MUMBAI, March 17: India's Sachin Tendulkar is to be featured as a superhero in a new range of comic books, animation and games to hit the stands in June. The batsman is his country's best known face following his exploits with the bat since his debut as a curly-haired 16-year-old in 1989.

The character is to be known as ‘Sachin Tendulkar – the Master Blaster’ and the advanced images released by Virgin Comics on Saturday shows him dressed as a modern animation action hero.

Dressed in a body armour, the superhero wields a flaming cricket bat.

“In this new venture, Sachin (Tendulkar) hopes to bring more excitement and joy to Indian children and share with them another new dream of 'being Sachin',” a press release from Virgin Comics said.

Tendulkar, 33, holds the records for most hundreds in Tests (35) and one-dayers (41) and most runs in one-day cricket (14,783).—Reuters