Sachin Tendulkar
Early
Life
Sachin Tendulkar was born
in Dadar, Mumbai, on April 24, 1973. Ramesh Tendulkar was his
father's name, and he was a well-known poet and writer. Sachin was born to Rajini, his father's second wife.
Sachin was a naughty kid as a child and it
was necessary to distract his thoughts and
stop him from misbehaving. And thus, Ajit
Tendulkar, his older brother, presented him
to cricket in
1984.
Sachin was brought to Ramakant
Achrekar because he was a great cricket
player as a kid. And also, Achrekar was a
well-known cricket trainer who used to live
in Dadar itself. Coach Achrekar was
pleasantly surprised by his skills. Achrekar
used to place 1 rupee coin on the stumps
to train him and improve his performance.
He was also promised that if he didn't get
out, the currency would be his.
Sachin Tendulkar's Inclusion In Domestic
Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar's career
began with the Ranji
Trophy when he was picked for Mumbai at 14.
He is the first and only cricketer to score hundreds in his debut match for all
major domestic competitions (Duleep trophy, Ranji trophy, and Irani trophy). In
the domestic session, Sachin has the most runs in a match. When he had been
seen successfully defending himself in the net at Wankhede Stadium against
India's top bowler of that time, he was selected to play for the national
squad. Sir Donald Bradman reportedly invited Sachin once to his birthday
celebration and likened Sachin to himself.
Sachin's
International Debut
Raj Singh Dungarpur was
in-charge of selecting Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian cricket team for the 1989
tour of Pakistan. At 16, he played his first test series in November 1989 in
Karachi, Pakistan. He scored 15 runs in his debut match and was knocked out by
Waqar Younis, making his debut. He was hit on the nose by a bouncer bowl from
Younis Khan in the fourth test match against Pakistan and he was advised to
quit the match but he continued to play.
Sachin got 148 runs in the third test against Australia during
the 1991-92 tour, making him the youngest player to achieve a century against
Australia. He subsequently scored 114 in the last test match, which was held in
Perth, Australia. When asked about his favourite innings, Sachin recalls this
one in Perth because the ground was fast and bouncy, and Australia's top
bowlers bowled him at that time. Sachin hit his first ODI century on September
9, 1994, versus Australia, although it took him 78 ODIs to do so.
On December 5, 2012,
Tendulkar became the first player in cricket history to reach 34,000 run marks,
including runs he got in all forms of cricket. He had featured in 657
international cricket matches. On March 16, 2012, against Bangladesh in Asia
Cup, he scored his long-awaited 100th century. On December 23, 2012, Sachin
Tendulkar announced his retirement from one-day international cricket. In
addition, he has stated that he would not play in T20 Internationals.
Achievements
More than the stats, Sachin Tendulkar's
legacy can be seen in the players who have picked up their careers after seeing
his game. The legend encouraged thousands of others and began playing cricket
due to Sachin Tendulkar's impact. Let's have a look at a few of his
achievements.
1) Sachin Tendulkar's accomplishment of being
the first cricketer to score 200 runs in one-day internationals will go down in
history, especially considering it was achieved against one of the strongest
teams in the world, South Africa.
2) Sachin Tendulkar's record of becoming the
first batsman to hit 100 international hundreds (51 Tests, 49 ODIs) is as
unbreakable as Sir Don Bradman's 99.94 average.
3) He has played international cricket for
more than 20 years and has the most runs, 2278 and hundreds (6) in world cup
matches. He has finally won and carried the World Cup trophy in 2011. For Him,
it was a dream come true moment.
4) He is the greatest one-day international
batsman of all time. His total run tally 18,426 is about 5000 more than the next
best figure, highlighting the enormous gap between him and the remainder of the
batsmen who have ever played the game.
5) Tendulkar has already proved himself in
the National squad at the age of 21. And thus in 1994, the Indian government
recognized this by awarding him the Arjuna
Award.
6) The Padma Vibhushan, India's
second-highest civilian achievement, was conferred upon him in 2008 by the President Pratibha Patil.
7) Tendulkar was awarded with Bharat Ratna in
Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall on February 4, 2014, by the President Pranav Mukherjee. And thus, he became the first sportsperson and the
youngest member to get this esteemed honor.
Sachin'
Life Outside Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar was the
first non-retired athlete to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. On
November 6, 2014, he launched his autobiography, "Playing It My Way". Sachin
Tendulkar featured himself in the documentary film "Sachin: A Billion
Dreams", based on his own life.
Origin of the term God of Cricket
Once when Sachin was in his prime form in the late 1990s, a group of fans in the Indian crowd came up with posters that said, “If cricket is our religion, then Sachin is our God.” This quote came in an age when social media didn't exist.
