2. Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: 24 April 1973 (age 39)Mumbai, India
Nickname: Little Master, Tendlya, MasterBlaster
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style: Right-handed
Bowling style: Right-arm leg spin / Right-arm offspin
Role:Batsman
3. Last test 3rd sept. 2012 v/s new zealand
Last ODI 18th march 2012 v/s pakistan
ODI shirt no. 10 only.
Test debut v/s Pakistan
on 15th Nov,1989.
ODI debut v/s Pakistan
on 18th Dec,1989.
T20 I debut(only T20I) v/s South
Africa on 1st Dec,2006.
4. Leading run scorer in both Test and ODI.
Most no. of centuries in both Test(51) and ODI(49).
Scored the first and thus far only double century in
ODI(200*) v/s SA..
Only Player to score fifty centuries in all international
cricket(94).
Has won maximum 61 MOM and15 MOS in ODI.
Holds the world record for the maximum number of runs
scored by the opening partnership with Sourav
Ganguly(271).
Only batsman to score30,000 runs in all forms of cricket.
5. 1994: Arjuna Award Receipient for achievements in
Cricket.
1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers
selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
1997/98: India's highest sporting honour-Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna.
1999: Padma Shri-India's 4th highest civilian award.
2008: Padma vibhusan
2010: ICC cricketer of the year
2010: LG people’s choice award
6. Tendulkar scored his much awaited 100th
international hundred on 16 March 2012, at Mirpur
against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.
He became the first person in history to achieve this
feat.
Incidentally, it was Tendulkar's first ODI hundred
against Bangladesh.
Despite Tendulkar's century, India failed to win the
match against Bangladesh, losing by 5 wickets.
7. He is a right hand batsman.
Tendulkar plays a wristy leg-side flick.
He bats, bowls and throws with his right hand.
But writes with his left hand.
He also practices left-handed throws at the nets on a
regular basis.
His batting is based on complete balance and followthrough.
Straight drive is his favourite shot.
He can bowl medium pace , leg spin, and off spin.