Sachin Tendulkar, the very name that strikes terror in the hearts of the bowlers all over the world, is regarded as the most accomplished batsman of modern day cricket.

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Sachin Tendulkar, the very name that strikes terror in the hearts of the bowlers all over the world, is regarded as the most accomplished batsman of modern day cricket.

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Ever since his debut against Pakistan in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar has been shining like a star in the international cricketing arena.

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But even the God of Cricket has had his shares of struggle and pain which only made the Little Master - the god of the game.

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Considered a child prodigy, Sachin made his test debut against Pakistan at just sixteen years old. At the age of 17, Sachin scored 24 runs in the test match against New Zealand.

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In Australia at Perth in 1992 Sachin Tendulkar decided to announce his arrival on the international arena with a belligerent 114-run knock.

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But, it was the 119 runs against England in Old Trafford in August 1990 which had made an impact. The first Test hundred is always special, and it is all the more special if it saves a team from defeat.

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England declared at 320/4 in their second innings to set India 408 to win. Sachin came out to bat at 109/4 and was middling the ball from the very start. At 183/6, India were facing certain defeat when Sachin and Manoj Prabhakar added 160 runs for the seventh wicket to save the game.

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Sachin is here congratulated by Merv Hughes after scoring 148 not out at the SCG against Australia. Shane Warne made his debut (1-150) in the same match, Tendulkar's third on Australian soil, which ended in a draw.

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The 1998 Border-Gavaskar series was billed as a Sachin-Warne face-off. While the former had established his credentials as one of the game's best batsmen, the latter's stock as a leg-spinner and a match winner too were at dizzy heights. Having fallen cheaply to Warne in the first innings, Sachin tore into him with such ferociousness that to this day, he enjoys a psychological supremacy over the Aussie.

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Faced with a big first innings total (529) by South Africa in 1998, the Indian batting was fumbling (58/5). This is when Sachin Tendulkar, in company of the swashbuckling Mohammad Azharuddin, decided to take the bull by its horns.

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