#1 Sachin Tendulkar

India's greatest batsman and a player whose career was followed more closely than any other, Sachin Tendulkar showed very early in his international career that he was in for the long haul, when playing his ninth Test match, he helped India save a Test match that they looked almost certain to lose, making an unbeaten 119 at Old Trafford in 1990
That innings, made at the age of 17 years and 107 days, was the second youngest ever made by a cricketer.
Fast-tracked into limited-overs cricket, it took Tendulkar time to make his maiden ODI hundred, which came against Australia in Colombo in 1994 in his 78th match.
However, once he had got the start that he needed, there really was no stopping the Little Master.
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