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Thursday, June 18, 2009

SATCHIN

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar commonly known by the name of The Little Master or The Master Blaster is an Indian professional cricketer and one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. He is a right-handed all-rounder. Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School in Mumbai where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. At 13, Tendulkar was the best player in the Mumbai schools competition for Under 19s. At 14, Tendulkar made his first-class debut for the Mumbai cricket team and scored a century on debut. He made his international test debut in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at age 16. He scored his first international century at just 17.In the domestic career, in the debut matches of Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy as well as Ranji Trophy Tendulkar is the singular player to have scored a century. When he was 19 he represented Yorkshire and became the first overseas born player to do so. Tendulkar has scored 1070 runs in 16 first class matches for Yorkshire at an average of 46.52.In 1989 under the captaincy of Kris Srikkanth Tendulkar debuted in Test cricket in Karachi against Pakistan. In his first match he made only 15 runs and was bowled out by Waqar Younis. However the way he managed several blows of the Pakistan pace attack to the body was impressive. At Faisalabad a few days later he scored his first Test half century. On 18 December he debuted in One day International cricket but was dismissed by Waqar Younis for no score.Further with few international game experiences Tendulkar developed into a world-class batsman. On the tour of Australia in 1991-92 while playing at Sydney he scored 148 not out while at Perth he scored another hundred on a bouncy and fast track. At this time Allan Border was told by Merv Hughes that “This little prick’s going to get more runs than you, AB.”In the 1996 Cricket World Cup Tendulkar topped the batting averages, scored two centuries and was the leading run score. Sachin was not only good with the bat but also with the ball. In the World-Cup match against Australia he led the team by taking 5 wickets that of Damien Martyn, Tom Moody, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh and Michael Bevan in 10 overs by conceding 32 runs.Tendulkar’s form diminished from the start of 2001 to 2006. On 14 September 2006 the match against the West Indies was his comeback match in which he scored 141 not out but could not avoid defeat. 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 huge sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the second-highest paid player in the team, Sanath Jayasuriya.Major achievementsArjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in Cricket, 1994Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997 Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World CupICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007 Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008

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