10 Little Known Facts About Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar


5. Initial days as a Cricketer-

Sachin scored his first ever century on a match played for Shradashram Vidyamandir against the Don Bosco School, Matunga, in the Harris Shield quarter-final at Shivaji Park. He was gifted with a pair of ultra-light pads personally owned by Sunil Gavaskar. Unfortunately, those pads were stolen during the under-15 national camp. After he was selected for the under-15 Bombay squad, Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a GM bat. It was at the under-15 national camp in Indore where Sachin met Sourav Ganguly for the very first time. The average maintained by Sachin in the 1988 Harris Shield was 102.5. Both Sachin and Gavaskar were included among the 36 Bombay Ranji Trophy probables in 1987. It is a surprising fact that this cricketing legend the world has ever produced was one among the ball boys during the 1987 Cricket World Cup held in India.

6. Test-Match records: No cricketers ever held!

Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to have scored at least ‘TWO’ centuries against all other Test playing countries. That includes countries like West Indies, Srilanka, Australia, Zimbabwe, England, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand.

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