Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

[Puliyan_Biryani]

One more record

Sachin has completed his hundred with a six on five occasions in Test cricket - a world record he previously shared with Ken Barrington who did it 4 times.

Sachin :notworthy:

And hold your breath - Sehwag has done it only once (though he is the only man to get to a 300 with a six :cool:)

[SoftSword]

guys,
one help...
having a heated discussion with my roommate on sachin and dravid.. he is saying dravid has more average in test cricket in the matches played outside india...

i dono how to extract those stats... could anybody help me to shut that WF's mouth?

[Puliyan_Biryani]

guys,
one help...
having a heated discussion with my roommate on sachin and dravid.. he is saying dravid has more average in test cricket in the matches played outside india...

i dono how to extract those stats... could anybody help me to shut that WF's mouth?
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;t eam=6;template=results;type=batting

[19thmay]

:D 8-) :notworthy: :clap: :boo: :redjump: :bluejump: :thumbsup: :omg: :froggrin: :fishgrin: :smokesmirk: :victory: :yes: :cool2: :exactly: :devil:

[Riyazz]

:cheer: sachin 200 :cheer: :happydance: :2thumbsup:

[Thirumaran]

Just 100 more :boo:

[littlemaster1982]

:victory: :victory: :victory:

[19thmay]

Next target 249...

[sathya_1979]

kadavuL :saashtaanga namaskaaram:

[Dhakshan]

7 fielders inside the circle and the master hits a single(inside the circle) for his 200 :notworthy: :clap:

[Riyazz]

7 fielders inside the circle and the master hits a single(inside the circle) for his 200 :notworthy: :clap: :clap:

[littlemaster1982]

Another newbie takes Thalaivar's wicket :sigh2: It was not a wicket taking ball :banghead:

[19thmay]

Another newbie takes Thalaivar's wicket :sigh2: It was not a wicket taking ball :banghead:

:lol: Pudhusa varavangaluku vaaipu kodukuraaru! 8-) Thalaivar pola varuma!!

[sathya_1979]

debutants ball la out aaguradhulayum thalaivar oru record :cool:

[Thirumaran]

:( Sourav can sleep peacefully tonight.

[Sourav]

:( Sourav can sleep peacefully tonight.
:evil:
I have just told my opinion abt our tails.
See wat happened... they have scored just 9 runs after sachin dismissed... :sigh2:

[ajithfederer]

In cricinfo player profile pages you(we) have a facebook option of liking a player profile. I always follow to see the count for Tendulkar and it was in the range of 22-23k before this test match and now it is 27,424.

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

[sunnyg]

Guys

We have one more test going to the wire here!

Again, we will be completely dependent on Sachin.

So far, he has stayed to the end in one test against England.

Will he be the messiah again? Remember, we dont have VVS in this game.

One more responsibility for Sachin to guide us home.

This is good learning for every batsman in the team which will come in handy for the World Cup. Everyone will learn how to chase a score.

My gut tells me that Australia will prevail.

Sunny G.

[littlemaster1982]

Not again :sigh2:

[sunnyg]

Unfortunately, Dhoni keeps losing tosses in test matches!

It is that time of the game again!

I am not baiting fellow Sachin fans. Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!

Sunny G. (Sachin's Mentor)

[littlemaster1982]

It was Sachin who bailed out India from a difficult position, along with Vijay. And people are putting onus on him again :banghead:

[ajithfederer]

Avasiyame illa.

Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Avasiyame illa.

Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!

:rotfl3:

[ajithfederer]

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Bangalore, 4th day
Tendulkar disappointed despite double
Sidharth Monga in Bangalore

October 12, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar wasn't in his usual cheerful press conference mood, his slightly sombre interaction standing out on a day when he joined Virender Sehwag as the Indian with most double-centuries.

When the day began, Tendulkar was a stroll away from his sixth double, and many hoped for what would have been a maiden triple. Missing out on that elusive landmark, though, was not playing on his mind. "As far as scoring runs is concerned, you try to score as many as you can," he said. "Sometimes you manage them, sometimes you don't. The effort is in my hands, not the result. I have always tried my best to contribute. It is about what I want to do for my team. And I will not compromise on that."

Perhaps his mood had to do with the way the rest of the batting collapsed, not slamming the door on the Australians. The four wickets after him added just nine runs against pretty unspectacular bowling. As a result, India can't be assured of the series win after nine days of gruelling Test cricket during which they have won most of the crucial moments.

"Disappointed to lose five wickets in the span of 45 to 50 runs in the morning but such is the game," Tendulkar said. "I think we have come back very well. Bowlers did a fantastic job. It's going to be a big day for us tomorrow. The Test match is at a critical stage. It's all about how we deal with pressure and apply ourselves."

A special moment during his double-century didn't have much to do with Tendulkar. It was when M Vijay reached his maiden century. Tendulkar looked the happier of the two as he hugged the youngster and had a long chat with him. It was reminiscent of his reaction when Suresh Raina reached his first hundred alongside him against Sri Lanka in July. Being with them reminds Tendulkar of the time he scored his first century. It is a feeling not many know, and Tendulkar of course has gone on to score 48 more. There cannot be a better person to share that feeling with if you are a young upcoming batsman.

"Scoring the first hundred is always special and I am sure the players will never forget that moment," Tendulkar said. "However many more hundreds you score after that, but the first hundred is always special. All these guys have been really working hard, it is wonderful to see the guys working hard in the nets and applying themselves in the big games, and also becoming successful. It is wonderful to our cricket and they deserve it."

Along the way, 11 of those 49 hundreds have come against a side that has dominated world cricket for most of Tendulkar's playing days. "I just got to know that I have got 11 hundreds against Australia," Tendulkar said. "I don't believe in counting. It feels nice. To score runs against a top side is obviously satisfying and it has been a great challenge playing against them."

Tendulkar's focus, though, remains on the final day's play of another Test that has swung this way and that, and neither team holds clear ascendency going into the finale. "We know that if our opposition has scored 470 and it is there on the board, you have to chase it to stay in the game and then at one stage also on the top of the game," Tendulkar said. "These challenges are something we all look forward to, we don't want to take anything for granted. It's going to be exciting and that's what I can say. It's going to be a wonderful day."
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at Cricinfo

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© ESPN EMEA Ltd.


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[ajithfederer]

[tscii:166584a30c]Getting better never stops, says Sachin Tendulkar

- Maestro dedicates double hundred to daughter Sara, who turned 13 Tuesday

LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI

Sachin Tendulkar in Bangalore, on Tuesday

Bangalore: Sachin Tendulkar, the toast of India, spoke to the media in general, at the Chinnaswamy, on Tuesday evening. Later, at the Royal Gardenia, he took a few questions exclusively from The Telegraph.

The following are excerpts

Mood in the dressing room on the fourth evening

(Enthusiastically) There’s excitement, but don’t take anything for granted... I think it’s going to be a wonderful day of cricket... One is looking forward to tomorrow (Wednesday)... It will be a big day as the Test is at a critical stage.

If there’s an ideal target to chase on the last day

Can’t put a figure, but the smaller it is, the better.

Whether the team is disappointed at having lost five wickets so quickly in the morning

Yes... Those wickets were lost in a space of 40-45 minutes, but we’ve fought back well, thanks to the bowlers.

State of the Chinnaswamy wicket

It has got slower and the cracks have widened.

Innings of 214, his sixth double

One tries to score as many as possible, but one may not always succeed... I’m happy I was able to contribute.

Dedicated to...

Sara, my daughter, who turned 13 today.

If he’d listened to son Arjun’s advice when he reached his hundred with a six, off Nathan Hauritz

That (advice bit) was a joke and should be seen that way.

Having broken records en route to the double

To repeat what I’ve been saying, I don’t play for records, but it’s nice to set them.

Work put in by the support staff

I’m thankful to them... To everybody... (Masseur) Mane Kaka and the rest...

Eleven of his 49 Test hundreds being against Australia

(Grins) I wasn’t aware, don’t count the hundreds that way... It’s good to get runs against top teams and I enjoy playing Australia.

Fans’ demand that he get a triple

Look, I focus on my game and on what I need to do... I don’t worry about what X or Y or Z is saying. Rather, I worry about making a contribution.

Superb run in 2010 and this series in particular

Haven’t done anything different, except that I’m getting many more balls to face (during the throw-downs) from Gary (Kirsten, the coach)... Gary and the bowling machine seem to be competing with each other... Gary doesn’t get tired.

The Sachin Tendulkar approach

Try to get better each day... Getting better never stops. I never compromise on what I need to be doing. Also, I enjoy the game.

If there’s a next level

I can’t say what is the next level, but it’s about raising the bar and trying to consistently contribute.

Sunil Gavaskar’s comment that the secret of his success is actually being a student, not a master

One keeps learning everyday...

Mentoring the Murali Vijays

I like interacting with players... It’s not about being a senior or a junior... It’s by talking to the players that one gets to learn quite a bit.

Vijay’s maiden Test hundred, which came about with him at the other end

The first hundred always remains special... I’m happy for Vijay... The younger players have been working very hard and it’s nice when they get rewarded.

Reservations over the Umpire Decision Review System

I need to be convinced that it will be right... I’d quite liked the hot-spot (instead)... It will be interesting if we get close to 100 per cent of the decisions being correct.

Finally, is he’s been following India’s stellar show in the XIX Commonwealth Games

(Enthusiastically) Know what’s happening, yes... Of course, I’m happy... It’s great news for sport in India... Whatever shows the country in good light delights me... Could be something in sport or an achievement in some other field.

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[ajithfederer]

[tscii:846537b241]India v Australia, 2nd Test, Bangalore, 3rd day

The master decision-maker

Tendulkar's ability to assess risk and stay aware of every little detail are the cornerstones of his art

Sambit Bal

October 11, 2010

For a man who has been blessed with every stroke, Sachin Tendulkar can sometimes reveal his genius while stealing a single. As Australia, in the manner of most contemporary teams, went into boundary-denying mode after the first session today, Tendulkar switched to accumulation gear, with deft nudges and glides, pushes and silent drives. One of these strokes can be used to illustrate his command over his batting faculties.

It came off Ben Hilfenhaus. It was the ideal run-denying ball, just short of a good length, a tad outside off stump, not full enough to drive, not short enough to cut. Tendulkar was in position early - marginally back and fully across - but waited on the ball just that fraction longer and opened the bat face with a last-moment flick of the wrist to send the ball wide of Ricky Ponting, still Australia's best all-position fielder, at shortish cover. Off went Tendulkar.

Singles look easy, but they are not always so. Murali Vijay, Tendulkar's partner in the monstrous third-wicket partnership that lifted India out of potential disaster, nearly ran Virender Sehwag out twice last evening. Today, on two occasions he might have run himself out. The art of the sharp single lies not merely in placing the ball but in also knowing the speed at which it will travel to the fielder. Always knowing where the ball is is one of the vital features of Tendulkar's greatness.

Inextricably linked to this is his nose for risk assessment. In the best and the worst of times, batting boils down to managing risks. Some balls are just too good for even the best batsmen. Beyond that, every ball carries the opportunity of a run, and every stroke the danger of dismissal. Few cricketers have possessed Tendulkar's command over such a wide range of strokes, but mere possession of strokes is never enough; it is the instinct - batsmen have only a millisecond to exercise the option - about the choice of stroke that accounts for success or failure.

Among all the staggering numbers that decorate Tendulkar's career the number of balls faced is an apparently mundane statistic. But it tells you that he has been called upon on over 26,000 occasions to exercise his option, many of those against the world's finest bowlers. And more than anything else, it is the certainty of his mind and a constant awareness of his own strengths and those of his opponents that have carried him to well over 30,000 international runs. In Tests, which can turn upon a single dismissal, Tendulkar has been bested only 140 times.

At the Chinnaswamy Stadium today, all bowlers came a distant second best. Admittedly the pitch was benign and Australia had a debutant and a spinner out of his depth. Still, it was a mighty and masterful innings. It wasn't as much a matter of being chanceless as it was about snuffing out hope for the bowlers.

On one occasion Peter George got Tendulkar to fend off awkwardly a ball that rose from a length, but there wasn't a catching man in sight. And the ball passed the outside edge a couple of times when Tendulkar looked to guide it behind the wicket. But the closest Australia came to earning his wicket was when Mitchell Johnson beat him outside the off stump on 99 and Hilfenhaus produced an inside edge that squeezed past the leg stump. Apart from those moments, the Australians mainly bowled to him in hope.

Earlier in the day it seemed they had a plan for him, but that was given short shrift. Ricky Ponting posted two men in catching position on the leg side - deep backward and forward short legs - and Johnson pounded in purposefully. The first ball was thrown wide, to which Tendulkar considered a stroke before letting it go. But a short ball duly arrived next and Tendulkar swivelled to pull between the wicketkeeper and Michael Clarke. The next one was even shorter and pulled in front of square. One of the catching men was promptly dispatched to the square-leg boundary, and having busted the plan, Tendulkar put away the pull shot for the rest of the day. There were too many fielders in the deep to make it worth his while.

The morning session featured seven fours and two sixes. Six of the fours came in pairs. Hauritz gifted Tendulkar two at the start of day by slipping them down the pad, and Shane Watson was carved either side of cover after a field had been set to choke Tendulkar on the leg side. He got to his hundred with two massive sixes off Hauritz over long-on. These were peculiarly identical shots, powerfully shovelled from within the crease with the right knee bent. The shots would have delighted his son, who had suggested with startling simplicity at a time when Tendulkar was struggling to convert his 90s that he should hit a six when on 94. But the truth is that it was the sixth instance of Tendulkar bringing up his hundred with a six.

More tellingly, these were the only lofted shots he played during the day. Like all great batsmen, Tendulkar not only knows when to seize the moment, but also how to temper his game to the circumstances.

And, so, when Australia spread the field, Tendulkar didn't hit a four till the final over of the second session, when Johnson served up a leg-side offering that he clipped to fine leg. He motored along in the last session, picking gaps in the field and finding opportune boundaries. In the course of his innings he went past 3000 runs against Australia, only the third man to do so, and in the fewest number of Tests.

On his last tour of Australia Tendulkar was given rapturous ovations by an adoring public each time he went in or out. But the Australians might not have seen the last of him. Fifty Test hundreds are but a formality. A hundred international hundreds are there for the taking. Tendulkar, though, endures not in the pursuit of milestones, but because he can't fall out of love with cricket. And above anything else that's the reason why he remains the most-loved cricketer.
Sambit Bal is the editor of Cricinfo

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© ESPN EMEA Ltd.

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[Sourav]

Unfortunately, Dhoni keeps losing tosses in test matches!

It is that time of the game again!

I am not baiting fellow Sachin fans. Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!

Sunny G. (Sachin's Mentor)Viru thread-la thannu paatha ingayuma...

[sathya_1979]

Sunng, u seem to be a last day specialist! Why dnt u try ur hand playing for India?
Afterall, a mentor of Sachin can do better than what he had done / capable of doing!

[19thmay]

Unfortunately, Dhoni keeps losing tosses in test matches!

It is that time of the game again!

I am not baiting fellow Sachin fans. Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!

Sunny G. (Sachin's Mentor)

Ennadhu? :x :evil:

Konjam over-a thaan poitrukku!

[sathya_1979]

Sri, namma sunnya kaLathula erakki vuttaa oru 7465 run adichchu match jeikka vechiduvaar! BayamEn :)

[19thmay]

Oh avaru Sunil Gavaskar-a solraaru pola. Indha ID vachadhukke ippadiya? Mudiyala! :lol:

[Waterloo]

Lets not expect anything from Sachin today . Must be physically and mentally drained. There is a limit to one's expectation.

I wish the future Dravid >>>>> Pujara gets the winning runs today.

All the best pujara.

[ajithfederer]

MOM is possible if India wins this today. MOS is a far stretch.

[Vivasaayi]

Cricinfo heading

Tendulkar's India cruising in chase

[viraajan]

MOM and MOS thalaivar thaan irukkanum. :yes:

[Vivasaayi]

sattu buttunu oru 50 ya adinga.. hallf century accountla sendhukkum

[viraajan]

On scoring 50, Sachin will have a total of 400 in this series... :clap: MOS vEra yaarku kodukka mudiyungren?

[Thirumaran]

MOM is possible if India wins this today. MOS is a far stretch.

Both sachin thaan without doubt :yes:

[viraajan]

On scoring 50, Sachin will have a total of 400 in this series... :clap: MOS vEra yaarku kodukka mudiyungren?

Task completed. Dot. 8-)

[ajithfederer]

Nice to see Ponting and Tendulkar sharing a laugh and a handshake.

:). Great sportmanship from both players.

[viraajan]

Lord wins MOS! :clap:

[ajaybaskar]

Had Australia scored 75 more runs, Sachin would've scored his 50th ton. :-)

[ajaybaskar]

Man of the Match and the Man of the Series is Sachin Tendulkar

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Thirumaran]

This series was a fantastic one. I would like to congratulate the whole team, starting from Laxman who helped us win. Along with Ishant Sharma. Also the bowlers. It was obviously going to be difficult on a track going up and down. Pujara showed tremendous character and his partnership with Vijay was very crucial one." On his own batting this year: "I don't count. Let the others count. I just want to continue scoring. Normally, there is not much crowd for Test cricket, thanks to Bangalore for coming out. You guys made the victory sweeter


:cool2:

[viraajan]

On his own batting this year: "I don't count. Let the others count.


:lol:

[Waterloo]

Congrats little master. A match to cherish forever for Sachin. Played a key role in victory.

[littlemaster1982]

This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie.

[MADDY]

Guys

We have one more test going to the wire here!

Again, we will be completely dependent on Sachin.

So far, he has stayed to the end in one test against England.

Will he be the messiah again? Remember, we dont have VVS in this game.

One more responsibility for Sachin to guide us home.

This is good learning for every batsman in the team which will come in handy for the World Cup. Everyone will learn how to chase a score.

My gut tells me that Australia will prevail.

Sunny G.

Sunny - can u go home now?

[19thmay]

This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie.

:notworthy: :notworthy:

[Sourav]

This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie. :thumbsup:

[Riyazz]

This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie. :2thumbsup:

[viraajan]

This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie.

:thumbsup:

[sathya_1979]

Immediate Attention LM: Please activate

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/image/481385.html?object=464527;page=1

[Thirumaran]

Let me take this oppurtunity

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[Nerd]

.

Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie.
Stand in queue varaikkum OK, but Vera edhukkO .. :lol:

[sathya_1979]

:ty: TM!
Few More!
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[Thirumaran]

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[littlemaster1982]

Sachin back at the top of ICC ranking table 8-)

[Sourav]

Sachin polls 'yes' compared to Sir Don


Some 14,600 people responded to an online poll in the Sydney Morning Herald, " Is Sachin Tendulkar the best batsman ever ??"

For a newspaper from the land of Sir Don Bradman to even ask this question was astonishing.

But the bigger surprise was in the result: 84 per cent of respondents said 'yes' while 16 per cent answered in the negative.

Though it's possible that a lot of Indians voted to skew the results in Sachin's favour, the staggering 84 per cent vote leads one to presume that a good number of Australians too think he is the very best.

For Sachin, who reminded the Don of himself, that is a supreme compliment.

http://www.indiablooms.com/SportsDetailsPage/sportsDetails131010b.php

:bow:

[sathya_1979]

Considering only Sachin and Lara:
Sachin in 3rd and 4th Innings of Tests which are not lost - Average 57 and 20 scores of 50+

Lara in 3rd and 4th Innings of Tests which are not lost - Average 47.91 and 12 scores of 50+

[ajaybaskar]

Sathya,

Above everything, when they batsmen know that there is a man called 'Sachin Tendulkar' waiting to come to the crease, their confidence level will shoot up..

[sathya_1979]

Sathya,

Above everything, when they batsmen know that there is a man called 'Sachin Tendulkar' waiting to come to the crease, their confidence level will shoot up..
Yes, even after 21 years. kandippaa avanga amma appa pala aayiram varusham puNNiyam senjudhaan avara pethirukkaNum :aanandha kaNNeer:

[Thirumaran]

Sachin back at the top of ICC ranking table 8-)

itha yaarum kavanichcha maathiri therila :evil:

[sathya_1979]

Sachin back at the top of ICC ranking table 8-)

itha yaarum kavanichcha maathiri therila :evil:
Also, in the top 10 of all-time best averages in tests. Best among current players!
NZ and SA series nallaa use senjikkaNum thalaivarE!

[vanchi]

sachin, another class act :notworthy: :clap:
/nicely mentioned abt lachu and ishant. what a gesture/

[ajithfederer]

LM ji,

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Silly looking sachin.

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[ajithfederer]

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html

Tendulkar is 10th on the list of Test career batting averages. I hope he gets second on the list after Bradman.

[ajithfederer]

As we all know Pak's Mohd Youssuf holds the record for most runs in a calendar year (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284248.html). He scored 1788 runs in 2006. Tendulkar is in 1270 runs now with 5 test matches left. I wish he makes 2000 runs in this year.

[tamizharasan]

It would have been more fitting if sachin had scored two more runs in the first innings of first test. Anyway Sachin is playing great cricket now. Congrats Sachin the Great.

[Plum]

Anyway, these trolls do give an opportunity for us to place the facts in the internet hihgway in response. Adhai pArthu oru naalu pEru thirundhuvannu nambuvom
(Someone pointed that srt avged 57 and lara 47 in wins. Now, I didn't know that! How many like me would have had their eyes opened yesterday?)

[omega]

(Someone pointed that srt avged 57 and lara 47 in wins. Now, I didn't know that! How many like me would have had their eyes opened yesterday?)

I was surely one of many. Very interesting stat. If even after this match winning knock someone has to still complain about Sachin then there has to be some serious issue with them. Just ignore & they will disappear.

[littlemaster1982]

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Silly looking sachin.

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[sathya_1979]

Anyway, these trolls do give an opportunity for us to place the facts in the internet hihgway in response. Adhai pArthu oru naalu pEru thirundhuvannu nambuvom
(Someone pointed that srt avged 57 and lara 47 in wins. Now, I didn't know that! How many like me would have had their eyes opened yesterday?)
Plum, that's not wina alone but wins and draws. By termininologies of pundits - match saving. Sachin had done that many a times 119 NO at OT, 92 at Trentbridge, 176 at Kolkatta to name a few. Also many forget his bowling contributions in some famous wins - 3 wickets Hayden, Gilly and Warney at Kolkatta 2001, steve waugh and martyn in successive overs at adelaide 2003........

[steveaustin]

http://i56.tinypic.com/28we3hd.jpg


http://i54.tinypic.com/15ekay9.jpg


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Silly looking sachin.


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Expecting the Fourth one (Gavaskar-Border Trophy) to be replaced with a World cup to complete a glorious career. :)

[VinodKumar's]

http://www.livemint.com/2010/10/13195931/Sachin-the-greatest-living-In.html?h=C

[Plum]

The first one. I am tempted to caption it as
"kai thatturadhOda niRuthikka..." to a certain gentleman in the picture but that gentleman looks poised to become a run machine again in the Ashes so nAn karuthu sollAma kAl amutharadhOda niRuthikkaREn!

[ajithfederer]

Plus two more
A test series win in SA and a Test series win in Australia.



http://i56.tinypic.com/28we3hd.jpg


http://i54.tinypic.com/15ekay9.jpg


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http://i52.tinypic.com/16kufl3.jpg


http://i51.tinypic.com/35jjkso.jpg


http://i51.tinypic.com/ibeyk6.jpg

Silly looking sachin.


http://i51.tinypic.com/10533bc.jpg

Expecting the Fourth one (Gavaskar-Border Trophy) to be replaced with a World cup to complete a glorious career. :)

[SoftSword]

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/481430.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/481371.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/481705.html

yaaru adicha moolai kolambi, ulagam thalakeelaa maari, pattam padhavi ellaam pari pogudho... avar dhaan Sachin :thumbsup:

[SoftSword]

Plus two more
A test series win in SA and a Test series win in Australia.



http://i56.tinypic.com/28we3hd.jpg


http://i54.tinypic.com/15ekay9.jpg


http://i53.tinypic.com/20paeqp.jpg


http://i52.tinypic.com/16kufl3.jpg


http://i51.tinypic.com/35jjkso.jpg


http://i51.tinypic.com/ibeyk6.jpg

Silly looking sachin.


http://i51.tinypic.com/10533bc.jpg

Expecting the Fourth one (Gavaskar-Border Trophy) to be replaced with a World cup to complete a glorious career. :)

There is a test world cup coming up...
the first country to win that too... on the making..

[Dhakshan]

There is a test world cup coming up...
the first country to win that too... on the making..

:shock:

[ajaybaskar]

2014lathaane?

[SoftSword]

2014lathaane?

avlo naal aaguma..?
poi sollitaanga pola payapullainga...


guys,
watch this if u hav not watched it b4:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1307367298382

[sathya_1979]

[tscii:40972a6c69]FOR ALL THOSE WHO SAY LARA IS GREATER MATCH WINNER / MATCH SAVER THAN SACHIN, THE TRUTH IS OUT NOW - YOU ARE WRONG.

Note: I like Lara next to Sachin. But the post here is just to bring out the fact that Sachin is indeed better

Sachin: Part – 1
Filters Applied: Vs – Aus, Eng, NZ, SA, SL, Pak, WI
Match Result – Won
Innings – 3rd and 4th Innings Performance with Significant Contribution of more than 40 Runs and 2 or more wickets
Overall Average – 55.40

1) 104 NO Vs SL in 1993 – 3rd Innings
2) 85 Vs WI in 1994 – 3rd Innings
3) 155 NO Vs Aus in 1998 – 3rd Innings
4) 44 NO Vs NZ in 1999 – 4th Innings
5) 3 Wickets (Hayden, Gilchrist, Warne) Vs Aus in 2001 – 4th Innings
6) 2 Wickets (Steve Waugh and Martyn) Vs Aus in 2003 – 3rd Innings
7) 55 Vs Aus in 2004 – 3rd Innings
8) 52 Vs Pak in 2005 – 3rd Innings
9) 56 NO Vs Pak in 2005 – 4th Innings
10) 103 NO Vs Eng in 2008 – 4th Innings
11) 54 Vs SL in 2010 – 4th Innings
12) 53 NO Vs Aus in 2010 – 4th Innings

5 Scores of 50+ in 4th Innings in Victories and 2 Bowling Performance taking Critical Wickets.

Sachin: Part – 2
Filters Applied: Vs – Aus, Eng, NZ, SA, SL, Pak, WI
Match Result – Drawn
Innings – 3rd and 4th Innings Performance with Significant Contribution of more than 40 Runs

Overall Average – 61.36

1) 57 Vs Pak in 1989 – 3rd Innings
2) 119 NO Vs Eng in 1990 – 4th Innings
3) 54 Vs WI in 1994 – 3rd Innings
4) 74 Vs Eng in 1996 – 3rd Innings
5) 124 NO Vs SL in 1999 – 3rd Innings
6) 126 NO Vs NZ in 1999 – 3rd Innings
7) 92 Vs Eng in 2002 – 3rd Innings
8) 176 Vs WI in 2002 – 3rd Innings
9) 60 NO Vs Aus in 2003 – 3rd Innings
10) 49 Vs Aus in 2008 – 4th Innings
11) 47 Vs Aus in 2008 – 3rd Innings
12) 64 Vs NZ in 2009 – 3rd Innings
13) 100 NO Vs SL in 2009 – 3rd Innings

Lara: Part – 1
Filters Applied: Vs – Aus, Eng, NZ, SA, SL, Pak, Ind
Match Result – Won
Innings – 3rd and 4th Innings Performance with Significant Contribution of more than 40 Runs and 2 or more wickets

Overall Average – 56.53

1) 64 Vs SA in 1992 – 3rd Innings
2) 96 Vs Aus in 1993 – 3rd Innings
3) 91 Vs India in 1994 – 3rd Innings
4) 48 NO Vs End in 1995 – 4th Innings
5) 45 Vs India in 1997 – 3rd Innings
6) 153 NO Vs Aus in 1999 – 4th Innings
7) 60 Vs Aus in 2003 – 4th Innings
8) 80 NO Vs SL in 2003 – 4th Innings
9) 48 Vs Pak in 2005 – 3rd Innings
3 Scores of 50+ in 4th Innings in Victories.

Lara: Part – 2
Filters Applied: Vs – Aus, Eng, NZ, SA, SL, Pak, WI
Match Result – Drawn
Innings – 3rd and 4th Innings Performance with Significant Contribution of more than 40 Runs

Overall Average – 45.82

1) 43 Vs Aus in 1995 – 4th Innings
2) 74 Vs NZ in 1996 – 3rd Innings
3) 115 Vs SL in 1997 – 3rd Innings
4) 112 Vs Eng in 2000 – 3rd Innings
5) 45 Vs SA in 2001 – 3rd Innings
6) 86 Vs SA in 2004 – 4th Innings
7) 120 vs India in 2006 – 3rd Innings

Sachin:
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Won / Drawn: 68.63
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Won: 76.66
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Drawn: 59.00
Lara:
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Won / Drawn: 48.25
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Won: 81.20
Overall Average in 4th Innings in Matches Drawn: 24.71[/tscii:40972a6c69]

[sathya_1979]

This is about tests only. ODIs - No Contest at all

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Sathya :2thumbsup: Sachin :notworthy:

[Dinesh84]

Sathya can u also post the stats for matches lost involving these 2 players :)

[sathya_1979]

Sathya :2thumbsup: Sachin :notworthy:
Officelerundhu vandhu oru 2 maNi nEram kitta analysis senju indha post pOttEn.
inimE yaaraachum vandhu Lara > Sachin nu post senjaa, ban aanaalum paravaayilla, bad words la thittiduvEn :evil:

[sathya_1979]

Sathya can u also post the stats for matches lost involving these 2 players :?
Yes, will do shortly.

[Nerd]

Sathya,

Can you also post the % of matches won/drawn by both India and WI in their period? Lets also keep in mind that WI had a much worse team than India. Statistics can prove me wrong though.

[sathya_1979]

Matches Lost - Excluding Ban and Zim:
Sachin - 43 Matches - Average: 37.10 with 10 Centuries
Lara - 63 Matches - Average: 42.19 with 14 Centuries

Matches Lost - Excluding Ban and Zim (3rd and 4th Innings alone):
Sachin - 43 Matches - Average: 30.09 with 4 Centuries
Lara - 63 Matches - Average: 32.93 with 5 Centuries

[sathya_1979]

Sathya,

Can you also post the % of matches won/drawn by both India and WI in their period? Lets also keep in mind that WI had a much worse team than India. Statistics can prove me wrong though.
In Sachin's 171 Matches India Lost 43 which give a Win/Drawn % of 74.8 %
In Lara's 131 Matches WI Lost 63 which give a Win/Drawn % of 51.9 %
The point is to show that Sachin had performed NO LESS than Lara in Saving or Winning a Test Match, not to compare team's performances.

[sathya_1979]

Awaiting Plum's feedback on the analysis

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Sathya :2thumbsup: Sachin :notworthy:
Officelerundhu vandhu oru 2 maNi nEram kitta analysis senju indha post pOttEn.
inimE yaaraachum vandhu Lara > Sachin nu post senjaa, ban aanaalum paravaayilla, bad words la thittiduvEn :evil:
appadiyellaam avasarapattu edhuvum senjudaadheenga. ungal sevai ingu thevai :D.

People bring up Lara's 153 against Aussies as an eggzample of single-fingered batsmanship. I was watching the match live and Lara was dropped by Healy when they needed 6 to win. If Healy had taken the catch, then that innings would've joined Sachin's 1998 Chennai innings (which was much higher in quality and devoid of any chances). A case of what might have been.

[sathya_1979]

Yes, that was a very easy catch spilled. Sachin buried the ghosts of Chennai at Chennai in 2008 :D

[Dhakshan]

Sathya :clap:
Good analysis :)

[sathya_1979]

One more comprehensive and more-detailed analysis

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/itfigures/archives/2010/01/_sachin_tendulkar_on_top.php

Sachin on Top in Both Tests and ODIs

[Thirumaran]

[tscii]FOR ALL THOSE WHO SAY LARA IS GREATER MATCH WINNER / MATCH SAVER THAN SACHIN, THE TRUTH IS OUT NOW - YOU ARE WRONG.


nice Post :thumbsup:

btw intha maathiri silli comparision ellaam panrathu veli aalunga thaan, compara panna paduravanga never had any doubt.. They whole heartedly said Sachin is the best ever..

[ajithfederer]

To be fair to Lara he played with an absolute bad team for the major part of 2000's. He had a decent team till may be what like 1998???. His case is Tendulkar's case reversed.

Tendulkar had a nonsense team for the entire 90's and his fortunes started changing only from the 00's decade.

[sathya_1979]

To be fair to Lara he played with an absolute bad team for the major part of 2000's. He had a decent team till may be what like 1998???. His case is Tendulkar's case reversed.

Tendulkar had a nonsense team for the entire 90's and his fortunes started changing only from the 00's decade.
True, We started winning abroad from 2002. WI decline started from early 2000s.

[GSV]

Tendulkar at new heights as World Cup nears

http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/story/cricket.reuters.com/tendulkar-new-heights-world-cup-nears-20101014/

[ajithfederer]

India tour of England 2011

England v India home|

Matches
1st Test: England v India at Lord's - Jul 21-25, 2011

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)

2nd Test: England v India at Nottingham - Jul 29-Aug 2, 2011

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)

3rd Test: England v India at Birmingham - Aug 10-14, 2011

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)

4th Test: England v India at The Oval - Aug 18-22, 2011

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)


Only T20I: England v India at Manchester - Aug 31, 2011

1st ODI: England v India at Chester-le-Street - Sep 3, 2011

2nd ODI: England v India at Southampton - Sep 6, 2011

3rd ODI: England v India at The Oval - Sep 9, 2011

4th ODI: England v India at Lord's - Sep 11, 2011

5th ODI: England v India at Cardiff - Sep 16, 2011

Great chance to make a century in Lords and win a series there. I think this series will be a good test for India. For Fans of India tour of England 2007 this channel is a gem. It has highlights of almost all 7 odi's and 3 test matches from that tour.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CricIndia2

[SoftSword]

look at the master when he was a primary student of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMG1PaR4Vy4&feature=player_embedded

back then nobody would have expected this boy to become a big man who can carry an entire country on his shoulders.

Keep going Sachin :thumbsup:

[steveaustin]

People bring up Lara's 153 against Aussies as an eggzample of single-fingered batsmanship. I was watching the match live and Lara was dropped by Healy when they needed 6 to win. If Healy had taken the catch, then that innings would've joined Sachin's 1998 Chennai innings (which was much higher in quality and devoid of any chances). A case of what might have been.

For me it's otherwise because of the hypertension gripped all over me. Opinion differs. :)

[ajithfederer]

ICC news
Tendulkar claims top spot in ICC Test ratings

ESPNcricinfo staff

October 14, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar has surged to the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, for the first time since 2002. Tendulkar's heroics in the Test series against Australia earned him 82 rating points, taking him to 891, 17 clear of Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara in the second spot. Virender Sehwag, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Mahela Jayawardene completed the top five.

List of dates when Sachin Tendulkar claimed top spot

* November 18, 1994 (34 and 85 v West Indies in Mumbai)
* March 6, 1998 (4 and 155 v Australia in Chennai)
* October 15, 1998 (By default, above Steve Waugh)
* December 26, 1998 (47 and 113 v New Zealand in Wellington)
* January 28, 1998 (0 and 136 v Pakistan in Chennai)
* May 18, 2000 (By default, above Brian Lara)
* February 21, 2002 (176 v Zimbabwe in Nagpur)
* August 22, 2002 (193 v England in Leeds)
* October 13, 2010 (212 and 53* v Australia in Bangalore)

This is the tenth time Tendulkar has become the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, and the first since the new ratings system came into place. He held the position for the first time in 1994, ahead of consistent runs at the top in the late 90s and early 2000s. His ascension comes close on the heels of his winning the ICC Cricketer of the Year award.

Tendulkar has enjoyed a windfall 2010, topping the run charts with 1270 runs, inclusive of four centuries and two double-hundreds. With India set to play three Tests against New Zealand at home and three Tests in South Africa in the immediate future, Tendulkar has the opportunity to better his career-best rating of 898 and become the 26th batsman to cross the 900-point mark.

Rahul Dravid held on to the 22nd position after a patchy series where he managed only one half-century in four innings. VVS Laxman retained the eighth spot despite missing the Bangalore Test, while M Vijay's maiden century helped him jump 29 places to 57th.

Ricky Ponting's inability to convert starts into centuries may have hampered his side, but his three 70s in four innings helped him climb three spots to the 16th position. Michael Clarke struggled for runs through the series, resulting in him dropping out of the top ten, while Simon Katich also slipped two spots to 14th. Shane Watson, who scored 271 runs in the two Tests, moved up to 24th, while Marcus North's fifth Test hundred lifted him to 46th.

In the bowler ratings, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ben Hilfenhaus have all gained one place each. Zaheer, who picked 12 wickets in the series and impressed with his reverse swing, surged to 744 rating points, tied fourth with England's James Anderson. Johnson moved up to the seventh spot, one clear of Harbhajan who in turn pushed Doug Bollinger to ninth. Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann and Mohammad Asif continue to hold the top three spots in the bowling table.



http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/481778.html

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[Dhakshan]

1st time Sachin claimed the top spot on my birth date and month :bluejump: :redjump:
Legends tend to do anything on the same day :mrgreen:

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:65738ff234]Traicos trumps Tendulkar

October 15, 2010

Posted by Andy Zaltzman 11 hours, 17 minutes ago

Traicos trumps Tendulkar

Pretender: with a mere 8032 Test runs, Garry Sobers is well short of having proved himself a true great © Getty Images
All cricket fans cherish moments when they first see a player, and think to themselves: “This lad is something extraordinary.” They cherish them even more when they turn out to be correct. Few would boast that when they saw Paras Mhambrey bowl for the first time, they just knew deep down that he would go on to take 400 Test wickets; or that they happened to catch a glimpse of Blair Hartland’s debut Test innings whilst on holiday in New Zealand in 1992, and instantly wrote a series of postcards home telling their parents that Wally Hammond himself had been reborn as a Kiwi opener.

Many will have thought it during Cheteshwar Pujara’s mesmeric, match-sealing fourth-innings 72 on debut in Bangalore, for his timing, his decisiveness and precision of shot, and his ethereal stillness at the crease. Time will tell. Time is often a bit of miserable sod in these matters. When Phil Hughes added to his debut 75 with two stunning centuries in his second Test, against Steyn, Morkel, Ntini and Kallis (and Paul Harris), who would have thought that he would be dropped just three Tests later? Not me, and probably not Phil Hughes. And almost certainly not the then bits-and-pieces allrounder Shane Watson, who replaced him and has since reached 50 in 12 of his 26 innings, the highest ratio of fifties-per-innings of any baggy green opener with 10 or more half-centuries.

Debuts, the deceitful little minxes that they are, have made many false promises. Particularly with legspinners. Narendra Hirwani took 16 for 136, Warne took 1 for 150. Kumble returned an inauspicious 3 for 170. Ian Salisbury twirled his web around Pakistan to take 5 for 122. Where did his 600 other Test wickets go? And maybe England should have stuck with Chris Schofield a little longer. Warne’s debut gave perhaps the falsest and cruellest promise of all to England fans – that Australia had unearthed yet another cannon-fodder legspinner to be marmaladed by England’s batsmen. That little reverie took one ball to shatter. It was sweet while it lasted.

I remember when I first realised that Sachin Tendulkar could turn out to be the truly special player that he had been rumoured to be by the world’s cricketing press. It was when he reached 10,000 Test runs. It was clear at that point – in his 122nd Test, with an average of 57 − that the young man was destined for greatness. (Others had suspected it before then, but I like to reserve judgement on players until I am absolutely 100% sure about them, and the 10,000-Test-run barrier seems as fair a benchmark as any. Bradman, Sobers, Richards and Ken Rutherford I remain to be convinced about. The logic is simple: you can easily score fewer than 10,000 Test runs without being a particularly good batsman. But only good players reach 10,000. I therefore acknowledge that Tendulkar is a useful bat. Very useful, in fact – 95 international centuries constitutes a solid effort.)

Bangalore was one of the great highlights of his statistics-boggling career, a display of complete technical and tactical mastery that first transformed the game and then completed it, played with a vigour that suggests he may have several more good years left in him. Once he has ticked off 50 Test centuries and 15,000 runs, perhaps Wilfred Rhodes’ 31-year Test span will be the next major record in his sights.

Tendulkar’s continuing resurgence has been the highlight of a compelling microseries that again highlighted the desirability of macroseries. India finished looking like the world’s top side, playing three days of majestic cricket to seal the series, and Australia ended as a team with more question marks than a transcript of an unusually urgent police interrogation of a hard-of-hearing and inquisitive suspect.

Ponting’s captaincy on Wednesday attracted widespread criticism. To my layman’s eyes it seemed intended to distract the Indian batsmen through sheer bafflement. As they tried to figure out Ponting’s extremely well-concealed masterplan, they could easily have becoming distracted and perturbed, and smashed their own stumps down in confusion. Not really trying to take wickets when he needed to really try to take wickets was an obtuse approach. I have heard rumours that every night Ponting goes back to his hotel room, makes little papier-maché dolls of Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, says to them: “Right, Glenn, you bowl from the bathroom end, and Shane, you take the bed end. I’m going for a snooze, and when I wake up I expect you to have bowled the opposition out. Night night.” Admittedly those rumours are ones that I have made up and said to myself, but still, no smoke without fire. There has to be some truth in them.


Back to Tendulkar, officially the world’s best batsman again for the first time in eight years. Tendulkar’s Test career is about to celebrate its 21st birthday, and is now the 11th longest of all time, and the fourth-longest not to have been interrupted by a world war. The three players ahead of him on that little list are Syd Gregory (58 Tests from 1890 to 1912; his longevity can be ascribed to an undroppably assertive moustache), Brian Close (England’s youngest and oldest post-War Test player, his 22 Tests splattered over almost 27 years, dropped six times in his first seven matches spanning three different decades, and proud owner of the most sporadic career in Test history), and dual-nation legend John Traicos, more of whom below.

The Mumbai Methuselah has missed just 14 of India’s 185 Tests in the almost 21 years since he first plonked his 16-year-old feet onto the Test arena, giving him a 92.4% attendance-at-work rate. This currently puts him fourth on the list of highest-percentage-of-possible-Tests-played of the 16 players with Test careers lasting longer than 20 years.

If he stays fit, continues to set his alarm clock, remembers to turn up, and is not lured away by the promise of a stint as lead cricket bat player in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s forthcoming season of cricket-themed adaptations of the works of Mozart, then he could pinch the bronze medal from Sir Garfield Sobers (93% of Tests from 1954 to 1974). That is as far as he can hope to go. Two men remain unattainably in front: one-and-a-half South Africans and half a Zimbabwean. Dave Nourse did not miss a single Test of the 45 South Africa played from 1902 to 1924, and Traicos was never dropped in his 23-year Test career, from 1970 to 1993.


Traicos, who stands alone alongside Richard Hadlee in the Official ICC Catalogue Of Bowlers Who Have Dismissed Both Sachin Tendulkar and Keith Stackpole In Test Cricket, also remained undefeated until the final few months of his career. These facts in isolation might hint at one of the all-time great cricketing careers. Sadly for Traicos, his 23 years as an international cricketer were adorned by just seven Tests, sandwiching a 22-year sabbatical as a humble civilian – three games for South Africa before their ban in 1970, and four for Zimbabwe after their admission in 1992.

Recently unearthed relics from an archaeological dig at Kingsmead in Durban, where Traicos made his debut for South Africa, suggest that this Egypt-born son of Greek parents personally built a special altar with his cricket bag and sacrificed 100 head of oxen to almighty Zeus in return for (a) never being dropped, (b) having at least a 23-year-long Test career, and (c) not losing for the first 22 of those 23 years.

Zeus, always a deity with a wry sense of humour, granted Traicos’ wish with a flamboyant crack of his trademark thunderbolt, and the Egyptigrecozimbabweacsouthafrican tweaker skipped away in delight, visualising the forthcoming decades of batsman-shattering devastation that his tidy offbreaks would soon wreak. Zeus, meanwhile, giggled quietly to himself and muttered under his breath: “Sucker – you can have your 23 years undropped. And you can also have your seven Tests, your 18 wickets, and your bowling average of 42. Got you, Traicos, got you. Thanks for the barbecue. Yum, yum, yum.”

The King of Olympus then high-fived himself, and chirped: “I’ve still got it. Over 2000 years out of the media spotlight, and the Big Z has still got it.” It’s all in Wisden, if you read it backwards.

Some more on long careers in another blog later in the week. Unless the CIA suppress it. They fear needless cricket stats.

Lara has been deleted from the list of players the author is not 100% convinced about. Thanks to Anadi Bhatia for bringing the error to notice

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[sunnyg]

Sachin owns the Bangalore test

With a 200+ in the first innings and an unbeaten 50 in the second, Sachin owns the Bangalore test against Australia!

I am very happy for Sachin - most thrilled that he scored the winning runs.

Congratulations again. Looking forward to century #50 against New Zealand.

Sunny G.

[sathya_1979]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/business/stock-markets-sway-sachins-knocks-study-275

Stock markets sway to Sachin's knocks: study
New research shows that when India's cricket team loses one-day internationals, the stock market takes a beating, but if master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is on the losing side, the damage to the bourses is even worse.

Research by economists Russell Smyth and Vinod Mishra of Monash University, in Australia, suggests the performance of the Indian cricket team in one-day matches can significantly impact the fortunes of the Indian stock market, an official release said.

"While a win by the Indian cricket team has no statistically significant upward impact on stock market returns, a loss generates a significant downward movement in the stock market," Smyth, the Head of Monash University's Department of Economics, said.

"India's main index, the CNX Nifty, shows that the Nifty index was generally flat the day after a win, but the day following a loss, the index dropped by an average of 0.231 per cent. The drop following a loss was more than seven times greater than the movement following a win," Smyth said.

Furthermore, when Sachin Tendulker, India's most popular cricketer, is on the losing side, the loss on the stock market is almost 20 per cent more.

"In the 100 matches in which Tendulkar played and India lost, the average return the day after the match was 0.328 per cent, an 18 per cent higher drop compared to the average drop after losing a match (which Tendulkar did not play)," Smyth said.

"A sporting event is a non-economic phenomenon and, as such, one might expect that stock prices will not be affected. However, behavioural finance suggests that large sporting events affect the sentiment of viewers-cum-investors, resulting in upwards or downwards 'mood swings' in the market, which are reflected in stock prices," Smyth said.

According to Smyth and Mishra, emotions can impact normally objective decision-making, the university release said. "A feeling of sadness might make investors withdraw from the world and the stock market, thus resulting in reduced trading for a while, whereas anger might make them behave in an impulsive manner, which might involve selling of a lot of the stocks," Smyth said.

"When you are tuning in to follow how Australia performs against India in one-day internationals, before you write them off as meaningless matches, spare a thought for what the outcome might mean for Indian investors," Smyth said.

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:2685789bff]Why a Sachin Tendulkar is my signature air-cricket shotYou can only ever really play air-cricket shots that have 'belonged' to cricketers you have loved – there is no higher form of praise


Aged 38, Sachin Tendulkar tops the Test rankings and is the first batsman to score 14,000 Test runs – 'a level of greatness you feel bound to stroll around'. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters

The news that Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the greatest cricketer of all time, by a landslide in an Australian newspaper poll, would have, until recently, elicited from me a kind of wincing, squinting chafing at the cerebral lobe that controls the urge to enter into ill-advised and unwinnable contrarian debates.

Even in the same week that Tendulkar also became the first batsman to score 14,000 Test runs, while returning at the age of 38 to the top of the Test rankings, there might still have been a residual sense that there is perhaps something too corporate and earnest, too Princess Diana Memorial Book of Condolence, about the public outpourings of worship that have tended to surge across the cricketing superstructure.

Tendulkar has represented something of a personal conundrum, right from the moment he first appeared in England, gliding to an oddly frictionless first Test century as a 17-year-old at Old Trafford. Sure, I've trilled and cooed along since, taking pleasure in a flawless double ton here, a mathematical dissection of the offside field there; all the while, though, furtively studying the swooning faces for a tiny hint of doubt, or at least for a sense of sober approval, rather than full-blown Tendul-itis.

Watching Tendulkar seemed an experience of annihilating perfection, like being asked to admire an inconceivably well-engineered German supercar. This is a criticism, not of his batting style or tempo, but of its texture and temperature.

Mid-period Tendulkar had a Terminator-ish feel for me, an air of unblinking, calculus-level excellence, backed by the devouring quicksand of his unanswerable numbers. And what stats they are: Tendulkar has 46 one-day international hundreds. The current England one-day team have 16 between them.

This is a level of greatness you feel bound to stroll around, to frown at, and perhaps even reverently buy a postcard of. But still. Preferring Tendulkar to, say, the visceral, occasionally ragged genius of Brian Lara, or the Paul-Newman-riding-a-bike-around-a-haystack romance of VVS Laxman seemed to go against some basic instinct, like preferring Luke Skywalker to Han Solo, or claiming that Jesus, not the devil, always has the best tunes.

Anyway, that's all gone out of the window now. I take it all back. I confess to these guilty feelings only because something very fundamental – and your favourite Test cricketer is one of the most fundamental things there is – has changed. I think it's to do with age: his rather than mine.

Tendulkar is approaching 40 but he simply will not weaken or fray at the edges. For the dithering unbeliever that last vital sense of wild and alluring extremity has come with the sheer recklessness of his longevity, this most un-mechanical, un-robotic refusal to wither. It's the Rolling Stones principle in miniature: mildly embarrassing on stage aged 47; deeply rock'n'roll on stage aged 67.

In saying all this, it is hard not to feel now like just another supplicant, another person who believes that the Beatles are a good band, or that Coca-Cola is a refreshing drink and jeans are a comfortable type of trouser.

Tendulkar is a generous icon, however. He inspires, I have discovered, a very personal kind of reverence. For what it's worth my own revelation of Tendulkar-ness was sealed with the realisation that he has, finally, entered my range of air-cricket shots.

This is no small matter. Air-cricket is much more than just the most widely practised shadow-sport in the world. It is a hugely intimate affair.

I raised the subject of air-cricket – cricket you play in mime form, often using a bat-like object, and perhaps making a "clonk" noise as you dispatch an imaginary ball – on the Guardian's over-by-over commentary recently and was swamped with stories: the man who performed a lofted drive with his rolled degree certificate at his graduation and sent it sailing into the audience; the Russian wedding almost ruined by a display of aggressive umbrella air-batsmanship; the hospital-ward practice of playing air-cricket with a drip stand.

Air-cricket is instinctive: I have a friend who finds himself automatically playing a perfect, straight-bat air-defensive on entering any crowded room. Plus, you can only ever really play air-cricket shots that have "belonged" to cricketers you have loved. I still have a pirouetting Alec Stewart air-pull. Plus, brilliantly, I now have an air Tendulkar. It's a signature shot too, the wristy flick to leg for a strike-rotating single. Hand me an umbrella. Give me a wooden spoon. This is what you'll get. I have no higher form of praise.

There is a final point about Tendulkar. Air-cricket is, as a rule, air-Test-cricket and Tendulkar is above all a Test cricketer. It might even seem paradoxical that India's premier cricketer – the main man in a country where Twenty20 is being furiously distilled as the coming force – doesn't even play Twenty20 internationals.

He is in his small way the sentry at the gates beating back the barbarians. Along with Ricky Ponting, he is also the last great Test player of this generation. Perhaps even a case of saving the very best until the very last.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/oct/16/sachin-tendulkar-india-australia[/tscii:2685789bff]

[Plum]

Full of typical british left handed compliments,I reject the above article not the least for slyly equating Sachin with Ricky :evil:

[sathya_1979]

[tscii:2672c6652f]http://cricketnext.in.com/news/sachins-fourth-innings-success-story/51099-13.html?from=tn

Sachin's fourth innings success story

New Delhi: There have been sportspersons who have played for over two decades but very few have carried it with an aplomb and success as valiant as Sachin Tendulkar’s, who – in the twilight of his career – is fast erasing one blame he has been critiqued about and that's leaving his stamp on Indian victories.


Sachin has won many a hearts during a career spanned over 20 years but somewhere in the corner of those hearts is a slight resentment that the master has done everything but stay there to take India home. And on some such occasions when he got out within touching distance of a win, India lost the match, leaving a bitter taste in the fans' mouth.

But all this while, runs never ceased to flow from the master's bat. And at 37, scoring international hundreds has become his favourite pastime, with 49 in Tests and 46 in ODIs, much like Apa Sherpa, for whom climbing Mount Everest is a left-hand job.


With that, the willow-wielding Indian icon is now addressing his fans' only grievance and batting with the dynamism of a 20-year-old who recently gunned down the Aussies with 404 runs at an average of 134.33 to complete a 2-0 whitewash of Ricky Ponting's team.


Moreover, when one takes into account Sachin's record in the fourth innings of a Test, there's hardly any wrinkle to iron out. To highlight that point, here are a few stats that should act as a pacifier for those begrudged hearts.


The following stats show that the latter half of Sachin's career is far better than the one before the year 2000, when we take into account his scores in the fourth innings. Not only has he made more runs, they have come at an average and strike rate that even betters his overall record in the fourth innings.


- Overall innings 49, not out 14, runs 1357, highest score 136, average 38.67, strike rate 51.18, hundreds 3 and fifties 5.

- Before 2000, innings 22, not out 6, runs 489, highest score 136, average 30.56, strike rate 47.61, hundreds 2 and fifties 1.

- Since 2000, innings 27, not out 8, runs 868, highest score 103 not out, average 45.68, strike rate 53.44, hundreds 1 and fifties 4.


But the following figures suggest the most satisfying fact, that the Mumbaikar's runs in the fourth innings are now coming for a winning cause. There are 17 occasions when India won with Sachin contributing in the last innings of a Test and of those, 13 have come since 2000. That must bring a smile on those grieving fans.


- Overall innings 17, not out 9, runs 577, highest score 103 not out, average 72.12, strike rate 60.80, hundreds 1, fifties 3.

- Before 2000, innings 4, not out 3, runs 53, highest score 44 not out, average 53.00, strike rate 81.53, hundreds none and fifties none.

- Since 2000, innings 13, not out 6, runs 524, highest score 103 not out, average 74.85, strike rate 59.27, hundreds 1 and fifties 3.


And to round off the smiley facts, here is another one. Of Sachin's eight highest scores in the fourth innings, four have been for a winning cause, one contributed to a draw and in three India lost. So even here, there's no reason to feel bad about Sachin's contribution.


- Score: 136, opponent: Pakistan, venue: Chennai, year: 1999, result: India lost by 12 runs

- Score: 119 not out, opponent: England, venue: Manchester, year: 1990, result: match drawn

- Score: 103 not out, opponent: England, venue: Chennai, year: 2008, result: India won by 6 wkts

- Score: 86, opponent: West Indies, venue: Kingston, year: 2002, result: India lost by 155 runs

- Score: 56 not out, opponent: Pakistan, venue: Delhi, year: 2007, result: India won by 6 wkts

- Score: 54, opponent: Sri Lanka, venue: Colombo, year: 2010, result: India won by 5 wkts

- Score: 53 not out, opponent: Australia, venue: Bangalore, year: 2010, result: India won by 7 wkts

- Score: 52, opponent: Australia, venue: Melbourne, year: 1999, result: India lost by 180 runs

Remarkable Performance in the Last 10 Years! That too despite having a lean patch due to Tennis Elbow and other injuries for around 3 years (2004-06 period). [/tscii:2672c6652f]

[Bala (Karthik)]

Full of typical british left handed compliments,I reject the above article not the least for slyly equating Sachin with Ricky :evil:
Yeah, that was mostly rubbish. The writer must be someone like Annan SS in Chennai 28.
Sachin != Boring Run Machine

[ajithfederer]

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_now-greg-chappell-sings-paeans-of-record-breaking-sachin-tendulkar_1453765

Edho ivaan paaratirukkaanama!!

[Vivasaayi]

It seems the undisputable position of Don bradman is nw shaking because of sachin

and its obvious that he has gone miles ahead of lara and ponting and now shaking don's place

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvj4YfafOY

Sachin Tendulkar 214 vs Australia - 6th Double Century- 49th Century | www.CricIndian.com

[ajithfederer]

an interesting record awaiting sachin

Sachin is the youngest to score a century in Australia when he hit that hundred in Perth in 1991-92 season..Before Sachin,the record holder was Neil Harvey,who was a part of Bradman's invincibles in 1948.Well the interesting thing is that ,next year he could very well become the oldest player to hit a hundred in Australia

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5529192909498620284

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Another interesting record. Sachin has 3 international double hundreds this year (including the ODI 200). If he scores another, then he will be the first man to score 4 double hundreds in the same year.

Bradman and Ponting have scored 3 Test double hundreds in the same year.

Senthil: idhu compooter design esport qolity
GM: No idhu rejetted. ottara velaiya ozhunga paarraanna, ukkaandhu ottai pottu kondu vandhurukkaan :oops: :lol:

[SoftSword]

It seems the undisputable position of Don bradman is nw shaking because of sachin

and its obvious that he has gone miles ahead of lara and ponting and now shaking don's place

enakku bron dadman position shake agaradha patthi sandhosattha vida...
enakku therinja pala sachin haters pala per ippo konjam unara arambichuttaanga... avanga kooda pala murai kalandhukitta sachin debate'a ellaam nenakkirappo enakku ippo naan jeyicha madhiri oru peeling..

[sathya_1979]

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article836117.ece
Rooney urged to learn from Sachin

[Bala (Karthik)]

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_now-greg-chappell-sings-paeans-of-record-breaking-sachin-tendulkar_1453765

Edho ivaan paaratirukkaanama!!
@ the author
munda kalappa, idhu dhaan "singing paeans"-a? :banghead:

[Sourav]

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/482114.html

[steveaustin]

:evil: :twisted:

Stroke maker Sachin amidst the tortoises boycott, chanderpaul, barrington, bailey. Stupid selection. :twisted:

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:ab6aefad1f]COVER STORY

Sachin Tendulkar: Favoured by all

Lara will have his supporters, but for the majority of fans (and not necessarily in the subcontinent), the debate was resolved long ago. Tendulkar first, says Suresh Menon. In the second part of this Cover Story, from Page 8, Ted Corbett plumps for Brian Lara. Welcome to the debate.


Great sportsmen straddle many worlds. They leave behind the merely good very quickly as they enter rarefied areas defined as much by their mastery as by the elements that do not even enter the debate when others are discussed. Part of Don Bradman's greatness lay in his Test average of 99.94, but partly it was also a function of what he meant to a nation coming to terms with itself; he defined Australian nationhood.

It is an accident of time and space, this identification with an evolving nation, but it is crucial to the understanding of the context of greatness. W. G. Grace, for example, was the icon of Victorian England, representing both its elements and its aspirations. Such players dominate their era, and tell us there is more to greatness in batting than a fabulous cover drive or a delicate leg glance.

The intangibles enter the equation, and other things remaining equal (statistics, averages, role in victories), the intangibles tip the balance. There was a time when it was difficult to separate the careers of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara — both had similar statistics, influence on their teams, impact on bowlers around the world. Lara's taste for huge scores meant he held the individual batting record for both Tests and first class cricket, 375 and 501 respectively made within two months of each other in 1994. Tendulkar, four years younger, more consistent, less flamboyant, more sober, less controversial, frustrated the bowlers with a defence of Gavaskar-like certainty and an attack that could match Lara's.

“Sachin is a genius,” said Lara himself, “I am a mere mortal.”

Even if that is taken as a modest assessment by a great rival when Lara first made the point, today it is difficult to disagree. After Tendulkar's ‘ Second Coming', the statistics too go in favour of the Indian. At 37, when Lara called it a day, Tendulkar discovered a new steel, a new joy of batsmanship, a new purpose that was difficult to distinguish from those he entered the game with at the age of 16. In his last 15 Tests, Tendulkar has scored 1811 runs, with eight centuries and an average of 86.23. To get Bradmanesque when others of his age are rediscovering the joys of fatherhood or the comforts of the commentary box places Tendulkar not just in another league, but on another planet altogether.

The debate today is not about who is the best batsman after Bradman, it is about deciding whether Tendulkar is better than Bradman was given the range of his game (Bradman didn't play a single one-dayer, Tendulkar the greatest batsman without argument in that form of the game has played 442), the travel, the greater media and public pressure and the fact that he has played more years (Bradman had a break of five years during the War), on more grounds (57 different Test grounds in 10 countries to Bradman's 10 in two countries), and destroyed more bowling attacks.

Tendulkar versus Lara, let's get the statistics out of the way first. Lara ended his career after 131 Tests, 11,953 runs, an average of 52.88 and 34 centuries. Tendulkar's figures at the end of his 131st Test (he played 23 fewer innings) were 10,434 runs, an average of 55.79 and 35 centuries. Little to choose there between the two, although Tendulkar's current figures tend to border on the verge of absurdity, like the US budget deficit or the temperature at the centre of the sun. Body willing, Tendulkar could play 200 Test matches, score 16 or 17 thousand runs and over 55 centuries. This is not just startling, but faintly ridiculous too. Such figures cease to have any real meaning simply because it is difficult to get our minds around them.

And when you consider that there could be another 50 ODI centuries and nearly 20,000 runs in that format, it would be foolish to even consider anyone else in the same league. Lara, twice holder of the individual score, the first man to make 400 in a Test innings will have to move into that portion of the stage inhabited by second fiddles.

But, as mentioned earlier, the debate cannot be reduced to statistics and averages, for then we would be ignoring the intangibles that make up the whole picture. Statistics can only be the basis for starting the debate. Greatness is made up of other elements you cannot put a decimal point on. Such things as respect for the craft, contribution to the team.

Lara, a great player in a mediocre team, has had to go it alone for most of his career, finishing on the winning side only 32 times. His average in Tests won is 61.02 (eight centuries). Tendulkar, by contrast, averages 69.14 in the 59 Tests India won when he was playing (20 centuries).

So stunning has been the impact of his figures that Tendulkar's historical contribution to Indian cricket is often forgotten. In a recent exercise to choose an all-time India XI, it became apparent even to those generally slow to recognise good times when they are living through it that the Golden Age of Indian cricket is here and now. Four players in the list were current national players, and two had retired only recently.

In sport, greatness is usually bestowed retrospectively. Perhaps it is no coincidence that India are currently the number one side in the world.

That six of the eleven made their debuts after November 1989, when Tendulkar first announced himself to the world, is a tribute to the Mumbai man's impact. Golden Ages must have their iconic figure and Tendulkar is clearly the one here, both for what he has accomplished himself and for his qualities that inspired the others.

Lara, through no fault of his own, presided over the decline of West Indies cricket and his impact therefore has been far less than Tendulkar's on Indian cricket and cricket-watching public.

The major difference between the two great players has been in their attitude towards the game. Lara, like, Tiger Woods in another context, has always had a sense of entitlement, a feeling that cricket owed him for his being one of its most accomplished players. This was especially evident during his stints as captain and the tantrums he threw when his wishes were not met. Tendulkar might not have taken up the cause of players when a word from him could have made a difference, but he had no sense of entitlement. The guiding force was gratitude to the sport for making him what he is.

Like Bradman in another era, Tendulkar too has been both representative and flag-bearer of a nation rediscovering its self-confidence and redefining its identity. Diffidence has been replaced by inspired self-worth, and in a nation often riven by faith and religion and artificial lines of separation, he has been a hero across the divisions. Again, it is not Lara's fault that he cannot play a similar role in a country, the West Indies, that exists only on the cricket field but divides into Jamaica and Trinidad and Barbados and others off it.

Tendulkar is a product of his period. Time and space are in his favour. As are those qualities that define greatness, discipline, tough work ethic, the ability to both extract joy from the game and distribute it to millions as well as the creativity to invent new ways of scoring runs, and the ability to score them consistently.

Lara will have his supporters, but for the majority of fans (and not necessarily in the subcontinent), the debate was resolved long ago. Tendulkar first.

Have your say

Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara? Who is the best batsman after, perhaps, Don Bradman? Who is your pick? Or do you have someone else in mind? READERS ARE WELCOME TO RESPOND. Letters will be published in the print edition. Those held over due to space constraint will find a place in the web edition. e-mail us at sport@thehindu.co.in

http://www.sportstaronnet.com/stories/20101028502100400.htm[/tscii:ab6aefad1f]

[Miss Kavya]

What a cricketer and sportsman Sachin is. Despite all the fame and glory he is so simple with no ego. I Admire him to the core.

[tamizharasan]

Is Sachin planning to play any one-day international before world-cup?

[ajithfederer]

There are 5 ODI's against NZ in India and 5 Odi's in SA against SA. Tendulkar will play both I guess.

Is Sachin planning to play any one-day international before world-cup?


Welcome welcome. Ladies aadharavu indha threadkku romba mukkiyam :).

What a cricketer and sportsman Sachin is. Despite all the fame and glory he is so simple with no ego. I Admire him to the core.

:lol:

Steve i think that is a XI made for jest. Thats all to it i guess.

:evil: :twisted:

Stroke maker Sachin amidst the tortoises boycott, chanderpaul, barrington, bailey. Stupid selection. :twisted:

[tamizharasan]

Abdul qadir on sachin. rare video
Sachin was full of innocence when he was asked about Qadir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9KzQEpMZ0&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[tamizharasan]

Look at sachin first interview. Confidence was clearly visible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMG1PaR4Vy4&feature=related

[ajaybaskar]

Ivan azhichaattiyathukku oru alavae illaya...?

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20100157384&nid=61317

[tamizharasan]

AB
He just brings Tendulkar to keep his place in Australian side. This article just proves the power of Tendulkar. Ponting's days are gone and knowing australian cricket board, he will kicked out before he retires.

[ajithfederer]

Fans outraged at Tendulkar's exclusion from 100 Best Novels
list

After all, no list - laundry included - is complete without the presence of the sainted one
Anand Ramachandran

October 22, 2010

Tendulkar blanches when confronted by the ghost of Leo Tolstoy, demanding to see his credentials © AFP

With Sachin Tendulkar having an absolutely brilliant year in Tests and ODIs, scoring bucketloads of runs and bagging the ICC Cricketer of the Year award, his millions of fans have had plenty of reasons to celebrate. However, they may have taken their enthusiasm a little too far when many of them vocally expressed their annoyance at Tendulkar's rather reasonable exclusion from Time magazine's list of Top 100 English Novels of All Time.

"Any Top-100 list without Sachin is not a valid list. Who are these people to decide that Sachin is not even among the top 100? It's a racist conspiracy against India!" screamed an angry fan, conveniently ignoring the crucial and indisputable fact that Tendulkar isn't a hardcover (or a handy paperback, for that matter).

Tendulkar fans all over India have started expressing their anguish - leaving angry comments on sundry websites (many of which are completely unrelated to the issue), recycling Rajnikanth facts (which are themselves recycled from Chuck Norris facts; the whole thing is like those crappy wedding presents which keep getting forward-gifted until they go around the world and eventually return to the original gifter) on Twitter as "Tendulkar facts", and spending several hours in heated arguments that eventually collapse into a meaningless sludge of half-remembered statistics, selective biases and a general consensus over the uselessness of Ravindra Jadeja.

"What is the batting average of Neuromancer? Has One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest ever scored a double-century in ODIs?" said a spokesman for Sachin Tendulkar United Partisans of India and Damascus, a particularly vocal group of fans. "It's clear to even the most casual of cricket fans that Sachin is far better than any of these stupid books which haven't played a day's cricket in their lives. In fact, the little master should be at No. 1 on this list."

Indian TV channels have done their bit to fuel the controversy, hosting a variety of discussion panels with topics like "Should Tendulkar Be Given Official Status as a Work of Literature?", "Sachin: Batsman, Novel, God" and "Lies. Racism. Toffee. Hummingbirds... er, what were we discussing?" Oddly most of these panels predominantly feature people who have little or no knowledge of cricket, such as Mandira Bedi, John Abraham and Boria Majumdar.

However, experts agree that there is nothing surprising about this outpouring of public outrage, saying that Tendulkar's fans tend to scan virtually any published list for Sachin's name, and feel disappointed, hurt and angry if he isn't included - even if the list happens to be titled Wales All-Time Rugby XI, Top Ten Gaming Laptops, or This Week's Grocery Shopping''.

Indeed, the clamour for Sachin's inclusion on the Top 100 Novels list has raised the larger question of whether society needs to break down the barriers between books and cricketers.

"I look forward to the day when cricket players and novels can walk shoulder to shoulder, without being discriminated against because of their averages, strike rates, page numbers or maximum retail price. A day when Sachin Tendulkar can proudly claim his place as one of the greatest novels in history, and The Lord of The Rings can be selected as an opening batsman for India. Or perhaps for New Zealand," said an emotional Shilpa Shetty, pleased to have the opportunity to make ridiculous comments about cricket once again.

Tendulkar himself has displayed his characteristic composure and grace amidst all the brouhaha. "Top 100 Books? Heh. As long as I'm not being included in the Top 100 Bookies, I'm fine with anything," he winked.
Anand Ramachandran is a writer, comics creator and videogame designer who works when he isn't playing some game with an "of" in its name. He blogs here and tweets here. The quotes and "facts" in this piece are all made up (but you knew that already, didn't you?)

http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/482979.html

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[ajithfederer]

Sachin still gets nervous before a match: Anjali Tendulkar
DNA / Soumita Banerjee / Saturday, October 23, 2010 14:39 IST

Whenever cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has a big match coming up, there are two scenes that gets played out, almost like a routine, at the Tendulkar household — a tense Sachin the night before the match, and a tense wife Anjali on the day of the match.

“He (Sachin) still gets tense before every match after so many years, he won’t eat properly, and gets up early in the morning on the day of the match. I think he performs best that way. It is a kind of a process, so I never try to console or relax him before a match,” says the reclusive Anjali Tendulkar, in an exclusive tete-a-tete with DNA.

When the whole nation is agog as Sachin enters the crease, Anjali says that she’s busy switching off her cell phone. “When Sachin is batting, I just switch off entirely. There are no phone calls for me or leaving the television set. I even try not to take food breaks or water breaks as long as possible,” adds Anjali. But why before the television set? Isn’t she supposed to be in the stadium? “I prefer not to watch him live. Television is better,” she says, indicating the huge pressure that builds up inside her head.

Anjali admits that Sachin is very particular about his practice that he think twice about stepping out for it even on a hot Mumbai afternoon. “When I ask him as to why he’s going for practice in the heat, he says, ‘I have a match to play and I need to practice at this time’.”

Anjali reveals that Sachin is foodie too, but indulges in it once in a while. Anjali admits candidly that she’s not a great cook. “He is a foodie. But I’m not that great a cook like his mom, my mom and our cook. They are allfabulous, so there’s no complains about that. He indulges himself once in a while (on food), but always makes sure to work out the next day,” she adds.
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[ajithfederer]

Point to Cover

Infrequent Musings on Willow and Leather
Monday, October 11, 2010
A Nation Walks with Sachin
It started when I started sneaking surreptitiously out of the strict confines of a Roman Catholic institution to follow the exploits a fellow schoolboy whose blazing trail had just been sparked off in neighbouring Pakistan.
Two decades later, the trail continues to blaze along pristine paths where no mortal has treaded before. And now, as a supposedly responsible manager, I creep with a careful ALT+TAB past the forbiddingly workmanlike windows, to peep at his continuing saga of success in the pages of Cricinfo. While he sustains the insatiable appetite to score more and more, I retain the childish craving to break the rules to follow his awe-inspiring achievements. The ageless wonder has also managed to keep me mentally young.

The story of Tendulkar has for long been intertwined with the story of the young Indian growing up in the eighties and nineties. His meteoric rise in the late eighties and early nineties was representative of the spark of genius which shone on painfully rare occasions in a very prolonged while in the field of Indian sports and games, rising from the shadows of despondence that defined the arena of a developing nation. But, even as a country battled with the remnants of bureaucracy, the adamant refusal to computerisation and open economy, and chugged along with drastically dated information about the world, a teenager showed that change was around the corner. It was reflected in the audacity as he stroked the ball, throwing caution and the baggage of the past to the winds, carving the revered Qadir for consecutive sixes, hitting the knighted Hadlee inside out over the covers, taking on the might of the Aussies at the fast, furious Perth while established pillars of batting crumbled around him like pieces of brittle bread. Impossibility was just about to be redefined, limits re-laid.

With the coming of globalisation, slowly but surely, India emerged as a force to reckon with. Along with the newfound confidence of being a player in the world in her own right, Team India too underwent metamorphosis. The 27 for two specialist of the team no longer had the enormous responsibility of carrying the burden of batting on his own shoulders. He was no longer forced to ensure that India qualified for the finals at Sharjah before proceeding to loft those sixes off Kasprowicz and Fleming to try for an impossible win, bearing the brunt of the media if his single handed attempt at the impossible did not come off.

There matured a Wall to secure the innings, an artist to paint it in peerless patterns, a dada to stand up against the bullies of the world and a nuke from Najafgarh to blast opposition attacks to smithereens. Sachin evolved from the one who specialised in fighting losing battles, the engineer of ephemeral dreams, to the quintessential torchbearer who could plant the flag of the nation on the highest pinnacles. In boom time India, Sachin was that extra yard, that final frontier, that elusive peak which the Indian woke up to realise was within grasp. The country no longer followed the crumbs dropped along the way by the Hansel and Gretel of the west, it cut furrows where no other nation dared to tread. It was this boy who had grown into a man who taught the nation how to. Taught them to live in the way he went about scoring runs.

Through his straight drive, one was taught the art of persuasion, the ball coaxed to the fence with the minimum of forceful negotiations. In his paddle sweep was the schoolboy who continued to live, finding cheeky non-existent gaps in patrolled confines to sneak out of the restricting oval into the forbidden boundary. In his upper cuts one came across real innovation, the new Indian who knew to take risks that amounted to audacious calculations. And his pull spoke of colossal confidence in self that defined the emerging superpower.

And now, 49 centuries and 14000 runs later, with almost double the figures if one considers the One Day Internationals, he still goes on and on. The dada has passed on into the shady confines of the IPL, cracks and crevices appear on the great Wall that for long sheltered the batting order and an work of inspired genius by the artist is often followed by days in recuperating recess. Passage of time has probably rounded those rough edges of excitement that used to accompany every foray into the middle. The fractional fraying of the hand eye coordination has probably curbed the audacity of the stroke-play, now passed on to the more than capable hands of Virender Sehwag. But, for each small diminution of the treasure-store of ability, there has been replenishing pearls and diamonds from the many splendored vaults of experience. Time's erosion has been replaced and secured with timeless foundation. Having shown the way to take on the world, he is now the wise general who knows the virtue of consolidation, of accumulation. He has never looked so invulnerable, so impregnable.

He is now the Bhishma Pitamaha of Indian cricket, who cannot retire until the last sling and arrow of fortune in the war for the world cup is shot. The one who has perfected his batting to resemble the benchmark of the Don in the last year, and yet has that last frontier to conquer.

While Sachin Tendulkar has without doubt been the crowning achievement of the sport of cricket and the rejuvenated nation of India, what follows in the wake of his gargantuan glory brings to light the ancient Upanishadic teaching – everything positive comes with its own inbuilt negative.
There are hordes of so called followers of cricket in our very nation who lift their hind quarters to pee their quaint peeves on the monumental achievements of the man. These consist of the self proclaimed defendants of the society who try to hide their irrational envy behind righteous indignation at a man making money for his phenomenal contributions, and the zonal yellow journalists, with a flair for statistical ignorance, who try to cut down each and every exploit of the remarkable cricketer with reasons and ratios that redefine ridiculous. A most pathological bunch of losers if there ever was any. If the master symbolises the height of Indian achievements in the past couple of decades, these callous critics probably underline all that is wrong with the nation, bringing alive the celebrated history of colonial divide and rule, the propensity to wallow in the muck of one's own making, of being satisfied with glorified mediocrity.

However, the collective contamination of these social stinkers can do little to tarnish the halo that has been the result of two decades of resplendent brilliance. 15000 runs, a 100 hundreds, a World Cup triumph? Whatever is the final goal, I await it with an amalgam of hope and trepidation. While nothing would be dearer to me than this giant of a little man to conquer whatever peak he sets sights on, summits the less of ability can hardly make out with the naked eye, a part of me dreads the day when he will make for the pavilion the last time. I have not known adult life without Sachin Tendulkar at the crease. Without the little man walking out at two drop for India, a whole generation of Indians will start walking alone.

http://senantixtwentytwoyards.blogspot.com/2010/10/nation-walks-with-sachin.html

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[Sourav]

Tendulkar only current player in ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI

The World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee

The Second XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, George Headley, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan, SF Barnes

Readers' XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/482936.html

[Plum]

Thalaivar Ponting second XI-ku kUda thagudhi illaiyA? :evil: - indha seleksan nAn oputhukka mAttEn.

[Riyazz]

Pontinga :lol:

[Dhakshan]

Ippo thaan gavanichaen.. Ponting list le illaya :rotfl:

[Sourav]

Ippo thaan gavanichaen.. Ponting list le illaya :rotfl: because, for no-3 position bradman was selected in Aus alltime XI. So, Ponting couldn't make it.

[Plum]

nAn post paNNinadhu moolamA, atleast two people who didnt notice Ponting's exclusion noticed it and :lol:-ed. adhukku dhAn post paNNEn ;-)

[Riyazz]

No kapil dev :huh:

[Sourav]

riyazz, we can continue in World Cricket thread.

[Vivasaayi]

Sachin, Shane and wasim akram :)

Koot koot!

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Sachin :notworthy:. andha oru vote-u podaadha payapullaikku :hammer:

[Plum]

I think andha payapuLLa chappell brother dhAn. Avar activities sariyilla, avar mEla neraiya complaints irukku

[ajithfederer]

+1 :smokesmirk:

Sachin, Shane and wasim akram :)

Koot koot!

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Four players figured in either the first or second XIs of each of the 12 jury members - Bradman, Sobers, Warne and Viv Richards. Five players were in 11 - Tendulkar, Akram, Hutton, Gilchrist and Marshall.
This means Sachin was completely snubbed from First and Second XIs by one person, isn't it? If he is indeed Chappell, then double trible :hammer:

[ajithfederer]

Video alert to LM ji

Orkut Mod cum Member Deepak scrapped me saying that were new cricket videos in www.bwtorrents.com . I am unable to login. Please check in from your end.

[littlemaster1982]

The latest one is 2nd ODI highlights. I dl-ed 2nd test Day 3 highlights before that. Not sure which one is Deepak talking about :?

EDIT: Got it, dl-ing right away :P

[ajithfederer]

'Would have been great to walk out with Bradman' - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Dennis Lillee and Wasim Akram react at being picked in ESPNcricinfo's all-time World XI

ESPNcricinfo staff

October 26, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar has described being voted into ESPNcricinfo's all-time World XI as "unreal", and the team as "extraordinary company to be in". Tendulkar is the only current player in the XI, the rest of whom are four Australians, three West Indians, two Englishmen and one Pakistani.

Tendulkar said he would have loved to play, talk about the game, and pick the brains of his batting partners in the XI - especially Don Bradman, who once said Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

"It would have been great to play in this dream team, to walk out with Bradman after lunch, or build a partnership with Viv Richards, and talk to Sobers about cricket," Tendulkar told ESPNcricinfo. "Just playing and having a conversation with them about cricket. I would liked to have asked Hobbs and Hutton what it was like to play on uncovered wickets, who were the best bowlers they had faced, and of course, the mental aspect of the game."

Tendulkar, whose international career is now in its 21st year, was particularly pleased with the fact that he had played with or watched live nearly 60% of the side.

"I played with Malcolm Marshall in county cricket, I played against Viv Richards in an exhibition game, and Lillee bowled to me at the nets at the MRF Pace Academy, when I was 15," he said. "It was such a thrill. I remember I called my brother and said to him that Dennis Lillee had bowled to me. So to now find myself in this company is unreal. I first met him when I was 12.

Wasim Akram, one of three fast bowlers in the XI, described being picked in the team as one of his biggest achievements. "I never thought I would play for Pakistan, let alone be picked for an all-time World XI like this. It is a very special thing, to be picked by these judges and even more of an honour to be in the same team as guys like Sir Don Bradman, Sir Viv Richards, Sir Garry Sobers, Sachin and the others."

Akram said he was happy to be named alongside his bowling hero, Malcolm Marshall. "A lot of people ask me who was the best bowler I ever saw. Imran was great, no doubt, very hardworking and shrewd. Dennis Lillee I never really saw, but people tell you obviously about how good he was. But when I rate a bowler, I look at how he did around the world, on different pitches in England, the subcontinent and Australia, and Malcolm Marshall, I feel, was the best of the lot.

Adam Gilchrist, who is one of three players to make the XI who retired in the last decade (the others were Shane Warne and Akram) said many other wicketkeepers could have been picked instead of him.

"To be one of only four Australian players to be chosen is an absolute honour, although I do think there were several other wicketkeepers, like Rod Marsh, Ian Healy, Mark Boucher or Alan Knott, who could have easily been picked ahead of me in this team," Gilchrist said. Knott came close to being picked: only eight points separated him and Gilchrist in the final reckoning.

Lillee, who led the fast-bowling list in the votes, said it was an honour to be picked by a jury that was made up of eight Test captains as well as respected historians and writers. "Looking at the composition of the team, it's hard to question any of those selected. Though some great players have missed out, it would be interesting to pick another world team from those remaining, and I'm sure even that team would push the one that's been selected to the limit," he said.

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/483276.html

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[ajithfederer]

Who after Bradman and Sobers?

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar have effectively been voted the third and fourth-greatest cricketers in the game's history

ESPNcricinfo staff

October 25, 2010

The presence of two names in any all-time world XI has traditionally brooked no argument, but one more joined them as an unanimous choice in ESPNcrincinfo's all-time XI. Shane Warne, who spun the ball a mile and made spin bowling glamorous again, was a presence in the first XI of each jury member, alongside Don Bradman and Garry Sobers. (Each juror was asked to pick two teams - a first XI and a second.)

The jury also seems to have settled the answer to the question "Who after Bradman?" The answer is Sachin Tendulkar, by a fair distance. Tendulkar, who stands a step away from 50 Test hundreds and whose lustre, in defiance of age, grows brighter with every passing day, was effectively voted, with 51 points, the fourth-greatest cricketer in the history of the game. In the batting stakes he was comfortably ahead of Viv Richards (42).

Brian Lara, Tendulkar's contemporary and great rival, didn't make it to the World XI, with 28 points, George Headley, the other West Indian in contention, and considered Bradman's equal for batting skill by many, lost out to Richards by a mere two points. In fact, the last juror's vote swung it for Richards. Walter Hammond, who had the misfortune of spending a career in Bradman's shadow, made it to the second XI.

Going by the votes, this is the order of merit in which the world's middle-order batsmen stack up: Bradman, Tendulkar, Richards, Headley, Lara, Hammond, Graeme Pollock and Greg Chappell.

There was an even closer contest for the opening positions. While Len Hutton, the master technician, who scored a colossal 364 at the age of 22, took one end comfortably with 47 votes, Jack Hobbs, who remains cricket's most prolific batsman with 61,237 first-class runs and 197 centuries, just about managed to snatch the other spot from Sunil Gavaskar, whose technique and temperament withstood the severest examinations, by one point.

Gavaskar is partnered in the Second XI by Barry Richards, whose Test career was limited to only four matches, but whose legend was established during World Series Cricket, where the contests were as fierce. The openers who came behind those two in the reckoning were Virender Sehwag and Victor Trumper, who played in vastly different eras but in the same buccaneering spirit.

The allrounder's position was, of course, a no-contest, but the jury settled an important argument by voting Imran Khan into the Second XI. Keith Miller, the free-spirited Australian allrounder, came next, followed by Imran's great rivals Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Kapil Dev, in that order.

Adam Gilchrist, who with his batting redefined how wicketkeepers were viewed - and selected - fought off a strong challenge from Alan Knott, the Englishman considered by many the most technically accomplished wicketkeeper ever. Gilchrist secured his position with 45 points to Knott's 37.

World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee

Second XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, George Headley, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan, SF Barnes

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/483247.html
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[Plum]

Sachin is above Warne. This exercise seems to have been designed to establish warne over warne. SonnA feeyaar kEkala. Cricinfo's agenda is clear.
How can warne be over sachin?
Bleddy baskar cricinfo, chappell etc

[Plum]

Sachin is above Warne. This exercise seems to have been designed to establish warne over sachin. SonnA feeyaar kEkala. Cricinfo's agenda is clear now.
How can warne be over sachin?
Bleddy baskar cricinfo, chappell etc

[ajithfederer]

Sachin honoured at Asian Awards

Awards and accolades continue to follow Sachin Tendulkar who added the ‘Lebara People’s Choice’ honour at the inaugural Asian Awards to his trophy cabinet.

Presenting the award to the iconic batsman, Ratheesan Yoganathan, CEO Lebara, said, “Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Sachin is a hero and a role model to many young Indians.”

“His skill on the pitch is remarkable, but his influence goes beyond just cricket — he has become an inspiration for future generations,” he added.

Tendulkar said getting popular choice awards is the ultimate honour. “To receive an accolade from your peers is one thing, but to receive acknowledgment from the public is the ultimate honour. Thank you to all those who voted for me,” he said.

The Asian Awards 2010, presented by Lord Sebastian Coe, saw leaders in business, sports and the arts in attendance, including Yash Chopra, A R Rahman and Vijay Mallya alongside guests Jermaine Jackson, Nasser Hussain OBE, Gurinder Chadha, Christian Louboutin and singer Sonu Nigam.

Rahman won the award for outstanding achievement in music, while Yash Chopra received the outstanding achievement award in cinema. Vijay Mallya was chosen as the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ while telecom giant Bharti-Airtel owner Sunil Mittal was named the ‘Philanthropist of the Year’. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan got the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.

Other recipients of the awards were: Ratan Tata (Business Leader of the Year), Zarin Patel (Public Servant of the Year), Prof. Muhammad Yunus (Social Entrepreneur of the Year), Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla (outstanding achievement in arts and design), George Alagiah OBE (outstanding achievement in television).

Created to honour excellence and achievement among in the South Asian community, the inaugural Asian Awards in partnership with Lebara, saw South Asians gather at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Tuesday night.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article852641.ece

LM, PLease upload the pic in the link

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[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvqiukOH014

The Craft of Sachin Tendulkar - Tendulkar's batting remixed to Yanni - Nightingale from Ind's Tour of England 2007.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAs76AyRNz4

Sachin Tendulkar 214 Vs Australia, 2nd Test 2010 - 720p HD (Fox sports HD Version).

[ajithfederer]

LM :victory: :cool2: :2thumbsup:

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

Sachin Tendulkar 126 vs Australia - Chennai Test - 2001. It has shots of Dravid's Innings also. Warne sports a Mottai in this match :lol:

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAH-CC6PYFw&feature=mfu_in_order&playnext=1&videos=1GwPA0A37wM

Sachin vs Aus - Mumbai test 1st innings - 2000. I think this is the match where he scores 76 and gets out to Mcgrath's bowling.

[ajithfederer]

LETTERS

Tendulkar Vs Lara





AP


The Cover Story of the October 28th issue featured a debate as to who was the greatest batsman after Sir Don Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara were discussed and readers' views were also welcomed. Here is a selection of their opinion sourced through email.

Three points

Sir, — Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar have excelled on various types of pitches and against difficult bowling attacks. To my mind Lara outscores Tendulkar on the following points.

1. Lara, during his Test career, scored a quadruple century as well as a triple hundred against England. So far Tendulkar has not scored a single triple century. His highest Test score is 248. Also, Lara has 10 double centuries to Tendulkar's six.

2. The Indian batting line-up is strong. Even if Tendulkar fails there is a lot of depth and hence there is no pressure on him. Whereas, there was a period when the West Indies batting depended entirely on Lara. Thus he was a one-man army. Lara has scored double centuries in Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

3. If Tendulkar had tamed Warne, Lara won the battle not only against Warne but also against Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 800 scalps. Lara, by scoring 688 runs in 3 Tests against Sri Lanka, put to the sword both Chaminda Vaas and Muralitharan. No batsman has scored so many runs against them in their own backyard. Perhaps the only point in Tendulkar's favour is that he is more consistent than Lara.

To sum up the issue, Lara's unbeaten 400 against England in Test cricket and his unbeaten 501 in county cricket in England have not been surpassed.

The West Indies cricket board did not treat Lara with the respect he deserved, whereas, Tendulkar has had no such problems. On the sheer weight of performances, without doubt, Lara is greater than Tendulkar.

V. V. Satyanarayana

Mozart and Beethoven

Sir, — Comparing Lara and Sachin, the masterly bat wielders, is akin to comparing the supremely gifted baton wielders — Mozart and Beethoven. There is very little to choose between them.

Both the Caribbean genius and the Indian maestro seemed to have plenty of time before essaying a stroke — the hallmark of all great batting artistes. Besides, they have enthralled the senses, created confusion in the “enemy ranks” and displayed steely character in testing moments on the field. What more, thereby, they had duly earned the respect of their opponents!

Sifting their monumental stats which stand testimony to their legendary status in cricket history, some are bound to take potshots at Sachin at his perceived failures in the second innings of Test matches! On this score, let it be said, that if Lara's epic 153 against the Aussies in the Bridgetown Test of 1999 would remain etched in memory, then Sachin's equally sublime effort whilst chasing a huge second innings target in the December 2008 Chennai Test against England would always evoke awe. If at all there is an ‘X' factor, which places Sachin on a higher pedestal in cricket history, in relation to the West Indian icon, it is his exemplary, unassuming, non-controversial life off the field.

Suresh Manoharan

Tendulkar incomparable

Sir, — I am all for Sachin. Only a cricket ignoramous can disparage Lara's Test exploits, not an avid cricket connoisseur. However, no running away from the truth, noble cricket truth, that Tendulkar is incomparable.

Admittedly, both have dominated great fast bowlers and spinners of their era and none could get either's number. While Lara's brilliance never had any bearing on his mediocre team's fate, Sachin's calibrated attack was always invariably woven with India's fortunes. Lara might have one or two world records, Sachin has about 80 of them (if my arithmetic is right) and still counting, mind you!

Not for nothing, the cricket's greats (Hadlee, Viv Richards, Warne, Gavaskar, the Don, and Lara himself !), themselves are in raptures over the Bomber from Bandra. If Lara made world records incredible, Sachin is simply making mockery of all world records.

Granted there is very little to choose between the two, that little on Sachin's side is a lifetime performance under the scrutiny of a billion eyeballs, triumphing over nearly career-finishing injuries, answering perverted critics, and exceeding the expectations of unrealistic fans (all spanning over two decades) .......or is this all really little?

The proof of the pudding is in the eating and Sachin Tendulkar's life is the stuff dreams are made of and for historians to go crazy about.

Narasimha Murthy, C.


Some uncommon reasons

Without doubt, Sachin is the best batsman of our generation. Being an Indian might have made me biased but let me explain why Sachin is the greatest:

1. Many experts have complained that Sachin has not played too many match-winning innings i.e. getting good fourth innings scores. This is something that other great batsmen are supposed to have done more than our Sachin. But can they ignore the number of great first innings knocks that Sachin has played which have prevented the need for such fourth innings heroics? As they say, “Prevention is better than cure…”

2. We should also see how Sachin has shaped his batting according to the situation, something which Lara didn't do frequently.

3. A batsman's job at the crease is not only to score, but also help out his partner in the middle — the number of debutants who have scored centuries while playing with Sachin speaks of his ability to inspire. However great a batsman Lara was, he was always self-centred, something we can never accuse Sachin of.

These are some of the not commonly mentioned reasons why Sachin can be considered a better batsman than Lara...

Kailash Pai


Where is Ponting?

Sir, — Sachin Tendulkar should be ranked higher than any other cricketer for his longevity, for setting records that will be very hard to break and dedication to the game. Let us not forget that Sachin has been shouldering the burden of the expectations of crores of Indians and he has lived up to them more often than not.

But, why has Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's name not been considered for this debate? Ponting is the second highest run-getter in international cricket after Sachin and this fact seems to have been overlooked.

Praveen, N.V.S.

Fantastic run

Perhaps, this question of Tendulkar v Lara has become a bit easy to answer in recent times. Sachin's fantastic run makes it so. No words are enough to describe the way the lord, Sachin, has been playing in the recent past because the shot selection and execution have been fabulous .

Lara, even when he was at his best, wasn't able to deliver as Sachin is doing. Moreover, many of his knocks did not result in anything fruitful to his team. Seeing Sachin now, I think it would be unwise to compare him with anyone else.

Sailesh Dontula


Rejuvenated

Sir, — Sachin and Lara are two giants. However, in comparison, Sachin will deserve a special place over Lara. Of course, statistics favour the Indian maestro. But what has to be taken into consideration is that the master blaster has rejuvenated himself to the second growth phase of his playing days, willing away the stage of decline. His flawless double ton in Bangalore speaks volumes of the man.

Both of them have had their highs and lows, but to his eternal credit, Sachin, in the twilight years of his career, is coursing ahead of Lara.

May God bless Tendulkar with the World Cup also — something that Lara can never achieve — so that the true champion will find a meaning for his exemplary cricket career as well as his own life and remain an idol forever in the hearts of cricket lovers in all parts of the globe.

M. Nagarajan


An icon to the whole world

Sir, — Sachin and Lara are a treat to watch on the cricket field. They have been an inspiration for not only youngsters in their own country, but also around the world to take up the game. It is really difficult to say who is the better player.

Putting statistics aside, Sachin is a better player. Records made will be remembered, but more than that it is the human being that people relate to. Sachin is an icon to the whole world. Everyone wants to be like him. Sachin's encouragement and pleasing smile are always a motivating factor for the team. He has been India's one-man army and helped the team come through difficult situations on the field.

He will always be number one.

Susan George

http://www.sportstaronnet.com/stories/20101104501500300.htm

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[littlemaster1982]

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[littlemaster1982]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAH-CC6PYFw&feature=mfu_in_order&playnext=1&videos=1GwPA0A37wM

Sachin vs Aus - Mumbai test 1st innings - 2000. I think this is the match where he scores 76 and gets out to Mcgrath's bowling.

You are right, AF. A comment in Guardian blog which talks about this innings,


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.

[ajithfederer]

That was a disastrous match. Second Innings la kooda 65 adipaaru sachin. I remember this comment lm. You had specifically posted this earlier. :). Thanks for sharing again.

[littlemaster1982]

LM :victory: :cool2: :2thumbsup:

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

Sachin Tendulkar 126 vs Australia - Chennai Test - 2001. It has shots of Dravid's Innings also. Warne sports a Mottai in this match :lol:

I think I have this video already. The uppercut against Warne (which was mentioned in previous post) was played in this match. That's the last shot in this video. Sachin played two paddle sweeps in the same over. In fact, after he hit the first one, Steve Waugh put a fielder in fine leg. Still Sachin played the same shot and beat that fielder :lol: Warne was not amused and bowled a short one and Sachin hit it over the slips :lol:

[ajithfederer]

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

Ponting & team pays tribute to Sachin Tendulkar

:clap:

[ajithfederer]

Sport Sachin Tendulkar:

'Life would be flat without dreams'In an extract from his exclusive interview with Donald McRae, Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar stresses that rather than considering retirement at the age of 37, he has many more goals to fulfil
Donald McRae guardian.co.uk,
Friday 29 October 2010 08.30


After more than 14,000 Test runs Sachin Tendulkar is focusing on ways to improve his game.

Photograph: Jon Buckle

Sachin Tendulkar, who made history earlier this month by becoming the first batsman to score 14,000 runs in Test cricket, has stressed that his desire to improve remains as intense as it has ever been. In a rare interview, to be published in full in Saturday's newspaper, Tendulkar says: "I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?"


Tendulkar has had the most prolific year of his Test career, which began in November 1989 when he was just 16, and he has returned to the top of the world batting rankings for the first time since 2002. In February he scored centuries in successive Tests against South Africa before, against the same opponents, becoming the first man to reach 200 in a one-day international. He was the highest run scorer in the IPL and also made a Test double-hundred against Sri Lanka, and two half-centuries, before his remarkable performances against Australia – which saw him reach the 14,000 landmark in the second Test at Bangalore while scoring 214 and an unbeaten 53 to complete India's 2-0 series victory.


Describing 2010 as his "sweetest year", Tendulkar has also won the ICC's Player of the Year and earlier this week in London he was feted with two more prizes at the inaugural Asian Awards. But he insists that, rather than considering retirement at the age of 37, he has many more goals to fulfil. According to Tendulkar: "Life would be flat without dreams. I think it's really important to dream – and then to chase those dreams. I really believe in this because it's this dreaming that makes me work so hard. I want to continue doing that because I've worked very hard the last couple of years on my batting. Gary Kirsten [the former Test opener for South Africa who now coaches India] has been instrumental in this. Together we've worked hard in the last couple of years to improve my batting. He's given me the freedom to express myself, and to pace my innings as I see fit. I can slow down occasionally. Gary has helped me do this and it's because he's more a friend than a coach."


Conceding that his form subsided a few years ago, prompting critics like Australia's Ian Chappell to call for his retirement, Tendulkar says: "There was a little dip for me, around 2005 and 2006. But I had a lot of injuries then. I had finger and elbow injuries, and then a back injury. All these upper-body injuries may have altered my back-swing a little. But, fortunately, all that is behind me now and I've been able to put in the hours of practice that I need."


In a wide-ranging interview, Tendulkar reflects on the influence of his late father, a novelist and poet, as well as his brother, Ajit, who remains his closest cricketing confidante. He relives the "big moment" when he passed the 14,000-run milestone and considers the difficulties of the life he leads as the idol of over a billion people.


India will co-host the 2011 cricket World Cup – with the final to be played on 2 April in Tendulkar's home city of Mumbai. "It's going to be massive," he says. "Everyone in India is already looking forward to hosting a mega tournament and although people haven't started talking yet about 1983 [the last time India won the World Cup] it will happen soon. But, given our recent form, people have a right to be excited and have extremely high hopes for us. There are going to be big expectations."


Tendulkar explains why he favours England over Australia in the Ashes – and identifies Eoin Morgan as potentially the key man of the series. He also reveals the surprise identity of the bowler who has troubled him most in Test cricket and reflects on the day he and Shane Warne visited Don Bradman on his 90th birthday.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oct/29/sachin-tendulkar-india-cricket

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[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar Opus Competition Announcement

by Sachin Tendulkar on Friday, 29 October 2010 at 16:24.

Hello all,

We are holding a contest for all the fans with the grand prize being the The Official Tendulkar Opus approximately worth Rs 2,10,000(£3,000). We are also giving away 4 personally signed items every week until December 3rd 2010 when we will announce the winner of Tendulkar Opus.



How to play the contest?



Visit this page:



Competition launching tomorrow i.e October 30th 2010.



And submit your entry.



The Prizes



The Grand Prize: The Official Tendulkar Opus

One lucky winner will get the Official Tendulkar Opus which will be released next year.



About Tendulkar Opus



The Official Tendulkar Opus will contain exclusive photo shoots and special features with Sachin (and many other famous cricket personalities).



Previously unpublished family pictures, rare memorabilia and action shots chosen by Tendulkar himself and complemented by his own reminiscences will ensure this Opus is the definitive work on the record-breaking batsman.



Visit www.tendulkaropus.com for more information.



Weekly Prizes



4 fans will win personally signed Sachin Tendulkar signed items during the next one month.



1 signed mini bat

1 signed ball

1 signed Polaroid poster

1 signed India cricket cap (BCCI)



Winner Announcement



We will announce 4 consolation prizes on 5th November 2010, 12th November 2010, 19th November, 26th November & the grand prize winner for the Official Tendulkar Opus on 3rd December.



All the best everyone!



Administrator

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[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5WYCGTiDw&feature=player_embedded#!

http://tendulkaropus.com/competition

Tendulkar being presented the Tendulkar opus book.

[ajithfederer]

I didn't know how to face Cronje, says Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the greatest batsman the game of cricket has seen after Sir Don Bradman, on Saturday revealed that it was the innocuous bowling of former South African captain Hansie Cronje which tested him the most. Tendulkar, who over the past 21 years, has hammered even the best of
bowlers on a given day, said he dreaded facing the gentle looseners of late Cronje and did not know how to tackle him.

"The bowler who tested me the most was Cronje. Honestly, I got out to him more than anyone. When we played South Africa, he always got me out more than Allan Donald or Shaun Pollock.

"It was not that I could not pick him. It was just that the ball seemed to go straight to a fielder. I was going great guns in Durban one year and played some big shots against Donald and Pollock. Hansie came on and I flicked his first ball straight to leg-slip. I never knew what to do with him," Tendulkar said in an interview to The Guardian.

When asked who was the best bowler he faced on merit, the little master named fast bowler Glen McGrath and Shane Warne among the spinners.

"I did okay against him (McGrath). But, among the spinners, Warne at his best was still something special," he said.

A world cup trophy is one of the rare things missing from Tendulkar's list of staggering achievements and he is looking forward to the 2011 edition in the sub-continent.

"It is going to be massive. Everyone in India is looking forward to a mega tournament and although people have not started talking yet about 1983 (the last time India won the World Cup) it will happen soon. But, given our recent form, people have a right to be excited and have extremely high hopes," he said.

The 37-year-old is the leading run-scorer in Test and one-day format and is nearing a 50th ton in the five-day format of the game.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/I-didn-t-know-how-to-face-Cronje-says-Tendulkar/Article1-620012.aspx

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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar interview: 'I favour England to win the Ashes' - LM, Please Note :).

The Indian legend believes Australia are in decline and so backs the tourists, and Eoin Morgan in particular, to shine this winter

Donald McRae The Guardian, Saturday 30 October 2010

Sachin Tendulkar has described the past year, in which he became the first batsman to reach 14,000 Test runs, as 'sweet'. Photograph: Graham Hughes/Getty Images

On a rainy afternoon in London, with wintry gloom creeping across the city, it does not take long for Sachin Tendulkar to light up a drab hotel room. Tendulkar is shy and quietly-spoken but he soon turns a routine encounter into an illuminating experience. His balance and patience at the crease are again evident as he offers insight into the attributes which make him not only the world's best batsman but, after an epic year, arguably the greatest in cricket history.

Tendulkar steps away from these sweeping generalisations and deals, instead, in the specifics of his voracious mentality at 37. Amid widespread belief that he is the only batsman who could transcend Don Bradman in any dreamy comparison of cricket across the centuries, Tendulkar makes a remarkable statement: "I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?"

He could be an earnest young cricketer aspiring to improve himself – rather than the little master who, after 21 years of Tests, has completed another monumental achievement. Less than three weeks ago, against Australia in Bangalore, he cracked a ball from Nathan Hauritz through the covers. It would have been an ordinary boundary but for the fact it meant Tendulkar became the first man to score 14,000 Test runs.

"It was a big moment," Tendulkar says, "but I was most aware of the match situation." He had arrived at the wicket with India 38 for two in answer to Australia's first innings of 478. He and Murali Vijay added 64: "And then it flashed on the big screen that I needed eight runs to reach 14,000. Every run I scored was cheered. But when I needed two I hit a boundary. I was happy but I thought, 'right, now we can get back to focusing on cricket', because everyone had become too worried about those eight runs. It had taken away my focus."

That same restraint shaped his low-key acknowledgment of the milestone. As bedlam broke out, Tendulkar finally looked skywards and thought of his late father and his Test debut in November 1989 against a Pakistan attack led by Imran Khan and Wasim Akram. He pauses when asked if he felt more emotional than he had done in 2008, when becoming the highest run-scorer in Test cricket. "Yes. Obviously, going past Brian Lara was something special. But I'm even happier now and hopefully it continues."

That steadiness of ambition was obvious in Bangalore as Tendulkar compiled an unforgettable double hundred. He followed his 214 with an unbeaten 53 in the second innings to complete India's 2-0 victory. Tendulkar scored 403 runs in the two-match series, at an average of 134.5. Now, stressing his desire to become more "consistent" and "competitive", should that be possible, Tendulkar sounds briefly poetic. "Life would be flat without dreams. It's really important to dream – and then to chase those dreams. I really believe it's this dreaming that makes me work so hard. I want to continue doing that because I've worked very hard the last couple of years on my batting. Gary Kirsten [the former South Africa batsman who now coaches India] has been instrumental in this. He's given me the freedom to express myself, and to pace my innings as I see fit. Gary is more a friend than a coach."

He laughs when it is pointed out that Kirsten's empathy is different to India's former abrasive coach, Greg Chappell, whose brother, Ian, suggested a few years ago that Tendulkar was ready only for retirement. "There was a little dip for me, around 2005 and 2006. I had a lot of injuries – finger and elbow injuries and then a back injury. All these upper-body injuries may have altered my back-swing a little. But that is behind me now and I've been able to put in the hours of practice I need."

Lara might have been a more sublime batsman, and Viv Richards more majestic, but Tendulkar surpasses them both. It now seems appropriate to celebrate him alongside Bradman. In February he scored successive Test centuries against South Africa before, against the same opponents, becoming the first man to reach 200 in a one-day international. He then hit a double-hundred against Sri Lanka, and two half-centuries, before his performance against Australia confirmed his return to the top of the world batting ratings for the first time since 2002. Tendulkar won the ICC's Player of the Year, and earlier this week he was feted at London's inaugural Asian Awards. In front of a mix of celebrities defined by a surreal trio of Didier Drogba, Christian Louboutin and Nick Clegg, Tendulkar received awards for Outstanding Sporting Achievement and as the Lebara People's Choice.

"It's been the sweetest year. If you look at the one-day double-hundred, being the highest run-getter in the IPL and the series against Sri Lanka and Australia, it's been very good. We now play New Zealand [the first Test starts on Thursday] and I'm looking forward to the series in South Africa in December."

He argues that beating South Africa, away, is India's toughest assignment; as a clash between the two top teams in the world should produce better cricket than the eagerly-anticipated Ashes. England, after all, are ranked fourth while Australia are a lowly fifth. Are Australia in serious decline? "Yes. To not have [Matthew] Hayden, [Justin] Langer, [Adam] Gilchrist, [Glenn] McGrath, [Shane] Warne – it's a big loss. They still have some world-class players but their batting revolves around Ponting. When you want to create a vacuum in their batting you need to get Ponting."

Tendulkar expects a more balanced England to edge the Ashes. "I think England have a better chance. I favour them slightly. I would say [Eoin] Morgan could be the key performer in the Ashes. Morgan and [Graeme] Swann." Suggesting that Kevin Pietersen's poor form lies in his head, Tendulkar pinpoints Morgan as England's best batsman. "He's a very solid player who can control the pace of his innings. He can become a really good Test batsman even though he has only played a few Tests so far. After Morgan you've got the experience of [Andrew] Strauss, [Paul] Collingwood and Pietersen. They're a really well-balanced side and this is a great opportunity for England."

Australia, especially at home, remain cussed opponents. Surely they inspired Tendulkar to his greatest feats? "No, I think it's just a coincidence that many of my milestones happened against them." Yet Merv Hughes typified Australia's blunt admiration when he said to Allan Border, after Tendulkar had spoilt Shane Warne's debut in 1992: "This little prick's going to end up with more runs than you, AB."

Tendulkar attributes his poise to his father, Ramesh, a poet and novelist rather than a cricket fan: "I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating."

His brother, Ajit, now influences him most. "If there is any problem in my batting I always speak to him. Ajit is absolutely the person I trust most when it comes to batting. Our understanding at home was always that we focus on the next game – let everyone else talk about the last game. I scored a triple hundred when I was 14 in the semi-final of a tournament. But there was a school match at the same time and my team only played with 10 fielders because I was batting in this other game. I still batted for my school and scored 178 not out. I then went to the final of the tournament and hit 346 not out. I have this same mentality now."

Tendulkar first played for India at 16. In the intervening 21 years he has become an idol in a country of over a billion people. There has been little peace for an essentially private man and a rare crack emerges in Tendulkar's grateful persona when he mentions the need to sometimes drive around Mumbai on his own at five in the morning: "I do that sometimes because I need the privacy. I drive around at 30 mph and I listen to music or the sound of the engine. I don't think about cricket. I am just myself."

India will co-host the 2011 World Cup – with the final to be played on 2 April in Mumbai. The pressure on Tendulkar will be immense. "It's going to be massive. Everyone in India is looking forward to a mega tournament and although people haven't started talking yet about 1983 [the last time India won the World Cup] it will happen soon. But, given our recent form, people have a right to be excited and have extremely high hopes."

Already, as his eyes glitter with anticipation, Tendulkar is moving forward. But he is most engaging when looking back. "As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked [Bjorn] Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work."

Asked to name the bowler who tested him most, Tendulkar smiles at a bizarre selection: "Hansie Cronje. Honestly. I got out to Hansie more than anyone. When we played South Africa he always got me out more than Allan Donald or Shaun Pollock. It wasn't that I couldn't pick him – it's just that the ball seemed to go straight to a fielder. I was going great guns in Durban one year and played some big shots against Donald and Pollock. Hansie came on and I flicked his first ball straight to leg-slip. I never knew what to do with him."

Tendulkar shrugs in amusement before naming McGrath as the best fast bowler he faced. Warne has admitted to nightmares about bowling to Tendulkar – a feeling that was never reciprocated. "I did OK against him. But, among the spinners, Warne at his best was still something special."

Finally, to lighten his Bradman-esque aura, Tendulkar tells a lovely story about him and Warne visiting the old master. He neglects to mention he was the only modern player Bradman included in his best-ever XI and chooses, instead, to highlight the warmth of their meeting. "We went to see him on his 90th birthday. It was very special. We were talking about averages and I said, 'Sir Don, if you were playing today, what would you have averaged?' And he said, '70 – probably.' I asked, 'Why 70 and not your actual average of 99?' Bradman said, 'Come on, an average of 70 is not bad for a 90-year-old man.'"

Tendulkar rocks back in his chair and laughs. In this humorous moment, as one cricketing giant thinks of another, it's easy to admire the same qualities in Tendulkar. "This is what I tell my son. Whether you're an 11-year-old boy or Don Bradman we should never forget it's just a game we can all enjoy."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oct/30/sachin-tendulkar
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[Plum]

1. Some morbid thoughts - if SRT has a poor/average series in SA, how those Ricky supporters and/or Guardian writers and Aussie writers will come crawling out of the woodowork to relegate Sachin to 3rd, 4th or 5th behind Bradman and Ponting and/or Richards and/or Lara, especially since Ponting will have a succesful or highly succesful or mega-succesful, at any rate not a poor Ashes Series, as a batsman.
2. Bradman's 70 average joke is a stale rehash of bradman's own joke made in 1978. Obviously, looks like the old man spent his last 25 years repeating the same joke.
3. I don't believe it is a open-and-shut case that Bradman scores 70+ average if he plays now or played in 80s or 90s. Too much is taken for granted on this by western media and they behave like fanboy threads in forumhub when someone points out the complete suspension of disbelief when someone states this obvious fact. Infact, our chaps are far more rational. The old man meant it as a joke, you stupid western journalists, and Sachin was being plain polite to repeat the joke. Just don't make it sound like universal fact, western journalist pricks :evil:
3. Suppose someone asks Richards how much he would have averaged in 1930s or 40s and he says 150 because with just 10 grounds and two opponents, how easy it would have been - what would this same media say. Blasphemy. If Bradman was not joking, or if the western media stupids parrot it as an illustration of his greatness, as the great russian writer would say, it is equally blasphemy and " I spit me of western journalists"

[ajithfederer]

Sachin's bat fetches Rs. 42 lakh at glittering sports auction


Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar’s willow fetched the highest bid of Rs. 42 lakh at a glittering sports auction here that saw personal items donated by 25 top sportspersons from the country and overseas go under the hammer.

The champion batsman had scored an unbeaten 163 against New Zealand at Christchurch last year, his fourth highest one day score, with this bat.

Tied at second spot was the rifle used by India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist, shooter Abhinav Bindra, when creating history at the Beijing Games two years ago and the bat of Rahul Dravid, with which he had scored a century in each innings in the Kolkata Test of 2005 against Pakistan.

Both were successfully bid for Rs. 20 lakh.

The bat signed by all team members of the 1983 World Cup winning team and donated by former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar’s willow went under the hammer for Rs. 17.5 lakh.

Anil Kumble’s jersey which he wore when he equalled Jim Laker’s ten-wicket in a Test innings record against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999, and his Test cap that he wore between 2004 and 2006 went for Rs. 11.5 lakh.

Among the other items auctioned off were Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer’s shoes, a bat donated by 1983 World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev with the autographs of all the team members and sports gear donated by Indian top racquet sports exponents -- Shuttler Saina Nehwal and tennis player Sania Mirza.

Doners Dravid, Kumble, tennis ace Leander Paes, national football captain Bhaichung Bhutia, 1974 hockey World Cup winning skipper Ajit Pal Singh, former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha and Bindra were present at the auction last night.

Leander’s 12th Grand Slam winning racquet at Wimbledon this year in mixed doubles was the second piece to be auctioned and received a bid of Rs 7 lakhs.

Also gracing the function were world champion wrestler and Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sushil Kumar and hockey great Dhanraj Pillay.

The auction was held by Non Government Organisation ‘The Foundation’ founded by actor and ex-rugby international player Rahul Bose in association with Raheja Universal and the proceeds were donated to Bose’s NGO.

The donors and items that went under the hammer were:

Pankaj Advani: Medal -- World Billiards Champion, 2007; Cue-International debut, 2002

Viswanathan Anand: Medal -- World Chess (Match) Champion, 2008.

Mahesh Bhupathi: Racquet -- Mixed Doubles Champion, Australian Open, 2009.

Bhaichung Bhutia: Jersey -- Signed by Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Baichung Bhutia and others worn at the International Charity Match for Haiti earthquake, 2010.

Abhinav Bindra: Rifle -- World Champion, 2006; World record, Olympic Record.

Rahul Dravid: Bat -- Century in each Test innings, v Pakistan: Kolkata, 2005.

Anil Kumble: Test Jersey -- 10 wickets in an innings, v Pakistan: New Delhi, 1999; Test cap -- 2004 to 2006.

Sania Mirza: Racquet -- Wimbledon, 2010.

Saina Nehwal: Racquet -- Singapore Open Super Series, Indonesian Open Super Series, Indian Open Grand Prix, all 2010; Gold Medal -- Indian Open, 2010.

Sachin Tendulkar: Bat -- 163 v New Zealand: Christchurch, 2009 -- Fourth highest one day score.

Virender Sehwag: Batting gloves -- 125 v New Zealand, 2009-Fastest one day hundred by an Indian.

Kapil Dev: Bat -- Signed by 1983 world cup winning squad.

Sunil Gavaskar: Bat -- Signed by 1983 world cup winning squad.

Leander Paes: Racquet -- Mixed Doubles Champion, Wimbledon 2010.

Viren Rasquinha: Hockey stick -- Bronze medal, Asian Games, Busan, 2002; India blazer, Asian Games, Busan, 2002.

Geet Sethi: World Professional Billiards trophy, 1992; Cue-World Billiards Championship, 2007, World Snooker Championship, 2008.

Prakash Padukone: Silver Medal -- Japan Open, 1981.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi: Debut India blazer v England, 1961; Retiring India blazer v West Indies, 1975

Ajitpal Singh: Hockey stick -- (Exchanged with) Pakistan captain, Islahuddin, World Cup Final, 1975.

Vijay Amritraj: Tennis racquet, Tennis balls.

Roger Federer (courtesy Globosport): Tennis shoes -- Winner, Cincinnati Open 2010.

Diego Forlan: (Courtesy Mahuaa TV): Football, 2010.

Ricky Ponting (Courtesy Dhiraj Malhotra): Gold Medal, World Cup, 2007.

Maria Sharapova (Courtesy Akshay Kulkarni): Racquet, 2010

Shane Warne: (Courtesy Rahul Bose): Retiring Cricket Victoria shirt, 2008.

Keywords: Sachin Tendulkar


http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article859160.ece

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[littlemaster1982]

Sachin Tendulkar interview: 'I favour England to win the Ashes' - LM, Please Note :).


Thalaivar ippadi sollittare :|

[Plum]

I dont think Sachin is known for his prediction skills or punditry, yet. I dont think he is judging correctly
Australia will win the Ashes

[sathya_1979]

I dont think Sachin is known for his prediction skills or punditry, yet. I dont think he is judging correctly
Australia will win the Ashes
Maybe he is your fan and trying out chattergies :lol:

[Plum]

Guardian interview video links irukkA?

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Not sure if this is posted before.

Video of Sachin's 4 sixes of Qadir :notworthy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9KzQEpMZ0

[Plum]

Guardian interview video links irukkA?

Feddy or LM, would appreciate if you can find the video link of the interview to Guardian where he talks about his wanting to go the next level, and getting more consistent and better.
Planning to use it as a motivational speech for my team :-)
(adhAvadhu "ennai pArthu kathukAdhInga, avarai pArthu kathukOnga")

[ajaybaskar]

Sachin Tendulkar interview: 'I favour England to win the Ashes' - LM, Please Note :).


Thalaivar ippadi sollittare :|

Why? U r backing Australia? :shock:

[littlemaster1982]

Guardian interview video links irukkA?

Feddy or LM, would appreciate if you can find the video link of the interview to Guardian where he talks about his wanting to go the next level, and getting more consistent and better.
Planning to use it as a motivational speech for my team :-)
(adhAvadhu "ennai pArthu kathukAdhInga, avarai pArthu kathukOnga")

Will search for it Plum. Haven't came across the vidoe yet.

[littlemaster1982]

Sachin Tendulkar interview: 'I favour England to win the Ashes' - LM, Please Note :).


Thalaivar ippadi sollittare :|

Why? U r backing Australia? :shock:

Yes, I want Aus to win. England team-ai chinna vayasula irundhe pidikkadhu :evil:

[ajithfederer]

Any idea of which year this interview happened?


Guardian interview video links irukkA?

Feddy or LM, would appreciate if you can find the video link of the interview to Guardian where he talks about his wanting to go the next level, and getting more consistent and better.
Planning to use it as a motivational speech for my team :-)
(adhAvadhu "ennai pArthu kathukAdhInga, avarai pArthu kathukOnga")

[Plum]

AF, ada pOna vAram interview-nga.
Guardian-la dhAnE? Or was it Observer? reNdum oNNu dhAn. Sunday Observer is the Sunday version of Guardian.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Any idea of which year this interview happened?


Guardian interview video links irukkA?

Feddy or LM, would appreciate if you can find the video link of the interview to Guardian where he talks about his wanting to go the next level, and getting more consistent and better.
Planning to use it as a motivational speech for my team :-)
(adhAvadhu "ennai pArthu kathukAdhInga, avarai pArthu kathukOnga")
The interview was given on 29th Oct 2010. andha video thedi poidhaan Qadir sixes kedaichudhu :oops:.

//:shock: 5-6 post munnaadi neengadhaan andha interview-a post pannirukkeenga//

[ajithfederer]

Yes and that's what i was wondering what the other interview could be.


Any idea of which year this interview happened?


Guardian interview video links irukkA?

Feddy or LM, would appreciate if you can find the video link of the interview to Guardian where he talks about his wanting to go the next level, and getting more consistent and better.
Planning to use it as a motivational speech for my team :-)
(adhAvadhu "ennai pArthu kathukAdhInga, avarai pArthu kathukOnga")
The interview was given on 29th Oct 2010. andha video thedi poidhaan Qadir sixes kedaichudhu :oops:.

//:shock: 5-6 post munnaadi neengadhaan andha interview-a post pannirukkeenga//

[sathya_1979]

Sachin Tendulkar interview: 'I favour England to win the Ashes' - LM, Please Note :).


Thalaivar ippadi sollittare :|

Why? U r backing Australia? :shock:

Yes, I want Aus to win. England team-ai chinna vayasula irundhe pidikkadhu :evil:
pOna jenmathula INA la Battalion Captain aa irundhiruppaar pOla!

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar looms large in test series, Tendulkar has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive: Vettori

By standard tape measurement he is only a little bloke but Sachin Tendulkar still casts a giant shadow over the first cricket test between New Zealand and India which starts on Thursday.

Tendulkar, all 1.67m of him, looms largest in all the pre-match chatter as an expectant nation wills him to tick off yet another remarkable milestone in a remarkable career.

The gracefully ageing 37-year-old is in the form of his life and enters the opening game of a three-match series poised to become the first player to register 50 test centuries.

His 49th, the small matter of 214 crafted over nine hours, came just last month at Bangalore as India completed a 2-0 series sweep over Australia and there is nothing to suggest Tendulkar will be denied his half-century of centuries, if not here, then certainly at some stage over the next three weeks.

His appetite for runs is as insatiable as ever, with the recently-crowned International Cricket Council player of the year having filled his plate in 2010 already, 1270 runs at a Bradmanesque average of 97.69 featuring no fewer than six centuries.

Tendulkar's standing as an all-time great is without question, his world record harvest of 14,240 runs and counting even comfortably outscoring the collective efforts of the entire 15-man New Zealand tour party.

It sort of helps put things in perspective for the New Zealand bowlers, who have to somehow restrict Tendulkar while also taking care of India's other heavy hitters such as Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman as well.
The best batsman of his generation certainly has form against New Zealand, scoring the first of his six test double centuries against them here at Ahmedabad in 1999.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has seen enough of the Indian master over the years to understand the threat he poses.

"He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive," Vettori quipped.

Talking about Vettori brings an extra crease or two to the brow of New Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch, who recalls playing against him when the Indian was a teenager in New Zealand back 1989.

"I think he played his second test against me. It's amazing," Greatbatch said of Tendulkar's longevity.

Greatbatch, who played the last of his 41 tests in 1996, knows quality when he sees it and is looking forward to seeing Tendulkar stride to the crease.

"I am looking forward to watching him bat for about half an hour before getting caught at point."

It is fair to say that is not a sentiment shared by many in this part of the world.


Source : http://www.sachinist.com/news/1-news/433-sachin-tendulkar-looms-large-in-test-series-tendulkar-has-been-in-form-longer-than-some-of-our-guys-have-been-alive-vettori.html

[ajithfederer]

Upcoming milestones for Sachin Tendulkar in the NZ series:

1. If Sachin scores a century, he would become the first batsman in test history to score 50 centuries.
2. He needs 123 more runs to go past his personal best of 1392 runs (2002) in a calendar year. The Indian record is held by Virender Sehwag 1462 runs (2008).
3.... He needs 152 more runs to complete 32,000 runs in International Cricket.

Did I miss any?

[Plum]

Enakennamo, this will be a flop series for sachin-nu thONudhu.
Nz is a banana skin team.
And sachin when near milestones gets tetchy

[Dhakshan]

Ogay :mrgreen:

[Riyazz]

:lol:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar's villa in Ahmedabad Golf Club
Harit Mehta, TNN, Nov 2, 2010, 12.19am IST

Read more: Sachin Tendulkar's villa in Ahmedabad Golf Club - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Sachin-Tendulkars-villa-in-Ahmedabad-Golf-Club/articleshow/6855655.cms#ixzz14L0PlXvx

AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad has got its hottest address. Even as Sachin Tendulkar gears up to make the nation proud with his 50th ton, the maestro has gone for 18 holes in Ahmedabad. A property in the name of the world's greatest cricketer ever was registered in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district on Monday, a day after he landed in the city for the first Test against New Zealand.

Sachin will have a home in the 700-acre Kensville Golf and Country Club, located about 40 km south of Ahmedabad. This is the only functional 18-hole golf course in Gujarat which has a residential township planned around it. The 2,000-square yard plot of land for him has just been registered and Sachin is expected to build a villa here shortly, said a revenue official in Bavla.

Industry sources said Sachin is likely to be associated with the Kensville Golf Academy, which is coming up in Ahmedabad, and will promote the academy by making regular visits here. He will be the star attraction at events organised by the academy. The golf club is already endorsed by golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, whose villa is already under construction right at the entrance of the course.

Sachin's villa will come up at a prime location inside the golf course. For his fans in this cricket-crazy city, the deal promises frequent encounters with the maestro. Promoters of Savvy Infrastructure, which owns Kensville, could not be reached for a comment.

Read more: Sachin Tendulkar's villa in Ahmedabad Golf Club - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Sachin-Tendulkars-villa-in-Ahmedabad-Golf-Club/articleshow/6855655.cms#ixzz14L0Jrrlt


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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tandulkar receives the Lebara People's Choice Award from Lebara CEO Ratheesan Yoganathan at The Asian Awards held at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, on October 26 (http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/slideshow/10-2010/in-pics-sachin/Pic1_550.jpg)

Being asked to speak a few words after receiving the award. (http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/slideshow/10-2010/in-pics-sachin/Pic2_550.jpg)

Sachin said, "To receive acknowledgment from the public is the ultimate honour." (http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/slideshow/10-2010/in-pics-sachin/Pic3_550.jpg)

Thanking all those who voted for him. (http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/slideshow/10-2010/in-pics-sachin/Pic4_550.jpg)

Speaking to the media after the awards ceremony. (http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/slideshow/10-2010/in-pics-sachin/Pic5_550.jpg)

Bonus 1 (http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/123900/123909.jpg)

Bonus 2 (http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/123800/123885.jpg)

[sathya_1979]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUhdMLo9O8&feature=player_embedded

:clap: :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin's stupendous run inspires me: Ponting
IANS, Nov 9, 2010, 05.13pm IST

SYDNEY: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is inspired by the way Sachin Tendulkar is playing late in his career, and said he hopes to get better with age like the 'little master'.

Ponting said the thought of retirement has not crossed his mind but it would depend a lot on how he fares in the upcoming Ashes series and World Cup early next year.

"Even at my age we can find ways to improve and I think Sachin has been a great example of that," Ponting was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

"I think he made nine international hundreds in the last year at 37 years of age, so hopefully I can do something similar in the coming years."

"If I play well through the Ashes and well through the World Cup, then I will continue to play."

"I want to play and if there are younger guys out there that I feel I am keeping out of the team, then I will step aside," said the 36-year-old Ponting.

Ponting missed the third one-day international against Sri Lanka to be in better shape for the Ashes.

Australia managed to win the game but lost the series 1-2 to the visitors.

Ponting said he and the team management chose to use the time to prepare for Tasmania's Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland Wednesday.

"All we are trying to do is give ourselves the best chance of winning the Ashes."

"If Cricket Australia and I and the rest of the team decided it was in my best interest not to play the game, then that is all we can do," he said.

"We are trying to do the best we can to manage all our players, giving them as much first class cricket as possible," said Ponting.

Ponting said skipping the third one-dayer was already planned.

"It was a tough decision to make, the guys had lost seven games in a row," he said.

"I would have played the third game if it had been one-all, but as it was not, we were two-nil down, so I took the opportunity to come to Tassie ( Tasmania) and prepare for the Shield game."

Ponting came out in support for Michael Clarke against media attempts to label the Test vice-captain as an unpopular leader within the team.

"I will support him (Clarke) as much as possible and he will support me as much as possible," he said.

Read more: Sachin's stupendous run inspires me: Ponting - The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Sachins-stupendous-run-inspires-me-Ponting/articleshow/6895354.cms#ixzz14tgfAiYj

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[ajithfederer]

"One great example for the young batsmen around the world I use is: Tendulkar studies the whole book for the exam. He does not leave anything to chance

The players have high praise for you and say that you are the most hardworking of the lot. Is it an extension of your personality as a player, or did you consciously work out that if you have to make a change you need to put in the effort?

For me it is important that we practise purposefully and deliberately. Every session that we do I am trying to make sure it is deliberate in what we are trying to achieve. As an example let's take Sachin [Tendulkar]. I probably threw between 1500 and 2000 balls to him in the net before the first Test in Mohali recently, against Australia. He was trying to achieve a feel to get him ready for series. Every player prepares differently but they need to know that I am there for them. I don't care how tired I am, I will be there and I will work with them.

I really have enjoyed these one-on-one connections with the players. That, for me, is my most fulfilling work: I love being in that space, one-on-one, in a net, with an individual, just monitoring his game. My coaching philosophy or style is him asking the questions about his game rather than me telling him about his game.

Let's talk about Tendulkar. With his experience, is he the easiest person to coach or the most difficult?
I think he is a professor in his batting. He has got incredible knowledge about his own batting and basically uses me as a sounding board. After 21 years of playing the game he still wants to learn about his batting and still feels he needs someone to bounce ideas off. It has been a real privilege to have had that opportunity. I absolutely love it.


Again, less is more. You don't need to say too much. But every now and again we have had lengthy conversations about his batting, and other times we have had very little. It does vary according to how he is feeling about his batting. One great example for young batsmen around the world I use is: Tendulkar studies the whole book for the exam. He does not leave anything to chance. He will never finish a net session till he has made sure he has done everything that he feels is required to get him ready for the next match. Sometimes it is 300 balls, other times it is 1500 balls, in the week leading up to the match. He has to leave the net feeling comfortable.

Have you learnt anything from him?
His approach to batting has been fascinating. He has got very specific ideas about his technique. I often take notes on the conversations we have about his batting as I believe there is so much learning, especially for younger players. One also needs to be mindful - it is his game, his technique and his way of playing. It is important to distinguish that it is not for everyone.

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/484723.html
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[ajaybaskar]

http://cricket.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/nov/11/slide-show-1-tendulkar-named-ambassador-for-world-cup-2011.htm

[vasan]

Guys did sachin score his 50th century today

[ajithfederer]

Today Sachin Tendulkar completes 21 years of representing India in International Cricket.

:clap:. Congrats Tendulkar.

[littlemaster1982]

It was just like yesterday we had celebrations for his 20th year in International Cricket :shock:

[Dhakshan]

:shock: Adukulla 21st year vandhuducha..

Anyways Congrats Sachin :clap: :cheer:

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar helping Sree, Ishant with no-ball problem

Sachin Tendulkar to sort out pacemen's no-ball problems which showed up yesterday

Eric Simons is India's bowling coach but it is master batsman Sachin Tendulkar who is working closely with struggling fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and S Sreesanth. MiD DAY has learnt that Tendulkar is spending several hours with both bowlers to try and rectify their recurring issues with bowling no-balls.


Against Australia and in the ongoing series against New Zealand, both have overstepped the popping crease on more than a few occasions, a fact that is disconcerting Tendulkar.

Bowling coach Simons acknowledged Tendulkar's involvement: "We were talking about the no-ball issue with a lot of seriousness. Tendulkar told the bowlers that bowling a no-ball will affect their minds. Hence, it is imperative that we sort this problem out. Also, since he is such a senior person in the dressing room, his words are taken very seriously. People always listen to what he has to say," Simons told reporters.

Yesterday, Sreesanth dismissed Martin Guptill off a no-ball. Simons may have some serious questions thrown at him if the problem continues in the Test series. "We are working tirelessly in the nets, hopefully we can solve it quickly."
Sreesanth, who finished with figures of 1-60 yesterday, said Tendulkar's tips were helpful.
"Yes, Sachinpaji spoke to us, gave some useful tips. We are very happy and will always follow his instructions," said the Kerala bowler.

http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2010/nov/131110-Sachin-Tendulkar-pacemen-no-ball-Ishant.htm

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[ajithfederer]

There's lot more to talk than my 50th Test ton: Tendulkar

PTI, Nov 15, 2010, 07.24pm IST

HYDERABAD: The entire world is waiting with bated breath in anticipation of his coveted 50th Test ton but Sachin Tendulkar feels that in his illustrious career spanning over 21 years, there is lot more to talk about the game than a particular milestone.

"There is much more to Test cricket than my 50th Test ton. This is not the only thing. I always focus on playing well for my country and presently I am focusing on winning the series against the New Zealand," Sachin said on the penultimate day of the second Test against New Zealand.

"I don't open the newspapers (to see what's written about me). I don't read them and you can see them hanging at the stand outside my hotel room. I focus on my game only. Last 21 years have been really special for me and I thoroughly enjoyed my joyful journey," said Tendulkar, who managed to score 13 runs in the first innings.

On Harbhajan Singh's fairytale run with the bat in the ongoing three-Test series against the Kiwis, where the feisty off-spinner became the first number eight batsman in Test cricket to slam back-to-back centuries in a match, the maestro said, "I have always maintained that Harbhajan can score century and it was long due."

"When he scored his first century in Test cricket at Ahmedabad, I told him what took you so long to score a hundred. You have the gifted power as when you hit the ball, it covers a long distance. He is good with the bat," said the iconic batsman, who has 46 ODI hundreds to his name.

Harbhajan slammed unbeaten 111 and was involved in a record 105-run partnership for the 10th wicket with S Sreesanth to help the hosts take a first innings lead of 122 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium.

In the first Test at Ahmadabad, the 'Turbanator' scored his maiden century and a fifty.

Tendulkar said, on the fifth and final day on Tuesday, India would look to get New Zealand's remaining six wickets as early as possible.

"Today, towards the end, we needed couple of New Zealand's wickets to develop pressure on them before the final day tomorrow. We managed to get one (Jesse Ryder) but another wicket would have been good. Nevertheless, we are in a good situation. There will be some pressure on the visitors tomorrow specially in the morning session.

"Our focus would be to get remaining six New Zealand wickets as early as possible before we start our chase. We had a crucial partnership between Harbhajan and Sreesanth which helped us a lot," said Tendulkar.

Tendulkar, the highest run-getter in both Test and ODI cricket, also praised New Zealand's fighting abilities and said they are performing like a unit.

"They have really played well. At the international level, you expect competition from the opponent and they are competing like a unit."

When asked about the Test opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, Tendulkar said, "both are world class players and performed consistently with the bat."

"They have on many occasions made things easier for middle-order. Everybody is chipping in and doing their bit whether it's the batsmen or bowlers," he said.

Tendulkar also praised chief coach Gary Kirsten, who has proved to be a great man-manager and motivator and whose calmness in the dressing room has worked wonders for the team.

"I am enjoying my time with Gary. His practice sessions are just fabulous as he gives you plenty of balls to play during nets. He has great amount of impact on the team," said the ICC cricketer of the year.

Read more: There's lot more to talk than my 50th Test ton: Tendulkar - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/new-zealand-in-india/top-stories/Theres-lot-more-to-talk-than-my-50th-Test-ton-Tendulkar/articleshow/6930933.cms#ixzz15NgwzmsC

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[Plum]

What happened to his twitter count? Did he cross that american actor?

[ajithfederer]

No way. That's not gonna happen for years to come.

What happened to his twitter count? Did he cross that american actor?

[Sourav]

There's lot more to talk than my 50th Test ton: Tendulkar
When asked about the Test opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, Tendulkar said, "both are world class players and performed consistently with the bat."

"They have on many occasions made things easier for middle-order. " he said.
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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar 155* vs Australia 1998 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH9Efkt4D-0)

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar 177 vs Austraia 1998 PART ONE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cXcN7AuM0E&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)

Sachin Tendulkar 177 vs Austraia 1998 PART TWO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZktM371snvo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)

[ajithfederer]

LM, Download em when you get a chance.

The video channel owner says he has more of sachin tons and he will upload them.

P.S: This channel has really some obscure videos. Do check them out.

Kudos to this guy :clap:.

[ajithfederer]

Absolute domination :omg:

17 fours and 2 sixers when he gets it his 100. And it is off 107 balls :shock:

Sachin Tendulkar 177 vs Austraia 1998 PART ONE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cXcN7AuM0E&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)

Sachin Tendulkar 177 vs Austraia 1998 PART TWO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZktM371snvo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)

[ajithfederer]

Warne gets belted every time.!!
Kasprowicz gets creamed for beautiful 4's.
Gavin robertson(yaarra nee !!) is murdered.

154 off 174 balls. (26 4's; 3 6's)

[littlemaster1982]

Wowww AF :shock: I had been searching for this 177 video for a long time. I haven't seen any of his innings in that tour :cry:

[ajithfederer]

LM, I hope you are downloading em and keeping a stock. Ninga dhan en first/last/best resortu :lol: :).

Wowww AF :shock: I had been searching for this 177 video for a long time. I haven't seen any of his innings in that tour :cry:

[littlemaster1982]

Already downloaded and just finished watching them once again. Light-a thookkam vandhudhu, pakkaradhukku munnadi. Now I'm fully charged :lol:

One of the posters in ICF was talking about this innings just recently and bang, you have posted it here.

His words,


Seclude yourself from perf., numbers, and stats and watch Tendulkar's 121 at Birmingham or his 177 at Bangalore in isolation to understand what separates Tendulkar's batting and artistry from anyone in his generation. When you understand the balance, poise, stroke making which make Tendulkar above and beyond any of the Dravids and Pontings, you will also cease on these bookish criteria of selection being used for him..

:notworthy: :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

And that 177 in Bangalore was a wasted effort and it ended up in a loss. One of our main strike bowlers was Harvinder singh. :banghead:

Incidentally Bhajji made his debut in that match. Kothavaranga madhiri irundhan. :lol:

[19thmay]

pEsi theethukalaam. I want Anti - Sachin makkals to come out of the bush and talk. Vazha vazha, Kozha kozha ellam venaam.

So far I came across these points

1. Sachin is not a match winner
2. Sachin cant play under pressure
3. Sachin plays for records

Any more? We will go one by one...

[Bala (Karthik)]

Sachin doesn't play well while chasing
His Swiss bank balance is huge, he is selfish
I can't stand the support for him in the hub. People should be allowed to criticize him on these grounds

[ajithfederer]

Not a team player
Lets out when the team needs him most
Bad capt, chi chi worst captain ever.

[Plum]

His Swiss bank balance is huge, he is selfish


yOv sila pEru seriousA nambinAlum nambuVangayyA! oru smileyAvadhu pOdunga just to indicate it is a fake complaint.

[ajithfederer]

Thalaiva adutha jenmathulayavadhu aasthreliya, then aaprika, alladhu ingilaandhu ponra naadugalla porandhu angayae aadungoo pileess. :yes:

Angirukira makkal ellam nallavae mariyadhai kodupaangannu nenaikuren.

[Plum]

Sachin doesnt play well in finals.
If you disprove that, Sachin doesnt win matches in Finals

If you disprove that, Sachin doesnt play well in World Cup Finals
(so what if the sample size is just 1 :lol:)

[Plum]

And that 177 in Bangalore was a wasted effort and it ended up in a loss. One of our main strike bowlers was Harvinder singh. :banghead:

Incidentally Bhajji made his debut in that match. Kothavaranga madhiri irundhan. :lol:
No, no - sachin captainA irundhadhAla dhAn HarvindernAla shine paNNa mudiyala. nalladhoru captain amainjirundhA...

[Puliyan_Biryani]

indha match winner, match winning %-a ellaam konjam thaniyaa gavanikka vendi irukku.

50 adicha winnu, 100 adicha winnu-nu solradhu enna logic-u? ethanai maasam/varushathukku oru thadavai 50,100 adikkaraarunnum konjam paarunga. Sachin 200 adichaa winnu-nu naan solren, adhu eppadi irukku?

360+ to win and 4-5 wickets down (against Aus in Hyderabad last year). This is a hopeless situation-nu Sachin nenaichurundhaa, we wouldn't have that gem of a 175. Final result - India lost. Conclusion - Sachin adichaa India jeyikkaadhu. balE bEsh :notworthy:

adhe maadhiri 50,100 adichaadhaan win panradhukku mukkiya kaaranamnum illai. Look at Champions Trophy 2000. McGrath & Co were supposed to own the Indian batting lineup. It was the calculated assault from Sachin which gave India the momentum and belief that these guys can be attacked and put Aussies on the backfoot. And Sachin didn't even make 50 in that innings. In terms of intent and take-that-you-***, it was a gem.

Note: This might sound like a post against Sehwag and Yuvi. It certainly isn't. So please don't throw at me Sehwag/Yuvi stats (saves both of our times). I am only against this concept of "Annan adicha winnu; nadandha thaeru; ukkaandhaa baaru; echecha kachacha".

[P_R]

Guys, haven't we discussed this at some length in earlier versions of the Sachin thread. I don't see this thread heading anyewhere but downhill.

[19thmay]

Illanga Prabhu, matha thread-la nadaukura digression ellam thookitu vandhaachu avvalo thaan.

We had some arguements @ Nagercoil to be more precise @ Kanyakumari. I invite all the hubbers who spoke against Sachin match winning ablities to post those here. Lets have a discussion.

[P_R]

That can be discussed in the Sachin thread itself, no?

[19thmay]

Well, I can't force you.

[P_R]

Well, I can't force you.

I mean, do you want to keep the Sachin thread as a wonly aaraadhanai thread? Not necessary, isn't it?

[19thmay]

Prabhu you need to ask that thread owner for that.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar was stripped or he stepped down from his captaincy in Jan 1998. This match was from Mar 98.

[ajithfederer]

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

Sachin Tendulkar 100 vs Australia at Kanpur 1998

LM, Start downloading plzzz 8-)

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar 111 vs South Africa 1992 Johannesburg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjcsYYMeiQI)

Jesus christ he is my favorite channel owner in youtube. :bow: :bow: :bow:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar 148* vs Australia 1992 SCG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEdtSngkahY&feature=sub)

[ajithfederer]

141 Vs Australia at Dhaka 28 Oct 1998

126 Vs Sri Lanka at Colombo 1998

143 Vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi 2004

100 Vs South Africa in 1992

114 vs South Africa at Mumbai 1996. (ODI no 1151) Mohinder amarnath benefit match.

82 off 49 balls against New Zealand in NZ in 1994.

These videos have been requested and he informed us he has all of em.

[littlemaster1982]

Hope he uploads all of them one by one. People are even requesting him to upload the original videos (avi, mp4 versions) in sites like megaupload. He said he will try :)

[ajithfederer]

LM, Youtube-ae namba mudiyadhu eppo venalum eduthuruvaanga. Ninga rombave alert aa irukkanum (D/L panrardhukku)

:lol:

[Ramakrishna]

100 Vs South Africa in 1992


82 off 49 balls against New Zealand in NZ in 1994.


Wow.... ithu rendum paathathey illa.

[littlemaster1982]

Dl-ed all Sachin vids from his channel 8-) It seems he has been recording matches since 1982 and his archive contains around 27,000 videos :shock:

[ajithfederer]

:thumbsup:

Where did you get this info lm??

Dl-ed all Sachin vids from his channel 8-) It seems he has been recording matches since 1982 and his archive contains around 27,000 videos :shock:

[Vivasaayi]

141 Vs Australia at Dhaka 28 Oct 1998

126 Vs Sri Lanka at Colombo 1998

143 Vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi 2004

100 Vs South Africa in 1992

114 vs South Africa at Mumbai 1996. (ODI no 1151) Mohinder amarnath benefit match.

82 off 49 balls against New Zealand in NZ in 1994.

These videos have been requested and he informed us he has all of em.

perth match youtubela erkanave irukka?

[ajithfederer]

To my knowledge i ts not in youtube right now vicky. But he may have it. He will definitely upload.

[littlemaster1982]

:thumbsup:

Where did you get this info lm??

Dl-ed all Sachin vids from his channel 8-) It seems he has been recording matches since 1982 and his archive contains around 27,000 videos :shock:

I shared the vids in ICF and he got registered there after that. He mentioned this in one of his posts.

[HonestRaj]

nalla print'ah?

appadina.. ungalai eppavavadhu meet pannumpodhu oru copy vangikkaren

[littlemaster1982]

nalla print'ah?

appadina.. ungalai eppavavadhu meet pannumpodhu oru copy vangikkaren

Yeah, blue ray rip. Oru punniyavaan idhaiyellam VCR-la irundhu menakkattu upload pandraan. Print nalla irukka-nu kekkareenga? :twisted:

[ajithfederer]

Yeah right, Thaanama kodutha maatai ... :twisted:.


nalla print'ah?

appadina.. ungalai eppavavadhu meet pannumpodhu oru copy vangikkaren

Yeah, blue ray rip. Oru punniyavaan idhaiyellam VCR-la irundhu menakkattu upload pandraan. Print nalla irukka-nu kekkareenga? :twisted:

[HonestRaj]

ada.. nalla irundha.. innum nalla rasikkamudiyumenu ketten

[littlemaster1982]

The quality is decent, HR. Quite watchable :)

[littlemaster1982]

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Another one of those innings which went in vain :cry:

[ajithfederer]

Ada cha mundhiteenga lm. :)

[ajithfederer]

lm senthil littlemaster :victory: I foundf it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-nS1yalB9k

Sachin Tendulkar 90 AUS Bombay

Thalaivar's innings against Australia in wankhede mumbai 1996 world cup 8-)

[littlemaster1982]

WOWOWWW!! Where did you get this? This is uploaded one month back, but just 260 views :shock:

[ajithfederer]

Deepak found it in orkut. He posted the link there. But its quite disappointing it doesn't have all the shots of the 2 mcgrath overs when he goes berserk.

[littlemaster1982]

Yes, just watched the vid and got little disappointed because it had very few shots of him. 14 fours and a six in the score of 90 :notworthy: