Legends Of Sports: January 2013

Honourable Achievements:

Tendulkar has been recognized as India's second highest civilian award, He also honoured in the Padma Vibhushan award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.He is a person who gets

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's highest sporting honour. He was also the first sports person has awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.

Tendulkar has also received honorary doctorate degree from University of Mysore University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Seciences. According his popularity,he was nominated to Rajya Sbha, the upper house of the Parliament Of India. It is big achievement to Sachin Tendulkar that he was nominated for the ICC People's Choice award for the third time In 2012.

Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with the membership in the Order of Australia (AM) in Mumbai on 6 November 2012. Simon Crean, minister in the Australian cabinet, presented the award to Tendulkar.Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime Minister, was on an official visit to New Delhi in October and had announced Tendulkar's name as the latest recipient of the award.

Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs On 23 December 2012 and also announced that he will not be playing T20 Internationals in next.

His career Summary:

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
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Personal Information
Full Name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth	24 April 1973 in Bombay
Nickname	Tendlya, Little Master,God of Cricket
Father’s Name	Ramesh Tendulkar
Mother’s	Rajni
Wife’s Name	Anjali
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting Style	Right-handed
Bowling Style	Right-arm, Leg spin, Off spin, medium pace
Main Role	Batsman
International Information
Test debut	15 November,1989 against Pakistan
Last Test	13 December,2012 against England
ODI debut	18 December,1989 against Pakistan
Last ODI	18 March 2012 against Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	10
Only 1 T20	1 December 2006 against South Africa
All Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	194	463	297	661
Runs Scored	15,645	18,426	24,678	21,999
Batting Average	54.32	44.83	58.48	45.54
100s/50s	51/66	49/96	`80/113	60/114
Top Score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Bowls bowled	4,174	8,032	7,551	10,230
Wickets	45	154	70	201
5 wickets in innings	54.64	44.32	62.15	42.17
Bowling Average	0	2	0	2
10 Wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best Bowling Figure	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/Stamping	114/-	140/-	184/-	175/-

Captaincy Record:

Sachin is the greatest Player with out any doubt, but his captaincy record was not so strong. Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. When Tendulkar took over as captain in 1996, it was with huge hopes and expectations. However, by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Azharuddin was credited with saying "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeet nahin hai!",which translates into: "He won't win! It's not in the small one's destiny!

Tendulkar's record as captain
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result
Test	25	4	9	12	0	–
ODI	73	23	43	–	2	6

personal life:

Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkar's talent and advised him to shift his schooling to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High School, a school at Dadar which had a dominant cricket team and had produced many notable cricketers.Prior to this, Tendulkar had attended the Indian Education Society's New English School in Bandra (East). He was also coached under the guidance of Achrekar at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings. Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions. He moved in with his aunt and uncle, who lived near Shivaji Park, during this period, due to his hectic schedule. Meanwhile at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in Mumbai cricketing circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. Besides school cricket, he also played club cricket, initially representing John Bright Cricket Club in Bombay's premier club cricket tournament, the Kanga League, and later went on to play for the Cricket Club of India In 1987, at the age of 14.

Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali

On 24 May 1995, at the age of 22, Tendulkar married Anjali, a pediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta and British social worker Annabel Mehta. Anjali is six years his senior. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997) and Arjun (born 24 September 1999). Arjun, a left handed batsman, has recently been included in under-14 probables list of Mumbai Cricket Association for off-season training campIndia declared before Tendulkar reached 200; had he done so it would have been the fourth time he passed the landmark in Tests.In meeting with the press that evening, Tendulkar stated that he was disappointed and that the declaration had taken him by surprise.Many former cricketers commented that Dravid's declaration was in bad taste.After India won the match, the captain Rahul Dravid stated that the matter was spoken internally and put to rest.
Tennis elbow then took its toll on Tendulkar, leaving him out of the side for most of the year, coming back only for the last two tests when Australia toured India in 2004. He 2008 Asia Cup, and the first half of the inaugural season of the IPL.

Indian Premier League and Champions League:

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. As an icon player, he was signed for a sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the second-highest paid player in the team, Sanath Jayasuriya
In 2010 edition of Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians reached the final of the tournament. Tendulkar made 618 runs in 14 innings during the tournament, breaking Shaun Marsh's record of most runs in an IPL season. He was declared player of the tournament for his performance during the season. He also won Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at 2010 IPL Awards ceremony.
Sachin Tendulkar captained Mumbai Indians in 4 league matches of second edition of the league. He scored 68 in the first match and 48 against

Guyana

. But Mumbai Indians failed to qualify for semifinals after losing the initial two matches. Tendulkar scored 135 runs.
In the 2011 IPL, against Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Tendulkar scored his maiden Twenty20 hundred. He scored 100 not out off 66 balls. In 51 matches in the IPL Tendulkar has scored 1,723 runs, making him the second-highest run-scorer in the competition's

Political career:

In April 2012, Tendulkar accepted the Rajya Sabha nomination proposed by the president. He is the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. On 2 May, Tendulkar was elected to seat number 103 in the Rajya Sabha.He took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on 4 June; however he could not take the oath during the budget session due to the ongoing IPL."Cricket comes first," Tendulkar said when reporters asked whether he preferred cricket to parliament.^[Sachin Tendulkar had been alloted 5 Tughlak Lane bungalow, a type VII accommodation in Lutyen's zone in New Delhi. The accommodation was just opposite to that of Rahul Gandhi's residence. However, he has politely turned down the offer.

Career achievements:

Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 18,426 runs. With a current aggregate of 15,470 Test runs, he surpassed Brian Lara’s previous record tally of 11,953 runs as the highest run scorer in test matches in the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour of India in Mohali. Tendulkar described "It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the record. He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test (51) and ODI (49) cricket. (49). On 16 March 2012, Tenduklar scored his 100th international hundred. It came against Bangladesh in the league matches of Asia Cup 2012. Throughout his career, he has made a strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and ODI batsman of all time.
Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 1996 Cricket World Cup and 2003 Cricket World Cup. After his century against England during group stages of 2011 Cricket World Cup, he became the player to hit most number of centuries in Cricket World Cups with six centuries and the first player to score 2000 runs in World Cup cricket Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals. Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still playing in international cricket from the 1980s. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar broke the previous world record for highest individual innings in an ODI, and became the first male cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket. He made 200 runs and broke the previous record of 194 runs, jointly held by Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry.
He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four times, out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The performances earned him respect from Australian cricket fans and players.Similarly he has been Man of the Match 60 times in One day International matches and Man of the Series 14 times.He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket He is the first player to score a double century in Men's ODI cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches. Tendulkar is the only cricketer to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred centuries in international cricket which includes 49 ODI and 51 Test centuries. He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket,and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined. On 17 October 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, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. 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 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 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century (200*) in an ODI against South Africa. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket.

National honours

Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008.
Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award in 2001.
Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997–98.
Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sports, 1994.

Other honours:

Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2010
ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year 2010.
LG People's Choice Award: 2010.
ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2011.
ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2010.
Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Rajiv Gandhi Awards – Sports: 2005
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997.
In October 2010, he was awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the Peoples Choice Award at The Asian Awards in London.
On 28 January 2011, he won the 'Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year' award.
'BCCI Cricketer of the Year' award on 31 May 2011.
On 3 September 2010, he was made a Honorary Group captain by the Indian Air Force
On 11 June 2012, he was given Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award.^[2
Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the Australian government on 6 November 2012.

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History Of Cricket-Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Part-2

His career Summary:

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

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Personal Information

Full Name

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Date of Birth

24 April 1973 in Bombay

Nickname

Tendlya, Little Master,God of Cricket

Father’s Name

Ramesh Tendulkar

Mother’s

Rajni

Wife’s Name

Anjali

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Batting Style

Right-handed

Bowling Style

Right-arm, Leg spin, Off spin, medium pace

Main Role

Batsman

International Information

Test debut

15 November,1989 against Pakistan

Last Test

13 December,2012 against England

ODI debut

18 December,1989 against Pakistan

Last ODI

18 March 2012 against Pakistan

ODI shirt no.

10

Only 1 T20

1 December 2006 against South Africa

All Career statistics

Competition

Test

ODI

FC

LA

Matches

194

463

297

661

Runs Scored

15,645

18,426

24,678

21,999

Batting Average

54.32

44.83

58.48

45.54

100s/50s

51/66

49/96

`80/113

60/114

Top Score

248*

200*

248*

200*

Bowls bowled

4,174

8,032

7,551

10,230

Wickets

45

154