Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 to Ramesh Tendulkar and Rajni Tendulkar and was the youngest of the four siblings in the family. His father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist whilst his mother Rajni Tendulkar was working as an employee in an Insurance company. Sachin Tendulkar’s father was also a professor at the Kirti College, Prabhadevi. Ramesh Tendulkar was an open-minded man, one who is always willing to learn. Sachin’s father had a huge impact in shaping his career.

Apart from becoming the best batsman, the former instilled a lot of life lessons which is why he is also known to be a great human being. He never stopped his son to follow his dreams and also allowed him to change his school to realise his dream of becoming a cricketer. Moreover, Sachin got his name from Famous Indian Musician Sachin Dev Burman who was also his father’s favourite music director.

Sachin’s Father’s Demise: During 1999 World Cup, one night before Indian squared up against Zimbabwe in a league stage game, Sachin’s father passed away. The news came as a shocker to world cricket and Mumbai cricketer rushed to attend his father’s funeral. Sachin came back in a few days and struck a beautiful century against Kenya and kept India’s hopes alive in the World Cup.

The man compiled 140 runs off just 101 deliveries, including 16 fours and three sixes. It was a knock for his father. He scored a ton and looked to the skies, not to God but his father and thanked him for making him become a phenomenon in world cricket.

Mother: Rajni Tendulkar – Sachin’s Mother, Rajni Tendulkar was his father’s second wife and was also an extremely hard-working person. It was his mother from whom Sachin learnt the traits such as hard work, perseverance, etc. She worked was a LIC Agent in the Foreign Department of Santacruz, Mumbai. Despite having problems in her legs, she kept working even when Sachin became a known figure in International Cricket. She would often take Sachin to her office where he would play and enjoy with Ranji’s colleagues. It was Sachin’s mother who convinced him to play in 1999 World Cup despite his father’s death.

Sachin’s Siblings: Sachin Tendulkar was the youngest of the four siblings. He has 2 elder brothers and one elder sister. Since his childhood, Savita loved playing Tennis, while Ajit was a cricket lover. It was Ajit who witnessed Sachin’s talent in cricket. Sachin, in his childhood days, used to be a big-time bully and used to indulge in lots of irrelevant fights with the kids around.

Ajit Tendulkar made him join cricket by enrolling in Ramakant Achrekar’s cricket academy. After looking at his cricketing skills at an early age, his coach asked him to switch to Sharadashram Vidya Mandir high school due to the school’s better sports facilities.

That’s where “Sachin” the cricketing star started grabbing the attention of numerous people around him with his breathtaking cricketing display in the school cricket. Moreover, he hogged the spotlight for the first time after being a part of the world record partnership of 664 runs in a school championship with another famous Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli.