- born: 24 April 1973 (age 52 years), Mumbai
- dates joined: 2008 (Mumbai Indians )
- spouse: Anjali Tendulkar(m,1995)
- books : playing it my way
- education: Kirti M. Doongursee college of arts, science and commerce, Shardashram Vidyamandir international school .
- awards: Bharat Ratna ,Padma shri, Padma Vibhushan.
At what age Tendulkar retired?
Sachine Tendulkar retired from international cricket at the age of 40. he plated his last test match in November 2013, which was his 200th test, against the west indies. he had already retired from one day internationals (ODIs) in December 2012.
Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven , made his test match debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and india internationally for over 24 years. in 2002,halfway through his career, Wisden ranked him the second- greatest test batsman of all time , behind don Bradman, and the second -greatest ODI batsman of all time ,behind Viv Richards. the same year, Tendulkar was a part of the team that was one of the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC champions trophy. Later in his career, Tendulkar was part of the indian team that won the 2011 cricket world cup, his first win in six world cup appearances for india. he had previously been named player of the tournament at the 2003 world cup.
Tendulkar has received several awards from the government of india: the arjuna award (1994),the Khel Ratna award (1997), the Padma shri (1998) ,and the Padma Vibhushan (2008). after Tendulkar played his last match in November 2013,the prime ministers office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, Indians highest civilian award. he was the first sportsperson to receive the award and , as of 2024,is the youngest recipient. in 2010 ,time included Tendulkar in its annual list of the most influential people in the world . Tendulkar was awarded the sir Garfield sobers trophy for cricketer of the year at the 2010 international cricket council (ICC) awards.
having retired from ODI cricket in 2012, he retired from s of cricket in November 2013 after playing his 200th test match . Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs. in 2013, Tendulkar was included in an all – time test world XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden cricketers almanack, and he was one of only two specialist batsman of the post – world war2 era, along with Viv Richards, to get featured in the team. in 2019 , he was inducted into the ICC cricket hall of fame.
rise through the ranks.
Tendulkar opened the batting at Auckland against new Zealand in 1994, making 82 runs off 49 balls. he scored his first ODI century on 9 September 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. he competed in 78 ODI s before scoring his first century.
Tendulkar’s rise continued when he was the leading run scorer at the 1996 world cup , scoring two centuries. He was the only indian batsman to perform well in the semifinal against Sri Lanka . Tendulkar fell amid a batting collapse and the match referee, Clive Lloyd, awarded Sri Lanka the match after the crowd began rioting and throwing litter onto the field.
after the world cup, in the some year against Pakistan at Sharjah ,indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin was going through a lean patch. Tendulkar and Navjot Singh Sidhu both made centuries to set a then record partnership for the second wicket. after getting out, Tendulkar found Azharuddin in two minds about whether he should bat .Tendulkar convinced Azharuddin to bat and Azharuddin subsequently unleashed 24 runs off one over. india went on to win that match .it enabled india to post a score in excess of 300 runs for the first time in an ODI.
career.
- early tours.
raj Singh Dungarpur is credited for the selection of Tendulkar for the indian tour of Pakistan in late 1989, after one first class season. the indian selection committee had shown interest in selecting Tendulkar for the tour of the west indies held earlier that year, but eventually did not select him ,as they did not want him to exposed to the dominant fast bowlers of the west indies so early in his career.
Tendulkar was the youngest player to debut for india in tests at the age 16 years and 205 days, and also the youngest player to debut for india in ODI at the age of 16 year and 238 days. Tendulkar made his test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989 aged 16 years and 205 days .he scored 15 runs , being bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match .he was noted for how he handled numerous blows to his body at the hands of the Pakistani pace attack. in the fourth and final test match in Sialkot, he was hit on the nose by a bouncer bowled by you mis, but he declined medical assistance and continued to bat even as he his nose gushed blood. in a 20-over exhibition game in Peshawar, held in parallel with the bilateral series, Tendulkar made 53 rounds off 18 balls ,including an over in which he scored 27 runs bowled by leg-spinner Abdul Qadir . this was later called one of the best innings i have seen by the then indian captain Krishnamacharya Srikanth. in all ,Tendulkar scored 215 runs at an average of 35.83 in the test series, and was dismissed without scoring a run in the only one day international (ODI) he played.
the series was followed by a tour of new Zealand in which he scored 17 runs at an average of 29.25 in test. he was dismissed without scoring in one of the ODI games he played ,and scored 36 in the other. On a 1990 tour to England, on 14 august, he become the second youngest cricketer to score a test century as he made 119 not out in the second test at old Trafford in Manchester. Wisden described his innings as a discipled of immense maturity and also wrote, he looked the embodiment of Indians famous opener, Gavaskar ,and indeed was wearing a pair of his pads. while he displayed a full repertoire of strokes in compiling his maiden test hundred, most remarkable were his off – side shots from the back foot. though only 5ft 5in tall, he was still able to control without difficulty short deliveries from the English pacemen.