The 51-year-old cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s journey from humble beginnings to record-breaking glory

Two years prior to the first Cricket World Cup being held in 1975, Mumbai was the place of Sachin Tendulkar’s birth. Tendulkar, who is sometimes referred to as the “God of Cricket,” has dominated cricket for more than 20 years with his unmatched batting methods. When he was eleven years old, he became interested in the sport.

Inspiring him to pursue his passion, his older brother, Ajit Tendulkar, introduced him to the late Ramakant Achrekar, a well-known coach on the Indian domestic circuit at the time.

At the juvenile age of sixteen, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut on the international scene in 1989 against Pakistan, facing players like as Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, and Wasim Akram. That was just the start of a historical account. Prior to retiring from international cricket in 2013, Tendulkar set and shattered an enormous number of records. Let’s examine The Little Master’s illustrious career and recordings as we commemorate his 51st birthday today.

The Recordings And Career Of Sachin Tendulkar
In a Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat on December 11, 1988, 15-year-old Sachin Tendulkar made his Bombay first-class debut. In the game, he struck for a century, making history as the youngest Indian to do so on his first-class debut.
The only Indian cricketer to hit a century on his debut in each of the three domestic competitions—the Deodhar Trophy, the Irani Trophy, and the Ranji Trophy—is still Sachin Tendulkar. He is the youngest player to play in both Tests and ODIs for Team India.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first foreign player to play for a county club when he signed up with the Yorkshire cricket team in 1992.
In terms of total matches played in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record. In 664 encounters in all forms, he has played for India. He has set a record with 34,347 runs scored in total. As far as batters go in history, he is the only one with 100 international centuries.
Tendulkar holds the records for the most appearances in both formats (463 ODIs and 200 Tests), as well as being the best run scorer in history in both Tests (15,921 runs) and ODIs (18,426 runs).

In addition to having participated in the most World Cup matches (45), Sachin Tendulkar has amassed the most runs (2278 runs) in the multi-nation competition. He is the only cricket player in history to have appeared in six World Cup editions, the other being Javed Miandad of Pakistan.

In an ODI against South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2010, Tendulkar made history as the first batter to ever record a double hundred in an ODI.
Several sports honours have been bestowed to Sachin Tendulkar by the Indian government. In addition to the Bharat Ratna in 2013, he received the Padma Shri in 1998, the Padma Vibushan in 2008, the Arjuna Award in 1994, and the Khel Ratna Award in 1997.

2019 saw the induction of Sachin Tendulkar into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Best of Sachin Tendulkar
August 1990 saw Sachin Tendulkar get his first-ever century in an international cricket match against England in Manchester during a Test match. Given that it occurred in the fourth innings of a Test match, it is regarded as one of his best knocks in the game. In the exciting match, India managed to tie thanks to his knock.

At the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2004, Sachin Tendulkar recorded an undefeated 241 in a Test match against Australia. In the preceding game, Tendulkar had not produced anything noteworthy, and it was the fourth in the series. In the match, Tendulkar did not try a single cover drive, yet he was quite impressive against that strong Australian bowling assault.

When Sachin Tendulkar destroyed Australia in the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup, he amassed one of the best ODI performances in history with 143 runs off 131 balls. Due to a sandstorm that interrupted it, his knock became known as the “Desert Storm.” Despite the fact that India lost the game, Tendulkar’s knock in the ODI format was deemed the best of all time by an ICC poll in 2020.

The IPL Career of Sachin Tendulkar
Since the 2008 launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sachin Tendulkar has appeared in six seasons. He has totaled 2334 runs scored in 78 games while playing for the Mumbai Indians. In the franchise competition, he has amassed 13 half-centuries and one hundred runs.

Tendulkar won the Orange Cap award in 2010 after leading the Mumbai Indians to their first-ever IPL final with 618 runs in 14 innings. That was the most runs a batsman has ever scored in an IPL season at the time.

In the Champions League Twenty20 final of 2013, Tendulkar played his farewell match for the Mumbai-based squad. The team went on to win the trophy, defeating the Rajasthan Royals.