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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It was a historic win for India as they claimed their biggest ever win on New Zealand soil and won their first ever match on Republic Day.
Paudel is being regarded as the future star of Nepal cricket as the youngster helped Nepal reach 242/9 and was the highest scorer of the match.
Tendulkar also feels other teams need to be given ample time to prepare if cricket is included in the Olympics.
The former skipper also advised the Pakistani players and management to get over the Champions Trophy victory in 2017.
Chappell said Kohli would pass Tendulkar's aggregate with more than one hundred innings to spare and nearly 20 centuries in advance of the Little Master.
Dhoni showed his much-acclaimed finishing prowess during the second ODI against Australia and Tendulkar attributed it to a change in his thought process.
Tendulkar recollected how the revered coach, who died here last week aged 87, asked him to go back to his original low grip after advising him to hold the bat higher and seeing it did not work well.
India won the four-match Test series 2-1 against Australia with Pujara fetching the man of the series award with a total of 521 runs, including three hundreds.
Pujara scored 521 runs in the series with three centuries and a half century with 193 as his highest score and Tendulkar pin-pointed that Pujara was outstanding in the series.
Former and current players along with administrators hailed the historic series win on social media platforms. Former and current players along with administrators hailed the historic series win on social media platforms.
Cheteshwar Pujara hit his third century in this tour of Australia and remained not out on 130 off 250 balls after day one of the Sydney Test
Archrekar, the childhood coach of Tendulkar, passed away at 87 on Wednesday at his Shivaji Park residence in Dadar in Central Mumbai.
The Indian skipper is now the quickest batsman to score 19,000 international runs, surpassing a record which was held by Sachin Tendulkar.
The last and final Test of the series is being played in Sydney from today.
Tendulkar and his elder brother Ajit have time and again recalled how Achrekar would stand behind trees and watch Tendulkar bat to let him play freely.
As a player, Achrekar competed in just one first-class match but was instrumental in moulding Tendulkar as a child, often driving him to stadiums on his scooter.
Achrekar was the strongest pillar in Tendulkar's success in international cricket and his inputs made him reach the highest level.
Achrekar died in Mumbai on Wednesday succumbing to illness aged 87.
Latest Breaking Cricket News, Sachin Tendulkar Coach Ramakant Achrekar Passed Away in Mumbai aged 86 died in Mumbai on Wednesday.
India beat Australia by 137 runs at the iconic MCG to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series.
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