AMAZING SACHIN TENDULKAR FACTS YOU DON'T KNOW
1. Sachin Tendulkar started off with centuries in his debut matches in the Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy. No other domestic cricketer has been able to break this record till now.
2. Sachin Tendulkar was done in by a sharp bouncer from Zimbabwe’s Henry Olonga in a league match at Sharjah in 1998. In the final match against the same opposition, Tendulkar had his revenge as he smashed the bowler all around the ground and belted an unbeaten 118 runs.
3. Sachin Tendulkar is a big fan of tennis legend John McEnroe. In his formative years, McEnroe was Tendulkar’s idol. The young Sachin pleaded his parents to get a similar headband and wristbands like McEnroe. Also take one look at his childhood snaps and the McEnroe styled shock of hair on his head tells everything.
4. Sachin Tendulkar was named after the great musician SD Burman. Sachin’s father’s, Ramesh Tendulkar was a big fan of SD’s music.
5. Sachin Tendulkar was led onto the field on his Ranji debut by his then captain, Ravi Shastri.
6. Sachin Tendulkar was gifted a Ferrari 360 Modena by F1 champion Michael Schumacher in 2002. Ferrari presented the car to Sachin in honour of him equalling Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries.
7. Sachin Tendulkar spoke to his favourite music star, Mark Knopfler, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Dire Straits for the very first time during a programme he was doing for the ESPN network. It was Sachin’s birthday and it turned out to be a happy surprise for him.
8. Sachin Tendulkar went to watch the movie Roja in 1995 with a beard and disguise. And it all went wrong when his glasses fell off and the crowd in the cinema hall recognised him.
9. Sachin Tendulkar returned from a four-month tour of Australia after the 1992 World Cup and immediately turned up to represent Kirti College in April 1992. That’s some commitment from a cricketer who was already a superstar by then.
10. Sachin Tendulkar uses a very heavy bat at the crease, weighing 3.2lbs. Only South Africa's Lance Klusener used a heavier bat in world cricket.
11. He was a ball boy during the 1987 World Cup semi-finals between India and England at Wankhende. England won.
12. Growing up, Sachin would ask his friend Ramesh Pradhe to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him. He wanted to see the wet marks left on the bat to know whether he had middled the ball.
13. International teammate Praveen Amre bought him his first pair of international quality cricket shoes.
14. A prankster, he once put a hose pipe into Sourav Ganguly's room and turned on the tap. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating
15. Sachin calls Ganguly Babu Moshai, meaning elder brother in Bengali. Ganguly calls him Chota Babu – little brother
16. He was considered a child prodigy during his high school days. He never played in under 19 league, instead moving straight into senior cricket
17. In his senior season of 1988, aged 15, he scored a century in every innings he played
18. On 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut
19. He is half of the world record cricket partnership of 664 runs, set with schoolfriend Vinod Kambli in an inter-school competition in 1988
20. The pair sang and whistled during their 664-run record stand to avoid eye contact with the coach's assistant, who wanted to dec
21. Sachin Tendulkar was without a bat contract until the start of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At the end of the tournament a famous tyre manufacturer sponsored his willow.
22. Sachin Tendulkar was a big bully in the school. Whenever his friend introduced him to a new kid in the school, Tendulkar would invariably ask, “Will I be able to beat him?’ He was famous for picking up a fight.
23. Sachin Tendulkar asked his friend to dip the tennis ball in a bucket of water and hurl at him so that he could find out whether he was hitting ball from the middle of his bat.
24. Sachin 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.
25. Sachin Tendulkar played for Yorkshire what was so special about it? Well, he was the county side’s first overseas professional ever. He averaged 46.52 with the bat in his stint with the county team.
26. Sachin Tendulkar's wife Anjali does not eat or drink whenever the Master is at the crease.
27. Sachin Tendulkar was most fascinated by band-aids. A hint of a wound and he would plaster it all over the injury.
28. Sachin Tendulkar loves collecting perfumes and watches.
29. Sachin Tendulkar batted in his debut Test against Pakistan wearing the pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar
30. In 1992 Sachin became the youngest cricketer to reach a 1000 runs in Test cricketlare while the duo wanted to bat on. Sachin ended on 326 not out.
31. Other brands he has promoted include Pepsi, which saw him appear in an advert alongside king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan. He joined cricketers Karl Hooper and Shane Warne for a commercial which ran during the 2003 World Cup
32. In 1992 Sachin became the youngest cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in Test cricket
33. Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a world record, still held by him
34. Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire, when he was run out against South Africa in the first test in Durban in 1992
35. Tendulkar's immense popularity saw him be an early pioneer in India on cricket business dealings, signing a record sports management deal with Worldtel in 1995 worth $5.7million over five years. In 2001 he signed a new deal for $15.2million, switching to Saatchi and Saatchi's ICONIX in 2006 for a deal worth $34.2million over three years
36. He did not have a bat sponsorship contract until 1996
37. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/2000 season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
38. He also holds the record for the highest 2nd wicket partnership with Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1990/2000
39. In 2002 cricket bible Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman, behind Sir Don Bradman
40. In 2003 Wisden rated Sachin the greatest ever ODI player
41. In 2010 he won the ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year
42. On 3 September 2010 he became the only sportsman to be made an Honorary Group captain by the Indian Air Force
43. He was the first cricketer to score 200 runs in an ODI Game, against South Africa in 2010. He held the record for the highest individual score in ODI cricket until it was recently broken by his team mate Virender Sehwag
44. He is the only cricketer to have featured in six ODI World Cups
45. He also has the highest number of World Cup Man of the Match awards
46. He holds the record for the most number of runs scored in a single World Cup after racking up 673 runs in the 2003 tournament
47. His hundred against England during the group stages of last year’s Cricket World Cup gave him more centuries than any other player in World Cups, with six
48. That 100 also made him the first player to score 2,000 runs in World Cup cricket
49. He is the only cricketer to receive Rajiv Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour
50. He is the highest ever run scorer in ODIs
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