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Tendulkar has received several awards from the government of India: the Arjuna Award (1994), the Khel Ratna Award (1997), the Padma Shri (1998), and the Padma Vibhushan (2008).^[12][13] After Tendulkar played his last match in November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.^[14][15] He was the first sportsperson to receive the reward and, as of 2023, is the youngest recipient.^[16][17][18] In 2010, Time included Tendulkar in its annual list of the most influential people in the world.^[19] Tendulkar was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the 2010 International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards.^[20]

Having retired from ODI cricket in 2012,^[21][22] he retired from all forms of cricket in November 2013 after playing his 200th Test match.^[23] Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.^[24] In 2013, Tendulkar was included in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and he was the only specialist batsman of the post–World War II era, along with Viv Richards, to get featured in the team.^[25] In 2019, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[26] On 24 April 2023, the Sydney Cricket Ground unveiled a set of gates named after Tendulkar and Brian Lara on the occasion of Tendulkar's 50th birthday and the 30th anniversary of Lara's innings of 277 at the ground.^[27][28][29]

Early life and background

Tendulkar was born at the Nirmal Nursing Home in the Dadar