His insatiable appetite for racing makes him the gift of world cricket. From the moment he took guard at Gwalior on February 24, Sachin Tendulkar cemented his place among the gods of world cricket. At age 36 and in his twenty-first year of his cricket career, Sachin proved that he still has the heart and appetite to weave magic at the highest level and set phenomenal standards for others to follow.

The little master’s 200 undefeated that day was not only a world record for top runs in a One Day International (ODI), it was an epic endeavor of passion, focus, precision, sound technique, elegance and power. The genius delighted fans with an explosive hitting display that featured his customary straight punches, splendid cuts, fluid drives, powerful pulls, delicate leg looks, and big shots over the edge.

The little legend wrote his name in stones to finally become the world’s first cricketer to score 200 runs in an ODI. The historic achievement came after a staggering 2,961 games and nearly 39 years since the first ODI was played, including those that submitted 60 overs each, giving hitters more chances to score.

Watching him hit 200, the whole cricket world is convinced that Sachin Tendulkar is the best hitter in the world. Not only because of his extraordinary hitting skills, but also because of his never-dying spirit and insatiable hunger for racing.

The way he celebrated when he reached 200 epitomized the man’s personality. There were no blows to the air, no aggressive gestures, no running into the crowd, nothing exaggerated. He was as usual, raised both arms, looked up at the sky, closed his eyes for a moment and silently acknowledged that he was happy to be there.

A soldier is not judged by the weapon he carries or by the battlefields he has faced, but by the character with whom he uses his weapons on the battlefield. Sachin has always been a team player. We can’t think of a better savior from the Indian cricket than Sachin. You should not be judged on your scores as it was instrumental in motivating countless young people to take cricket seriously and was able to spawn a handful of fiercely motivated young cricketers who will carry the team’s honor for the next two decades. .

He remains a great ambassador for the sport with the way he has performed. His humility and character make him even more special. Despite his phenomenal accomplishments, mountains of racing and records, he is extremely composed both on and off the field.

On a closer look, it’s not just passion that keeps you going. He has incorporated several modern and unorthodox bangs to his kitty as of late, including the paddle sweep, the shovel over the short thin leg, and the third man slash over the slip. This has allowed him to continue to score steadily despite the physical cost of injuries and a lean period in the mid-2000s. By his own admission, he is not hitting as aggressively as he did during the 1990s and early ’90s. 2000, as his body has undergone changes and he was unable to withstand aggressive blows for a period of time.

Sachin Tendulkar was born in Mumbai into a middle-class family. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist named Tendulkar in honor of his favorite musical director and family friend, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar’s older brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other brothers; a brother Nitin and his sister Savitai.

Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (secondary school), where he began his cricket career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast pitcher, but Australian fast pitcher Dennis Lillee was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his hitting.

When he was young, Tendulkar practiced for hours and hours on the networks. If it ran out, Achrekar would put a rupee coin on top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar kept the coin. If Tendulkar made it through the session without being fired, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he earned then as some of his most prized possessions.

While in school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common talking point in Mumbai circles, where there were already suggestions that he would become one of the greats. His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every inning he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-race partnership in an interscholastic Lord Harris Shield game in 1988 with his friend and teammate Vinod Kambli, who also represented India. Tendulkar scored 326 in this inning and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament.

When he was 14 years old, Indian hitting legend Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of his own ultralight pads. “It was the greatest source of encouragement for me,” Sachin said nearly 20 years later, after breaking Gavaskar’s highest world record of 34 centuries of testing.

In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali (born November 10, 1967), a pediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born October 12, 1997) and Arjun (born September 24, 1999).

Tendulkar sponsors 200 disadvantaged children each year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with her mother-in-law, Annaben Mehta. He keeps a very low profile on this and is reluctant to talk about this or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming interest of the media to know all aspects of his life.

Tendulkar is a God fearing man and Lord Ganesha is his favorite God. He is a perfect family man and has great respect for his family. He claims that his family continues to be the source of his inspiration. He once said that his parents taught him that it is important to live each day of life with grace and honor. He balances both cricket and personal life very well and gives it the same importance.

During a BBC interview, when asked to name the girl of his dreams, he answered “my wife” without hesitation.

Although he is highly committed and extremely consistent, he was not without controversy and criticism.

During the second test of the India tour of South Africa in 2001, match referee Mike Denness gave Tendulkar a suspended one-game suspension for his alleged “ball manipulation.” Images captured by television cameras suggest that Tendulkar may have been involved in cleaning the seam of the crushed ball, which appeared to be altering the ball’s condition. Mike Denness felt Sachin Tendulkar was guilty of the ball handling charges and imposed a ban on a test match. After a thorough investigation, the International Cricket Council revoked the match’s official status and the ban on Tendulkar was lifted. However, the incident sparked a massive reaction from the Indian public and even members of the Indian Parliament voiced their protest against the ban.

Tendulkar also had some difficult moments. He was heavily criticized when he changed his approach from aggressive hitting to a more defensive one. Between 2001 and 2005, Tendulkar was not at his best. Tennis elbow took its toll, knocking him out of the game for the first two tests when Australia toured India in 2005.

Wisden noted that Tendulkar has not been his old aggressive self. Experts were divided in their opinion on whether this is due to increased years or the lingering aftermath of injuries from more than 17 years of cricket at the highest level. Doubts were raised about his performance when he averaged just 21 runs in three test innings when India toured Pakistan in 2006.

During that time, Goeffrey Boycott said brutally: “Sachin Tendulkar is in the worst shape of his career … now that he is going to be out for two more months, I don’t think he can get back to what he once was.” had. “But Tendulkar proved him and all his critics wrong by recovering from all his wounds and lean patches.

When he doesn’t play cricket, he loves to cook. Sachin is a good cook and once cooked Baigan-partha for all his teammates. He runs a restaurant, “Tendulkar’s” in Colaba, Mumbai. Tendulkar loves music and likes the guitar.