Sachin Tendulkar

Personal information
Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (age 36) (1973-04-24) Mumbai, India
Nickname	Little Master, Tendlya,[1] Master Blaster,[2] The Master,[3][4] The Little Champion[5]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin / Right-arm off spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	2 December 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	8 November 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	10
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988–present	Mumbai
2008-present	Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	162	439	264	523
Runs scored	12,970	17,386	21,859	20,730
Batting average	54.72	44.80	58.76	45.36
100s/50s	43/54	45/93	70/100	56/109
Top score	248*	186*	248*	186*
Balls bowled	3,982	8,020	7,347	10,196
Wickets	44	154	69	201
Bowling average	52.22	44.26	60.72	42.01
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	104/–	132/–	172/–	167/–
Source: CricketArchive, March 31 2009

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर) (born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket.^[6][7][8] In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, next to Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one day international (ODI) batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards.^[9] In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.^[10] Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven.^{[nb 1]} He is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster.^[12][13]

Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. The first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has eighty-eight international centuries.

On November 20, 2009, Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket.^[14]

On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game,^[15][16] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years back.^[17] 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.