Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the most impeccable batsman to ever walk on a cricket field. He may not have the near-perfect average of Sir Don Bradman or the swagger of Sir Viv Richards but Tendulkar did what even the greats of the game couldn't. The Mumbaikar made his debut on November 15 in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi and the rest, as they say, is history. He went on to represent India for the next 24 years and shatter all records possible and set some that still remain. Incidentally, November 15 was also the last day he represented India on the field. His last game came against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in 2013. The 45-year-old ended with 34,357 runs from 664 games, including 100 hundreds as well. Tendulkar's tally of 15921 Test runs remains the most in Test cricket and so does his total of 18426 runs in ODIs. He is also the only player to have played 200 Test matches as well as the first player ever to score a double century in ODI cricket. Tendulkar has also won 15 Man of the Series awards and 62 Man of the Match awards in ODIs. Not only that, he has won a Man of the Match Award against every one of the ICC Full Members during his time. He also won the World Cup in 2011 at his home ground -- Wankhede Stadium. Following his achievements and contribution to the game, the Master Blaster was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 2014. He remains the only sportsperson to date to receive India's highest civilian honour. Along with it, he also won the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan Awards.
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Sourav Ganguly recalled an April fool's prank, led by Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh, which helped him regain form during a series against Pakistan.
The team comprises three each from Australia and India, two from West Indies and one apiece from Pakistan, England and South Africa.
Former India coach Gary Kirsten also said that batting great Sachin Tendulkar was easy to work because of his strong values.
The veteran of 101 internationals sadi that he signed an IPL contract when he began being pushed down the batting order thereby putting his England chances in jeopardy. He played only seven games for now-defunct Pune Warriors India.
Tendulkar posted the famous photo of him as a toddler holding the bat and placed it alongside a clip from the video Lara had posted of his son.
On February 9, Tendulkar faced Australia's star all-rounder Ellyse Perry and Sutherland in an over during the innings break of the match -- a 10-over-a side charity game organised by Cricket Australia
The first two Tests in Multan and Faisalabad were high-scoring draws and the series decider was played at the National Stadium in Karachi from January 29 to February 1.
Former Australian speedster Brett Lee made his choice for the 'greatest complete cricketer' in the world.
Directed by James Erskine, "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" is interspersed with real-life footage of the cricketer's childhood and iconic matches, along with scenes that recreate moments from Tendulkar's life.
Sachin also posted a video where he is seen explaining how he made the kulfi using the seasonal fruit.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for his first-ever duck in the Ranji Trophy during the 2008-09 season.
Dale Steyn and James Anderson talked about difficult was it bowl to Sachin Tendulkar, especially in Indian conditions.
While the knock warrants a place in the list of Sachin's best knocks in his illustrious ODI career, the reason behind its significance is the circumstances that it came under. Only a few days earlier, Sachin had lost his father.
Despite acknowledging Kohli as a modern-day phenomenon, Akhtar stated Tendulkar came up against tougher oppositions and that is why comparison cannot be made between the two.
Gautam Gambhir made his choice between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, providing reasons to back his decision.
In his latest video, Tendulkar helped Arjun get a new haircut and he also thanked daughter Sara for helping them during the process.
Manjrekar said that Tendulkar's greatness came to the fore at that time because his failure with the bat was rare.
Kohli, who is often referred to as Tendulkar's second coming in Indian cricket, spoke about the 'Master Blaster's' iconic knock against Australia in Sharjah in 1998.
In a conversation with Aakash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar opened up on being touted as the 'next Sachin Tendulkar' during his younger days.
South Africa pacer Dale Steyn believes that he had trapped the batsman plumb in front in the 190s, only for umpire Ian Gould to give it not out citing crowd pressure.
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