In the fourth Test of his debut series against Pakistan, he continued batting like a warrior, with blood oozing out of his nose after taking a hit. He showed to the world what he was made of, in the very first series he ever played. Tendulkar finally played his first tour with the Indian team to Pakistan in 1989 in Karachi, as a 16-year-old, and the rest is history. Although, given the deadly and dominant fast bowling of the Caribbean bowlers at that time, he was avoided for selection. Following this with centuries in his first Deodhar and Duleep Trophies, the Little Master became the first and the only player to score a century on debut in all three of his domestic first-class tournaments (the Ranji, Irani, and Duleep Trophies).ĭespite only a single Ranji season under his belt, the selectors were interested in selecting Sachin for India’s tour of the West Indies in 1988. Impressing everyone without exception through immensely incredible abilities, Tendulkar earned inclusion in the eleven and scored an unbeaten 100 to become the youngest Indian batsman to have scored a century on first-class debut. The then-Bombay-captain Dilip Vengsarkar had witnessed a youngster comfortably maneuvering arguably the finest seam produce of India – Kapil Dev. On December 11, 1988, Sachin finally played his first match for Mumbai (against Gujarat) at his home ground, aged only 15 years and 232 days. Such incredible exploits in school cricket led him to Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team for the 1987-88 season, and he was officially selected on November 14, 1987.Įven though he did not feature in any of the matches, he was often seen actively participating in the games as a substitute fielder.
The teenager showed that he was a cut from a different cloth in the Lord Harris Shield match between Shardashram Vidyamandir and St Xaviers when he piled a mammoth 664-run stand alongside his childhood friend Vinod Kambli. The legendary Dennis Lille, however, suggested that Sachin should lay focus on his batting. He went on to play for the Cricket Club of India, and at the age of 14, and subsequently reached the MRF Pace Foundation to learn the nuances of fast bowling. In no time, the tender-aged Sachin made a reputation for himself as a prodigy and became the talk of the town.
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