Sachin Tendulkar The Greatest Cricketer of The 21 Century It Is Very Difficult For Australia and England To Accept It Gracefully

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Sachin Tendulkar the greatest cricketer of the 21st century

It is very difficult for Australia and England
To accept it gracefully
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There have been great cricketers
and there had been good cricketers,
and then we have Tendulkar.
Incomparable in almost every
manner to his peers, the little man’s
only plausible comparison could
have been with the Don himself,
less than a decade ago when Sir
Donald Bradman told to the world
that the Indian’s batting reminded
him of himself, Tendulkar entered
rarefied territory. After his record
50th hundred in tests, there can be
no dispute over his status as the
greatest ever.
“Sachin is a genius, I am a mortal” ---Brain Lara West Indian batting great salutes
He has been in form longer than some of the guys have been alive.
----Daniel Vettori
I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before
Tendulkar. M.S.Dhoni
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to
breathe the same air as you do. --- Shah Rukh Khan
Why did you get out to such a silly shot?
Anjali Tendulkar
With Sachin Tendulkar and Brain Lara it was better to be friends and make
them smile rather than wind them up….. Shane Warne
The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken
escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a teammate or
reporter--- is he human?
Michael Atherton
To me , he will not just remember as a great player and lovely human being,
but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last14 years but never
managed to do so.--- Sourav Ganguly
Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was betting
with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.---
Martina Navratilova
He has defined cricket in his
fabulous, impeccable manner. He is
to batting what Shane Warne is to
bowling. --- Richie Benaud
SACHIN IS THE MAN
Named by his father after legendry music director Sachin Dev Burman
Was a naughty kid. In his own words, ‘I was extremely naughty. Very, very
difficult to handle. I had a nanny who used to run after me virtually 24 hours
a day.
Used to go fishing for tadpoles and guppy fish in the stream that ran
through the compound of Sahitya Sahwas at Bandra East.
Was a bully in
the school but
was kind to
cats and dogs.
His first
captain Sunil
Harshe said he
loved to pick a
fight. Every
time he was
introduced to
someone, his
first thought
was “will I be
able to beat
him?”
Was a big fan of US tennis star John McEnore. He says: “I was the only one
supporting John McEnore. Every one called me ‘mac’ because I styled myself on
him.”
Fell from tree on Sunday evening when Dev Anand-starrer Guide was on TV.
Brother (and mentor) Ajit packed him off to cricket coaching class as
punishment.
His coach at
Shardashram,
Ramakant
Achrekar used to
offer a 1 rupee
coin as a prize to
anyone who
dismissed him. If
he remained not
out, the coin
belonged to
Sachin. He has
big bunch of
those coins with
him.
Wanted to be a tearing fast bowler. Even went MRF pace academy, but head
coach Denis Lilee told him to focus on batting.
Refused to
shoot for a soft
drink ad of him
smashing
cricket balls
with a fly
swatter because
“that would
make me
greater than the
game.” The ad
was modified:
he hit the balls
with a stump.
Was a ball boy during the 1987 world cup semi-final between India and
England at Wankhede.
A dream of winning the ODI WORLDCUP.
Was immensely humbled at meeting the Don in Adelaide, in1998and
rendered speechless by the Australian Legend
Teammate Praveen Amre bought him his first pair of international quality
cricket shoes.
Was without a bat contract during the 1996 world cup where he emerged as
the highest run-getter.
Favourites: Amitabh Bachchan, after watching Deewar and Zanjeer;
Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits; Sydney Cricket Grounds.
Wears his left pad first, has the
tricolor pasted inside his kit bag.
Remembers every test dismissal,
and the bowler responsible.
A Ganesh devotee, he is a regular at Siddhi Vinayak Temple.
Sang and whistled with Vinod Kambli during their 664 run stand in Harris
shield in 1988 to avoid eye contact with the coach who wanted to declare.
Used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days.
Likes to dunk his biscuits into his tea.
Bats with his right hand. Eats and autographs with his left hand.
A prankster, he once put a hose pipe into Saurav Ganguly’s room and
turned the tap on. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating.
A fast car fiend; likes to
tear down Mumbai’s road
at 4 in the morning.
Tendulkar had feared a tennis
elbow would end his career
prematurely in 2004. so
disturbed was he at the prospect
that” “I have gone out for drives
alone at 3am. I used to ask my
wife Anjali, why should this
happen to me?”
Proudest moment:
Sachin says it was
the first time
he wore the India cap.
For the record
till 20th Dec 2010
Most number of runs scored in tests 14,513
The most
number of
test
centuries
50
The highest number of test matches played 175
Against Australia in 2004, the maestro’s highest test score 248
Number of innings Sachin has taken to score his last ten centuries 34
3 number of centuries scored in the fourth innings of a test match
Runs scored in one – day internationals 17, 598
The most number of runs in 39 world cup matches 1796
200 the only batsman to score a double-hundred in this
format
46 the most ODI hundreds
“Sachin’s father Dr Ramesh
Tendulkar died at his Bandra
home in May 1999, when the
maestro was in England
playing in the world cup series.
Former Indian batsman
Anshuman Gaekwad, who was
the team coach and who look
after the call from Sachin’s
brother Ajit, recalls “I did not
have the heart to tell Sachin, so
I told his wife Anjaliand the left
the task to her. Sachin, Anjali
and their daughter Sara took
the first flight the next morning,
the day of the match with
Zimbabwe. Neither I nor the
board had the heart to ask him
when he would return. But
Sachin’s mother Rajni told him
to return and play for the
nation. He came back to score
century against Kenya.
In his long innings, he has swatted away comparisons, opponents, and
criticisms while becoming larger than life with his phenomenal
achievements.
Memorable test hundreds
119 not out v England, Old Trafford, 1990, he was 17 yrs old
114 runs v Australia, Perth, 1991-1992 on the fastest pitch
169 v South Africa, Cape Town, 1996-97
155 not out v Australia, Chennai 1997-98
136 v Pakistan, Chennai, 1998-99
155 v South Africa, Bloemfonteon, 2001-02
193 v England, Old Trafford, 2002
103 not out v England, Chennai 2008-09
20-12-
2010
175
14,513
50
17,598
46

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