<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 27 April 2012--26 April 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2013 </Td> </Tr> <P> Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (/ ˌsʌtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər / (listen); born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former captain of the Indian national team, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time . He is the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket . Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty - four years . He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a ODI, the holder of the record for the most number of runs in both Test and ODI, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket . Cricket world calls him Little Master or Master Blaster and often referred to as the God of Cricket by Indian cricket followers, Despite his reputation, he is known for his modesty and humility, once stating "I am not the God of cricket . I make mistakes, God doesn't". </P> <P> In 2002, halfway through his career, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards . Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India . He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa . In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all - time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . </P>

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