Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

=== Early tours ===
[[Raj Singh Dungarpur]] is credited for the selection of Tendulkar for the [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1989–90|Indian tour of Pakistan in late 1989]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_his-last-words-donald-george-bradman_1289714 |title=His last words: Donald George Bradman |access-date=11 March 2011 |date=13 September 2009 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403050738/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_his-last-words-donald-george-bradman_1289714 |archive-date=3 April 2012 }}</ref> after one first class season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1933/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Sachin Tendulkar |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123133144/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1933/First-Class_Matches.html |archive-date=23 January 2010 }}</ref> The Indian selection committee had shown interest in selecting Tendulkar for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1988–89|tour of the West Indies]] held earlier that year, but eventually did not select him, as they did not want him to be exposed to the dominant fast bowlers of the West Indies so early in his career.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Tendulkar was the youngest player to debut for India in [[Test cricket|Tests]] at the age of 16 years and 205 days, and also the youngest player to debut for India in ODI at the age of 16 years and 238 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/sachin-tendulkar-s-roll-of-honour-slideshow/sachin-tendulkar-of-india-photo-1381065544719.html;_ylt=Ahxw4ULuOeAHk7zpc4cVYHo3uWNH;_ylu=X3oDMTNrb3Y2ZjR2BHBrZwM1NWY0Zjc1ZC0xNTgwLTNjNWEtODJmZC1iMzI1MGQxOTczOTgEc2VjA01lZGlhQ2Fyb3VzZWxQaG90b0dhbGxlcnlDQVhIUgR2ZXIDZGZhNGU1ZDAtMmU4OS0xMWUzLTlkZmEtOGJjM2U5N2JjZDY0;_ylg=X3oDMTBhM285c21iBGxhbmcDZW4tSU4-;_ylv=3|title=Sachin the youngest ever to play for India|publisher=Yahoo Cricket|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915161618/http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/sachin-tendulkar-s-roll-of-honour-slideshow/sachin-tendulkar-of-india-photo-1381065544719.html;_ylt=Ahxw4ULuOeAHk7zpc4cVYHo3uWNH;_ylu=X3oDMTNrb3Y2ZjR2BHBrZwM1NWY0Zjc1ZC0xNTgwLTNjNWEtODJmZC1iMzI1MGQxOTczOTgEc2VjA01lZGlhQ2Fyb3VzZWxQaG90b0dhbGxlcnlDQVhIUgR2ZXIDZGZhNGU1ZDAtMmU4OS0xMWUzLTlkZmEtOGJjM2U5N2JjZDY0;_ylg=X3oDMTBhM285c21iBGxhbmcDZW4tSU4-;_ylv=3|archive-date=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/sachin-tendulkar-s-roll-of-honour-slideshow/sachin-tendulkar-portrait-photo-1381065553054.html |title=Sachin the youngest ever to play for India in ODIs |publisher=Yahoo Cricket |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113301/http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/sachin-tendulkar-s-roll-of-honour-slideshow/sachin-tendulkar-portrait-photo-1381065553054.html |archive-date=23 November 2013 }}</ref> Tendulkar made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut against Pakistan in [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1989–90|Karachi in November 1989]] aged 16 years and 205 days. He scored 15 runs, being bowled by [[Waqar Younis]], who also made his debut in that match. He was noted for how he handled numerous blows to his body at the hands of the Pakistani pace attack.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Andrew |last2=Williamson |first2=Martin |date=11 December 2007 |title=Eleven quirky debuts |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eleven-quirky-debuts-239768 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621133422/http://www.espncricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/239768.html |archive-date=21 June 2014 |access-date=12 December 2007 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In the fourth and final Test match in [[Sialkot]], he was hit on the nose by a bouncer bowled by Younis, but he declined medical assistance and continued to bat even as he his nose gushed blood.<ref name="timeline">{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html?index=timeline |title=Sachin Tendulkar Timeline |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522105537/http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html?index=timeline |archive-date=22 May 2010 }}</ref> In a 20-over exhibition game in [[Peshawar]], held in parallel with the bilateral series, Tendulkar made 53 runs off 18 balls, including an over in which he scored 27 runs bowled by leg-spinner [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://feedsuk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_EXHIB_16DEC1989.html |title=Exhibition Match, Pakistan v India, 16 Dec 1989 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=16 December 1989 |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927135227/http://feedsuk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_EXHIB_16DEC1989.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref> This was later called "one of the best innings I have seen" by the then Indian captain [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/145713.html |title=A suitable beginning – Tendulkar takes Qadir on |date=March 2005 |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104010903/http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/145713.html |archive-date=4 November 2009 }}</ref> In all, Tendulkar scored 215 runs at an average of 35.83 in the Test series, and was dismissed without scoring a run in the only [[One Day International]] (ODI) he played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=301;type=series |title=Cricket Records – India in Pakistan Test Series, 1989/90 – Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819022021/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=301%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=19 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/PAK/Wills_Challenge_1989-90/India_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for India in Wills Challenge 1989/90 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312105455/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/PAK/Wills_Challenge_1989-90/India_Batting.html |archive-date=12 March 2010 }}</ref>

The series was followed by a tour of New Zealand in which he scored 117 runs at an average of 29.25 in Tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NZ/India_in_New_Zealand_1989-90/t_India_Batting.html |title=Test Batting and Fielding for India in India in New Zealand 1989/90 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306184906/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NZ/India_in_New_Zealand_1989-90/t_India_Batting.html |archive-date=6 March 2010 }}</ref> He was dismissed without scoring in one of the two ODI games he played, and scored 36 in the other.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NZ/Rothmans_Cup_Triangular_Series_1989-90/India_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for India in Rothmans Cup Triangular Series 1989/90 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310195654/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NZ/Rothmans_Cup_Triangular_Series_1989-90/India_Batting.html |archive-date=10 March 2010 }}</ref> On a 1990 tour to England, on 14 August, he became the second-youngest cricketer to score a Test century as he made 119 not out in the second Test at [[Old Trafford (cricket ground)|Old Trafford]] in Manchester.<ref name="timeline" /> [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|''Wisden'']] described his innings as "a disciplined display of immense maturity" and also wrote, "He looked the embodiment of India's famous opener, [[Sunil Gavaskar|Gavaskar]], and indeed was wearing a pair of his pads. While he displayed a full repertoire of strokes in compiling his maiden Test hundred, most remarkable were his off-side shots from the back foot. Though only 5ft 5in tall, he was still able to control without difficulty short deliveries from the English pacemen".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152030.html |title=Wisden – England v India 1990 |publisher=[[Wisden Almanack]] |access-date=17 August 2009 |last=Otway |first=Graham |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126053559/http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152030.html |archive-date=26 November 2009 }}</ref>

Tendulkar's reputation grew during the 1991–92 tour of Australia held before the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]]. During the tour, he scored an unbeaten 148 in the third Test at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]], making him the youngest batsman to score a century in Australia. He then scored 114 on a fast, bouncing pitch in the final Test at [[WACA Ground|Perth]] against a pace attack from [[Merv Hughes]], [[Bruce Reid]], and [[Craig McDermott]]. Hughes commented to [[Allan Border]] at the time that "This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB."<ref name="Tendertouch" />