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Sachin Tendulkar Biography

 Sachin Tendulkar biography is so impressive that anyone can get inspired from it. When 16 years old Sachin entered the world of cricket against Pakistan, experts said a lot of things about Sachin Tendulkar height, but tallest of the bowlers have proven short in front of Sachin Tendulkar height. Although Sachin Tendulkar height is 5ft 5 inch but bowlers like Courtney Walsh, Curtley Ambrose and Tom Moody, who are some of the tallest bowlers in Sachin’s era, have received thrashing from Sachin’s heavy bat. With time, Sachin Tendulkar height and stature in world cricket has become tallest.

Sachin Tendulkar profile : If you talk about Sachin Tendulkar profile, he has done everything to make his profile just the perfect one. If any cricketer in the world can include even 1% of ingredients of Sachin Tendulkar profile in his approach towards Cricket, he’ll be a good player, if not great. A short Sachin Tendulkar profile includes following details of Sachin Tendulkar.


    * Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
    * Father’s name : Ramesh Tendulkar
    * Mother’s name : Rajni Tendulkar
    * Sachin Tendulkar birthday : April 24, 1973 , Bombay (now Mumbai)
    * Current age 36 years 150 days (as on 21 Sep 2009 )
    * Major teams: India , Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
    * Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master, Master Blaster
    * Batting style: Right-hand bat
    * Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
    * Sachin Tendulkar height : 5 ft 5 in
    * Education: Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
People in India want to know complete Sachin Tendulkar biography. When anyone goes through Sachin Tendulkar profile or Sachin Tendulkar biography, he comes to know how a young boy from Mumbai rose to the height of popularity in the world of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar height may not be that big, but his stature is the biggest in the Cricketing world. This website puts a full-stop on your search for Sachin Tendulkar biography.


A bit more on Sachin Tendulkar profile: Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the complete batsmen ever. He has all the shots in the book. Also, he is unarguably the biggest crowd puller and icon of the game. Even, all time great Late Sir Don Bradman told his wife that Sachin reminded him of himself. Few people know that Sachin actually wanted to become a fast bowler, but legendary pacer Denis Lillee turned away Sachin from MRF Pace Academy , based in Chennai. Debuted at the age of 16, a glimpse of greatness was seen by another Indian great Kapil Dev, when he continued to bat with a blood soaked shirt, as he was hit by a Waqar Younis bouncer in his debut match. He even had 16 international Hundreds before the age of 25. In 2008, he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test runs scorer and the first bastman to score 12,000 runs. There were times in Indian households, when Sachin Tendulkar used to get out, people used to turn off their Television sets.

Sachin Tendulkar birthday is on April 24. In India , Sachin Tendulkar birthday is like a festival among cricket lovers. India is already a cricket crazy country and thus, Sachin Tendulkar birthday is celebrated like a festival. Millions of fan mails and wishes are received by Sachin Tendulkar every year on Sachin Tendulkar birthday. We even wonder, whether there would be a national holiday on Sachin Tendulkar birthday, after he retires from Cricket.

When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.

At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15 runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of 18 balls at Peshawar.

In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.

During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.

At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for the English county as the first overseas player.

SACHIN-TENDULKAR-WALLPAPERIn the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 873 runs in 11 matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.

Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.

Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.

Personal Life



In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a Mumbai-based NGO.
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Michael SchumacherBiography,

Michael Schumacher's Name : Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher's Nicknames : Schumi, Schuey
Michael Schumacher's Birth Date : January, 03, 1969
Michael Schumacher's Birth Place : Hürth-Hermühlheim/Germany
Michael Schumacher's Nationality: German
Michael Schumacher's Residence: Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland
Michael Schumacher's Occupation: Sport
Michael Schumacher's Height 1.74m
Michael Schumacher's Weight 68kg
Michael Schumacher's Sign: Capricorn
Michael Schumacher's Family :
Michael Schumacher's Marital Status : Married
Michael Schumacher's Wife Name : Corinna
Michael Schumacher's Children: 2
Michael Schumacher's Daughter : Gina-Maria (DOB 19/01/97)
Michael Schumacher's Son : Mick (DOB 22/03/99)
Michael Schumacher's Father : Rolf
Michael Schumacher's Mother : Elizabeth
Michael Schumacher's Brother : Ralf (DOB 30/6/75)

Michael Schumacher's Pets:Four Dogs :
West Highland White Terrier: Jenny, Half-Breed: Floh from Interlagos/Brazil, two Belgian Shepherd Dogs
Michael Schumacher's Educated profession: Car Mechanic

Michael Schumacher's Interests : Soccer, tennis, swimming, skiing

Michael Schumacher's Teams: Jordan (1991), Benetton (1991-1995), Ferrari (since 1996)

Pre-Grand Prix Career: Karts, Formula König, German Formula 3 for WTS (Champion 1990), Group C Sports Car Racing for Sauber

Mercedes

Michael Schumacher's First Grand Prix: Belgium 1992 in Spa with a 7up Jordan Ford, qualified 7th but retired in lap one (clutch)

Michael Schumacher's First Worldchampionship Points: Italy 1991 with 5th place in his second Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher's First Grand Prix Win: Belgium 1992 in Spa with a Camel Benetton Ford

Michael Schumacher's Manager: Wilhelm F. Weber
Michael Schumacher's Famous For :
Michael Schumacher is widely considered to be the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time
Michael Schumacher's Quotes :
"In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one

year with the perfect car. ."

Michael Schumacher's Career Profile :

FERRARI DRIVERS` WORLDCHAMPIONS
(1952) Alberto Ascari (I)
(1953) Alberto Ascari (I)
(1956) Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)
(1958) Mike Hawthorn (GB)
(1961) Phil Hill (USA)
(1964) John Surtees (GB)
(1975) Niki Lauda (A)
(1977) Niki Lauda (A)
(1979) Jody Scheckter (ZA)
(2000) Michael Schumacher (D)
(2001) Michael Schumacher (D)


Michael Schumacher's WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

(1991) 12th
(1992) 3rd
(1993) 4th
(1994) World Champion (Benetton Ford B194)
(1995) World Champion (Benetton Renault B195)
(1996) 3rd
(1997) Vice Champion (later disqualified)
(1998) Vice Champion
(1999) 5th*
(2000) World Champion (Ferrari F1-2000)
(2001) World Champions (F 2001)

(1991) only driven last third of the season
(1999) missing 7 Grand Prix because of a broken leg in Silverstone


Michael Schumacher's ALL TIME GRAND PRIX VICTORIES

1 Alain Prost (51), Michael Schumacher (51)

3 Ayrton Senna (41)

4 Nigel Mansell (31)

5 Jackie Stewart (27)

6 Jim Clark and Niki Lauda (25)

8 Juan Manuel Fangio (24)

9 Nelson Piquet (23)

10 Damon Hill (22)

11 Mika Hakkinen (19)

12 Stirling Moss (16)

13 Jack Brabham, Graham Hill and Emerson Fittipaldi (14)

16 Alberto Ascari 13

17 Mario Andretti, Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann (12)
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Michael PhelpsBiography,

Michael Phelps's Full name: Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps's Also known as: Baltimore Bullet, MP
Michael Phelps's born: June 30, 1985
Michael Phelps's Place of birth : Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Michael Phelps's Nationality United States
Michael Phelps's Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Michael Phelps's parents: Fred and Debbie Phelps
Michael Phelps's Height: 6 ft. 3in. (193 cm)
Michael Phelps's Weight: 165 (88 kg)
Michael Phelps's Feet size: 14
Michael Phelps's Arm span: 200 cm
Michael Phelps's Best Known As: The swimmer who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Michael Phelps's sport: Swimming, Stroke(s) Butterfly, individual medley, freestyle, backstroke
Michael Phelps's Club : North Baltimore Aquatic Club
Michael Phelps's Residence: Ann Arbor, MichiganNBC
Michael Phelps's College: University of MichiganNBC
Broke his first record in March of 2001United States Olympic Committee
Youngest male athlete to break a world recordUnited States Olympic Committee
Has won the most Olympic gold medals of all timeReuters: 11th Gold for Phelps (August 12, 2008)3
Broke Mark Spitz's for the most gold medals won in a single Summer Olympics seasonUSA Today: Chasing Destiny4
Michael Phelps's team / club: USA, North Baltimore AC
events: Freestyle, Butterfly and Individual Medley events
Michael Phelps's personal bests: Phelps seems to break a world record almost daily, so it is hard to keep up with his personal bests
has two sisters: Whitney and Hillary
Michael Phelps's Favorite music: Rap (DMX)
Michael Phelps's Favorite movie: Austin Powers
Phelps swam in the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a 15 year old in a single event, the 200m butterfly, finishing fifth.
Records Broken at the 2008 Olympics

400 meter individual medley - 4:03.84NBC Olympics: Men's 400m Individual Medley -- Final5
4 x 100 meter freestyle relay - 3:08.24NBC Olympics: Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay -- Final6
200 meter freestyle - 1:42.96NBC Olympics: Phelps Wins Third Gold of Games in 200m Free (August 11, 2008)7
200 meter butterfly - 1:52.03NBC Olympics: Men's 200m Butterfly -- Final8
4 x 200 meter freestyle relay - 6:58.56NBC Olympics: Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay -- Final9
200 meter individual medley - 1:54.23NBC Olympics: Men's 200m Individual Medley -- Final10
4 x 100 medley relay - 3:29.34NBC Olympics: Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay -- Final11

Michael Phelps's achievements:

Only swimmer to ever break five world records at one meet
won FINA trophy at 2003 World Championships as top swimmer
only man to win five U.S. National titles at the same Championships
only man to ever win a U.S. National title in three different strokes at one national championship
youngest member of 2000 Olympic Games team
youngest male Olympian since 1932
Swimmer of the year 2001 (USA Swimming)
At the US Olympic Trials in 2004 set a record of qualifying to compete in six individual events.
He broke five world records at the 2003 world championships
Athens Olympic Results, 2004
o 400m individual medley,4:08.26 WR,1st
o 4x100m freestyle relay,3:14:62,3rd
o 200m freestyle,1:45.32 AR,3rd
o 200m butterfly,1:54.04 OR,1st
o 4x200m freestyle relay,7:07.33,1st
o 200m individual medley,1:57.14 OR,1st
o 100m butterfly,0:51.25 OR,1st
o 4x100m medley relay,3:31:54 WR,1st



Michael Phelps's Medal record
Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly
Gold 2004 Athens 200 m butterfly
Gold 2004 Athens 200 m medley
Gold 2004 Athens 400 m medley
Gold 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle
Gold 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle
Bronze 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle

Michael Phelps's World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly
Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m butterfly
Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m medley
Gold 2003 Barcelona 400 m medley
Gold 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m freestyle
Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m medley
Gold 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley
Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m freestyle
Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly
Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m butterfly
Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m medley
Gold 2007 Melbourne 400 m medley
Gold 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly
Gold 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly
Gold 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley
Silver 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
Silver 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2005 Montreal 100 m butterfly
Silver 2009 Rome 200 m freestyle

World Championships - Short Course
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle

Michael Phelps's Pan Pacific Championships
Gold 2002 Yokohama 200 m medley
Gold 2002 Yokohama 400 m medley
Gold 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley
Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m butterfly
Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m medley
Gold 2006 Victoria 400 m medley
Gold 2006 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2002 Yokohama 200 m butterfly
Silver 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2006 Victoria 200 m backstroke
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Mahendra Singh DhoniBiography,

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Full Name : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Nick Name : Dhoni, Mahi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Birth Date : July 7, 1981
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Zodiac Sign : Cancer
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Birth Place : Ranchi, Bihar - India
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Family :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Father : Pan Singh (MECON employee)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Mother : Devki Devi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Sister : Jayanti Gupta
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Brother : Narendra
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Pets :
Sam (German Shepherd)
Zara (black Labrador)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Profession : Cricket Player
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Major teams : India, Asia XI, Jharkhand, Chennai Super Kings
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Batting style : Right-handed batsman
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Fielding Position : Wicketkeepe
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Bowling Style : Right-arm medium
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favourite Shot: Lofted shot over mid wicket, the patented helicopter shot
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Lucky number : 7
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Education :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's School: DAV school, Ranchi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's College: Gossner College
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Motto of his life : Never give up
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Cricket Debut :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test Debut : India v Sri Lanka at Chennai - Dec 2-6, 2005
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ODI Debut :Bangladesh vs. India at Chittagong – December 23, 2004
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Twenty20 Int. debut : South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Cricketers: Adam Gilchrist and Sachin Tendulkar
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Actress : Angelina Jolie
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Actor : Amitabh Bachan
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Model : Deepika Padukone
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Outfit : T-shirt, jackets, designer jeans and designer-boots.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's His characteristics : Thinks positive
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Movies : Agneepath and Sholay
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Accessories :Chunky Watches.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Food: Chicken butter masala with naan, chicken tikka pizza and all home made foods
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Bollywood idol:John Abraham
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Favorite Sports: badminton, hockey, football, table tennis
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Present: When India won the 2007 World Twenty20 under his captaincy.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Achievements :
Won the Pepsi & MTV Youth Icon of the year 2006.
Nominated for NDTV Youth Icon of the year 2006.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Dislikes :
He Dislikes English songs
He Dislikes Working out at gyms
He Dislikes Drives Scorpio, Pajero

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Hobbies and interests :
Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
He Loves to ride bikes
He Enjoys playing badminton
He loves gossips
He hip-hop
He Likes to play Computer games Counter Strike, Black Hawk Down, Men of Valor


Milk-a-holic : He drinks a litre of milk everyday. It can be milkshake, hot chocolate or anything.
He Hates : people with double standards and those who 'butter him up'.
He Highly confident about himself
He Is aggressive on the field

Famous opinion : "I feel we (cricketers from small towns) are tougher than players from metros. In Ranchi, there were no

academics, good gyms or high-profile coaches, so we had to learn the cricket hard way. "

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Cricketing Facts :
He was selected for the district and club level in both football and cricket. But his football instructor Mr. K. R. Banerjee sent him to

play cricket.

Based on his club cricket performances, he was picked for the 1997-98 Vinoo Manked Trophy U-16 Championship.
On the 31st of October, he broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which

was played at Jaipur.


Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Records:
Holds the record for highest runs scored by a wicketkeeper, i.e. 183 not out. His innings of 183 not out is the highest score made by

anyone in the second innings of an ODI.
He hit the most number of sixes by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket, which is a total of 10 sixes.
Made a record of scoring 120 runs in an ODI from boundaries and sixes(15 boundaries and 10 sixes).
Is the only second Indian to reach 1st position on LG's ICC ODI batting rankings.
On 31st October 2005 Mahendra Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls, accompanying that there are a list of records which he

broke
Became the first Indian to hit 10 sixes in an ODI.
He hit 10 Sixes, the most by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket (The highest is 11 by Sanath Jayasuriya

and Shahid Afridi)
He broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper
He is the second highest in scoring maximum runs in boundaries after Herchelle Gibbs of South Africa
In this match Kumar Sangakkara also made a century, making it the first match in which both wicket keepers scored a century
He has an average of 48.89 giving him the 4th highest average in the world overall
The highest Indian average
Highest average for a wicketkeeper.
2nd Highest average among those who have made more than 1200 runs in one day international cricket
Highest strike rate among the top 5 averages
He has a strike rate of 100.96 giving him the sixth highest strike rate overall
The highest by an Indian
The 4th highest among players who have made more than 1000 runs in International Cricket
In April 2006 Dhoni was briefly ranked No.1 in the ICC one day Batsmen's ratings. He is currently ranked No. 4 after a poor series in

the West Indies.
Statistics are true as of 30/4/06




Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Batting Statstics
Cricket Type Test ODI Twenty20
Matches Played 36 135 13
Innings Played 57 121 12
Not Outs 6 32 3
Runs 1854 4385 215
Highest 148 183 * 45
Balls Faced 2996 4815 207
200+ 0 0 0
100’s 1 4 0
50’s 14 30 0
4’s 215 336 16
6’s 32 98 4
Catches / Stamps 85 / 18 132/ 41 3 / 0
Avg 36.35 49.26 23.88
St/R 61.88 91.06 103.86
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