Sachin-Most runs in a calendar year

Most runs in a calendar year

Player	Year	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Tendulkar (India)	1998	34	33	4	1894	143	65.31	1854	102.15	9	7	0	188	40
SC Ganguly (India)	1999	41	41	3	1767	183	46.50	2325	76.00	4	10	1	183	26
R Dravid (India)	1999	43	43	5	1761	153	46.34	2343	75.16	6	8	3	164	12
SR Tendulkar (India)	1996	32	32	2	1611	137	53.70	1954	82.44	6	9	0	163	17
ML Hayden (Aus)	2007	32	30	3	1601	181*	59.29	1795	89.19	5	6	1	168	35
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	1996	36	36	5	1595	115	51.45	1742	91.56	3	10	0	159	20
SC Ganguly (India)	2000	32	32	4	1579	144	56.39	1908	82.75	7	6	0	151	35
ME Waugh (Aus)	1999	36	36	3	1468	106	44.48	1942	75.59	2	11	1	135	6
G Kirsten (SA)	2000	36	36	3	1467	115	44.45	2004	73.20	2	13	1	141	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1996	29	29	4	1442	188*	57.68	1724	83.64	6	4	1	133	10
SR Tendulkar (India)	2007	33	32	2	1425	100*	47.50	1665	85.58	1	13	3	192	12
RT Ponting (Aus)	2007	27	24	6	1424	134*	79.11	1553	91.69	5	8	0	144	16
Yousuf Youhana (Pak)	2002	32	30	5	1362	141*	54.48	1604	84.91	5	6	2	116	27
BC Lara (WI)	1993	30	30	3	1349	153	49.96	1865	72.33	4	7	1	154	4
SC Ganguly (India)	1997	38	35	3	1338	113	41.81	1919	69.72	1	10	3	128	12
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2006	36	33	3	1333	109	44.43	1682	79.25	1	12	1	137	4
SR Tendulkar (India)	2000	34	34	0	1328	146	39.05	1624	81.77	3	6	0	143	13
SC Ganguly (India)	1998	36	35	3	1328	124	41.50	1903	69.78	4	7	1	137	13
HH Gibbs (SA)	2002	37	37	3	1310	153	38.52	1483	88.33	5	3	8	171	14
JH Kallis (SA)	2000	39	38	9	1300	98*	44.82	1952	66.59	0	11	3	103	18
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India)	2007	36	33	5	1287	121	45.96	1438	89.49	1	9	1	119	33
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1996	38	36	5	1281	117	41.32	1638	78.20	1	9	2	100+	18+
M Azharuddin (India)	1998	37	33	4	1268	153*	43.72	1656	76.57	3	8	2	98	10
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001	34	31	4	1260	116	46.66	1538	81.92	3	7	2	101	10
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999	37	37	0	1241	154	33.54	1393	89.08	2	6	2	134	17
SC Ganguly (Asia/India)	2007	32	30	2	1240	98	44.28	1698	73.02	0	12	2	131	22
DL Haynes (WI)	1985	28	27	5	1232	145*	56.00	1688	72.98	3	7	1	114+	5+
IVA Richards (WI)	1985	29	25	5	1231	103*	61.55	1329	92.62	1	12	0	95+	21+
CH Gayle (WI)	2006	32	32	3	1217	133*	41.96	1452	83.81	4	4	5	165	24
PA de Silva (SL)	1997	28	27	4	1212	134	52.69	1403	86.38	3	8	1	112	11
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2007	33	32	5	1209	146	44.77	1310	92.29	3	8	5	138	26
JH Kallis (SA)	2002	33	32	5	1204	104*	44.59	1597	75.39	1	10	0	97	16
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2001	33	33	1	1202	107	37.56	1444	83.24	2	8	3	128	26
MS Dhoni (India)	2009	29	24	7	1198	124	70.47	1400	85.57	2	9	0	79	18
RT Ponting (Aus)	2009	29	29	1	1198	126	42.78	1477	81.11	2	9	0	121	12
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002	32	32	3	1192	123*	41.10	1675	71.16	2	8	0	135	2
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	2005	29	28	2	1191	141*	45.80	1417	84.05	3	8	2	114	20
PA de Silva (SL)	1996	30	29	5	1188	145	49.50	1295	91.73	4	5	2	118	15
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006	36	34	5	1185	126*	40.86	1349	87.84	2	8	2	124	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997	26	26	3	1178	151*	51.21	1037	113.59	3	9	3	135	30
DM Jones (Aus)	1990	22	22	5	1174	145	69.05	1489	78.84	4	7	1	81	14
Younis Khan (Pak)	2002	36	34	6	1173	90	41.89	1504	77.99	0	12	2	100	10
Yousuf Youhana (Pak)	2003	33	31	4	1168	106	43.25	1477	79.07	1	11	3	97	11
RT Ponting (Aus)	1998	24	24	2	1166	145	53.00	1516	76.91	3	6	0	93	6
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2009	33	31	7	1166	83*	48.58	1284	90.80	0	11	0	81	16
Yousuf Youhana (Pak)	2000	41	41	5	1161	100*	32.25	1840	63.09	1	7	5	80	8
RT Ponting (Aus)	2003	34	31	6	1154	140*	46.16	1413	81.67	5	4	0	87	27
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2006	26	25	1	1153	157	48.04	1073	107.45	5	2	2	137	28
A Jadeja (India)	1999	36	34	7	1144	103*	42.37	1484	77.08	2	5	2	75	26
SR Tendulkar (India)	2003	21	21	1	1141	152	57.05	1306	87.36	3	8	1	131	7
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994	29	29	3	1133	112	43.57	1640	69.08	2	7	2	71	14
V Sehwag (India)	2002	30	30	3	1130	126	41.85	1076	105.01	3	5	3	171	10
G Gambhir (India)	2008	27	27	3	1119	113	46.62	1236	90.53	3	7	1	124	6
GW Flower (Zim)	2001	33	33	3	1116	142*	37.20	1475	75.66	2	5	3	91	8
SC Ganguly (India)	2002	32	30	1	1114	117*	38.41	1347	82.70	1	9	2	126	19
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1999	29	28	4	1106	107	46.08	1571	70.40	1	10	1	81	10
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1997	31	31	2	1104	139*	38.06	1451	76.08	1	8	2	82	22
M Azharuddin (India)	1997	36	32	5	1104	111*	40.88	1550	71.22	1	9	0	55	8
MS Dhoni (Asia/India)	2007	37	33	8	1103	139*	44.12	1231	89.60	1	7	3	87	23
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	2003	31	30	1	1098	111	37.86	1083	101.38	1	8	0	150	15
CH Gayle (WI)	2002	23	22	0	1097	140	49.86	1238	88.61	3	7	0	132	25
MS Dhoni (India)	2008	29	26	7	1097	109*	57.73	1333	82.29	1	8	0	74	14
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)	2005	30	30	7	1092	104	47.47	1463	74.64	2	9	2	100	2
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1996	30	30	1	1090	111	37.58	1664	65.50	2	7	2	95+	5+
SR Tendulkar (India)	1994	25	25	2	1089	115	47.34	1229	88.60	3	9	3	130	11
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	2007	32	31	2	1089	115*	37.55	1322	82.37	2	8	4	90	17
H Masakadza (Zim)	2009	27	27	2	1087	178*	43.48	1234	88.08	3	5	2	118	19
DI Gower (Eng)	1983	20	20	3	1086	158	63.88	1256	86.46	4	4	1	102	15
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1987	22	22	6	1084	113	67.75	1542	70.29	2	10	0	71	4
MS Atapattu (SL)	2001	33	33	5	1084	92	38.71	1646	65.85	0	10	2	77	5
SV Carlisle (Zim)	2001	36	36	2	1082	119	31.82	1673	64.67	1	4	3	91	11
IR Bell (Eng)	2007	33	33	1	1080	126*	33.75	1490	72.48	1	6	2	101	6
GC Smith (SA)	2007	26	25	2	1079	96	46.91	1171	92.14	0	12	3	130	10
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2002	31	31	1	1077	112	35.90	1174	91.73	2	4	2	129	20
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	2000	34	32	7	1074	121*	42.96	1589	67.58	1	9	2	88	9
DC Boon (Aus)	1994	26	26	3	1073	98*	46.65	1742	61.59	0	9	0	82	2
RG Twose (NZ)	2000	25	22	3	1067	103	56.15	1298	82.20	1	9	1	116	14
JN Rhodes (SA)	2002	33	30	8	1066	107*	48.45	1224	87.09	1	9	4	93	7
PD Collingwood (Eng)	2007	33	32	6	1064	120*	40.92	1374	77.43	2	5	2	74	12
WU Tharanga (SL)	2006	26	24	0	1062	120	44.25	1349	78.72	5	4	2	131	3
A Flower (Zim)	2001	33	33	3	1060	142*	35.33	1301	81.47	1	7	1	93	6
ME Waugh (Aus)	1996	25	25	2	1059	130	46.04	1381	76.68	4	5	2	89	9
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1994	28	28	1	1053	134	39.00	1451	72.57	2	6	1	116	4
BC Broad (Eng)	1987	26	26	0	1047	99	40.26	1903	55.01	0	10	2	61	1
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak)	2007	24	24	4	1042	117	52.10	1341	77.70	2	9	0	81	6
RT Ponting (Aus)	1999	32	32	6	1038	87*	39.92	1539	67.44	0	5	1	82	10
ML Hayden (Aus)	2003	32	31	5	1037	88	39.88	1316	78.79	0	5	1	104	13
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996	24	24	6	1034	124	57.44	1362	75.91	3	5	1	80	6
Shahriar Nafees (Ban)	2006	28	28	3	1033	123*	41.32	1468	70.36	3	4	4	137	3
R Dravid (India)	2004	31	28	2	1025	104	39.42	1367	74.98	1	10	2	85	2
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India)	2005	33	33	1	1017	108	31.78	948	107.27	1	3	0	142	12
SR Watson (Aus)	2009	24	24	4	1013	136*	50.65	1199	84.48	3	3	4	105	20
SR Tendulkar (India)	1997	39	36	3	1011	117	30.63	1190	84.95	2	5	2	101	12
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2004	27	23	4	1010	101	53.15	1308	77.21	1	10	0	89	3
DL Haynes (WI)	1989	23	23	5	1007	152*	55.94	1376	73.18	4	4	1	86+	15+
A Jadeja (India)	1998	36	34	13	1004	116*	47.80	1392	72.12	2	6	1	65	10
TM Dilshan (SL)	2009	19	19	1	1000	160	55.55	969	103.19	4	2	1	130	8

Real Time Stats

Records

1. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals

2. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket

3. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 42

4. Most number of hundreds in the Tests 41

5. Most number of nineties in the ODI

6. Most number of man of the matches(57) in the ODI's

7. Most number of man of the series(15) in ODI's

8. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's

9. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI

10. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI

11. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)

12. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup

13. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16

14. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

15. Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

16. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 90

17. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so.

19. First and only cricketer to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. India's highest sporting honor

20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player

21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts

24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire

25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan.

26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times

27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman

28.First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire.

29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 57 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.

30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(11) against Australia

31. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket

32. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries

33. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

34. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches

35. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record

36. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999

37. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid

38. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

39. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)

40. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 - 15, 000and 16,000 run marks IN ODI.

41. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).

42. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches

43. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.

44. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

45. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

46. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

47. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world

48. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century

49. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record

50. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side

51. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten

52. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

53. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.

54. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home

55. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

56. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

57. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

58. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), have appeared in more games than Tendulkar

59. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(156) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).

60. First to 25,000 international runs

61. Tendulkar's 25,000+ runs in international cricket include 16000+ runs in ODI's, 12,000+ Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.

62. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

63. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI

64. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests 

ODI Century List

List of all century made by Sachin Tendulkar in ODI cricket

Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Pos	Versus	Venue	Date
200*	147	25	3	2	South Africa	Gwalior	24 February 2010
186*	150	20	3	2	New Zealand	Hyderabad	8 November 1999
175	141	19	6	2	Australia	Hyderabad	5 November 2009
163*	133	16	5	2	New Zealand	Christchurch	8 March 2009
152	151	18	0	2	Namibia	Pietersburg	23 February 2003
146	153	15	2	2	Zimbabwe	Jodhpur	8 December 2000
146	153	15	2	2	Kenya	Paarl	24 October 2001
143	131	9	5	2	Australia	Sharjah	22 April 1998
141*	148	13	5	2	West Indies	Kuala Lumpur	14 September 2006
141	128	13	3	2	Australia	Dhaka	28 October 1998
141	135	17	1	2	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	16 March 2004
140*	101	16	3	4	Kenya	Bristol	23 May 1999
139	125	19	0	2	Australia	Indore	31 March 2001
138	133	19	0	2	Srilanka	Colombo	14 September 2009
137	137	8	5	2	Sri Lanka	Delhi	2 March 1996
134	131	12	3	4	Australia	Sharjah	24 April 1998
128	131	12	3	2	Sri Lanka	Colombo	7 July 1998
127*	138	15	1	2	Kenya	Cuttack	18 February 1996
127*	130	13	1	1	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26 September 1998
124*	92	12	6	2	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	13 November 1998
123	130	12	2	2	Pakistan	Ahmedabad	12 April 2005
122*	131	12	1	2	West Indies	Harare	4 July 2001
122	138	12	0	2	South Africa	Vadodra	17 March 2000
120	141	11	2	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo	29 August 1999
118*	112	14	2	2	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	8 November 1998
118	140	8	2	2	Pakistan	Sharjah	15 April 1996
117*	120	10	0	2	Australia	Sydney	2 March 2008
117	137	13	2	2	New Zealand	Bangalore	14 May 1997
115	136	19	3	2	New Zealand	Vadodra	28 October 1994
114	126	14	0	1	South Africa	Mumbai	14 December 1996
113	102	12	1	4	Sri Lanka	Bristol	11 July 2002
112*	107	15	1	2	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	9 April 1995
110	130	8	2	2	Australia	Colombo	9 September 1994
110	138	5	1	2	Sri Lanka	Colombo	28 August 1996
105*	108	8	1	4	England	Chester-le-Street	4 July 2002
105	134	10	0	2	West Indies	Jaipur	11 November 1994
104	97	8	1	2	Zimbabwe	Benoni	9 February 1997
102	91	12	1	2	New Zealand	Hyderabad	15 November 2003
101	140	3	1	2	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20 October 2000
101	129	9	0	2	South Africa	Johannesburg	5 October 2001
100*	103	13	0	2	Kenya	Kolkata	31 May 1998
100*	76	10	1	4	West Indies	Vadodra	31 January 2007
100	111	9	1	2	Pakistan	Singapore	5 April 1996
100	89	5	7	2	Australia	Kanpur	7 April 1998
100	119	9	1	2	Australia	Gwalior	26 October 2003
100	113	10	1	2	Pakistan	Peshawar	6 February 2006

Sachin hits highest score ever in one-day internationals

Sachin Tendulkar became the first man ever to hit 200 in a one-day international. 

Sachin Tendulkar has become the first cricketer to make a double-hundred in the 39 years of one-day international cricket.

The blazing innings comes 10 months after his 36th birthday and four years after he was booed off his home ground in Mumbai, with his career apparently in terminal decline. Somewhat improbably given today's innings, the abuse had been for slow scoring.

Tendulkar ended India's second one-day game against South Africa unbeaten on exactly 200, after 147 balls of beautiful destruction. He relied on finesse as much as force, hitting only three sixes to go with 25 fours.

India reached 401 for three in 50 overs under Gwalior's floodlights, against one of the strongest attacks in the world.

In reply, South Africa's batsmen began in similarly punchy mood but were soon overwhelmed by an asking rate of eight an over. Despite a run-a-ball century from AB de Villiers they lost by 153 runs, their second-heaviest one-day defeat.

Tendulkar sailed passed the previous world-record score – the 194 set by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar against India in 1996-97, which was matched in 2009 by Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry against a weak Bangladesh side. However, when MS Dhoni stole the strike for the last over and then hoisted the first ball for six it seemed Tendulkar could end marooned on a bittersweet 199.

But with the crowd baying for their hero, Dhoni – who had dealt almost exclusively in boundaries – wisely sauntered a single, and next ball Tendulkar nurdled a run through gully to reach 200. He and Dhoni, who played a small tornado of an innings, added 101 in only 54 balls.

Tendulkar had begun with boundaries on either side of the wicket off Wayne Parnell and then played an array of cuts, pulls and drives.

Memorably, in the first over of the batting PowerPlay, and the 35th overall, Dale Steyn bowled a full, quick delivery outside off stump; Tendulkar simply walked across his stumps and flicked him through a narrow gap at midwicket. Steyn could only watch the ball speed away and shrug his shoulders.

Tendulkar has scored more runs than anyone in history in both one-day internationals and Test matches. He was briefly dropped by India in 2007 but has since regained his position as the subcontinent's most worshipped cricketer.

Sachin Biography

Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24, 1973, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Major teams: India, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow medium pace and spin

Achievements:

• Most runs and most centuries in ODIs
• Highest number of Test centuries
• First cricketer to make 10,000 runs in ODIs
• Most runs in World Cup history
• Highest individual score by an Indian (186 not out)
• Most Man of the Man awards in ODIs
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 1997-98

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, generally known as Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian Cricket player who is considered to be one of the all time greatest batsmen to have ever played the game of Cricket. The renowned Cricket magazine Wisden ranked Sachin Tendulkar the 2nd all time greatest Test Cricket batsman, only after Sir Donald Bradman at the 1st place in the year 2002. Also, the magazine ranked him the 2nd all time greatest ODI batsman after Viv Richards at the first spot.

Accolades
Shane Warne, the leg spinner from Australia had once remarked Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with, and Tendulkar, also known as the Little Master has also to his credit the honor of being the only player of the current generation who was included by Sir Donald Bradman in his dream team named Bradman’s Eleven.

Sachin Tendulkar is the batsman to have scored the biggest number of runs both in Test Cricket and ODI Cricket the world over, and has also to his credit the biggest number of centuries in both the forms of the game. He has scored over 80 centuries in the game of Cricket till now, and is the first batsman ever to score more than 50 centuries.

He is the first Cricket player who has scored over 10,000 runs in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket. Sachin has been conferred upon the Padma Vibhushan award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for his services to the nation as a sportsperson.

Early Life
Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th of April, 1973 in Mumbai to a Marathi Novelist, Ramesh Tendulkar. Sachin got inspired to play cricket from his elder brother Ajit, and started playing the game at an early age in his school, Sharadashram Vidya Mandir. Under the guidance of his coach, Ramakant Achrekar, he learnt the basics of the game and showed his prowess along with his school mate and another future batsman of the Indian team, Vinod Kambli.

Test and ODI Debut
Sachin Tendulkar made his Test Cricket debut with a Test match played against Pakistan in Karachi in the year 1989, in which he scored 15 runs before being bowled out by Waqar Younis, a yet another Cricketer who debuted with this match. He began his ODI Cricket career in a match against Pakistan played on 18th of December 1989 at Gujranwala, Pakistan. He could, though, not make a single run in this match and just after facing 2 balls was caught by Wasim Akram on a Waqar Younis ball.

Remarkable Achievements
Tendulkar has shown some of his best batting performances against the Cricket team of Australia, one of the strongest teams during his period. As a matter of fact, the legendry Sir Donald Bradman had at one time reportedly told her wife that the playing style of Sachin reminded him of his own game in his youth.

Sachin has always created new records and destroyed innumerable of them that had been already established. At the age of 17 years he scored his first Test century, and by the age of 25 he had scored 16 of them. At the moment he is the Cricketer with largest number of Test and ODI centuries to his credit, and outclassed Brian Lara as the biggest Test scorer in the year 2008.

Captaincy
Twice in his Cricket career, Sachin had been nominated the Captain of the Indian Cricket team, but none of them proved to be much successful. Also, the pressure of Captaincy took a toll upon his performance as a batsman.

Overall Performance
In his overall Test Career till April 2009, Sachin Tendulkar has played 159 Test matches and has scored 12773 runs in them, including 42 centuries and 53 half-centuries, with an average of 54.58 runs and a highest score of 248 Not Out. In these matches, he also grabbed 44 wickets giving away 2272 runs at an average of 51.63 runs.

In his One Day International (ODI) Cricket career, however, Sachin has played 425 matches till April 2009, and scored 16684 runs including 43 centuries and 91 half-centuries, with an average of 44.37 runs and a highest score of 186 Not Out.

Awards and Recognitions
For his great capabilities as a Cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has been bestowed upon the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. The Cricket magazine Wisden named him the Cricketer of the year in 1997, and according to Wisden 100, he is the 2nd Best Test Batsman and the Best ODI Bestman of all times.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	166	271	29	13447	248*	55.56			47	54		55	104	0
ODIs	442	431	41	17598	200*	45.12	20401	86.26	46	93	1927	185	134	0
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	268	422	45	22336	248*	59.24			74	100			172	0
List A	529	516	55	21150	200*	45.87			57	111			169	0
Twenty20	25	25	3	750	69	34.09	599	125.20	0	5	95	17	14	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	166	130	3994	2299	44	3/10	3/14	52.25	3.45	90.7	0	0	0
ODIs	442	267	8020	6817	154	5/32	5/32	44.26	5.10	52.0	4	2	0
T20Is	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.0	0	0	0
First-class	268		7359	4191	69	3/10		60.73	3.41	106.6		0	0
List A	529		10196	8445	201	5/32	5/32	42.01	4.96	50.7	4	2	0
Twenty20	25	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0	0