Sachin awards

Official Awards
1994: Arjuna Award Receipient for achievements in Cricket[20]
1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year[21]
1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna[22]
1999: Padma Shri - India's civilian medal of recognition[23]
2008: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.[24]

Media Awards

In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.[25]
In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.[26]
In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year"
The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.



Match awards


Main article: List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar
Man of Series Awards

# Series Season Series Performance
1 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India Test Series) 1997/98 446 (3 Matches, 5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 13.2-1-48-1; 2 Catches
2 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia Test Series) 1999/00 278 Runs (6 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 9-0-46-1
3 England in India Test Series 2001/02 307 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 17-3-50-1; 4 Catches
4 India in Bangladesh Test Series 2007 254 Runs (3 Innings, 2x100, 0x50); 6.3-1-35-2; 2 Catches

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance
1 England Old Trafford, Manchester 1990 1st Innings: 68 (8x4); 2 Catches
2nd Innings: 119 (17x4)

2 England Chepauk, Chennai 1992/93 1st Innings: 165 (24x4, 1x6); 2-1-5-0
2nd Innings: 2 Catches; 2-1-4-0

3 New Zealand Chepauk, Chennai 1995/96 1st Innings: 52 (5x4)
4 Australia Chepauk, Chennai 1997/98 1st Innings: 4 (1x4); 1 Catch
2nd Innings: 155 (14x4, 4x6)

5 Pakistan Chepauk, Chennai 1998/99 1st Innings: 0; 3-0-10-1
2nd Innings: 136 (18x4); 7-1-35-2

6 New Zealand Motera, Ahmedabad 1999/00 1st Innings: 217 (29x4)
2nd Innings: 15 (3x4); 5-2-19-0

7 Australia MCG, Melbourne 1999/00 1st Innings: 116 (9x4, 1x6)
2nd Innings: 52 (4x4)

8 South Africa Wankhede, Mumbai 1999/00 1st Innings: 97 (12x4, 2x6); 5-1-10-3
2nd Innings: 8 (2x4); 1-0-4-0

9 West Indies Eden Gardens, Kolkata 2002/03 1st Innings: 36 (7x4); 7-0-33-0
2nd Innings: 176 (26x4)

10 Australia SCG, Sydney 2003/04 1st Innings: 241 (33x4)
2nd Innings: 60 (5x4); 6-0-36-0; 1 Catch

11 Australia Adelaide 2007/08 1st Innings: 153
2nd Innings: 13

12 New Zealand Hamilton 2009 1st Innings: 160
2nd Innings: DNB

13 Bangladesh Chittagong 2010 1st Innings: 105*
2nd Innings: 16


Tendulkar has won a record 15 Man of the Series(MoS) and (60 Man of the Match(MoM) awards in ODI Matches.[27] He has the distinction of having won MoM Award against all ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations). UAE (2 Matches), Netherlands (1 Match) and Bermuda (1 match) are the only teams against whom he has not won a Man of the Match Award in ODI Cricket.

Man of the Match Awards—Sachin Tendulkar


# Opponent Total Home Away Neutral
1 Australia (59 Matches) 11 5 1 5
2 Bangladesh (10 Matches) 1 0 0 1
3 England (27 Matches) 2 0 1 1
4 New Zealand (38 Matches) 5 4 1 0
5 Pakistan (61 Matches) 7 1 1 5
6 South Africa (50 Matches) 4 3 1 0
7 Sri Lanka (65 Matches) 5 1 1 3
8 West Indies (38 Matches) 9 3 1 5
9 Zimbabwe (34 Matches) 8 0 4 4
10 Kenya (10 Matches) 4 2 0 2
11 Namibia (1 Matches) 1 0 0 1
TOTAL (381 Matches) 56 19 10 27