Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 38 years 298 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.
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 188 | 311 | 32 | 15470 | 248* | 55.44 | 51 | 65 | 67 | 113 | 0 | |||
| ODIs | 456 | 445 | 41 | 18176 | 200* | 44.99 | 21073 | 86.25 | 48 | 95 | 1988 | 193 | 137 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 12 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 292 | 464 | 48 | 24389 | 248* | 58.62 | 78 | 111 | 181 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 544 | 531 | 55 | 21749 | 200* | 45.69 | 59 | 113 | 172 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 2069 | 100* | 39.78 | 1659 | 124.71 | 1 | 13 | 268 | 26 | 23 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 188 | 139 | 4174 | 2445 | 45 | 3/10 | 3/14 | 54.33 | 3.51 | 92.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 456 | 269 | 8044 | 6838 | 154 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 44.40 | 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 | 292 | 7539 | 4337 | 70 | 3/10 | 61.95 | 3.45 | 107.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 544 | 10220 | 8466 | 201 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 42.11 | 4.97 | 50.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 60 | 8 | 93 | 123 | 2 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 61.50 | 7.93 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
