“Dream the impossible Dream. If it is strong enough-It will transform into Reality.”-Osho

Sachin Tendulkar – Master of the cricket era. He is always ardent, suave, and determinant. Well, his name is enough and mere ink on the paper could never describe his achievements. An Indian Cricketer who was child prodigy in his days. He is the paragon for young children and a role model for every cricketer. He is the one who wrote his luck and propelled the fate to align his life and luck line in one direction. His batting style will ring in ears of people till eternity.

Sachin Tendulkar

An 11 year boy who turned the tide in reverse direction, made his debut as a cricketer at the age of 16 and then there was no looking back. He nailed it with his determination and persistence and shone like a star in Indian Cricket History. Born on 24th April 1973 into the family of Ramesh Tendulkar, a famous Marathi Novelist and Rajni. Sachin was named after Sachin Dev Burman, his father’s favorite music director. Wishing Sachin Tendulkar a long beautiful and prosperous life on his 42nd Birthday.

His Cricket Journey

“Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.”-Guru Nanak.

For Sachin, Ramakant Achrekar was the Guru who should be credited for what he is today.

Ramakant Achrekar started by coaching Sachin in the mornings before school and in the evenings after school. Tendulkar used to practice for hours at end and whenever he became tired, Achrekar used to place a one rupee coin at the top of his stumps. The condition was that Sachin could keep the coins, if he did not get out. Sachin collected 13 coins this way, which is still a priceless possession for him.

First Step

Do not give up the begining is always the hardest.

Very Few know, Sachin’s first step in  international cricket came when he appeared as a substitute for Imran Khan’s team at an exhibition game that was being staged at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. When India played England in the semi final of the 1987 World Cup in Mumbai Sachin played the role of a ball-boy in that game.

Sachin had an exceptional and rare season in 1988 and raptures a century in each and every match he played. With former friend and team India colleague Vinod Kambli he took part in an unbeaten partnership of 664 runs against the St. Xavier’s High School in a Lord Harris Shield interschool contest. Their dominance made  the opposition to kneel down and one bowler was actually crying. Tendulkar notched up a 326 in that game and also scored in excess of 1000 runs in that tournament.

 With sheer diligence, Ardent Sachin stumped every one by his performance, unsurpassed hunger for runs when he appeared in the field at the age of 16 to face Pakistan which was one of the toughest teams at that time and had a bat against the fierce attack of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram’s wrath and is hit on the head, even then this little boy doesn’t stop and played arduously to make the half century. Sachin acquitted himself well on that tour and the rest as they say is history!

Awards and Accolades:

 Sachin Tendulkar talent can be best described by the legendary sir Don Bradman when he said that batting style of Sachin Tendulkar reminded him of his own youth.

There are myriad awards and remarks which he set in his entire life:

• Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer in Tests, with 15,921 runs, as well as in One-Day Internationals, with 18,426 runs.
• He is the only player to score more than 30,000 runs in all forms of international cricket (Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals).
• He is the 16th player and the first Indian to score 50,000 runs in all forms of domestic and international recognized cricket.
• He also holds the record of the highest number of centuries in both Tests (51) and ODIs (49) as well as in Tests and ODIs combined (100).
• He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket.
• First to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined
• Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1,894 runs, the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for One-Day Internationals.
• He is the first male cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket.
• In April 2012, Tendulkar accepted the Rajya Sabha nomination proposed by the President of India and became the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated.
• He became the second Indian after Mother Teresa to have such stamp released in their lifetime.

Awards:

Sachin tendulkar has a big hefty bag full of awards and the list is never-ending:

• • 1994 – Arjuna Award
  • 1997–98 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
  • 1999 – Padma Shri
  • 2001 – Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State’s highest Civilian Award.
  • 2008 – Padma Vibhushan
  • 2014 – Bharat Ratna
  • 1997 – Wisden Cricketer of the Year
  • 2002 – In commemorating Tendulkar’s feat of equalling Don Bradman’s 29 centuries in Test Cricket, automotive company Ferrari invited him to its Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix on 23 July, to receive a Ferrari 360 Modena from the F1 world champion Michael Schumacher.
  • 2004, 2007, 2010 – ICC World ODI XI.
  • 2009, 2010, 2011 – ICC World Test XI.
  • 2010 – Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the Peoples Choice Award at The Asian Awards in London.
  • 2010 – Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.
  • 2010 – ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year.
  • 2010 – LG People’s Choice Award.
  • 2010 – Made an Honorary group captain by the Indian Air Force.
  • 2011 – BCCI Cricketer of the Year award.
  • 2011 – Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year award.
  • 2012 – Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award.
  • 2012 – Honorary Life Membership of Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
  • 2012 – Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the Australian government.
  • 2013 – Indian Postal Service released a stamp of Tendulkar and he became the second Indian after Mother Teresa to have such stamp released in their lifetime.