Introduction

NAME : SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR
Nick name : The master blaster, The little champion, The bombay bomber, The record breaker
DOB : 24-04-1974
Test Debut : Pakistan at Karachi, 1st test, 1989/90
ODI Debut : Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Batting style : Right hand Bat
Bowling style : Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer. He holds several batting records, including the most Test centuries and the most one-day International centuries, and was rated in 2002 by Wisden as the Second greatest Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman[1]. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

---------------------------Early Days--------------------------

Born in Mumbai (then Bombay) into a middle-class family, Sachin Tendulkar was named after his family’s favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he started his cricketing career under coach Ramakant Achrekar. While at school, he was involved in a mammoth 664 run partnership in a Harris Shield game with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. In 1988/1989, he scored 100 not-out in his first first-class match, for Bombay against Gujarat. At 15 years and 232 days he was the youngest to score a century on debut.