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Sachin Tendulkar
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Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards (crop).jpg
Tendulkar at an awards event in January 2013.
Personal information
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 40)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nickname Master Blaster ,Tendlya, Little Master[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style 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
Last Test 22 March 2013 v Australia
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–present Mumbai
1992 Yorkshire
2008–2013 Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 198 463 302 551
Runs scored 15,837 18,426 24,896 21,999
Batting average 53.86 44.83 57.89 45.54
100s/50s 51/67 49/96 80/113 60/114
Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*
Balls bowled 4,198 8,032 7,551 10,230
Wickets 45 154 70 201
Bowling average 54.69 44.32 62.15 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/– 184/– 175/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2013
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM (Listeni/səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973)[1] is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in One Day International cricket[2] In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Tendulkar" redirects here. For other uses, see Tendulkar (disambiguation).
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Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards (crop).jpg
Tendulkar at an awards event in January 2013.
Personal information
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 40)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nickname Master Blaster ,Tendlya, Little Master[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style 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
Last Test 22 March 2013 v Australia
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–present Mumbai
1992 Yorkshire
2008–2013 Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 198 463 302 551
Runs scored 15,837 18,426 24,896 21,999
Batting average 53.86 44.83 57.89 45.54
100s/50s 51/67 49/96 80/113 60/114
Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*
Balls bowled 4,198 8,032 7,551 10,230
Wickets 45 154 70 201
Bowling average 54.69 44.32 62.15 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/– 184/– 175/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2013
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM (Listeni/səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973)[1] is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in One Day International cricket[2] In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first