PE PROJECT: -
SACHIN TANDULKAR
Born: 24 April 1973 (age 48 years), Mumbai
Height: 1.65 m
Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Spouse: Anjali Tendulkar (m. 1995)
Awards: Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, MORE
Children: Sara Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar
Stats: - Batsman
Career Batting Stats: -Right-Handed Batsman
NATIONAL CARRER
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former international
cricketer of India who served as captain of the Indian
national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest
batsmen in the history of cricket.
In 2012 he became the first cricketer to score 100 centuries (100 runs in a
single innings) in international play.
Tendulkar was given his first bat when he was 11 years of age. As a 14-year-
old, he used it to score 329 out of a world-record stand of 664 in a school
match. A year later he scored a century on his first-class debut for Bombay
(Mumbai), and at age 16 years 205 days he became India’s youngest Test
(international) cricketer, making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi in
November 1989. When he was 18, he scored two centuries in Australia (148
in Sydney and 114 in Perth), and in 1994 he scored 179 against the West
Indies. In August 1996, at age 23, Tendulkar was made captain of his
country’s team.
National honours
India
• 1994 – Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his
outstanding achievement in sports.
• 1997–98 – Khel Ratna Award, India's highest honour given for achievement in
sports.
• 1999 – Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
• 2001 – Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra state's highest civilian award.
• 2008 – Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.
• 2014 – Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
Australia
• 2012 – Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the
Australian government.
Other honours
• 1997 – Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
• 1998, 2010 – Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.
• 2001 – Mumbai Cricket Association renamed one of Wankhede Stadium's stand
after Sachin Tendulkar.
• 2002 – In commemorating Tendulkar's feat of equalling Don Bradman's 29
centuries in Test Cricket, automotive company Ferrari invited him to it paddock in
Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix on 23 July, to receive a Ferrari
360 Modena from the F1 world champion Michael Schumacher.
• 2003 – Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
• 2004, 2007, 2010 – ICC World ODI XI.
• 2006–07, 2009–10 – Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year
• 2009, 2010, 2011 – ICC World Test XI.
• 2010 – Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the People's Choice Award at The
Asian Awards in London.
• 2010 – Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year.
• 2010 – LG People's Choice Award.
• 2010 – Made an Honorary Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.
• 2011 – Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year award.
• 2012 – Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award.
• 2013 – India Post released a stamp of Tendulkar and he became the second
Indian after Mother Teresa to have such stamp released in their lifetime.
• 2014 – ESPNCricinfo Cricketer of the Generation.
• 2017 – The Asian Awards Fellowship Award at the 7th Asian Awards.
• 2019 – Inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
• 2020 – Laureus World Sports Award for Best Sporting Moment (2000–2020)
His qualities -
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar – Dedication:
Tendulkar's career span spread for more than 24 years, the highest
for any cricketer. He started playing cricket at the age of 11 and played
his first Test at the age of 16. With his dedication, he played the highest
number of matches in Tests and ODIs. The number of runs he
accumulated is a record difficult to be broken over a long period of
time. These achievements were possible only due to his dedication to
his game.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar: Positive
Attitude:
Ask any cricketer and he will praise Tendulkar for his attitude first and
then his game. His career was marred with many injuries but he always
rose against all the odds and fought bravely to come out of it.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar: Motivator:
So many cricketers started playing cricket by watching Tendulkar. He has
motivated so many cricketers in India that it would not be an
exaggeration if we dedicate the new breed of cricketers to Tendulkar.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar: Truthfulness:
We have seen so many instances when Tendulkar is out, he will just walk
off without waiting for the umpire’s decision. That is how truthful he was
towards the game
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar: Hard-working:
Tendulkar has taught us that whenever he used to get out on a particular
delivery, he will practice that delivery in the nets so many times that he
will master the same.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar: Student
Forever:
Sachin Tendulkar has been a student for the game of cricket all through
his life. He continues to learn new shots, practice them at nets and
perfect them and when we see him delivering those effortless strokes,
what we miss is the hours of learning in mastering that stroke.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar – Never Die
attitude:
Sachin Tendulkar has taught us that however tough situations it be we
have to continuously put efforts to achieve success.
Qualities of Sachin Tendulkar – He Is very
Innovative:
Tendulkar has discovered many shots that no one has played in the past.
His back flick, His uppercut, His cut above the slip, etc there are many
shots that Tendulkar only has discovered.
