Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was Born on April 24, 1973 Mumbai, India.
Sachin Tendulkar retired on November 16, 2013.
Also he represented – Mumbai, India, Asia XI, Yorkshire, and Mumbai Indians.
Sachin Tendulkar nicknames are – Master Blaster, Little Champion, Batting Maestro, Run Machine, and God of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar, without a doubt, the best batsman of the modern era, and in all probability, second only to the Don when it comes to the title of the ‘Best Ever’. A man who single-handedly unites a one billion-plus strong nation, Sachin Tendulkar is nothing short of a demigod.
Top ODI records of Sachin Tendulkar –
First person to score a double century in One Day Internationals.
Third highest individual score (after Sehwag and Rohit Sharma) in the history of One Day Cricket (200* vs. South Africa on Feb 24, 2010 at Gwalior).
Highest number of centuries (49). Highest number of fifties (96).
Most 150+ scores (5). Most runs in a calendar year (1,894 runs in the year 1998).
Most centuries in a calendar year (9 in the year 1998).
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was told by Sachin Tendulkar not to take a match seriously. It sounds strange to hear, but it is true. This incident happened in the year 2014 during the match between MCC and Rest World-11. It was a charity match. Many legendary players including Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne were playing in it.
The World 11 team played Adam Gilchrist, Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pietersen, Yuvraj Singh, Shahid Afridi and Shane Warne. At the MCC, there were veterans like Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saeed Ajmal. The first World-11 batsman in the match. In this, Saeed Ajmal took four wickets in his first four overs. With this, the score of World-11 was reduced to 68 for five wickets in 12 overs. During this, there was a conversation between Sachin Tendulkar and Saeed Ajmal.
In an interview given to Cricket Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal said that Sachin came running to him and said that have fun in the match, because it is a charity match. The longer the match, the more funds will come. Ajmal said, “Sachin Tendulkar came running and said that you should not play this match with such seriousness, Saeed bhai. This is a charity match. This is for those who have come here to have fun. Those people will eat and drink. This match should not end before half past six. ‘
Ajmal further said, “So Sachin Tendulkar came running to him. He said that Saeed Bhai, you should not play this match with such seriousness. This is a charity match. For those people who have come to enjoy here, those people will eat and drink. This match should not end before half past six. So I told him that I am bowling in a positive way. So he said that I agree with you but if it is a charity match, fund raising will be done. So enjoy the match, play cricket and have fun. So it all happened in the match. ‘
Later in the match, with the help of Yuvraj Singh’s 132 runs, the rest of the world team scored 293 runs for seven wickets. But for MCC, Aaron Finch scored 181 runs in 145 balls and achieved the target in 45.5 overs with seven wickets in hand .