Sachin Tendulkar: Fab at 40

April 24, 2013 is the day Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar turns 40. Known as the god of cricket, Sachin has millions of fans in India and abroad. The nveiling of his wax statue at Sydney\'s Madame Tussaud\'s recently was a testimony to the Master Blaster\'s fame.Since his debut in 1989, Sachin has gone on to break and hold almost all records in the cricketing world. From 100 100\'s to the first double century in ODI, most runs in cricket, most 50\'s, most runs in ODI\'s, most runs in Tests, etc. The only record Sachin has been unable to break is the highest average. This feat still belongs to Sir Don Bradman who averaged more than 99.

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Sachin Tendulkar: Fab at 40

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013, 12:00 IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Webdesk

DNA Web Team

The master blaster turns another year older.





April 24, 2013 is the day Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar turns 40. Known as the god of cricket, Sachin has millions of fans in India and abroad. The unveiling of his wax statue at Sydney\'s Madame Tussaud\'s recently was a testimony to the Master Blaster\'s fame.







Since his debut in 1989, Sachin has gone on to break and hold almost all records in the cricketing world. From 100 100\'s to the first double century in ODI, most runs in cricket, most 50\'s, most runs in ODI\'s, most runs in Tests, etc. The only record Sachin has been unable to break is the highest average. This feat still belongs to Sir Don Bradman who averaged more than 99.







In the ad world Sachin milked money as he was a trusted face and name. He did many ads over the years. Pepsi, Boost and Castrol are some of the products he promoted. Still having a high appeal when it comes to ads, Sachin has a number of products that he endorse

Fans have worshipped him with Dhanush making a song dedicated to Sachin.A humble man who lives with his wife Anjali and children Sara and Arjun in Bandra, Sachin is as down to earth off the field as he is on the field. A keen fan of other sports Sachin has been seen at many tennis, F1 events. Sachin joining Twitter made the Twitterverse go gaga and his joining Parliament also raised a controversy.



In the past few years Sachin\'s nervous 90\'s moments and his struggle to score runs freely like he used to do earlier has raised a lot of doubts of retirement.



Sachin kept himself away from the shortest format of the game and has only participated in the IPL where he plays T20 for the Mumbai Indians. Known as the Master Blaster, Sachin retired from ODI cricket recently putting an end to the days of India\'s \'Jersey No10\' with the name Tendulkar on it.When Sachin walks away from cricket with his Test retirement will be a moment of celebration rather than loss for the game as one of the greatest players to ever play cricket will hang his bat. This has raised a lot of doubts as many feel Sachin should retire sooner rather than later.



Sachin however, has said that he will not retire till he feels that the time is right. He said he had retired from ODI to concentrate on his Test career and to prolong it.



As Sachin celebrates another birthday, we wish him all the success in life as we celebrate a legend\'s great day.














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