The Indian legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 53rd birthday today and the cricketing fraternity has conveyed their wishes through social media. Former cricketers such as Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh were amongst those who wished the legend. Sachin Tendulkar is hailed as the ‘God of cricket’ and he was undoubtedly one of the greatest players of all time. He has several records to his name and some of those are just untouchable. The legacy of Sachin Tendulkar will continue to live on for ages as records speak for themselves and he truly defined an era of the Indian national cricket team.

“I have seen God. He bats at number 4 for India..well he used to bat. Happy Birthday Sachin, have a great day mate,” said Matthew Hayden via Instagram. The claims of Matthew Hayden is what lives in the heart of every Indian fan till date and a foreign player acknowledging the fact, is overwhelming. Sachin Tendulkar has fought relentless battles against the might of the Aussies and he surely was a pain for them back in the day.

 

Tributes Pour In As Legends Honour A Career That Redefined Indian Cricket

Sachin made his international debut in a Test match against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989, at the age of just 16 years and 205 days. He remains the youngest player to debut for India in Test matches.After that, he made his One-Day International debut on December 18, 1989, also against Pakistan. A major turning point in his career was when he began opening the batting in ODIs against New Zealand in 1994, where he smashed 82 off 49 balls. At that point in the game, the players weren’t expected to score boundaries from the start but Sachin Tendulkar redefined the unspoken practices in cricket. At the young age of 23, Sachin was given captaincy duty and at that age, many of the players aspired to wear the Indian jersey.

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The Master Blaster holds the record for the most international centuries as he has 100 to his name, with 51 centuries in tests and 49 in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar is also the leading run-scorer in the history of the game across formats with 34,357 runs .No other cricketer has reached the double-century mark for appearances in the longest format of the game. In 2010 against South Africa, he became the first male cricketer to score a double hundred (200*) in a One Day International. He also holds the record for the most runs in World Cups as he finished with 2,278 runs across six World Cup appearances from 1992 to 2011. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most runs in a single World Cup tournament, scoring 673 runs in the 2003 ICC World Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar has many other records to his name as well and the list is indeed a very long one. Many aspiring young cricketers still look up to him and many of the present players in World Cricket idolize him for his approach and batting style. Sachin Tendulkar is arguably a name that every household in India knows and every street worships him as the ‘God of Cricket’.