Happy 42nd Birthday! A look at Sachin Tendulkar's life from 1989 to 2015

[caption id=“attachment_724021” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  With Sachind Tendulkar declaring his retirement Firstpost takes a look at the changing faces of Sachin over the years. (Left) 1989: Portrait of Sachin Tendulkar when he was 16 years old. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724025” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Oct 1989: (L-R) Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammed Azharuddin all of India pose for the camera before the Test series against Pakistan in India. Allsport UK /Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724027” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar playing table tennis, 1989. Ben Radford/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724029” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Oct 1989: Portrait of Sachin Tendulkar of India before the Test series against Pakistan in India. Ben Radford/Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724031” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  11 Aug 1990: Sachin Tendulkar of India celebrates hitting 119 runs not out during the Second Test match against England played at Old Trafford, in Manchester, England. Ben Radford /Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724033” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Dec 1991: Portrait of Sachin Tendulkar of India during the 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724037” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Feb 1993: Sachin Tendulkar of India celebrates his maiden test century in his home country after victory in the Second Test match against England played in Madras, India. Chris Cole /Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724041” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Nov 1992: Portrait of Sunil Gavaskar (left) and Sachin Tendulkar of India in Durban during India’s tour of South Africa.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724039” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  2 Feb 1996: Sachin Tendulkar with his wife during the cricket world cup in Bombay, India[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724043” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  22nd May 1996: Indian superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar during nets today at the Fosters Oval ahead of Thursdays one day international against India. Adrian Murrell/ALLSPORT[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724045” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  18 Jul 1998: Rest of the World XI Captain Sachin Tendulkar holds the trophy after the Princess of Wales Memorial Match against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord’s in London. The Rest of the World won the match by six wickets. LawrenceGriffiths/Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724047” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  23 May 1999: Sachin Tendulkar of India bats during the Cricket World Cup Group A match against Kenya played in Bristol, England. India won the game by 94 runs. Shaun Botterill /Allsport[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724049” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  25 Jan 2000: Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar is dejected as he is dismissed for 41 caught by Moin Khan off the bowling of Abdur Razzaq of Pakistan during the Carlton and United Breweries one day international between India and Pakistan at The Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia. Jack Atley/ALLSPORT[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724051” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  20 Dec 2001: Sachin Tendulkar of India smashes the ball to the boundary during the second day of the 3rd test between India and England at the Chinaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724053” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  June 2002: Sachin Tendulkar of India signs some autographs during the one day tour match between Kent and India at Canterbury on June 24, 2002. Tom Shaw/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724055” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar of India arrives at Holiday Inn hotel, North Beach, Durban, South Africa on February 24, 2003. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_724057” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar (L) of India walks out to bat as armed security guard the team’s dressing room during the Pakistan ‘A’ v India warm-up match March 11, 2004 in Lahore, Pakistan. Scott Barbour/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724059” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Ricky Ponting of Australia receives his ICC Player of the Year Award from Sachin Tendulkar of India during The ICC Awards at the Taj Land’s End on November 3, 2006, in Mumbai, India. Hamish Blair/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724061” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar of India looks on during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Group B match between India and Sri lanka at the Queens Park Oval Cricket Ground on March 23, 2007 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Clive Rose/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724063” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar of India hits out during day one of the Third Test match between England and India at the Oval on August 9, 2007 in London, England. Tom Shaw/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724065” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar of India celebrates reaching his century during day three of the Second Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 4, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724067” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  (L-R) Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh celebrate after wining the series 3-1 after the fifth one day international match between the New Zealand Black Caps and India at Eden Park on March 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Hannah Johnston/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724069” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin Tendulkar day two of the Second Test match between India and Australia at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on October 10, 2010 in Bangalore, India.[/caption]     [caption id=“attachment_724073” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin after the 2011 ICC World Cup Final between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium on April 2, 2011 in Mumbai, India.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724075” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  During the 2011 ICC World Cup Final between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium on April 2, 2011 in Mumbai, India. Matthew Lewis/Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724077” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin on day eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2012 in London, England.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_724081” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  An Indian cricket supporter kneels in front of a wax figure of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar during a promotional event at the Sydney Cricket Ground April 20, 2013. A group of Indian cricket supporters known as the ‘Swami Army’ attended the unveiling of the wax figure, which will go on permanent display at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Sydney. REUTERS/David Gray[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_2210602” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Retired cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (L) receives the Bharat Ratna award from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi February 4, 2014. Tendulkar was conferred the nation’s highest civilian honour on Tuesday in New Delhi. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2210606” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Former Indian player Sachin Tendulkar (R) waves to the crowd during the Cricket World Cup match, between India and South Africa, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), February 22, 2015. REUTERS[/caption]