The living legend Sachin is worshipped as God of cricket by the cricket fans. His unmatchable talent has brought him such a credit. He has been an influence for many other young cricketers to pursue a career in cricket.
Sachin started doing records since he was a small child. Even as a school boy he used to score centuries in every innings he participated. He was the youngest player to hit a century in his first-class debut. In 1992, during India’s tour of South Africa, he became the youngest player to score 100 test runs. He is the first overseas- born player to represent Yorkshire in English county championship.
He was rated the World’s no.1 batsman by prestigious Coopers and Lybrands ratings in the next year. He won ICC quarter-final against Australia by scoring 141 out of 128 balls and took four wickets in 1998. He is the fifth player to cross 7,000 runs. With the limited overs he scored 10,000 runs in the cricket history and had also equaled Bradman’s record of 29 test centuries.While playing group matches in 2003 World Cup against Pakistan, he scored his 12,000th ODI run.
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Signing a contract valued 180 crores over 3 years Sachin became the highest earning cricketer in the world. He was named no.1 among his list of best 50 cricketers in the world by the Australian cricketer Shane Warne. He is the first cricketer to score 1,000 runs in a calendar year during separate occasions.
In 1994, he received Arjuna award from the government of India for his achievements in cricket. India’s highest honor of achievements in sports, Rajiv Khel Ratna Award was given to him in 1997. India’s fourth highest civilian award, Padmashri was given in 1999 and he was warded with India’s second highest ward, Padma Vibhusan in the year 2008.
The list is not ended and Sachin will fill it in the near future with his outstanding performances as usual.
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