Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth: April 24, 1973
Place of Birth: Mumbai
Major Teams: India, Mumbai
Batting Style: Right -Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Right Arm Off Break
ODI Debut : India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Test Debut : India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
Height : 5'5
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 March 31, 2001. He reached the landmark when he scored 34 runs in his 266th match and 259th innings. Tendulkar, 27, in his astonishing career of 12 years has set a world record 28 hundreds and 50 half centuries in his 10,000 runs.
A genius without a doubt, this little master made his international debut in ODI and tests at the age of 16 against Pakistan against fire pace of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He then went to England as part of the national team, and has not looked back since. The name itself strikes terror in the hearts of all players around the world. Hailed as the master blaster the next following the legacy of the great West Indian Vivian Richards, this man has every shot in the book, and can kill any attack in the world when in full swing. There is nothing this man can do.
In batting, has reached a stage that others can only dream. He has destroyed practically every bowling attack in the world. "Tendulkar specialties' include the straight drive (seemingly nobody plays the shot better than him), the housing unit, cut square, pullshot over midwicket / square leg, the delicate leg glance, the court evening lofted shots over mid-on and half off and not to mention the improvisations that still appears to again and again. He has a tremendous power in his forearms and can hit the ball out of almost all land in the world. He plays each of his shots amazingly and has even employed the reverse sweep to good effect. Some of his shots are hit with such force that the ball simply rockets to the fence as if trying to fire the ball their presence. Moreover, some of his shots are perfectly timed and well placed. Your time can be quite exquisite and it is this blend of timing and raw power that makes the world's best / greatest batsman. Mentally strong , Tendulkar is best when faced with a challenge.
Some notable achievements of his career are:
* Highest number of runs in test cricket fourth (10 134) to an average outstanding 57.25 (highest among those who have scored over 8,500 test runs) in March 2005
* Most runs (over 13,642) and centuries (38) in one-day internationals
* Only the person who has scored over 11,000 ODI runs and over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005
* Best batting average hitters ODI between India and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)
* Most Number of Man of the match one-day internationals
* Only player to have over 100 entries from more than 50 runs in ODIs in April 2005
* Most number of runs in the history of World Cup Cricket
* Cricketer first to cross the mark of 10,000 runs in ODIs
* Sunil Gavaskar has equaled record of 34 Test centuries.
* Among those who have played over 100 test matches, he is the only one with a batting average above 55.
* Only seconds to cross the 10 000 runs in India Test matches.
* Has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in the history of test cricket. Has this record along with Brian Lara. They accomplished this feat in 195 innings.
* To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket at an average of 57. An average of more than 50 distinguishes a batsman at its greatest.
* Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186 * against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
While his batting places him among the best in the world, is also a bowler part-time and has played a crucial role as a leg spinner or a medium pace bowler who tends to break partnerships. It has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs and 35 tests, although their bowling average is above 40. Keep a good performance under the enormous weight of hope for hundreds of millions of cricket fans in India and around the world, and most recently was named player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Incidentally, Sachin is the first batsman to be declared run out by third umpire in 1992 in South Africa.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
