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Interesting Facts about Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is popularly known as God of Cricket in India by his followers. <br>He is a modest and humble man and once said that he is not the God of cricket, he makes mistakes but god doesn't.<br>

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Interesting Facts about Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

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  1. Interesting Facts about Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is popularly known as God of Cricket in India by his followers. He is a modest and humble man and once said that he is not the God of cricket, he makes mistakes but god doesn't. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. At his very young age of 11, he started playing cricket and at the age of 16, he made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi. He batted wearing the pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar. At the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to play county cricket. Some interesting facts about Sachin Tendulkar are, he is India's first active cricketer to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. In 1988, at the Brabourne Stadium, Sachin fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India.

  2. Sachin used to call Sourav Ganguly `Babu Moshai` while Ganguly calls him `Chhota Babu`. Sachin was a prankster once he put a hose pipe into Sourav Ganguly's room and turned the tap on. Sachin Tendulkar’s coach Ramakant Achrekar will give him a coin if he could bat through an entire session of nets without being dismissed. Sachin earned 13 such coins. Sachin became the richest cricketer in October 1995 when he signed a five-year contract with World Tel worth Rs 31.5 crore. Sachin Tendulkar's first car was a Maruti-800. The first advertisement in which Sachin Tendulkar featured was for a sticking plaster and the first brand which he endorsed was the health drink 'Boost.' Master Blaster started off with centuries in his debut matches in the Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy. He was the first international batsman to be given out by a third-umpire during the second day of the Durban Test in 1992. The bat which Sachin Tendulkar uses at the crease is very heavy weighing 3.2lbs. Only South African Player Lance Klusener used a heavier bat in world cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian cricketer who has received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by the Indian government. You can catch Match Prediction, IPL prediction, Live Cricket Score on Cricadium

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