SACHIN TENDULKAR, A LIVING GOD OF CRICKET

WHO IS SACHIN TENDULKAR

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in born 24 April 1973 Mumbai, Maharashtra,he is a former international cricketer of India who served as captain of the Indian national team. Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. 

Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer of all time in the international cricket, and the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International (ODI), the holder of the record for the most runs in both Test and ODI cricket, and the only player in cricket to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.

 In the year 2013, Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian cricketer who was included in the all-time Test World XI named to the mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Sachin Tendulkar is also affectionately known as "Little Master" or "master blaster" and also who known to be god of cricket.

In the year, 14 November 1987, the 14-year-old the God of Cricket was selected for the representation Bombay in the Ranji Trophy, India's premier domestic First-class cricket tournament, for the 1987–88 season. However, Sachin Tendulkar was not selected for the final eleven in any of the matches, though he was often used as a substitute fielder.

The God of Cricket just narrowly missed out on playing alongside his idol Gavaskar, who had to retired from all forms of the cricket after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. A year later, in 11 December 1988, aged 15 years and 232 days, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for the Bombay against Gujarat at the Wankhede stadium and also scored 100 not out in that match, which made him the youngest Indian to score a century on debut in first-class cricket.

The God of Cricket was selected to play for the team by the then Bombay captain Dilip Vengsarkar after watching him easily playing India's best fast bowler at the time, Kapil Dev, in the Wankhede Stadium's Cricket practice nets, where the Indian team had come to play against the touring New Zealand team. God of Cricket followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and the Duleep Trophies, which are also known to be Indian domestic tournaments.

2003 CRICKET WORLD CUP

The God of Cricket his made 673 runs in 11 matches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, helping India reach the final. While Australia had retained the trophy that they had won in 1999, the God of Cricket was given the Man of the Tournament award.

The God of Cricket continued to score heavily in ODI cricket that year, with two hundreds in a tri-series involving New Zealand and Australia. As a part-time bowler, he dismissed an exhausted centurion, Matthew Hayden in the tri-series final.

2003 TOUR OF AUSTRALIA

The drawn series as India toured Australia in 2003–04 saw Sachin Tendulkar making his mark in the last Test of the series, scoring 241 not out from 436 balls with 33 fours at a strike rate of 55.27 in the Sydney, putting India in the virtually unbeatable position. Sachin Tendulkar spent 613 minutes at the crease during his innings.

Sachin Tendulkar followed this up with an unbeaten 60 in the second innings of the Test. Prior to this Test match, he had had an unusually horrible run of form, failing in all six innings in the preceding three Tests. It was no aberration that 2003 was his worst year in Test cricket, with an average of 17.00 and just one fifty.

The God of Cricket scored an unbeaten 194 against Pakistan at Multan in the following series. Indian captain Rahul Dravid declared before SachinTendulkar reached 200; had he done so it would have been the fourth time he had to passed the landmark in the Tests. Sachin Tendulkar said that he was disappointed and that the declaration had taken him by surprise. Many former cricketers commented that Dravid's declaration was in bad taste. After the match, which India won, Dravid said that the matter had been discussed internally and put to rest.

A tennis elbow injury then took its toll on God of Cricket, leaving him out of the side for most of the year, which coming back only for the last two Tests when Australia toured India in 2004. The God of Cricket played a part in India's victory in Mumbai in that series with a fast 55, though Australia took the series 2–1.

In the 10 December 2005 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the God of Cricket, scored his record-breaking 35th Test century, against the Sri Lankans. After this, Tendulkar endured the longest spell of his career without a Test century: 17 innings elapsed before he scored 101 against Bangladesh in May 2007. Tendulkar scored his 39th ODI hundred on 6 February 2006 in a match against Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar followed with a 42 in the second One-Day International against Pakistan on 11 February 2006,and then a 95 in hostile, seaming conditions on 13 February 2006 in Lahore, which set up an Indian victory. 

In the 19 March 2006, after being dismissed for only one run against England in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, Wankhede, Sachin Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd, the first time that he had ever faced such flak. Tendulkar ended the three-Test series without a half-century to his credit, and the need for a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity.

 The God of Crickets comeback came in the DLF cup in Malaysia and he was the only Indian batsman to shine. In his comeback match, against West Indies on 14 September 2006, Tendulkar responded to his critics who believed that his career was inexorably sliding with his 40th ODI century.Though he scored 141 not out, West Indies won the rain-affected match by the D/L method.

In the 2007 Cricket World Cup debacle

During the preparation for the 2007 World Cup, the God of Cricket attitude was to be criticised by Indian team coach Greg Chappell. Chappell reportedly felt that Sachin Tendulkar would be more useful down the order, while the latter felt that he would be better off opening the innings, the role he had played for most of his career.

Chappell also believed that Tendulkar's repeated failures were hurting the team's chances. In a rare show of emotion, Tendulkar hit out at the comments attributed to Chappell by pointing out that no coach had ever suggested his attitude towards cricket was incorrect. 

In the April 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a notice to the Sachin Tendulkar asking that his explanation for his comments made to the all media. Chappell subsequently resigned as coach but said that this affair had no bearing on his decision and that he and Sachin Tendulkar were on the good terms.

At the World Cup in the West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar and the Indian cricket team led by Rahul Dravid had a dismal campaign. Sachin Tendulkar, who was pushed to bat lower down the order had scores of 7 against Bangladesh, 57 not out against Bermuda and 0 against Sri Lanka. Therefore, former Australian captain Ian Chappell, brother of Greg, called for Sachin Tendulkar for retirement in his newspaper column.

The God of Cricket, popularity has led him to be pioneer in India on the cricket business dealings when Sachin Tendulkar signed record sports management deal with WorldTel in 1995, the value of the deal being ₹300 million (US$4.0 million) over five years. The God of Cricket next contract with WorldTel in 2001 was  valued at the ₹800 million (US$11 million) over five years. In 2006, Sachin Tendulkar signed his contract with Saatchi and Saatchi's ICONIX valued at ₹1.8 billion (US$24 million) over three years.

Sachin Tendulkar has opened two restaurants: Tendulkar's (Colaba, Mumbai) and Sachin's (Mulund, Mumbai) and Bangalore. God of Cricket owns these restaurants in the partnership with the Sanjay Narang of the Mars Restaurants.

The God of Cricket co-owned the Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League Football in association with PVP Ventures owned by Prasad V Potluri till 2017. The team has been named as Kerala Blasters after his nickname "Master Blaster". He also jointly owns the badminton team Bengaluru Blasters which participates in the Premier Badminton League.

In the year 2013, the God of Cricket was listed at the 51st position in the Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes, with all his total earnings estimated to be US$22 million. In October 2013, the net worth of Tendulkar was estimated at US$160 million, making Sachin Tendulkar India's wealthiest cricket player.