One of the finest cricketers in history, Sachin Tendulkar made debut in 1989 at the age of 16

16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar played his first match against Pakistan in Karachi

In Tests, Sachin scored 15,921 runs and in ODIs, he has scored 8,426 runs. His prolific scores earned him title of 'Master Blaster'

In 1996, Sachin Tendulkar received the Rajiv Gandhi Ratna Award

Yuvraj Singh picks up Sachin Tendulkar to Celebrate the latter's century in a test match

In 2001, Sachin became the first batsman to complete 10,000 ODI runs. The feat was achieved against Australia

In 2011, India won the World Cup that became Tendulkar's last ICC tournament as he retired from international cricket

With 482 runs, including two centuries, Tendulkar was India's leading run-scorer for the tournament

In 2012, Master blaster etched history as he made his 100th century

The world praises Tendulkar even today for breaking maximum cricket records