The Sachin Tendulkar biography profile reveals that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973. Sachin Tendulkar profile shows that he is an Indian cricketer who has caught the fancy of the whole world with his batting skills. He has been touted by experts as the best batsman in the world. In the biography of Sachin Tendulkar his extraordinary records support this title.
He went to Shradashram Vidyamandir, a high school in Mumbai,
where he began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He
attended the MRF Pace Foundation during his schooldays to train as a fast
bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who saw him training, was not
much impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should focus on his batting
instead. As a young boy, Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net, and was
driven hard by his coach Achrekar.
While at school, his extraordinary batting skills got
noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the young boy would soon become
one of the greats in cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in every
inning that he played. In one of the inter school matches that year, he had an
unbroken 664-run partnership with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great
Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This
touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later
broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in
for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a
century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai
captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in
the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy
final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his
Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first
player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.
At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test
match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several
blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15
runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he
went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of
18 balls at Peshawar.
In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old
Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of
immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the
back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently
faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance
made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.
During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and
unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.
At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for
Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for
the English county as the first overseas player.
In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 673 runs in 11
matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy
Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.
Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he
was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played
well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was
adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.
Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the
world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been
granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award,
Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.
Early years
The biography of Sachin Tendulkar presents an inspiring story.
- He was born in Mumbai. His father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist.
- He was introduces to cricket by his brother Ajit Tendulkar according to Sachin Tendulkar biography profile. He has another brother Nitin and a sister Savita.
- He went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir. Here he started getting coaching from Ramakant Achrekar.
- According to the biography of Sachin tendulkar he used to train as a fast bowler at MRF Pace foundation but Denise Lillee asked him o focus on his batting.
- During his childhood he was considered a child prodigy and received many gifts from famous cricketers of those times.
- The Sachin Tendulkar profile reveals that in 1995 he got married to a Gujrati paediatrician Anjali and presently has two children Sara and Arjun.
Career achievements.
Sachin Tendulkar profile in domestic cricket is an impressive one. In the international circuit he has smashed most batting record to rise to the top.
- The Sachin Tendulkar biography profile reveals that he is the highest run getter in one day internationals with 18426 runs. He has accumulated 15470 runs in test cricket. It is the highest anyone has achieved.
- Sachin Tendulkar biography profile says that he holds the highest number of centuries in both forms of cricket 51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs.
- Sachin Tendulkar profile says that he has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.
- He has performed well in most of the World Cups he participated and also recently in the IPLs.
- According to the Sachin Tendulkar profile he suffered from a tennis elbow at the peak of his career which led to a decline in his form during 2003-2004. The biography of Sachin Tendulkar divulges that he also served two tenures as a captain but his stints did not prove successful for the Indian team.
