Retired Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the greatest batsmen in the history of his sport.

Tendulkar became the youngest person and the first sportsman to be conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.

Sachin Tendulkar was born April 24, 1973, in Bombay, India , he is middle-class family, the youngest of four children. His father was a writer and a professor, while his mother worked for a life insurance company.Introduced to cricket at age 11, Tendulkar , was just 16 when he became India's youngest Test cricketer. In 2005, he became the first cricketer to score 35 centuries (100 runs in a single inning) in Test play. In 2008, he reached another major milestone by surpassing Brian Lara's mark of 11,953 Test runs. Tendulkar took home the World Cup with his team in 2011, and wrapped up his record-breaking career in 2013.

In the 15-year-old Tendulkar scored a century in his domestic first-class debut for Bombay in December 1988, making him the youngest player

In August 1990, the 17-year-old delivered a match-saving 119 not out against England to become the second-youngest player to record a century in Test play.

Tendulkar in 1992 became the first international player to sign with England

After finishing the 1996 World Cup as the event's leading scorer, Tendulkar was named captain of the Indian national team

Tendulkar remained as brilliant as ever on the field.He delivered perhaps his finest season in 1998, devastating Australia with both his maiden first-class double century and his memorable "desert storm" performance in Sharjah. In 2001, Tendulkar became the first player to score 10,000 runs in One Day International (ODI) competition, and the following year he surpassed the great Don Bradman on the all-time list with his 30th Test century. He was again the leading scorer during World Cup play in 2003, earning Man of the Series honors despite India's loss to Australia in the final.

Tendulkar's dominance of his sport continued even as he moved into his 30s. He delivered an unbeaten 241 against Australia in January 2004, and notched his record-breaking 35th century in Test competition in December 2005. In October 2008, he entered the record books again by blowing past Brian Lara's mark of 11,953 Test runs. On the heels of becoming the first player to post a double century in ODI play, he was named the 2010 International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year.