Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 39 years 246 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
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 194 | 320 | 32 | 15645 | 248* | 54.32 | 51 | 66 | 67 | 114 | 0 | |||
| ODIs | 463 | 452 | 41 | 18426 | 200* | 44.83 | 21367 | 86.23 | 49 | 96 | 2016 | 195 | 140 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 12 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 299 | 474 | 48 | 24701 | 248* | 57.98 | 79 | 112 | 184 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 551 | 538 | 55 | 21999 | 200* | 45.54 | 60 | 114 | 175 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 77 | 77 | 10 | 2440 | 100* | 36.41 | 2008 | 121.51 | 1 | 15 | 313 | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 194 | 141 | 4186 | 2459 | 45 | 3/10 | 3/14 | 54.64 | 3.52 | 93.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 463 | 270 | 8054 | 6850 | 154 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 44.48 | 5.10 | 52.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 12.00 | 4.80 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 299 | 7551 | 4351 | 70 | 3/10 | 62.15 | 3.45 | 107.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 551 | 10230 | 8478 | 201 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 42.17 | 4.97 | 50.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 77 | 8 | 93 | 123 | 2 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 61.50 | 7.93 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v England at Nagpur, Dec 13-17, 2012 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard |
| Last ODI | India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Mar 18, 2012 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| Only T20I | South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1988/89 |
| Last First-class | India v England at Nagpur, Dec 13-17, 2012 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1989/90 |
| Last List A | India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Mar 18, 2012 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Mumbai Indians v Sydney Sixers at Durban, Oct 22, 2012 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | India | v England | Nagpur | 13 Dec 2012 | Test # 2066 |
| 76, 5 | India | v England | Kolkata | 5 Dec 2012 | Test # 2065 |
| 8, 8 | India | v England | Mumbai | 23 Nov 2012 | Test # 2062 |
| 13, 0/8 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 | Test # 2058 |
| 137 | Mumbai | v Railways | Mumbai | 2 Nov 2012 | FC |
| 22 | Mum Indians | v Syd Sixers | Durban | 22 Oct 2012 | T20 |
| 2 | Mum Indians | v Super Kings | Johannesburg | 20 Oct 2012 | T20 |
| 7 | Mum Indians | v Yorkshire | Cape Town | 18 Oct 2012 | T20 |
| 16 | Mum Indians | v Lions | Johannesburg | 14 Oct 2012 | T20 |
| 5 | Mum Indians | v Scorchers | Johannesburg | 12 Oct 2012 | Other T20 |
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.
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