All About Sachin Tendulkar

• 1991,he became the youngest to score a century on Australian soil with a mammoth 148 in Sydney and followed it up with a ton at Perth; which he holds in highest of regard.

• He made his first class debut at the age of 15 and scored a century on debut.

• He was rated the number 1 batsman in the world by the prestigious Coopers and Lybrands ratings in 1995, and now in 1998. He was also number 1 in the CEAT cricket ratings of 1996.

• He has been rated the no.1 batsman in the latest Wisden Cricket Ratings (based on Test match performances). He has scored at an average of above 57 in the last two years ( 26 tests ).

• 23rd June 1998: Sachin Tendulkar wins the Coopers and Lybrand Award for best Test cricketer of the Year (based on performances in the last 12 months), backed by an amazing 40% of votes as the best test cricketer in a survey conducted by CricInfo (the largest cricket site on the 'net).

• July 07, 1998: Sachin receives the Mega Sixes award for hitting 5 sixes in the tournament.

• July 07, 1998: He was involved in a World Record opening stand with Saurav Ganguly of 252 runs off 44 overs- breaking the previous record of 225 runs held by Kenya.