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Sachin TendulkarFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Tendulkar" redirects here. For other people, see Tendulkar (disambiguation).Sachin TendulkarPersonal information Full name Born Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar 24 April 1973 (age 38) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India Little Master, Tendlya,[1] The God of Cricket,[2] Nickname Master Blaster,[3] The Master,[4][5] The Little Champion,[6] Height Batting style 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Right-handedBowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium

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Sachin TendulkarFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Tendulkar" redirects here. For other people, see Tendulkar (disambiguation).

Sachin Tendulkar

Personal information Full name Born Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar 24 April 1973 (age 38) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India Little Master, Tendlya,[1] The God of Cricket,[2] Nickname Master Blaster,[3] The Master,[4][5] The Little Champion,[6] Height Batting style 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Right-handed

Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace Role Batsman International information National side India Test debut(cap 187)

15 November 1989 v Pakistan 2 August 2011 v England 18 December 1989 v Pakistan 2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka

Last Test ODI debut(cap 74)

Last ODI

ODI shirt no. 10 Domestic team in am information Team Mumbai

Years 1988 present 2008 present 1992

Mumbai Indians (Ind Premier League) Indian Yorkshire Career stati r statistics

Competition Matches Runs scored Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings

Test 179 14,810 56.95 51/60 248* 4,096 45 53.07 0 0 3/10 106/ 453

OD ODI 280

FC 540

LA

18,111 8,111 45.16 48/95 200* 8,032 154 44.32 2 n/a 5/32 136/

23,585 59.86 77/105 248* 7,461 70 59.86 0 0 3/10 174/

21,663 45.89 59/113 200* 10,220 201 42.11 2 n/a 5/32 171/

Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2011

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pro pronunciation (helpinfo) (Marathi: ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of keter smen i cricket. He is the leading run-score and century maker in Test and one-day international scorer intern cricket.[7][8][9] He is the only male p le player to score a double century in the history of ODI tory cricket.[10][11] In 2002, just 12 year into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test 2 years econd batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-inte international [12] (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. In September 2007, the Australian leg ehind Austra spinner Shane Warne rated Tendul endulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.[13] ith Tendulkar was an integral part of t 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later art the an part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[14] ch

Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries in international cricket.[15] On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000 and 14,000 runs in that form of the game,[16] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[17] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.[18] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches.Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.[19] He has received honorary doctorates from Mysore University[20] and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences[21] He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[22]

Early years and personal lifeTendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). His mother Rajni worked in the insurance industry,[23] and his father Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister Savita. Tendulkar spent his entire childhood and some of his youth years in Sahitya Sahawas, a colony of writers in Bandra East.[24] Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (High School),[1] where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead.[25] When he was young, Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions.[26]

While at school, he developed a re ed reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common e co conversation point in Mumbai circ ai circles, where there were suggestions already that he would h become one of the greats. His seas in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a is season lkar s century in every innings he played He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a played. partn Lord Harris Shield inter-school ga in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who ool game nod Ka would also go on to represent Indi The destructive pair reduced one bowler to tears and made t India. r te the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326* in this innings willing i and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament.[27] This was a record partnersh in any form tnership of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad t ch hel in India. At 14, Tendulkar was a ball boy fo the India versus Zimbabwe game at the Wankhede Stadium for Wank during the 1987 World Cup.[28] Wh he was 14, former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar gave When nil Gav him a pair of his own ultra light pa "It was the greatest source of encouragemen for me," ight pads. gement Tendulkar said nearly 20 years late after surpassing Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test ars later d 3 [29] [30] centuries. On 24 May 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali, a paediatricia and daughter atrician of Gujarati industrialist Anand Me and British social worker Annabel Mehta. They have two Mehta ehta. T children, Sara (born 12 October 19 ber 1997), and Arjun (born 24 September 1999). Anjali is six years ). Anja elder to him.[31] t In 2001, he moved into a flat in La Mer, Bandra West.[32] In June 2011, Tendulkar moved in his 5-storey mansion on Perry Cross Road, Bandra West, ved into ,B which he had purchased for Rs 39 crore.[33]

PhilanthropyTendulkar sponsors 200 underpriv erprivileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based aya, NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta. A request from Sachin on Twitter chin o raised 1.025 crore (US$228,575) through Sachin's crusade against cancer for the Crusade 8,575) against Cancer foundation.[34][35]

Early domestic career areerOn 11 December 1988, aged just 1 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his 15 00 no debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat, making him the youngest Indian to score a ombay st Indi century on first-class debut. He fol followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and t Deod Duleep Trophy.[36] He was picked by the Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar after seeing him icked s [1] negotiate Kapil Dev in the nets, and finished the season as Bombay's highest run-scorer.[37][38] est run He also made an unbeaten century in the Irani Trophy final,[39] and was selected for the tour of entury cted fo Pakistan next year, after just one fi class season.[40] t first His first double century was for M Mumbai while playing against the visiting Austra ustralian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998.[1] He is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani T Trophy debuts.[41]

In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire[1][42] Tendulkar played 16 first-class matches for the county and scored 1070 runs at an average of 46.52.[43]

International careerEarly careerRaj Singh Dungarpur is credited for the selection of Tendulkar for the 1989 Indian tour of Pakistan.[44] Tendulkar played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989 aged just 16. He made just 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match, but was noted for how he handled numerous blows to his body at the hands of the Pakistani pace attack.[45] In the final test in Sialkot, he was hit on the nose by a bouncer, but he declined medical assistance and continued to bat even as he gushed blood from it.[46] In a 20 over exhibition game in Peshawar, Tendulkar made 53 runs off 18 balls, including an over in which he scored 28 runs off Abdul Qadir.[47] This was later called "one of the best innings I have seen" by the then Indian captain Kris Srikkanth.[48] In all, he scored 215 runs at an average of 35.83 in the Test series, and was dismissed without scoring a run in the only One Day International he played.[49][50] The series was followed by a tour of New Zealand in which he scored 117 runs at an average of 29.25 in, Tests including an innings of 88 in the Second Test.[51] He was dismissed without scoring in one of the two one-day games he played, and scored 36 in the other.[52] On his next tour, to England in 1990, he became the second youngest cricketer to score a Test century as he made 119* at Old Trafford.[46] Wisden described his innings as "a disciplined display of immense maturity" and also wrote:[53] "He looked the embodiment of India's famous opener, Gavaskar, and indeed was wearing a pair of his pads. While he displayed a full repertoire of strokes in compiling his maiden Test hundred, most remarkable were his off-side shots from the back foot. Though only 5ft 5in tall, he was still able to control without difficulty short deliveries from the English paceman." Tendulkar further enhanced his development during the 19911992 tour of Australia, that included an unbeaten 148 in Sydney and a century on a fast, bouncing pitch at Perth. Merv Hughes commented to Allan Border at the time that "This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB."[54]

Rise through the ranks

Tendulkar waits at the bowler's en er's end. Tendulkar's performance through t years 19941999 coincided with his physica peak, in his ough the hysical early twenties. On the day of the H f Hindu festival Holi, Tendulkar was told to open the batting at t Auckland against New Zealand in 1994.[55] He went on to make 82 runs off 49 balls. He scored and bal his first ODI century on 9 Septemb 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. It had eptember Colom taken him 79 ODIs to score a centu century. Tendulkar's rise continued when h was the leading run scorer at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, hen he ricket [56] scoring two centuries. He was t only Indian batsman to perform in the infamous semi-final the infamo against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar fell a r amid a batting collapse and the match referee awarded Sri ree aw Lanka the match after the crowd b d began rioting and throwing litter onto the field. After the World Cup, in the same y against Pakistan at Sharjah, Indian captain Mohammed year ptain Azharuddin was going through a le patch. Tendulkar and Navjot Singh Sidhu both made gh lean centuries to set a record partnershi for the second wicket. After getting out, Tendulkar found nership , Tend Azharuddin in two minds about wh out whether he should bat. Tendulkar convinced Azharuddin to bat d Azha and Azharuddin subsequently unle ly unleashed 29 runs in mere 10 balls. It enabled India post a score in excess of 300 runs for the first tim in an ODI. India went on to win that match. rst time This was the beginning of a period at the top of the batting world, culminating in the Australian ng t tour of India in early 1998, with T ith Tendulkar scoring three consecutive centuries. These were ies. Th characterised by a premeditated pl to target Australian spinners Shane Warne and Gavin ted plan an Robertson, to whom he regularly c larly charged down the pitch to drive over the infield. This technique nfield. worked as India beat Australia. Th test match success was followed by two scintillating knocks lia. The scinti in Sharjah where he scored two co consecutive centuries in a must-win game and then in finals nd the against Australia tormenting Shane Warne once again. Following the series Warne ruefully joked that he was having nightmares abo his Indian nemesis.[57] He also had a role with the ball in es about le wit that series, including a five wicket haul in an ODI. Set 310 runs to win, Australia were cruising icket tralia w comfortably at 3 for 203 in the 31s over when Tendulkar turned the match for India taking 31st Ind wickets of Michael Bevan, Steve W teve Waugh, Darren Lehmann, Tom Moody and Damien Martyn for Dam just 32 runs in 10 overs.[58] on the f Tendulkar single-handedly won th ICC 1998 quarterfinal at Dhaka to pave way for India's entry into the semifinals, when he took four Australian wickets after scoring 141 runs in just 128 balls.

The inaugural Asian Test Championship took place in February and March 1999. Held just twice, the 1999 championship was contested by India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.[59] Eden Gardens hosted the first match, in which Tendulkar was run out for nine after colliding with Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar. The crowd's reaction to the dismissal was to throw objects at Akhtar, and the players were taken off the field. The match resumed after Tendulkar and the president of the ICC appealed to the crowd, however further rioting meant that the match was finished in front of a crowd of just 200 people.[60] Tendulkar scored his 19th Test century in the second Test and the match resulted in a draw with Sri Lanka.[61] India did not progress to the final, which was won by Pakistan, and refused to participate the next time the championship was held to increasing political tensions between India and Pakistan.[62] A chronic back problem flared up when Pakistan toured India in 1999, with India losing the historic Test at Chepauk despite a gritty century from Tendulkar himself. The worst was yet to come as Professor Ramesh Tendulkar, Tendulkar's father, died in the middle of the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Tendulkar flew back to India to attend the final rituals of his father, missing the match against Zimbabwe. However, he returned with a bang to the World cup scoring a century (unbeaten 140 off 101 balls) in his very next match against Kenya in Bristol. He dedicated this century to his father.[63]

CaptaincyTendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. When Tendulkar took over as captain in 1996, it was with huge hopes and expectations. However, by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Azharuddin was credited with saying "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeet nahin hai!",[64] which translates into: "He won't win! It's not in the small one's destiny!".[65] Tendulkar, succeeding Azharuddin as captain for his second term, then led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 30 by the newly crowned world champions.[66] Tendulkar, however, won the player of the tournament award as well as player of the match in one of the games. After another Test series defeat, this time by a 02 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000. Tendulkar remains an integral part of the Indian team's strategic processes. He is often seen in discussion with the captain, at times actively involved in building strategies. Former captain Rahul Dravid publicly acknowledged that Tendulkar had been suggesting moves such as the promotion of Irfan Pathan up the batting order which, although only temporary, had an immediate effect on the team's fortunes. In 2007, Tendulkar was appointed vice-captain to captain Rahul Dravid.[67] During the Indian team's 2007 tour of England, Dravid's desire to resign from the captaincy became known. The BCCI President Sharad Pawar personally offered the captaincy to Tendulkar.[67] However, Tendulkar asked Pawar not to appoint him captain, instead recommending Mahendra Singh Dhoni to take over the reins.[67] Pawar later revealed this conversation, crediting Tendulkar for first forwarding the name of Dhoni, who since achieved much success as captain.[67]

Injuries and apparent declineTendulkar continued performing well in Test cricket in 2001 and 2002, with some pivotal performances with both bat and ball. Tendulkar took three wickets on the final day of the famous Kolkata Test against Australia in 2001. Tendulkar took the key wickets of Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist, centurions in the previous test. In the 2002 series in the West Indies, Tendulkar started well, scoring 79 in the first test, and 117 in the first innings of the second. Then, in a hitherto unprecedented sequence, he scored 0, 0, 8 and 0 in the next four innings, getting out to technical "defects" and uncharacteristically poor strokes. He returned to form in the last test scoring 41 and 86. However, India lost the series. This might have been the beginning of the "decline" phase in his career which lasted till 2006. Tendulkar made 673 runs in 11 matches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, helping India reach the final. While Australia retained the trophy that they had won in 1999, Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award. He continued to score heavily in ODI cricket that year, with two hundreds in a tri series involving New Zealand and Australia. The drawn series as India toured Australia in 2003/04 saw Tendulkar making his mark in the last Test of the series, with 241* in Sydney, putting India in a virtually unbeatable position. He followed up the innings with an unbeaten 60 in the second innings of the test. Prior to this test match, he had had an unusually horrible run of form, failing in all six innings in the preceding three tests. It was no aberration that 2003 was his worst year in test cricket, with an average of 17.25 and just one fifty. Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 194 against Pakistan at Multan in the following series. India declared before Tendulkar reached 200; had he done so it would have been the fourth time he passed the landmark in Tests.[68] In meeting with the press that evening, Tendulkar stated that he was disappointed and that the declaration had taken him by surprise.[69] Many former cricketers commented that Dravid's declaration was in bad taste.[70][71] After India won the match, the captain Rahul Dravid stated that the matter was spoken internally and put to rest.[72] Tennis elbow then took its toll on Tendulkar, leaving him out of the side for most of the year, coming back only for the last two tests when Australia toured India in 2004. He played a part in India's victory in Mumbai in that series with a fast 55, though Australia took the series 21. On 10 December 2005 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Tendulkar scored his record-breaking 35th Test century, against the Sri Lankans. In the test series in Pakistan in 2006, Sachin failed to get going in all three innings despite the pitches being flat tracks. In the third of those three innings, he was bowled comprehensively after making 26, and ended up on all fours. This prompted The Times of India to publish an article entitled "Endulkar" in which TOI opined that Tendulkar's batting prowess had declined and his career had slid permanently.

On 6 February 2006, he scored his 39th ODI hundred, in a match against Pakistan. He followed with a run-a-ball 42 in the second one-day international against Pakistan on 11 February 2006, and then a 95 in hostile, seaming conditions on 13 February 2006 in Lahore, which set up an Indian victory. On 19 March 2006, after scoring an unconvincing 1 off 21 balls against England in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, Wankhede, Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd,[73][74] the first time that he had ever faced such flak. Tendulkar was to end the three-Test series without a single half-century to his credit, and news of a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity. Tendulkar was operated upon for his injured shoulder. In July 2006, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Tendulkar had overcome his injury problem following a rehabilitation programme and was available for selection, and he was eventually selected for the next series. Tendulkar's comeback came in the DLF cup in Malaysia and he was the only Indian batsman to shine. In his comeback match, against West Indies on 14 September 2006, Tendulkar responded to his critics who believed that his career was inexorably sliding with his 40th ODI century. Though he scored 141*, West Indies won the rain-affected match by the D/L method. In the preparation for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was criticised by Greg Chappell on his attitude.[75] As per the report, Chappell felt that Tendulkar would be more useful down the order, while the latter felt that he would be better off opening the innings, the role he had played for most of his career. Chappell also believed that Tendulkar's repeated failures were hurting the team's chances. In a rare show of emotion, Tendulkar hit out at the comments attributed to Chappell by pointing out that no coach has ever suggested his attitude towards cricket is incorrect. On 7 April 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a notice to Tendulkar asking for an explanation for his comments made to the media.[76] At the Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies, Tendulkar and the Indian cricket team, led by Rahul Dravid had a dismal campaign. Tendulkar, who was pushed to bat lower down the order by the Greg Chappell had scores of 7 (Bangladesh), 57* (Bermuda) and 0 (Sri Lanka). As a result, former Australian captain Ian Chappell, brother of the then Indian coach Greg, called for Tendulkar to retire in his column for Mumbai's Mid Day newspaper.[77] During this period from about 2002 to 20067, Tendulkar's batting often seemed to be a shadow of its former self. He was inconsistent, and his big knocks mostly came in sedate, accumulative, uncharacteristic fashion. He seemed to have either cut out or lost the ability to play many shots, including the hook and pull and many other aerial strokes. He also developed a tendency to go without scoring much for long periods and become overtly defensive. While players such as Ponting and Kallis were at the peak of their careers, Sachin's seemed to be in terminal decline. There were several calls from him to retire too. However after the 2007 World Cup, his career had a second wind and his consistency and form have returned.

Return to old form and consi consistencyIn the subsequent series against Ba inst Bangladesh, Tendulkar returned to his opening slot and was Man ing slo of the Series. He continued by sco scoring two consecutive scores of over 90 in the Future Cup Fu against South Africa. He was the l s leading run scorer and was adjudged the Man of the Series.[78] an

Tendulkar celebrates upon reachin his 38th Test century against Australia in the 2nd Test at the eaching SCG in 2008, where he finished not out on 154 hed On the second day of the Nottingh Test (28 July 2007) Tendulkar became the third cricketer ttingham e t to complete 11,000 Test runs.[79] In the subsequent One day series against England Tendulkar ngland, was the leading run scorer from In [80] with an average of 53.42. In the ODI Series against rom India I Seri Australia in October 2007 Tendulk was the leading Indian run scorer with 278 runs.[81] endulkar ru Tendulkar was dismissed seven tim in 2007 between 90 and 100, including three times at 99, ven times g leading some to suggest that he str struggles to cope with nerves in this phase of his innings. f i Tendulkar has got out 23 times bet es between 90 and 100 in his international career. On 8 November er. O 2007 he got out on 99 against Paki st Pakistan in an ODI at Mohali to the bowling of Umar Gul caught Um by Kamran Akmal. In the fourth O urth ODI, he got out on 97 (off 102 balls with 16 fours) after 6 four dragging a delivery from Umar Gu on to his stumps, falling short of another century in ODIs in ar Gul r centu 2007.

2007/08 tour of AustraliaIn the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 20 phy, 200708, Tendulkar showed exceptional form, becoming the rm, be leading run scorer with 493 runs in four Tests, despite consistently failing in the second innings. se Sachin scored 62 runs in the first i innings of the first Test at the MCG in Melbourn but couldn't lbourne, prevent a heavy 337-run win for A Australia. In the controversial New Years Test at Sydney, est Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 154 as India lost the Test. This was his third century at the SCG, en centur earning him an average of 221.33 at the ground. In the third Test at the WACA in Perth, Sachin 21.33 CA was instrumental in India's first inn irst innings score of 330, scoring a well compiled 71, as India went d on to record a historic triumph at t WACA. In the fourth Test at Adelaide, which ended in a ph the , draw, he scored 153 in the first inn irst innings, involving in a crucial 126 run stand with V.V.S. Laxman

for the fifth wicket to lead India to a score of 282 for 5 from 156 for 4. He secured the Player of the Match award. In the One-Day International Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series involving Sri Lanka and Australia, Tendulkar became the first and only batsman to complete 16,000 runs in ODIs. He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka on 5 February 2008 at Brisbane. He started the CB series well notching up scores of 10, 35, 44 and 32, but could not convert the starts into bigger scores. His form dipped a bit in the middle of the tournament, but Tendulkar came back strongly in India's must-win game against Sri Lanka at Hobart, scoring 63 off 54 balls. He finished the series with a match winning 117 not out off 120 balls in the first final,[82] and 91 runs in the second final.[83]

Home series against South AfricaSouth Africa toured in March and April 2008 for a three-Test series. Tendulkar scored a five-ball duck in his only innings of the series;[84] he sustained a groin strain in the match and as a result was forced not only to miss the second and third Tests, but also the tri-series involving Bangladesh, the 2008 Asia Cup, and the first half of the inaugural season of the IPL.[85]

Sri Lanka SeriesBefore the three-Test series in Sri Lanka in mid-2008, Tendulkar needed just 177 runs to go past Brian Lara's record of 11,953 runs in test cricket. However, he failed in all six innings, scoring a total of just 95 runs. India lost 12.

Return to form and breaking the recordIn the following ODI series against Sri Lanka, Tendulkar was sidelined due to injury. However, during the following Australia tour of India, he returned to fitness and form, scoring 13 and 49 in the first test before making 88 in the first innings of the second test, thus breaking the record for most number of Test runs held by Brian Lara. He also reached the 12,000 run mark when he was on 61. He made a fifty in the third test and 109 in the fourth, as India won the series 20 and regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

ODI and Test Series against EnglandTendulkar was again out due to injury from the first three ODIs of a 7-match ODI series at home against England, but he made 11 in the fourth ODI and 50 in the fifth, before the ODI series was called off due to the Mumbai terror attacks, the scoreline being 50 to India. England returned for a 2-match test series in December 2008, and in the first test in Chennai, chasing 387 for victory, Tendulkar made 103 not out in a 163-run unbroken fifth wicket stand with Yuvraj Singh. This was his third century in a fourth match innings, and the first which resulted in a win. This was redemption for the Chennai Test of 1999 when chasing 271 against Pakistan, Sachin had made 136 with severe back pain and was out 17 runs short of the target, precipitating a collapse and a loss by 12 runs. He dedicated this century to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks. Tendulkar failed in both innings in the second test, India won the series 10.

20092010In early 2009, India revisited Sri Lanka for five ODIs, as the Pakistan series had been cancelled due to the security situation in Pakistan and the attacks in Mumbai. Tendulkar failed to reach double figures in any inning, before becoming injured. India's next assignment was an away series against New Zealand, consisting of three Tests and five ODIs. In the ODI series, Tendulkar made a 163 not out in the third match, an innings ended by stomach cramps that forced him to retire hurt. India made 392 and won easily and won the series 31. Tendulkar made 160 in the first test, his 42nd Test century, and India won. He made 49 and 64 in the second test and 62 and 9 in the third, in which India were prevented from winning by rain on the last day. India won the series 10. Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tour of West Indies, but was back for the Compaq Cup (Tri Series) between India, SL and New Zealand in early September 2009. He made 46 and 27 in the league matches before notching up 138 in the final, as India made 319 and won by 46 runs. This was Tendulkar's 6th century in ODI finals and his third consecutive score of over 50 in such finals. India has won all six times that Tendulkar has made a hundred in an ODI final. Tendulkar played just one innings in the ICC Champions trophy in South Africa, scoring 8 against Pakistan as India lost. The next match against Australia was washed out and he was out with food poisoning in the third match against the West Indies, as India were eliminated. Australia returned for a seven-match ODI series in India in October, and Tendulkar made 14, 4, 32 and 40 in the first four games. In the fifth match, with the series tied at 22, Australia amassed 350/4 in 50 overs. Tendulkar made his 45th ODI hundred, a 175 off 141 balls. Just when it seemed that he would steer India to the large victory target, he paddle-scooped debutant bowler Clint McKay straight to short fine leg, with India needing 19 from 18 balls with four wickets left. The Indian tail collapsed, and they lost by 3 runs, being all out for 347. During this match, Tendulkar also became the first player to reach 17,000 ODI runs, and achieved his personal best against Australia, as well as the third highest score in a defeat. In the ODIs against Sri Lanka in 200910, Tendulkar scored 69, 43, 96 not out and 8, as India won 31.In the Test Series, he scored a 100 no out in the first test, which was drawn, and 40 in the second and 53 in the third test as India clinched innings victory in both tests. India won the series 20.[86] Sachin rested himself for the ODI tri series in Bangladesh in 2010. In the Tests against Bangladesh, he made 105 not out and 16 in the first test, and 143 in the second. India won 20. In the 2-Test Series against South Africa, Tendulkar made seven and 100 in the first test and 106 in the first innings of the second test. In the course of the second 100 (his 47th Test Hundred) he achieved several landmarks, in that he had scored four hundreds in his last four matches and that the hundred against South Africa in the first Test was the first at home against South Africa. The century was also his hundredth score over 50 in International Test cricket, moving him to 92 international hundreds (Tests and ODIs combined). In the subsequent ODI series, Tendulkar was run out in the first ODI for four runs, but made a strong comeback in the second match, scoring a

brisk hundred off just 90 balls. This also took his tally of hundreds to 46 in ODIs and 93 in tests and ODIs combined. He finished the match on 200*, thus becoming the first batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score a double century, eclipsing Saeed Anwar's 194 against India and Charles Coventry's 194* versus Bangladesh.[87][88]

Tendulkar's shot to reach 14,000 Test runs. He was batting against Australia in October 2010.

2011 World Cup and afterFrom February to April, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka hosted the 2011 World Cup. Amassing 482 runs at an average of 53.55 including two centuries, Tendulkar was India's lead run-scorer for the tournament; only Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka scored more runs in the 2011 tournament.[89] India defeated Sri Lanka in the final.[90] Shortly after the victory, Tendulkar commented that "Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. ... I couldn't control my tears of joy."[91] India were due to tour the West Indies in June, although Tendulkar chose not to participate. He returned to the squad in July for India's tour of England.[92]

Indian Premier LeagueTendulkar was made the icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in 2008.[93] As an icon player, he was signed for a sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the second-highest paid player in the team, Sanath Jayasuriya.[94] In 2010 edition of Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians reached the final of the tournament. Tendulkar made 618 runs in 14 innings during the tournament, breaking Shaun Marsh's record of most runs in an IPL season. He was declared player of the tournament for his performance during the season. He also won Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at 2010 IPL Awards ceremony. In 2011 season, against Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Tendulkar scored his maiden Twenty20 hundred. He scored 100* off 66 balls.He has made 1647 runs in 49 matches/innings in IPL's four

seasons,with an average of 40.17 so far and currently second highest run scorer only after Suresh 0.17 rer on Raina.[95]

Champions League Tw gue Twenty20Sachin Tendulkar captained Mumb Indians in 4 league matches of second edition of the Mumbai editio league.He scored 68 in the first ma and 48 against Guyana.But Mumbai Indians failed to irst match Indian qualify for semifinals after losing t initial two matches.Sachin himself scored 135 runs in 4 osing the red 13 matches.[96]

Style of play

Tendulkar plays a wristy leg-side f side flick Tendulkar is cross-dominant: He b : bats, bowls and throws with his right hand, but writes with his , w left hand.[97] He also practices left es left-handed throws at the nets on a regular basis. Cricinfo Cr columnist Sambit Bal has describe him as the "most wholesome batsman of his time".[1] His bed f t batting is based on complete balan and poise while limiting unnecessary movem balance ovements and flourishes. He appears to show litt preference for the slow and low wickets which are typical in ow little s whic India, and has scored many centur on the hard, bouncy pitches in South Africa and centuries frica Australia.[1] He is known for his un r unique punch style of hitting the ball over square. He is also quare. renowned for his picture-perfect st rfect straight drive, often completed with no follow-th through. In 2008 Sunil Gavaskar, in an article he wr in the AFP, remarked that "it is hard to imagine any player wrote o imag in the history of the game who com ho combines classical technique with raw aggression like the little ssion l champion does".[6] Sir Donald Bradman, considered b many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered ered by e, cons Tendulkar to have a batting style s similar to his. In his biography, it is stated that "Bradman was " most taken by Tendulkar's techniq compactness and shot production, and had asked his wife echnique, a to have a look at Tendulkar, havin felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradman' wife, Jessie, having dman's agreed that they did appear similar [98][99] similar."

Tendulkar at the crease, getting rea to face a delivery ing ready Former Australian cricket team co am coach John Buchanan voiced his opinion that Tendulkar had at Tend become susceptible to the short ba early in his innings because of a lack of footwork.[100] ort ball footw [10 Buchanan also believes Tendulkar has a weakness while playing left-arm pace.[100] He was dulkar affected by a series of injuries sinc 2004. Since then Tendulkar's batting has tended to be less es since s tend attacking. Explaining this change i his batting style, he has acknowledged that he is batting ange in differently due to that fact that, firs at, firstly, no batsman can bat the same way for the entire length of a en long career and, secondly, he is a s e senior member of the team now and thus has more as mo responsibility. During the early pa of his career he was a more attacking batsman and rly part atsman frequently scored centuries at clos to a run a ball. Ian Chappell, former Australian player, close stralian remarked in 2007 that "Tendulkar now, is nothing like the player he was when he was a young ulkar en bloke".[101] Tendulkar has incorporated severa modern and unorthodox strokes into his repertoire in recent several repert times, including the paddle sweep, the scoop over short fine leg and the slash to third man over h th the slips' heads, over the last seven or eight years. This has enabled him to remain scoring t emain consistently in spite of the physica toll of injuries and a lean period in the mid-20 hysical 2000s. By his own admission, he does not bat as aggressively as he did in the 90s and early 2000s, because his y 2000 body has undergone changes and c s cannot sustain aggressive shotmaking over a long period. He is r lon often praised for his ability to adap to the needs of his body and yet keep scoring consistently. adapt oring While Tendulkar is not a regular b ular bowler, he can bowl medium pace, leg spin, and off spin with , equal ease. He often bowls when t batsmen of the opposite team have been batting together hen two en batt for a long period, as he can often b a useful partnership breaker. With his bowlin he has be owling, helped secure an Indian victory on more than one occasion.[102] He has taken 44 test match ory n te wickets and is the tenth highest wi est wicket taker for India in ODIs.[103]

ControversiesMike Denness incidentMain article: Mike Denness and In Indian cricket team incident In India's 2001 tour of South Afric in the second test match between India and South Africa at Africa So St George's Park, Port Elizabeth match referee Mike Denness fined four Indian players for ian pla excessive appealing as well as the Indian captain Sourav Ganguly for not controlli his ntrolling team.[104] Tendulkar was given a su en suspended ban of one game by Mike Denness in light of alleged ess ball tampering. Television camera picked up images that suggested Tendulkar may have been ameras kar ma involved in cleaning the seam of th cricket ball.[105] This can, under some conditi m the onditions, amount to altering the condition of the ball. T match referee Mike Denness found Sachin Tendulkar The chin T guilty of ball tampering charges an handed him a one Test match ban.[106] The incident rges and he inc escalated to include allegations of racism,[107] and led to Mike Denness being barred from ons g barre entering the venue of the third test match. The ICC revoked the status of the match as a Test as rd the teams rejected the appointed re nted referee.[108] The charges against Tendulkar and Sehwag's ban for Se [109] excessive appealing triggered a ma d massive backlash from the Indian public.

Controversy over Ferrari im ari import taxIn commemorating Tendulkar's fea of equalling Don Bradman's 29 centuries in Test Cricket, 's feat s automotive giant Ferrari invited Te ited Tendulkar to its paddock in Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix on 23 July 2002, to rec , receive a Ferrari 360 Modena from the F1 world champion orld ch Michael Schumacher.[110] On 4 Sep n September 2002 India's then finance minister Jaswant Singh Jasw wrote to Tendulkar telling him tha the government will waive customs duty imposed on the car im that impo [111] as a measure to applaud his feat.[1 However the rules at the time stated that the customs duty t c can be waived only when receiving an automobile as a prize and not as a gift. It is claimed that ceiving ft. the proposals to change the law (C (Customs Act) was put forth in Financial Bill in February 2003 ill F and amended was passed as a law in May 2003. Subsequently the Ferrari was allowed to be as allo brought to India without payment of the customs duty ( 1.13 crore (US$251,990) or 120% on ment 1,990) [112] the car value of 75 lakh (US$167 167,300)). When the move to waive customs duty became ms du public in July 2003, political and s l social activists protested the waiver[113] and filed PIL in the d Delhi High Court. With the contro controversy snowballing, Fiat India agreed to pay the import ay duty.[114]

Fan following

Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, an arde fan of Tendulkar who earned the privilege of tickets to all of n ardent ege India's home games Tendulkar's entry into world cricke was very much hyped up by former Indian stars and those cricket ian sta who had seen him play. Tendulkar consistent performances earned him a fan following across dulkar's an foll the globe, including amongst Aust t Australian crowds, where Tendulkar has consistently scored istently centuries.[54] One of the most popu sayings by his fans is "Cricket is my religion and Sachin is t popular eligion my God".[115] Cricinfo mentions in his profile that "... Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most ions y dis worshipped cricketer in the world. [116] During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew world." n [117] Hayden said "I have seen God. He bats at no. 4 in India in Tests." od. At home in Mumbai, Tendulkar's f following is so great that he is unable to lead a normal life. lkar's fan Ian Chappell has said that he woul be unable to cope with the lifestyle Tendulkar was forced to e would dulkar [101] lead, having to "wear a wig and go out and watch a movie only at night". In an interview with Tim Sheridan, Tendulkar admitted that he sometimes went for quiet drives in the streets of mitted n s [118] Mumbai late at night when he wou be able to enjoy some peace and silence. e would Tendulkar has a presence in the popular social ne cial networking site twitter with the user name sachin_ since May in_rt 2010.[119]

Business interestsTendulkar's immense popularity h led him to be an early pioneer in India on cricket business arity has cric dealings when he signed a record s ecord sports management deal with Worldtel in 1995, the value of the deal being 30 crore (US$6.69 million) over five years.[120] His next contract with WorldTel 6.69 tract w [121] in 2001 was valued at 80 crore (US$17.84 million) over five years. In 2006, he signed a contract with Saatchi and Saatchi ICONIX values at 180 crore (US$40.14 million) over three atchi's 4 milli years.[122]

Tendulkar has opened two restaurants: Tendulkar's[123] (Colaba, Mumbai) and Sachin's[124] (Mulund, Mumbai) and Bangalore. Sachin owns these restaurants in partnership with Sanjay Narang of Mars Restaurants. In 2007, Tendulkar also announced a JV with the Future Group and Manipal Group to launch healthcare and sports fitness products under the brand name 'S Drive and Sach'.[125] A series of comic books by Virgin Comics is also due to be published featuring him as a superhero.[126]

Commercial endorsementsSachin Tendulkar has been sponsored by several brands throughout his career including Boost (1990present),[127] Pepsi (19922009),[128] Action Shoes (19952000),[129] MRF (1999 2009),[130] Adidas (200010),[131] Britannia (200107),[132] Fiat Palio (200103),[133] TVS (2002 05),[134] ESPN Star Sports (2002present),[135] Sunfeast (200713),[136] Canon (200609),[137] Airtel (200406),[138] Reynolds (2007present),[139] G-Hanz (200507),[140] Sanyo BPL (2007 present),[141] Colgate-Palmolive,[142] Philips,[142] VISA,[142]Castrol India (201112),[143] Ujala Techno Bright[144] and Coca-Cola (201113)[145] He has also been a spokesperson for National Egg Coordination Committee (200305),[146] AIDS Awareness Campaign (2005)[147] and Luminous India (2010present)[148]

BiographiesSachin Tendulkar has been the subject of various books. The following is the listing of books focused on Tendulkar's career:

Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 978-0-14-302854-3[149] The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 97881-7476-530-7[150][151] Sachin Tendulkar-a definitive biography by Vaibhav Purandare. Publisher: Roli Books. ISBN 81-7436-360-2[152][153] Sachin Tendulkar Masterful by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla. Publisher: Rupa. ISBN 81-7167-806-8[154][155] If Cricket is a Religion, Sachin is God by Vijay Santhanam, Shyam Balasubramanian Publisher: HarperCollins India ISBN 978-81-7223-821-6[156]

Career achievementsMain articles: Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar and List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Tendulkar's Test match batting career up to February 2008, down F showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line) rs) Sachin Tendulkar is the most proli run scorer in one-day internationals with 18,111 runs. With t prolific ith 18, a current aggregate of 14,692 Test runs, he surpassed Brian Lara's previous record tally of 2 11,953 runs as the highest run scor in test matches in the second Test of Australi 2008 tour n scorer ustralia's of India in Mohali.[16] [157] Tendulk described "It is definitely the biggest achieve endulkar chievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the record.[158] He also holds the record of highest ay number of centuries in both Test (5 and ODI cricket (48). Throughout his career, he has made (51) career a strong impact on Indian cricket a was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's icket and st t victories. In recognition with his im h impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, I Tendulkar has been granted the Ra Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Rajiv adma S Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers ent Wis of the Year in 1997 and is ranked b the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and ODI nked by batsm batsman of all time. Tendulkar has also consistently do well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was the highest run tly done r scorer of the 2003 Cricket World C and 1996 Cricket World Cup. After his century against orld Cup is cent England during group stages of 20 Cricket World Cup, he became the player to hit most 2011 yer number of centuries in Cricket Wo Cups with six centuries and the first player to score 2000 et World layer t [159] runs in World Cup cricket.[28][159] Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in calend ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scor 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs e scored hest n scored by any player in a single ca gle calendar year for one day internationals. Tendulka is also one of ndulkar the very few players who are still p e playing in international cricket from the 1980s. On 24 980s. February 2010, Tendulkar broke th previous world record for highest individual innings in an roke the idual i ODI, and became the first male cri ale cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket. He made ay cric 200 runs and broke the previous re ious record of 194 runs, jointly held by Pakistan opener Saeed opene [160] Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles C rles Coventry. He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four times,[161] fou out of them twice in the Border-Ga Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The performa formances earned him respect from Australian cricke fans and players.[54] Similarly he has been Man of the Match cricket Ma 60 times in One day International matches and Man of the Series 14 times. tional

Individual honours and appreciations

Tendulkar was the only player of his generation, and the cricketer to have played for India, to be included in Bradman's Eleven.[nb 1] ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year 2010 Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008.[163] ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007 Rajiv Gandhi Awards Sports: 2005[164] Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award in 2001[165] Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999[166] Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997 98.[167] Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997 Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sports, 1994.[168] In October 2010 he was awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the Peoples Choice Award at The Asian Awards in London[169] On 28 January 2011, he won the 'Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year' award.[170] 'BCCI Cricketer of the Year' award on 31 May 2011[171] On 3 September 2010 he was made a Honorary Group captain by the Indian Air Force[172]