Special on Sachin Tendulkar's birthday, know how Ajit Tendulkar sacrificed his career to make brother Sachin a great cricketer.

Sachin Tendulkar Birthday: Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest players in cricket history, was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai. Sachin also used to play tennis and cricket in his childhood, but later on, cricket was going to give him worldwide recognition. Sachin scored more than 34,000 runs in his international cricket career, scored 100 centuries and also played 164 half-century innings. He scored a lot of runs against great bowlers like Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. But very few people would be aware that the foundation of Sachin's immense success was laid by his brother.

Brother sacrificed for Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar himself has told that Ajit and he have lived the dream of cricket together. It was Ajit who saw the talent in Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit gave up his cricket career to take his brother forward. This is the time when Sachin Tendulkar was 11 years old and Ajit took him to coach Ramakant Achrekar. Although Sachin failed in the first attempt, he impressed the coach a lot in the second attempt.

The documentary 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' shows how Ajit honed Sachin's skills and laid the foundation for him to become a great cricketer. It was with Ajit's support that Sachin Tendulkar was able to make his international debut for India at the age of just 16. Both the brothers had dreamed of playing cricket together for India, but Ajit had decided to leave cricket for the sake of Sachin's career. Sachin tells that after coming under Achrekar sir, his life had changed. Sachin had also dedicated this wonderful journey in the world of cricket to his brother.

Describing an old memory, Sachin Tendulkar, who is called 'God of Cricket', said that once upon a time there used to be cricket tournaments. He and Ajit were playing for different teams. The teams of both the brothers faced each other in the semi-finals of a tournament. Sachin tells that he did not want to defeat his brother.

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