Sachin Tendulkar is probably the most famous cricketer world wide but undoubtedly the most known Indian internationally, even in parts where cricket is more an insect than a sport..

In his over two decade career, Sachin Tendulkar's aura has won him countless fans, including those who played against him. Every now and then, someone comes up with a quote on Sachin Tendulkar that are worth reading so in following, itsonlycricket.com brings you a collection of sentences said by others to describe this living legend :-

"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also."
-Waqar Younis, former Pakistan fast bowler.

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
-British broadcasting corporation (BBC).

"Sometimes, you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
-Yasir Hameed, former Pakistan batsman, trying to explain why he dropped a catch off Sachin in a test at Rawalpindi.

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."
-Hashim Amla, South African cricketer, reassuring himself when board a flight.

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play".
-Anjali Tendulkar, Sachin's wife.

"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!"
-Peter Rebouck, Australian journalist.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be."
-Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer, signing a T shirt specially for Sachin.

"Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal."
-Brian Lara, West Indies batsman who holds record of highest score in cricket.

"The number of innings of his (Tendulkar's) I have been able to sit back and watch, I think he is an amazing player. Look at his stats and records and it's quite incredible for someone to have stayed in the game for 20 years.. He has set benchmarks for guys like me to chase him and get as close as we can. If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair!!"
-Ricky Ponting, Aussie batsman who once was expected to overhaul Sachin's records.

I'll see god when I die but till then I'll see Sachin.
-A banner during a match in Sharjah.

"I have seen god. he bats at no.4 for India."
-Mathew Hayden, former Australia cricketer.

"Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the lord is watching!"
-A banner in UK.

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin."
-Mark Taylor, Australian captain in 1998 when his team lost Chennai test as Tendulkar scored 155 unbeaten runs in second innings, smashing star spinner Shane Warne all around Chepauk.

"He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive."
-Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer who began his career as a teenager.

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
-ML Jaisimha, former India cricketer.

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual".
-Glen McGrath, Aussie fast bowler who always bowled well against Sachin Tendulkar.

There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricketers were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the genius!!
-Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor, in an interview when asked to name the most important celebrity.

"India me aap Prime Minister ko ek baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain par Sachin Tendulkar par ungli nahi utha sakte". (In India, you can sue Prime Minister for once but no one can contest Sachin Tendulkar).
-Navjot Singh Sidhu, former India cricketer, politician and TV personality.

"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination."
-NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Tendulkar was accused of ball tempering during a test match in South Africa.

"There are two kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others."
-Andy Flower, former Zimbabwe cricketer.

"Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three metre wide bat."
-Michael Hussey, Aussie cricketer.

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar."
-MS Dhoni, Indian cricketer who began his career 16 years after Sachin did.

"He's not going to sleep for a week."
Harsha Bhogle, Commentator, describing feeling of Rahul Sharma, an unknown spinner.

"I want to clarify that this nightmare thing was a joke. Sachin is the best batsman of my time... but I am not scared of him, or anybody for that matter."
-Shane Warne, legendry Aussie leg spinner who once joked he was getting nightmares of Sachin Tendulkar ravaging his bowling after a test at Chennai in 1998.

"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do."
-Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor.

"To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!"
-Sourav Ganguly, former Indian captain.

Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson."
-Martina Navratilova, Tennis legend, after watching Tendulkar bat at Sydney.

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Prabhat Satyapal Tyagi

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OUR HERO AS A PERSON

Full name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nick name :The Master Blaster, The Little Champion, The Bombay Bomber, The God Of Cricket.
Height : 5’4”
Born : 24-04-1973
Birth place: Bombay, India
Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
1st Class Debut: 1988
Major Teams: Mumbai, Yorkshire, India
Known As: Sachin Tendulkar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly
Marital Status: Married
Wife's Name: Anjali Tendulkar
Children: Two (One Boy and One Girl)
Girl's Name: Sarah Tendulkar
Boy's Name: Arjun Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer. He holds several batting records, including the most Test centuries and the most one-day international centuries, and was rated in 2002 by Wisden as the second greatest Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman[1]. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

Early days

Born in Mumbai (then Bombay) into a middle-class family, Sachin Tendulkar was named after his family’s favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he started his cricketing career under coach Ramakant Achrekar. While at school, he was involved in a mammoth 664 run partnership in a Harris Shield game with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. In 1988/1989, he scored 100 not-out in his first first-class match, for Bombay against Gujarat. At 15 years and 232 days he was the youngest to score a century on debut.

International career

Sachin played his first international match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989, facing the likes of Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, and Waqar Younis. He made just 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match. It was an inauspicious start, but Tendulkar followed it up with his maiden Test fifty a few days later at Faisalabad. His One-day International (ODI) debut on December 18 was equally disappointing, where he was dismissed without scoring a run, again by Waqar Younis. The series was followed by a non-descript tour of New Zealand in which he fell for 88 in a Test match, John Wright, who would later coach India, pouching the catch that prevented Tendulkar from becoming the youngest centurion in Test cricket. The long anticipated maiden Test century came in England’s tour in 1990 but the other scores were not remarkable. Tendulkar truly came into his own in the 1991-1992 tour of Australia that included a brilliant century on the fast and bouncy track at Perth. He has been Man of the Match 11 times in Test matches and Man of the Series twice, both times in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

His first ODI century came on September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. It had taken Tendulkar 79 ODIs to score a century.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.

Wisden named Tendulkar one of the Cricketers of the Year in 1997, the first calendar year in which he scored 1,000 Test runs. He repeated the feat in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

Tendulkar also holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.

While not a regular bowler, Tendulkar has 37 wickets in 132 tests.

Highlights of Tendulkar’s Test career include:

* Rated as the second best batsman of all time (next to Don Bradman) by Wisden [1][3]
* Highest number of Test centuries (35), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi.
* Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds – he has played Test Cricket on 52 different grounds, ahead of Azharuddin (48), Kapil Dev (47), Inzamam-ul-Haq (46) and Wasim Akram (45).
* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
* 4th highest tally of runs in Test cricket (10,668) (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Career Average 54.71 – Has the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Second Indian to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.
* Has 37 Test wickets (14 Dec 2005)
* Second fastest player to reach 9000 runs (Brian Lara made 9000 in 177 innings, Sachin in 179.)

Highlights of Tendulkar’s ODI career include:

* Played more matches than any other cricketer, 381 matches. (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Most Man of the Match (52) awards (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Appeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds)
* Most runs – 14,783 (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Most centuries (41) (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
* First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
* Only cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIs
* Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs as of February, 2006
* Over 100 wickets – 147 (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs (updated on Feb 16 2007)
* Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
* Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.
* In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
* In 1998 he hit 9 ODI centuries, the highest by any player in an year.

World Cup

* Most runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket History
* Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
* 673 runs in 2003 World Cup, highest by any one in a single Cricket World Cup

Miscellaneous

* Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.
* He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1992.
* Oddly, Wisden does not include any innings by Tendulkar among its list of 100 greatest Test batting performances.

Personal life

Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta, in 1995, some years after they were introduced by mutual friends. They have two children, Sara (born October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September, 2000). Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta. He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him. Tendulkar has been seen taking his Ferrari 360 Modena for late-night drives in Mumbai. (Gifted by Fiat through Michael Schumacher, the car became notorious when Tendulkar was given customs exemption; Fiat paid the dues to end the controversy.)

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Saurabh Ravindra Kulkarni

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THE GIVEN ARTICLE ACCOUNTS FOR THE 

ACHIEVEMENTS OF

!THE MAN  GOD OF CRICKET

Game appearances:

• On his Test debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the third youngest debutant (16y 205d). Mushtaq Mohammad (15y 124d) and Aaqib Javed(16y 189d) debuted in Test matches younger to Sachin. Since then, there have been 2 players who were younger than Sachin on their Test Cricket debut: Hasan Raza - Pakistan (14y 227d), the current youngest debutant, and Mohammad Sharif - Bangladesh(15y 128d).

International Career Highlight

Runs scored:

• Highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket with 15,470 Test runs.

• Career average (1989–2012, 188 Tests, 15,470 runs) at 55.44.

• Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259.

• Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.

• Sachin and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.

• Sachin Tendulkar (8705) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.

• Sachin Tendulkar (29) world record of Centuries in Tests away from home.

• First player to reach 12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000 Test runs.

• Holds the record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He has done it seven times - 2010 (1562 runs), 2008 (1063 runs), 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs) and 1998(1,894 runs).

• Sachin Tendulkar is the fourth highest run-getter in a single calendar year in Test History. He has scored 1562 runs in 2010 and is behind Mohammad Yousuf (1780 runs in 2006), Viv Richards (1710 runs in 1976) and Graeme Smith (1656 runs in 2008).

• Sachin Tendulkar created yet another record on 8 November 2011 when he became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in Test cricket, during the opening Test match against the West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.

• Sachin Tendulkar created a world record for aggregating most runs in the fourth innings in Tests, going past Rahul Dravid's tally of 1507 runs during India's second innings of the first Test against West Indies.

Centuries:

• Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in International Cricket (Including Test and ODI). Tendulkar scored his 100th century on 16 March 2012 in the Asia Cup against Bangladesh.

• Highest number of Test centuries(51), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34). On October 10, 2010 (Need to verify) in Bengaluru (Bangalore) against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar trophy's second and final Test match Sachin reached a milestone. With a single to third man, Tendulkar reached his 6th double century and his 49th test century.

• Highest number of 150+ score in Test Cricket (20)

• When Sachin scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mushtaq Mohammad had scored a century at a younger age by 1990. Tendulkar's record was bettered by Mohammad Ashraful in 2001/02 season. The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.

• Sachin's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

• Sachin holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side. Gavaskar held the previous record (205 against West Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season).

• Sachin has scored centuries against all Test playing nations. He was the third batsman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. The current list also includes Brian Lara,Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

ODI

Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include:

Game appearances:

• Matches played: 462
  • Consecutive ODI appearances: 185
  • Most stadium appearances: 90 different grounds

• Inning appearances: 442 ( Most ). First to appear in 400 innings in ODI matches.
• On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant. Only Aaqib Javed debuted in ODI matches younger than Sachin Tendulkar. Since then, there has been four players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza (Pakistan) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammad Sharif (Bangladesh), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Ramveer Rai (UAE)

Runs scored:

• Most runs in an ODI Innings: Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for being the first batsman to score 200 runs (147 balls 25x4 3x6) in an ODI against South Africa. It was the highest score by any batsman for a while, before Virender Sehwag scored 219 (149 balls, 25x4 7x6) against West Indies in the 4th ODI of the 2011 home series against them.

• Most runs: Sachin has scored 18426 runs in 452 innings of odi cricket at an astonishing average of 44.83 and blistering strike rate of 86.24.He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 run marks.

• First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs.
• Most centuries: 49
  • Only cricketer along with compatriot Virender Sehwag to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior, India.
    • On 8 December 2011, Virender Sehwag scored a double hundred at Indore.
• First player to make 3000 runs against two teams- Sri Lanka and Australia

Calendar year record:

• Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.

• Most centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

Partnership records:

• Sachin with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,609 runs in 136 matches that includes 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.

• Sachin and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad

• Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

• Most runs (2,278 at an average of 56.95 as on 9 April 2011) in World Cup Cricket History including 6 centuries & 15 fifties with a best score of 152* against Namibia in 2003 world cup * 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
• Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

• 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16, making him the highest run scorer in the 1996 World Cup and setting the then record for the highest runs by any player in a singleCricket World Cup - subsequently bettered by himself in the 2003 World Cup

• Of 462 matches Sachin Tendular has played, India has lost 200 matches.

• He has opened Batting 340 times in ODI cricket which is a record.

• He has 96 fifties to his credit. Most by any Batsman.

• He has scored 50+ runs 144 times in ODI cricket.

• He has been out 18 times in 90s.

Combined (ODI & Test) records

• First batsman in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket. He now has 100 Centuries(51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs), which is the record for the highest number of centuries in international cricket.

• First batsman in history to complete the 33,000 runs in (ODIs+Tests). He has now scored 33854 runs [ODI(18374)+Test(15470)+T20(10)].

• Most overall runs in international cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), with 33,000 + runs overall ( in Tests, in ODIs).

• Record of getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 28 times (18 in ODIs and 10 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. The 18 nineties in ODIs are an ODI record too.

Awards

Official awards

• 1994: Arjuna Award Recipient for achievements in Cricket
• 1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• 1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
• 1999: Padma Shri - India's fourth highest civilian award
• 2008: Padma Vibhushan - India's second highest civilian award
• 2010: ICC Cricketer of the year - Highest award in the ICC listings
• ICC World Test XI: 2009,2010
• ICC World ODI XI: 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 , 2011
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2010

Media awards

• In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.

• In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

• In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year"

• The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.

• In February 2010, Sachin Tendulkar was declared "Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years" by NDTV at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.

Others

He is the only player of current generation who was included by Sir Don Bradman in his squad of playing eleven.

Match awards

Main article: List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar

Man of Series awards

		Batting[11]				Fielding[12]
Opposition	Matches	Runs	Average	High score	100s	Catches
Bangladesh	7	820	136.66	248*	5	6
England	28	2423	56.34	193	7	19
Australia	35	3438	57.30	241*	11	22
#	Series	Season	Series performance
1	Border-Gavaskar Trophy(Australia in India Test Series)	1997/98	446 (3 Matches, 5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 13.2-1-48-1; 2 Catches
2	Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India inAustralia Test Series)	1999/00	278 Runs (6 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 9-0-46-1
3	England in India Test Series	2001/02	307 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 17-3-50-1; 4 Catches
4	India in Bangladesh Test Series	2007	254 Runs (3 Innings, 2x100, 0x50); 6.3-1-35-2; 2 Catches
5	Border-Gavaskar Trophy(Australia in India Test Series)	2010	403 (2 Matches, 4 Innings, 1x100, 2x50)

Man of the Match Awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match performance
1	England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1990	1st Innings: 68 (8x4); 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 119 (17x4)
2	England	Chepauk, Chennai	1992/93	1st Innings: 165 (24x4, 1x6); 2-1-5-0 2nd Innings: 2 Catches; 2-1-4-0
3	New Zealand	Chepauk, Chennai	1995/96	1st Innings: 52 (5x4)
4	Australia	Chepauk, Chennai	1997/98	1st Innings: 4 (1x4); 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 155 (14x4, 4x6)
5	Pakistan	Chepauk, Chennai	1998/99	1st Innings: 0; 3-0-10-1 2nd Innings: 136 (18x4); 7-1-35-2
6	New Zealand	Motera, Ahmedabad	1999/00	1st Innings: 217 (29x4) 2nd Innings: 15 (3x4); 5-2-19-0
7	Australia	MCG, Melbourne	1999/00	1st Innings: 116 (9x4, 1x6) 2nd Innings: 52 (4x4)
8	South Africa	Wankhede, Mumbai	1999/00	1st Innings: 97 (12x4, 2x6); 5-1-10-3 2nd Innings: 8 (2x4); 1-0-4-0
9	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2002/03	1st Innings: 36 (7x4); 7-0-33-0 2nd Innings: 176 (26x4)
10	Australia	SCG, Sydney	2003/04	1st Innings: 241 (33x4) 2nd Innings: 60 (5x4); 6-0-36-0; 1 Catch
11	Australia	Adelaide	2007/08	1st Innings: 153 2nd Innings: 13
12	New Zealand	Hamilton	2009	1st Innings: 160 2nd Innings: DNB
13	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2010	1st Innings: 105* 2nd Innings: 16
14	Australia	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2010	1st Innings: 214 (22x4, 2x6) 2nd Innings: 53* (5x4, 2x6)

Tendulkar has won a record 16 Man of the Series(MoS) and (62 Man of the Match(MoM) awards in ODI Matches. He has the distinction of having won MoM Award against all ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations). UAE (2 Matches), Netherlands (1 Match) and Bermuda (1 match) are the only teams against whom he has not won a Man of the Match Award in ODI Cricket.

Man of the Match awards—Sachin Tendulkar
#	Opponent	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
1	Australia (59 matches)	11	5	1	5
2	Bangladesh (10 matches)	1	0	0	1
3	England (27 matches)	2	0	1	1
4	New Zealand (38 matches)	5	4	1	0
5	Pakistan (61 matches)	7	1	1	5
6	South Africa (50 matches)	4	3	1	0
7	Sri Lanka (65 matches)	5	1	1	3
8	West Indies (38 matches)	9	3	1	5
9	Zimbabwe (34 matches)	8	0	4	4
10	Kenya (10 matches)	4	2	0	2
11	Namibia (1 match)	1	0	0	1
	Total (381 matches)	56	19	10	27

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 49
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(62) in the ODIs
5. Most number of man of the series(17) in ODIs
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODIs
7. First cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (2,278 at an average of 56.95 as on 2 April 2011)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 95
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 453
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 51
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He was the first cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India 's highest sporting honor only to be followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia
31. In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of March 2012 he had accumulated almost 33,500 runs overall.
38. Is most number of runs in test cricket surpassing Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 22 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (48 Centuries and 95 Fifties)(as of 07th March, 2012)
45. The only player ever to cross the 14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Second highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200* against South Africa at Gwalior in 2011).
47. The score of 200* is the second highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten.
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(183) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 33,854 runs in international cricket include 18,374 runs in ODI's, 15,470 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka . He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the first batsman in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket

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