Sachin Tendulkar .                 

    sachin Tendulkar was born April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India. Given his first cricket bat at the age 11, Tendulkar was just 16 when he became India's youngest Test cricketer. In 2005 he became the first cricketer to score 35 centuries (100 runs in a single inning) in Test play. In 2007 Tendulkar reached another major milestone, becoming the first player to record 15,000 runs in one-day international play.

Tendulkar made his debut in international competition at 16 with a match against Pakistan in Karachi. He wasted little time matching the expectations surrounding his arrival on the professional field. At the age of 18 he scored a pair of centuries in Australia, then in 1994 racked up a score of 179 in a match against the West Indies.

Tendulkar was just 23 when he was named captain of his country's team for the 1996 World Cup. While the tournament proved to be a disappointment for his club, Tendulkar did nothing to diminish his own standing as one of the world's dominant players. He finished out the World Cup as the event's top scorer.

Sachin Tendulkar made his One Day International (ODI) debut on December 18, 1989 against Pakistan and has played 417 ODIs. He has performed well in almost all Cricket World Cups and was the highest run scorer at the 1996 and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. In ODIs, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring more than 1000 runs in a calendar year for seven times, that includes a year in which he scored 1894 runs from ODIs, which is the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player. In the One-Day International Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series involving Sri Lanka and Australia, he became the first and only batsman to complete 16,000 runs in ODIs. As of 2008, Sachin Tendulkar has made 16,361 runs from the ODI matches making him the most prolific run scorer in the ODIs.

In 1996, Sachin Tendulkar took over as the captain of the Indian cricket team and served as a captain for two terms. He gives constant suggestions and building strategies to the Indian captain and still remains a fundamental part of the Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar is ranked by the objective scoring method of the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and best ODI batsman of all time and also holds the record of securing the highest number of centuries in Test (39) and ODI cricket (42). He is also one of the few players who are still playing international cricket from the 1980s.

Sachin Tendulkar was bought as the icon and most expensive player for the Mumbai Indians team at the 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) for US$1,121,250. He was the captain of the Mumbai Indians team and featured in seven matches, scoring 188 runs, his highest being 65.

In recognition to his contribution to the field of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar was conferred with the Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in 1994. He was named as the 1997 Wisden Cricketer of the Year and was also the recipient of the 1997-98 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. In 1999, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award and was named as the Player of the tournament at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was also named in the ICC World ODI XI for two years, 2004 and 2007 and in September 2007 Sachin Tendulkar secured the first place in the list of 50 greatest cricketers by Shane Warne, a former international Australian cricketer. In 2008, he was presented with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award and was suggested for an honorary knighthood by Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister.