Interesting facts about Sachin Tendulkar

Here is a compilation of some interesting facts about the Little Master.

1. Sachin Tendulkar is India's first active cricketer to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

2. As an aspiring fast bowler, a young Sachin Tendulkar was rejected by Dennis Lillee's MRF Pace Foundation in 1987.

3. During the 1987 World Cup, Sachin was a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium. He was 14 then.

4. Sachin Tendulkar fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at the Brabourne Stadium in 1988.

5. During his early days, Tendulkar would win a coin from his coach Ramakant Achrekar if he could bat through an entire session of nets without being dismissed. Tendulkar has 13 such coins.

6. In October 1995, Sachin became the richest cricketer when he signed a five-year contract worth Rs 31.5 crore with World Tel.

7. Sachin Tendulkar used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days.

8. Sachin Tendulkar loves collecting perfumes and watches.

9. Tendulkar's first car was a Maruti-800.

10. Sachin Tendulkar was the first international batsman to be given out by a third-umpire.
In 1992, on the second day of the Durban Test, a Jonty Rhodes throw caught Tendulkar short of the crease. After watching TV replays, he was adjudged out. Karl Liebenberg of South Africa was the third umpire in the match.

11. At 19, Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian to play county cricket.

12. The first advertisement in which Sachin featured was for a sticking plaster.

13. The first brand which Sachin Tendulkar endorsed was the health drink 'Boost.' He was
seen alongside Kapil Dev in many of their ad films, the start of which happened in 1990.

14. In his debut Test match, English fast bowler Alan Mullally complained that Sachin Tendulkar was batting with a bat broader than the normal willow.

15. Sachin Tendulkar started off with centuries in his debut matches in the Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy.

16. Sachin Tendulkar was led onto the field on his Ranji debut by his then captain, Ravi Shastri.

17. Sachin Tendulkar uses a very heavy bat at the crease, weighing 3.2lbs. Only South Africa`s Lance Klusener used a heavier bat in world cricket.

18. Sachin Tendulkar, who is considered as a calm character, was a big bully in the school.

19. Sachin Tendulkar went to watch the movie Roja in 1995 with a beard and disguise. It all went wrong when his glasses fell off and the crowd in the cinema hall recognized him.

20. Sachin Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by the Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.

21. When young Sachin fell from a tree on a Sunday evening during his summer vacation, while Guide was shown on national TV, his infuriated brother (and mentor) Ajit sent him to cricket coaching class as a punishment.

22. The naughty Sachin Tendulkar used to go fishing for tadpoles and guppy fishes in the stream that ran through the compound of Sahitya Sahawas at Bandra East.

23. Sachin Tendulkar once told a Marathi news channel in an interview that his weakness is `vada-pao`, a popular Maharashtrian snack.

24. Sachin used his favorite vampire bat during the innings in which he scored the historical 50th Test ton.

25. Sachin Tendulkar batted in his debut Test against Pakistan wearing the pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar.

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