Sachin You Will Be Missed :(

Sachin Tendulkar defied age at every stage of his career

Sachin Tendulkar, 40, started playing competitive cricket as a kid. The Board of control for cricket in India ( BCCI) in its tweets listed the milestones of the master blaster's career since he was 11 years old. 

At 11: Sachin Tendulkar played his first Giles Shield match against Khoja Khan School at Azad Maidan, scoring 24 

At 12: Sachin Tendulkar scored a century for his school in the U-17 Harris Shield 

At 13: Sachin Tendulkar had a dream run in Giles Shield, scoring seven centuries, including a double ton 

At 14: Sachin Tendulkar was involved in a record-breaking 664-run partnership with Vinod Kambli 

At 15: Sachin Tendulkar scored a century on his first-class debut for Mumbai against Gujarat 

At 16: Sachin Tendulkar made his Test and ODI debut againstPakistan 

At 17: Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden Test century - a match saving 119 not out against England at Manchester in 1990 

At 18: Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian to appear in a @cricketworldcup (1992) 

At 19: Sachin Tendulkar became Yorkshire's first overseas signing and also the youngest to reach 1,000 Test runs 

At 20: Sachin scored his first Test century at home, against England at Chennai - 165 studded with 24 fours and a six 

At 21: Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI century against Australia at Colombo - 110 off 130 balls 

At 22: Sachin signed a five-year contract for 300 million (Rs) to become the most paid player in the history of cricket 

At 23: Sachin Tendulkar became highest run-getter in a @cricketworldcup (1996) with 523 runs from 7 matches at an avg of 87.17 

At 24: Sachin Tendulkar achieved a rare feat of scoring 1,000 runs in calendar year in both - Tests and ODIs 

At 25: Sachin Tendulkar scored back to back ODI centuries against Australia in Sharjah - one on his birthday 

At 26: Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test double century - 217 runs against New Zealand 

At 27: Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 50 international hundreds with his 201* against Zimbabwe 

At 28: Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to aggregate 10,000 ODI career runs 

At 29: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed Bradman's record of 29 Test centuries by scoring 193, vs. England at Headingley (2001) 

At 30 : Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in 11 matches in @cricketworldcup at 61.18 - most by any batsman in a single WC 

At 31: Sachin Tendulkar equalled Gavaskar's record 34 Test centuries with a career best 248* vs.Bangladesh at Dhaka 

At 32: Sachin Tendulkar scored his 35th Test century to go past Gavaskar's world record tally of 34 centuries 

At 33: Sachin Tendulkar played his only T20 International and also became the oldest Indian to appear in T20Is 

At 34: Sachin Tendulkar crossed 15,000 runs in ODIs and 11,000 runs in Tests 

At 35: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed Brian Lara to become the leading run-scorer in Test cricket 

At 36: Sachin Tendulkar crossed 17,000-run mark in ODIs and also became the 1st player to score a double-century in ODIs 

At 37: Sachin Tendulkar achieved his dream of being part of a World Cup-winning team in Mumbai 

At 38: Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 international hundreds 

At 39: Sachin Tendulkar matched Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record of scoring most (81) centuries in first-class cricket 

At 40: Sachin Tendulkar became the first sub-continent player to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket