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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( pronunciation (helpinfo); born 24 April 1973) is an Ind ian cricketer widely considered by many to be one

of the greatest batsmen of all time. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day intern ational cricket.[2][3][4] He is the first player to score a double century in OD I cricket.[5][6] In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the s econd greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second g reatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[7] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the l ater part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for Ind ia.[8] He is currently nominated for receiving the Bharat Ratna award. [9] Tendulkar is the only cricketer to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred cent uries in international cricket which includes 49 ODI and 51 Test centuries.[10] He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket,[11] and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined. On 17 Oct ober 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Tes t 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,[12] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[13] He was also the first pla yer 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 histo ry. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulka r surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run ma rk the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever pl ayer to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.[14] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in inter national cricket on 20 November 2009. 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 C ricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and OD I matches. Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highe st civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporti ng honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the I ndian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore[1 5] and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences[16] He won the 2010 Sir Garfie ld Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[17] Contents [hide] 1 Early years and personal life 1.1 Beliefs 2 Early domestic career 3 International career 3.1 Early career 3.2 Rise through the ranks 3.3 Captaincy 3.4 Injuries and apparent decline 3.5 Return to old form and consistency 3.6 2007/08 tour of Australia 3.7 Home series against South Africa 3.8 Sri Lanka Series 3.9 Return to form and breaking the record 3.10 ODI and Test Series against England 3.11 2009 2010 3.12 2011 World Cup and after 3.12.1 100th international century 4 Indian Premier League and Champions League 5 Style of play 6 Controversies 6.1 Mike Denness incident 6.2 Ferrari import tax

7 Fan following 8 Business interests 8.1 Commercial endorsements 9 Political career 10 Career achievements 10.1 Individual honours and appreciations 11 Philanthropy 12 Biographies 13 See also 14 Further reading 15 References 16 External links Early years and personal life Tendulkar was born into a Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin family,[18][19][20] in Bombay (now Mumbai). His mother Rajni worked in the insurance industry,[21] and his fa ther Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named Tendulkar after his favourite m usic director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister S avita. Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (High School),[1] where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar . During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bo

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