God of Cricket – Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was born into a Brahmin family on April 24, 1973 in Dadar, Mumbai. That is, he was a member of a famous Saraswat Brahmin family. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a Marathi poet and writer.

His mother is Rajni who works in an insurance company. He has two half brothers Nitin and Ajit and a sister Savita. His formative years were spent in “Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society” in Bandra (East). He studied at Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School.

Back in school days, he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train to become a sprinter. But in the opinion of Dennis Lillee, the Australian bowler, he focused on the bat. Sachin Tendulkar also likes to play tennis. At the age of 14, he scored 326 out of a world record 664 in school games and became a star in the Bombay Schoolboys.

Family Background of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin met his better half, Anjali, at the Mumbai airport while returning from his first international tour. It was love at first sight for Sachin. Fortunately, a friend of his and Anjali, who is a pharmacist, took him in. Anjali knew nothing about sports then!

After five years of dating, the couple got married in 1995. They are blessed with a daughter, Sara, and a son, Arjun. Arjun Tendulkar turned out to be a very sought after cricketer.

Tendulkar’s cricketing story started at Shivaji Park, Dadar. His brother Ajit introduced him to Ramakant Achrekar School. However, Tendulkar became wiser during the Tests and could not be picked. Then Ajit asked Achrekar Sir to hide behind a tree and watch him play. Without the pressure of being watched, Tendulkar gave an impressive performance and was immediately selected into the academy.

Sachin Tendulkar’s cricket career has been shaped by the efforts and guidance of his coach Ramakant Achrekar. Guru Dronacharya who received the award died on January 2, 2019 in Mumbai. Tendulkar spoke to The Times of India about his coach.

Carrer from the early years of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, who admired John McEnroe, also showed interest in tennis. He was a fan of John McEnroe when he was 7-8 years old, and he was fond of cricket and tennis. According to him, the time has come for me to choose between tennis and cricket. At the time, he had long hair like McEnroe, wore bracelets and headbands like his tennis idol, and carried a tennis racket everywhere he went.

Ajit Tendulkar, his younger brother, introduced Sachin to cricket in 1984 with the aim of helping him overcome his bullying and bad habits. At Shivaji Park in Dadar, he introduced him to Ramakant Achrekar, a famous cricket coach and cricketer. In the first session, Sachin could not play the best game.

Ajit Tendulkar explained to Ramakant Achrekar that he does not play his natural game because he is embarrassed to be watched by the coach. Ajit asked the teacher to give him another chance to play, but he looked behind the tree. During this time, Sachin Tendulkar did well and believed in Acrekar Academy when it seemed that he was not seeing it.

In the Kanga Cricket League in Bombay, Ajit Tendulkar also played cricket. Ramakant Achrekar was impressed by Sachin Tendulkar’s abilities and suggested that he be transferred to Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School (English), a Dadar institution with a successful cricket team and a long history of producing outstanding cricketers. Sachin Tendulkar has attended a new English school in Bandra run by the Indian Education Society (East). At Shivaji Park, in the morning and evening, Achrekar also supervises the training of Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendulkar ran into the nets for hours. Achrekar will put one rupee coin on the stumps if Tendulkar loses his power, and the bowler who bowls Tendulkar will get the coin. The coach will hand over the money to Sachin Tendulkar if he passes the entire practice without being asked to leave. The 13 coins Sachin Tendulkar earned during that time were among his most valuable possessions, according to Tendulkar.

Due to his work schedule at that time, Sachin Tendulkar moved in with his aunt and uncle who lived near Shivaji Park. Sachin Tendulkar, meanwhile, was known as an intelligent child in school. In the local cricket community, where there are rumors that he will soon join the big boys, he has become a popular talking point. The school members of the Matunga Gujarati Seva Mandal (MGSM) umbrella include Sachin Tendulkar again and again. Sachin Tendulkar has played club cricket in addition to school cricket, first with the John Bright Cricket Club and the Kanga Cricket League, Bombay’s top cricket league, and later representing the Cricket Club of India (CCI).

When Sachin Tendulkar was 14, he went to the MRF Pace Foundation in Madras (now Chennai) to train as a fast bowler. However, Dennis Lillee, the Australian fast bowler who amassed a world record 355 Test wickets, was not impressed and advised Tendulkar to focus on his batting instead. He also appeared as a substitute for Imran Khan’s side in an exhibition match to celebrate the Cricket Club of India’s Golden Jubilee on 20 January 1987 at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian batsman, gave him a pair of his own lightweight pads a few months later and encouraged him not to give up to win the Bombay Cricket Association’s “Best Junior Cricketer Award” (he was 14 in the competition. time). .

When India faced England in the semi-final of the 1987 Cricket World Cup in Bombay, Sachin Tendulkar acted as a boy. Sachin Tendulkar scored a century in each of his innings during the 1988 season. Continued to represent India, sharing a poor partnership of 664 runs. In this round, Sachin Tendulkar scored 326 (not out), giving him over a thousand points in total for the tournament. Until two under-13 batsmen broke it in a heated match in Hyderabad, India in 2006, it was the highest partnership at any level in cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar Award

Tendulkar was awarded the Arjuna Award for his achievements in cricket
Wisden selected Tendulkar as one of the five cricketers they chose as Cricketer of the Year.
He was awarded the Rajiv Khel Ratna, India’s highest sports honour. In 1999 Sachin was awarded the Padma Shri.
In 2001, he won the Maharashtra Bhushan Award
Sachin also won the Padma Bhushan award in 2008. In 2010, Sachin won the ICC Cricketer of the Year award.
Tendulkar also received the Bharat Ratna award in 2014.

Sachin Tendulkar Retirement

His remarkable cricket career of 24 years came to an end on November 16, 2013, when he announced his retirement. He later appeared in ODIs in December 2012 and T20 matches in 2013. As readers are reminded that his last test match as a player against the West Indies on November 16, 2013.

Sachin Tendulkar is without a doubt one of the greatest hitters of all. His music collection is almost endless. At the age of 16, he became the youngest player, and went on to break and set new records. It affected millions of people. It has a place in the heart of almost everyone all over the world. The first word that comes to mind and is on our tongue when we talk about cricket is Sachin.

Sachin Tendulkar, who is considered to be the greatest cricketer of all time, is humble and gifted, honest and courageous. There are many things we can learn from him, both as a person and as a cricketer.