Sachin Tendulkar's career in photos

Sachin Tendulkar's 50th score of 100




Sachin Tendulkar's 200 runs in ODI.. the greatest ODI player


Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the final tri-nation cricket series between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday. Tendulkar has dedicated his match-winning 44th ODI ton to Raj Singh Dungarpur, who headed the National Selection Committee, which selected the ace batsman for the tour of Pakistan, twenty years ago.


From the first ball after tea Sachin Tendulkar drives Siddle down to third man to eclipse Brian Lara's record Test runs aggregate


Australia captain Ricky Ponting is one of the first to congratulate an emotional Sachin Tendulkar as fireworks are heard in the ground


Sachin Tendulkar is congratulated by Australia's fielders after breaking Brian Lara's record aggregate of Test runs.


India's selectors gambled on his prodigious success as a schoolboy when handing Sachin Tendulkar his Test debut aged 16



His childhood idol in sport is John McEnroe, and this early photo reveals his interest in tennis



In August 1990, he hits the first of a world record 39 Test centuries, against England at Old Trafford



Less than three years later, he adds a century on home soil against England in Madras, and celebrates in style



Sachin Tendulkar enjoys tremendous success in one-day cricket, here hitting out against Kenya at the 1999 World Cup



As captain on the 1999-2000 tour of Australia, Sachin Tendulkar practises his bowling - but he struggles as a leader






By the time of the 2001 home series against England, his appeal amongst fans has reached boiling point




Before the one-day series decider against England at his home ground in Mumbai, he gives a lift to a six-year-old cancer sufferer



Sachin Tendulkar is named player of the tournament at the 2003 World Cup, where India reach the final but lose to Australia



By the following winter, Tendulkar's most productive years are behind him, but taking his wicket is always a big moment






Injuries also begin to take their toll, with wear-and-tear strains to various joints keeping him out for much of 2006



In June 2006, he returns to fitness with a masterful century for charity side Lashings against Cambridge University at Fenner's



Just another face in the Wimbledon crowd? Sachin Tendulkar often brings his family to England to get away from the spotlight



His 39th Test century, a record in itself, comes in the Adelaide Test in January 2008 as he starts his 20th calendar year of Test action