On Friday, the cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 with wishes pouring in from all parts of the world for the batting legend. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a tribute video on its official Twitter handle on Tendulkar’s birthday. Captioning the video on Twitter, BCCI wrote: “As the Master Blaster @sachin_rt turns 47, we relive one of his glorious knocks against England in 2008. He dedicated this ton – 41st in Test cricket, to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.”
The current Indian coach, Ravi Shastri was among the first to wish Sachin Tendulkar, tweeting “Happy Birthday, Bossman. Legacy you’ve left behind in the sport is immortal. God bless Champ”. Aprt from him a lot of people form the cricketing fraternity wished the legend, here are some of the wishes:
As the Master Blaster @sachin_rt turns 47, we relive one of his glorious knocks against England in 2008.
He dedicated this ton – 41st in Test cricket, to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
Here's wishing the legend a very happy birthday 🍰 🎁 🎂 #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/dgBdlbCtU7
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 23, 2020
Happy Birthday, Bossman. Legacy you've left behind in the sport is immortal. God bless Champ 🤗 @sachin_rt #HappyBirthdaySachin #SachinTendulkar pic.twitter.com/aqSCso4in2
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 24, 2020
To the legend with an eternal sweet spot on the bat & in our hearts, here’s wishing MasterBlaster @sachin_rt a very happy bday. May ur life continue to shine like ur records & may u continue to inspire billions thru ur noble deeds. Loads of love & best wishes #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/l52w5dahA3
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 24, 2020
To, someone who changed the dynamics of the game and made generations fall in love with the sport. A legend and one of the nicest human beings, happy birthday @sachin_rt paji! 🎂
There won’t be another 🙌🏼#HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/PFreyi7ixx— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 24, 2020
Seems like this picture was taken in a different universe altogether!! Happy Birthday buddy …. have a good one! #SachinTendulkar #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/IdUFLiVhUI
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) April 24, 2020
Happy birthday paji @sachin_rt मै शुक्रगुज़ार हू भगवान का कि उसने हमें आपसे मिलवाया Have a great birthday with family.see you soon.. lots of love always ❤️🤗 stay safe #HappyBirthdaySachinTendulkar #Greatsonofindia #GodOfCricket pic.twitter.com/Sl8uGCW1Rd
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 24, 2020
Birthday greetings to one of the biggest legend of cricket @sachin_rt . Have a blast at home Paaji. Lots of love 🎂 #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/WwxVJjVXfi
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 24, 2020
Happy birthday to Master blaster #SachinTendulkar 🎂👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/BJIXXlTiZV
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) April 24, 2020
Many fans took the opportunity to post videos of their favorite Sachin Tendulkar knock while others posted some memes to show their reverence to the ‘god of cricket’. Here are some of the wishes:
Happy Birthday Boy🎂 Sachin Tendulkar Desert Storm 2.0
24th April 1998 Sachin Smashed 134 v Aus Sharjah Final😍
-Warne's reaction
-Six to Kasprowicz
-Tony Grieg🔥Quote & Say if its your Favorite @sachin_rt Inning♥️#SachinTendulkar#HappyBirthdaySachinpic.twitter.com/mTyH9kZQN4
— Sachin🇮🇳 Tendulkar FC CrickeTendulkar (@CrickeTendulkar) April 24, 2020
Pride of India, inspiration of billions. Wishing you a very happy birthday LEGEND. @sachin_rt Thank you for these memories 😍💙#godofCricket #SachinTendulkar #HappyBirthdaySachin #SachinSachin pic.twitter.com/H9LiLAzVJh
— Shubham Shah (@shahshubham26) April 23, 2020
Pride of India, inspiration of billions. Wishing you a very happy birthday LEGEND. @sachin_rt Thank you for these memories 😍💙#godofCricket #SachinTendulkar #HappyBirthdaySachin #SachinSachin pic.twitter.com/H9LiLAzVJh
— Shubham Shah (@shahshubham26) April 23, 2020
God Of Cricket & Man Of Iconic #SachinTendulkar ✨️😍..#HappyBirthdaySachin ! pic.twitter.com/AFuaszyD0M
— Assault Sethu (@AssaultSethuuu) April 23, 2020
One of the greatest batsmen to ever play the game of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has numerous records to his name. He played 664 international matches — 200 Tests, 463 ODIs and one T20I. He amassed 15,921 runs in Test cricket and maintained an average of 53.78 with 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries.
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The batting phenom was just as equally good in the ODIs as he scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and 96 fifties. Among the plethora of records, he was the first person to breach the 200-mark in 50-over cricket. Sachin played just one T20I in 2006 against South Africa in Johannesburg where he scored 10 runs.
The legend decided to hang his boots from all forms of cricket in 2013. Tendulkar, much like other former and current cricketers across the globe, is spending time at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Recently, he had pledged to feed 5,000 people for a month. In March this year, the batting great had donated ₹25 lakh each to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra”s Relief Fund to aid the battle against COVID-19. Sachin was also among the 40 elite sportspersons with whom PM Narendra Modi had a video conference to discuss the prevailing situation on April 3.
