'The sun that shone on the cricket world': Sachin Tendulkar celebrates 50th birthday

India legend Sachin Tendulkar today is celebrating his 50th birthday and is also getting best wishes from his fans and also from the people from the cricketing fraternity. Sachin is currently part of the Mumbai Indians dugout in the Indian Premier League and is playing the role of a mentor to them. 

Former Indian cricketers like Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag, and Suresh Raina poured wishes on Sachin Tendulkar on his birthday. Indian Premier League teams like Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Chennai Super Kings have also wished for the same on their special day. 

Cricketing fraternity pours wishes on Sachin Tendulkar on his 50th birthday 

— ICC (@ICC)

And this. #SachinTendulkar was the sun that shone on the cricket world. And some of us, his chroniclers, were fortunate to have some of that light shine on us. He truly was a great habit. pic.twitter.com/J7R9ouel2L

Sachin Tendulkar birthday

Coming back to Sachin Tendulkar's legacy in international cricket, he doesn't need any introduction to what he has done for world cricket and his performances are remembered by people from all over the world. Sachin is the only player to score 100 international centuries across all formats. Tendulkar has carried a load of Indian cricket on his shoulders for 24 years and also has made over 30000 runs in all formats.