Sachin Tendulkar

I grew up far from cricket culture, but even from Japan, Sachin Tendulkar's aura is impossible to miss. What fascinates me is the scale of devotion he carried: a billion people projecting their hopes onto one 165-centimeter batsman, match after match, for over two decades. Most athletes would crumble under a fraction of that pressure; he turned it into routine excellence. The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, going to a sportsman says everything about what he means beyond the scoreboard. To me he is the rare superstar whose greatness is measured less in records than in the calm with which he shouldered an entire nation's expectations.

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Name (English)

Sachin Tendulkar

Name (Japanese)

サチン・テンドルカール

Reading

さちん・てんどるかーる

Born

April 24, 1973 (age 53)

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Height

165 cm

Occupation

cricketer / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

University

Kirti M.Doongursee College

Awards & achievements

• 1994 Arjuna Award
• 1997 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award
• 2014 Bharat Ratna
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
• 1999 Padma Shri in sports
• 2008 Padma Vibhushan
• Outstanding Achievement Medal

• Official sitehttps://www.sachintendulkar.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sachintendulkar/
• Xhttps://x.com/sachin_rt
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin%20Tendulkar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9488

Tags

• Bombay State
• cricketer
• politician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.