A look back into various shades of Sachin Tendulkar

New Delhi: The 41st birthday of Sachin Tendulkar was special because it was his first birthday after retiring from all forms of cricket last year. Considered the greatest cricketer that the game of cricket has produced is now a Rajya Sabha member. We take a look back into how Sachin Tendulkar has transformed from a local Mumbaikar to a global icon of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar along with fellow cricketers Kapil Dev and Mohammed Azaruddin during his first test series against Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar is the only cricketer who has hit century in the debut match of Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy. Whenever Sachin traveled in the team bus he used to sit in the first seat of the left row of the bus. The most prized possession that Sachin has is the cricket bat signed by another legend of the Game Sir Don Brad man. Ramakant Achreker , Sachin's first cricket coach ,used to keep a coin in the cricket pitch and asked the other bowlers to bowl out Sachin, if any body could bowled out Sachin , the coin was given as a reward. Sachin Tendulkar is the first cricketer in One Day International history to score a double century. He achieved this feat while he was playing against South Africa Sachin Tendulkar has the distinction of receiving the highest number of Man of the Match awards in cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has first met his wife Anjali at Mumbai Airport. Sachin Tendulkar has to wait for 79 ODI matches to get his first ODI century. Sachin Tendulkar's long cherished dream of winning the ICC cricket World cup was finally fulfilled in 2011. Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson who has been conferred the rank of honorary Captain by the Indian Air Force. Sachin Tendulkar nominated as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Sachin Tendulkar is also the first sportsperson in the country to be awarded the 'Bharat Ratna ' the highest civilian honour given in the country. Sachin on his retirement has said that "All my life I have had a dream of playingcricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last24 years. It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old. It's been a huge honour to have represented my country and played all over the world."