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Sachin Tendulkar
India
Player profile
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 35 years 23 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
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Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
147 |
238 |
25 |
11782 |
248* |
55.31 |
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39 |
49 |
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47 |
98 |
0 |
| ODIs |
417 |
407 |
38 |
16361 |
186* |
44.33 |
19137 |
85.49 |
42 |
89 |
1785 |
166 |
122 |
0 |
| T20Is |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10.00 |
12 |
83.33 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
247 |
386 |
40 |
20545 |
248* |
59.37 |
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65 |
95 |
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165 |
0 |
| List A |
504 |
492 |
52 |
19913 |
186* |
45.25 |
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53 |
107 |
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157 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
210 |
69 |
30.00 |
138 |
152.17 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
147 |
124 |
3862 |
2212 |
42 |
3/10 |
3/14 |
52.66 |
3.43 |
91.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
417 |
265 |
8009 |
6795 |
154 |
5/32 |
5/32 |
44.12 |
5.09 |
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 |
247 |
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7221 |
4101 |
67 |
3/10 |
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61.20 |
3.40 |
107.7 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
504 |
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10185 |
8423 |
201 |
5/32 |
5/32 |
41.90 |
4.96 |
50.6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
4 |
57 |
65 |
2 |
1/12 |
1/12 |
32.50 |
6.84 |
28.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard |
| Last Test |
India v South Africa at Chennai, Mar 26-30, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| Only T20I |
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1988/89 |
| Last First-class |
India v South Africa at Chennai, Mar 26-30, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1989/90 |
| Last List A |
Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai, May 16, 2008 scorecard |
Sachin Tendulkar has been the most wholesome 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.
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.
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. This was after he was turned away from a fast-bowling camp in Chennai by Dennis Lillee.
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, and 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.
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.
Sambit Bal October 2007
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
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An Indian fan sends out a message on a day when India were bowled out for 76
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Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar take in the fluids on a hot day
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Sachin Tendulkar bats at the MA Chidambaram Stadium
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