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Sachin Tendulkar
Born on 24 April 1973 is an Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden in 2002 as the second
greatest Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman. He holds several key batting records,
including the most Test centuries, most ODI centuries and the most runs in ODI cricket. He
is also the most capped player currently playing international cricket. He received the
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna sporting honour for 1997-1998, and the Padma Shri award in 1999.
Born in Bombay into a middle-class Saraswat Brahmins family. His late father Ramesh
Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother.
Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati
industrialist Anand Mehta, in 1995, some years after they were introduced by mutual
friends. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September,
2000). Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children, every year through Apnalaya, a
Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta.
Famous innings
Test Cricket
| Runs |
Against |
Year |
| 119 not out |
England |
1990 |
| 148 not out |
Australia |
1991-92 |
| 114 [*] |
Australia |
1991-92 |
| 122 |
England |
1996 |
| 169 |
South Africa |
1996-97 |
| 155 not out |
Australia |
1997-98 |
| 136 |
Pakistan |
1998-99 |
| 155 |
South Africa |
2001-02 |
| 176 |
West Indies |
2002-03 |
| 241 not out |
Australia |
2004 |
One-Day Cricket
| Runs |
Against |
Year |
| 90 |
Australia |
1996 |
| 104 |
Zimbabwe |
1997 |
| 143 |
Australia |
1998 |
| 134 |
Australia |
1998 |
| 124 |
Zimbabwe |
1998 |
| 186 not out |
New Zealand |
1999 |
| 98 |
Pakistan |
2003 |
| 141 |
Pakistan |
2004 |
| 123 |
Pakistan |
2005 |
| 93 |
Sri Lanka |
2005 |
| 141 not out |
West Indies |
2006 |
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