The living legend of the cricket-world, the true heir of Sir Brad man and the batsman par excellence was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai in a middle class family. In fact, he was named after the family's favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. He was sent to Sharadashram Vidhydmandir School where the fever of cricket caught him at the tender age of 11. In a match for Harris Shield, he made a huge partnership of 664 runs with his friend and international team-mate, Vinod Kambli. In 1988, he scored a 100 not out, his first-ever century in a first class.
His first international appearance was against Pakistan at Peshawar, in an abandoned one-day match where he crushed Abdul Qadir and Co, He made his international debut at the age of 16 against Pakistan at Karachi where Waqar Younis howled him out at a mere score of 15 runs.
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