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| Master Blaster with World cup |
On 24th of April 1973 a boy named SACHIN TENDULKAR was born who ruled the world of cricket for more than 24 years.
Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely
acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation.
Born in Mumbai, he took up cricket at age of eleven, made his test debut against Pakistan at just
sixteen years old, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for
more than twenty years. He retired from the Indian Premier League in
May 2013 and has announced that he will retire from the sport in November 2013
after playing his two-hundredth test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. He is the first player to score one hundred international centuries, the first player to
score a double century in a One Day International, and
thus far the only to complete 34,000 runs in international cricket.
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| sachin tendulkar with his childhood friend vinod kambli |
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.[11] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup
winning Indian team in the
later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for
India. He was also the recipient of "Player of the Tournament" award
of the 2003 Cricket World Cup
held in South Africa. In October 2013, he became the only Indian cricketer to
be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. He has been recommended for the
receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been
speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna were changed to allow him receive the award. He
is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of India. As of
October 2013, Tendulkar has played 662 matches in international cricket. On 5
October 2013, Sachin Tendulkar became the 16th player and first Indian to
aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket (First-class cricket, List A cricket and Twenty20 combined).
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| Sachin after winning World cup 2011 |
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| Sachin after his 100th century |
Tendulkar has been honoured
with the Padma Vibhushan award,
India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award, India's highest sporting honour. He was also the first sportsperson and
the first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar has received honorary doctorates
from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences. Sachin holds the 19th rank in ICC Player Rankings for
Test batsmen as of 17 March 2013. On 1 August 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was
nominated for the ICC People's Choice award for the third time. In 2012, he was
nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.
Sachin Tendulkar was ranked 78th richest sportsman in the world according to
the Forbes' list of
world's highest-paid athletes for the year 2012. In June 2013 list, Forbes
ranked Sachin at 51st position in highest paid athletes list, with his total
earnings were estimated to be USD 22 million. In October 2013,the net worth of
Sachin Tendulkar was estimated at US$ 160 million by Wealth X ,making him
India's wealthiest cricket player.
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| Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar |
18th November 2013 will be the last day for the cricket fans to watch him on cricket field.He will be
retiring from international cricket.On that day a golden era in cricket will be completed. But it is sure Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be linked with cricket for his whole life.
Wishing a very Good luck to Sachin for his last test series and life after retirement from international cricket.
