Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of cricket, is celebrating his 51st birthday today. We all are well aware of his game. Sachin is the only player in the world to score 100 centuries and play 200 test matches. In his time, Sachin had forced many deadly bowlers to kneel before him. As soon as Sachin came to the crease, there was an atmosphere of fear among the bowlers. Let us tell you, there was never any bid on Sachin Tendulkar in IPL. Let us know the reason behind this on his birthday today.
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: IPL started in 2008
We all are well aware that IPL started in the year 2008. From that time till now the number of fans of this game has increased. We all know that the format of IPL was kept such that every player is auctioned in it. Franchises bid aggressively to include their favorite players in the team. In the year 2008, many legends of the cricket world were also participating in this IPL. Due to which a fear had settled in the minds of Lalit Modi and BCCI. The fear was that how will the God of Cricket bid for Sachin Tendulkar and other legendary players? There was a fear in everyone’s mind that his bid might upset the fans who consider cricket a religion. This one thing had increased everyone’s tension.
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Lalit Modi found a solution
There was turmoil in everyone’s mind regarding this matter. During that time Lalit Modi made a powerful breakthrough on this issue. He gave a suggestion that many legendary players including Sachin should not be sent to the auction. BCCI officials also liked this thing and it was approved. After which four players including Sachin were made marquee players. After which some franchises directly included him in their camp. These 5 players were Sachin, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh. Sachin was signed by Mumbai Indians, Ganguly by Kolkata Knight Riders, Sehwag by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), Dravid by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Yuvraj by Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). Whereas other players including Mahendra Singh Dhoni had decided to go to the auction.
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin played six seasons of IPL
Sachin Tendulkar served Mumbai Indians in six seasons of IPL. From 2008 to 2010, Sachin was paid a fee of Rs 4 crore 48 lakh 50 thousand to play for Mumbai. After which his fee was increased to Rs 8 crore 28 lakh. Sachin retired from IPL after playing for Mumbai in 2013.
Sachin played only for Mumbai in IPL, the fee was this much
| IPL season | fees |
| 2013 | 82,800,000 |
| 2012 | 82,800,000 |
| 2011 | 82,800,000 |
| 2010 | 44,850,000 |
| 2009 | 44,850,000 |
| 2008 | 44,850,000 |
| total earnings | 382,950,000 |