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Sachin Tendulkar. Credit: AFP

The former Indian legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his 46th birthday today. Consequently, the whole cricket fraternity poured wishes for the Master Blaster. Tendulkar is regarded as one of the best batsmen to have ever embraced the game. The legendary batsman has a plethora of records in his bag.

Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches, which is the most by any cricketer till now. Tendulkar went on to feature in 463 One Day Internationals for the Men in Blue, which is once again the most for any player. The Master Blaster played also played a solitary T20 International.

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Cricket Fraternity Pours Down Wishes for Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman of the game.

The Little Master scored 15921 runs in the red-ball version, which is the highest for any batsman. The talisman right-hander scored 51 hundred, 68 fifties and six double tons in the multi-day format. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1989 and scored his runs at an average of 53.79.

The former Indian opener also amassed 18426 runs in the 50-overs version, which is again the record for most runs. He went on to score his runs at an average of 44.83 and scored 49 ODI centuries and 96 half-centuries in his white ball career. Tendulkar made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 1989.

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Cricket Fraternity Pours Down Wishes for Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar (Credits: PTI)

Consequently, Sachin Tendulkar played in the Indian colours for a long period of 24 years. Sachin was always instrumental in the success of the team and went on to play with great success.

In fact, Sachin Tendulkar played a big part in making India a cricket loving country. There were always huge expectations from the little man and it was assumed that the match is finished when he used to get out.

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Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar also had a great record in the World Cup history. He is the leading run-scorer in World Cup event as he accumulated 2278 in 45 matches he played.

Here is how Cricket Fraternity wished Tendulkar on his 46th Birthday:

https://twitter.com/Lbalaji55/status/1120925345627000837

 

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