Sachin tendulkar has received his Bharat Ratna today. He is the youngest Indian and the first sports person to receive the Bharat Ratna. Sachin is a Member of Parliament as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha. Here is a quick factoid on the living legend.
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SACHIN TENDULKAR
Sun Sign: Taurus
Born on 24th April, 1973
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Test career:
- Debut: 15 November, 1989
- Opposition: Pakistan
- Matches: 200
- Runs: 15,921
- Average: 53.79
- 50s: 68
- 100s: 51
- Highest: 248*
- Wickets: 46
- Catches: 115
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- ODI career:
- Debut: 18 December, 1989
- Opposition: Pakistan
- Matches: 463
- Runs: 18,426
- Average: 44.83
- 50s: 96
- 100s: 49
- Highest: 200*
- Wickets: 154
- Catches: 140
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Things you didn’t know about the Little Master:
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- Sachin Tendulkar was a ball boy when India hosted the World Cup in 1987.
- Sachin has dazzled the silver screen as well, making a guest appearance in a the movie ‘Stumped’ in 2003. he also featured in an Australian reality television series called An Aussie Goes Bolly.
- Sachin tendulkar has a kitty full of records. This is the weirdest one by far. In 1992, he became the first batsman in Tests to be given out by the third umpire.
- Sachin Tendulkar was a bully in school.
- Apart from the Bharat Ratna, Tendulkar is the only cricketer to receive all these awards: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri.
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Some of his records:
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- Most runs in Tests — 15,921
- Most runs in ODIs — 18,426
- Most centuries in Tests and ODIs
- Most number of Man of the Match and Man of the series in ODIs
- First cricketer to reach 10,000 ODI runs
- Highest partnership in ODIs (with Rahul Dravid)
- Highest number of century partnerships (with Sourav Ganguly)
- First double century in ODIs
- Only player with 150 wickets and 15,000 runs in ODIs
- Only player with 40 wickets and 15,000 runs in Tests
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