Rare pics of Sachin Tendulkar

Though the cricket legend has announced his retirement, but some of his moments have been captured deep in heart by every cricket lover.

Therefore, we bring for you some of his unseen pictures.

Tendulkar was born at Nirmal Nursing Home on 24 April 1973.

Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkar's talent and advised him to shift his schooling to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High School, a school at Dadar which had a dominant cricket team and had produced many notable cricketers.

Initially he represented John Bright Cricket Club in Mumbai's premier club cricket tournament, the Kanga League, and later went on to play for the Cricket Club of India.

On 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar made his debut for Mumbai against Gujarat at home and scored 100 not out in that match, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on first class debut.

His first double century was for Mumbai while playing against the visiting Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998.

Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful.

The BCCI President Sharad Pawar personally had offered the captaincy to Tendulkar.

Tendulkar scored his much awaited 100th international hundred on 16 March 2012, at Mirpur against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.

Tendulkar was made the icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in 2008.

Even after his retirement he will stay in touch with the team and BCCI.