Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

OBJECTIVE [i]
To seek career challenges keeping in view my past achievements and future goals. And to set new industry benchmarks in everything I endeavour.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• International Cricketer: Indian National Cricket Team [1989 onwards]
• First Class Cricketer: Mumbai, West Zone, Yorkshire [1988 onwards]
• Junior Cricketer: Shardashram School, Bombay U-15, West Zone U-15 [1985-1988]

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Indian Cricket Team: 1996-1997; 1999-2000.
Others: Mumbai, West Zone, Mumbai Indians, etc. [Various Times]

KEY OPERATIONS ; MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN

• 664* — Enough said. [Mumbai, 1988]
• 114* — Rescue mission against Spiteful Yellow Men on Green Earth. [Perth, 1991]
• 523 runs — Mission My World Cup. [India, 1996]
• 155* — Operation Deflate Warne [Chennai, 1998]
• 143 & 134 — Operation Desert Storm [Sharjah, 1998]
• 136 — Rescue Mission against the Vile Green Warriors on Dusty Earth [Chennai, 1999]
• 98 — Operation Tame Vile Green Warriors [Centurion, 2003]
• 672 runs — Mission My World Cup II. [South Africa, 2003]
• 241* and 60* — Mission Avoid Cover Drive [Sydney, 2004]
• 117* and 93 — Operation Slay Goliath [Sydney & Brisbane, 2008]
• 103* — Mission Heal Mumbai [Chennai, 2008]
• 200* — Mt 200 [Gwalior 2010]

OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES 

• 122 — Mission Hold The Empire [Edgbaston, 1996]
• 126 — Operation Protect Final Frontier [Chennai, 2001]
• 117 — Operation Kings of Queens Park [Port of Spain, 2002]
• 193 — Mission Conquer Leeds [Leeds, 2002]
• 194* — Mission Sultan of Multan [Multan, 2004]
• 111* — Half-centurion in Centurion [Centurion, 2010]

CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

• 119* — Operation Bat Till Bedtime [Manchester, 1990]
• 82 — Mission Find New Opener [Christchurch, 1993]
• 1-0-3-0 — Operation Hold South Africa [Kolkata, 1993]
• 169 — Operation Counterattack [Cape Town, 1996]
• 140* — Operation This Is For You, Father [Bristol, 1999]
• 175 — Mission Save Series [Hyderabad, 2009]

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Hundreds on Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.
• India‟s youngest Test and ODI cricketer at age 16 years, 207 days.
• Most runs in Tests and ODIs (14,513 and 17,598).
• Most hundreds in Tests and ODIs (50 and 46).
• Most ODI appearances (442)
• Most Tests appearances (175).
• 20 hundreds against Australia, the best team of my era.
• 1894 runs and 9 hundreds in ODIs in 1998, a record.
• 7 Test hundreds and 1543 Test runs in 2010, an Indian record.
• 1796 runs in five World Cups.
• Only cricketer with the 150 wickets and 15,000 runs „double‟ in ODIs.
• First cricketer to score 40 and 50 Test hundreds.
• First cricketer to score 20, 30 and 40 ODI hundreds.

OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS
I have interests in the food and beverages industry. I partly own two restaurants in Mumbai:

• Tendulkar‟s (Colaba, 2002).
• Sachin‟s (Mulund, 2004).

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

• PhD in Cricket.
• Secondary School, Shardashram Vidhya Mandir, Mumbai.

PATENTS
I‟ve mastered nearly every cricket stroke in the book, but have a special reputation for these.

• The Thunderous Bowler-Decapitating Straight Drive
• Back-foot Punch Through Cover
• Acute Paddle Sweep
• Slog Sweep Against Turning Leg-Break
• Effortless Wristy Flick Through Square Leg
• Point-Killing Square Cut

PASSIONS

• Cars & Racing: I love fast driving. I also own a Ferrari 360 Modena.
• Food: I am a foodie with a fondness for seafood.
• Music: I enjoy collecting music. Some of my favourites are Kishore Kumar, Mark Knopfler, MLTR.

AWARDS

• Arjuna Award [1994]
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year: [1997]
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [1997-98]
• Padma Shri [1999]
• Player of the Tournament, World Cup [2003]
• ICC Gary Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of The Year [2010]
• ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2008
• ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010
• Rajiv Gandhi Award for Sports [2005]
• Padma Vibhushan [2008]
• Man of Match Awards: 74
• ODIs: 61 times
• Tests: 14 times

• Man of the Series Awards: 19

a. ODIs: 15
b. Tests: 5

MAJOR CITATIONS

•  “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991]
•  “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman. Ever. [1998]
• “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He is the best batsman I‟ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World‟s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998]
• “Shit, I‟m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia‟s Fast Bowler. [1998]
• “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” — Wasim Akram, World‟s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002]
• “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?” — Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003]
• “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996]
• “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans].
• “Nothing bad can happen to us if we‟re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa Batsman. [2004]
• “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” — Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]
•  “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]
•  “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World‟s Most Successful Bowler. [2009]
•  “If I‟ve to bowl to Sachin, I‟ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket‟s McEnroe & Fast Bowling Legend. [Undated]

• “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia‟s Most Successful Pace Bowler. [Undated]
• “Sachin is a genius. I‟m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar‟s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated]
• “I haven‟t seen Bradman playing, but I have seen Sachin. To me, he himself is a milestone, and the best cricketer in the world.” — Sourav Ganguly, India‟s most successful captain
• “Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well.” — Sambit Bal, Editor, Cricinfo

MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES

• Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman [by Gulu Ezekiel]
• The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar [by Gulu Ezekiel]
• Sachin Tendulkar — A Definitive Biography [by Vaibhav Purandare]
• Sachin Tendulkar — Masterful [by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla]
• Tendulkar Opus [by Opus Media Group]

MEDIA COVERAGE

• Are you kidding me?
• LANGUAGE SKILLS
• Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.
• PERSONAL DETAILS
• Date of birth: April 24, 1973
• Hometown: Mumbai
• Family: Wife Anjali, daughter Sara, son Arjun.
• EARNINGS
• Approximately Rs 60 crore annually (That‟s Rs 600,000,000 or USD 13 million or GBP 7.8 million or Euro 8.7 million).

Sachin Tendulkar
Mumbai, December 21, 2010

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