SACHIN TANDULKAR
Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of birth: 24 April 1973 (age 38)
Date of place: Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Nickname: Little Master, Tendlya,[1] The God of Cricket[2]
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style: Right-handed
Bowling style: Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium
International information of The God of Cricket[2]:-
Test debut (cap 187): 15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test: 22 August 2011 v England
ODI debut (cap 74): 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI: 2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.: 10
Only T20I: 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Career statistics of Sachin
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 182 453 285 540
Runs scored 15,048 18,111 23,884 21,663
Batting average 56.25 45.16 59.26 45.89
100s/50s 51/62 48/95 78/107 59/113
Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*
Balls bowled 4,132 8,032 7,497 10,220
Wickets 45 154 70 201
Bowling average 53.68 44.32 61.54 42.11
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32
Catches/stumpings 108/– 136/– 176/– 171/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2011
Contents of Little Master:-
1 Early years and personal life
2 Philanthropy
3 Early domestic career
4 International caree
4.1 Early career
4.2 Rise through the ranks
4.3 Captaincy
4.4 Injuries and apparent decline
4.5 Return to old form and consistency
4.6 2007/08 tour of Australia
4.7 Home series against South Africa
4.8 Sri Lanka Series
4.9 Return to form and breaking the record
4.10 ODI and Test Series against England
4.11 2009–2010
4.12 2011 World Cup and after
5 Indian Premier League and Champions League
6 Style of play
7 Controversies
7.1 Mike Denness incident
7.2 Controversy over Ferrari import tax
8 Fan following
9 Business interests
9.1 Commercial endorsements
10 Biographies
11 Career achievements
11.1 Individual honours and appreciations
12 See also
13 References
14 Further reading
15 External links
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