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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer
widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in One Day
International and second only to Don Bradman in the all time greatest
list in Test cricket. In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him
the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and
the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time,
behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup
appearances for India. He was also the recipient of "Player of the
Tournament" award of the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa.
Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna were changed to allow him receive the award. He is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of India.Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 5 December 2012, Tendulkar became first batsman in history to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of the game put together. At 36 years and 306 days, he became the first ever player to score a double-century in the history of ODIs. Two years later he became the first player to score 100 international centuries. As of December 2012, Tendulkar has played 657 matches in international cricket.
Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna were changed to allow him receive the award. He is also a member of Rajya Sabha of Parliament of India.Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 5 December 2012, Tendulkar became first batsman in history to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of the game put together. At 36 years and 306 days, he became the first ever player to score a double-century in the history of ODIs. Two years later he became the first player to score 100 international centuries. As of December 2012, Tendulkar has played 657 matches in international cricket.
Tendulkar
has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second
highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's
highest sporting honour. He was also the first sportsperson and the
first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of
Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar has received honorary
doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of
Health Sciences. Sachin holds the 19th rank in ICC Player Rankings for
Test batsmen as of 17 March 2013. On 1 August 2012, Sachin Tendulkar
was nominated for the ICC People's Choice award for the third time. In
2012, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament
of India.
Sachin Tendulkar was named as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in 2012. On 23 December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.
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