Sachin Tendulkar

Full name Sachin Ramesh TendulkarBorn April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra Current age 36 years 342 days Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire Nickname Tendlya, Little Master Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly Height 5 ft 5 in Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests	166	271	29	13447	248*	55.56			47	54		55	104	0
ODIs	442	431	41	17598	200*	45.12	20401	86.26	46	93	1927	185	134	0
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	268	422	45	22336	248*	59.24			74	100			172	0
List A	529	516	55	21150	200*	45.87			57	111			169	0
Twenty20	32	32	4	1064	72	38.00	822	129.44	0	9	142	18	15	0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests	166	130	3994	2299	44	3/10	3/14	52.25	3.45	90.7	0	0	0
ODIs	442	267	8020	6817	154	5/32	5/32	44.26	5.10	52.0	4	2	0
T20Is	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.0	0	0	0
First-class	268		7359	4191	69	3/10		60.73	3.41	106.6		0	0
List A	529		10196	8445	201	5/32	5/32	42.01	4.96	50.7	4	2	0
Twenty20	32	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis – Player analysis menu/filter Test match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages ——————————— Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989
Last ODI	India v South Africa at Gwalior, Feb 24, 2010
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis – Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages ——————————— Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
Only T20I	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis – Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list ——————————— Bowling career summary Bowling innings list ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010
List A debut	1989/90
Last List A	India v South Africa at Gwalior, Feb 24, 2010
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006
Last Twenty20	Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai (BS), Mar 30, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses, anticipation. If he doesn’t have a signature stroke – the upright, back-foot punch comes close – it is because he is equally proficient in each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

There are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar’s game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, can tune his technique to suit every condition, temper his game to suit every situation, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions.

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. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman when Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and armed with a loathing for losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best batsmen in the world. Tendulkar’s greatness was established early: 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 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer and in the following years, he crossed 13,000 runs and 30,000 international runs.

He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs – remarkable, considering he didn’t score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match. Incredibly, he retains a divine enthusiasm for the game, and he seems to be untouched by age: at 36 years and 306 days he broke a 40-year barrier by scoring the first double-century in one-day cricket. It now seems inevitable that he will become the first cricketer to score 100 international hundreds, which like Bradman’s batting average, could last for ever.

Tendulkar’s considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.

Source : crickinfo

Source : Vijay Tagore / DNA

Mumbai: Going by his style, many expected Virender Sehwag to be the first to breach the 200-run barrier in ODIs. The opener thinks otherwise and tells DNA that he wouldn’t have taken to the game had Tendulkar not played cricket.

You looked very excited after Sachin Tendulkar got to 200.

The special quality of the knock is that it made every Indian proud. It was as if he or she had achieved the feat. Personally, it was no different. I thought as if I scored the double ton, it was a great feeling. He has been my role model and I took to cricket only because of him. If Sachin were not a cricketer, I would not have even touched a bat.

You were supposed to be the person who should have got it…

Forget Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar deserved it the most. Anyways, I feel I have achieved it myself. I have often been asked this question about 200 and I said Sachin is the right man for the feat. He has the experience and the ability. He had come close to that against New Zealand and Australia. He finally did it against South Africa.

Can you explain the enormity of the feat? How difficult is it to score 200 in 50-over cricket?

It is difficult because there are so many restrictions for a batsman in ODIs. There are only 300 balls to face. This effectively means you have to face at least 150-160 balls without letting the strike-rate drop. Only Sachin can do that.

He did not need a runner. How much beating does the body take during a knock of such epic proportions?

Sachin is one of the fittest players in the Indian team. He works a lot on his fitness. He knows what he needs to do to keep himself in good shape and he knows how much he has to work on his upper body and lower body.

How do you rate this innings?

It is the best knock I have ever seen. He maintained the momentum. He was playing all over the ground. He knew where to play the ball. His anticipation was also perfect and he knew what the next ball would be and prepared himself for that.

People say he has changed his batting style. Have you seen any changes since the time you started playing with him back in 2000?

Changes? Yes. He changes his batting according to the pitch, weather conditions, ground, bowler, and the situation. Sometimes, he changes his stance and plays differently.

Where can he go from here?

It depends on him. I’d love to see him till 2015. I’m sure he will play on till the 2015 World Cup. He has the passion and fitness to last the distance. I’m sure he can register 50 centuries in both Tests and ODIs. I have told him that he can achieve the feat soon. This should happen by next year.

Where do you rate him among all-time greats?

He is the greatest. You can’t compare him to any other cricketer. He is bigger than any cricketer. He is the God of cricket. He is bigger than anyone who has ever held a bat.

Bigger than Don Bradman?

Yes. He is.