Sachin Tendulkar turns 52: 10 lesser-known facts about him you may have missed

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Sachin Tendulkar the 'God of Cricket' turns 52 today, here are a list of some lesser known facts about the legendary cricketer which only die hard Sachin fans know of

Sachin Tendulkar was born in a Marathi family. Sachin's father named him after the legendary Bollywood music director and producer Sachin Dev Burman Sachin won his first man of the match award was received by him in a Test match at Manchester against England in 1990, for which he received a magnum champagne. He finally opened the bottle on his daughter Sara Tendulkar's first birthday in 1998 Sachin met his wife for the first time when he was 17.

While returning from India's tour of England in 1990, Sachin met his wife Anjali who was a mutual friend of him at the Mumbai International Airport Sachin always took the left window seat of the first row whenever he travelled in the team bus Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out by a third umpire while playing against South Africa in Durban on 14 November 1992 Sachin was once rejected by the great Australian quick Dennis Lille at the MRF Pace Academy as he wanted to become a fast bowler At the age of 14 Sachin, Sunil Gavaskar gave him his own ultra light pads as a gift, which were then stolen at an Under 15 National Camp in Indore Two Wards of the Delhi situated Tihar Jail have been named after Sachin and Kambli after the duo made an unbroken 664 run partnership in a school tournament in Mumbai Sachin once fielded for Pakistan as a substitute in an ODI practice India-Pakistan match at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium in 1988 During the 2007 Lord's test, The Harry Pooter famed actor Daniel Radcliffe also queued up for an autograph of the great cricketing legend at the end of the game.