Most of young generation have seenSachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) live but could not watch Don Bradman, Zaheer Abbas and Vivian Alexander Richards the great player in the his time. He is served the Indian cricket team since 15 November 1989 to 14 November 2013 for 24 years and held many records on his name. Tendulkar holds the record of playing highest number of ODI and test matches in the history of cricket.
From the first day of his international cricket career till now, the classy touch and consistency in batting has never missed. Here is a quick time-line about the world's greatest batsmen in the cricket history.
In 1989 – Tendulkar made his international debut at the age of 16 years under the captaincy of Krishnamachari Srikanth.
1990 – Score a hundred against England at Old Trafford stadium and became 2nd youngest cricketer score a test century.
1992: Plays a sublime innings of 114 in the Perth Test against an Aussie attack comprising of Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes, Paul Reiffel and Mike Whitney. Plays a match winning innings of 54 not out against Pakistan at Sydney in the 1992 World Cup, gets the crucial wicket of Aamir Sohail and ends up with the man of the match award. Becomes the first-ever overseas cricketer to represent Yorkshire in their County Championship.
1993: Bowls India to a memorable victory against South Africa at the Hero Cup when six runs were required to win off the last over. Scores his first Test century (165) in India at Chennai during the home series against England.
In 1994 – Tendulkar has scored his 1st ODI century against Sri Lanka and it took 72 ODI's for him to achieve this feat.
1995: Signs first contract worth Rs 3.5 crore with WorldTel, for a five-year commercial endorsements and marketing deal.
1996 – He became captain of the Indian cricket team at the age of 23 years.
1997: Leads India to a 4-1 victory over Pakistan at Toronto in the second edition of the Sahara Cup. Wins the Wisden cricketer of the year award.
1998: Scores an unbeaten 155 against Australia during the third Test at Chennai and helps India to a massive 179-run victory. Scores back to back centuries against Australia at Sharjah in a tri-series also involving New Zealand which helped India to go all the way. Brings up his 20th ODI ton at Sharjah against the Zimbabweans.
1999: Completes 8,000 runs in ODIs in his 217th match at the age of 26 years and 45 days vs Pakistan at Manchester in the World Cup. Scores his first Test double century (217 runs against New Zealand) in Ahmedabad. Brings up his 20th Test ton vs New Zealand at Mohali. Completes 50 catches in Test cricket in his 70th match vs New Zealand at Kanpur.
2000: Completes 9,000 runs in ODIs in his 242nd match at the age of 26 years and 330 days. Completes 6,000 runs in Test cricket in his 76th match vs South Africa at Bangalore.
2001: Completed 10,000 runs in ODIs in his 266th match. Becomes the first batsman in ODI history to score 10,000 runs. Brings up his 30th one-day century at Johannesburg against South Africa. Completes his 100 wickets in ODIs. Also completes a unique double of 10,000 runs and 100 wickets.
2002: Equals Sir Donald Bradman's record of 29 Test Centuries by scoring 117 vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. In his 99th Test appearance, surpasses Bradman's record of 29 centuries scoring 193, against England at Headingly, Leeds. Only his mentor, Sunil Gavaskar is ahead of him at 34 centuries. Scores his 30th Test ton against England at Headingley, Leeds.
2003: Makes 673 runs in 11 matches in the ICC World Cup - most by any batsman in a single World Cup that wins him the player of the tournament award. Scores his 12,000th ODI run, while playing against Pakistan in the group match during the World cup.
2004: Equals Sunil Gavaskar's world record 34 Test centuries in the first match against Bangladesh. Becomes only the third player in history, after Gary Kirsten and Steve Waugh, to score centuries against all Test playing nations. Also becomes the first player in ODI history to win 50 Man of the Match awards.
2005: Completes 10,000 runs in Test cricket in his 122nd match at the age of 31 years and 326 days. Scores a record 35th hundred on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, surpassing Gavaskar's record.
2006: Sets a new world record by completing 14,000 one-day runs en route to his 39th century in the first one-day international against Pakistan in Peshawar. Scores his 40th ODI century at Kuala Lumpur against the West indies during a tri-series competition also including Australia. Time magazine rewards Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
2007: Rested for the first time in his career, for the three-ODI series against Bangladesh. Scores back-to-back centuries in the two following Tests. Plays in his 400th one-day international.
2008: During the second match of the CB series involving hosts Australia, India and Sri Lanka, Tendulkar becomes the first batsman to go past 16,000 runs in ODIs. Tendulkar becomes the highest run-scorer in Test cricket at Mohali against Australia, surpassing Brian Lara's tally of 11953 runs.
2009: Becomes the first batsman to aggregate 17,000 ODI runs during his innings of 175 against Australia at Hyderabad.
2010: Becomes the first batsman to score a double-century, brings up the feat in ODI vs South Africa at Gwalior. Becomes the most capped player in Test cricket, surpassing Steve Waugh's tally of 168 Tests. Brings up his 50th Test century at the Centurion against South Africa.
2011: Becomes the most capped player in ODIs with the World Cup opening game vs Bangladesh, surpassing Sanath Jayasuriya's tally of 444 matches. Hits two hundreds and is first to score 2000 runs in World Cups as India win the World Cup beating Sri Lanka in the final at Wankhede.
2012: Completes 100 international centuries in a Test match against Bangladesh on March 16, 2012. Announces ODI retirement on December 23, 2012, finishing his illustrious career having played 463 ODIs and scoring 18,426 runs with 49 centuries,
2013: Completes 50,000 international runs while playing for Mumbai Indians in the Champions League Twent20. Quits the colourd jersey after retiring from domestic T20s as well. And announces his international retirement after his 200th Test against the West Indies.
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