Sachin Tendulkar Makes Instagram Debut Friday April 24,2015

 

Sachin Tendulkar turned 42 on  Friday April 24,2015 and celebrated the occasion by making his debut on Instagram with a photo of his family. His account had 26 thousand followers in little over an hour of being created

Sachin Tendulkar: Interesting Facts

• 14-year old Sachin became the youngest player to be included in Mumbai's Ranji Team

• wore pad gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar during his debut Test vs Pakistan

• won the man-of-match award for his first Test ton in 1990, he was given a champagne bottle. However, he could not pop it open as he was below 18 years. He went on to open it on his daughter, Sara's first birthday in 1998

• first brand that Sachin endorsed was health drink 'Boost'

• first sportsperson without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force