SACHIN TENDULKAR
-The God Of Cricket

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, is an Indian cricketer, who has captained Indian cricket team from 10 August 1996 to 2000 (for 5 years). He made his test debut on 16 November 1989 vs Pakistan and played his last test on 14 November 2013 vs West Indies and he made his ODI debut on 18 December 1989 vs Pakistan and played his last ODI on 18 March 2012 vs Pakistan and he had played only one T20 match that is on 1 December 2006 vs South Africa.

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'Master Blaster', 'Little Master', 'The God of Cricket', 'The World's Best Athlete' — these are the titles bestowed upon one of India's most revered personalities: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

He is regarded as one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. He is also an off spin and a leg spin bowler. He announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODI) on December 2012; from T20 on October 2013 and from all forms of cricket on 16 November 2013, after playing his 200th test match. He has won 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup under Dhoni's Captainship.

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Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with a wax statue at Madame Tussauds London in 2009. He became the first Indian sportsperson to get a statue at the museum. It was unveiled on his 36th birthday.

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He has got many awards such as
• leading run scorer in Test as well as in ODI. He is only cricketer to score more than 30000 runs in all formats of cricket
• 1994- Arjuna Award
• 1997- 98- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
• 1999- Padma Shri
• 2001- Maharashtra Bhushan Award
• 2008- Padma vibhushan
• 2014- Bharat Ratna
and many more.

He is a fabulous opening batsman and a man of all generations.

"I saw Sachin

in black and white T.V.

in colour T.V.

then in LCD T.V.

then in LED T.V.

then in smart T.V."

He is the only player to have scored 100 international centuries.

A documentary based on his career "Sachin: a billion dreams" was made. It was directed by James Erskine where Sachin played his role himself.

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Many books have been written based on his life. Such as:
• Sachin: the story of world's greatest batsman
• Sachin Tendulkar Opus
• The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar
• Sachin Tendulkar: a definite biography
• Sachin Tendulkar: Masterful, etc.

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He has also played in Indian Premier League (IPL) for Mumbai Indian (MI) and captained it, but never won a title. He had also played in a road safety world series for India legends but it was abandoned due to covid-19 pandemic and lastly in Australia bush fire League and won it.

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Sachin Tendulkar once happened to play for Pakistan before he started playing for India. The incident took place during the practice match between the rival nations India and Pakistan at the Brabourne stadium in 1987. He came on the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan. In 2013, he was the only cricketer included in an all time test world XI name to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden cricketers' Almanack.

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He was also the first sports person and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded honorary rank of group captain by Indian Air Force. In 2012, he was named as honorary member of order of Australia. This is true that, "If cricket is a religion, then Sachin is the God".

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