Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer

Indian cricket team

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 widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket

History of cricket

The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877...

. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test

Test cricket

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 and one-day international

One-day International

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

. He is the only male player to score a double century

Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...

 in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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 ranked him the second greatest Test

Test cricket

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 batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman

Donald Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time...

, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards

Viv Richards

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...

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