Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He was born in 1973 in India and began his professional cricket career in 1989 at the young age of 16. Over his career spanning from 1989 to 2013, Tendulkar scored over 34,000 runs in international cricket and holds numerous batting records, cementing his place as one of cricket's all-time great batsmen.