Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar born on 24th April 1973 is one of the
best cricketer in this world and is considered as the best Batsman in One Day
International and considered as second after Don Bradman in the all time
greatest cricketer in Test cricket,And in India he is known as the “God of
Cricket”,he is also known as Tendlya, Little Master in India,and today is his
birthday means on 24th April 2013 and we will be sharing some Unknown and
little known facts about Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar on his Birthday-
Top 10 Facts You Might Don’t know about Sachin Tendulkar–1.Sachin Tendulkar was named “Sachin” by his father after legendary musician SD Burman.
2.Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest
player to play in a Ranji Team at the age of 14 years.
3.Tendulkar’s
dream of becoming a fast bowler was rejected during 1987 in Chennai at the
MRF Pace Academy by Australian great Dennis Lillee.
4.Sachin Tendulkar bats and bowl using his Right hand but
writes using his left hand means he is an ambidextrous.
5.Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most man-of-the-match
awards won by a player on losing side which is 6 times.
6.Sachin Tendulkar scored five Test centuries which is a
world record before the age of 20.
7.Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to have scored
over 2,000 runs in World Cup cricket. He has scored 2,278 runs in 45 matches.
He has also been the top run scorer in an individual World Cup tournament twice
– 673 runs in 2003 and 523 runs in 1996.
8.Sachin Tendulkar is Superstitious,During the game against
Pakistan in Ferozshah Kotla, where Anil Kumble scalped his record 10 wickets in
an innings, a superstitious Tendulkar, handed Kumble’s cap and sweater to the
umpire before the latter began his over. Kumble picked up a wicket each time
Sachin did so.
9.When Sachin Tendulkar won the man-of-match award for his
first Test century in 1990, he was given a champagne bottle.Although he could
not use it as he was below 18 and age limit for alcohol was 18,he opened that
champagne bottle on his Daughter’s first birthday in 1998.
10.Sachin had a
habit of sleepwalking as well as talking in his sleep.