1. Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and is the holder of several world records, including being the all-time highest run-scorer in both ODI and Test cricket, receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket, and being the only batsman to score 100 international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test match debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for over 24 years.
Later in his career, Sachin Tendulkar was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.
Sachin Tendulkar had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar has received several awards from the government of India: the Arjuna Award, the Khel Ratna Award, the Padma Shri, and the Padma Vibhushan.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first sportsperson to receive the award and, as of 2024, is the youngest recipient.
Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the 2010 International Cricket Council Awards.
Sachin Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar was born at the Nirmal Nursing Home in the Dadar neighbourhood of Bombay, Maharashtra on 24 April 1973 into a Maharastrian family.
Sachin Tendulkar's father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a Marathi-language novelist and poet while his mother, Rajni, worked in the insurance industry.
Sachin Tendulkar has three older siblings: two half-brothers Nitin and Ajit, and a half-sister Savita.
Sachin Tendulkar spent his formative years in the Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society in Bandra.
Sachin Tendulkar particularly idolised American player John McEnroe, and emulated his hero by growing his hair long at the age of 7 or 8 years.
Sachin Tendulkar made his debut as a cricketer for Sharadashram in late 1984.
Sachin Tendulkar was coached under the guidance of Achrekar at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings.
Sachin Tendulkar considers the 13 coins he won among his most prized possessions.
In 1987, at the age of 14, he attended the MRF Pace Foundation in Madras to train as a fast bowler, but the trainer, Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, was unimpressed and suggested that Sachin Tendulkar focus on his batting instead.
Sachin Tendulkar served as a ball boy in the 1987 Cricket World Cup when India played against England in the semifinal in Bombay.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 326 in that match and scored over 1,000 runs in the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar was selected to play for the team by Bombay captain Dilip Vengsarkar, who watched him play Kapil Dev in Wankhede Stadium's cricket practice nets, where the Indian team had come to play against the touring New Zealand team.
Sachin Tendulkar followed this by scoring a century each in his Deodhar and Duleep Trophy debuts, which are India's domestic cricket tournaments.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 583 runs at an average of 67.77 and was the eighth-highest run-scorer overall.
Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a century on debut in all three of his domestic first-class tournaments.
In total, Sachin Tendulkar was part of five Ranji Trophy finals, in which Mumbai won 4.
In 1992, at the age of 19, Sachin Tendulkar became the first overseas-born player to represent Yorkshire, which, prior to Sachin Tendulkar joining the team, never selected players, even UK-based, from outside Yorkshire.
Sachin Tendulkar was the youngest player to debut for India in Tests at the age of 16 years and 205 days, and the youngest player to debut for India in ODI at the age of 16 years and 238 days.
Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989 aged 16 years and 205 days.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis, who made his debut in that match.
Sachin Tendulkar was noted for how he handled numerous blows to his body at the hands of the Pakistani pace attack.
Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed without scoring in one of the two ODI games he played, and scored 36 in the other.
Sachin Tendulkar then scored 114 on a fast, bouncing pitch in the final Test at Perth against a pace attack from Merv Hughes, Bruce Reid, and Craig McDermott.
Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting at Auckland against New Zealand in 1994, making 82 runs off 49 balls.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI century on 9 September 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo.
Sachin Tendulkar competed in 78 ODIs before scoring his first century.
Sachin Tendulkar's rise continued when he was the leading run scorer at the 1996 World Cup, scoring two centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian batsman to perform well in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar fell amid a batting collapse and the match referee, Clive Lloyd, awarded Sri Lanka the match after the crowd began rioting and throwing litter onto the field.
Sachin Tendulkar convinced Azharuddin to bat and Azharuddin subsequently unleashed 24 runs off one over.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 143 runs in Sharjah against the Australian team in the 1998 Coca-Cola cup, including 5 sixes in an innings against Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and Michael Kasprowicz.
In early 1998, while playing in an Australian tour of India, Sachin Tendulkar scored three consecutive centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 204 runs as Shane Warne conceded 111 runs in 16 overs and Australia lost the match within three days.
Sachin Tendulkar had a role with the ball in the five-match ODI series in India following the Tests, including a five wicket haul in an ODI in Kochi.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 19th Test century in the second Test and the match resulted in a draw with Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar flew back to India to attend the final rituals of his father, missing the match against Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar returned to the World Cup, scoring a century in his very next match against Kenya in Bristol.
Sachin Tendulkar became captain in 1996, but by 1997 the team was performing poorly.
Sachin Tendulkar won the player of the series award, as well as player of the match in one of the games.
Pawar later revealed this conversation, crediting Sachin Tendulkar for suggesting Dhoni, who since achieved much success as captain.
The charges against Sachin Tendulkar triggered a massive backlash from the Indian public.
Sachin Tendulkar was gifted a Ferrari 360 Modena by Fiat through Michael Schumacher for achieving this feat.
Sachin Tendulkar returned to form in the last Test scoring 41 and 86, one half century.
Sachin Tendulkar made 673 runs in 11 matches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, helping India reach the final.
Sachin Tendulkar continued to score heavily in ODI cricket that year, with two hundreds in a tri-series involving New Zealand and Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar spent 613 minutes at the crease during the innings.
Sachin Tendulkar followed this up with an unbeaten 60 in the second innings of the Test.
Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 194 against Pakistan at Multan in the following series.
Indian captain Rahul Dravid declared before Sachin Tendulkar reached 200; had he done so it would have been the fourth time he had passed the landmark in Tests.
Sachin Tendulkar said that he was disappointed and that the declaration had taken him by surprise.
On 10 December 2005 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Sachin Tendulkar scored his record-breaking 35th Test century, against the Sri Lankans.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 39th ODI hundred on 6 February 2006 in a match against Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar followed with a 42 in the second One-Day International against Pakistan on 11 February 2006, and then a 95 in hostile, seaming conditions on 13 February 2006 in Lahore, which set up an Indian victory.
On 19 March 2006, after being dismissed for only one run against England in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, Wankhede, Sachin Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd.
Sachin Tendulkar ended the three-Test series without a half-century to his credit, and the need for a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity.
Sachin Tendulkar's comeback came in the DLF cup in Malaysia and he was the only Indian batsman to shine.
Chappell reportedly felt that Sachin Tendulkar would be more useful down the order, while Sachin Tendulkar felt that he would be better off opening the innings, the role he had played for most of his career.
Chappell believed that Sachin Tendulkar's repeated failures were hurting the team's chances.
On 7 April 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a notice to Sachin Tendulkar asking for an explanation for his comments made to the media.
Chappell subsequently resigned as coach but said that this affair had no bearing on his decision and that he and Sachin Tendulkar were on good terms.
Sachin Tendulkar, who was pushed to bat lower down the order had scores of 7 against Bangladesh, 57 not out against Bermuda and 0 against Sri Lanka.
In 2007, in a Test series during India's tour of Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar returned to his opening slot and was chosen as the Man of the Series.
Sachin Tendulkar continued by scoring 99 and 93 in the first two matches of the Future Cup against South Africa.
Sachin Tendulkar was the leading run scorer and was adjudged the Man of the Series.
Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed five times in 2007 between 90 and 100, including three times at 99, leading some to suggestions that he struggles to cope with nervousness in this phase of his innings.
Sachin Tendulkar has got out 27 times in the 90s during his international career.
Sachin Tendulkar was standing at the non-striker's end at the moment when Symonds claimed the racist comments were made.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 62 runs in the first innings of the first Test at the MCG in Melbourne, but could not prevent a heavy 337-run win for Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar achieved this feat against Sri Lanka on 5 February 2008 at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Sachin Tendulkar started the series with scores of 10,35,44 and 32.
Sachin Tendulkar's form dipped a bit in the middle of the tournament, but Tendulkar came back strongly in India's must-win game against Sri Lanka at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, scoring 63 off 54 balls.
Sachin Tendulkar finished the series with a match winning 117 not out off 120 balls in the first final, and 91 runs in the second final.
Sachin Tendulkar scored a five-ball duck in his only innings of the series; he sustained a groin strain in the match and as a result was forced not only to miss the second and third Tests, but the tri-series involving Bangladesh, the 2008 Asia Cup, and the first half of the inaugural season of the IPL.
Sachin Tendulkar reached the 12,000-run mark when he was on 61.
Sachin Tendulkar described the achievement as the biggest in 19 years of his career on the day he achieved the record.
Sachin Tendulkar dedicated this century to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Sachin Tendulkar scored poorly in the second Test at Mohali, which ended in a draw.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 5,6 and 7 in the first three matches, being dismissed leg before wicket in all of them, and did not play in the remaining two matches.
Sachin Tendulkar made 160 in the first Test, his 42nd Test century, and India won.
Sachin Tendulkar made 49 and 64 in the second Test and 62 and 9 in the third, in which play was halted on the last day due to rain with India needing only two wickets to win.
Sachin Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tour of West Indies, but was back for the Compaq Cup Tri Series between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in early September 2009.
Sachin Tendulkar made 46 and 27 in the league matches before notching up 138 in the final, as India made 319 and won by 46 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar played only one innings in the ICC Champions trophy in South Africa, scoring 8 against Pakistan as India lost.
Sachin Tendulkar made his 45th ODI hundred, a 175 off 141 balls.
Sachin Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tri-series in Bangladesh in 2010, but played in the subsequent Test series.
Sachin Tendulkar made 105 not out and 16 in the first Test, and 143 in the second.
Sachin Tendulkar then scored 106 in the first innings of the second Test, which was his 47th hundred in Test cricket.
The injury Sachin Tendulkar sustained to his right foot in 2001 flared up and as a result he was ruled out of the ODI series that followed.
Sachin Tendulkar created another record on 8 November 2011 when he became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in Test cricket, during the opening Test match against the West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
Sachin Tendulkar says that Tendulkar's quest for his 100th hundred has proved to be a hurdle for the entire team and has hampered their performance on the Tour of Australia.
Former India World Cup winning captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev has voiced his opinion that Sachin Tendulkar should have retired from ODI's after the World Cup.
Former Australian fast bowler, Geoff Lawson, has said that Sachin Tendulkar has the right to decide when to quit although he adds that Sachin Tendulkar should not delay it for too long.
On 16 March 2012, Sachin Tendulkar accomplished a remarkable feat by scoring his 100th international century in a match against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, held at Mirpur.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 137 off 136 balls, with 21 fours and 3 sixes, to take his team to 344 for 4 at stumps on day one.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 108 in the quarter-final against Baroda before being bowled by Murtuja Vahora, where Tendulkar was involved in a 234-run partnership with opener Wasim Jaffer for the 3rd wicket at Wankhede Stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar played in the Irani Trophy for Mumbai, where he scored 140* against Rest of India and helped Mumbai to score 409 in reply to Rest of India's 526.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from the IPL after his team, Mumbai Indians, beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 26 May to win the Indian Premier League 2013.
On 10 October 2013 Sachin Tendulkar announced that he would retire from all cricket after the two-Test series against West Indies in November.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 74 runs in his last Test innings against West Indies, thus failing short by 79 runs to complete 16,000 runs in Test cricket, the next man to bat after him was the future captain Virat Kohli.
Various national and international figures from cricket, politics, Bollywood and other fields spoke about him in a day-long Salaam Sachin Tendulkar Conclave organised by India Today.
Sachin Tendulkar got the ambassador position of the ICC Cricket world cup in consecutive terms of the cricket world cup.
Sachin Tendulkar organised exhibition cricket matches in partnership with former Aussie cricketer Shane Warne.
Sachin Tendulkar acted as a coach for the Ponting XI during The Big Appeal.
Sachin Tendulkar was made the Icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in 2008.
Sachin Tendulkar made 618 runs in 14 innings during the tournament, breaking Shaun Marsh's record of most runs in an IPL season.
Sachin Tendulkar was declared player of the tournament for his performance during the season.
Sachin Tendulkar won Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at 2010 IPL Awards ceremony.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored more than 500 runs in IPL in two different seasons as a captain.
Sachin Tendulkar captained Mumbai Indians in 4 league matches of the second edition of the Champions League T20.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 68 in the first match and 48 against Guyana.
In 2013, Sachin Tendulkar retired from Indian Premier League and in 2014 he was appointed as the Mumbai Indian's "Team Icon".
Sachin Tendulkar recently stepped down as the mentor of the franchise citing personal reasons.
Sachin Tendulkar is cross-dominant: he bats, bowls and throws with his right hand, but writes with his left hand.
Sachin Tendulkar's batting is based on complete balance and poise while limiting unnecessary movements and flourishes.
Sachin Tendulkar appears to show little preference for the slow and low wickets which are typical in India, and has scored many centuries on the hard, bouncy pitches in South Africa and Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar is known for his unique punch style of hitting the ball over square.
Sachin Tendulkar is renowned for his picture-perfect straight drive, often completed with no follow-through.
Sir Donald Bradman, considered by many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered Sachin Tendulkar to have a batting style similar to his.
Former Australian cricket team coach John Buchanan voiced his opinion that Sachin Tendulkar had become susceptible to the short ball early in his innings because of a lack of footwork.
Buchanan believes Sachin Tendulkar has a weakness while playing left-arm pace.
Sachin Tendulkar has been affected by a series of injuries since 2004.
Since then, Sachin Tendulkar's batting has tended to be less attacking.
Ian Chappell, former Australian player, remarked in 2007 that, "Sachin Tendulkar now, is nothing like the player he was when he was a young bloke".
Sachin Tendulkar has incorporated several modern and unorthodox strokes into his repertoire, including the paddle sweep, the scoop over short fine leg and the slash to third man over the slips' heads, especially in his later years.
Sachin Tendulkar is often praised for his ability to adapt to the needs of his body and yet keep scoring consistently.
Sachin Tendulkar often bowled when two batsmen of the opposite team had been batting together for a long period, as he could often be a useful partnership breaker.
Sachin Tendulkar is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cricketers in the history of cricket.
One of the most popular sayings by his fans is, "Cricket is my religion and Sachin Tendulkar is my God".
Sachin Tendulkar made a special appearance in the Bollywood film Stumped in 2003, appearing as himself.
At home in Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar's fan following has caused him to lead a different lifestyle.
Ian Chappell has said that he would be unable to cope with the lifestyle Sachin Tendulkar was forced to lead, having to "wear a wig and go out and watch a movie only at night".
Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run-scorer in Test matches, with 15,921 runs, as well as in ODI matches, with 18,426 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score more than 30,000 runs combined in all forms of international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar is the 16th player and the first Indian to score 50,000 runs in all forms of domestic and international recognised cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar achieved this feat on 5 October 2013, during a Champions League Twenty20 match for his IPL team Mumbai Indians against Trinidad and Tobago.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored over 1,000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1,894 runs, the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for One-Day Internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar is the first male cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar was one half of the most prolific Test cricket partnership to date, alongside Rahul Dravid.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 12,000,13,000,14,000 and 15,000 runs in Test cricket, having been the third batsman and the first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in that form of the game.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and the first player to cross every subsequent 1,000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history.
On 8 November 2011, Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 1996 Cricket World Cup with a total of 523 runs and of the 2003 Cricket World Cup with 673 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of the highest number of centuries in Tests and stands second in the highest number of centuries in ODIs behind Virat Kohli.
Sachin Tendulkar has the most number of centuries when Tests and ODIs combined.
Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored 50 centuries in Test cricket, and was the first to score 50 centuries in all international cricket combined.
On 16 March 2012, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international hundred against Bangladesh during the Asia Cup 2012.
Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record for playing the highest number of Test matches and ODI matches.
Sachin Tendulkar has been part of most wins by an Indian in both Test cricket with 72 wins and ODIs with 234 wins, and is third in the world in ODI victories after Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene.
On 24 May 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, a paediatrician of Gujarati origin, whom he had first met in 1990.
Sachin Tendulkar is a devotee of Ganesha, and a follower of Sathya Sai Baba, whom he visited for the first time in 1997.
Sachin Tendulkar's popularity has led him to be a pioneer in India on cricket business dealings.
Sachin Tendulkar started Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Sports Management Pvt Ltd, a sports management organisation.
Sachin Tendulkar owns these restaurants in partnership with Sanjay Narang of Mars Restaurants.
Until 2017, Tendulkar co-owned the Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League Football in association with Prasad V Potluri's PVP Ventures.
In 2016, Sachin Tendulkar became co-owner of the Bengaluru Blasters badminton team, which participates in the Premier Badminton League.
In October 2021, Sachin Tendulkar was named in the Pandora Papers leak.
Sachin Tendulkar's representatives stated that Tendulkar's investments have been legitimate and fully taxed.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first active sportsperson and cricketer to receive the honour.
Sachin Tendulkar refused to accept the bungalow allotted to him in New Delhi, calling it "a waste of [taxpayers'] money as I reside in Mumbai".
Sachin Tendulkar was part of the Standing Committee on Information Technology.
In 2015, Sachin Tendulkar released 76 lakh from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme fund to a West Midnapore, West Bengal, school after receiving a request from the school.
In 2019, Sachin Tendulkar contributed 22 lakh from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development funds allotted to him during his stint as Rajya Sabha MP for the renovation of a Children's Park in East Bandra.
Sachin Tendulkar donated this entire salary and allowances to the Prime Minister Relief Fund.
In 2003, Sachin Tendulkar worked for UNICEF's initiative to spread awareness about polio prevention in India.
In 2008, Sachin Tendulkar became involved with UNICEF's initiative to promote hygiene and sanitation.
Sachin Tendulkar led UNICEF's Team Swachh Bharat campaign, which supported the Indian government's Swachh Bharat Mission, a campaign dedicated to improving sanitation in India.
In 2014, Sachin Tendulkar was one of the first nine celebrities appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote Swachh Bharat Mission.
Sachin Tendulkar accepted the nomination, posting a video of himself sweeping a street with his friends in Mumbai.
In May 2020, Sachin Tendulkar donated an undisclosed amount of money to 4,000 people, including children of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation schools.
On 18 September 2011, Sachin Tendulkar spent nine hours on the 12-hour "Coca-Cola-NDTV Support My School" telethon.
In 2009, Sachin Tendulkar announced that he would sponsor the education of 200 children through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta.
In 2015, Sachin Tendulkar was appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the Cricket Advisory Committee.
Sachin Tendulkar was one of three in the committee, along with VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly.
In 2019, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut as a Cricket commentator during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.
In 2001, Sachin Tendulkar appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati on Star Plus with Vinod Kambli.
In 2011, Sachin Tendulkar Opus was released by Kraken Opus, a speciality book publisher.
Ten copies were part of the "Blood Edition", in which Sachin Tendulkar's blood was "mixed into the paper pulp" of the signature page.
Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography, Playing It My Way, was released on 6 November 2014.