Sachin Tendulkar

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 37 years 303 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians,Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs. More

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	177	290	32	14692	248*	56.94			51	59		64	106	0
ODIs	445	434	41	17657	200*	44.92	20485	86.19	46	93	1933	185	134	0
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	280	442	48	23585	248*	59.86			78	105			174	0
List A	532	519	55	21209	200*	45.70			57	111			169	0
Twenty20	44	44	5	1516	89*	38.87	1171	129.46	0	11	201	21	19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	177	135	4096	2388	45	3/10	3/14	53.06	3.49	91.0	0	0	0
ODIs	445	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	280		7461	4280	70	3/10		61.14	3.44	106.5		0	0
List A	532		10196	8445	201	5/32	5/32	42.01	4.96	50.7	4	2	0
Twenty20	44	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v India at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Feb 19, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
Only T20I	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	South Africa v India at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1989/90
Last List A	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Feb 19, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Durban, Sep 19, 2010scorecard

Profile

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

Timeline

Rahul Bhattacharya on Sachin Tendulkar

Man-child superstar

The cricketer seemingly emerged fully formed when he first picked up a bat. So too perhaps did the luminary

Stats analysis

Master of the game

He has such staggering numbers in both Tests and ODIs that it's conceivable some of those records may never be broken

• February 23-25, 1988
  A monster in the making
• December 11, 1988
  Truly first-class debut
• December 14, 1989
  Bloody-minded to start with

Best Performances

• 119 not out v England, Old Trafford, 1990
• 114 v Australia, Perth, 1991-92
• 169 v South Africa, Cape Town, 1996-97

Cricinfo picks - Our top articles on this player

• The saint (Nov 1, 2003)
  His purity of technique and image make him an icon with more than a touch of the divine
• Mark 3 (Jun 1, 2006)
  Not the wunderkind of 15 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Cricinfo about looking at life and his game with equanimity and stoicism
• A ride with Sachin (Oct 1, 2004)
  Tendulkar speaks about his 15 years in cricket and how the game, and his approach to it, have changed
• Sachin Tendulkar (1997)
  It was one brief moment in time
• Sachin Tendulkar: Man, myth or product of the times? (Oct 16, 2000)
  Sachin Tendulkar..
• A singular icon (Sep 1, 2002)
  Like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Sachin Tendulkar dominates his sport comprehensively, but unlike them he is the sole focus of an entire nation and its quest for identity
• 'The best batsman I've bowled to' (Sep 1, 2002)
  There's Steve Waugh and Brian Lara. And then, a notch above, there's Sachin Tendulkar

Latest Articles

• Tendulkar to play final warm-up, Zaheer rested (Feb 15, 2011)
• A new peak for an old master (Feb 14, 2011)
• Reign of Steyn (Feb 14, 2011)
• Genius unplugged and in print (Feb 9, 2011)
• It all began in South Africa (Feb 6, 2011)

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Latest Photos

Feb 19, 2011

Sachin Tendulkar made 28 before he was run out

Feb 19, 2011

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got India off to a rapid start against Bangladesh

Feb 18, 2011

India's players during a training session on the eve of the opening game of the World Cup

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