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Revision as of 09:54, 11 December 2003 by Hemanshu (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1989. He is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen of his or any other age. Sir Donald Bradman said, "He (Sachin) reminds me of myself".
Born in Mumbai (previously called Bombay) into a middle class family, he played his first international match when he was 16, against Pakistan in Karachi facing up to the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. In one day cricket (ODI), he holds several records including most runs, over 12000 and the greatest number of hundreds, 36 and counting. To go with this he has more than eight thousand in Test cricket and 31 hundreds in, at an average of almost 58, above the 50 that distinguishes one as one of the game's greats. And he is only thirty years old. He is also a bowler of variety and is know to break parterships when called on to bowl. And he has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs and 28 in tests. He continues to perform well under the massive weight of expectation of hundreds of millions of cricket followers, in India and around the world, and most recently was named Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Some of his more famous efforts in test cricket are:
- 114 against Australia at Perth in 1991-92
- 179 against the West Indies at Nagpur in 1994-95
- 169 against South Africa at Cape Town in 1996-97
- 155 against Australia at Chennai in 1997-98
- 136 agaist Pakistan in Chennai in 1998-99
- 155 against South Africa in Bloemfontein in 2001-02
- 193 against England at Leeds in 2002.