Sachin Tendulkar
- Date of Birth 1973-4-24
- Role top-order batter
- Batting Style right-hand bat
- Bowling Style right-arm offbreak
Debut Matches
| Format | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | PAK vs IND | 1989-11-15 |
| ODI | PAK vs IND | 1989-12-18 |
| T20 | SA vs IND | 2006-12-01 |
| vs | 1970-01-01 |
Recent Performances
Batting Statistics
Matches
200
Innings
329
Runs
15921
Average
53.78
Strike Rate
Highest Score
248*
100s
51
50s
68
Fours
Sixes
69
Catches
115
Bowling Statistics
Matches
200
Innings
145
Wickets
46
Average
54.17
Economy
3.52
Strike Rate
92.1
Best Figure
3/10
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
4240
Runs Conceded
2492
Batting Statistics
Matches
463
Innings
452
Runs
18426
Average
44.83
Strike Rate
86.23
Highest Score
200*
100s
49
50s
96
Fours
2016
Sixes
195
Catches
140
Bowling Statistics
Matches
463
Innings
270
Wickets
154
Average
44.48
Economy
5.1
Strike Rate
52.2
Best Figure
5/32
4 Wickets
4
5 Wickets
2
Balls Bowled
8054
Runs Conceded
6850
Batting Statistics
Matches
1
Innings
1
Runs
10
Average
10
Strike Rate
83.33
Highest Score
10
100s
0
50s
0
Fours
2
Sixes
0
Catches
1
Bowling Statistics
Matches
1
Innings
1
Wickets
1
Average
12
Economy
4.8
Strike Rate
15
Best Figure
1/12
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
15
Runs Conceded
12
Batting Statistics
Matches
551
Innings
538
Runs
21999
Average
45.54
Strike Rate
Highest Score
200*
100s
60
50s
114
Fours
Sixes
Catches
175
Bowling Statistics
Matches
551
Innings
Wickets
201
Average
42.17
Economy
4.97
Strike Rate
50.8
Best Figure
5/32
4 Wickets
4
5 Wickets
2
Balls Bowled
10230
Runs Conceded
8478
Batting Statistics
Matches
96
Innings
96
Runs
2797
Average
32.9
Strike Rate
121.08
Highest Score
100*
100s
1
50s
16
Fours
359
Sixes
38
Catches
28
Bowling Statistics
Matches
96
Innings
8
Wickets
2
Average
61.5
Economy
7.93
Strike Rate
46.5
Best Figure
1/12
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
93
Runs Conceded
123
Sachin Tendulkar was the most complete batter of his time, the most prolific run-maker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known.
His batting was based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to genius batters - anticipation. If he didn't have a signature stroke (though the upright, back-foot punch comes close) it was because he was proficient at so many and could pull them out at will.
There were no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He could score all around the wicket, off both feet, could temper his game to suit every situation, and made runs in all parts of the world, in all conditions.
Some of his finest performances came against Australia, the dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year-old on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in that country. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batter: Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.
Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and driven by a loathing for defeat, Tendulkar established his greatness early. He was only 16 when he made his Test debut, and was hit in the face by Waqar Younis in that game, but continued to bat. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batter to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer, and in the years after, he went past 13,000 Test runs, 30,000 international runs, and 50 Test hundreds.
He holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs - remarkable, considering he didn't score his first ODI hundred until his 79th match. At just under 37 years of age, he made the first double-century in one-day cricket. In 2012, a month short of his 39th birthday, he became the first player to score 100 international centuries, which, like Bradman's batting average, might be a mark that lasts for ever. Later that year, though, he announced his retirement from ODIs after a disappointing 18 months in international cricket. And on November 16, 2013, he retired from Test cricket after a memorable 200th Test, against West Indies.
Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectation he had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who were prone to regarding anything less than a hundred in every innings as a failure. He still remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.