Sachin Tendulkar Biography

Sachin Ramesh is an Indian cricketer who played in the past. He is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen to ever play Cricket. Tendulkar has the distinction of being only one cricketer who has scored a hundred international centuries.

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He is also the first batsman to hit a two-century in an ODI and the only one who has scored more than thirty thousand innings in cricket international and also the holder of records for the greatest number of runs both in Test cricket and ODI.

Early Life and Family

Sachin Tendulkar was born into a Brahmin family in April 1973, in Dadar, Mumbai. He is part of the famed Saraswat Brahmin Families. Their father of his, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a Marathi writer and poet. The mother of his son was Rajni who was employed in the insurance business. Two half-brothers are named Nitin as well as Ajit and a half-sister Savita.

His early years were spent at the “Sahitya Saha Cooperative Housing Society” located in Bandra (East). He attended school at the Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School. While in school he attended the M.R.F.Pace Foundation to train himself to be a fast bowler.

Ramesh Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Father

Rajni Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Mother

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Anjali Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Wife

Sara Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar’s Daughter

Arjun Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Son

Personal Life

He met the love of his life, Anjali At his home at Mumbai International Airport when he returned from his first tour abroad. It was an instant attraction for Sachin. It was fortunate that he was introduced by an acquaintance to Anjali and she didn’t have any knowledge of cricket, sports, or any other sport.

When they were married in 1995, Anjali and he were married after being together for over five years. They have two kids Sara and Arjun Tendulkar.

Career

Sachin started his career in cricket in 1987 when he was chosen to play for Bombay during the Ranji Trophy. But, he never appeared on the final eleven lists in any of the matches and was frequently utilized as a replacement player in fielding.

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Tendulkar started playing cricket at eleven. He made his Test debut on November 15, 1989, with Pakistan at Karachi at the age of 16 and was able to represent Mumbai both domestically as well as India internationally for nearly 24 years.

In 2002, at the halfway point of his professional career, Wisden classified him as the second-highest Test batsman of all time, just behind Don Bradman, and the second-greatest ODI player in history, second only to Viv Richards.

Sachin Tenulkar Net Worth

The net worth of Sachin Tendulkar is $170 million making Sachin the highest-paid cricketer on earth.

Sachin Tenulkar Awards

Sachin has been honored with the Arjuna Awards in 1994. Khel Ratna at the age of 1997. He also received Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan (2008) honors. Sachin is the sole sportsperson to receive the Bharat Ratna Award in 2013.

Sachin Tendulkar’s Centuries

The highest number of centuries by players in One Day International cricket as of June 20, 2022, by a player.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sachin Tendulkar

• When talking about his test stats, against no team did he average less than 42- the lowest averages were against Pakistan (42.28) and South Africa (42.46).
• Soon, he became a case of the child prodigy at his school.
• Sachin’s lowest test average, quite surprisingly, was in Zimbabwe- 40 in seven innings; it was also the only country where he didn’t score a Test century.
• Like any other person from a middle-class family, Tendulkar also had to hold down a job in order to make ends meet; he worked at an apparel manufacturer.
• In an interview, his wife, Anjali, revealed that she went to Tendulkar’s house for the first time disguised as a journalist.
• In 1990, Tendulkar did his first ad for Band-Aid. Two years later in 1992, he was endorsing Pepsi and was on his way to becoming cricket’s first millionaire.
• His sister, Savita, had gifted to Sachin his first bat in his life.
• He averaged more than 50 in Australia and England, 49.52 in New Zealand, and 46.44 in South Africa, countries where subcontinent batsmen have often struggled.
• He is the co-owner of the Kochi ISL team in the Indian Super League Football League in India with PVP Ventures owned by Prasad V Potluri.  In the ten-year period between 1993 and 2002, Sachin Tendulkar’s Test average of 62.30 was the best by a distance.
• He initially wanted to become a fast bowler, however; when he went to the MRF Pace Foundation, Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee advised him to focus on his batting instead.
• He became a good friend of Vinod Kambli at Sharadashram Vidyamandir.
• At Sharadashram Vidyamandir, he scored 329 out of a world-record stand of 664 along with Vinod Kambli.
• At the age of 17, he met his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport and got married to her 5 years later. The couple went on to become parents to Arjun and Sara.

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