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World famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar carries his cricket equipment in cricket bags.

The Little Master

Sachin Tendulkar is recognized as one of the world's greatest cricket players and is referred to as "The Little Master" of cricket. Tendulkar is so revered that his success story has been made a textbook lesson in Indian schools so that the students can draw inspiration from him. Born in Mumbai on April 24, 1973, Sachin grew up in a middle-class family. He started his cricketing career at Sharadashram Vidyamandir School , where he once shared in a 600 run partnership with Vinod Kambli. They would have carried on had their teacher not ordered them to pack up their equipment in their cricket bags and retire. Sachin was then groomed for international competition.

Youngest ever player

During his debut first-class match as a player for Bombay , Tendulkar scored a century at age 15. He was the youngest player to ever accomplish this. By the time he turned 20 he already had five Test centuries to his name, proving that he had bags of equipment to succeed in international cricket . It was during a tour of Australia in 1991 and 1992 that Tendulkar made his mark, dominating games and emerging as India 's best batsman. At a game in Perth during the tour, Tendulkar scored 114 runs during one of his most famous innings. His legend grew as he played impressively against other cricket stalwarts in the West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan .

Cricketer of the Year

In 1997, Sachin scored 1,000 test runs for the first time in his career and earned a Cricketer of the Year Award. He would regain the award in 1999, 2001 and 2002, cultivating his status as the country's best cricketer with his impressive batting, inning after inning. Since his international debut in 1989, Tendulkar has amassed some impressive statistics, including the fourth-highest test cricket run tally, the highest batting average for a player with over 8,500 test runs, and the most runs and centuries in one-day international matches. He has shown bags of style in his use of his cricket equipment.

Temdulkar's specialities

Tendulkar's  'specialties' include the straight drive, the cover drive, the square cut, the pullshot over midwicket/square leg, the delicate leg glance, the late cut, the lofted shots over mid-on and mid-off and not to mention the improvisations he keeps coming up with, time and again. He has tremendous power in his forearms and can hit the ball out of almost every ground in the World. He has even employed the reverse sweep to good effect. Indeed, his cricketing skills have been considered unsurpassed, his use of equipment and bags of enthusiasm combining to make him the sporting hero he is today. Mentally very strong, Tendulkar is best when confronted by a challenge .

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