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Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar (born
24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one
of the greatestbatsmen in One Day International cricket In
2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second
greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second
greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv
Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian
team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup
appearances for India. He was also the recipient of "Player of the
Tournament" award of the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South
Africa.
Tendulkar
won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at
the ICC awards. He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat
Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the
award of the Bharat Ratna were changed to allow him receive the
award. He is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of
India. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20
November 2009. On 5 December 2012, Tendulkar became first batsman in history to
cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of the game put together. At
36 years and 306 days, he became the first ever player to score a
double-century in the history of ODIs. Two years later he became the first
player to score 100 international centuries. As of June 2013, Tendulkar has
played 662 matches in international cricket.
Tendulkar
has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second
highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,
India's highest sporting honour. He was also the first sportsperson and the
first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank
of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar has received
honorary doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences. Sachin holds the 19th rank in ICC
Player Rankings for Test batsmen as of 17 March 2013. On 1 August
2012, Sachin Tendulkar was nominated for the ICC People's Choice award for the
third time.
In 2012, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.Sachin tendulkar was ranked 78th richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes for the year 2012. In June 2013 list, Forbes rankes Sachin at 51st position in highest paid athletes list, with his total earnings were estimated to be USD 22 million.
In 2012, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.Sachin tendulkar was ranked 78th richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes for the year 2012. In June 2013 list, Forbes rankes Sachin at 51st position in highest paid athletes list, with his total earnings were estimated to be USD 22 million.
Sachin Tendulkar was named as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in 2012. On 23 December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs. Tendulkar has already stated that he will not be playing T20 Internationals.
In
May, 2013, Tendulkar revealed his retirement from IPL.
