Sports Stars World: Sachin Tendulkar Info & Pics

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was an integral part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.

Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born: 24 April 1973 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

Nickname: Little Master, Tendlya, The God of Cricket

Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Batting style: Right-handed

Bowling style: Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace

Role: Batsman

National side: India

Test debut: 15 November 1989 v Pakistan

ODI debut: 18 December 1989 v Pakistan

ODI shirt no.: 10

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