Sachin Childhood Photos...

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the most famous cricketer ever was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai.

Sachin With His Father Ramesh Tendulkar

Sachin Cricket Career

Sachin And Kambli During Practice

His childhood idol in sport is John McEnroe, and this early photo reveals his interest in tennis.

Sachin During InterSchool Match

Sachin With Ajit Ranade

Match Against Don Bosco

Coach Achrekar And Sachin

sachin's century during interschool matches

Sachin At the Age Of 12

Guyles Shield Winning team

sachin holding palm beach cup

sandip patil giving prize to Sachin

Sachin With Sports Star Trophy

1987 Sports Star Trophy Winning Team

1987, Place : Baroda , Under 17 Team for Mumbai

Sachin, at the end of 2nd day of Harris Shield finals scored Unbeaten 286 Runs

Harris Sheild Finals

Star Cricket club's England Tour

Sachin The Youngest Player to Score Ranji Century

Sachin With Dilip Vengsarkar in the middle

Sachin And Kambli Knocks 664 runs

Sachin Tendulkar & Vinod Kambli's World Record Partnership Of Unbeaten 664 Runs During

InterSchool Match Playing for Shardashram School

Sachin Tendulkar's first ever tv interview back in 1989

Young Tendulkar Batting

Tendulkar with School team

Tendulkar with childhood friends

Sachin Tendulkar, 16, is selected for India's tour of Pakistan

Young Sachin Bowling

Raising his bat

Attitude..

Coy..

He adds a century on home soil against England in Madras, and celebrates in style

Sachin's debut match was against Pakistan in a test match on 1989. His one-day international (ODI) debut was on December 18 against Pakistan. His maiden ODI century came on

September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo, just six years after his debut.

On December 11, 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat, making him the youngest Indian to score

a century on first-class debut.

Sachin Family Photos

Family: Father - Ramesh Tendulkar, Mother - , Wife - Anjali Mehta, Daughter - Sarah, Son - Arjun, Brothers - Nitin & Ajit Tendulkar, Sister - Savita.

In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali (born November 10, 1967), a paediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born October

12, 1997), and Arjun (born September 24, 1999).

He narrowly missed out on becoming the then youngest Test centurion in Napier in February

1990, but Tendulkar finally gets it at 17 years and 112 days. A wonderful rearguard innings at Old

Trafford in August 1990 still remains one of his best

Tendulkar's first Test hundred in India also comes against England. He hits 24 fours and one six

in his 165 in Madras(Chennai) as India go on to win by an innings and 22 runs

A fine Nelson: In November 1992, Tendulkar's 111in the second Test against South Africain

Johannesburg makes him the youngest batsman to reach 1000 Test runs. His century comes in a

first-innings total of 227

Captaincy goes, but Tendulkar the run-machine is at its best in 1998. Two of his favourites - opponents Australia and venue Chennai - come together, and the bowlers pale into insignificance as his second-innings 155 turns a deficit into a match-winning total. Later, a certain Mr. Shane

Warne suffers from nightmares

At the same ground in 1999, the first sign his body is suffering. In spite of a back injury, Tendulkar

scores a masterful 136. India, though, fall short by 16 runs against Pakistan, and a poor fourth-innings record remains a blot in Tendulkar's CV

Even the Don takes note of Tendulkar's batting, and says the Indian batsman's style resembles him the most among those from the modern era. Tendulkar's tour of Australia in 1999-2000 - he's captain as well - is not in keeping with high expectations, with a few rough decisions coming his

way

He yet tops the batting charts for India. India's hopes fade whenever he departs, and the captain cuts a lone figure as his team loses all three Tests. He steps down from captaincy during South

Africa's visit in 2000

Tendulkar makes 10 in both innings, but he picks up three wickets in the Australia's second

innings as India win the epic Test at Eden Gardens in 2001 to level the series

India and Tendulkar have an unsuccessful tour of New Zealand in 2002-03. The team begins the 2003 World Cup in South Africa under pressure; however, they make it to the final with Tendulkar

the Player of the Tournament

A workmanlike innings in Sydney during the 2003-04 Australia tour helps Tendulkar to his first double-century overseas. His unbeaten scores of 241 and 60 - in Steve Waugh's farewell Test -

almost results in a series win

Another 10,000: During his 52 against Pakistan in the Kolkata Test in 2005, Tendulkar becomes

the first to score 10,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs

At home in Australia: The crowds are entertained as Tendulkar makes two hundreds in the four-Test series in 2007-08. India lose 2-1, but Tendulkar goes home a happy man, scoring 117 not out

and 91 as India beat Australia in the finals to clinch the tri-nation one-day tournament

Playing a Test in Pakistan after nearly 15 years, Tendulkar scores an unbeaten 194 - a declaration denies him the double. However, it's Virender Sehwag - who developed with Tendulkar as a role

model - who steals the show in Multan, becoming the first Indian triple-centurion

Captaincy comes calling, and Tendulkar leads India to a win in the one-off home Test against

Australia to bag the newly instituted Border-Gavaskar Trophy, named after two players he would eventually join in the 10,000-run club

A special win: Tendulkar holds the trophy after India beat England 1-0 during their 2007 tour, his

first series victory outside the subcontinent

Come Chennai and he's back to his best. Makes a hundred in the first innings as India win a

memorable series 2-1

At home in Australia: The crowds are entertained as Tendulkar makes two hundreds in the four-Test series in 2007-08. India lose 2-1, but Tendulkar goes home a happy man, scoring 117 not out

and 91 as India beat Australia in the finals to clinch the tri-nation one-day tournament

Playing a Test in Pakistan after nearly 15 years, Tendulkar scores an unbeaten 194 - a declaration denies him the double. However, it's Virender Sehwag - who developed with Tendulkar as a role

model - who steals the show in Multan, becoming the first Indian triple-centurion

He's out stumped for the only time in his career, in Bangalore, but Tendulkar is still the best

batsman on show and the Player of the Series as India win 1-0

As captain on the 1999-2000 tour of Australia, Sachin Tendulkar practises his bowling - but he struggles as a leader

Sachin now holds the record for having taken most one-day runs (17000+) and centuries (45). Highest Score - 186*. He belongs to the group of rare sportsmen and his records might never

be broken. Sachin Tendulkar has also captained India for few years.

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Hands of Appreciation- Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne.

Sachin collecting Padma Vibushan award from Indian President Prathiba Patil

sachin at his 36 birthday celebrations

collecting golden bat from Indian Legend singer Lata Mangeshkar

Riding on his fantastic performance

in the tri-series in Sri Lanka, veteran Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar today

returned to the top-10 of ICC one-day rankings, rising five places to seventh.

Sachin Tendulkar's 20-year long career, two weeks short of completing his two decades in international cricket.

People walk past a sand sculpture of Sachin Tendulkar and 20 bats, made by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik, unseen, at a beach in Puri, India, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.

Tendulkar will complete 20 years in international cricket Sunday.

We all Indians are lucky and proud to have Sachin Tendulkar in our country. Congratulations to a master blaster for his 20 years successful journey in

International cricket. Wishes in the name of all his fans and from each and every true Indian for him to play more more years for our our country. Thanks for his

contribution to INDIA.