Mumbai: Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 on Friday as countless wishes poured in for the master blaster on social media.
Born on April 24, 1973, Tendulkar made his debut in Test cricket on November 15, 1989. In the same year on December 18, he played his first ODI match.
The legendary cricketer has the most number of runs in the longest format of the game, amassing 15,921 runs. Along the way, Tendulkar scored 51 Test centuries, most by any player.
Things are no different in ODI cricket as Tendulkar atop the list of most runs in this format as well. He has accumulated 18,426 runs in ODI which includes 49 tons.
Tendulkar represented the country in six World Cups during his career that lasted for 24 years. He was the part of the 2011 World Cup-winning squad.
Team India members carry Sachin Tendulkar on their shoulders after 2011 World Cup win Sachin announced his retirement from One Day Internationals in December 2012. Later, in in October 2013 he announced retirement from Twenty20 and finally, all forms of cricket on November 13, 2013.
He has scored a total of 34,357 runs from 664 international cricket matches in the span of his cricketing career.
Meanwhile, cricket fraternity including former and current Indian cricketers took the lead in wishing Tendulkar, who remains as popular as ever after playing his last international match in 2013.
Interestingly, Tendulkar is the only cricketer to have hit 100 international centuries, and the first to score a double century in ODIs.
File image of Sachin Tendulkar
In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha and was the first sportsperson without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar received the Arjuna award in 1994 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997. He also received the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively.
File image of Sachin Tendulkar
The Mumbaikar also received India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 2014. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.
