Sachin Tendulkar Great Cricketer

     Sachin Tendulkar Great Cricketer 

                                Ranjit Singh Preet 

Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. Within a few hours of ending of his final match in November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Tendulkar would receive the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, making him the youngest recipient to date and the first sportsperson to receive the award.He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.He was also the first sportsperson (and the first without an aviation background) to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia. 2013 - Indian Postal Service released a stamp of Tendulkar and he became the second Indian after Mother Teresa to have such stamp released in their life time.2014 - Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award announced and to be presented on 26 January 2014, the Republic Day of India.  

Sachin Tendulkar.

Personal information

Full name

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born

24 April 1973 (age 40) Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Nickname

Tendlya, Little Master, Master Blaster.The Indian Fab 4(along with Dravid, Laxman and Ganguly.

Height

5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium, leg break, off break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 187)

15 November 1989 v Pakistan

Last Test

14 November 2013 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 74)

18 December 1989 v Pakistan

Last ODI

18 March 2012 v Pakistan

ODI shirt no.

10

Only T20I (cap 11)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1988

Cricket Club of India

1988–2013

Mumbai

1992

Yorkshire

2008–2013

Mumbai Indians

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 200 463 310 551 Runs scored 15,921 18,426 25,396 21,999 Batting average 53.79 44.83 57.92 45.54 100s/50s 51/68 49/96 81/116 60/114 Top score 248* 200* 248* 200* Balls bowled 4,240 8,054 7,563 10,230 Wickets 46 154 71 201 Bowling average 54.17 44.48 62.18 42.17 5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32 Catches/stumpings 115/– 140/– 186/– 175/–

Tendulkar's results in international matches

Matches

Won

Lost

Drawn

Tied

No result

Test

200

72

56

72

0

–

ODI

463

234

200

–

5

24

T20I

1

1

–

–

–

–

Tendulkar's record in Twenty20 matches

Matches

Runs

HS

100s

50s

Avg.

T20I

1

10

10

0

0

10.00

IPL

78

2334

100*

1

13

34.83

CLT20

13

265

69

0

1

20.38

 Centuries against different nations

	Test	ODI
Australia	11	9
Sri Lanka	9	8
South Africa	7	5
England	7	2
New Zealand	4	5
West Indies	3	4
Zimbabwe	3	5
Pakistan	2	5
Bangladesh	5	1
Kenya	–	4
Namibia	–	1

 Tendulkar's record as captain

	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result
Test	25	4	9	12	0	–
ODI	73	23	43	–	2	6