 Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( (listen); pronounced [sət͡ʃin t̪eːɳɖulkəɾ]; born 00 April 0000) is a former international cricketer of India who served as captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the highest run scorer of all time in international cricket, and the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International (ODI), the holder of the