Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4 [Archive] - Page 3

sathya_1979

3rd August 2010, 10:25 PM

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/when-tendulkar-can-attend-camp-why-not-all-sportspersons-hc/194725.html

When Tendulkar can attend camp why not all sportspersons: HC
PTI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) A woman wrestler not selected for Commonwealth Games as she was irregular in training was refused relief by the Delhi High Court, which said even Sachin Tendulkar goes through camps before any big cricket series. Sonika Kaliraman, daughter of late wrestling guru Chandagi Ram, along with three other wrestlers who had challenged the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) decision to drop them from the list of probable players for the CWG, scheduled from October 3 to October 14, 2010, here. Dismissing their plea, the court said that "every sportsperson should follow the procedure". "Even after hitting so many centuries, Tendulkar has to attend training camps before any cricket series. If he goes to camps for training then why cannot you," Justice S Muralidhar said adding that "every sportsperson should follow the procedure". The court said there is no "arbitrariness" on the part of the Federation in rejecting their participation in the game as they took the decision on the basis of current form of players. "Irrespective of past performances, the Federation is supposed to select players with good current performance," the court said while setting aside their contention that they should have been selected on the basis of their past performance. Sonika, a well known wrestler had alleged that the selection procedure adopted by the WFI was unfair. The wrestler, who has also participated in reality tv show 'Khatron Ke khiladi' with bollywood star Akshay Kumar, alleged she was not able to participate in the training camp as she was not well and was in the US. Earlier, the High Court had issued notices to the Central Government, the Indian Olympic Association and the Wrestling Federation of India on the wrestlers' petition.

Thalaivar a la Goundar: Kusthi case ellaam namma kitta varudhuba! Naan enna courtaa vakkeelaa? :lol:

littlemaster1982

4th August 2010, 07:29 AM

Tendulkar relishes the ache of endurance (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/470696.html)

It is a record Sachin Tendulkar was expected to break. Opening his innings at the tail-end of the last millennium, no one could spend two decades in the international game and not go past his other peers in terms of the number of Tests played.

In their time, the cricketers whose names will now follow Tendulkar's on this list of iron men were once indefatigable: Steve Waugh, it seemed, would never melt and Allan Border looked like he would never crumble.

Yet after them Tendulkar arrived. As he steps into the P Sara stadium on Tuesday morning, this blazing comet of a cricketer, who batted at a rhythm different from Border and Waugh, will become the last of their kind - the long-surviving Test titan.

Stretch the imagination 22 years ahead and see if you can pick any fresh Test stripling of today - Umar Akmal, Eoin Morgan, Steven Smith, Adrian Barath - to go past 170 Tests.

Other than Bradman's 99.94, Tendulkar now owns the marks that batsmen dream about: most runs and most centuries. If those were about skill, this one, 169 Tests, is about his hunger. More than anything else, it is what has taken him this far and what has given his career a mind-bender of a second wind after the gloom of 2006.

The day before his 169th Test appearance, he described his sport much like Glenn McGrath did, calling it 'simple'. In an interview he had once talked about its more complex layers. "There is not a single boring day," he said, "when you don't learn anything new."

Those could have been the words of a young man in his tenth Test but that was circa 2003. Tendulkar the cricketer has switched effortlessly between youth and maturity. When he turned 18 and was by then an 11-Test veteran, his city's signature tabloid Mid-Day put him on the cover of their Sunday magazine supplement, posing on Marine Drive, dressed in a shirt of riotous colour at the wheel of his first car, a Maruti 800.

A taciturn teenager, far from the confident sage of the 21st century, he had these words of wisdom to offer on his coming of age. "When you are 18," he said, "you're not young anymore." When he had gone two series without a hundred, it was said that far too many allowances were being made for his age. In his third series and his ninth Test, three months after turning 17, he batted at No. 6 just ahead of Manoj Prabhakar and produced the first of his 48 centuries in Manchester. It was expected and it happened. This was the prodigy who fit into his India cap with ease, without open tantrum, controversy or angst.

With 168 Tests, Tendulkar has grown up in public and so appears timeless but he is a different man from the cherub who couldn't hide under the helmet grille. Until the first crack of his bat made the annoucement of intent that is. The noise of the crowd lifted him but in the first half of his career, even when captain, Tendulkar lived with a peculiar strain of white line fever. The competitor on the field was a man of deep reserve when outside its boundaries.

Even though he grew up in a slightly more mellow age - one in which his telephone number could be found by looking for his father's name in the Mumbai telephone directory - he lived with public expectation and dependence like no other teammate peer or contemporary. Still, whatever his inner debates about a youth lived in the open, his batting remained reliably resplendent. As he would himself say, there wasn't a day he wasn't learning, be it how to season a long innings with strokes that had until then belonged to his one-day repertoire or experimenting with what it meant to be anchor over aggressor.

What defined him most sharply as the youngest of men in Indian cricket still remains as he becomes the game's oldest. Before the icon and the brand and the deification and the 37kg coffee table books comes the batsman.

It is as if his mind has always been deliberate, undistracted and his heart, when stepping on the field, full with youthful optimism.

He will prepare for his 169th Test just like he always has, in calculated, thoughtful steps.

During nets on Monday, he would have inspected the P Sara wicket and calibrated all the information into method and shot selection. He described it once: "I look at the wicket and the opposition and analyse their strengths and weaknesses and then pick my shots. These are the shots that will bring me closer to 100 per cent success. You try and minimise your risks. But in spite of that you make mistakes."

Then when back in his room, on his own, he will spend ten minutes on a visualisation, part of his pre-match preparation since he was a school boy. He will see the bowlers before him, the stationing of the field, the feel of the ground, the heat or the breeze, the noise of the crowd, "so when I actually go there in the middle it's the second time I'm going there, not the first".

He may pick up the bat he has carried back with him to his hotel like he does every time and maybe shadow practice a little. Just before his 169th match, he will do all of this, part-drill, part-prayer, equal respect given to practice and providence.

When he goes out on the field, with India creaking at their joints, Sachin Tendulkar will have with him a record that is a reminder not of champagne and glory but the ache of endurance. But he will walk lightly because, like always, he will be the young man of 16.

sathya_1979

4th August 2010, 11:13 PM

Old article, still worth a read again:
http://www.cricinfo.com/sachinat20/content/story/434423.html

'The best batsman I've bowled to' There's Steve Waugh and Brian Lara. And then, a notch above, there's Sachin Tendulkar

Allan Donald

September 1, 2002

I had been watching Sachin Tendulkar on and off before we (South Africa) were readmitted in 1991. People were always talking about him so I was aware of what we were going to come up against, and I remember Craig McDermott telling us that he was going to be the best in the world.

Our first engagement was in 1991, in Calcutta, in front of 90,000 people. He made 62. And it was blatantly clear then that he was going to be a player to remember.

Before I played against him I was always looking forward to having a crack. Then I realised just what I was up against. When someone like Tendulkar walks to the crease, you have to know what you are going to do. You can't just run up and bowl. You have to have planned your attack, your line, a week in advance.

Everything about him is just so exceptional. He is wonderful technically and he has everything - class, speed, all the shots, and he is cool under pressure. Cricketers always talk about his amazing balance, even the Aussies. I've seen tapes of Sunil Gavaskar and if you split the screen between him and Tendulkar, they look virtually identical. I have never seen a man with such immaculate balance - it is freakish.

People go to a Test match just to watch Tendulkar. I, for one, would rather watch him than bowl against him. Actually, I'm glad I'll never have to bowl to him in a Test match again, though I've been quite successful against him. He is No. 1 in my book - the best player I have ever had the privilege of bowling to. There's Steve Waugh and there's Brian Lara, who was wonderful in 1995, but Tendulkar is a class above, consistently special.

Your margin for error against him really is marginal. If you get him on a flat track, when he is, say, 50 not out off 24 balls, then you know that you have a very long day ahead and the situation can be very, very demoralising. The best knock I can remember him playing was at Newlands in 1997, when he was just unstoppable. We only got him thanks to a blinding catch by Adam Bacher off a hook shot, otherwise he would have gone on and on.

Under Hansie Cronje we studied hard for a Tendulkar weakness. We thought he might be vulnerable, especially early in his innings, to the ball that is bowled from wide of the crease, coming back in off a good length. He might then be bowled through the gate, or be lbw, especially on English wickets. We also tried peppering him with short balls - not many top-class batters like that - but it didn't really seem to bother him. The one thing that might rattle him is being restricted. He loves scoring, and scoring quickly, and if he is frustrated, sometimes he goes out and looks for the big shot.

I don't think he really gets rattled by sledging. Glenn McGrath tried it and Tendulkar just kept running at him and hitting him back over his head for four. I think that, like Steve Waugh, sledging just makes him more focused: I don't think it is a good idea to have a word.

The ball I bowled to him in Durban in 1996 was the best ball I have bowled to any cricketer. I think he hit the first two balls after lunch for four, then I came from wide of the crease and the ball really went a long way to bowl him. I don't think I've ever celebrated like that - you save those for the big ones. We had discussed how to bowl to him, and I knew what I was trying to do, but I never expected it to go so far off the seam to knock out the off stump. It was a great sight. That series was billed as the Donald-Tendulkar battle, but he got his own back at Cape Town with one of the best knocks I've ever seen.

Tendulkar is already a legend so I'm not sure how he'll be remembered - what comes after legend? He is still young and if he plays till he is 35 who knows what he'll achieve. He's the best in the world, one of the most magnificent players there's ever been. He's also a nice guy, a soft-hearted bloke who gives 110% and just loves playing cricket.

littlemaster1982

4th August 2010, 11:35 PM

[tscii:58406fca57]Sachin Tendulkar's all-round greatness means he will not be surpassed (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/aug/04/sachin-tendulkar-india-cricket)

To understand what Sachin Tendulkar has meant to Indian cricket, it's necessary to look beyond his record-breaking 169th Test appearance, achieved yesterday in the series against Sri Lanka, and his batting heroics. Think instead of a man who has 198 wickets, 154 of them in one-day internationals, an individual who has never been less than fully involved out on the field despite having been around since the days when Mike Gatting was leading a rebel tour of South Africa.

Think back to a World Series game in Australia in December 1991. The West Indies were waning as a limited-overs force, but when they skittled India for 126 in Perth, few gave Mohammad Azharuddin's side a chance of salvaging anything from the game. But West Indies then fell apart themselves and it was left to Curtly Ambrose and Anderson Cummins to get them within range. Ambrose was run out, and Cummins and Patrick Patterson then levelled the scores with Azhar having turned to Tendulkar's medium pace as a last resort.

With the last ball of his only over, Tendulkar tempted Cummins to flash outside off stump. Azhar took a fine catch in the slips, and the game was tied. Two years later, the boy with the golden arm was at it again, this time in the Hero Cup semi-final against South Africa, a team who were coming into their own as a one-day powerhouse. Again it was Tendulkar that Azhar turned to, with six needed from the final over. He gave up just three, and went on to sneak one through Brian Lara's defence in a final where West Indies were routed.

In Tests, Tendulkar's partnership-breaking ability came to the fore in matches where he didn't contribute as heavily with the bat. In India's most cherished victory of all, at Eden Gardens in 2001, he made 10 in both innings. But facing a race against the clock to bowl Australia out on the final afternoon, it was his intervention after tea that effectively killed off Steve Waugh's hopes of clinging on to a series lead.

On a worn pitch and with the capacity crowd bellowing approval, he ripped the ball at near-right angles to supplement Harbhajan Singh's heroics at the other end. Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden and Shane Warne all fell leg-before, unable to fathom the extent of turn as Tendulkar tossed up leg breaks, googlies and the odd quicker one.

More than two years later, at Adelaide, he made 1 in the first innings of a game made memorable by the batting of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, and some rare Ajit Agarkar moments in the Test-match sun. With Australia setting India a target on a surface where chasing has never been easy, Tendulkar made his mark when it mattered most, with Australia 142 ahead and having seven wickets in hand. Damien Martyn and Steve Waugh were undone in successive overs, both by prodigious turn and edges to Dravid at slip.

In Multan the following spring, he produced another Warne-like special to bowl Moin Khan through his legs to ruin Pakistan's hopes of saving the follow-on. India went on to win by an innings and 52 runs, and the dismissal buried some ghosts from the recent past. At Eden Gardens in 1999, Moin's gritty 70 had been pivotal as Pakistan recovered from 26 for six to win a Test match.

His last Test wicket came at Wellington in April 2009, and you have to go back a further 18 months and a game against Pakistan in Guwahati for his last ODI wickets. A shoulder that required surgery has been keenly felt on Asian pitches, where his spin and ability to wobble the ball off the seam gave his captains an option well worth checking out.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the current India captain, will console himself with the thought that the bowling decline has gone hand-in-hand with a batting resurgence. In seven Tests this year, Tendulkar averages more than 96, and has five centuries. Overall he is averaging 56.25 in Tests.

Back when he started playing, 20 Test centuries and 10 more in the one-day arena marked you out as one of the all-time greats. The benchmarks he has gone on to set in both forms of the game make a mockery of everyone else who has played in this era.

Consider this to put things into perspective – Andrew Flintoff is five years younger and his peak lasted six years, from the hundred against South Africa at Lord's in 2003 to the Ashes-winning encore of last summer. Tendulkar was scoring match-saving Test hundreds at Old Trafford when Flintoff was 12, and he'll play his sixth World Cup next spring, while Fred watches from the sidelines.

As Sharda Ugra, who has seen Tendulkar progress from prodigy to old hand, asked in Cricinfo: "Stretch the imagination 22 years ahead and see if you can pick any fresh Test stripling of today – Umar Akmal, Eoin Morgan, Steve Smith, Adrian Barath – to go past 170 Tests." You can't, can you? Few records in sport are safe, not Bob Beamon's, not Hank Aaron's and not even Jack Nicklaus's of 18 majors. But Tendulkar, like Bradman and his 99.94, will endure. No one else will even get close.[/tscii:58406fca57]

littlemaster1982

7th August 2010, 09:35 PM

A comment from a blog in Guardian.co.uk. Perfectly sums up what makes Sachin special. Thanks to the ICF member who posted this.

To give people an idea why he means so much to Indians is that India and Indians have never been good in any internationally recognized sport with the odd exception. Our hockey team was once good and we've had great chess players. But in the sports that most people follow we've never had anyone, until Tendulkar. For an Indian to be considered one of the best batsman ever, for one to be held in such high esteem by his contemporaries is what makes him special. Shane Warne still waxes lyrical about him. Flintoff said he's the best he's bowled to. Allan Donald said there's Waugh, Lara and then there's Tendulkar. Does he have weaknesses, yes? But name me a batsman that doesn't? It's his ability to play different styles, against different bowlers in different conditions that make him stand out. I've seen him hit a Warne bouncer for 4 where Gilchrist is laughing because he can't believe what's just happened. He's smashed quicks, medium pacers, spinners - you name it. Does that mean he's the best player against spin ever? Or the best player against pace ever? Who knows. I've not seen every batsman who's ever played. But he's the best player against all these types of bowling I've seen. He's got the widest range of shots I've ever seen. And it's not necessarily about match winning innings or hundreds. It's about making you think that this bloke can do something I can't even imagine. My favourite innings of his was a 76 he got in Mumbai against Warne, McGrath, Gillespie, Fleming. It was the match before the famous Kolkata one, the last of Australia's 16 in a row in 2001. India were all out for 176 in the 1st innings. I can't remember what the score was when Tendulkar was out but he must have made about 70% of the team's total at the time. His strokeplay was unbelievable to the point that Justin Langer said afterwards it was the closest to batting genius he's ever seen. Did India win? No. Did Tendulkar get a hundred? No Did McGrath eventually get him? Yes. But for 2 hours I was spellbound and it's the best batting from anyone I've ever seen - Lara, Richards, Ponting included.

VinodKumar's

18th August 2010, 12:27 AM

Sachin in Srilanka' 2010 !!!

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5647/sachin1.jpg

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6051/sachin2.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6113/sachin3.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/311/sachin4.jpg

Master, enable pannurathuna pannikonga !!!

littlemaster1982

18th August 2010, 02:39 AM

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[html:c8f7a78d97]http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6051/sachin2.jpg[/html:c8f7a78d97]

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Thanks Vinod :D

Puliyan_Biryani

18th August 2010, 04:12 PM

Not to belittle the great man's acheivements or anything. But I recently read that he still hasn't scored 100 in both innings of a match.

It is not the benchmark of a great batsman. But would love to see him add that little feather as well to his overloaded cap.

And who better than the Aussies to do it against. :thumbsup:

Sourav

24th August 2010, 06:04 PM

Sachin shortlisted for ICC People's Choice Award
http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/24/stories/2010082453251900.htm

U can vote here!
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/lg_icc_awards/people_choice_submit.php

ajithfederer

26th August 2010, 10:24 PM

Thanks to BCCI for scheduling the 4 match Test series against England. So all in all to stress it to the Limit a very important year and a half from now till the early 2012 for Tendulkar and Indian cricket. An away tour to SA, ODI World cup 2011, Eng tour and I am almost pretty sure that there will be a test tour to down under australia by the fag end of 2011. I would go up a notch higher and say this is the Most important phase of thalaivar's cricketing life.

IMO, We have three important test series wins to register. We have to win in SA and in Australia. We can never win hereafter if we cannot win with this team in South Africa. Yes I mean it. In Border-Gavaskar Trophy, we missed in 2003, We were robbed in 2007 and we need to clinch it this time in 2011. We have to beat the English and defend our crown next year in England and prove that 07 Test win wasn't a fluke. If we achieve all this I will be mighty happier.

Now back to Thalaivar, me and LM were discussing over in fb the other day. Sachin ain't young anymore and my dear fellow fans we may have to face the harsh truth sooner or later. Yes, I am talking about his retirement :). He is nearing the impenetrable 100 centuries barrier and if by a good TEAM performance we win next year's cup there are chances that he may call it a day. My personal wish is that he continues to play tests for another 2-3 years but we have to respect his decision if he takes one and welcome him with open arms. The man has given more than half his life already for cricket.

P.S: Thanks to Vinod for bringing the pictures and lm for enabling it. BTW, Yes I voted for ICC's people award and thanks to sourav for bringing it to notice here. Thanks to anybody who posted info on this thread over the month and a half.

littlemaster1982

27th August 2010, 06:33 AM

Welcome back, AF :D

Sourav

27th August 2010, 06:51 AM

WB Feddy! :D

VinodKumar's

27th August 2010, 08:34 AM

Welcome back Stan. Viradhathuku kaaranam ennavo :confused2:

ajithfederer

2nd September 2010, 04:24 AM

http://www.timesnow.tv/Cricket-should-head-in-right-direction-1/videoshow/4352830.cms

A 15 min video.

ajithfederer

2nd September 2010, 04:25 AM

[tscii:34978674fd]Three from Tendulkar

There's something about the passion Sachin inspires that makes cricket worth it

Tanya Aldred
November 27, 2009

Genius, strength of character, compassion, and a way with the ball © AFP

Oh Sachin, shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou are more lovely and...

Oh dear, there is something about Tendulkar that draws out the sixth-form poet in me, an instinct that should have been locked firmly away back in 1991. There's something about his genius and his strength of character and his compassion and his (now shorn) curls. Something about the way he hits the ball with such deliberation and power but yet such precision and grace. Something about the passion he inspires that makes cricket worth watching and writing about. So I know it's a little late, but here are the three Tendulkar moments that sing to me.

On an English spring day in 1999, India and Kenya travelled to the West Country for their World Cup group game. Indian supporters, in their blue shirts and with painted faces, filled Bristol with a sound to quite new to me, I'd never been to a game where British Asians made up most of the supporters. Then the noise crescendoed, as if someone had removed a mighty muffler: Tendulkar walked in. As he strode out it was 92 for 2; 101 balls later he flicked the last of the innings for six over midwicket. He made 140, and as he hammered and cut and drove the ball with a sort of mastery, he seemed in a different world. He probably was. Two days earlier he had been at his father's funeral in Mumbai. At the end, amid the celebrations, and with great dignity, he quietly dedicated his innings to Ramesh Tendulkar. Oh, and Rahul Dravid scored a century too - not that anyone seemed to notice. He'd get used to that.

Two years later I was on my first tour of India. The heat was rising in Ahmedabad and by mid-morning had drained the energy even from the fingertips. It was December and the dust kicked up from the road on the long ride to the ground and the cattle seemed to groan as they passed by. This third morning of the second Test between England and India, the scooter park was much fuller than it had been - Tendulkar had been two not out overnight - and grew yet more crowded as he progressed, as if each stroke belched another 200 vehicles into the yard. Tendulkar was regal, disdainful. Nasser Hussain, intense thinker that he was, tried to contain him with a version of leg-theory, but he swatted balls away from outside off stump and deposited them through the leg side without lowering himself to a this-is-easy smirk. I can still hear the crack of one shot off Matthew Hoggard and remember looking for it on the grass to find it had already crossed the boundary. The facilities for the crowd were basic verging on grotty, but you'd never have guessed it from the enthusiasm and the noise. It grew like a rapidly approaching herd of buffalo: Sa-chin, SA-CHIN, SACHIN-SACHIN, and sticks were beaten against railings in unison, and feet were stamped and sari-ed grandmothers looked ready to swoon. I'd never heard a noise like it, and never have since. He made 102, practically perfect, runs. And when he was out the ground emptied. But it didn't matter.

In August 2007, India were practising for the one-day internationals against England and I dragged my one-year-old and three-year-old to Old Trafford to see Tendulkar for themselves (I had made the assumption that he might be about to retire and this might be their one chance to see him. Hah.) We were too late for the nets but hovered around outside in the car park, in the sun, with about 30 other families waiting for the Indian team to make the 20-metre walk to the coach. The players pottered out in dribs and drabs and the children were beginning to lose interest in the whole enterprise, when at last a short, sunglassed, cropped-haired fellow emerged. No, he didn't bend down and give them his autograph and a winning smile, but walked past briskly, shyly almost, and climbed aboard the coach as fathers pleaded desperately for his autograph. The children saw him for all of five seconds, but seemed pleased, and I felt I'd done my duty. Because unless he keeps going for another five years he will be nothing more to them than another old player in another old book. Which is a terrible thought. Although, Sachin, but thy eternal summer shall not fade. Oh damn...

Tanya Aldred lives in Manchester. She writes occasionally for the
Guardian

http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/436773.html[/tscii:34978674fd]

MADDY

3rd September 2010, 05:47 PM

http://www.youtube.com/user/starnews?feature=mhum&ref=nf#p/a/u/0/nMqEpsf7lmE

Sachin Tendulkar honoured as Group Captain in Indian Air Force

Vivasaayi

3rd September 2010, 08:18 PM

[ but you'd never have guessed it from the enthusiasm and the noise. It grew like a rapidly approaching herd of buffalo: Sa-chin, SA-CHIN, SACHIN-SACHIN, and sticks were beaten against railings in unison, and feet were stamped and sari-ed grandmothers looked ready to swoon. I'd never heard a noise like it, and never have since. He made 102, practically perfect, runs. And when he was out the ground emptied. But it didn't matter.

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We are blessed..WE ARE BLESSED to have known and experienced that feel.

when he enters the ground, when he hits his fist boundary, when hits that six,when he hits a century...adhu oru thani feel!

ajithfederer

3rd September 2010, 09:01 PM

Sachin becomes Group Captain in IAF

Sachin Tendulkar interacts with media after receiving an honourary rank of Indian Air Force Group Captain at a function in New Delhi on Friday.

Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday conferred with the Indian Air Forces honorary rank of Group Captain to honour his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation.

Tendulkar is the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by IAF and the first personality with no aviation background to receive the honour.

In 2008, Kapil Dev had received the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial Army.

Tendulkar was inducted into the Air Force as its brand ambassador with IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik doing the honours in a glittering ceremony at the Air Force auditorium here.

It's a great pleasure and honour to be honoured by IAF. It was wishful thinking and it has come true today. Im extremely proud to be a part of IAF. I want to urge the youth to join Air Force and serve the nation. So dream, because dreams do come true, Tendulkar said after receiving the honour.

Earlier, President Pratibha Patil had conferred the honorary rank of the IAF on the iconic batsman on June 23 this year.

The rank was conferred on Tendulkar under the provision of granting honorary rank by Armed Forces to eminent personalities acknowledging their contribution towards the nation.

The IAF had, in January this year, mooted a proposal to confer the honorary rank of Group Captain on Tendulkar.

IAF feels that besides the recognition, his association with it would motivate the younger generation to join the Air Force to serve the country.

Mr. Naik said the batting legends association with IAF will help in making the youth aware about the Air Force.

Youth admires him (Tendulkar). I think the youth will get inclined towards the Air Force. What youth will do in future we cant say but the indications that we are getting from school students ... we are hopeful.

To take corrective measures in reforming the IAF is my duty and Sachins association will help in spreading awareness (about the Air Force), Mr. Naik said.

Before being felicitated with the honorary rank, Sachin had gone through a process of familiarisation with the IAF and training in basic military practices and drills.

Keywords: IAF, Sachin Tendulkar

http://www.thehindu.com/news/article611671.ece?homepage=true

LM, Please upload the pic in this link.

ajithfederer

3rd September 2010, 09:06 PM

Thanks Maddy for the video. Sir looks super smart in his Air force Uniform. :shock: :clap:.

http://www.youtube.com/user/starnews?feature=mhum&ref=nf#p/a/u/0/nMqEpsf7lmE

Sachin Tendulkar honoured as Group Captain in Indian Air Force

ajithfederer

3rd September 2010, 09:59 PM

http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album-details.php?id=8097&Album=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=Group+Captain+Sachin+Tendulkar

LM/PR please enable all the images in this link to this thread.

sathya_1979

4th September 2010, 07:03 AM

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/sep/03/sachin-tendulkar-bats-for-india-young-brigade.htm
Deivame, pOdhum Deivame. Poosaarikku maNi adikka thereelannaa accept senjudhaan aagaNum.

sathya_1979

4th September 2010, 05:40 PM

Sachin's speech during the IAF Honor award! Already flew in a fighter jet in SA during 1996. Now he will be flying in SU-30 :shocked2: :clap: paathu pOnga saar!

sathya_1979

4th September 2010, 08:44 PM

விமானப்படை "வீரரானார்' சச்சின் : சரித்திர நாயகனுக்கு இன்னொரு மணிமகுடம்
From Dinamalar today!

idhe Dinamalar posted an article titled "Get-Out Sachin" when he was going thru a bad patch circa 2006-07. How times have changed? That's Sachin!

ajithfederer

7th September 2010, 08:11 PM

get India today weekly this issue . .
Well this is to inform all Tendulkar lovers ..that a special magazine has come with the current issue of India Today Magazine ...dated September 13th go and get the collector's edition

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5514045693728739481

Bala (Karthik)

7th September 2010, 08:38 PM

Eppadi vaangaren nu mattum paarunga. Hope i get it here...

Plum

7th September 2010, 08:43 PM

idhellAm andha padhavikku perumai.

I think people like Sachin are given these honours to enhance the value of such honours and make it an attractive option for youngsters. idhai pArthu oru nAlu iLaignargaL group captain AgaNumnu Asai paduvAnganu edhirpArppu irukumnu nenaikkarEn.

littlemaster1982

9th September 2010, 08:54 PM

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littlemaster1982

9th September 2010, 08:56 PM

Sir looks super smart in his Air force Uniform. :shock: :clap:.

:yes: :exactly:

Puliyan_Biryani

9th September 2010, 10:53 PM

Sachin's boyish smile :smile: . Some things never change do they.

Dhakshan

14th September 2010, 10:10 AM

Sachin Ramesh tendulkar :notworthy: for his current form and his evergreen status :P

ajithfederer

16th September 2010, 12:25 AM

http://www.orkut.com/Main#Profile?uid=9055534460580154795

http://www.orkut.com/Main#AlbumList?uid=9055534460580154795&rl=mo

1st link is the orkut profile of a guy named "Nayan Kurude".

2nd link is his album section which has 5,000+ sachin photos.

We can use this link for photo references and uploads in the future.

sathya_1979

17th September 2010, 07:08 PM

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/111358/SPORT/our-sachin.html
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Our Sachin By Tanya Aldred, September 3, 2010, Updated 18:45 IST

Your Tendulkar, the real thing, is a subtly different creature from our Tendulkar. Your Tendulkar is worshipped and glorified. He is micro-examined and analysed. But he is also a technician, the straight man to the glorious freedom of VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag. He is a commodity and he is a salesman. There is his face, on billboard, magazine, television, selling watches, mobile phones, biscuits, soft drinks and motorbikes.

But over here he is something more remote, perhaps a little more romantic. His face, still remarkably boyish with its cropped hair and dark eyes, appears on the back pages of the newspapers, and on the front of cricket magazines. And that is pretty much it. We know him, love him, for his fortitude, his 100s, his average, his niceness, his seeming lack of vanity and above all for his beautiful batting.

For years the pub conversation would be over who was the greater, Tendulkar or Brian Lara. Now Lara has disappeared but Tendulkar remains, soaring above the rest. We English have had no one like him, at least since Jack Hobbs. Of the nine English players who average over 50, only two of them started their careers after the Second World War: Ken Barrington and Jonathan Trott. And though they both have many fine qualities, they don't lift the soul in quite the same way.

It is the minutiae that fascinate. That Tendulkar married his teenage sweetheart, drives the streets of Mumbai late at night and visits the temple in the small hours, gives him a slightly sad glamour, probably completely out of kilter with reality. In fact Tendulkar's career has spanned the transformation of the Western view of India.
In 1989, India was still largely looked upon as a mystical, English-loving third-world former colony with lyrical commentaries from Salman Rushdie, nowit is up there with China, a soon to be gasguzzling giant, an Internet behemoth, a place that David Cameron has to placate during his first few months of power, a land that shouts its own successes and devises its own soaraway cricket competition in the IPL.

Tendulkar is two months and one day younger than me and three-and-a-half inches taller(if he is five foot five). Sadly, that is where any similarity ends. In November 1989, when he was making his Test debut, in Karachi, aged 16, I was struggling to summon up the courage to put up my hand in A level history. But I like to think I've kept a friendly eye on his career.

Though he made his debut Test century in Gooch's parched summer of 1990, wearing a pair of Sunil Gavaskar's pads and denying England a win at Old Trafford, and flamed amazement against Australia at Sydney and Perth in the winter of 1991-92, it wasn't until he came to Yorkshire the following summer, that he really hit the public consciousness.

The new recruit was photographed smiling gamely on one of his first days, wearing a checked flat cap and holding a pint of foaming bitter. He was Yorkshire's first overseas player. He was Yorkshire's first non-white player. He was also something of a superstar and the local press couldn't believe their luck.

There was a constant and rolling supply of rumours, including one that he was going to be sponsored by Tariq's-the late-night student curry house just a hop skip and a jump from Headingley. That never materialised, but the team were said to have grown fat on free curries from various establishments all season. One local restaurant even changed its named to Sachin's from April to September.

Although, he didn't dazzle, Tendulkar was looked on with real affection in Yorkshire by the staff, the fans and his teammates. At home, we followed his progress in the paper (back in the days when it still carried scorecards). He was said to love the freedom of being in England, to enjoy driving his club car through the streets and hills surrounding Leeds (though he asked to have the name taken off so he didn't get hassled by too many girls.)

In 2002 when he came back for the opening of the new East stand, he made a sweet speech. "I was only 19 when I came here and I didn't know what to expect, but I will alalways remember this as one of the greatest four-and-a-half months I've spent in my life."

By the 1996 World Cup, Tendulkar was in a different league. He was the leading run scorer, a constant and brilliant accumulator. Then that English summer, when arctic winds chilled the bones, Tendulkar batted beautifully. Though that tour is mostly remembered for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid's double act at Lord's, Tendulkar made two Test 100s, at Edgbaston and at Trent Bridge. His 100 on the third afternoon at Birmingham as all collapsed around him was acknowledged by Wisden to be one of "rare brilliance".

But wasn't until the World Cup summer of 1999 that I was able to see Tendulkar bat in the flesh. At Bristol, the day after returning from his father's funeral, he annihilated Kenya. His 50 came from 54 balls, 100 from 84 balls and the last ball of the innings was flicked over mid-wicket for six. The noise, from the Anglo-Indian fans, was like nothing I had ever heard. His timing, his wristiness, his grace-oh what joy!

Then in 2001, I came to India. There it all was, as people had told me, the sky, the shimmering lights of Mumbai against the sea, the trains, the saris, the wealth, the poverty, the chai-sellers, the firecrackers. And there was Tendulkar, everywhere. Armed guards sat on the hotel floor where he slept, bodyguards kept the public away. He stood in the nets at the lovelystadium of Chandigarh, in the early morning cool, tiny but utterly self-possessed, seemingly unseeing of the crowds crammed against the wires.

Out in the middle, he was breathtaking, conducting ball to boundary with a whip and a bang. He made 88 at Mohali, and on the third day at dusty Ahmedabad, toyed with Nasser Hussain's leg theory as balls disappeared from outside the off stump, through the leg side to the boundary. He made 103 glorious, Sa-chin, Sa-chin, railing-banging runs, and then he was out. And the ground, and the scooter park behind it, emptied, as if somebody had pulled out the plug. At Bangalore, he was tamed by the tactics of Flintoff and Giles, but still made 90. It had been beautiful.

Five-and-a-half years later, in the summer of 2007, I dragged my young children to Old Trafford to see the Indians practising, because I thought it might be their only chance to see him in the flesh before he retired. We were too late to glimpse him in the nets but suddenly, just as the shadows became long, he emerged. We saw his light-footed and sunglass wearing, walk from the glass doors of the Old Trafford entrance hall, to the team coach. Could you perceive greatness in those 15 steps? I thought you could

ajithfederer

18th September 2010, 11:47 PM

Sachin Tendulkar will bat against noisy Diwali

This Diwali, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will appeal to school children to refrain from spending money on fire crackers and limit noise and air pollution during the festive season. He will be assisted by film actor Nana Patekar, world-renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar, social-activist Dr Prakash Amte and planning commission member Dr Narendra Jadhav.

This campaign by Harit Sena, a joint initiative of the social forestry department and Maharashtra Andhashradha Nirmulan Samiti (Mans) will send letters signed from these personalities to more than 8,500 schools in the state, appealing to them to stop using fire-crackers for a greener environment.

“Every year, around Rs500 crore is spent on firecrackers, which leads to massive pollution. Sachin and Nana are admired by children, and if they appeal to them it can lead to change,” said Sushila Munde, state conveyor of Mans.

The campaign will urge students and parents to fill up a form asking the student to save a certain amount by not buying crackers. The posters, signed by Sachin and others, will be distributed in schools after the Ganesh festival. The samiti estimates that it will be able to save Rs20 crore from being spent on crackers this year.

The 8,500 schools Harit Sena will approach comprise more than four lakh students. “We will ask the students to use this money for buying books, toys and sweets instead. They can even use it to donate essential items to the poor people,” said Munde.

Sachin was earlier seen in advertisements of the BMC, in which he campaigned to save water.

He had said that he had stopped using the shower since it wastes valuable water.

Source : http://www.sachinist.com/news/1-news/291-sachin-tendulkar-will-bat-against-noisy-diwali.html

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ajithfederer

20th September 2010, 08:56 AM

Cricket's most frequent team-mates

Pairs of players who've been team-mates in the most Tests and ODIs and had the best success rates

Travis Basevi and George Binoy

September 15, 2010

Which cricketers have been team-mates most often? It used to be Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, who played 104 matches with each other. They were overtaken by the Waugh twins, who had featured in 108 Tests together by 2002. Since then, however, several pairs have passed Mark and Steve, and the present leaders are Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who've been team-mates in 127 Tests for India.

Dravid and Tendulkar have also played more than 100 matches with each of India's Test mainstays - Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman - during the 1990s and 2000s. The pair with the best record among them is Tendulkar and Kumble, who won 40 and lost 31 out of their 122 Tests together. Their win-loss ratio of 1.29, however, pales in comparison to those of pairs that played in more successful Test sides. Australia, for instance, won 71 of the 104 Tests Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne played together. They lost only 16 and drew the remaining 17 games.

Had Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge won one more Test together, they would have been the only pair to have played 100 Tests with a win-loss ratio of more than 5.00. As it stands, they played together in 99 games, of which West Indies won 56 and lost 11.

The Indians, however, continue to rule tables with the most matches for three or more players. Only two sets of three players have appeared in 100 Tests together. Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly are No. 1 with 103 but Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman, presently on 100, are likely to overtake them before 2010 ends.

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/477078.html

As usual cricinfo rocks with their database.

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Sourav

20th September 2010, 08:14 PM

Tendulkar, Sehwag shortlisted for top ICC awards

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/sep/20/sachin-tendulkar-sehwag-shortlisted-for-icc-award.htm

ajithfederer

20th September 2010, 09:47 PM

Two more 100's Needed for 50 Centuries in Test Cricket. Camaan Tendulkar :2thumbsup:. Australia Series 8-).

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html

littlemaster1982

20th September 2010, 11:06 PM

Tendulkar in all major categories for ICC awards

Sachin Tendulkar leads the nominations for the seventh ICC awards as the only cricketer to have been short-listed in all the three major categories. India opener Virender Sehwag, South Africa's middle-order batsman Hashim Amla and England offspinner Graeme Swann are the other names in the marquee Cricketer of the Year shortlist.

Amla and Sehwag were also nominated for the Test cricketer of the Year award, along with South Africa seamer Dale Steyn. Two Australians - seamer Ryan Harris and allrounder Shane Watson - and South Africa's middle-order batsman AB de Villiers completed the shortlist for the ODI award, along with Tendulkar.

Tendulkar was in prolific form during the assessment period - August 24 2009 to August 10 2010 - scoring 1064 runs in 10 Tests, and 914 runs in 17 ODIs, including the first double-century in the history of the format.

Sehwag's inclusion in the Test category came as no surprise after a year during which he topped the run-charts, apart from scoring his runs at an exceptional strike-rate of 97.34.

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain who was the top ODI run-scorer during the assessment period, was dropped from both the Player of the Year and ODI longlists. de Villiers, who topped the ODI averages among players who scored above 700 runs, had four centuries in the 12-month period - second only to Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored five. Swann was a late inclusion to the initial longlist after the ICC overlooked him when they first released the list of contenders for the awards.

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene won two Twenty20 nominations for his knocks against Zimbabwe and West Indies in the World Twenty20, while Brendon McCullum and Michael Hussey were also shortlisted for batting performances. South Africa seamer Ryan McLaren was the only bowler to figure in the list of five.

This year's awards ceremony, which will be hosted in Bangalore on October 6, comprise nine individual prizes and three team awards. For the first time, a "people's choice award" that will be decided by online fan votes has been included. The shortlists were nominated by an independent 25-person academy comprising a host of former players, members of the media, and representatives of the elite panel of umpires and match referees.

The shortlists

Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Graeme Swann and Sachin Tendulkar

Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Dale Steyn and Sachin Tendulkar

ODI Player of the Year: Ryan Harris, Sachin Tendulkar , AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

Emerging Player of the Year: Umar Akmal, Steven Finn, Angelo Mathews and Tim Paine

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnson (Ireland), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland) and Mohammed Shahzad (Afghanistan)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Michael Hussey 60* v Pakistan, Mahela Jayawardene 100 v Zimbabwe, Mahela Jayawardene 98* v West Indies, Ryan McLaren 5-19 v West Indies and Brendon McCullum 116* v Australia.

Women's Cricketer of the Year: Katherine Brunt (England), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia) and Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill and Simon Taufel

Spirit of Cricket: India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

Members of the voting academy

Former players: Ian Healy, Moin Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Shaun Pollock, Bob Willis, Sidath Wettimuny, Kris Srikkanth, Ian Bishop, Jeremy Coney, Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Roland Lefebvre

Media: Jim Maxwell (Australia), Osman Samiuddin (Pakistan), Sayeed Uzzaman (Bangladesh), Neil Manthorp (South Africa), Mike Selvey (England), Ramil Abeynaike (Sri Lanka), Sharda Ugra (India), Fazeer Mohammed (West India), Richard Boock (New Zealand), Enock Muchinjo (Zimbabwe) and Ian Callender (Associate Representative)

Elite panel of ICC referees representative: Roshan Mahanama

Elite panel of ICC umpires representative: Rudi Koertzen

Chairman of ICC cricket committee: Clive Lloyd

Plum

21st September 2010, 11:04 AM

Looking at the panel Sachinku vAippugaL romba kammi.

Amla will get atleast one of the 2 awards he is nominated for.
IMO, Sachin should be given all 3. This time, the records for the year are also in favour apart from his natural superiority in stature.

I think ODI player for the year is a lock for SRT.

I fear they might share the other 2 between Amla and Sehwag. minji minji pOnA, Sehwag-ku oru Appu kuduthuttu, they'll give test player award to Amla, and overall award to SRT.

Sourav

21st September 2010, 11:14 AM

ajithfederer

24th September 2010, 12:13 AM

The Heart Goes on : Steve Waugh

I have often been asked whether I knew Sachin Tendulkar was destined for his remarkable run in world cricket-a run that is punctuated with records, some coming in the 22nd year of his international cricket-when I first saw him play. It is always hard to spot exceptional talent in a youngster, but when I first saw Sachin, I knew I was watching a special player.

He was batting at the WACA, Perth, on a pitch that in those days was a fast bowler's paradise. Australians found it tough going at Perth and here was an Indian teenager, on his first tour to Australia, batting with great composure and exceptional ease to score one of his finest centuries. The signs of a special talent were clear for the world to see and I knew Sachin would make a mark on cricket.

Today,two decades later, there is still plenty of fuel left in Tendulkar and it is fascinating to see his hunger for success and the discipline to remain fit and focused at this level. From the point of view of a contemporary, I find it amazing that he has remained the key wicket that the opposition prizes for more than two decades. It's one thing to be around for that but quite another thing to remain the linchpin of the team right through that period.

It was in the early 1990s that the Indian fans really started to warm to Sachin's talent and persona. The decade saw Sachin develop from a promising youngster into one who values his talent and is willing to work hard to make the most of it. It's not always that exceptional talent translates into a great career, but Sachin had the temperament and the discipline to exploit that ability.

Right through the 1990s and even thereafter, Sachin has always kept some of his most brilliant knocks for Australia, and very often it was really a pressure cooker situation because you had an unstoppable cricketer as well as thousands of screaming fans to deal with. It was a cauldron, and you could see that Sachin would feed off the fans and the cheering and expectations would actually get him going.

As a captain you knew you had to get him out early and if you did not manage that, you were in for a hard time. There were a few plans we had for him, the one that comes in occasionally trapped him in front of the wicket and we often found him impatient if he were kept away from the strike for long. These tactics worked at times, but very often they did not. I remember seeing him scoring at century that is known as the 'sandstorm knock' in Sharjah.

Australia won the game, but if in the change room after the match, you would have thought we were the losing side. I voiced my concern about Sachin's form and Allan Border consoled us saying that it would be impossible for him to bat that well in the finals and that Sachin in fact was due for a failure. Sachin famously scored another century, this time on his 25th birthday to seal the trophy for India. At that point common opinion was that Sachin could not get much better than this.

It's hard to say what motivates a player, and when a career spans two decades, the targets must have shifted often and the desire to raise the bar must manifest itself in various ways. Who would have predicted that Sachin would breach the 200 mark in ODIs in his 22nd year? Today he has gone past my 169 Tests and I think he looks good to cross 200 as far as Tests go as well. Perhaps the 200-Test mark is the motivation that is taking Sachin through the training sessions, the travel and the hard yards that might make a player feel jaded after two demanding decades.

Today, we are looking at at least two more years of Sachin Tendulkar. However, it was not always this way. He had a bit of a dip a few years ago, but he emerged from that 12-month slump with greater determination to prove that there some fire in the belly. In fact, my last Test was a significant one for Sachin as well. It was the Sydney Test from when we saw a new, cautious, more accumulative batsman take over from his earlier, free-flowing avatar. He had been struggling through that series, and this when the rest of the Indians were actually scoring a lot of runs.

Sachin reassessed his game and cut off his off-drive which forced the bowlers to bowl to him while he was content to play the waiting game. It seemed that he had decided that this was the role he wanted to play and this phase continued for many seasons. Again at the SCG in 2008 he played delightfully in the Test that ended in controversy. Few who saw him play would forget his effortless strokeplay, and the manner in which he put the bowlers away in the first innings.

Today, Sachin plays smart cricket, but he also seems to be enjoying himself. The body does give him reminders of the wear and tear it has been through, but he has gained in experience and knows his game well enough to adapt himself. He also seems content to preserve himself and does take a break every now and then. Significantly, he has opted out of the Twenty20 format even though he looks very good when he turns out for Mumbai.

There is a lot to remember Sachin by whenever he decides to call it a day. There are records that will stand the test of time and there will be some that are bound to be broken. For instance, who is to bet that Virender Sehwag will not score a triple century in onedayers! The game is shifting and reshaping itself all the time, and scores are going to get increasingly stratospheric.

However, the one record that he might have for himself is the one for Test appearances. I remember thinking 168 Tests would be a hard number to get past, but it has happened in six years. However, with the number of formats that have now come into the equation, it will be hard for a player to sustain himself for the number of years it takes to play 200 Tests.

I am assuming that that is the motivation that will keep the little master hungry for a couple of years more. For all you know it's the 100 centuries in Tests and one-dayers that is keeping Sachin hungry. His centuries are coming at a regular rate once again after a dip in 2005-2006. He is pulling away from the competition, and at 48 and still counting, he might have the record for himself for quite some time.

Every player has his own reasons for calling it a day. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath wanted to sign off with an Ashes series. When I decided to retire, it seemed right to call it a day at Sydney against the Indians. I had made my debut against India in 1985 and it seemed like a cycle would be completed if I were to retire after playing against India. When I hung up my boots, I knew that the goals that would keep me hungry were no longer there.

It's clear that Sachin too has earned the right to decide his future on his terms. We are talking about a mature, fit and sensible cricketer who knows he has the desire to play on coupled with the ability to do well. I see the legend growing for at least two more years.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/111357/the-heart-goes-on.html?complete=1

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ajithfederer

24th September 2010, 12:19 AM

Lot of records are awaiting sachin..
Lot of records are awaiting sachin.. if he has a good series against aussies

1) He can get two tons and cross the 50 ton mark
2) Become the highest scorer for the year surpassing trott
3) Can become the first player to reach 1000 runs for this year
4) Can overtake Lara's runs against aussies in test
5) Can reach the 3000 runs mark against aussies if he has an exceptional series
6) If he gets the twin centuries he will equal the record of sir jack hobbs for the maximum number of centuries against aussies.
7) he can cross the 14k mark and be the first to do so.
8) In the ODI series if he plays all the three matches he will become the most capped player.. and with Jaya permanently out of the SL Team.. this record will stay with sachin forever
9) If he scores a century against aus in the ODIs, he will become the only player to score 10 centuries against opposition in ODIs.

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5519456055428194214&na=1&nst=1

ajithfederer

24th September 2010, 12:37 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8h0Tv8Z0A

Sachin being honored with Air Force Rank. Longer video.

littlemaster1982

24th September 2010, 08:17 AM

littlemaster1982

27th September 2010, 10:14 AM

A genius and a gentleman (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/111354/a-genius-and-a-gentleman.html)

John Wright

If around 1990, I'd been asked how long this 16-year-old Indian touring New Zealand would survive in international cricket, I wouldn't have come close. No matter how good the kid looked, you didn't think in terms of a 20 years.

When Sachin came to New Zealand in 1990 we had heard about this bright, young batsman. When we saw him, his talent and approach were obvious. He looked younger than he was, but he walked to the wicket like he meant it, meant the business. There was, even then, nothing excess in his game. When you can see someone's game and it will tell you about what they can do. A brilliant bat tells you he can reel off the flashy strokes but he doesn't tell you immediately if he is going to be an opponent, a real competitor.

Longevity in cricket is a hard thing to predict and it's an even harder thing to achieve. You need be physically resilient and have a love for the game. It sounds simple but it is very hard work and it is what Sachin has done.

By 1990, I'd played a lot of cricket and he was just starting out. Sachin had a quiet first Test in Christchurch but in Napier, gave us a long good look at himself and in terms of his skill, he was the real deal. Every time some young talent came through you wanted to see what they were all about. To see maybe what the future looked like. With Sachin, there were two things that caught your eye.

He had great balance and had the time to play his shots. You saw one shot of brilliance, that for normal batsmen would not be their first shot of selection. His late cut comes to mind, and it was like something rang in your head like being woken by your alarm and you knew you were watching someone special. He played these lovely shots and but there were no frills in his cricket.

I remember the innings of 88 he played in Napier, not because I took a catch but about one I dropped. A sitter from Azharuddin, that my grandmother would have caught while knitting. Azza was then given not out to one I thought he'd gloved to leg gully and I was angry with myself. In the middle of all this the16-year-old was knocking us around, and I went up to umpire Steve Woodward and told him that he'd given Azza an extra round. To which, Woodward said, "John, yours was easier than mine!"

Sachin wouldn't remember all that, I don't think. The only thing about thatmatch he would remember is falling 12 short of being the youngest Test centurion. He was shy then and we didn't get a chance to exchange much other than handshakes. But in 1998-99 when he toured New Zealand, he had become something of a star and I was struck by his humility when he signed an autograph for my young son Harry.

He carried himself with a lot of grace and dignity. Just how much I realised only later when coaching with India. We went to an Adidas store in Chennai and a huge crowd of what looked a thousand people gathered outside in no time at all because Sachin was there. We had to actually escape from a back entrance.

Apart from things like that-which happened often, and they threw me off but he always managed to stay calm-coaching Sachin was about watching closely and asking questions.

He has the best balance of any player I have ever seen. I got enjoyment out of watching him play a forward defensive shot of complete poise and control. He makes batting, which can be quite tough to master and improve, look simple. On times when I thought maybe his head wasn't quite as still as it could be, Iwould ask him howhe felt about his batting.

If he said he felt great, you just left your observation alone for a while. If however he said, 'oh I don't feel that good', then you'd ask, do you think you were really balanced out there, how's the head you think? He was in many ways his own coach, and he had his brother who knew his game inside out.

For the rest of it, he was just a young man with an enormous love of his game and gave it complete respect both in preparation and in practice. He worked at it, not like one of the contemporary greats of the game which is who he was, but like a student. I knew he was upset in Multan after that declaration and it was understandable but he got over it almost that very night.

He was never late for the bus, for practice, for meetings. On one day he knew he was going to be, so he came up to me and said there was something that had to be attended. I just thought that's why he was who he was. I wish a lot of lesser players could learn from his thoughtfulness and the respect he showed, not just for me as the coach but for his cricket, what we were all trying to to, what we were all trying to be part of.

He was a very tough but fair competitor and he had great humanity. In 2003, we were in New Zealand on what was a horrible tour for the team. For me, it was worse because I had taken the team I coached back to my home country and we weren't playing likewe could. It was an awful time to be honest. By the time we came to Queenstown, I was feeling particularly beat-up.

Sachin was living in the room next to mine, and one evening he came over with a bottle of wine and tried to make me feel better. We just talked about how the tour had gone and how the team knew that it would have been a very bitter pill to swallow. Well, my face certainly showed that evening and at the time I appreciated his thoughtfulness.

Sachin and I have always had some interesting conversations about batting and I remember one in Sydney 2003-04 along with his wife Anjali. Sachin had not got a big score on the tour by his standards and Sydney was to be the last test. Eventually he made a plan that he would not play the backfoot drive squarish through the off-side until he really got in. He then got 241 not out without a cover drive. Some pundits called it scratchy, and grumbled that he was not the same Tendulkar and I thought that was rubbish.

That innings was not about showing off his repertoire for a couple of hours to keep the crowd happy, that was just another piece of Tendulkar genius, of being able to control the mental side of his game and the big runs. I lost count of the number of times commentators and the like used to say he's on the wane, he's not same player he was. To them Iwanted to say, "just look in the scorebook". Today I want to ask them, he's been a long time waning, hasn't he?

Given his huge popularity, Sachin could have taken on the superstar life but he just loved the game and he was determined to succeed. This determination really doesn't get talked about by writers and commentators. Sometimes he could go into himself, which may look like aloofness at a distance, but I always thought it was something that came from who he was. Or maybe something it was someone he needed to be because of his life. This genuine genius of a performer at the crease was actually just a normal man who strangely enough couldn't walk down the street outside his home.

One of the people in cricket Sachin reminds me of most is Shane Warne. They come from two different parts of the world, one of them's a batsman, the other a bowler, one man smokes and the other doesn't and let's not even gointo the difference in the kind of headlines they generate. What brings them together, though, and actually makes them friends is complete understanding and control over their craft. Theirs is a highly developed and matured skill, which you don't find everywhere and which comes once in a few generations and in time to come whenever the game is talked about they will be forever remembered.

After Sachin got a big score a few years ago, and it may have been a 200 against Zimbabwe, I did bring up the figure of a 100 hundreds. It wasn't about sowing a seed, I just thought back then, that he could do it if he wanted to. He's close now and I'm keeping count. Getting to that milestone would put Sachin alongside Bradman who really rated him.

A hundred hundreds would be a number like Bradman's famous average, a record that only a history-maker could set. Normally you would have thought there was Bradman and the rest. Now I think, Sachin comes somewhere in between Bradman and the rest. History may put them very close, maybe on the same shelf.

littlemaster1982

27th September 2010, 10:35 AM

The heart goes on (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/111357/the-heart-goes-on.html?complete=1)

Steve Waugh

I have often been asked whether I knew Sachin Tendulkar was destined for his remarkable run in world cricket-a run that is punctuated with records, some coming in the 22nd year of his international cricket-when I first saw him play. It is always hard to spot exceptional talent in a youngster, but when I first saw Sachin, I knew I was watching a special player.

He was batting at the WACA, Perth, on a pitch that in those days was a fast bowler's paradise. Australians found it tough going at Perth and here was an Indian teenager, on his first tour to Australia, batting with great composure and exceptional ease to score one of his finest centuries. The signs of a special talent were clear for the world to see and I knew Sachin would make a mark on cricket.

Today,twodecades later, there is still plenty of fuel left in Tendulkar and it is fascinating to see his hunger for success and the discipline to remain fit and focused at this level. From the point of view of a contemporary, I find it amazing that he has remained the key wicket that the opposition prizes for more than two decades. It's one thing to be around for that but quite another thing to remain the linchpin of the team right through that period.

It was in the early 1990s that the Indian fans really started to warm to Sachin's talent and persona. The decade saw Sachin develop from a promising youngster into one who values his talent and is willing to work hard to make the most of it. It's not always that exceptional talent translates into a great career, but Sachin had the temperament and the discipline to exploit that ability.

Right through the 1990s and even thereafter, Sachin has always kept some of his most brilliant knocks for Australia, and very often it was really a pressure cooker situation because you had an unstoppable cricketer as well as thousands of screaming fans to deal with. It was a cauldron, and you could see that Sachin would feed off the fans and the cheering and expectations would actually get him going.

As a captain you knew you had to get him out early and if you did not manage that, you were in for a hard time. There were a few plans we had for him, the one that comes in occasionally trapped him in front of the wicket and we often found him impatient if he were kept away from the strike for long. These tactics worked at times, but very often they did not. I remember seeing him scoring at century that is known as the 'sandstorm knock' in Sharjah.

Australia won the game, but if in the change room after the match, you would have thought we were the losing side. I voiced my concern about Sachin's form and Allan Border consoled us saying that it would be impossible for him to bat that well in the finals and that Sachin in fact was due for a failure. Sachin famously scored another century, this time on his 25th birthday to seal the trophy for India. At that point common opinion was that Sachin could not get much better than this.

It's hard to say what motivates a player, and when a career spans two decades, the targets must have shifted often and the desire to raise the bar must manifest itself in various ways. Who would have predicted that Sachin would breach the 200 mark in ODIs in his 22nd year? Today he has gone past my 169 Tests and I think he looks good to cross 200 as far as Tests go as well. Perhaps the 200-Test mark is the motivation that is taking Sachin through the training sessions, the travel and the hard yards that might make a player feel jaded after two demanding decades.

Today, we are looking at at least two more years of Sachin Tendulkar. However, it was not always this way. He had a bit of a dip a few years ago, but he emerged from that 12-month slump with greater determination to prove that there some fire in the belly. In fact, my last Test was a significant one for Sachin as well. It was the Sydney Test from when we saw a new, cautious, more accumulative batsman take over from his earlier, free-flowing avatar. He had been struggling through that series, and this when the rest of the Indians were actually scoring a lot of runs.

Sachin reassessed his game and cut off his off-drive which forced the bowlers to bowl to him while he was content to play the waiting game. It seemed that he had decided that this was the role he wanted to play and this phase continued for many seasons. Again at the SCG in 2008 he played delightfully in the Test that ended in controversy. Few who saw him play would forget his effortless strokeplay, and the manner in which he put the bowlers away in the first innings.

Today, Sachin plays smart cricket, but he also seems to be enjoying himself. The body does give him reminders of the wear and tear it has been through, but he has gained in experience and knows his game well enough to adapt himself. He also seems content to preserve himself and does take a break every now and then. Significantly, he has opted out of the Twenty20 format even though he looks very good when he turns out for Mumbai.

There is a lot to remember Sachin by whenever he decides to call it a day. There are records that will stand the test of time and there will be some that are bound to be broken. For instance, who is to bet that Virender Sehwag will not score a triple century in onedayers! The game is shifting and reshaping itself all the time, and scores are going to get increasingly stratospheric.

However, the one record that he might have for himself is the one for Test appearances. I remember thinking 168 Tests would be a hard number to get past, but it has happened in six years. However, with the number of formats that have now come into the equation, it will be hard for a player to sustain himself for the number of years it takes to play 200 Tests.

I am assuming that that is the motivation that will keep the little master hungry for a couple of years more. For all you know it's the 100 centuries in Tests and one-dayers that is keeping Sachin hungry. His centuries are coming at a regular rate once again after a dip in 2005-2006. He is pulling away from the competition, and at 48 and still counting, he might have the record for himself for quite some time.

Every player has his own reasons for calling it a day. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath wanted to sign off with an Ashes series. When I decided to retire, it seemed right to call it a day at Sydney against the Indians. I had made my debut against India in 1985 and it seemed like a cycle would be completed if I were to retire after playing against India. When I hung up my boots, I knew that the goals that would keep me hungry were no longer there.

It's clear that Sachin too has earned the right to decide his future on his terms. We are talking about a mature, fit and sensible cricketer who knows he has the desire to play on coupled with the ability to do well. I see the legend growing for at least two more years.

ajithfederer

27th September 2010, 10:29 PM

Sachin Tendulkar - people are falling in love with him all over again. You are about the same age. Is he an inspiration for you?
Over the last 12 months, Sachin's been playing exceptionally well. He seems to be the batsman everybody seems to be chasing. He is the key wicket - if we get him, there is a good chance to win the game.

There was a time when people used to think that Ponting would catch Sachin in terms of runs, but do you now think that he has widened that gap a bit?
He is in his 40s, I am on 39 [centuries]. I am in the best of shape. Honestly, it feels like some of my best batting is just round the corner.

I have worked really hard in the gym over the last four or five years to make sure of my fitness. One thing I have been working really hard on is to get that pull shot back on the way it was before.

Ricky Thomas Ponting on Tendulkar in his interview to cricinfo. (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/478773.html)

Plum

28th September 2010, 07:25 AM

tamizharasan

28th September 2010, 09:09 PM

Well, I feel the same. Ponting's on course for a revival and that"ll give western press the ammunition to position him alongside ten and brian :(

Look at his confidence - asked about tendulkar, he is talking more about himself and how he'll revive his best batting days.

And to boot, a weak, out of form/injury recovering indian bowling attack, a toothless durby and a as-usual-come-spank-my-a*** english bowling on ricky's fav aus pitches to follow.

Pricky's all set to overtake ten sooner or later

It is very unlikely that it will happen. He does not have much time to do that and australian cricket board will make it even tougher. But I did think it was inevitable during 2007-2008 timeframe. Now the scenario is totally different.

Plum

28th September 2010, 09:48 PM

You are discounting the fact that ponting will have a revival in the india series and/or the ashes series. Once he gets back to his run scoring ways, acb will not question his place. He will get another 2-3 years or more easily. Apram paarunga - remember that ponting is not the type to miss out when he is in good form. He won't fall in the 90s like sachin. And he will convert 100s into big 100s or double or triple hundreds, if not beat lara's 400.
Sachin fans will get to regret the 7-8 90's in the last couple of years

tamizharasan

28th September 2010, 10:49 PM

Sachin will also be equally, if not better motivated than ponting to score more centuries. Right now Sachin is playing as good as he ever played. Whatever you may say, Sachin will end up scoring atleast 50 centuries in both forms of cricket, a record which is very unlikely to be eclipsed in both forms of cricket. It is not my opinion but assertion.

ajithfederer

28th September 2010, 11:44 PM

[tscii:6ee81f555c]Australia in India 2010

Ponting should look to Tendulkar - Taylor

ESPNcricinfo staff

September 28, 2010

Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar have both experienced leaner-than-usual periods during their later years © AFP

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Ricky Ponting should seek inspiration from Sachin Tendulkar's batting renaissance, according to the former captain of Australia, Mark Taylor. Tendulkar and Ponting are the two leading run scorers in Test history and they will be key men in the upcoming two-Test series in India.

But whereas Tendulkar, 37, has shone over the past year with six Test hundreds and an average of 81.84, it hasn't been as easy for Ponting, 35, who has scored one century and averaged 40.05. Taylor, who endured a memorable lean period during his final years of Test cricket, said life would not get any easier for Ponting.

"He is not getting any better," Taylor told DNA. "He may no longer be the batsman he was in his late 20s but he is still a very good batsman. Honestly, Ponting's best is behind him but he is still capable of scoring big hundreds."

Ponting's form is not unlike that of Tendulkar during 2006 and 2007; during those years Tendulkar averaged 41.72 with two centuries in 17 Tests. Taylor said he was impressed by Tendulkar's return to form, which has also included the first double-century in one-day internationals.

"I think Sachin has had a rebirth," Taylor said. "He is really batting at his best and that can be a sort of inspiration for Ponting. It might be difficult for him to overhaul Sachin's number of centuries because the Indian master is lengthening the gap between them.

"But Ponting has this job of rebuilding the Australian side. The current Australian side is very much his. Seniors like Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Matthew Hayden have all gone. It is a much younger side.

"I think Ponting's focus has moved a little bit away from his personal milestones. In that sense, Sachin is fortunate. He does not have to worry about captaincy. That is probably the reason why he is making hundreds."

Ponting did not make the best start to his tour of India - he scored 42 and 9 in the warm-up match against the Board President's XI. He will be leading a side that was held to a 1-1 series draw against Pakistan this year and Taylor believes improved consistency is the key for Ponting's group.

"Ponting's is a young Australian side which plays very good cricket but is not consistent," he said. "I'm sure Ponting would be working on this area to reduce the number of bad sessions. They tend to lose five or six wickets in a session when they could do well by losing just two or three."

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/478898.html
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ajithfederer

1st October 2010, 03:21 AM

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali
Tendulkar's recent form an inspiration - Ponting
ESPNcricinfo staff

September 30, 2010

"As far as me chasing Sachin ... I was actually expecting that he might have retired before now [smiles]. He's 37 and obviously still playing very well. There's inspiration for everyone around the world to take from what he's done over the last 12 months (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=30+Sep+2010;spanmin1=3 0+Sep+2009;spanval1=span;template=results;type=all round). Batting doesn't get any easier, but to see someone like that have the 12-month period that he's had ... it doesn't matter if you're 35 like I am, or 25 like some of the other guys in our side, it certainly gives you something to aim for."

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/479316.html

ajithfederer

3rd October 2010, 12:24 AM

LM,

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5413501136569912790&na=4&nst=1715&nid=23803-5413501136569912790-5512194107580424680

A ton of new photos in the last 20 pages(Last one month or so) in photo's thread in our community. I leave it to you to upload the photos. Take your time 8-)

ajithfederer

3rd October 2010, 09:40 PM

Cha just miss by 2 runs. Talk about form of life. :shock:

sathya_1979

3rd October 2010, 09:43 PM

Sachin :cry2: Mohali la idhu varaikkum enakku therinju 3 vaatti 85+ score la out :(

Dhakshan

3rd October 2010, 09:55 PM

How many times getting out in 90s.. :cry2:

ajithfederer

3rd October 2010, 10:03 PM

http://www.cricketonlinetv.com/day-3-india-vs-australia-1st-test-mohali-2010/

Catch i-lites here.

littlemaster1982

3rd October 2010, 11:06 PM

From the Orkut link AF had given,

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:lol:

Sourav

4th October 2010, 09:29 AM

From the Orkut link AF had given,

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7BC_owL0oUc/TEvx0Pzx1RI/AAAAAAAAAQg/P73xhKTnPko/s400/37710_418216318210_713958210_4463717_5358922_n.jpg

:lol:
ithu sms-la oru round vanthuchu...

Dhakshan

4th October 2010, 10:24 AM

ajithfederer

4th October 2010, 06:28 PM

Life & Style » Kids

October 4, 2010

From the old pages of the Young World: Cricketing Sensation
NIRMAL SHEKAR

Sachin Tendulkar in his teens.

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August 8, 1990

Cricket world's newest sensation, Sachin Tendulkar, has a minor problem. Yes, literally a minor problem. He is not old enough to put his signature down on a contract, on an agreement between two parties. Therefore, when he is approached by the cricket administrators to sign tour contracts, his father or his brother will have to do it for him.

And then, when they hand out huge bottles of champagne in England or New Zealand for his great batting, he will have to rely on his older teammates to empty the bottles and give them back to him to be retained as souvenirs. What is more, an application from Sachin for a driver's licence is not likely to be entertained.

These are just a few of the several minor problems that India's major cricketing sensation of the day will have to face until April 24, 1991, when he turns 18.

Turning 18 — an important milestone in any young man's life. And an age when most young cricketers still dream of making it to the national under-19 team But, by the time Sachin turns 18, he will have played in at least 11 Test matches.

Really, nobody has done so much at such a young age in the history of Indian cricket. From Imran Khan to Abdul Qadir to Graham Gooch, almost every great cricketer who has watched him play, has sung praises of the most attractive young batsman in the cricket world today.

In the 10 Test matches that Sachin has played so far, the 17-year-old from Bombay has scored 577 runs at an average of 41.21. The record itself may not be phenomenal. But the promise is.

A promise that was evident right from the moment he played for India first and one that was seen in all its glory in Manchester last August when Sachin hit a spectacular unbeaten 119 to save India from defeat against England.

The debate now seems to have narrowed to just one question: Is he the next Sunil Gavaskar or the next Vivian Richards? Actually, he might turn out to be neither. Merely, Sachin Tendulkar. And that is good enough for Indian cricket.

Sachin says both Richards and Gavaskar are his role models. But, then, the charming, curly haired young man's first big idol in the world of sport was not a cricketer.

In 1981, when John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg to win his first Wimbledon title, the eight-year-old Sachin jumped in joy. He fancied himself a tennis star. But in a city where the conditions were more favourable for cricket, Sachin soon turned his attention to the country's favourite game.

His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a professor of Marathi literature, helped move his youngest son to his eldest son's house near the Shivaji Park grounds to see that he could practise regularly. The Tendulkars live a long way from Shivaji Park.

When he was playing school matches, there was this joke doing the rounds in Bombay. It seems the rival captains requested the scorer to start from 100 when Sachin came in to bat as it was taken for granted that he would get his century anyway. It made the bowlers' job easier.

Coached by the modest, simple Ramakant Achrekar, Sachin plundered runs by the hundreds and was playing in the Ranji Trophy when only 16, getting a century on his debut .

It was not long before he made it to the national team He stands a little over 150 cms and weighs 64 kg now. But he is still growing. Like every other middle class youngster, he loves pop music and has the superstition of always putting his left pad on first.

A very level-headed young man. Sachin is very confident too in whatever he does. He knows his strengths as well as his few limitations and he is always willing to learn. In Manchester, after saving the match for India, he came back and asked Bishen Bedi. the team manager, if he had done anything wrong.

Really, Sachin is very much the model student who is already a master of the game.

And it is this willingness to learn from his seniors that will take the young man far. It may not be wise to look too far into the future in sport but, all things considered, Sachin should be around doing his bit for India well into the next century.

If what he has achieved so far is nothing short of phenomenal, then the teen prodigy will have to watch out for the crippling symptoms that sooner or later seem to afflict young overachievers in most of the popular international sports.

In tennis, they call it burnout And the world of professional tennis has seen any number of gifted young ones — girls and boys — get tired of the game, both physically and mentally, in their early 20s after performing astounding feats in their teen years.

There may be a pitfall or two to watch out for in the road ahead, but given Sachin's temperament and background there is no reason to fear that the darling of Indian sports fans will lose his way in the years ahead.

If he has dashed in like a sprinter, then he has all the qualities of a classic stayer too.

http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article812740.ece?homepage=true

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sunnyg

4th October 2010, 07:42 PM

Here's the biggest test for Sachin.

India needs 161 to win the 1st test against Australia. We are down in the dumps, having lost 4 frontline batsman and one more is injured.

This leaves us with one world class player, Sachin. This is an opportunity for Sachin to silence his critics once for all by producing an innings of his life to win this test for India against one of the toughest teams in the world.

It is also a barometer of India's success in the forthcoming World Cup and Sachin's hunger to win. If he can take us to a victory here, this will be the catalyst that will take our team to the next level and instill self belief in the rest of the team. It will instill confidence and spur the team to win the World cup for Sachin. The team will get a chance to repay Sachin for all that he has done for the team.

I hope Sachin delivers tomorrow with a Century and more importantly, takes us to a victory!

Sunny G.

Plum

4th October 2010, 07:45 PM

Against England(387/4), idhai thAn sonnAnga.

ovvoru muRaiyum, this is a chance for Sachin to shut-up critics-nu solla vENdiyadhu appuram adhai paNNinappuram adutha muRai thavarAma adhaiyE solla vEndiyadhu

appO pOna dhadavai sonnadhu enna kaNakku(If he wins the match today against England, that will be shutting his critics up-nu sonnadhu?)

sunnyg

4th October 2010, 08:06 PM

Saar,

Sachin has played for more than 20 years now.

How many matches has he single handedly won for India and taken us all the way through by being not out? I can count with my fingers - maybe 5-6 occasions?

I do not mean to be harsh here - he is a legend and the top batsman in the world even today.

Here is a unique opportunity. He is playing against Australia, the toughest team in the World. This time he is on his own -there is no Sehwag or Dravid and to make matters worse, Laxman is injured.

All I am saying is - this is a very BIG opportunity that he may never get and in my honest opinion, he has never gotten such an opportunity before.

Trust me, I will not bad mouth him if he fails. I see this as a great chance for him to enhance his reputation.

Let us think positively, if Sachin wins this for us, this will be BIG!

Sunny

Vivasaayi

4th October 2010, 08:17 PM

littlemaster1982

4th October 2010, 08:26 PM

SunnyG,

No batsman in the world, included Sachin, can win a match singlehandedly. You need some decent contributions from atleast two other batsmen in any chase. I just don't understand how could any batsman, let alone Sachin, could chase a score singlehandedly. It's only possible if the target is less than 10.

Sourav

4th October 2010, 08:39 PM

single handed is an exaggerated term, match winning innings is the correct term imo. he had played that numerous times in all formats.

ajithfederer

4th October 2010, 08:40 PM

What about the first innings 98?. Ella aaniyum naanga MATTUMAE pudunga mudiyadhu. Mathavangalum pudungattum.

Saar,

Sachin has played for more than 20 years now.

How many matches has he single handedly won for India and taken us all the way through by being not out? I can count with my fingers - maybe 5-6 occasions?

I do not mean to be harsh here - he is a legend and the top batsman in the world even today.

Here is a unique opportunity. He is playing against Australia, the toughest team in the World. This time he is on his own -there is no Sehwag or Dravid and to make matters worse, Laxman is injured.

All I am saying is - this is a very BIG opportunity that he may never get and in my honest opinion, he has never gotten such an opportunity before.

Trust me, I will not bad mouth him if he fails. I see this as a great chance for him to enhance his reputation.

Let us think positively, if Sachin wins this for us, this will be BIG!

Sunny

ajithfederer

4th October 2010, 08:45 PM

‘I take lot of inspiration from Sachin’

Sachin Tendulkar not only inspires budding cricketers around the world but he is also a source of inspiration for South Africa’s world record-holder swimmer Roland Schoeman.

“I am very fond of cricket and Sachin is my favourite. In fact I take a lot of inspiration from him. Sachin, Lara (Brian) and (Michael) Phelps are kind of players who have the capability to inspire athletes of any discipline. They can unite the nation as well,” Schoeman told PTI-Bhasha.

Schoeman is the current world record-holder in the short-course 50 metres freestyle, with a time of 20.30 seconds.

He has won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 4x100 m freestyle, a silver medal in the 100m freestyle event and a bronze in the 50m freestyle.

After that, he faced some lows in his career but is confident of making a mark in the 2012 London Olympics.

“In this case also I will give the example of Sachin. He is playing for the last two decades and still has the same passion. Every athlete has highs and lows in his or her career and I am no exception. My target is London Olympics 2012 and I am not going to retire before that,” he said.

On his first visit to India, Schoeman had two secret desires but he has to come back to fulfil them.

“I wanted to visit Taj Mahal and the other desire is to meet Sachin, who is playing in India right now. But I have to rush to Beijing to participate in the second leg of the FINA World Cup. I am going the day my competition ends. But I will come back to this beautiful country again for sure,” he said.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article812766.ece
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sathya_1979

4th October 2010, 10:14 PM

SunnG, if I prove that Sachin is the BEST Match winner in India since his debut in both ODI and Tests, what wud be ur proposition?
Also, show me one player who had scored all the runs by himself while chasing?

Ramakrishna

4th October 2010, 11:04 PM

Let Sachin fail tomorrow and india lose. I really want it to happen.

Riyazz

4th October 2010, 11:09 PM

Tomor sachin n dhoni finish match means good

sunnyg

5th October 2010, 12:27 AM

Guys

Please do not mis-interpret my writing. I never asked for Sachin to score all 161 runs single handedly. Obviously, there has to be support at the other end.

I would like to see Sachin remaining not out till the end, irrespective of the result.

Better still, I'd like Sachin to score the winning runs, possibly a century and make India win. By taking India to a win, he would have obviously done it single handedly (there is a possibility of Dhoni scoring a whirlwind 50+). Even if Dhoni or someone else scored a quickfire 50+, if Sachin remains unbeaten, he obviously will be the architect of this victory.

I would like Sachin to be remembered for this feat in Mohali similar to Dravid being remembered for our Adelaide victory in 2004(dont remember the year correctly) when he scored a 233 and followed it with an unbeaten 70 odd to take India to victory.

This is my definition of a match winning performance. I agree and accept that Sachin has done it many times, including the one against England at Chennai and to an extent against Sri Lanka in the previous test.

Again, I am not flaming or criticizing Sachin. He will forever be the Best Indian batsman to have played the game.

This is an opportunity to make him immortal, a step closer to the Don!

GR Vishy's stats do not show him to be a great batsman. However, he has played many match winning knocks. I think he was not out when we chased 400+ against West Indies.

Sunny G.

Plum

5th October 2010, 06:41 AM

Except Lara, who has done this sunnyg? And I don't mind lara and sachin being put on the same pedestal

sathya_1979

5th October 2010, 06:53 AM

Except Lara, who has done this sunnyg? And I don't mind lara and sachin being put on the same pedestal
+1979
For me Lara is the closest to kadavuL!

Waterloo

5th October 2010, 11:00 AM

Sachin has failed again !

Plum

5th October 2010, 11:01 AM

Yes, yes. He should learn from Ponting who played a match winning knock in Aussies second innings in this very match!

Waterloo

5th October 2010, 11:02 AM

Yes, yes. He should learn from Ponting who played a match winning knock in Aussies second innings in this very match!

Ponting performs as a captain :lol: Hey. Why you are comparing here ?

Ramakrishna

5th October 2010, 11:03 AM

Sachin has failed again !

haha.... Try something different. engalukku kovam varala :poke:

ajithfederer

5th October 2010, 11:09 AM

Last 3 years enga poirundhel nakkee?. Engalukku punching bag illama romba bore aa irundadhu,

Sachin has failed again !

19thmay

5th October 2010, 11:32 AM

Sachin has failed again !

What happened to your sunnyg, Nakeeran ID's? :roll:

Sourav

5th October 2010, 12:11 PM

Sachin reached 1000 test runs for this year. This is the 6th time he has achieved this, which is a world record. Lara, Ponting have done it 5 times

another record! :clap: :bow:

Waterloo

5th October 2010, 12:14 PM

Sachin reached 1000 test runs for this year. This is the 6th time he has achieved this, which is a world record. Lara, Ponting have done it 5 times

another record! :clap: :bow:

Nice to hear but the bottomline today :oops: and the kind of shot he played when the whole team depended on him :shock:

sathya_1979

5th October 2010, 12:21 PM

littlemaster1982

5th October 2010, 12:33 PM

Sachin has failed again !

What happened to your sunnyg, Nakeeran ID's? :roll:

Sunnyg is a different guy.

Waterloo

5th October 2010, 12:59 PM

sathya_1979

5th October 2010, 01:10 PM

Point is it is not the best individual's folly to perform below par once in a while, when he is playing in a TEAM OF 11.

Plum

5th October 2010, 02:27 PM

Yes, yes. He should learn from Ponting who played a match winning knock in Aussies second innings in this very match!

Ponting performs as a captain :lol: Hey. Why you are comparing here ?

romba nallA perform paNNaruppA!

ajithfederer

5th October 2010, 02:32 PM

Nakkeee, romba mukkadhinga. People make mistakes. It's as simple as that.

Waterloo, u try for rule change where Sachin gets to play on behalf of entire team. Afterall others dnt get paid and Sachin shud be the only match winner. Nice logic. Can u dig stats and post abt failures of other 6 gentlemen (of the top 7 batsmen) as well please when we are chasing a score to win?

Point is that someone with >20 years of experience and going to touch 100 centuries in international cricket , playing such a shot when the team looks at you for winning ! :oops:

Ramakrishna

5th October 2010, 04:26 PM

Waterloo, u try for rule change where Sachin gets to play on behalf of entire team. Afterall others dnt get paid and Sachin shud be the only match winner. Nice logic. Can u dig stats and post abt failures of other 6 gentlemen (of the top 7 batsmen) as well please when we are chasing a score to win?

Point is that someone with >20 years of experience and going to touch 100 centuries in international cricket , playing such a shot when the team looks at you for winning ! :oops:

Oh... What will you say when he tries to defend a ball, the ball takes the edge and goes to a fielder?
I don't know why you are all criticizing the shot. That shot was ON. It is not a new shot he is attempting. He can play it well. A slight misjudgement caused his downfall. Mind you, here we were not looking to play for time where he can let everything go by. But here, we had to win by scoring runs and when we were losing wickets at the other end, it was mandatory that he was looking to score runs at a brisk pace.

ajaybaskar

5th October 2010, 04:29 PM

Sunnyg is a different guy.

This can be interpreted in 2 ways.. :)

19thmay

5th October 2010, 04:59 PM

Point is that someone with >20 years of experience and going to touch 100 centuries in international cricket , playing such a shot when the team looks at you for winning ! :oops:

This is absurd! If it was not taken and so it reaches the boundary will you still say that its a poor shot and not expected from a 20+? Cut the crap please. Your points are just provoking and sarcastic!

He scored 98 in the first innings and 38(64) in the second innings are also one of the reason for this victory. He stood like a shock absorber yesterday evening and today morning. All these are on par with Laxman and Ishant's heroics.

sunnyg

5th October 2010, 11:31 PM

Guys

I am my own man!

Talking of Sachin's performance - this is not bad at all. As I mentioned, he has been playing very well in the 4th innings of a test match over the past two years.

My only comment is - he lost an opportunity to own this test match!

VVS now owns 3 test matches (to my knowledge - maybe more), Dravid owns 2 (one against Australia and the other in Calcutta against Pakistan where he scored a century in each innings)

I cannot remember a test match (against strong opposition - not Zim, Bangladesh) that we won and Sachin contributed in both innings. Maybe I am having selective amnesia.

Again, I am a Sachin fan!

At this point, let us give VVS his due. It is a travesty of justice that he has not been chosen in the all time India eleven.

Sunny G.

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 12:03 AM

Sunny,

Pls don't put a mask that you are a Sachin fan. Thanks.

Plum

6th October 2010, 12:06 AM

I'm my own man

GM: appO nAngaLLAm enna pakkathu veettukkaariyOda man-A?

Kalyasi

6th October 2010, 12:13 AM

I'm my own man

GM: appO nAngaLLAm enna pakkathu veettukkaariyOda man-A?

Athaane.. naanga ennamo enga pakkathula ukkanthu irukara naai kitta moonji, kai, kaal ellam kadan vaangittu vantha maadri illa pesaraapla...

Puliyan_Biryani

6th October 2010, 12:17 AM

VVS now owns 3 test matches (to my knowledge - maybe more), Dravid owns 2 (one against Australia and the other in Calcutta against Pakistan where he scored a century in each innings)

I cannot remember a test match (against strong opposition - not Zim, Bangladesh) that we won and Sachin contributed in both innings. Maybe I am having selective amnesia.
Two contradicting statements :roll:. Laxman didn't score much in this first innings. Still he owns this test match :huh:

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 12:24 AM

Puliyan_Biryani

6th October 2010, 12:33 AM

P_B,

I had seen this tendency in lot of people. For them, those who are there when the winning runs are scored are match winners. Doesn't matter even if other players played out of their skin to set the match up.
Another irritating comment I keep on hearing is Sachin doesn't finish the job.

They said the same thing when Sachin got out after scoring 175+ in an ODI chase against Australia.

Opening erangaravaru kitta ennadhaan edhipaakkuraanga :huh:

sunnyg

6th October 2010, 01:35 AM

Guys

some one commented that I use a different id. Hence my response that I am my own man!

I don't need multiple ids.

Please dont question my loyalty. I really am a Sachin fan. Being a fan does not mean that I have to always praise my idol all the time and not point out his limitations.

Sachin has setup many, many matches for us, in ODI and tests. He has also stayed till the winning runs are scored in many matches. The ones I remember are in ODI - e.g. One of the finals in Australia where Dhoni won his first trophy.

In this case, I agree that Laxman did not contribute in the first innings. I still think he owns this test because he was there till the end and in a winning cause. The 70 odd runs here is worth many centuries.

Again, I am NOT flaming Sachin.
I am praising VVS and Dravid (at his peak - not anymore; should gracefully retire) for their contributions.

It is sad that they are playing in an era of the greatest Indian batsman.

Sunny G.

Kalyasi

6th October 2010, 02:33 AM

Sachin need not own any match... He owns millions and millions of herats all across the globe... Period!!

tamizharasan

6th October 2010, 03:02 AM

India has own the match and sachin contributed in first innings and VVS contributed in the second innings. Sachin was close to making one more century and that part was really sad. I wish he could complete his 50 centuries in this test series.

ajithfederer

6th October 2010, 06:14 AM

Dravid need not retire for he has been contributing. You should retire from this thread from talking about other players and making a comparison here as it can get ugly easily any time.

Guys

some one commented that I use a different id. Hence my response that I am my own man!

I don't need multiple ids.

Please dont question my loyalty. I really am a Sachin fan. Being a fan does not mean that I have to always praise my idol all the time and not point out his limitations.

Sachin has setup many, many matches for us, in ODI and tests. He has also stayed till the winning runs are scored in many matches. The ones I remember are in ODI - e.g. One of the finals in Australia where Dhoni won his first trophy.

In this case, I agree that Laxman did not contribute in the first innings. I still think he owns this test because he was there till the end and in a winning cause. The 70 odd runs here is worth many centuries.

Again, I am NOT flaming Sachin.
I am praising VVS and Dravid (at his peak - not anymore; should gracefully retire) for their contributions.

It is sad that they are playing in an era of the greatest Indian batsman.

Sunny G.

Waterloo

6th October 2010, 09:33 AM

P_B,

I had seen this tendency in lot of people. For them, those who are there when the winning runs are scored are match winners. Doesn't matter even if other players played out of their skin to set the match up.

Who says so :shock: I vouch for SunnyG . Sachin missed a wonderful opportunity yesterday to win a match on his own. Oflate, he had played many match saving/ winning efforts ( last 2 years may be ) but the public will remember Kolkatta , Adelaide and now Mohali forever.
Chennai Vs Pak will be a bitter memory.

Waterloo

6th October 2010, 09:42 AM

ajithfederer

6th October 2010, 09:48 AM

Nakkee,

Nobody can win a match on his own. Even in the famed 2001 kolkatta test Sachin took the key wickets of hayden, gilchrist and warne to trigger a middle-order collapse in the last day. What about Dravid's 180?. TA's statement nails it sachin contributed in 1st innings and lax did it in second. Atleast sachin fan's arent complaining that lax didn't contribute in 1st innings which is extraordinarily silly like your's and sunnyg's stmts.

Nice try in your last post by the way. We've missed you for quite sometime now :lol2:.

P_B,

I had seen this tendency in lot of people. For them, those who are there when the winning runs are scored are match winners. Doesn't matter even if other players played out of their skin to set the match up.

Who says so :shock: I vouch for SunnyG . Sachin missed a wonderful opportunity yesterday to win a match on his own. Oflate, he had played many match saving/ winning efforts ( last 2 years may be ) but the public will remember Kolkatta , Adelaide and now Mohali forever.
Chennai Vs Pak will be a bitter memory.

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 10:34 AM

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Bala (Karthik)

6th October 2010, 10:36 AM

Sunnyg/Waterloo - How can such names be allowed in the hub? Censor pannanum illaya? :oops: :auu:

Plum

6th October 2010, 10:38 AM

:rotfl:
AhA! AhA! idhuvallavO pulamai! nAngaLum oru nALaikku 100 post pOdaRom. aadikku oru nAL amavaaaikku oru nAL oru adhiradi post pOttu indha Bala Karthikeya pulavar ellA perumaiyum thatti sendRu vidugiRArE!

sathya_1979

6th October 2010, 10:42 AM

Bala ji :rotfl:

19thmay

6th October 2010, 10:44 AM

SunnyG

The informal hub dictum here is that if you are a Sachin fan, you should always worship him irrespective of whether he commits a blunder or something silly. Otherwise, your loyalty will be questioned !

See Water, most of the fans here are crazy about Sachin not just that he is purely a match winner or just because of his great stats etc... he is a hero, we are fan of his technical brilliance, textbook shots, sincerity,dedication and off/on field image.

He is a COMPLETE cricketer, a real sportsman. How many times you have seen him sledged?.When people said that he should retire in 2006 he bounced back so strongly and won many test matches for India. His one day records are seperate.14000 runs under his name tag, but still he practised against bowling machines more than 6 hours a day before RSA tour to India [2010]. He scored two centuries.

He is a postive reference, our inspiration! Dont compare him with any other players! Sachin is Sachin!! Period.

19thmay

6th October 2010, 10:46 AM

-Deleted by Sridhar-

sathya_1979

6th October 2010, 10:49 AM

naattula romba pEr masochist aagitaanga. They love to see themselves humiliated :)

ajaybaskar

6th October 2010, 11:37 AM

Sunnyg/Waterloo - How can such names be allowed in the hub? Censor pannanum illaya? :oops: :auu:

:lol:

raajarasigan

6th October 2010, 01:10 PM

Sunnyg/Waterloo - How can such names be allowed in the hub? Censor pannanum illaya? :oops: :auu:

:lol: :lol: oru velai ithukkellam niraya perukku meaning theriyathunnu nenaichuttaangalo... paavamya andha rendu hubberum... :lol:

sathya_1979

6th October 2010, 07:03 PM

kadavuL ICC Cricketer of the Year :clap:
People's Choice Award :clap:
In both Test and ODI Teams of the year :clap:
:notworthy:

sathya_1979

6th October 2010, 07:03 PM

Congrats to sishya puLLa Viru for bagging Test Player of the year award :clap:

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 07:05 PM

Thalaivar 8-) Getting Cricketer of the Year award in 21st year of his career is no mean achievement :notworthy:

Congrats to sishya puLLa Viru for bagging Test Player of the year award :clap:

The award was Viru's even before he was nominated. They just announced it formally today :)

sathya_1979

6th October 2010, 07:07 PM

yes, formA adhu, maraNa form!

satissh_r

6th October 2010, 08:04 PM

Intha varusham kuda intha award thanthirukalanna antha awarduku mariyadhai illama poirukkum.

Anyways, well done sir :notworthy:

Sourav

6th October 2010, 08:04 PM

:bow: :bow: :bow:

Sourav

6th October 2010, 08:17 PM

http://drop.ndtv.com/albums/SPORTS/awardwinners/sachin_new.jpg

pls enable the pic...

Vivasaayi

6th October 2010, 08:24 PM

:clap:

awesome

Dhakshan

6th October 2010, 08:31 PM

:clap: Sachin once again proves he was, is and will the God of Cricket :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 08:48 PM

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ajithfederer

6th October 2010, 08:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn4_6KtrYZ8

Tendulkar receiving the award and fielding questions from Ravi Shastri.

Kalyasi

6th October 2010, 08:52 PM

Vaazhthukkal Thalaivaa :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Kalyasi

6th October 2010, 09:16 PM

Sunnyg/Waterloo - How can such names be allowed in the hub? Censor pannanum illaya? :oops: :auu:

:rotfl3: :rotfl3: :rotfl3: :rotfl3: :rotfl3: :rotfl3: :rotfl3:

You're a man like none other... Ungal varugai Sports seksan ai kuthoogala paduthum... Pls be aaktiv here...

SoftSword

6th October 2010, 10:12 PM

The master of the game :thumbsup:
proud to be ur fan :notworthy:

ajithfederer

6th October 2010, 11:28 PM

http://i51.tinypic.com/21ka3o4.jpg

LM, please upload.

Riyazz

6th October 2010, 11:39 PM

http://i51.tinypic.com/21ka3o4.jpg
congrats sachin :thumbsup: picture :2thumbsup:

SoftSword

6th October 2010, 11:40 PM

http://i51.tinypic.com/21ka3o4.jpg

LM, please upload.

cricketla retire agararo illayo...
modelling world'la irundhu innum 10 varushatthukku retirement kedayadhu.... :notworthy:

littlemaster1982

6th October 2010, 11:51 PM

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SoftSword

7th October 2010, 12:13 AM

idha paartthaa unga yarukkumae indha picture nyabagam varalayaa??

http://www.altfg.com/Stars/others/rahman-a-r-oscar-2009.jpg

ajithfederer

7th October 2010, 12:33 AM

LM,

Reminder : statistics article on sachin - ponting from cricages.com

ajithfederer

7th October 2010, 01:10 AM

Yeah its very similar.

idha paartthaa unga yarukkumae indha picture nyabagam varalayaa??

http://www.altfg.com/Stars/others/rahman-a-r-oscar-2009.jpg

littlemaster1982

7th October 2010, 07:47 AM

[tscii:4d4edcb7f8]Tendulkar vs Ponting – A Statistical Analysis (http://cricages.com/sachin-zone/tendulkar-vs-ponting-a-statistical-analysis/)

There left just few hours to kick start the most sought after India-Australia Series, but one thing which never dies is the debate as to who is a better batsman between Tendulkar and Ponting has resurfaced again.

Tendulkar who started playing cricket in the late 80′s was first compared with Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, the then these three young sensational players took the game on to a new level. The competition level was further elevated when Mark Waugh and Saeed Anwar started playing some amazing knocks both in tests and as well as in limited over cricket. However, what didn’t change was the comparison between Sachin and others.

The comparison always revolved around Sachin Tendulkar. Anyone of the above mentioned batsman, whenever they put up any decent score, the experts started comparing it with Tendulkar. For a long time it was the battle between Tendulkar and Lara (overall) and Tendulkar and Anwar (in ODIs) untill Ponting’s arrival with his tremendous form in the mid 2000 which almost threatened all kind of batting records of test cricket.

Tendulkar during the same phase started to struggle through his form, mainly due to the injury,Tennis Elbow. The slump in Tendulkar’s form and Ponting’s incredible form almost put the Australian over the top of all the batsmen played during that time. But even after that tremendous form, Tendulkar had the last laugh.

The fans and experts debated that Ponting scored that many runs in lesser matches than Tendulkar (Ponting started his career almost after 6 years of Tendulkar). But if we look into the stats, it reveals the other story and thing we find Australia(along with England) plays more number of tests every year. Tendulkar played just 38 test matches in first 6 years of his career(approx 6 test a year). So if we take the debate to the next level, i.e. if we compare Tendulkar and Ponting stats after Ponting’s debut, the story still favors the little master from India.

Sachin still played 15 tests lesser than Ponting since his debut, Tendulkar still scores 1 century more than what Ponting has scored overall hundreds in his career. Despite Tendulkar’s three worst years which he had between 2003-2006 and Ponting’s brilliant run,Tendulkar still has +2.5 average over Ponting’s overall. (Tendulkar’s over all Average again stays higher than Ponting’s)

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Both Tendulkar and Ponting have played all over the world but Tendulkar stamped his authority everywhere. Tendulkar overpowered Ponting in the battle of playing against each other. Not only that, in away games Tendulkar has better average than his counterpart Ponting. In Away matches, which includes the neutral venues, Tendulkar has a better average than Ponting’s and the difference is of more than +10 which is again in favor of Tendulkar.

Despite Australia being Ponting’s den, Tendulkar’s average in Australia is slightly better than Ponting’s. The same can not be said for Ponting when it comes to playing in India. Ponting’s poor run in India remains his biggest concern to overcome when it comes to batting on the Indian pitches. He averages just 20.85 with only one century that came during the last tour of India. He has a chance to make his stats look good for himself and also for his fans this time around. Tendulkar has decent average of 53.68 at home (decent with his own standard).

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The above stats already shows how Tendulkar looks more comfortable in playing both on hard tracks of Australia and as well as the dusty tracks of India. If we further compare both the batsman on neutral tracks like England and South Africa, then Tendulkar edges Ponting in seaming tracks of England where as Ponting edges in hard tracks of South Africa.

Tendulkar has +21 average when it is compared with Ponting’s average in seaming condition of England. Ponting’s supporters have some reason to smile with his performance in South Africa when it is compared with Tendulkar. Ponting on South African pitches which are quite similar to Australian pitches edges Tendulkar by +12 in terms of average. Tendulkar has a chance to better his record against Ponting and as well against South Africa this winter.

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Though it would be unfair to compare any modern day batsman with Sachin Tendulkar, but for the people who believes in stats more than any other things, there is a small comparison between Sachin and Ponting. When it comes to ODI, Tendulkar outscores Ponting by miles in each of the stat table which ever you look into. Sachin being the first fan to reach the milestones of 10k, 11k, 12k, 13k, 14k, 15k, 16k, 17k and soon will touch 18k as well.

Tendulkar without any doubt is the Bradman of One Day Internationals who is ahead by 17 centuries and 4526 runs, Tendulkar has a better average as well as the strike rate against Ponting. He is the first and the only man to score 200 runs in ODI match and that too at the age of 37. Tendulkar is ahead of all the contemporary players of World cricket in the limited over cricket.

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Since Ponting’s Debut, Tendulkar has played only game more than Ponting but Tendulkar has scored 1758 runs more than Ponting, with an average difference of +5 against Ponting’s overall, strike rate again a difference of +7 and with the century difference of 14. So for those who always thought that Tendulkar lost aggression in the later part of his career or Ponting being more aggressive among the two has come out just an assumptions by many experts. In those matches which are played away from home (including the neutral venues), Tendulkar tops Ponting in each department.

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There is a myth among fans that Ponting has been a great player in the finals or big events like ICC events. Ponting do have the back up of 3 World Cup wins with him but his contribution of 140*against the Indians in 2003 world cup final was one rare inning he played when his team needed the most. His awful average of 38.42 in the finals of all the battles he played tells his true story in the finals.

The difference between Ponting’s and Tendulkar’s average is whooping 23 which results in favor of Tendulkar. Tendulkar has the world record of scoring 6 hundreds in Finals and the unique thing about those hundreds is that all his hundreds have come for the winning cause. Even in the preliminary matches also, Tendulkar leads the chart and if the ICC events are to be considered then also there is no match to Tendulkar. Tendulkar’s average always remained better than his career average so as his strike rate in all the tables related to ODI.

In Ponting’s case, it highly fluctuates , he betters in some(marginally) and in the rest it remains below his career record.The myth which is hyped by many of considering Ponting putting Australia into the finals and winning it by his great batting performance is just an assumption on the basis of his 140* in the World Cup 2003. It was his team combination and other players who outscored Ponting in almost all the finals and so as well in big events like ICC tournaments and preliminary stages as well.

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Ponting always had a luxury of playing with world class bowlers like McGrath, Gillespie, Lee and Warne. With them he had an amazing form, both as captain and batsman. But since their retirement in 2007(Mcgrath and Warne), Ponting’s own form without a doubt remains a major concern for the team Australia. Ever since the legends retirement, Ponting average in last 3 years remained in the early 40′s. His ability to score 100′s which used to be quite high, has changed to modest scores. Though he still dominated the limited over format but he couldn’t overtake Tendulkar in any of the forms in the last three years. Tendulkar has dominated both forms of the game in last 3 years better than any batsman in this period. Here is a better look on both the batsmen, how they faired in the last 3 years.

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These two heroes of their countries will battle again and it would be a great battle without any doubt. Ponting would be keen to break the jinx against Harbhajan and also on Indian pitches. Whereas Tendulkar would be eying 14000 runs in test cricket and also the 50th test century. Tendulkar, will be licking his lips to face the Australians, against whom he always performed like a Champ.

PS: All stats except over all records are since Ponting’s debut.

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sathya_1979

7th October 2010, 09:11 AM

idhukku aNNan Plum enna sollraar?

19thmay

7th October 2010, 10:04 AM

http://i51.tinypic.com/21ka3o4.jpg

:notworthy: :clap: :2thumbsup: :victory: :smokesmirk: Rocks!! :notworthy: :clap: :2thumbsup: :victory: :smokesmirk:

btw the ball in the award looks so tempting! :roll: :oops:

Waterloo

7th October 2010, 10:12 AM

Congrats Sachin Sir. Pls get us the world cup too.

Dhakshan

7th October 2010, 10:13 AM

LM, thanx for the stats :)
Kadavulaeee :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

19thmay

7th October 2010, 10:20 AM

Yes thats a fantastic stat LM. People now can stop comparing Ponting with Sachin. Sachin, Lara are of different club! 8-)

Ponting is like naai Sekhar who is forcibly trying to join this league. "ivvangaloda onna pesitu irrundheena nee enna periya rowdy-a?" :twisted:

19thmay

7th October 2010, 10:25 AM

Sachin in Australia

11 tests - 1154 runs

Ponting in India

12 tests - 438 runs

Thu............

Vivasaayi

7th October 2010, 10:47 AM

Ponting is like naai Sekhar who is forcibly trying to join this league. "ivvangaloda onna pesitu irrundheena nee enna periya rowdy-a?"

:lol:

what an analogy!

Plum

7th October 2010, 10:53 AM

NAn enna sollaNum adhAn ellAthaiyum uruvi ponting-ai undraayarOda nikka vechuttArE andha author :)

Plum

7th October 2010, 10:58 AM

Congrats Sachin Sir. Pls get us the world cup too.
Sachin: mhmm adhell$Am mudiyAdhu. aNNan varumbOdhu kuchi mittAyum kuruvi rottiyum vAngi thArEn. adha chaapttuttu, veLAndukittiru

Dinesh84

7th October 2010, 11:01 AM

Sachin sir, take a :bow:

littlemaster1982

7th October 2010, 11:37 AM

LM, thanx for the stats :)

Yes thats a fantastic stat LM.

Credit should go to the author, Ritesh (Orkut Sachin Fans Community Moderator). I just cross posted it here :)

Riyazz

7th October 2010, 11:42 AM

:ty: Lm . Good analysis between sachin and pointing :thumbsup:

ajaybaskar

7th October 2010, 11:44 AM

Annanukku 'J'... :clap:

SoftSword

7th October 2010, 05:57 PM

thanks for bringing the post here lm.

Plum

7th October 2010, 06:18 PM

LM, can you give the link. I will get it posted in another forum which will give it wider publicity among Ponting supporters and Aussie bloggers.

littlemaster1982

7th October 2010, 06:19 PM

LM, can you give the link. I will get it posted in another forum which will give it wider publicity among Ponting supporters and Aussie bloggers.

It's there in the title of article :)

Plum

7th October 2010, 06:20 PM

:auuuu: - didnt notice!

littlemaster1982

7th October 2010, 06:23 PM

It happens :) Btw, it's a pro Sachin site, so Ponting supporters might refuse to consider it :P

19thmay

7th October 2010, 06:26 PM

It happens :) Btw, it's a pro Sachin site, so Ponting supporters might refuse to consider it :P

But stats are unique. :roll:

SoftSword

7th October 2010, 06:32 PM

LM, can you give the link. I will get it posted in another forum which will give it wider publicity among Ponting supporters and Aussie bloggers.

neenga indha hubla mattum dhan chanakyar postla irukkeenganu nenachen...
innum etthana per ungakitta maattikittu muzhikkiraangalo... :shock:

Plum

7th October 2010, 06:34 PM

On second thoughts, I am not cross-posting it. namma kairaasi latchaNam dhAn therinjadhAchE - risku vENAm!

littlemaster1982

7th October 2010, 06:35 PM

It happens :) Btw, it's a pro Sachin site, so Ponting supporters might refuse to consider it :P

But stats are unique. :roll:

Some people can twist the stats and argument the way they want, even if it doesn't make any sense. Have seen in few other forums :)

SoftSword

7th October 2010, 06:42 PM

thannalam virumba tharumi....
sarchaigal kilappum chaanakkiyar...
vaartthai vilayaattil vaalmeegi...
dharmam azhindhi adharmamum, adharmam azhindhu dharmamum, ivaiyaavum illaa mounamum - engellaam thonrugiradho, angellaam "toing" enru thondrum... naveena kambar... engal plumber.. vaazhga... :notworthy:

sunnyg

7th October 2010, 09:01 PM

Sachin needs to set one thing right and he has already started it.

His average against South Africa is very low by his own lofty standards.

He has started rectifying it with back to back centuries against them last year. Can you believe it - this was his first century against SA at home!

I hope and pray that he scores atleast 2 centuries when we go there later this year. This will improve his average in South Africa.

It is interesting that Sachin, VVS and Dravid have scored heavily in Australia where the wickets are hard and bouncy. They have not been consistent in South Africa where the pitches are similar.

Curious on why this difference? They have a chance to set this right.

Hopefully, Rahul announces his retirement after that series. He needs to make way for younger batsmen like Pujara who can play alongside Sachin and VVS.

Sunny G.

ajithfederer

7th October 2010, 09:24 PM

Sachin alone can't get us anything. It's only by a co-ordinated team effort you win tournaments.

Congrats Sachin Sir. Pls get us the world cup too.

Puliyan_Biryani

7th October 2010, 10:57 PM

Sachin :clap: :notworthy:

ajithfederer

7th October 2010, 11:31 PM

Delight in the game keeps Tendulkar among the elite
Peter Roebuck
October 8, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar bats against Australia in the first Test. Photo: AP

SACHIN Tendulkar's nomination as international cricketer of the year counts among the finest achievements of a brilliant career. Nor was it a sentimental decision bestowed upon a favoured son. Tendulkar played 10 Tests in the period and scored 1064 polished runs at an average of 81. Along the way he rose from 25th to third in the rankings. Not bad for a 37-year-old deemed to be on his last legs. Not bad for a player whose nerves were supposedly shot.

Two main forces lay behind this astonishing renaissance. Despite receiving two structural injuries in Mohali, the Indians look fitter than ever before. Even Virender Sehwag has been spotted in the gym. Not so long ago he left a tour of Sri Lanka saying he was missing home cooking. Now he is streamlined and sharp.

Tendulkar has always looked trim but that gets harder as the years pass. A few extra kilograms can cost a sportsman the fatal fraction. Focusing on fitness is easier when the collective standard is high.
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Sachin Tendulkar with his ICC Cricketer of the Year and People’s Choice trophies.

Sachin Tendulkar with his ICC Cricketer of the Year and People’s Choice trophies. Photo: AFP

Moreover, this fitness drive confirms that ambition remains intact, and ambition is the elixir of youth. In the supposed twilight of his career, Tendulkar finds himself in a proud team that has for the first time in its history claimed top spot in the rankings.

And the World Cup is around the corner. Tendulkar has achieved most things in his career but has never lifted the game's most prestigious trophy.

But there is another more vital reason behind this renewal. Tendulkar loves the game. Even after all these years, all these grounds, hotels, fielding drills and press conferences; it's not an effort for him to play or practise. Cricket is his game and his way of life. He does not need anything else. Always it has been the same. The most underestimated thing about him has been his longevity, his constancy

Throughout 20 years of intense pressure and unrelenting exposure, he has retained his delight. Through it all he has managed to focus on the next ball and the next innings. There have been no demons. Remaining simple is difficult and he has managed it. By no means is it the least of his contributions. He has never stopped appreciating the game, never let it become a chore. He enjoys cricket, and batting in particular. He'd play from dawn til dusk if they'd let him, and again the next day.

Has any cricketer of his calibre changed less? Has any sportsman of his duration shown so few signs of mental wear and tear? Garry Sobers comes closest. For him, too, the game never became an ordeal.

Of course, the body grumbles but the Indian's mind has remained attentive. To an extraordinary extent, Tendulkar plays for the same reasons as in his youth. It's not that he has failed to grow; just that from the outset he saw the game in its true light, as an end in itself.

That cannot be said of other great players, many of whom began to fade in their early 30s. In the latter part of his career Viv Richards became a caricature of himself. Brian Lara became ever more fitful. Both are remembered for their glorious periods; both left something on the table, an unexpressed part of their genius.

Contrastingly, Tendulkar is best judged over the long term. Moreover, Indian cricket has kept rising in his time, from backwater to mainstream, from victories on manufactured pitches to triumphs on foreign fields.

Tendulkar's technique has also helped him keep going. Natural and classical were interwoven at birth. Throughout, too, he has been a perfectionist. After stumps he can sometimes be seen on the square, practising the shot that had brought him down. Before series he will anticipate the challenges that lie ahead. He is a professional constantly in search of a better way.

The challenge has never bored him. As much can be told from the singles he creates out of thin air, many of them tucked towards square leg. Every run is valued, not least because it frustrates the bowler. Moreover, he plays straighter than any rival, relies less on cross-bat shots than, for example, Ricky Ponting. Accordingly, he does not depend as much upon eye and foot. That has helped him stay the course.

It has been a glorious career, the best of them all, and it's not over yet. Not so long ago Tendulkar scored 200 in a 50-over match. Admittedly, he cannot bowl these days but his wonky elbow is holding up and his mind remains fresh. Put it this way. At 37 he has, for the first time, been saluted as player of the year. Others have their moments. He has lasted the course.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/delight-in-the-game-keeps-tendulkar-among-the-elite-20101007-169sv.html
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ajithfederer

7th October 2010, 11:48 PM

I want to be in top condition for the World Cup: Sachin

Courtesy: NDTV | 2010-10-07 16:28:18

Bangalore: Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar was named Cricketer of the Year at the seventh ICC Annual Awards at Grand Castle, Bangalore. He spoke to NDTV after the event. The full transcript of the interview follows:

Natasha: ICC cricketer of the year and of course people's choice, Sachin, many many congratulations. and of course it's very special coming as it does a day after the spectacular win coming from Mohali, were you at any point nervous, like the rest of us chewing on your nails?

ICC Awards 2010

Sachin: Yes, we were actually sitting in the dressing room, I was sitting with MS, Sehwag, yes only three of us basically, and we had a topic going on and we didn't want to change that topic, we ran out of stories but we said no, we need to continue doing that, a bit of a superstitious thing but it was a fantastic victory and unbelievable what Laxman did for us and what tremendous character Ishant Sharma has shown.

Natasha: Sachin, speaking of tremendous achievement, a huge achievement for you today, two awards, a surprise really for all of us who followed your career that this is the first time you are actually getting the award.

Sachin: It's better late than never. You keep working hard for it. It's come in the 21st year of my international career. It's fantastic. As I said better late than never, so it feels good.

Natasha: And Sachin, so many awards, the Padma Bhushan, the Khel Ratna, where does this rank, since you have a glittering trophy cabinet and you're adding these trophies to them every year.

Sachin: This is wonderful but obviously I wouldn't want to compare this to the Padma Bhushan and the other awards, they have a different meaning altogether for me. It's the second highest civilian award, it's something really really special, I treasure all the awards, but the last thing I want to do is to compare them to one another as I've always maintained that the Padma Bhushan is a very very special one.

Natasha: You mentioned these awards, I'm sure you've got many more to go and have enough of them all over your house but there are so many people, so many cricketers who say that they would pay to see you play. Who would you pay for, is there anyone out there?

Sachin: Two of my cricketing heroes are Sunil Gavaskar and Vivian Richards, and I've seen them, both of them, play. But I've never seen Sir Garfield Sobers or Sir Donald Bradman play live. That's something I would have loved to do.

Natasha: Sachin, in your formative years, there was tremendous amount of competition from the bowlers that you faced, whether it was Curtley Ambrose, Courtney Walsh or Waqar, Wasim, Shane Warne, somehow that seems to have changed. Do you miss the fact that you wish you had more competitive bowlers and really those legends bowling against you?

Sachin: See, you're talking about Shane Warne, Muralitharan, McGrath, Wasim, all these bowlers, they didn't become great bowlers overnight. It took them 15 years to become what they are today and similarly there are many talented bowlers playing, to name a few, Dale Steyn, I mean I wouldn't want to single them out but there are world class bowlers playing at the moment. In time to come, in ten years from now, they'll all be in the same league. Most of them will have 400 to 500 plus wickets. It doesn't happen overnight and you've got to wait ten, fifteen years to allow a player to showcase the talent that he has and for the world to appreciate what his contribution to cricket is.

Natasha: We'll of course wait to see where you are at that much time, 10 years, 20 years, what if you've to compare yourself 15 years ago? Sehwag for instance says his hair on his head has got thinner, what for you has changed?

Sachin: Maybe my hair is greyer now, plenty has changed since then, the cricket itself has changed, the way the whole team is managed has changed. The pre-match preparation has changed, post-match recovery has changed, all these things have changed in the last 15 years, which is a long time, and it will continue to change.

Natasha: What about you personally? I would imagine with time things do slow down, physically it gets challenging, so how do you make up? You just seem to be growing from strength to strength.

Sachin: It's a challenge which you just have to take in its stride, and work harder. I've enjoyed my game, it's but natural that when you're a 21 year old, your body is different, when you're 37, your body is different. It's a challenge I really enjoy and it's wonderful, working hard. I'd like to thank my team mates for having supported me and the support staff, especially our coach Gary Kirsten, he has really really worked hard and he throws millions and millions of balls at us in the nets, and that's what it is that keeps us going and it allows us to keep a good frame of mind and as I spoke earlier, the pre-match preparations have really helped.

Natasha: Sachin, you spoke about how it would be a dream to play the World Cup. That seems a possibility now since it's only 4-5 months away.

Sachin: Yes, the World Cup is around the corner and we are 5-6 months away from the Cup, the tournament. I would want to be in top condition to play the tournament, not only me but the whole team will do everything possible to be in the right frame of mind and top condition to play.

Natasha: And how do you see India's chances, they're doing wonderfully well, we're the number one Test team, how do you see it going into the World Cup, the way the team is shaping up?

Sachin: I don't want to put any pressure on the teammates or on myself, just take it in the stride and as I said earlier, prepare to the best of your ability and before the tournament, one should not feel that we weren't well prepared enough to participate in the tournament, so that is what our first goal will be - to make sure the preparations are on to the fullest.

Natasha: Besides the on-field action, off-field controversies have been dominating cricket this year also, we saw the unfortunate episodes with fixing etc, you're perhaps the biggest ambassador of cricket, how do you suggest it be handled because the temptation is enormous for the youngsters.

India vs Australia

Sachin: I'm not an expert to give advice on this but the simple fact is I take lot of pride in playing for India. I should be able to sleep well at night and wake up the next morning and feel proud that I've been able to this for the last 20 -21 years and for me it's simple, I'll continue to do that. I know I'm on the right track and I need not worry about anything else and as an individual I know I'll continue to do whatever I've done for the last 21 years, it is as simple as that for me.

Natasha: What will Arjun say when he sees the awards, he keeps advising you "papa should do this". So what will he say when he sees the two awards?

Sachin: Well I'm sure he'll be thrilled, I don't know if he's watching this program or not but he had his birthday on 24th of last month and my daughter's birthday, Sarah will be on 12th of October, so this will be a wonderful gift to give.

http://sify.com/sports/i-want-to-be-in-top-condition-for-the-world-cup-sachin-news-cricket-kkhq2sedibc.html

vanchi

8th October 2010, 10:59 PM

during icc awards, dhoni was telling that he, sachin and sehwag were talking about some story and when the camera turned to master, he was laughing. must be some funny story. ivara pidkkathavanga irukka mudiyuma.

This great man, after 20 years of his own brand of cricket, still so humble abt awards. proud of you sir :notworthy:

ajithfederer

9th October 2010, 02:07 AM

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html

Just now noticed: Sachin now has 150 fifties in both tests and ODI's combined. (57 in Tests and 93 in ODI's).

19thmay

10th October 2010, 04:32 PM

!!!....................................14000...... ....................................!!!

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

omega

10th October 2010, 04:35 PM

Sachin :thumbsup: what a way to bring 14K in Test cricket...

Puliyan_Biryani

10th October 2010, 04:41 PM

Sachin 14k :notworthy:

littlemaster1982

10th October 2010, 04:42 PM

:notworthy: :notworthy:

Dhakshan

10th October 2010, 04:44 PM

Master 14000 runs in Test cricket.. Waaaaay to go thalaiva :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

ajaybaskar

10th October 2010, 04:49 PM

Sachin :thumbsup: what a way to bring 14K in Test cricket...

Sachin :thumbsup: what a way to celebrate 14K in Test cricket...

Riyazz

10th October 2010, 04:54 PM

Congrats sachin :clap: 14k runs . :cheer:

viraajan

10th October 2010, 05:33 PM

:clap: :bow: :bow:

Sourav

10th October 2010, 06:45 PM

14K! :clap: :thumbsup:

ajithfederer

10th October 2010, 06:54 PM

Congratulations Sachin Tendulkar. :) :D

ajithfederer

10th October 2010, 08:59 PM

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/480818.html

LM, :) Please upload .

Maniraj

10th October 2010, 09:11 PM

sachin~ master blaster ~ god of cricket ~ little master :notworthy:

14000 runs :clap:

ajithfederer

10th October 2010, 10:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBRjzUXwif4

14,000th run video.

Thirumaran

10th October 2010, 10:30 PM

eppavum ethaachum record pannitae irunthaa eppadi :evil: Leave few for the others at least to make in distant future :hammer: :P

Dhakshan

10th October 2010, 11:19 PM

eppavum ethaachum record pannitae irunthaa eppadi :evil: Leave few for the others at least to make in distant future :hammer: :P

Hmm.. Wishing for something thats never gonna happen :)

raghavendran

11th October 2010, 07:53 AM

S.T looks in gr8 touch..awesome day ahead :bluejump:

littlemaster1982

11th October 2010, 09:13 AM

Tendulkar better than ever (http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/480818.html)

Sachin Tendulkar has been in awesome form in 2010, and the journey from 13,000 to 14,000 runs has taken him the fewest number of innings

Sachin Tendulkar is getting older, and his skills are getting better and better. At the ripe age of 37 years and 169 days, Tendulkar has become the first batsman to get to 14,000 Test runs. Even better than the fact that he got there was the manner in which he raced from 13,000 to 14,000. If the question were asked, "Is Tendulkar playing the best he ever has?", the answer could well be, "Yes, he is."

Tendulkar reached 13,000 early this year, against Bangladesh in Chittagong. At the end of that match, he had 13,091 runs; since then, he has required only 12 more innings to crack the 14,000 mark, averaging more than 84 during this period, which is the highest he has ever averaged to get from one 1000-run mark to the next. Twelve innings is the least he has needed ever, and he has scored an amazing four hundreds and three fifties - including a 98 in the previous Test - during this period.

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The year 2010 has been a spectacular one for Tendulkar. He has already passed 1000 runs for the year for a record sixth time (Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Mathew Hayden have done it five times), and given India's calendar for the rest of the year, he has a chance to go much further. After this Test in Bangalore, India have five more coming up before the end of the year - three at home against New Zealand, and two in South Africa. That should give Tendulkar ample opportunity to make 2010 his most prolific one ever - the highest he has scored in a year so far is 1392 in 16 Tests in 2002. He played 26 innings that year, averaged 55.68 and scored four hundreds. In 14 innings in 2010, he has already scored five hundreds and averages 87.25. At this rate, he is certainly within reach of the record for most hundreds in a calendar year - Mohammad Yousuf's nine in 2006 - though the record for most runs - Yousuf's 1788 the same year - might be a bit of a stretch.

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Tendulkar's awesome run over the last four years has just increased the distance between him and Ponting in the race for the highest all-time run-getter. At the end of 2006, Tendulkar, with an aggregate of 10,590 runs, was 1267 ahead of Ponting's 9323. More importantly, Ponting seemed to have all the momentum - he averaged 88.86 in 2006 and scored seven centuries from ten matches, while Tendulkar averaged 24.27, with no centuries in eight Tests. In that year alone, Ponting scored 1066 runs more than Tendulkar. Since then, though, it's been all Tendulkar, and the gap between him and Ponting has increased to 1839.

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All stats updated till the end of the second day of the Bangalore Test between India and Australia.

Waterloo

11th October 2010, 10:11 AM

Another milestone ! Hats off Sachin Sir. Today is your day. Score another ton.

19thmay

11th October 2010, 10:14 AM

Another milestone ! Hats off Sachin Sir. Today is your day. Score another ton.

Neenga konjam vaaya vaikkama irrunga! 100 podulana, mudhal adi ungalukku thaan. :twisted:

Waterloo

11th October 2010, 10:20 AM

Another milestone ! Hats off Sachin Sir. Today is your day. Score another ton.

Neenga konjam vaaya vaikkama irrunga! 100 podulana, mudhal adi ungalukku thaan. :twisted:

Then lets create a Robot like Sachin and give necessary coaching :D

19thmay

11th October 2010, 10:37 AM

Incredible facts: When Sachin made his test debut.. Vijay was 5 years and 228 days old. Ojha was 3 years and 71 days old. Raina was 2 years and 353 days old. Pujara was 1 year and 9 months old

8-)

sathya_1979

11th October 2010, 10:39 AM

Sachin is like Energizer Bunny! He goes on and on and on and on .........................

Waterloo

11th October 2010, 11:23 AM

58.3
Hauritz to Tendulkar, SIX, 82.7 kph

Waterloo

11th October 2010, 11:24 AM

Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 10 ovs Mat Runs HS Ave
Sachin Tendulkar (rhb) 106 158 15 2 67.08 48 (53b) 22 (28b) 171 14079 248* 56.54

Sachin , You are awesome :D

Waterloo

11th October 2010, 11:24 AM

Hauritz to Tendulkar, SIX, 82.6 kph, Whoa! Tendulkar smashes it over wide long-on! Has he ever hit two sixes in a row to get to a ton? The helmet comes off, the arms are held aloft and the crowd cheer wildly. Tendulkar has two centuries in Bangalore, sharing the record for most centuries with Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 11:24 AM

Whata hundred . :clap: :notworthy:

satissh_r

11th October 2010, 11:27 AM

:notworthy: I wish he goes to make his career best today :)

ajaybaskar

11th October 2010, 11:28 AM

This man is making a statement at Chinnaswamy. Oh gosh!! He has made my day!!!

viraajan

11th October 2010, 11:29 AM

Kadavul irukkirAr :clap: :bow:

ajithfederer

11th October 2010, 11:41 AM

Those two sixers of hauritz relieved the pressure of sachin.

Congratulations on your 49th Test 100. 8-)

viraajan

11th October 2010, 02:25 PM

"If Tendulkar gets to 150, it will be his 20th 150 plus score in Tests, going past Brian Lara's record of 19."

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:cool:

19thmay

11th October 2010, 02:28 PM

"If Tendulkar gets to 150, it will be his 20th 150 plus score in Tests, going past Brian Lara's record of 19."

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:cool:

Replace If with Once. :)

viraajan

11th October 2010, 02:44 PM

"If Tendulkar gets to 150, it will be his 20th 150 plus score in Tests, going past Brian Lara's record of 19."

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:cool:

Replace If with Once. :)

Ctrl C, Ctrl V from Cricinfo :oops: :lol:

sathya_1979

11th October 2010, 02:56 PM

kadavuL one more record - 20 scores of 150 + going past Lara!
Also, he will have his 6th 150+ scores vs Aus going past Wally Hammond and Lara who have 5 each.

Plum

11th October 2010, 03:01 PM

One more 300 partnership for Tendul? Does he have a record no of 300 partnerships as well?

Plum

11th October 2010, 03:01 PM

One more 300 partnership for Tendul? Does he have a record no of 300 partnerships as well?

viraajan

11th October 2010, 03:02 PM

:clap: :bow:

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 03:09 PM

kadavuL one more record - 20 scores of 150 + going past Lara!
Also, he will have his 6th 150+ scores vs Aus going past Wally Hammond and Lara who have 5 each. :notworthy: :clap:

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 03:23 PM

"Tendulkar needs 30 more runs to become the highest averaging contemporary batsman. He will go past Kumar Sangakkara who averages 56.85 and will be the sixth highest all time."

Bala (Karthik)

11th October 2010, 04:36 PM

Tendulaker , highest aaverage now... :notworthy:

Sourav

11th October 2010, 04:37 PM

:clap:

Madhu informs me that if Tendulkar scores 240 and gets out, he will remain with the highest average among his peers.

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 04:41 PM

:clap:

Madhu informs me that if Tendulkar scores 240 and gets out, he will remain with the highest average among his peers. :clap:

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 04:44 PM

"Sachin has his bowling mates to blame for Sanga's average! They were too generous with the SL captain in the recent series. Sanga's scores in that series - 103, 219, 42*, 75 and 28."

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 04:53 PM

"Tendulkar averages 43.28 in the team second innings and 37.25 in the fourth innings of matches. The 2nd innings average is much lower than the best which is Kallis with 58.37. "

Nerd

11th October 2010, 06:39 PM

Two sixes to a hundred?? I have been missing some serious hair-rising stuff. Will finally get Internet connection today, paavathai ellam kazhuviralaam. :cry: :oops:

ajaybaskar

11th October 2010, 06:49 PM

Hope he completes that 240 run mark!!!

ajithfederer

11th October 2010, 09:11 PM

En Kannae pattudum pola irukku, 191* eh. :bow:

:clap: :thumbsup:

Thirumaran

11th October 2010, 09:20 PM

Expecting a 300 + :yes: :thumbsup:

Plum

11th October 2010, 09:26 PM

Thirumaran

11th October 2010, 09:37 PM

TM, I don't think he has the stamina to last enough time tomorrow to make a 300. Extremely unlikely. Even if he stays, who will support him. Either he'll get out before he scores 300 or the rest of the team will get out before he gets to 300.

Thanks for the Strategy.. :cool2:

But naan unga strategy maela irukira nambikaya vida en prediction maela nambikkai irukka :yes:

Sachin 300 + with the Company of Captain and others :boo:

Kalyasi

11th October 2010, 09:39 PM

Peak Form ya Thalaivar!!

Thirumaran

11th October 2010, 09:41 PM

Peak Form ya Thalaivar!!

Old news.

Dhakshan

11th October 2010, 09:45 PM

Sourav

11th October 2010, 10:00 PM

TM, I don't think he has the stamina to last enough time tomorrow to make a 300. Extremely unlikely. Even if he stays, who will support him. Either he'll get out before he scores 300 or the rest of the team will get out before he gets to 300.i know its chattergy, but i really have no hope on our tail-enders.... bhajji will come and start to slog straight away,,,, no ishanth too... ball also getting very low,,, if dhoni goes early, no chance...

Puliyan_Biryani

11th October 2010, 10:00 PM

Sachin :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Thirumaran

11th October 2010, 10:04 PM

TM, I don't think he has the stamina to last enough time tomorrow to make a 300. Extremely unlikely. Even if he stays, who will support him. Either he'll get out before he scores 300 or the rest of the team will get out before he gets to 300.i know its chattergy, but i really have no hope on our tail-enders.... bhajji will come and start to slog straight away,,,, no ishanth too... ball also getting very low,,, if dhoni goes early, no chance...

nee eppadiyum sachin adikka koodaathu.. Viru record break panna koodaathunnu ninaikirathu enakku theriyum :x

Puliyan_Biryani

11th October 2010, 10:07 PM

TM, I don't think he has the stamina to last enough time tomorrow to make a 300. Extremely unlikely. Even if he stays, who will support him. Either he'll get out before he scores 300 or the rest of the team will get out before he gets to 300.i know its chattergy, but i really have no hope on our tail-enders.... bhajji will come and start to slog straight away,,,, no ishanth too... ball also getting very low,,, if dhoni goes early, no chance...

nee eppadiyum sachin adikka koodaathu.. Viru record break panna koodaathunnu ninaikirathu enakku theriyum :x
idhai naan amodhikkiren :x

Thirumaran

11th October 2010, 10:09 PM

TM, I don't think he has the stamina to last enough time tomorrow to make a 300. Extremely unlikely. Even if he stays, who will support him. Either he'll get out before he scores 300 or the rest of the team will get out before he gets to 300.i know its chattergy, but i really have no hope on our tail-enders.... bhajji will come and start to slog straight away,,,, no ishanth too... ball also getting very low,,, if dhoni goes early, no chance...

nee eppadiyum sachin adikka koodaathu.. Viru record break panna koodaathunnu ninaikirathu enakku theriyum :x
idhai naan amodhikkiren :x

ethai.. sourav voada bad intention ayaa :roll:

Sourav

11th October 2010, 10:13 PM

rombha try pannatheenga.... poyi thoongunga... :lol2:

vanchi

11th October 2010, 10:23 PM

sachin :notworthy: :clap:

Riyazz

11th October 2010, 10:43 PM

Sachin have chance to score 300 pakalam ena nadakudunu.

littlemaster1982

11th October 2010, 10:45 PM

Ageless Tendulkar takes apart Australia's attack (http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/ageless-tendulkar-takes-apart-australias-attack-20101011-16g74.html)

IF 10/10/10 was to be Sachin Tendulkar's day, then the 11th was his honorary parade, one which started rolling over the top of the hapless Australians in the second Test.

A mighty 308-run stand between Tendulkar and Murali Vijay for the third wicket virtually killed off Australia's hopes of a series-levelling victory.

In the first two sessions, no wickets, 186 runs, Australia's lead cut to 164, advantage lost. Even when Vijay (139) and Cheteshwar Pujara fell in quick succession, Australia faced another hurdle in Suresh Raina before Michael Clarke removed him. Raina and Tendulkar (191 not out) took just 65 balls to reach their 50-run partnership and at stumps, India were 5-435, 43 runs behind and the draw firming as the likely result.

Emphatic doesn't really come close to justifying Tendulkar's batting masterclass inside the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, making Australia's attack look as fearsome as a toilet-roll-commercial puppy. He wrapped his sheets of genius around them with singles, fours, sixes, flicks, cuts, glances, drives, slogs, no mercy.

At 37 years old, he played like the kid who wished it wouldn't get dark. When Tendulkar made his Test debut, Pujara was a one-year-old. At 22, Pujara, who has never known his national side without Tendulkar, waited and watched in the pavilion, itching to make his first walk on to a Test pitch, yet remaining as entranced as the rest.

After 100 overs he got his chance, when Vijay nicked Mitchell Johnson to wicketkeeper Tim Paine. But the wait had sapped him and the youngster came and went in three balls.

Not content with his 14,000th Test run, nor his award for the ICC's player of the year before the game, Tendulkar's quest for victory was astounding. He and Vijay compiled one of the best partnerships ever against Australia, as India reached 2-314 at tea.

Aided by his young sidekick, Tendulkar brutalised the attack as Ricky Ponting used six bowlers.

At the end of the second day, Vijay had sighed: ''There is a lot of work to do.'' Yesterday they worked like tireless rickshaw drivers, carrying hope and expectation on their backs, up and back the 22-yard road to glory.

They did not care if Hauritz bowled like himself, Harbhajan or Houdini - balls disappeared.

Tendulkar hit two sixes off Hauritz to reach his 49th Test century, and later the pair brought up India's first double-century stand for the third wicket against Australia. They left Hauritz suffering from a new form of RSI; repetitively slogged by Indians.

After 10 balls nervously stuck on 99, Vijay pushed Peter George to mid-on for an easy single and his maiden Test ton.

It was simply a day of Indian achievement. To recap:

- In the first two balls of the day, bowled by Hauritz, Tendulkar hits successive boundaries and has his 50.

- In the second over of the day, Tendulkar and Vijay bring up their 100-run partnership.

- In the 48th over the partnership reaches 150.

- In the 55th, with Hauritz brought back into the attack, Tendulkar drives him for four to bring up India's 200.

- After 208 minutes at the crease, Tendulkar's second successive six off Hauritz brings up his century.

- Soon after lunch the pair reach 200 together.

- In the 66th over, Tendulkar again drives Hauritz down the ground, for two runs that bring up India's 250 and also his 3000th Test run against Australia.

- In the 80th over, Tendulkar reaches 14,000 Test runs.

- Moments later Vijay brings up his first Test ton.

- In the 84th, the partnership has reached 250.

In the fifth over after tea, Tendulkar glanced Ben Hilfenhaus for his 150, breaking Brian Lara's record for most Test scores of 150 plus with 20.

Ponting, wearing a black armband in memory of the father of former Tasmanian teammate Shaun Young, was left bereft of ideas and options. It was a day he'll wish to forget.