SACHIN-TENDULKAR

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar's full name is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. He was born on 24 April 1973. He is an international cricketer who is the captain of the Indian team. He is counted as the greatest batsman in the history of  cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored the most runs in international cricket, he scored a double-century in ODI and set the record for the highest run score in cricket. He has scored more than 30,000 runs in Test, ODI, and International Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian cricketer who was included in the 2013 All-Time Test World XI, which marked the 150th anniversary of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack. The whole world affectionately calls him Little Master and Master Blaster.

Sachin Tendulkar started playing cricket at the age of only eleven. On 15 November 1989, at the age of sixteen, played his first match in Test cricket against Pakistan in Karachi and represented Mumbai and India at the international level for 24 years. After completing half of his cricketing career in 2002, Sachin Tendulkar was picked up by the Wisden Cricketers Almanack, after Don Bradman, given the title of the second-largest ODI batsman after Viv Richards, the greatest batsman of all time. After this, Sachin Tendulkar became part of the 2011 World Cup-winning India team, his first win in six World Cups in India. In 2003 he was nominated under the influence of the first tournament held in South Africa.

EARLY YEAR

Sachin Tendulkar was born in a Maharashtrian family in Dadar. His father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist and poet, his mother Rajni worked in the insurance industry. Ramesh Tendulkar had named his son Sachin Tendulkar as his favorite music director Sachin Dev Barman. Sachin Tendulkar has two brothers and one sister, his brother's name Nitin and Ajit and his sister's name Savita.

EARLY YEAR

Sachin Tendulkar lived in Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society in Bandra in his early years. As a young boy, people used to think of Sachin as a bully boy because sometimes he used to fight with new children who came to school. He was also fond of playing tennis after seeing John McEnroe. To stop his mischief and bullying, his brother Ajit decided to become a cricketer. He took him to Sivaji Park, Dadar, to learn cricket with Ramakant Achrekar, a renowned cricket coach and a club cricketer of Daman. Sachin Tendulkar did not show his good performance in his first meeting. Ajit pleaded with the coach for another chance to Sachin and he agreed then Sachin played better than before and Achrekar's academy selected him.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

SACHIN'S CAPTAINCY

Sachin Tendulkar's two terms as captain of the Indian team were not good. When Sachin Tendulkar took over as a captain in 1996, it was handled with a lot of expectations and hopes but due to their lack of good captaincy since 1997, the Indian team was not doing well.

Azharuddin succeeded Sachin Tendulkar as captain for his second term when India's team went on a tour of Australia, then there were a large number of viewers to see Sachin Tendulkar, he won a series of games for viewers and also won the title of "Player of the Match". After losing the Test series, this time Sachin Tendulkar resigned from the captaincy due to the 0-2 defeat in India against South Africa, and in the year 2000, Sourav Ganguly became the new captain of the India team.

2003 WORLD CUP

In the 2003 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in 11 matches, India reached the final but Australia won this match the way they won the 1999 match. For this match, Sachin Tendulkar was given the title of "Man of the tournament".

He continued to score more in ODI cricket that same year, including two centuries in the tri-series of New Zealand and Australia. As a part-time bowler, he dismissed Matthew Hayden in the final of the tri-series.

2011 WORLD CUP

Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka hosted the 2011 World Cup from February to April. Sachin Tendulkar became India's leading run-scorer in the tournament by scoring 482 runs at an average of 53.55 with two centuries, only Sri Lankan player Tillakaratne Dilshan had scored more runs in the 2011 tournament and was nominated for the "Team of ICC tournament". India defeated Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 World Cup.

RETIREMENT

Due to not going well against England in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar decided to retire from the ODI on 23 September 2012, but he was available for the Test match. After this, Sourav Ganguly said that Sachin Tendulkar might play in the next series against Pakistan, whereas Anil Kumble said that the India team is incomplete without Sachin Tendulkar.

RETIREMENT

After playing Twenty 20 International against South Africa in 2013, he said that he would not make an outlay again. After this, he left his team Mumbai Indians and retired from IPL (INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE). He won the 2013 IPL by defeating the Chennai Super Kings team by 23 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 26 May. After the IPL, Sachin Tendulkar played the last match of the 2013 Champions League Twenty 20 in September-October. After this, he retired from every cricket tournament.

HIS PLAYING STYLE

Sachin Tendulkar is a cross-dominated player: He bats and bowls with his right hand but he writes with his left hand. He normally practices left-handed throws at the nets. The proven force of Cricinfo's review gave him the title of the greatest batsman of his time. He gives a low priority for slow and short wickets, which is unusual in India. He has scored several centuries on the hard bouncy pitches of South Africa and Australia. He is known for taking his unique punch to hit the ball on the square. He keeps his catch in the perfect straight drive, he is popular for completing the medium of no follow-up. Sachin Tendulkar's most popular shot is a direct drive.

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