Nicknames: Little
Master, Tendlya.
Coach: Ramachant Achrekar.
First international captain: Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
First-class debut: Mumbai vs. Gujarat, Mumbai, 1988.
Test debut: vs. Pakistan at Karachi, Nov. 15, 1989.
ODI debut: vs. Pakistan at Gujranwala, Dec. 18, 1989.
Maiden test century: 119 not out vs. England at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1990 (9th test appearance).
Maiden ODI century: 110 vs. Australia, Colombo, 1994 (79th ODI appearance).
Date of retirement from ODIs: Dec. 23, 2012.
Test appearances/runs to date: 15,837 runs in 198 tests.
ODI appearances/runs to date: 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs.
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Some trivia about Tendulkar:
Tendulkar was named after his father Ramesh Tendulkar's favorite music composer - Sachin Dev Burman.
Tendulkar was a ball-boy during the 1987 World Cup on the Indian subcontinent.
On being selected in the Mumbai under-15 team, he was presented with a bat by former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar.
Aussie pace great Dennis Lillee rejected Tendulkar as a bowler at the MRF Pace Academy at Chennai in 1987, before Tendulkar created waves with his batting.
Scored 326 in a 664-run partnership with former India player Vinod Kambli during an inter-school game in 1988.
Is the youngest Indian to play English county cricket, at 19, and was also Yorkshire's first overseas professional in 1992.
His favorite sports star is not a cricketer but a tennis player John McEnroe.
Batted in his debut test at Karachi wearing pads presented by India's legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar.
Used a very heavy bat throughout his career usually around 1.5 kilograms (3.2- pounds).
Tendulkar appeared in an Australian reality television series 'An Aussie Goes Bolly' on FOX8 channel in 2008.
