A cricketer who has left his stamp on the game

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born in Bombay on 24th April 1973. He began his cricket career at Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School in Bombay under the coaching of Ramakant Achrekar. When he was 15 years and 232 days old, Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten century in his debut first class match for Bombay against Gujarat on 11th December 1988, making him the youngest player to score a century on first class debut. He made his international debut for India, playing his first test match at 16 years 205 days, making him the third youngest player in the history of cricket to make a debut behind Hasan Raza (14 years 227 days) and Mushtaq Mohammad (15 years 124 days). He got his debut test century in England, making him then as the second youngest cricketer in history at 17 years 107 days behind Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan who made his century against India in 1961 at Delhi when he was 17 years 78 days old. Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh went on to become the youngest test centurion against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2001 when he was 17 years 61 days old. Sachin Tendulkar, today, holds most if not all of the records that a batsman could endeavour to break. He has the highest number of appearances in test cricket as well as one day internationals. He has the highest number of test centuries (51), highest number of one day centuries (48), highest number of runs scored ever in tests (14692), highest number of runs scored ever in one day internationals (18111) and the highest individual score in one day internationals (200 not out). As far as Indian cricket representation goes, Sachin Tendulkar has contributed the greatest.