Tendulkar was born in Bombay.His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist.
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. He followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. He was picked by the Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar after seeing him negotiate Kapil Dev in the nets, and finished the season as Bombay's highest run-scorer. He also made an unbeaten century in the Irani Trophy final, and was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year, after just one first class season
His first double century was for Mumbai while playing against the visiting Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998. He is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophyand Irani Trophy debuts.
In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire Tendulkar played 16 first-class matches for the county and scored 1070 runs at an average of 46.52.
| Full name | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1973 Mumbai, India | |||
| Nickname | Little Master, Tendlya,Master Blaster,The Master, The Little Champion | |||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg spin / Right-arm off spin | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut(cap | 15 November 1989 v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | 6 February 2010 v South Africa | |||
| ODI debut(cap | 18 December 1989 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 24 February 2010 v South Africa | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1988–present | Mumbai | |||
| 2008–present | Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League) | |||
| 1992 | Yorkshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 166 | 442 | 266 | 527 |
| Runs scored | 13,447 | 17,594 | 22,123 | 20,946 |
| Batting average | 55.57 | 45.12 | 59.15 | 45.53 |
| 100s/50s | 47/54 | 46/93 | 72/100 | 56/111 |
| Top score | 248* | 200* | 248* | 200* |
| Balls bowled | 3,982 | 8,020 | 7,347 | 10,196 |
| Wickets | 44 | 154 | 69 | 201 |
| Bowling average | 52.22 | 44.26 | 60.72 | 42.01 |
| 5 wickets ininnings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/10 | 5/32 | 3/10 | 5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 104/– | 132/– | 172/– | 167/– |
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