Sachin Tendulkar, closing his renowned lifetime with 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests, accomplished his long lasting desire of lifting the World Cup prize in 2011, under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. Sachin accomplished a remarkable feat by scoring 100 international centuries, 51 in Test matches and 49 in One-Day Internationals.
India’s batting legend, venerated as the Lord of cricket, commends his 51st birthday on Wednesday, April 24. In international cricket, he also holds the record for most player of the match awards. From 2012 to 2018, Sachin Tendulkar served as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament through nomination.
History And Early Life of Sachin Tendulkar:
Sachin Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973, to a Maharastrian family at the Nirmal Nursing Home in Dadar, Bombay. His mother, Rajni, worked in the insurance industry, while his father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a Marathi-language novelist and poet.
Career of Sachin Tendulkar :
1994-96: ODI matches
In 1994, Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting against New Zealand in Auckland, scoring 82 runs off 49 deliveries. He scored his most memorable ODI century on 9 September 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. He contended in 78 ODIs prior to scoring his most memorable hundred years.
1998: Australian rivalry:
Sachin Tendulkar scored 143 out of 131 runs in the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup match in Sharjah against the Australian team, including 5 sixes against Shane Warne, Damien Fleming, and Michael Kasprowicz. Because a sandstorm interrupted the game, it is sometimes referred to as the “Desert Storm.” In 2020, a survey from the ICC pronounced it Tendulkar’s best ODI innings.
World Cup and Asian Test Championship in 1999
The debut Asian Test Title occurred in February and Walk 1999, including India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Around 100,000 went to the initial four days of the competition, breaking a 63-year-old record for total Test participation record.
National team captain
The Indian cricket team’s two captaincies under Tendulkar were unsuccessful. Tendulkar became chief in 1996, yet by 1997 the group was performing ineffectively.
Change in captaincy in 2007
Rahul Dravid made it clear that he wanted to step down as captain of the Indian team while they were on their tour of England in 2007.
2001-02: Mike Denness occurrence
In the second Test match of India’s tour of South Africa in 2001, referee Mike Denness assessed fines to four Indian players for excessive appeal and to Indian captain Sourav Ganguly for not controlling his team.
2003: Cricket World Cup:
Tendulkar helped India reach the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup by scoring 673 runs in 11 matches. While Australia won, Tendulkar was given the Man of the Competition grant.
Dry spell in 2005–2006
Tendulkar broke the record for the most Test centuries with 35 on December 10, 2005, at Feroz Shah Kotla against Sri Lanka. After this, Tendulkar persevered through the longest spell of his profession without a Test century: 17 innings slipped by before he scored 101 against Bangladesh in May 2007.
Cricket World Cup 2007
Indian coach Greg Chappell criticized Tendulkar’s attitude during World Cup preparations in 2007. According to reports, Chappell was of the opinion that Tendulkar would be more useful lower down the order, whereas Tendulkar was of the opinion that he would be more useful opening the inning, which was the position he had held for the majority of his career.
2008: Britain Series
Tendulkar was injured again and missed the first three ODIs of a seven-match ODI series at home against England. However, he played in the fourth ODI and scored 50 runs in the fifth before the series was called off because of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008. India won the series 5–0.
Consolidation and ODI record from 2009 to 2010
In mid 2009, India returned to Sri Lanka for five ODIs, as the Pakistan series had been dropped because of the security circumstance in Pakistan and the assaults in Mumbai.
2011-12: World Cup win and last years
From February to April, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka facilitated the 2011 World Cup. Tendulkar was India’s top run-scorer for the tournament, scoring 482 runs at an average of 53.55, including two centuries. Only Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka scored more runs in the 2011 tournament, and he was named to the ICC “Team of the Tournament.” India crushed Sri Lanka in the last.
The 100th world century
Tendulkar made history on March 16, 2012, when he scored his 100th international century in a match against Bangladesh at Mirpur for the Asia Cup. He was the first cricketer to achieve this milestone, making it a groundbreaking achievement.
Retirement of Sachin Tendulkar
After a progression of disappointing exhibitions during the 2012 series against Britain, Sachin Tendulkar declared his takeoff from One Day Global cricket on 23 December 2012.
After Retirement
He was named ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in December 2014. This is his second term, as he was ambassador for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Grants And Respects
- 1994 – Arjuna Grant, by the Public authority of India in acknowledgment of his extraordinary accomplishment in sports.
- 1997-98 – Khel Ratna Grant, India’s most noteworthy honor given for accomplishment in sports.
- 1999 – Padma Shri, India’s fourth-most noteworthy regular citizen grant.
- 2001 – Maharashtra Bhushan Grant, Maharashtra state’s most elevated non military personnel grant.
- 2008 – Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-most elevated non military personnel grant. Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor, in 2014.
Activity in Politics
In April 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was designated by President Pratibha Patil to the Rajya Sabha, the upper place of India’s parliament. He turned into the primary dynamic sportsperson and cricketer to get the honor.
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