In 2013, Sachin retired from Indian Premier League and in 2014 he was appointed as the Mumbai Indian's 'Team Icon'. [citation needed] Tendulkar has got out 27 times in the 90s during his international career. [232], He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four times, out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. In the second Test at Port of Spain, Sachin Tendulkar scored 117 in the first innings, his 29th Test century in his 93rd Test match, to equal Sir Donald Bradman's record of 29 Test hundreds. [80] One of the most popular sayings by his fans is "Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God". Since then Tendulkar's batting has tended to be less attacking. [180], In the following ODI series against Sri Lanka, Tendulkar was sidelined due to injury. For other people with the same surname, see, Tendulkar at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards in 2013. Rohit and … [337] After his century against England during group stages of 2011 Cricket World Cup, he became the player to hit most centuries in Cricket World Cups with six centuries and the first player to score 2000 runs in World Cup cricket. [81] He scored his first ODI century on 9 September 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. He is a devotee of the deity Ganesha and has been a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi, whom he visited for the first time in 1997, during the Sri Sathya Sai Unity Cup match between India XI and World XI, at the Sri Sathya Sai hill view stadium. [99] India did not progress to the final, which was won by Pakistan, and refused to participate the next time the championship was held due to increasing political tensions between India and Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar has been the subject of various books. [citation needed] In their tour opener, Australia faced the then Ranji Champions Mumbai at the Brabourne Stadium in a three-day first class match. [365][366], Tendulkar is a practising Hindu. [citation needed] Former Australian fast bowler, Geoff Lawson, has said that Sachin has the right to decide when to quit although he adds that Tendulkar should not delay it for too long. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is offering trip on Elon Musk's SpaceX, Not your usual cup of tea! "[1], During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew Hayden said "I have seen God. [207] This was Tendulkar's sixth century in a final of an ODI tournament and his third consecutive score of over 50 in such finals. [24][25], In 2010, Time magazine included Sachin in its annual Time 100 list as one of the "Most Influential People in the World". [citation needed] It was no aberration that 2003 was his worst year in Test cricket, with an average of 17.00 and just one fifty. [92] The Test match success was followed by two consecutive centuries in April 1998 in a Triangular cricket tournament in Sharjah—the first in a must-win game to take India to the finals and then again in the finals, both against Australia. [87], This was the beginning of a period at the top of the batting world, culminating in the Australian tour of India in early 1998, with Tendulkar scoring three consecutive centuries. He achieved this feat on 5 October 2013, during a Champions League Twenty20 match for his IPL team Mumbai Indians against Trinidad and Tobago. [7][8][9] He is affectionately known as Little Master or Master Blaster.[10][11][12][13]. [60], His first double century (204*) was for Mumbai while playing against the visiting Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998. This was his third century at the SCG and his 38th Test century overall, earning him an average of 326 at the ground at the time of completing the innings. In a rare show of emotion, Tendulkar hit out at the comments attributed to Chappell by pointing out that no coach had ever suggested his attitude towards cricket was incorrect. [299] In 2008, Sunil Gavaskar, in an article he wrote in the AFP, remarked that "it is hard to imagine any player in the history of the game who combines classical technique with raw aggression like the little champion does". [424], Tendulkar sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta. [1][32][33] to a Maharashtrian family. [274][275] He scored 74 runs in his last Test innings against West Indies, thus failing short by 79 runs to complete 16,000 runs in Test cricket, the next man to bat after him was the future captain Virat Kohli. [325] He also holds the world record for playing the highest number of Test matches (200)[326] and ODI matches (463). [124] He returned to form in the last Test scoring 41 and 86, one half century. [300] Equipment-wise, his bats tend to be heavier than the average batman. [372][373] The cricketer is also known to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at home and frequently visits temples during night when it is calm and quiet. For many players, including me, it was the first World Cup but Sachin had already been part of many. Earlier, he had been dismissed on a number of occasions driving at wide balls outside his off stump, and when he scored 241* against Australia in January 2004, there was no driving outside the off stump. Television cameras picked up images that suggested Tendulkar may have been involved in cleaning the seam of the cricket ball. [263] In the final against Saurashtra, he was run out for 22 following a misunderstanding with Wasim Jaffer. [309], Tendulkar's consistent performances earned him a fan following across the globe, including amongst Australian crowds, where Tendulkar has consistently scored centuries. 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