On Friday, the cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 with wishes pouring in from all parts of the world for the batting legend. on social media. The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli took to Twitter to share a picture of him with Sachin Tendulkar and wrote a heartfelt message to extend his wishes for the highest run-scorer in international cricket across the formats.
Captioning his post on Twitter, Virat wrote: “Happy birthday to the man whose passion for the game of cricket has inspired many. Wishing you an amazing year ahead paaji. @sachintendulkar.”
Happy birthday to the man whose passion for the game of cricket has inspired many. Wishing you an amazing year ahead paaji. 😊🎂 @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/Mj7tE9evHg
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 24, 2020
Apart from Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Brett Lee also extended his wishes on social media.
True that the great man could stop time in India when batting. But the biggest inspiration @sachin_rt Paaji’s career is summed up is in these two pictures. Much needed to remember especially in these difficult times that after every adversity comes victory #HappyBirthdaySachin 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/UODlDjbCEL
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 24, 2020
Happy birthday legend @sachin_rt
Even though that the battles on the cricket field have now ceased, the friendships will last forever!
Stay safe mate and have a wonderful celebration 🎉 pic.twitter.com/2K3TdjDtxL— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) April 24, 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.
