Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary former Indian cricketer, turns 50 today and it is certainly a big day for his fans who leave no stone unturned in celebrating this day in a grand manner. The Bharat Ratna Awardee is undoubtedly one of the greatest cricketers of all times and for his fans, he is no less than the “God of cricket” who has played many match-winning knocks for the country and has given many moments to cherish to the Indian cricket lovers.
Here we are sharing 7 interesting facts about Sachin Tendulkar:
- Sachin was named after famous Indian musician Sachin Dev Burman as his father Ramesh Tendulkar was a fan of Burman’s music.
- During his childhood days, Sachin was sent for cricket coaching sessions as a punishment.
- The first car that Sachin Tendulkar owned was a Maruti 800.
- In domestic cricket (Ranji, Duleep & Irani trophies), he scored a 100 in his debut matches.
- Wisden has ranked Sachin as the second best player ever in the year 2002, the first being Sir Donald Bradman.
- While we all know that Sachin has the highest number of international centuries (100), he is also at the top in the list of the cricketers who have played maximum test matches (200).
- Sachin met Anjali for the first time in 1990 when he was 17 years old and after 5 years, they got married.
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar!!!
