Professional cricket player. Largely considered cricket's greatest
batsman, Sachin Tendulkar was born April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India, to a
middle-class family, the youngest of four children. His father was a
professor while his mother worked for a life insurance company.
Named after his family's favorite music director, Sachin Dev Burman,
Tendulkar wasn't a particularly gifted student, but he'd always shown
himself to be a standout athlete. He was 11 years old when he was given
his first cricket bat and his talent in the sport was immediately
apparent. At the age of 14 he scored 329 out of a world record stand of
664 in a school match. As his accomplishments grew, he became a sort of
cult figure among Bombay schoolboys.
After high school Tendulkar enrolled at Kirti College, where his
father also taught. The fact that he decided to go to the school where
his father worked was of no surprise. Tendulkar's family is very close
and years after he'd achieved stardom and cricket fame, he continued to
live next door to his parents.
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