Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra Current age 38 years 126 days Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire Nickname Tendlya, Little Master Playing role Top-order batsman Batting styl...    [More]

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 38 years 126 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs. More

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 181 298 32 14965 248* 56.25 51 61 64 108 0
ODIs 453 442 41 18111 200* 45.16 20980 86.32 48 95 1981 193 136 0
T20Is 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 12 83.33 0 0 2 0 1 0
First-class 285 451 48 23884 248* 59.26 78 107 176 0
List A 541 528 55 21684 200* 45.84 59 113 171 0
Twenty20 60 60 8 2069 100* 39.78 1659 124.71 1 13 268 26 23 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 181 137 4132 2416 45 3/10 3/14 53.68 3.50 91.8 0 0 0
ODIs 453 269 8044 6838 154 5/32 5/32 44.40 5.10 52.2 4 2 0
T20Is 1 1 15 12 1 1/12 1/12 12.00 4.80 15.0 0 0 0
First-class 285 7497 4308 70 3/10 61.54 3.44 107.1 0 0
List A 541 10220 8466 201 5/32 5/32 42.11 4.97 50.8 4 2 0
Twenty20 60 8 93 123 2 1/12 1/12 61.50 7.93 46.5 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, Apr 2, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics

Only T20I South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debut 1988/89
Last First-class England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1989/90
Last List A Sussex v Indians at Hove, Aug 25, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Chennai, May 27, 2011 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
21 Indians v Sussex Hove 25 Aug 2011 List A
0/11, 23, 91 India v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
1, 0/17, 40 India v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
16, 56 India v England Nottingham 29 Jul 2011 Test # 2001
34, 12 India v England Lord's 21 Jul 2011 Test # 2000
26 Indians v Somerset Taunton 15 Jul 2011 First-class
40 Mumbai v Bangalore Chennai 27 May 2011 Twenty20
36 Mumbai v Kolkata Mumbai 25 May 2011 Twenty20
38 Mumbai v Kolkata Kolkata 22 May 2011 Twenty20
31 Mumbai v Rajasthan Mumbai 20 May 2011 Twenty20
Profile
Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

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