The legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has turned 48 today and we cannot believe that the man with ‘Godlike stature’ in India is nearing his half-century. Tendulkar dedicated 24 years of his life to the game of cricket and progressed to the highest of the standards. His record of 100 International centuries looks insurmountable.
In the current generation of players, it is only the Indian skipper Virat Kohli who seems closer hos Sachin’s records. The Delhi batsman also taunted as the run machine has made 70 centuries so far in the half of his career and is at a great distance from Tendulkar’s batting record. Even the second-best ever on that list, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, has 71 centuries to his name and is 29-hundred apart from Tendulkar which speaks volume about the latter’s batting caliber.
Tendulkarโs celestial gifts redefined cricketing statistics: the only batsman to score 100 international centuries, the only player to play 200 Tests, the first to score a double-hundred in ODIs, the only batsman to score 30,000 international runs, and the owner of the highest number of runs and hundreds in both Tests and ODIs.
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Sachin announced his arrival to international cricket when as a 16-year-old he scored 53 off 18 balls. But among the finest would be his Test-saving 119* at Old Trafford at age 17, 114 on a bouncy WACA at age 19; 155* versus Australia at Chepauk in 1988, a fourth innings 136 against Pakistan at Chepauk in 1999, 140* in the 1999 World Cup after the demise of his father, the Desert Storms (143 & 134) against Australia at Sharjah in 1988, 241* at Sydney in 2003-04.
Tendulkar has been lavishly decorated: Arjuna Award (1994), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (1997), Padma Shri (1999) and Padma Vibhushan (2008), India’s fourth and second highest civilian awards respectively, and Bharat Ratna (2013), the highest civilian award – the youngest-ever and the only sportsperson to receive the honor. In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. In 2013, the Indian Postal Service released a stamp of Tendulkar.
November 16, 2013, was one of the saddest days in post-Independent India. The man whose cricketing career was weaved with a billion plus Indians moved even the insensitive to tears with his thank you speech before leaving to what is arguably the most emotionally charged farewell in cricket history.
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Sachin, who retired from international cricket in 2013, is now associated with IPL franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) and is their team icon. In his IPL career, Sachin played 78 games and scored 2,334 runs. He has one hundred and 13 half-centuries to his name.
Here are some wishesย for the master blaster from the cricketing fraternity:
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๐ฅ ICC Hall of FamerThe India legend turns 48. Happy birthday, @sachin_rt ๐ฅณ pic.twitter.com/EiHS7OysRO
— ICC (@ICC) April 24, 2021
6โฃ6โฃ4โฃ intl. matches
3โฃ4โฃ,3โฃ5โฃ7โฃ intl. runs
1โฃ0โฃ0โฃ intl. hundreds
2โฃ0โฃ1โฃ intl. wicketsHere's wishing the legendary @sachin_rt a very happy birthday. ๐ ๐ #TeamIndia
Let's relive that special knock with which he became the first batsman to score an ODI double ton ๐ฅ ๐
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 24, 2021
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Many many happy returns of the day @sachin_rt to an absolute legend of cricket. Your passion towards cricket made us love the game and gave a lifetime of memories! Wishing you a blessed & a healthy life always ๐ pic.twitter.com/llPGhtu4rd
— Suresh Raina๐ฎ๐ณ (@ImRaina) April 24, 2021
Very few individuals are capable of evoking collective emotions of millions of people the way you do, Sachin Paaji! Here's wishing you a very happy birthday and an even happier year ahead! pic.twitter.com/jmeQQuNq6f
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) April 24, 2021
Sach is truth , Sach is life , Sach is the answer, Sach is it.
Birthday greetings to not only the greatest batsman the world has seen, but the most humble and incredible human being @sachin_rt .#HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/6bl6L5zNtb— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 24, 2021
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐. โพ๏ธ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐
Happy birthday, Master Blaster! ๐#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #HappyBirthdaySachin @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/351bMPY2ON
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 24, 2021
A Blast from the Master's past, who made the future of cricket, a festival!
Super Birthday @sachin_rt ๐#HappyBirthdaySachin #WhistlePodu #Yellove ๐ฆ๐ pic.twitter.com/7vjVEKQrnE
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 24, 2021
Thank you 24th April, for giving the world Sachin Tendulkar. โฅ๏ธ#OnThisDay | #HappyBirthdaySachin | ๐ท – @ICC pic.twitter.com/4HfrAQxLai
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 24, 2021
Somewhere between @sachin_rtโs debut and retirement, cricket became a religion for all! ๐โค๏ธ#HappyBirthdaySachin #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/E0VdCJMtKG
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 24, 2021
Wishing you a very happy birthday โฆ@sachin_rtโฉ sir. You are truly an inspiration for many of us and the generations to come. Thank you sir for always being my biggest motivational support on several occasions. #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/h71PF72Yk6
— Hima Das (@HimaDas8) April 24, 2021
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