Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer, who is consider as greatest batsman in the world Cricket after Sir Donald Bradman.He is the icon for the cricket.

Personal Information:

• Name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
• Born : 24 April 1973 (1973-04-24)in Mumbia, India
• Nick Names : Little Master, Master Blaster, Little Champion,
• Height : 5 ft 5 inchs
• Father Name : Ramesh Tendulkar
  
• Spouse : Dr Anjali
• Children : Sara, Arjun
• Siblings : Ajit, Nitin, Savitai
  
• Batting style : Right Handed
• Bowling style : Right-arm leg break/off break/medium

In 2002, Wisden ranked Sachin as second greatest Test batsman of all time after Sir Donald Bradman and second greatest ODI batsman of all time after Viv Richards. Sachin is the only player of present genration who got place in Bradman's eleven. Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test and ODI's.

Tendulkar did his schooling in Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School. He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game in 1988 with his friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, in which Tendulkar scored 326* in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament. This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad in India. during his school he attended MRF Pace Foundation to become fast bowler, but Dennis Lillee former Australian blowler who took 355 test wickets an world record was not impressed and suggested him to concentrate on batting. His cricketing coach Ramakant Achrekar, who was impressed by Tendulkar batting will place a coin on top of the stumps and who dismissed Tendulkar would get that coin, if Tendulkar stands notout for the day, coach would give that coin for Tendulkar. He won 13 such coins from his coach.

Sachin was named after a great music composer Sachin Dev Burman. Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali (born on nov 10 1967) in 1995, she is pediatrician and her father is an industrialist in Gujarath. they have two children Sara (born on sep 12 1997) and Arjun (born on oct 24 1999).

Sachin made as icon player in Indian Premier league and he was signed for a huge sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the second-highest paid player in the team, Sanath Jayasuriya. He is the most sponsored player in world cricket and has a huge fan following even amongst foreign audiences. Tendulkar has made numerous commercial ventures including opening a chain of restaurants in India.

Sachin Career Statistics:

• Test Debut : Pakistan v India at Karachi, November 15, 1989
• ODI Debut :Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989
• First Class Debut : 1988/89
• Twenty-20 Debut : South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006

Comments on Sachin Tendulkar:

• Sunil Gavaskar, one of the greatest Test batsmen of the world, regarded Sachin as "closest thing to batting perfection."
• Viv Richards who said "He is 99.5 percent perfect. I'd pay to see him"
• Brian Lara who said "You know genius when you see it and let me tell you, Sachin is pure genius."
• Shane Warne, former Australian leg-spinner, published his list of 50 greatest cricketers who had played during his time, in which Tendulkar had secured the number 1 spot.
• Richard Hadlee, former New Zealand all-rounder, believes Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman ever to grace the game.
• Wasim Akram who said "Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time."
• Sir Donald Bradman, asked his wife to have a look at Tendulkar, having felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradman's wife, Jessie, agreed that they did appear similar.

World Records:

• Highest number of total runs in ODIs (16684).
• Highest number of total runs in Tests (12773).
• Highest number of centuries in ODIs (43) and in Tests (42).
• Highest number of Man of the Match (57) and Man of the Series (14) in ODIs.
• First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI.
• First Cricketer to pass 16000 run in the ODI.
• Most number of nineties in the ODI.
• Most number of Fifties in ODI's (91).
• Appeared in Most Number of ODI's (425).
• He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
• Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches.
• The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record.
• Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999.
• Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
• Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
• In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire.
• Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times, one of these years he scored 1894 runs.
• Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16.
• Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup.
• He is the highest earning cricketer in the world.
• The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
• Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket (ODIs + Tests).
• Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs.
• Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998.
• Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999) and fifth in ODIs.
• Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds.
• Tendulkar has got out 23 times between 90 and 100 in his international career
• Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185.
• On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.
• When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.
• Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.
• Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.
• On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
• Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI.
• Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests.
• Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket.

Honours :

Indian Honours :

• Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008. (one of the first sports person to get this award)
• Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999.
• Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in Cricket, 1994.
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997-98.

Others Top Awards:

• ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007
• Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997

In January 2008, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested that Sachin should be conferred with an honorary knighthood for his contribution to international cricket. He was mentioned in the TIME magazine as the "The greatest living exponent of his craft."

Sachin Favourites:

Ground : Sydney cricket ground
Movie : Coming to America
Music : Pop
Hobby : Collecting CD's.
Car : Maruti
Actors : Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar
Actresses : Madhuri Dixit
Cricket Heroes : Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil
Other Fav. Stars : Maradona, Borris Becker
Drink : Orange / Apple juice and water
Food : Steak
Pastime : Listening to peaceful music with friends
Clothes : Official jacket and tie, else jeans and T-shirt
Magazine : Sportstar
Newspapers : Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch
Restaurant : Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton
Holiday Resort : Yorkshire, Headingley
Hotel : Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney
Other Sports : Tennis

Product and brand endorsements:

Sachin Tendulkar endorses the following products:

• Pepsi: 1992 - Present
• Canon: 2006 - 2009
• Airtel: 2004-2006
• Nazara Technologies: 2005 - 2008. License for Mobile Content development based on Sachin.
  • Reliance Communications sub-licensed brand 'Sachin Tendulkar' to update the user of the latest 2007 Cricket World Cup scores and news in Sachin's voice. Hutch - ICC's prime communication sponsor protested calling Reliance's plan as 'ambush marketing', a charge that Reliance Communication denies.
• Britannia: 2001 - 2007
• HomeTrade: 2001 - 2002
• Sunfeast: 2007 - 2013/14
• National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC): 2003 - 2005
• Boost: 1990 - Present
• Action Shoes: 1995 - 2000
• Adidas: 2000-2010
• Fiat Palio: 2001 to 2003
• Reynolds: 2007 - Present
• TVS: 2002 - 2005
• ESPN Star Sports: 2002 - Present
• G-Hanz: 2005 - 2007
• Sanyo BPL: 2007 - Present
• AIDS Awareness Campaign: 2005
• Colgate-Palmolive
• Philips
• MRF
• VISA
• Aviva
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group

Books on Sachin:

Following are the books on Sachin biography -

• Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global.
• Sachin Tendulkar-a definitive biography by Vaibhav Purandare. Publisher: Roli Books.
  
• The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global.
• Sachin Tendulkar - Masterful by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla. Publisher: Rupa.