Sachin Tendulkar Awards And Achievements

Table of content:

• Brief about Sachin Tendulkar
• The Early Career of Sachin Tendulkar
• Various Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Achievements

Let us take a brief look at one of the greatest cricketers to have ever graced the sport, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, and his career, including various Sachin Tendulkar awards and achievements.

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Brief about Sachin Tendulkar

In the world of cricket, there are many legendary names that spun out whenever the topic of the greatest players in the sport’s history comes up, and Sachin Tendulkar’s name tops the list every time. Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian cricketer who is more popularly known as the the “God of Cricket” and “Master Blaster”, was born on 24th April 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India. He had a knack for playing cricket from a very early age. It didn’t take a while before he caught the attention of the top officials and was soon offered many chances, that ultimately led to him being a part of the Indian National cricket team. Indian cricket fans were hoping Sachin Tendulkar will fulfill the role of the key player of his country but he accomplished much more than that and surpassed everyone’s expectations. He broke and created numerous records in the history of cricket, and won tons of awards and achievements and his career statistics define his greatness.

Sachin Tendulkar’s primary role was of a batsman and he was a run-making machine. Looking at his career record, he had made 15,921 runs in Test cricket format, followed by 18,246 runs in ODI and 2334 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He was also great at the bowler’s end and took 46 wickets in Test and 154 in ODI format. Cricket fans, critics, and even professionals did not just watch him play but enjoyed every moment of him being on the cricket field. Even the greatest of the great players, such as Brian Lara and Donald Bradman only had the finest of words to dedicate to the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar. Even the former United States President, Barrack Obama commented that he watches him play to understand why his country’s productivity drops by 0.5% whenever he plays cricket. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, in the year 2002, ranked Sachin Tendulkar to be the second greatest batsman in the Test form of cricket of all time, only behind Sir Donald Bradman. Mind you, this ranking was made when Sachin Tendulkar was only halfway through his cricket career and there have been many more magical moments and records made by him later down his career. He was also ranked as the second greatest batsman in the ODI format of cricket of all time, serially behind Sir Vivian Richards. In his international cricket career with team India, Sachin Tendulkar has made six world cup appearances in his life. And he went on to win the World Cup in his last ever appearance, at the 2011 World Cup, playing a significant role in the victory throughout the series. Apart from winning the cup, he has received the most amount of “Man of the Match” awards in the World Cup matches that tally up to 9 and had also won the “Player of the Series” title award at the ICC Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. The list of various Sachin Tendulkar awards also includes three of the highest civil recognition in India.

Sachin Tendulkar retired from ODI cricket back in December of 2012, from the T20 format in October of 2013, and from all forms of cricket on 16th November 2013. His final test match was also his 200th career Test Match, held in Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, against West Indies.

The Early Career of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar’s official debut in International cricket with team India happened on 15th November of 1989, in a Test match against team Pakistan, held in Karachi. He was only at the age of 16 years and 205 days at the time of his debut match but his early career dates back more than that. Even before Raj Singh Dungarpur’s efforts in selecting young and talented Sachin Tendulkar for the 1989 India tour of Pakistan, he proved himself nationally. He started his journey of playing cricket at the age of 11 and became very good at it. His performance did not go unnoticed and in just a few years, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in the Ranji Trophy, which is India’s first-class format of cricket, by representing team Bombay, against team Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium. At the time of his Ranji match debut, he was 15 years old, and his name and presence reached sky-high. After his inclusion in Team India, he participated in a number of matches against Pakistan on the tour. His exceptional performance of 50 runs in just 18 balls at the exhibition match that was held in Peshawar, earned quite the fame. Out of his half-century, 27 runs came out of a single over against Abdul Qadir, which consisted of five boundaries, including four 6’s and a single 4. Tendulkar is not only the youngest player to have made his Test debut for team India (16 years and 205 days of age) at that time, but he was also the youngest player to have made his ODI debut for the team (16 years and 238 days of age). Tendulkar is also the only overseas player who got selected to represent Yorkshire in County cricket in 1992 at the age of 19. Before him, they never considered adding an overseas player to their roster, not even from their neighboring regions.

Various Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Achievements

Various Sachin Tendulkar awards and achievements list of his entire career are massive. The names of these are mentioned below:

National Recognition Awards and Achievements:

• In 1994, Sachin Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award from the Government of India, in recognition of his excellency and exceptional achievements in sports.
• In 1997, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was awarded to Sachin Tendulkar, which is the nation’s utmost level of honor for achievements in sports.
• In 1999, Sachin Tendulkar received the Padma Shri award, which is recognized as India’s fourth-highest civilian award.
• In 2001, Sachin Tendulkar became the recipient of the Maharashtra Bhusan Award, which is the highest civilian award in the state of Maharashtra.
• In 2008, Sachin Tendulkar became the recipient of the Padma Vibhusan, the second-highest civilian award in India.
• In 2014, Sachin Tendulkar received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India.

Sporting Recognition Awards and Achievements:

• In 1997, Sachin was titled among the Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
• In 1998, Sachin was named and was included among the Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World.
• In 2002, he received a Ferrari 360 Modena from F1 legend Michael Schumacher, courtesy of the automotive company Ferrari for equalizing Sir Donald Bradman’s 29 centuries in Test cricket.
• In 2003, Tendulkar received the Player of the Series award during the South Africa ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.
• He received the honor of the International Cricket Council as a part of the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year in the years 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2010.
• He received the honor by the International Cricket Council as a part of the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year in the years 2009, 2010, and 2011 and are all a part of the various Sachin Tendulkar awards he had received in his life.
• Tendulkar won the Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year in the year 2006-07 and 2009-10.
• In 2010, Tendulkar was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the People Choice Award at the Asian Awards held in London.
• In 2010, Tendulkar was named for the second time as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.
• In 2010, Sachin Tendulkar was presented with the Sir Garfield Sobers Award as the Cricketer of the Year.
• In 2010, he received the LG People’s Choice Award.
• In 2010, the Indian Air Force made Tendulka the Honorary group captain.
• In 2011, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was awarded the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year award.
• In 2012, Sachin was awarded the Wisden India Outstanding Achievement Award.
• In 2012, the Australian government made Tendulkar an honorary member of the Order of Australia.
• In 2013, an official stamp of Sachin Tendulkar was released by the Indian Postal Service. With this, he became the second Indian to have received this honor, the first being Mother Teresa.
• In 2014, Sachin was named the cricketer of the Generation by ESPNCricinfo.
• In 2017, He was given the Asian Awards Fellowship award at the seventh Asian Awards.
• In 2019, the ICC inducted Sachin Tendulkar into the Cricket Hall of Fame.
• In 2020, Tendulkar received the Laureus World Sports Award for the Best Sporting Moment (2000-2020).

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