Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Marathi: सचिन तेंडुलकर), (born 24 April 1973) affectionately called 'The Little Master', or 'The Master Blaster is a current Indian
cricketer who was rated by Wisden in 2002 as the second greatest
test Cricket and ODI batsman of all time after the legendary Sir Don Bradman and Viv Richards
respectively. He holds multiple records such as the leading Test
century scorer, leading ODI century scorer, one of only three batsmen
to surpass 11,000 runs in test cricket as well as being the first
Indian to do so,and the most career ODI runs and most overall career run tally. Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989 and is an all-time crowd-favorite. He is the only Indian cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour for his performance in 1997-1998.
Many of his fellow players, past and present, and cricket experts,
regard him as one of the greatest batsmen the game has ever seen.Tendulkar hitting a six, Challenger Series 2006, M.A.Chidambaram Stadium
born to a middle class family of Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins in Bombay, now known as Mumbai. His father Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist named him after his favorite music director Sachin Dev Burman.
He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother, Ajit Tendulkar.
He has 2 more siblings - brother Nitin Tendulkar and sister Savitai
Tendulkar. Nitin's son Rohan Tendulkar born in 1990 is also a cricketer
and represents Mumbai in junior cricket tournaments.
In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Tendulkar (born 13 feb 1971), the paediatrician
daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children,
Sara (born 12 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, Annaben 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.
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