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For the past 24 Years, Sachin has carried the responsibilities of Indian Cricket on his shoulder, and he is one of the greatest players one has ever seen.
Digital Desk: As the legend of Cricket celebrates his 49th Birthday today, let's take a look back at his journey of 49 years and know some noteworthy facts about Master Blaster's career and personal life.
Read here about Cricket Legend Sachin's 49 years of the journey:
1| Tendulkar was ten years old when India won the World Cup in 1983, and it was a turning point in his life that inspired him to take up Cricket.
2| Sachin Tendulkar's father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a fan of singer Sachin Dev Burman and chose the name Sachin Tendulkar for his third son.
3| Tendulkar wanted to be a fast bowler when he was 14 and even went to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. Dennis Lilee, on the other hand, turned him down.
4| Tendulkar first made a name for himself in school cricket when he and Vinod Kambli set a record 664-run partnership for his school, Sharadashram Vidyamandir. In the innings, Tendulkar scored 326 runs.
5| Ramakant Achrekar coached and mentored Tendulkar. During his adolescence, his coach would challenge him to go the entire session without leaving, and if he succeeded, the coach would give him a coin. Tendulkar owns 13 of these coins.
6| Tendulkar worked as a ball boy at the Wankhede Stadium during India and Zimbabwe's 1987 World Cup match.
7| Tendulkar was so enamoured with his cricket equipment as a child that he kept it by his bedside when he slept.
8| Tendulkar scored centuries in all three of his debut matches, the Ranji Trophy, the Duleep Trophy, and the Irani Trophy.
9| Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of ultra-light pads when he was 14 years old to console him for not receiving the Mumbai Cricket Association's 'Best junior cricketer award.' Sachin used the same pads when he made his Test debut in 1989.
10| Tendulkar was only 15 when he scored his first-class century in the Ranji Trophy. He was not out after scoring precisely one hundred runs. He became the youngest Indian to reach three figures in first-class Cricket.
11| Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly met for the first time at an Under-15 camp. During a show, Ganguly revealed that as a 14-year-old, Tendulkar was so obsessed with batting in the nets that he had to be dragged out of the nets by the coach, who told him that 'camp is for others too.'
12| During this time, Ganguly and Tendulkar shared a room, and Tendulkar used to walk around his room at midnight, which scared Ganguly. Later, it was revealed that he had a habit of sleep-walking in the middle of the night.
13| Tendulkar once filled in as a fielder for Pakistan's Test team. In his biography 'Playing it my way,' Tendulkar says of the incident, "I'm not sure whether Imran Khan has any idea whether I fielded for Pakistan."
14| Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made their Test debuts for their respective countries in the exact Test match in 1989.
15| Sachin Tendulkar scored a duck in his first ODI against Pakistan in 1989.
16| Tendulkar appeared in the first-ever television commercial for Band-aid.
17| Tendulkar received a bottle of champagne for his first Test tonne at Manchester in 1990, when he was 17 years old. However, he was not allowed to drink because he was under 18. He finally cracked the bottle eight years later, on Sara's first Birthday.
18| Only after this tour did he meet his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport. It was a coincidental meeting, and Anjali had no idea who Tendulkar was at the time.
19| Tendulkar was six years older than Anjali. They did, however, like each other and dated for a few years before marrying on May 24, 1995.
20| Tendulkar made his county debut when he was 19, making him the youngest Indian. He played for Yorkshire and was the club's youngest overseas player.
21| Tendulkar's first car was a Maruti 800, which he purchased after his India debut.
22| In 1992, Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to be given out by the third umpire. During a Test match in Durban, the incident occurred when he was caught short of his crease by a Jhonty Rhodes throw.
23| Tendulkar, known for his batting prowess, helped India clinch a famous victory with the ball in his hand against South Africa during the Hero Cup semi-finals in 1993. India needed six runs off the final to qualify, and Tendulkar bowled a sensational over, conceding only three runs.
24| His first century on Indian soil came in 1993, at 24. During a Test match against England at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium, it happened.
25| In 1994, Tendulkar disguised himself by attaching a fake beard and wearing sunglasses. However, he was recognised by the public and had to rush back home midway through the film.
26|Tendulkar writes with his left hand but bats and bowls with his right, making him ambidextrous.
27| He had five centuries before the age of 20 and held the record scored as a teenager in international Cricket for most centuries.
28| Sachin signed a Sports Management contract with WorldTel in 1995, making him the richest cricketer.
29| Until the 1996 World Cup, Tendulkar was without a bat contract. A well-known tyre manufacturer only sponsored his willow at the end of the tournament.
30| Tendulkar was invited to meet Australia's legendary Don Bradman on his 90th Birthday in 1998. Tendulkar is frequently compared to Bradman for the title of "greatest ever," and Bradman was impressed with Sachin's batting and felt he had a similar style.
31| Tendulkar devised a strategy to counter reverse-swing during a Test match against New Zealand in Mohali in 1999. He would stand at the non-strikers' end of the field and look at the ball's seam. Depending on which side of the ball the shiny part is, he will shift his bat to the right or left hand, drawing the striker's attention.
32| In Test cricket, Sachin Tendulkar had only opened the batting once. He played alongside Sadagopan Ramesh in the Ahmedabad Test against New Zealand in 1999.
33| When Anil Kumble took all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla in 1999, wickets were falling whenever Tendulkar handed over Kumble's sweater and cap to the umpire, and the duo decided to continue this practice until Kumble took the perfect ten.
34| On the eve of India's match against Zimbabwe in the 1999 World Cup, Tendulkar received the heartbreaking news that his father had died. Sachin left for India to attend his father's funeral, missing the game against Zimbabwe. India suffered a humiliating defeat in the match.
35| However, he returned for India's next match against Kenya, where he scored an emotional 140 runs.
36| In 2002, Formula One legend Michael Schumacher presented him with a 360 Moderna Ferrari.
37| In 2003, Tendulkar made a cameo appearance in the Bollywood film 'Stumped'.
38| In 2004, Tendulkar was diagnosed with Tennis Elbow, a type of elbow injury. He had surgery in 2005, but he couldn't even pick up a plastic bat and fell into depression during his recovery, believing his career was over.
39| He did, however, return to the field in the 2006 DLF Cup against Sri Lanka in Kuala Lampur, scoring 141 in the ODI.
40| To launch a new series of superhero comic books, Virgin Comics created a superhero called 'Master Blaster' based on Sachin Tendulkar in 2007.
41| Sachin appeared in the Australian reality television series An Australian Goes Bolly in 2008.
42| Sachin Tendulkar was instrumental in recommending MS Dhoni as the Indian team's captain ahead of the 2007 T20 World Cup.
43| In 2009, Tendulkar became the first Indian sportsperson to have a life-like wax replica created by London's world-famous Madame Tussauds.
44. Sachin Tendulkar became the first Indian to win the Orange Cap in the IPL in 2010, after scoring 618 runs in 15 matches for the Mumbai Indians.
45| He holds the record for the most dismissals in the 90s in international Cricket. In ODIs, he was dismissed in the 90s 18 times and 10 times in Tests.
46| Zimbabwe is the only Test-playing nation in which he has not scored a Test tonne.
47| Tendulkar's highest number of centuries at a single venue is 7 ODI tonnes at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.
48| He was the first active cricketer nominated to the Rajya Sabha at 48.
49| Sachin is the only Indian cricketer to have received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri, and Bharat Ratna from the Indian government.
Thousands of fans are sending him wishes on his Birthday, and the Cricket fraternity, Sachin, retired from Cricket ODIs on December 23, 2012. Sachin still remains a cricket god for cricket lovers.
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