Top 15 Facts You Did Not Know About Sachin Tendulkar

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 1. Sachin Tendulkar is India's first active cricketer to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

2. As a young boy, Sachin Tendulkar wanted to become a fast bowler but was rejected by Dennis Lillee's MRF Pace Foundation in 1987.

3. He served as a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium during the 1987 World Cup.

4. What if someone tells you that Sachin Tendulkar fielded for Pakistan in a match! Yes, you heard it right. Sachin Tendulkar fielded as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at Brabourne Stadium in 1988

5. On his test debut against Pakistan, he wore the pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar.
6. Sachin is ambidextrous; he bats with his right hand, but writes with his left.

7. He is the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri— the only cricketer to win all three of them.
8. He had a habit of sleepwalking as well as talking in his sleep.
9. He received a bottle of champagne when he won the man-of-match award for his first Test ton in 1990. But he was not allowed to pop it open as he was below 18 years!
10. As a popular cricketer he might have endorsed several famous brands but the first brand that he endorsed was the health drink 'Boost'.

11. He is the first sports person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.

12. Tendulkar's first car was a Maruti-800.
13. Sachin Tendulkar was the first international batsman to be given out by a third-umpire.

14. At 19, Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian to play county cricket.

15. Sachin Tendulkar loves collecting perfumes and watches.