Sunday, September 23, 2012

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Full name  :   Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born   :         24 April 1973 (age 39)
                    Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Nickname :    Little Master, Tendlya[1]
Height    :       5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style:    Right-handed
Bowling style :  Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role   :             Batsman
National side :  IndiaSachin Ramesh Tendulkar (About this sound pronunciation (help·info); born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the first player to score a double century in Men's ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India. He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna was changed to allow him receive the award. He is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of India

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