Sachin Tendulkar 

India

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 38 years 313 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians,Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs. 

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	188	311	32	15470	248*	55.44			51	65		67	113	0
ODIs	460	449	41	18254	200*	44.74	21153	86.29	48	95	1998	193	139	0
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	292	464	48	24389	248*	58.62			78	111			181	0
List A	548	535	55	21827	200*	45.47			59	113			174	0
Twenty20	60	60	8	2069	100*	39.78	1659	124.71	1	13	268	26	23	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	188	139	4174	2445	45	3/10	3/14	54.33	3.51	92.7	0	0	0
ODIs	460	269	8044	6838	154	5/32	5/32	44.40	5.10	52.2	4	2	0
T20Is	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.0	0	0	0
First-class	292		7539	4337	70	3/10		61.95	3.45	107.7		0	0
List A	548		10220	8466	201	5/32	5/32	42.11	4.97	50.8	4	2	0
Twenty20	60	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v India at Adelaide, Jan 24-28, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Feb 28, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
Only T20I	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	Australia v India at Adelaide, Jan 24-28, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1989/90
Last List A	India v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Feb 28, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Chennai, May 27, 2011scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
39	India	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	28 Feb 2012	ODI # 3251
14	India	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 2012	ODI # 3250
22	India	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	21 Feb 2012	ODI # 3246
3	India	v Australia	Brisbane	19 Feb 2012	ODI # 3244
15	India	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	14 Feb 2012	ODI # 3239
48	India	v Sri Lanka	Perth	8 Feb 2012	ODI # 3233
2	India	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Feb 2012	ODI # 3231
25, 13	India	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
15, 8	India	v Australia	Perth	13 Jan 2012	Test # 2029
41, 80	India	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2027

Profile

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.