilion after getting runout

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Sachin Tendulkar is the biggest cricketing icon that this world will ever see. It is no lying that when he comes to bat, the whole of India comes to a standstill. This is only due to that fact he is the most complete batsman on this planet, probably only after Sir Don Bradman. The biggest compliment he received was when the Late Don himself said that Sachin reminded him of himself. And that was way back in 1998. A full range of strokes means that he has all the shots in his repertoire and some more, as he can play a few cheeky shots as well. it is no wonder then that even the opposition players and crowd stand up and cheer when he is on song. The most famous jibe from the Australian crowd is that ‘Let Australia win, but let Tendulkar get a hundred’. No wonder then, that some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year old on a lightning fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia. Though he has adopted a noticeably conservative approach in the last quarter of his career, there are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions. He hates losing and set about to be the best batsman there is after he was turned down by Dennis Lillee at a pace bowling clinic in Chennai because of his short height. Tendulkar's innings have been too many and too good to point a few of them. Each innings of his is cheered on and on by millions across the world that each of them has a separate time and space. It is a fact that he has all the bats with which he has scored his tons. His greatness was established early as he was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was only 17 and went on to score 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, and he currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs. So much is Tendulkar's invincible aura that nowadays his fans have become so unforgiving that anything less than a hundred is considered to be a failure. Nothing better sums up this gem of a cricketer than the words of his greatest contemporary, Brian Lara, who once famously said, “Sachin is a genius, I am a mere mortal”.
Profile DateLine: 5th June 2008

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India	147	238	25	11782	248*	55.31	39	49	98

Test Career Bowling (1989/90-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	3862	80	2212	42	3-10	52.66	0	0	91.95	3.43

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1988/89-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	247	386	40	20545	248*	59.37	65	95	165

First-Class Career Bowling (1988/89-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	7221	167	4101	67	3-10	61.20	0	0	107.77	3.40

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	417	407	38	16361	186*	44.33	42	89	85.49	122

One-Day International Career Bowling (1990-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	8009	24	6795	154	5-32	44.12	4	2	52.00	5.09

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	504	492	52	19913	186*	45.25	53	107	157

One-Day Career Bowling (1989/90-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	10185	39	8423	201	5-32	41.90	4	2	50.67	4.96

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	0	0	83.33	1

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	15	0	12	1	1-12	12.00	0	0	15.00	4.80

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	12	12	1	386	69	35.09	0	3	130.40	8

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	57	0	65	2	1-12	32.50	0	0	28.50	6.84