Sachin Tendulkar Personal Life and Family

Sachin Tendulkar is a professional cricketer from India. He made his debut in 1989 againstPakistan and has so far played 166 Tests & 442 ODIs. He holds several world records in both forms of the game, including most runs and most hundreds by an individual. Currently, he is one of the top order batsmen of Indian National Cricket Team and the captain of Mumbai Indians inIPL. Apart from cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is also involved in business and charity.

Sachin Tendulkar was awarded "Man of the Series" in IPL 2010 for his consistent batting performances which helped his team to reach the final of the tournament. He also won the "Orange Cap" which is an award for the highest run scorer in IPL.

Personal Life and Family

In 1990, Sachin Tendulkar while returned from the tour of England met Anjali Mehta at the Mumbai airport. They became friends at the airport and soon their friendship had turned into love. They had a courtship of five years until they got married in 1995. In an interview, Anjali Tendulkar recalled that her ignorance about cricket is the one Sachin liked about her when they first met. She also said that Sachin doesn't like discussing cricket at home.

Anjali Tendulkar was a pediatrician by profession, but she gave up her career to take care of their two children-son Arjun Tendulkar (born on September 23, 1999) and daughter Sarah Tendulkar (born on October 12, 1997).

First Class DebutEarly Days

During childhood, Sachin was more interested in playing tennis than cricket. It was his brother Ajit Tendulkar who encouraged him to play cricket. At the age of 11, Sachin Tendulkar joined Sharadashram Vidya Mandir School to get trained under Bombay's renouned coach Ramakant Achrekar. During his early school days, he had aspired to become a fast bowler and went to MRF Pace Foundation. But he was sent back home suggesting him to focus on batting instead.⁶ Then, he started focusing on batting and participated in school-level matches.

At the age of 12, Sachin scored his first century in a Harris Shield tournament. In the next season(1986-87), he scored 2336 runs playing for his school team which includes 9 hundreds and 2 double hundreds. He continued his outstanding form in the next season also during which he scored two consecutive triple hundreds(329* and 346*) in Harris Shield tournament. His innings of 329* was also a record for 3rd wicket (664 runs) partnered by Vinod Kambli.⁷

After seeing the performances of Sachin Tendulkar in the Harris Shield and Giles Shield tournaments, Mumbai’s selectors had decided to give him a chance to play for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy. Before selecting the team for Ranji Trophy, the selectors arranged trial matches. Sachin Tendulkar scored 55 runs in the first trial match and 54 runs in the second match. Vengserkar(who was the captain of Indian National cricket team and Mumbai) heard about Sachin Tendulkar’s unique batting style and invited him during the net practice of Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar was asked to play against Kapil Dev and other bowlers of Indian team in the nets. Vengserkar was impressed by his confident batting and give his nod to select him for the Ranji Trophy team.

Tendulkar played his first Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat on Dec 10-12, 1988 and scored a century on the second day of the match. Aged just 15 years and 232 days, Sachin Tendulkar had become the youngest player to score a century on debut in a first class match.⁸.

International DebutEarly First Class Career

Sachin Tendulkar played his second Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra and scored 58 runs & 89 runs. He scored 641 runs in the tournament which includes 1 hundred and 7 fifties. Following the Ranji Trophy, Sachin Tendulkar was included in the Rest of India team to play against Delhi in the Irani Cup which took place on November 3-7, 1989. He scored 39 & 103 in the first & second innings respectively. Sachin played his first Duleep Trophy match on January 11-15, 1991 and scored 159 & 8.⁹

He is the only player who has scored century on debut in all the three major domestic tournaments- Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup.¹⁰

In 1989, before "India in Pakistan Test series", there was a debate among the selectors of Indian National Cricket Team - whether to select Sachin Tendulkar for the tournament or not. Some of the selectors felt that the inclusion of Sachin Tendulkar for international matches at his early age would adversely affect his development. However, the selection panel headed by Raj Singh Dungarpur had finally decided to select him for the tournament. He was included in the 11-man squad to play against Pakistan in the first Test match which started on November 15, 1989.¹¹ He scored 15 runs in the match and was bowled out by Waqar Younis who also made his debut in the match.¹² During the match, Sachin was hit on his mouth by Waqar Younis, but he continued playing with blood soaked shirt until he was out.¹³

When he played the match, he was the youngest Test player from India and fourth youngest Test player in the world. He played his first ODI match during the same tour and was caught out on Waqar Younis' ball without scoring any runs.¹⁴

International Career MilestonesEarly International Career

Sachin Tendulkar didn’t make an impressive start in his international career. He was duck out on his first two ODI matches and didn’t score well in several ODIs. However, he secured his place in the team by playing a few good innings in Test matches. He scored his first Test fifty during his second Test match against Pakistan in November 23-28, 1989 and scored his first Test hundred against England in August 9-14, 1990. Later, he scored a few centuries in Test matches, but his overall performances were pretty ordinary during his first five years.¹⁵¹⁶

November 15, 1989: Played his first Test match against Pakistan. He scored 15 runs in the match and was bowled out by Waqar Younis.

December 18, 1989: Played his first ODI match against Pakistan. He was caught out on duck.

August 9, 1990: Scored his first hundred in Test cricket during the second innings of the Test match against England. He scored 119* runs in the innings.

September 9, 1994: Scored his first hundred in ODI cricket during his 79th ODI which was against Australia. He scored 110 runs from 132 balls in the match.

August 28, 1996: Became the captain of Indian cricket team.

January 1, 1998: He was sacked from captaincy.

September 26, 1998: Broke Desmond Haynes' record of most hundreds (17 hundreds) in ODI cricket.

August 1, 1999: Reappointed as captain of Indian team after India lost the world cup underMohammad Azharuddin.ref>http://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/nov/15sachin.htm</ref>

February 26, 2000: Stepped down as the captain of Indian team.¹⁷

March 31, 2001: Crossed 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.

2003: Awarded player of the match in the 2003 Cricket World Cup which took place in South Africa. He scored 673 runs in the tournament which is the record for highest runs scored by an individual in a series.

March 16, 2005: Crossed 10,000 runs in Test matches.

December 10, 2005: Broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record of most hundreds (34 hundreds) in Test matches.

June 29, 2007: Crossed 15,000 runs in ODI matches.

October 17, 2008: Broke Brian Lara’s record of most runs in Test matches during the Test match against Australia at Mohali.¹⁸

November 20, 2009: Completed 30,000 runs in International cricket matches during the Test match against Sri Lanka. He also scored his 43rd Test century during the match which was his 8th century against Sri Lanka.¹⁹

February 24, 2010: Sachin Tendulkar broke the world record for highest individual score in an ODI match. He scored 200 runs in the match against South Africa which is the first ever 200 in the history of ODI cricket. He also remained not out in the match.²⁰

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