Batting maestro of the era Sachin Tendulkar turned 40 on Wednesday and still reliable, sustainable and cynosure of all the cricket lovers across the globe that has made him 'God of Cricket'.
Born on 24 April 1973 toRamesh Tendulkar and Rajni, a Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin family in Bombay, Sachin made his debut test debut against Pakistan at Karachi in 1989 and ODI against Pakistan at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989.
Blessed with all the perfections of batting, Sachin never looked back in his career and shown the world with the greatest shows of cricket blended with perfect balance, movement, precision in stroke-making and desire to get more. Even at 40, the legendary batsman shows the same enthusiasm on the field, which encourages the youngsters to perform and this is the reason almost every cricketer has a desire to be like Tendulkar as a cricketer.
Tendulkar's considerable achievements despite of high burden of expectations on his arms have made him one of the most worshipped sportsmen of all time and there are still much left ahead to him. Happy Birthday Sachin.
Sachin Tendulkar Career Statistics:
Batting Career:
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Test Career |
ODI Career |
| Matches: 198 | Matches: 463 |
| Innings: 327 | Innings: 452 |
| Not out: 33 | Not out: 41 |
| Runs: 15837 | Runs: 18426 |
| Highest: 248 | Highest: 200 (no) |
| Average: 53.86 | Average: 44.83 |
| 100s: 51 | 100s: 49 |
| 50s: 67 | 50s: 96 |
| Strike rate: 86.23 |
Bowling Career:
| ODI | Tests |
| Matches: 463 | Matches: 198 |
| Balls: 8,054 | Balls: 4,198 |
| Runs: 6,850 | Runs: 2,461 |
| Wickets: 154 | Wickets: 45 |
| Best: 5-32 | Best: 3-10 |
| Average: 44.48 | Average: 54.69 |
| Economy: 5.11 | Economy: 3.52 |
| Strike rate: 52.3 | Strike rate: 93.29 |
| 5s: 2 |
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