Sachin Tendulkar Profile & Biography

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Place of birth Mumbai, MaharashtraFamily Dad : Ramesh Tendulkar Sister: Savita Tendulkar Brothers : Nitin Tendulkar & Ajit Tendulkar Grandmother: LakshmiBai Wife : Anjali Daughter: Sarah Son : Arjun Height 5'4" Firends Vinod Kambli, Salil Ankola Ramesh Wedding Day 25,May Coach Ramakant Achrekar Major teams he has played for India, Yorkshire, Mumbai Batting Style Right Hand Bat Bowling Style Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium Bat weight 3 pounds 2 ounces Test Debut India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90 ODI Debut India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90 Special Shots straight drive, the cover drive, the square cut, the pull shot over midwicket/square leg, the delicate leg glance, the late cut, the lofted shots over mid-on and mid-off Cricket Heroes Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil Current players admired Vinod Kambli, Brian Lara, Jonty Rhodes Memorable Day Beating Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup Worst Day Losing the first ODI in South Africa in 1992 Favorite Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Least Favorite ground Bangalore Other Sports Followed Tennis Other favorite stars Maradona, Borris Becker Greatest Influence His family Dream woman His wife Anjali Ambition To be number one in the world Favorite food/drink/ restaurant/hotel/ holiday resort Food: Steak, Thai food, sea food, Indian food Drink: Orange / Apple Juice and Water Restaurant: Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi Hotel: Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney Holiday resort: Yorkshire, Headingley Favorite magazine/NewspaperM agazine: Sportstar Newspaper: Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch Hobbies Collecting CDs,listening to music with friends Favorite Car Maruti Favorite music Ghazals, film music, music by Dire Straita, Michael Learns to Rock, Michael Jackson and Eagles Favorite artistes Actors:Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar Actress:Madhuri Dixit Favorite film Coming To America Funniest moment When batting with Vinod Kambli in a school game. Vinod dropped his bat and started to fly a kite. Embarrassing moment People asking for autograph and then asking the name! Achievements in cricket With Vinod Kambli put on a record 664* runs partnership in the Harris Shield Competition The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket Scored 30 test centuries in 99 test matches Awards Maharashtra Bhushan Award-2000-01 Padma Shri Award-1999 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-1998 Cricketer of the Year by the Wisden Almanack-1997 Arjuna Award-1994 Other interesting facts Tendulkar wanted to play tennis. When his brother turned him to cricket he wanted to become a fast bowler. But because of his height he became a batsman.Knows to cook certain dishes. Have cooked the dish Baigan-bartha once for all the team mates. Regarded As World's best batsman Motto in life Be true to yourself Quote by BRADMAN on Tendulkar "Tendulkar is the only person who reminds me of myself"