Factbox on Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who equalled Sunil Gavaskar's world record 34 Test centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
Born: April 24, 1973, Bombay.
Bats: Right-handed.
Bowls: Right-arm leg spin.
Test debut: Against Pakistan at Karachi in November 1989. 119th Test. 9,595 runs at 56.11 (before current innings). 34 centuries.
ODI debut: Against Pakistan at Gujranwala in December 1989. 340 matches. 13,431 runs, 37 hundreds, 69 fifties, average 44.91. 128 wickets.
Widely regarded as the world's best contemporary batsman. Holds world record for ODI runs and ODI centuries.
Ranked second in both all-time Test and one-day lists by Wisden, behind Australia's Don Bradman and West Indies' Vivian Richards respectively.
Scored a world record 37 centuries in one-dayers. He has passed 13,000 runs, no other player has reached 10,000. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly next on list of century-makers with 22.
Teenage prodigy. As a schoolboy, scored 326 not out as he put on 664 with Vinod Kambli, also a future India Test player.
Aged 15, 100 not out on debut for Bombay against Gujarat. Became India's youngest Test player at 16 in 1989. Aged 17, 119 not out against England at Old Trafford.
{{/usCountry}}Aged 15, 100 not out on debut for Bombay against Gujarat. Became India's youngest Test player at 16 in 1989. Aged 17, 119 not out against England at Old Trafford.
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