Sachin Tendulkar, often considered to be the greatest Indian batsman ever, celebrates his 47th birthday today on April 24, 2020.
He was born in 1973 in Mumbai and started off as a teen prodigy, making his Test debut in 1989 at the age of 16 and going onto establish himself as the best of his generation. He carried the weight of the entire Indian batting for the much of 1990s and managed to extend his career to 24 years.
Indian cricket fraternity sends their wishes to Sachin Tendulkar on his 47th birthday
This entailed him to many records as Sachin scored 15,921 runs in 200 Tests with 51 centuries and 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs with 49 centuries. He holds the record for the first man to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket, the first man to play 200 Tests, score 100 international centuries, first male cricketer to score a double hundred in ODI cricket, most runs in ODIs and Tests, most matches played in both formats and other numerous records.
He finally managed to win the ICC World Cup in 2011, adding the only missing feather in his illustrious career. He retired in 2013 and was honored with the highest civilian award of Bharat Ratna in 2014, becoming the first sportsperson to get this honor. He was the Wisden cricketer of the year in 1997 and player of the tournament in 2003 World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar was also a member of Rajya Sabha.
He commanded and got the respect from his peers and juniors from everyone who played with him and the entire current Indian team took to Twitter to wish Tendulkar on his special day.
Here are some tweets:
