sachin_20yrs_ban

Sachin 1

1989 Sachin Tendulkar, at the age of 15, had become the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut, in 1988. A year later he made his Test debut in Pakistan, mixing it with the likes of Kapil Dev, who had started playing for India when Tendul

Sachin 2

1990 At the age of 17 years and 112 days, Tendulkar scored the first of 87 international hundreds. His 110 in the fourth innings at Old Trafford helped India save the Test against England

Sachin 3

1991 Tendulkar won Australia over by scoring 114 at the WACA, the bounciest pitch in the world. During the innings Merv Hughes told Allan Border: \"This little ***** is going to get more runs than you, AB.\"

Sachin 4

1992 Tendulkar was 19 years and 217 days when he passed the 1000-Test-runs milestone, the youngest to do so. He did it while scoring 111 out of India\'s 227 in Johannesburg. Earlier in the year he had become Yorkshire\'s first-ever overseas signing

Sachin 5

1989 Sachin Tendulkar, at the age of 15, had become the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut, in 1988. A year later he made his Test debut in Pakistan, mixing it with the likes of Kapil Dev, who had started playing for India...

Sachin 6

1989 Sachin Tendulkar, at the age of 15, had become the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut, in 1988. A year later he made his Test debut in Pakistan, mixing it with the likes of Kapil Dev, who had started playing for India...

Sachin 7

1995 The little boy got married, to Anjali Mehta, a Bombay-based doctor, at age 22

Sachin 8

1996 Tendulkar became the first batsman to score more than 500 runs in a World Cup. His tally ended on 523, with this stumping against Sri Lanka, in the semi-final, which India lost

Sachin 9

1996 Tendulkar\'s first captaincy assignment was the inaugural Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India won the one-off Test in Delhi

Sachin 10

1996 The year Tendulkar mania took off in India. He was everywhere

Sachin 11

1997 Tendulkar led India to a 4-1 victory against Pakistan in an ODI series in Toronto. It was one of India\'s few successes during his tenure

Sachin 13

1989 Sachin Tendulkar, at the age of 15, had become the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut, in 1988. A year later he made his Test debut in Pakistan, mixing it with the likes of Kapil Dev, who had started playing for India...

Sachin 14

1999 Australia fought back at home the following year and this Glenn McGrath lbw of Tendulkar, after he ducked into a short ball, is perhaps one of the most debated dismissals in cricket

Sachin 15

2000 In his 253rd match - the ICC Champions Trophy final in Nairobi - Tendulkar broke Mohammad Azharuddin\'s record of 9378 runs to become the highest run-scorer in ODIs. He\'s had it ever since

Sachin 16

2001 Tendulkar didn\'t contribute with the bat to India\'s greatest win of this decade - against Australia in Kolkata - but he picked up three vital second-innings wickets. He scored a century in Chennai to help India win the third Test and the series

Sachin 17

2002 In his 99th Test, Tendulkar overtook Don Bradman\'s 29 hundreds, by scoring 193 at Headingley. It contributed to an innings-and-46-run win

Sachin 18

2003 Tendulkar scored 98 of his record tally of 673 World Cup runs in one unforgettable innings against Pakistan in Centurion. The defining moment was a savage upper cut against Shoaib Akhtar that sailed over the third-man boundary. Tendulkar marshalled I