India’s batting great Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar arrived in Ranchi on Saturday to encourage young women footballers. After arriving at the airport, the Indian batting legend said he was in Ranchi for the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation, which is in association with the Youth Foundation, and that he was there to encourage young women footballers. “I am here for our foundation. The Sachin Tendulkar Foundation works with the youth foundation here, so I am here to encourage women footballers,” Sachin told reporters.

Sachin is considered the greatest batsman of all time. Sachin has scored 34,357 runs in 664 international matches at an average of 48.52 and is the highest run-scorer in international cricket. He has scored 100 centuries and 164 half-centuries, the most in international cricket. He is the only player with a century.

Sachin has scored 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests, scoring the highest runs in both formats. He is the first player to reach an ODI double hundred and play 200 Test matches.

He also has 201 international wickets, making him a very useful part-time spin bowling option. He played a total of 664 games for the national team, making him the most capped player in history.

He was part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team.

Sachin played 6 IPL seasons from 2008 to 2013, all with Mumbai Indians, scoring a total of 2334 runs in 78 games at an average of 34.84. Sachin has hit 13 fifties and 100s, hit 29 sixes and 295 fours at a strike rate of 119.82. He won the 2013 championship with the team as a player.

Sachin’s best performance came in IPL 2010. He scored 618 points in 15 games with an average of 47.53 and a shooting percentage of 132.61. He had five 50s that season and his personal best was 89*. He won the “Orange Cap” that season. MI finished as runners-up that season.

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