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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar |
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born in a middle class family of Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai. His father Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist named him after his favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman.
Sachin has two elder brothers - Ajit Tendulkar and Nitin Tendulkar and one sister
Savitai Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Tendulkar in 1995. Anjali Tendulkar is a pediatrician. They have two children, Sara and Arjun.
Young Sachin wanted to be a fast bowler but his height becomes a hindrance for bowling.
he was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket. he is the only Indian cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. He is a current Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden-2002 as the second greatest Test batsman ever after Sir Don Bradman.
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Birth Date | 24 April 1973 |
| Birth Place | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Test Debut | India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90 |
| ODI Debut | India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90 |
| Batting Style | Right Hand Bat |
| Bowling Style | Leg Break Googly, Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium |
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TEST |
ODI |
| Matches |
136 |
384 |
| Runs scored |
10,800 |
14,847 |
| Batting average |
54.82 |
44.05 |
| 100s/50s |
36/43 |
41/77 |
| Top score |
248* |
186* |
| Balls bowled |
3,354 |
7,709 |
| Wickets |
39 |
148 |
| Bowling average |
50.68 |
43.79 |
| 5 wickets in innings |
0 |
2 |
| 10 wickets in match |
0 |
n/a |
| Best bowling |
3/10 |
5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings |
87/0 |
115/0 |
| Man of the match |
10 |
53 |
| Man of the series |
3 |
13 |
| As of May 21, 2007 |
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