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Sachin Tendulkar turns 45; Happy Birthday to the 'God of Cricket'
New Delhi: The man who carried the pride of a nation; he lived up to the expectations of 1.2 billion Indians; he conquered the world; he is an inspiration for generations; he is Sachin Tendulkar, fondly known as the 'God of Cricket'.
The Cricketing greats from across the world admire the 'little master' and the reason behind it is his exceptional and extraordinary career.
As Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar turns 45 on Tuesday, here's a brief story about his life and his contributions to the game of Cricket.
EARLY LIFE & CHILDHOOD
- He was born as the youngest of four siblings and was named after his father's favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.
- His elder brother encouraged him to play Cricket and got him enrolled in the academy of the coach Ramakant Achrekar in order to divert his direction as he was tyrant as a teenager.
- Sachin with his friend Vinod Kambli was involved in a record 664-run partnership in an inter school match against St. Xavier's High School in 1988.
- Little Mater is also ambidextrous, he is right handed batsman but writes with his left.
- He had a habit of sleepwalking as well as talking in his sleep.
CAREER
- In 1988, Little Master played for Mumbai and scored a century on his very first match. Till the end of the season he was the highest run scorer.
- Because of his mind-blowing performances, he got selected into the national team just after one season.
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- In 1988, Australia was on a tour of India and the series was hyped as Sachin versus Warne contest. Sachin made two centuries in the three-Test series and dealt with Warne brutally.
- Indian Captaincy proved unlucky for him because under his captainship the Indian team performed poorly in 1996 World Cup and after that in the year 1997 he gave up his captaincy.
- Again in 1999, he was made the captain but again it only affected his batting.
- Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in ICC World Cup 2003 which is still a record. He had scored 6 half centuries and a century with 152 being his highest score in the tournament.
- He was also named Player of the tournament for single handedly leading India to the final of ICC World Cup 2003.
- The defeat in the final at the hands of Australia, however, started a bad phase for the legendary batsman and his form deteriorated.
- Passing his difficult phase, he regained his form in 2007, completing 11,000 Test runs and became the leading run scorer from India.
- During ICC World Cup 2011, which was held in Indian subcontinent, Little Master scored 482 runs including two centuries.
- It was the first World Cup victory for him.
- Master Blaster endorsed several famous brands. The first brand he endorsed was 'Boost'.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Sachin holds the records for scoring the highest numbers of runs and centuries in both Test Cricket and One Day Internationals. He scored 15,921 runs and 51 centuries in Tests. While in ODIs, he has scored 18,426 runs and 49 centuries.
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- He was the first person to score a double century in the ODis.
- He is the only player in the world who has played 200 Test matches.
- Sachin bagged many awards from the Government of India. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997-98.
- He was the first sportsperson and the youngest ever individual who was honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
PERSONAL LIFE
- In 1990, master blaster met Anjali, a doctor, and dated her for five years before finally tying the knot in 1995.
- The couple has two children named Arjun Tendulkar and Sara Tendulkar.
- He is involved in an NGO, Apnalaya and sponsors 200 under privileged children every year.
Sachin, who gave some of the best cricketing moments in our lives, officially announced his retirement from all formats of the game in 2012 after proudly serving the country for 24 years.
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