Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

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Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Annan banian size 90 cm.

Profile
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Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses, anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient in each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

Though he has adopted a noticeably conservative approach in the last quarter of his career, there are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions.

Some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year old on a lightning fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman when Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and armed with a loathing for losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best batsmen in the world. This was after he was turned away from a fast-bowling camp in Chennai by Dennis Lillee.

Tendulkar's greatness was established early: he was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, and in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer and the first to 12,000 runs. He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs - remarkable, considering he didn't score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match.

Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.

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Sachin : The Cricketing Almighty - Part I (http://mayyam.com/hub/archives/Sports_Archived/t7966_________Sachin___The_Cricketing_Almighty____ ____.html)

Sir Sachin Tendulkar - The Greatest Cricketer Ever- Part II (http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=12191)

Sachin Tendulkar - The Living Legend (Part III) (http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=13238&start=0)

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Sachin's twitter profile (http://twitter.com/sachin_rt)

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar - Player Profile (http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html)

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar - From Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar)

Sachin statsguru from Cricinfo (http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/analysis.html?search=sachin;template=analysis)

List of International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_cricket_centuries_by_Sachin_ Tendulkar)

List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ODI_Awards_for_Sachin_Tendulkar)

List of Achievements by Sachin Tendulkar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievements_of_Sachin_Tendulkar)

Quotes on Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=23803&tid=2518627111577419134&na=4)

Sachin Tendulkar Test Match Batting Analysis (http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;orderby=batted_score;template=r esults;type=batting;view=innings)

Sachin ODI 50s (http://www.kingofcricket.com/ODI_50.aspx)

Articles on Sachin (http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=23803&tid=2503475796209621771&na=1&nst=1)

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Quotes on Sachin

"I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar."
- Sir Don Bradman
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"Sachin is cricket's God" - Barry Richards
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"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."- Michael Kasprowicz
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"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player" - Shane Warne.
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"You have to decide for yourself whether you're bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway." - Shane Warne
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"You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon." - Steve Waugh
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"I have seen God. He bats at number 4 for India" - Mathew Hayden
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"He's 99.5 percent perfect" - Viv Richards
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"Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime, and I am privileged he played in my time" - Wasim Akram
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"Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal" - Brian Lara
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"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual.
Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century.

This Genius can stop time in India!!" - Peter Rebouck - aussie journalist
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"There are only two kinds of batsmen: Sachin Tendulkar, and the rest." – Andy Flower
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"I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and I know a way to pin Sachin. And I delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delivery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball
was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best I have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec.

To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast you wont regret if he hits you for boundaries."

-Allan Donald in an interview to Cricket Talk.
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" Tendulkar is editing the highlights too fast " - Jeremy Coney in a match vs Newzealand 1994, Auckland, 27th March. Sachin opens in an ODI for the first time. Goes on to make 82 off 49 balls.
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Ten do (Tendu), Ten don't! – Amul Ad.
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"One Straight Drive from Sachin Tendulkar is worth all the money you spend to watch the entire match" – Peter Roebuck
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Sachin's memorable innings (ODIs)

Sachin's 143 Against Australia In sharjah 1998 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXRkHervQJc)

Sachin 134 1998 at Sharjah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xYBiGBtAo)

Sachin Tendulkar Vs Glenn McGrath (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcpV_38JLc)

Sachin in 2003 WC (with Tubthumping track) (http://ishare.rediff.com/video/cricket/sachin-tendulkar/505165)

Sachin Tendulkar hits Caddick out of the ground WC 2003 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3PSnEUJWw)

Sachin Tendulkar 95 vs Pakistan Independece Cup 1998 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpC84gH6mo)

Sachin Tendulkar 41(26) vs Pakistan Independence Cup Final 1998 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwMx4eHZxY4)

Sachin Tendulkar 1996 WC (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3046568537842924351&hl=en)

Sachin Tendulkar 97 vs Pakistan 2007 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3if3m_sachin-tendulkars-vintage-innings-o_sport)

Sachin Tendulkar 94 vs England 6th ODI at Oval 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sVljdlUtg)

Sachin Tendulkar 117 vs Aus CB Series I final 2008 (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1180486/sachin_tendulkar_117_1st_final_australia_vs_india/)

Sachin Tendulkar 91 vs Aus CB Series II Final (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdjstKV_HQ)

Sachin Tendulkar 163 vs Newzealand 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTUqBqU4f_E)

Sachin Tendulkar 98 vs Pakistan WC 2003 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9135779971261085955)

Sachin Tendulkar vs England 5th ODI 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGlaF-CAlPc)

Sachin Tendulkar 93 vs SA in Belfast 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBkJ85ccK1o)

Sachin Tendulkar 118 vs Zim in Sharjah 1998 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvswMLNC1c)

Sachin Tendulkar 118 vs Zim in Sharjah 1998 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvePS7y0u8A)

Sachin Tendulkar 118 vs Zim in Sharjah 1998 Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eflqb6Uc28)

Sachin Tendulkar 118 vs Zim in Sharjah 1998 Part IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_71XejKJV94)

Sachin Tendulkar 118 vs Zim in Sharjah 1998 Part V (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnKc7UpFpPY)

Sachin Tendulkar 186 vs NZ in Hyderabad 1999 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZdUpR2ZePg)

Sachin Tendulkar 186 vs NZ in Hyderabad 1999 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOIGer-w2CE)

Sachin Tendulkar 146 vs Zim in Jodhpur 2000 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MRKuIrmG4)

Sachin Tendulkar 146 vs Zim in Jodhpur 2000 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwpDDHG0rrQ)

Sachin Tendulkar 146 vs Zim in Jodhpur 2000 Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvTOlHz6oIE)

Sachin Tendulkar 93 vs Pak in Hobart 2000 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1021494380853079556)

Sachin Tendulkar 2003 WC Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSmArxGgNss)

Sachin Tendulkar 2003 WC Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc2vgeyay9I)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azJydtd-aZo)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnt_4SfVGLQ)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd2hsBvNMA8)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxYaHkFL7A)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part V (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8PTk6o1yI)

Sensational Sachin WC 2003 Part VI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpmU88DjX9s)
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Sachin's memorable innings (Tests)

Sachin breaking Lara’s record of highest rungetter in tests (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCCbVvVNTTg)

Sachin Tendulkar interview after breaking Lara’s record (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMaE5iwt2E)

Sachin 114 vs Australia at Perth 1992 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf-hfPpN9TE)

Sachin 136 vs Pak 1999 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFyTUob8LF0)

Sachin 136 vs Pak 1999 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vvQ9wyh_g)

Sachin 136 vs Pak 1999 Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNe2YtAXPOQ)

Sachin 136 vs Pak 1999 Part IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3104t7x3UFM)

Sachin 79 vs Aus 1998 part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zqRUoZmvaw&feature=related)

Sachin 79 vs Aus 1998 part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99aG0u0oxJI&feature=channel)

Sachin 79 vs Aus 1998 part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OeGcVT-nog&feature=channel)

Sachin Tendulkar 116 vs Australia in Melbourne, 1999 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKcdnxHMCjs)

Sachin Tendulkar 193 vs England 2002 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wppB8eLGso)

Sachin Tendulkar 193 vs England 2002 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYGWcwHcWx4)

Sachin Tendulkar 155 vs South Africa 2001 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dxxpEoFy0)

Sachin Tendulkars first Test match 100 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_sdYPh71I)

Sachin Tendulkar 169 vs South Africa 1996 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJy8V0vpLc)

Sachin Tendulkar 241 vs Australia 2004 Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwVi2Uc970)

Sachin Tendulkar 241 vs Australia 2004 Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvV1uhadg3g)

Sachin Tendulkar 241 vs Australia 2004 Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmp_RgEf6cU)

Sachin Tendulkar 122 vs England 1996 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NEOucEzjU8)

Sachin Tendulkar vs Aussies in Mumbai 2001 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9175699262769547045&hl=en)

Sachin - Larger than Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsih5jLiHNU) - Has footages of some rare knocks.
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Features on Sachin

Lord of the Runs Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SU8qo3_nAI)

Lord of the Runs Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UHHqnctZEM)

Sachin Tendulkar - Million Dollar Babies Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1h9bpLYmVo)

Sachin Tendulkar - Million Dollar Babies Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_nQp20tr8)

Sachin Tendulkar - Million Dollar Babies Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_sU79W4isc)

Sachin Tendulkar - Million Dollar Babies Part IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHNujMvGjI)

Harsha Unplugged - Sachin Tendulkar Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Y6OT9gI1c)

Harsha Unplugged - Sachin Tendulkar Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAPEsPdwubY)

Harsha Unplugged - Sachin Tendulkar Part III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZLuuabGs4)

Harsha Unplugged - Sachin Tendulkar Part IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cN7gzs6-cM)

Harsha Unplugged - Sachin Tendulkar Part V (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfAATfAb2tg)

Sachin's first Interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMG1PaR4Vy4)

Legends of Cricket - ESPN (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7833939604115210937)

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Pic Post - Tendulkar in ODI Colors.

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Pic Post - Tendulkar in Twenty 20 Outfit.

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[Sourav]

Where is bilady drunken monk hubber sourav???

:twisted: :evil: :twisted: :twisted: hometown poyirunthen... oru function... match paakka mudila... :cry: but, i was getting sms updates from viraajan. highlights paakkanum...
Sachin... :bow: :bow: :bow:
innum tests-la 401 mattum than baakki irukku... :D

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Sachin Tendulkar is bigger than Don Bradman: Virender Sehwag
Vijay Tagore / DNA
Friday, February 26, 2010 1:16 IST

Mumbai: Going by his style, many expected Virender Sehwag to be the first to breach the 200-run barrier in ODIs. The opener thinks otherwise and tells DNA that he wouldn’t have taken to the game had Tendulkar not played cricket.


You looked very excited after Sachin Tendulkar got to 200.
The special quality of the knock is that it made every Indian proud. It was as if he or she had achieved the feat. Personally, it was no different. I thought as if I scored the double ton, it was a great feeling. He has been my role model and I took to cricket only because of him. If Sachin were not a cricketer, I would not have even touched a bat.


You were supposed to be the person who should have got it…
Forget Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar deserved it the most. Anyways, I feel I have achieved it myself. I have often been asked this question about 200 and I said Sachin is the right man for the feat. He has the experience and the ability. He had come close to that against New Zealand and Australia. He finally did it against South Africa.


Can you explain the enormity of the feat? How difficult is it to score 200 in 50-over cricket?
It is difficult because there are so many restrictions for a batsman in ODIs. There are only 300 balls to face. This effectively means you have to face at least 150-160 balls without letting the strike-rate drop. Only Sachin can do that.


He did not need a runner. How much beating does the body take during a knock of such epic proportions?
Sachin is one of the fittest players in the Indian team. He works a lot on his fitness. He knows what he needs to do to keep himself in good shape and he knows how much he has to work on his upper body and lower body.


How do you rate this innings?
It is the best knock I have ever seen. He maintained the momentum. He was playing all over the ground. He knew where to play the ball. His anticipation was also perfect and he knew what the next ball would be and prepared himself for that.


People say he has changed his batting style. Have you seen any changes since the time you started playing with him back in 2000?
Changes? Yes. He changes his batting according to the pitch, weather conditions, ground, bowler, and the situation. Sometimes, he changes his stance and plays differently.


Where can he go from here?
It depends on him. I’d love to see him till 2015. I’m sure he will play on till the 2015 World Cup. He has the passion and fitness to last the distance. I’m sure he can register 50 centuries in both Tests and ODIs. I have told him that he can achieve the feat soon. This should happen by next year.


Where do you rate him among all-time greats?
He is the greatest. You can’t compare him to any other cricketer. He is bigger than any cricketer. He is the God of cricket. He is bigger than anyone who has ever held a bat.


Bigger than Don Bradman?
Yes. He is.

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'Finish it, finish it'

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out. Till Sachin was on 190 in Gwalior, I was rooted in my seat in the dressing room. But when he got to 190, I couldn't contain myself. I came out and started cheering every stroke till he got to 200.

When he got to 180, I knew he was going to get it, but when he was in the 190s I was concerned. If I was in his place, I would have tried to finish it quickly, because the longer I take, the greater the possibility of me getting out. I would try to wrap it up in three or four balls.

Also, he was looking really tired: he had been clutching his right side and showing signs of cramping. So when I stepped out of my seat, I was just saying, "Finish it, finish it."

But Sachin is never in a hurry. He is a different kind of batsman - one who can rotate the strike with ease and understands there is no need to take any chances. Whenever I have been on the brink of landmarks (Melbourne in 2003, Multan 2004) he has instructed me to do this and do that. But those are things only he can do.

You might say, this is 200 - a figure no batsman in the history of the game has crossed - but then we are talking about Tendulkar. He looked calm and confident even when he was at the non-striker's end in those final moments. I knew he just needed one ball, and I also knew he would get the opportunity.

He had started the innings in a confident mood. As soon as he hit his first boundary, off the third ball of the second over, he walked up to me and said the pitch was full of runs and we only needed to time the ball. He told me not to think of boundaries or going after the bowler. He was right: throughout he picked the gaps and played the ball as he saw it. He was not thinking too much and that helped.

Ten years down the line if I am asked to pick a shot or two from his innings I would love to pick many. But the ones that were special to me were the cover drives off the back foot past extra cover, and the punch, once again on the back foot, past point, off Wayne Parnell. Another incredible shot was the straight six over Roelof van der Merwe's head. The left-arm spinner is a difficult one to get away, but Sachin was able to make the room and the energy to hit it clean over the sight screen.

It is not an easy summit for a batsman to conquer because he needs to possess a variety of attributes. In the past I mentioned on four or five occasions that Sachin had the capability to score a double-hundred in ODIs. I was confident only he could achieve such a feat only because of his experience and the kind of form he is in at the moment.

Importantly, he had the hunger and the patience to last for the entire 50 overs. You need to bat out the entire innings to score a double. And it is not so easy because it is not just about hitting boundaries; it is also rotating the strike. I knew if he had 150 balls, he could do it, and he did it in 147 deliveries.

I do not want to dwell here on my own batting, but in the past certain people have said I could have scored 200 in one-day cricket, because of my performances in Tests, where I have got near to a hundred before lunch. But I have had the tendency to take too many risks once I reach the 120 or 130-run mark in ODIs. That is difference between me and Sachin.

We have had chats about him scoring 200. He thought it was difficult, but I told him only he could do it. Last year in New Zealand, when he retired on 163 I told him he had missed the opportunity, but he said "Agar meri kismat mein hoga toh woh mil jayega [It will eventually happen if I am destined to do it]." He said the same when he got 175 against Australia last year. On Wednesday he said "Woh likha tha, toh mil gaya [I got what was destined]".

Back in 1998 everyone felt Sachin was in prime form. I was not in the Indian team then. But I have seen him over the last decade and he is still improving with every match, he is practising more than anybody else in the nets, working hard on his fitness. I think he is in better form now than he was in 1998.

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[Bala (Karthik)]

Feddy,
Please put Annan baniyan size in the biodata. Serious

[Kalyasi]

"Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. Better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself."
Nasser Hussain runs out of comparables for Tendulkar

Hussaiukku Santhome beach la selai vaingappa

[Kalyasi]

Feddy,
Please put Annan baniyan size in the biodata. Serious


Enna oru 85 illa 90 irukkuma? 90 nu vachukalaam...

[ajithfederer]

Done :thumbsup:

Feddy,
Please put Annan baniyan size in the biodata. Serious

[Dinesh84]

Received in mail

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." - Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.


"To Sachin, the man we all want to be" - Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.


“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
- BBC on Sachin


"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC.


Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin." - Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
- Glen McGrath

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
- Anjali Tendulkar

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar." - Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?
Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!! - Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

“India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. “
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also. - Waqar Younis

'I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin'
- A banner in Sharjah

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.
- Allan Donald


"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others. - Andy Flower

"I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India"
- Mathew Hayden


The best one.
On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!! - Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist

[joe]

I came to post the same :lol:
Best Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar
http://www.mumbaikar.com/en/blog/post/shivalika-sharma/best-quotes-on-sachin-tendulkar.html
http://www.mumbaikar.com/en/blog/post/shivalika-sharma/best-quotes-on-sachin-tendulkar-part-2.html
http://www.mumbaikar.com/en/blog/post/neha-gandhi/best-quotes-on-sachin-tendulkar-part-3.html

[Aalavanthan]

[tscii:bccc7e2379]Part 4 for the never ending parts of Sir Sachin Tendulkar :clap: :clap:

This came as a forward.. this is just to tickle our humor bone and doesnt require to go emotional and start debating.. Remember this is being posted by one frigging hardcore fan of Sach !


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With Appraisal just over here is something to laugh about :-))

Even Sachin is not spared in the Appraisal process.



200 Runs/ 147Balls/ 25X4 / 3X6



Agree you have done GREAT BUT BUT BUT BUT


25 x 4s = 100
3 x 6s = 18

IT implies that you have done 118 Runs in 28 Balls.

And 12 x 2s = 24
58 x 1s = 58

IT means you have done all 200 Runs in only 98 balls

So you have wasted 147-98 = 49 balls

Considering only 1 run scored on each of these balls you could have earned 49 valuable RUNS FOR OUR TEAM

MANAGER’S COMMENT: So you only met the expectations and NOT EXCEEDING (though anyone of our team could not do it) and your Grade is C

Trainings for him: Learn from how to STEAL singles.
One Addition:

It’s good that you played all 50 overs but you should encourage juniors in your team and let them showcase their talent to client – it’s all @ team effort.

I’m not saying you didn’t perform well.. it’s just a improvement area you can focusJJ [/tscii:bccc7e2379]

[Aalavanthan]

"Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. Better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself."
Nasser Hussain runs out of comparables for Tendulkar

Hussaiukku Santhome beach la selai vaingappa

The only sensible commentator in the Sky team here and he has always been spot on in his commentatory.. Never ever over exaggerated even his own team members. His commentatory is as honest as his words in his autobiography "Playing with Fire"

[karthik_sa2]

[tscii:999c1cc3d0]Funny 10 Reasons y i hate Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
1. He always plays a brilliant innings before my exam and hence doesn’t let me study.
2. Every time that I think of becoming an atheist, he gets into the nineties and I have no choice but to pray.
3. Every time I take a resolution not to bite my nails, he gets into the nineties and I am left with no choice but to chew on my nails.
4. He keeps all the records to himself.
5. He makes a lot more money than me.
6. He costs way too much on ‘super selector’ but since I have to pick him, the rest of my team gets weakened.
7. During a match, invariably when I want to go to the bathroom, he hits a boundary and hence I have no choice but to sit and watch the replay.
8. As soon as I convince myself that God does not exist, he plays a straight drive and proves me wrong.
9. He brings the whole country to a standstill whenever he bats
10. And the last and the biggest reason why I hate Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar …

He is going to retire sometime in the future…[/tscii:999c1cc3d0]

[karthik_sa2]

this was written by one guy in orkut... i loved it...

[Aalavanthan]

Harsha on Sachin from a different view...

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/449959.html


Sachin Tendulkar sugar-coated the recent reality of India and gave its people something to cheer about. It is not easy to possess the mandate to lift the spirits of such a large nation, but he has done that consistently. The comparison with Sir Donald Bradman is not restricted to his batting alone. Like the great man who brought cheer to post-war Australia, Tendulkar allowed India to momentarily forget fires and bombs and inflation and terrorist threats. It was like that with the century he made after England so graciously agreed to tour after the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. It has been like that for a long time. For better or worse cricket is more than a sport in India; Tendulkar is more than just a cricketer. Where our elected representatives callously fritter away the mandate people give them, Tendulkar has stayed true to it.

And he has never forgotten why he started playing the game in the first place. The best have lofty ambitions when they begin but soon commerce, like a tenacious worm, gnaws into them. Fame surrounds them and prevents the fresh air of reason from breaking through. They acquire sycophants, that great curse of success. Playing the game becomes a means to a seemingly superior, but in reality hollower, end. Tendulkar has kept those demons at bay. He has made more money than anyone else in the game, acquired greater fame than is imaginable, but you could never guess that from the way he plays his cricket. He remains the servant, pursues the game with purity. Through the last decade India have been well-served by like-minded giants.

And he works as hard as anybody has. Lance Armstrong once said that he wins the Tour de France not when he is cycling down the Champs Elysees but when he is out in the mountains facing icy winds while others are cosying in their blankets for an extra hour. Two years ago Tendulkar realised that his future lay in the way his body coped; that eventually his body rather than a bowler would get him. During the first IPL, as he struggled with a groin injury, he admitted that he found continuous rehab very difficult to live with. Once fit, he was like the child again, able to do what he wanted without worrying about whether his body was accomplice or traitor. And so he trained harder and rested well. You could see the effect as he scampered between wickets. Tendulkar's delightful second wind is the result of what you and I have not seen: hours in the gym and in training.



The best have lofty ambitions when they begin but soon commerce, like a tenacious worm, gnaws into them. Fame surrounds them and prevents the fresh air of reason from breaking through. They acquire sycophants, that great curse of success

As a result, Tendulkar's endgame is nowhere in sight. He is peeling off centuries like he did in his prime. The old air of predictability is still around; he is grinding his way through when needed, clobbering the ball when required. In this extraordinary long-distance race he is running, this looks like a mid-race burst rather than the finishing kick his age suggests it should be.

So why has no one else scored a double-century in limited-overs cricket so far? Well, because it is very difficult for a start. Assuming 300 balls, you should expect to get no more than 150, which means you need to bat at a strike-rate of 133. You need to be mentally alert, because one casual shot, one moment of disrespect, could be your undoing. But, let's admit, the combination of pitches, outfields and boundary ropes has rarely tilted the balance so much in the batsman's favour. In Gwalior the groundsman told one half of the class they were not wanted. The bowlers were the extras in a movie, seeking, at best, a talking part. The stage had been prepared for Tendulkar but he still had to deliver an unforgettable performance.

Inevitably the question will be asked: what next? I know there is only one thing he genuinely covets, and that is not in his hands. In 12 months Tendulkar hopes to play his sixth and last World Cup. So far his relationship with the World Cup has been like that of a child who scurries to the rossogulla shop only to find it shut every time. If he was a golfer seeking a Masters win or a tennis player hoping to win another Grand Slam, he could plan for it but he doesn't hold the key to a win in a team sport. It must happen, he cannot make it happen. But what else? Frankly, I don't care.

Tendulkar's journey is about joy and purity and a landmark is merely a comfort stop.

[littlemaster1982]

Terrific Tendulkar (http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/16-terrific-tendulkar-hs-04)

There are many truly wondrous things about Sachin Tendulkar breaking the world record for the highest one-day score and becoming the format’s first double centurion, in effect cracking one of cricket’s many four-minute miles. He is months away from turning 37 and he batted through 50 overs.


He has now been in the game for over 20 years. He did it not against minnows but a top side and the best fast bowler today. And for years he has looked the most likely to do it. But above all was the simplicity with which he greeted his feat: arms raised, a smile, and a peek up to the great beyond. No leaps, no fist-punches or extravagance, only humility. It has been the leitmotif of one of sport’s greatest, most significant careers, for the most remarkable thing about Tendulkar is that he is still Tendulkar 20 years on.

He remains as committed and devoted to the sole idea of scoring runs and winning matches as any teenager taking his first steps in the game. The game today is not the same he came into. For one, greater riches are now available. Tendulkar is part of the reason for this abundance and is its beneficiary as well. Countless other distractions offer themselves. But he remains the same, the focus, priority and hunger untouched and untainted, his skills undimmed.

All cricketers, but particularly some on this side of the border, would do well to learn from that. Swiss watchmakers might have struggled to create a more consistent, longer-lasting and elegant model. In all likelihood there will be more double hundreds now that Twenty20 has further liberated batsmen — not that they needed it. But few will come from a man such as Tendulkar. We have been fortunate in the subcontinent to have Little Masters aplenty, in Hanif Mohammad and Sunil Gavaskar. But Tendulkar is the biggest of them all. Remember him and appreciate him, for there may never be another like him.

[19thmay]

LM - What a siggy! :notworthy:

[littlemaster1982]

:ty: Sridhar. Sondha karutthu illa, suttadhudhan :oops: :lol:

[littlemaster1982]

Every innings played by Sachin Tendulkar is special, and it was his ultimate innings. No one but Sachin deserved to reach the 200-run landmark. We can see him only rise. Go on my friend

[19thmay]

Every innings played by Sachin Tendulkar is special, and it was his ultimate innings. No one but Sachin deserved to reach the 200-run landmark. We can see him only rise. Go on my friend

:notworthy: :notworthy:

[19thmay]

'Finish it, finish it'

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/450022.html

Just now read this article, Thalapathy :notworthy: :clap:

[19thmay]

[tscii:7af258fcab]"Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. Better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself."
Nasser Hussain runs out of comparables for Tendulkar

"Nobody else does deserve to get there. It's only Sachin who deserves to scale that peak. 200 is a big score in one-day cricket. It's not easy to get there. It took him 20 long years to get there. He has come a long way. It's Sachin's greatness. Records are meant to be broken. I heard somebody [Charles Coventry] equalled my record sometime ago. But I did not know him. It's great that my friend from Mumbai Sachin broke it. I am very happy for him."
Saeed Anwar may have been pushed down the special list, but he's full of praise for the incumbent

"He should aim for more. Maybe a Test innings of 450 or an ODI knock of 250. And then he himself wants to win next year's World Cup. There is a little boy in Tendulkar who wants to keep playing. That spirit keeps him going. It's absolutely incredible how he keeps going."
Keeping with the Mumbai ways, Sunil Gavaskar is not yet sated

"Come on Sachin my friend get your 200. World record to please! You deserve it… Nervous for my good friend Sachin everything crossed for you mate… Glad I'm not bowling to him today ha ha ha."
Tendulkar's old pal Shane Warne tweets his excitement as he nears the double-century

"I thought the way he celebrated when he reached his 200 epitomised the man's persona. There was no running laps around the field, no aggressive gestures, nothing over-the-top. He did what he always does, raised both his arms, closed his eyes for a moment and quietly acknowledged that it had been done."
Anil Kumble applauds a long-time team-mate

I was very proud to have held the record for a little while but there could be no better man in the history of the game to break through the 200 barrier. Zimbabwe versus Bangladesh ... India versus South Africa. Not quite in the same bracket, are they?"
Charles Coventry downplays his own achievement in scoring 194* against Bangladesh, and joins in the applause

"The unbeaten 200 that Sachin made at Gwalior is a benchmark for others to follow. Now, there will be lot of players who believe that they can also make 200 in an one-day international. We will wait and see."
VVS Laxman tells DNA that it was a path breaking innings

"He has always respected the game and is dedicated to it. But I think this is not enough for him. He is hungry and I am sure he will keep creating new records. He is a dedicated student of the game and is still keen to learn things."
Ramakant Achrekar, Tendulkar's childhood coach

"I think if you ask Saeed Anwar, he would say he's happy that Tendulkar broke his record. The reason for his success is that he has a great respect for the game."
Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar's good friend and opening partner, pays a fitting tribute to the new record-holder

"He has got so much class. His greatest strength is the longevity, to be able to be so successful at a young age and to still be doing the same thing 20 years on. We're blessed to still have such a great player playing this game."
Michael Clarke didn't watch the innings, but plans to catch the highlights

"If any person deserved to do better than me it was Tendulkar. I am happy for him, there are no real regrets."
Saeed Anwar, whose 194 was the previous highest ODI score.

"It shows his mental and physical toughness. He's a player who does not throw away his wicket once he's set. He always places a huge price on his wicket."
Dilip Vengsarkar salutes the attributes that such a knock needs

"Sachin - the greatest ever player ever - without any doubt… I salute Sachin... World's greatest sportsman. We can see him only rise. (He is an) inspiration to us all. He is the best."
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi waxes beyond eloquent, on his twitter page

"What an innings it was. He had come close to achieving it twice. I always felt that Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya are capable of doing that."
Kumar Sangakkara has not forgotten Tendulkar's recent dazzling form

"He is my favourite player. I had said that one day he would go on to break all batting records and now you see him scoring runs and runs."
Javed Miandad kinda saw it coming

"Whatever record is seen to be impossible to achieve, he makes it possible. That's all I can say. It seems as he's getting older, he is becoming more and more mature. No wonder Sir Donald Bradman saw himself in the way Sachin bats."
The king of parsimony, Bapu Nadkarni, does not stint on his praise
[/tscii:7af258fcab]

[Dinesh84]

In some thamizh philim..

Guy: Sachin Tendulkara theriyuma?

VV: Sachin Kane ah? avaru enakku palakame illaya.. :lol:

[littlemaster1982]

Tendulkar breaks Cricinfo records (http://blogs.cricinfo.com/fromeditor/archives/2010/02/tendulkar_breaks_cricinfo_reco.php)

Sachin Tendulkar’s record-breaking didn’t stop on the field on February 24. He shattered many on Cricinfo. We recorded 45 million page views that day, and our highest number of unique users in India and the United States. The match report for the Gwalior ODI became Cricinfo's single most read piece of content.

It has always been so. If evidence was ever needed to confirm Tendulkar’s status as the world’s most-adored cricketer, it can be found in our logs. Month after month, year after year, he remains the most-searched cricketer on Cricinfo; by a huge margin, his profile page is the most visited player page on the site; and in any given month, headlines (often more than one) featuring his name are among the top 10 on the site.

Among other things, he also broke a couple of our servers that day.

Trust me, we make serious contingency plans for peak moments, and certainly we have never underestimated your love for Tendulkar. But obviously, there is no accounting for it. As he stood a couple of runs away from making history, so many of you logged in together that our servers blinked. It was a desperate few minutes, but in a sense, it was also a moment of vindication of your faith in us. Many of you got on Twitter to vent your frustration, and there was one post that stood out: “You know you are large when you crash Cricinfo.”

We hope to be ready for the next peak. We have just ordered some Tendulkar servers.
_________________________________________

The whole article is :shock: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[VinodKumar's]

But above all was the simplicity with which he greeted his feat: arms raised, a smile, and a peek up to the great beyond. No leaps, no fist-punches or extravagance, only humility.

ithellam appdiyae varathilla ....

enakku sachin kitta avar batting oda ithaan romba pudikum ... innum solla pona 36 vayasu la kooda chinna paiyan maariyae irruka avaoroda face :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[VinodKumar's]

:ty: Sridhar. Sondha karutthu illa, suttadhudhan :oops: :lol:

// :oops: nenega eluthunathunu nenachikitu irunthaen ...

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:f14f937f48]:clap:

LM, pic links added in first page.

Tendulkar breaks Cricinfo records (http://blogs.cricinfo.com/fromeditor/archives/2010/02/tendulkar_breaks_cricinfo_reco.php)

Sachin Tendulkar’s record-breaking didn’t stop on the field on February 24. He shattered many on Cricinfo. We recorded 45 million page views that day, and our highest number of unique users in India and the United States. The match report for the Gwalior ODI became Cricinfo's single most read piece of content.

It has always been so. If evidence was ever needed to confirm Tendulkar’s status as the world’s most-adored cricketer, it can be found in our logs. Month after month, year after year, he remains the most-searched cricketer on Cricinfo; by a huge margin, his profile page is the most visited player page on the site; and in any given month, headlines (often more than one) featuring his name are among the top 10 on the site.

Among other things, he also broke a couple of our servers that day.

Trust me, we make serious contingency plans for peak moments, and certainly we have never underestimated your love for Tendulkar. But obviously, there is no accounting for it. As he stood a couple of runs away from making history, so many of you logged in together that our servers blinked. It was a desperate few minutes, but in a sense, it was also a moment of vindication of your faith in us. Many of you got on Twitter to vent your frustration, and there was one post that stood out: “You know you are large when you crash Cricinfo.”

We hope to be ready for the next peak. We have just ordered some Tendulkar servers.
_________________________________________

The whole article is :shock: :notworthy: :notworthy:[/tscii:f14f937f48]

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar's irresistible second coming
Over the last three years he has, quite magically, turned back the clock, displaying the intensity, hunger and sheer genius that many thought had been lost forever

S Rajesh

February 26, 2010

The last 34 months have been quite extraordinary for Sachin Tendulkar. In the couple of years preceding them, there had been serious questions asked about his form, his reflexes, and his appetite for the game. There was the acknowledgement, with more than a tinge of sadness, that Tendulkar's mind and body were inevitably giving in to years of constant wear and tear, and that the kind of innings we witnessed during his glory days would only rarely, if ever, be repeated.

How wrong we were. Quite magically Tendulkar has turned back the clock, displaying the intensity and hunger many thought had been lost forever. The result has been a stunning sequence of scores: 10 centuries in the last 12 months (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=11;spanmin1=24+feb+2009;spanval1= span;template=results;type=batting;view=innings) in international cricket, including three of his four highest ODI hundreds, and the first double-century in 2962 one-day internationals. His last eight innings in all international cricket read as follows: 105*, 16, 143, 7, 100, 106, 4, 200*. Among other things, it shows his all-consuming desire to convert his starts - every time he has topped 20, he has gone on to a century.

The table below shows just how incredible his revival has been. In 14 Tests (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=31+dec+2006;spanmin1=0 1+jan+2005;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) from the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2006, he scored one hundred from 22 innings, and the average had dropped to less than 34. His ODI form (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;spanmax1=31+dec+2006;spanmin1=0 1+jan+2005;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) was equally disappointing during this period: an average similar to his Test number, and a strike rate of less than 80.

Since the 2007 World Cup, though, the numbers present a far more cheerful picture: in 58 ODIs (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;spanmax1=24+feb+2010;spanmin1=0 1+may+2007;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) the average has zoomed past 50, with the strike rate touching 90. His Test form (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=24+feb+2010;spanmin1=0 1+may+2007;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) has been equally delightful - an average of almost 60, with 12 centuries from 34 matches.


Tendulkar's slump and his revival Period Matches Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Tests - Jan 2005 to Dec 2006 14 711 33.85 47.14 1/ 4
Tests - May 2007 onwards 31 2779 59.12 56.76 12/ 11
ODIs - Jan 2005 to Dec 2006 32 1040 35.86 77.15 3/ 5
ODIs - May 2007 onwards 58 2751 51.90 89.20 5/ 16


Since the end of the 2007 World Cup, Tendulkar is one of only three batsmen to average more than 50 in ODIs; MS Dhoni and Michael Hussey are the others. Combining the average with a strike rate of 89.20, Tendulkar's ODI batting index (average multiplied by runs per ball) is 46.29, with only Virender Sehwag and Dhoni having a better index.


Best ODI batsmen since April 29, 2007 (Qual: 1500 runs) Batsman ODIs Runs Average Strike rate Ave x SR/100 100/ 50s
Virender Sehwag 51 2094 42.73 124.71 53.29 4/ 11
MS Dhoni 92 3424 57.06 85.45 48.76 5/ 23
Sachin Tendulkar 58 2751 51.90 89.20 46.29 5/ 16
Chris Gayle 42 1560 45.88 97.07 44.54 4/ 9
Suresh Raina 53 1553 45.67 97.18 44.38 3/ 12
Michael Hussey 63 2112 50.28 86.13 43.31 0/ 18
AB de Villiers 54 1941 46.21 88.63 40.96 4/ 12
Shane Watson 38 1571 46.20 86.93 40.16 4/ 7


Tendulkar's Test average puts him in sixth place in a list dominated by Sri Lankans and Indians. Three Indian batsmen have a higher average than his, which indicates how good the going has been for India during this period. And while plenty has been written about Gambhir, Sehwag and Tendulkar, the performances of VVS Laxman have gone relatively unnoticed, even though he averages a touch higher than Tendulkar.


Best Test batsmen since April 29, 2007 (Qual: 2000 runs) Batsman Tests Runs Average 100s/ 50s
Mahela Jayawardene 25 2831 72.58 11/ 6
Kumar Sangakkara 24 2485 67.16 9/ 10
Gautam Gambhir 18 2114 66.06 8/ 8
Virender Sehwag 24 2536 61.85 7/ 9
VVS Laxman 30 2258 59.42 5/ 16
Sachin Tendulkar 31 2779 59.12 12/ 11
Hashim Amla 30 2645 58.77 9/ 12
Michael Clarke 31 2604 56.60 9/ 12


Even more than the averages, what's been stunning is the rate at which Tendulkar has been adding to his century tally. Not so long ago, Ricky Ponting was closing in on Tendulkar's mark, especially in Tests. However, Tendulkar has opened up a handy lead once again, scoring six Test centuries in the last year even as Ponting's form has dipped. The gap between their Test hundreds is now eight, while the overall difference is an unbridgeable 25.

Since that 2007 World Cup, Tendulkar has scored a century every 6.53 innings (combining all international cricket). Only Thilan Samaraweera, with six Test centuries in 32 innings and two ODI hundreds in 15, has a better rate. Tendulkar's Test rate of 4.50 innings per hundred has been bettered by just three batsmen during this period (among those with at least six Test hundreds): Mahela Jayawardene (3.82; 11 hundreds in 42 innings), Gambhir (4.25; eight in 34) and Kumar Sangakkara (4.44; nine in 40).


Best innings-per-100 ratios in all international cricket since April 29, 2007 (Qual: 8 centuries in all international matches) Batsman Innings Hundreds Inngs per 100 Tests - Inngs per 100 ODIs - Inngs per 100
Thilan Samaraweera 47 8 5.88 5.33 7.50
Sachin Tendulkar 111 17 6.53 4.50 11.40
Hashim Amla 74 10 7.40 5.56 22.00
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 82 11 7.45 5.29 7.75
Tillakaratne Dilshan 103 12 8.58 4.57 10.20
Jacques Kallis 97 11 8.82 4.90 40.00
Gautam Gambhir 125 14 8.93 4.25 12.17
Graeme Smith 99 11 9.00 5.44 17.50


So impressive has Tendulkar's run been recently that it's been suggested this is his best streak ever. It isn't, but it's very close to his best. In both ODIs and Tests he has had at least a couple of such passages when he was unstoppable. Between January 1998 and December 1999 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;spanmax1=31+dec+1999;spanmin1=0 1+jan+1998;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings), he averaged more than 55 at a strike rate of nearly 100; that was the period when he scored those two incredible centuries against Australia in Sharjah, which remain among his best ODI innings. Again, between 2001 and 2003 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;spanmax1=31+dec+2003;spanmin1=0 1+jan+2001;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings), he had similar stats. Both these passages included the World Cup, in England in 1999 and in South Africa in 2003.

In Tests, the whole period from the beginning of 1997 to the end of 2002 was exceptional. Breaking it up into two passages, so that the number of matches is similar to the current period, it's clear that the 1997 to 1999 phase was his best (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=31+dec+1999;spanmin1=0 1+jan+1997;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings), with 12 centuries in 27 Tests, bookended by outstanding hundreds in Cape Town and Melbourne. The three years immediately after that were pretty good too, with an average of almost 60, including nine centuries in 32 Tests (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;spanmax1=31+dec+2002;spanmin1=0 1+jan+2000;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings).


Other golden runs in Tendulkar's career Period Matches Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
ODIs - Jan 1998 to Dec 1999 56 2737 55.85 97.57 12/ 8
ODIs - Jan 2001 to Dec 2003 58 2786 59.27 88.64 9/ 14
Tests - Jan 1997 to Dec 1999 27 2735 68.37 57.51 12/ 8
Tests - Jan 2000 to Dec 2002 32 2970 59.40 56.28 9/ 12


Tendulkar's revival isn't dissimilar to Brian Lara's stunning run in his last four years in international cricket. (Though this isn't to suggest Tendulkar will quit international cricket anytime soon.) After 2003, Lara averaged 60 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52337.html?class=1;spanmin1=01+jan+2003;spanval1=s pan;template=results;type=batting;view=innings) in 41 Tests, with 16 centuries, including hundreds in two of his last three Tests. Clive Lloyd's last 32 Tests (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52345.html?class=1;spanmin1=01+jan+1981;spanval1=s pan;template=results;type=batting;view=innings) were equally productive, fetching him 2342 runs at 61.63, well above his career average of 46.67. Steve Waugh and Graham Thorpe went out with a bang too, but these players have been exceptions. If Tendulkar continues in similar vein over the next few years, he'll join that select group as well. More than that, it'll mean we'll be in for several more special innings of the kind that he has conjured up over the last three years.


Players who shone in their last few Tests Batsman Tests Runs Average 100s/ 50s
Brian Lara (2003 onwards) 41 4381 60.01 16/ 11
Steve Waugh (Oct 2002 onwards) 20 1327 60.31 5/ 6
Clive Lloyd (1981 onwards) 32 2342 61.63 6/ 16
Graham Thorpe (2004 onwards) 17 1192 62.73 4/ 6

S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo

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[ajithfederer]

This is what I have been talking about he has been in great form since odiwc 2007. :clap:. I will add the sub-links to that post later.

[viraajan]

Folks,

Why 'Sir' again :? edhAvadhu pudhusA pOdalAme :?

[VinodKumar's]

Have a question for Sachin fans ...

Is Sachin sponsor the guy in 19thMay's avatar for all the matches ?

[littlemaster1982]

LM, pic links added in first page.


Just checked it out. Will get the pics enabled :D

[viraajan]

This is what I have been talking about he has been in great form since odiwc 2007. :clap:. I will add the sub-links to that post later.

:yes:

Though I'm not good at remembering these stats, I would say that 100+ and 94 in two finals against Australia gained momentum! 8-)

[littlemaster1982]

Have a question for Sachin fans ...

Is Sachin sponsor the guy in 19thMay's avatar for all the matches ?




Police apologise to Sachin fan

Kanpur: A senior police official was forced to tender apology after assaulting a die-hard Sachin fan at Green Park Stadium on Sunday.

Sudhir Kumar Gautam, a native of Muzaffarpur Bihar, was thrashed by the police when he tried to shake hands with his 'idol' during Indian team's practice session on Sunday evening. His his body was painted in tri-colours and he had a national flag in his hand. The die-hard Sachin fan was kicked and dragged by policemen including a senior official.

Tendulkar felt sympathy for the man and he himself came to the rescue of his fan when he was told that the fan was being thrashed by police. He reported the whole incident to IG GL Meena and also asked him to inform him of the action taken on guilty policemen.
Gautam, a cricket buff, came to Kanpur by cycling all the way from his home town Muzaffarpur.

Gautam said that he had been following Tendulkar since 2003 and the Master Blaster had always given him entry passes so that he could cheer the members of the Indian team. "This has happened with me for the first time," he said in a choked voice

IG GL Meena said that the concerned officer did not know whether the person was known to Tendulkar and he had tendered an apology in this regard.

http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/news/2009/11/24/police-apologise-to-sachin-fan.html

[viraajan]

Tendulkar felt sympathy for the man and he himself came to the rescue of his fan when he was told that the fan was being thrashed by police.

:clap:

[VinodKumar's]

Have a question for Sachin fans ...

Is Sachin sponsor the guy in 19thMay's avatar for all the matches ?




Police apologise to Sachin fan

Kanpur: A senior police official was forced to tender apology after assaulting a die-hard Sachin fan at Green Park Stadium on Sunday.

Sudhir Kumar Gautam, a native of Muzaffarpur Bihar, was thrashed by the police when he tried to shake hands with his 'idol' during Indian team's practice session on Sunday evening. His his body was painted in tri-colours and he had a national flag in his hand. The die-hard Sachin fan was kicked and dragged by policemen including a senior official.

Tendulkar felt sympathy for the man and he himself came to the rescue of his fan when he was told that the fan was being thrashed by police. He reported the whole incident to IG GL Meena and also asked him to inform him of the action taken on guilty policemen.
Gautam, a cricket buff, came to Kanpur by cycling all the way from his home town Muzaffarpur.

Gautam said that he had been following Tendulkar since 2003 and the Master Blaster had always given him entry passes so that he could cheer the members of the Indian team. "This has happened with me for the first time," he said in a choked voice

IG GL Meena said that the concerned officer did not know whether the person was known to Tendulkar and he had tendered an apology in this regard.

http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/news/2009/11/24/police-apologise-to-sachin-fan.html

dankq master ...

[tamizharasan]

If cricket is a religion then Tendulkar is God.
In India, cricket is a religion.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Recent-a kaalamaana andha Sachin fan penmani indha match-a paathirundha evvalavu sandhoshappattiruppaanga....

[littlemaster1982]

Yeah :cry:

[ajithfederer]

Yeah. Thats very sad.

Recent-a kaalamaana andha Sachin fan penmani indha match-a paathirundha evvalavu sandhoshappattiruppaanga....

[ajithfederer]

http://cricket-online.tv/sachin-tendulkar-200-no-vs-south-africa-gwalior-2010/

Pudhusaa edhuvumae sikkala, seriya amayala. If we come upon a good title it will be added.

Folks,

Why 'Sir' again :? edhAvadhu pudhusA pOdalAme :?

[salaam_chennai]

nice video. i dont know if it was already posted here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QzPtde639E

[ajithfederer]

What else test tours available to India this year?. I think we are going to SRL for 3 tests, host NZ for 3 tests and go to SOuth africa again at the fag end or early next year for another 3 tests. Am i right??. Let's not forget the valuable ODI match practice we get during these tours also.

Meanwhile it will be great if CA accepts for those 2 test matches.

[littlemaster1982]

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[ajithfederer]

MT GHAZIABAD MESS....students shouting dhoni haye haye..Its for the first time when Indians would boo a M.S. Dhoni six, shout "Haye Haye Dhoni" as Sachin wasn't getting strike, then cheer when Sachin got the strike and simply explode when the legend went to 200. Awesome...hail the God!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdQ-5frSmvY

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZpAo7FMRdM

noida sector 18..ppl watching on the road


LM, can you upload these two videos?.

[littlemaster1982]

Sachin Tendulkar's historic innings of 200-watch the IMT Mess explode

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Noida Sector 18.. People watching it on the road.

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[ajithfederer]

[tscii:3855776bf4]Yes its the same match.

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=2046328#2046328


Incidentally, it was in this very ground that Sachin hit one of his finest ODI knocks in recent times, against Pakistan in 2007.
97 runs of a very high quality, with some stunning shot-making. If my memory serves me right, he hit one flick on the back-foot to a rising delivery (it was nothing more than an angled but firm push) which screamed away to the boundary (indha match dhaana?). Godliness!

Match Scorecard (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297804.html)

Bulletin (http://www.cricinfo.com/indvpak/content/story/320369.html)

Quote:

Sublime Tendulkar powers India to victory
India 260 for 4 (Tendulkar 97, Yuvraj 53*, Dhoni 45*) beat Pakistan 255 for 6 (Yousuf 99*, Younis 68, Zaheer 2-40) by six wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Sachin Tendulkar looked in vintage touch during India's reply © AFP
Sachin Tendulkar fell within tantalising distance of a first match-winning century in a run chase since July 2001, but India weren't to be denied as they romped to a six-wicket victory [with 21 balls remaining] that wrapped up the series with a match to spare. As in 2006, when India won 4-1 in Pakistan, there was a considerable gulf between the two sides, best exemplified by Tendulkar's sublime batting as India set about their pursuit of 256. Pakistan's total owed much to their own 90s man - Mohammad Yousuf finished the innings on 99 not out - but ultimately, they paid the price for their diffidence in the Powerplay, when only 79 runs were scored.
On a pitch where most other batsmen were restricted in their shot-making, Tendulkar played with the fluency and confidence of old, finding gaps with effortless ease. To compound Pakistan's problems, Shoaib Akhtar, who bowled with genuine menace for three overs, went off with what looked like a shin injury after completing his fourth. He returned only in the 25th over, by which time India were well past half-way. In his absence, Tendulkar unveiled some stunning drives, including a couple of pushes through the covers off the back foot that brought back memories of the halcyon years.
Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir didn't make much of an impression. Ganguly poked one into the slip cordon off Shoaib, and Gambhir pulled a poor delivery from Rao Iftikhar Anjum straight to Sohail Tanvir at midwicket. That brought Virender Sehwag to the crease, and though he was scratchy early on, Tendulkar's punched drives and measured clips off the pads gave him the time to play himself into form. A chop behind point set the tone, and a withering cover drive then suggested that Redemption Road wasn't too far away.
After Shahid Afridi had stemmed the tide for a couple of overs, it was Sehwag who once again unleashed mayhem with a huge six over midwicket. Tendulkar followed suit with three magnificent drives through cover, each timed better than the previous one. By the time the second drinks break arrived, he was on 97, a deft swish away from that elusive 42nd century.
Instead, the first delivery from Umar Gul on resumption was dragged back on to the stumps. Tendulkar stayed hunched over his bat in disbelief for a few moments before trudging off to muted applause from a crowd frozen with shock. It was his sixth score in the 90s in his last 21 innings, and it was evident the jinx has preyed on his mind.
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[VinodKumar's]

From my frnd's facebook Wall

When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks, Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Sampras had never won a Grand Slam, Federer was a name unheard of, Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big country. It seems while Time was having his toll on every in...dividual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Tendulkar!!

[littlemaster1982]

"I will pay anything, even go to the theatre, to watch the innings 100 times. I have already reserved a CD to watch it any time I want."

Virender Sehwag is ready to stake everything for a replay of Sachin Tendulkar's epochal double ton

Indha range-la pona Sehwag, Sachin rasigar mandra thalaivar aana aachariya padaradhukku illa :lol:

[sathya_1979]

Tonight in Star Cricket - Spectaculor Sachin - 7 PM to 10 PM IST - A special programme on Sachin

[19thmay]

Tonight in Star Cricket - Spectaculor Sachin - 7 PM to 10 PM IST - A special programme on Sachin

Thanks for the information. :D

[sathya_1979]

Tomorrow at 4 PM and 10 PM IST in Neo Cricket - Salaam-e-Sachin

[Vivasaayi]

was sachin's 84 of 49 against new zealand in auckland avalable on net?

or as a video?

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDsH1FcmYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB2WKKt3gtM&feature=related

These 2 video(s) have some shots of that innings.


was sachin's 84 of 49 against new zealand in auckland avalable on net?

or as a video?

[ajithfederer]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/Maharashtra-to-recommend-Bharat-Ratna-for-Tendulkar/513609/H1-Article1-513282.aspx

Too early i believe. Romba buildup kodukuraanga. Sachin is in great form and hope these issues don't distract him.

[sathya_1979]

AF, dont worry, avar idhukkellaam asarara aaL illa :D
BTW, cartoon of the day!
http://i49.tinypic.com/290sjup.jpg

[ajithfederer]

Podha koraikku shiv sena vera Bharat ratna kodukanumnu sollirukaanga. Adhan matter :P

[Vivasaayi]

andha videos paathadhukku apuram than indha kelviye :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDsH1FcmYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB2WKKt3gtM&feature=related

These 2 video(s) have some shots of that innings.


was sachin's 84 of 49 against new zealand in auckland avalable on net?

or as a video?

[ajithfederer]

PR,

Can you please upload the photos in the first page.

Guys what about poll?.

[viraajan]

Man of the Series was indeed Sachin! :cool:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar, for Gwalior innings, for its "impact" is named the Man of the Series by the commentary team. Tendulkar is not there, Dhoni receives the award on Tendulkar's behalf.

16th MOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ODI_Awards_for_Sachin_Tendulkar) :clap:

8-).
Thanks vr

Man of the Series was indeed Sachin! :cool:

[viraajan]

What Ravisastri told was (Not verbatim) "He might not have played well in 1st match, he might not have played the last match at all" and then quoted the 'impact' of his innings in the second match!

:clap:

[ajithfederer]

This 200 mania hasn't still sunk in completely for me. So I watched 175 highlights again. For me that was a much better knock compared to this one. Chasing under lights is always a tough job especially when you have Australia. The bowling also had more variety compared to the Proteas in this game. Watson, Bollinger, Hilfenhaus, clint mckay and two spinners. I thought oz's bowled well compared to the proteas in the 2nd game.

The proteas were very wayward in the second game whereas in the 175 Tendulkar had to convert some of the good balls into 4's and sixers. They always bowled a tighter line. Watson made sachin to play and miss quite some deliveries outside the offstump. The sixers were a delight in that ground and the fours were exquisite. Tendulkar kept on scoring at will until that fateful moment. Thalaivar pesama straight over the top six adichirukalam. It's sad that india lost the game but Tendulkar again won many laurels.

[Wibha]

first page pictures :cool: :notworthy:

master signature :notworthy: :notworthy:

[littlemaster1982]

[tscii:2c266babb0]Excellent article! Must read!!! (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sachin-tendulkar-little-master-1912365.html)

Sachin Tendulkar's story is the story of modern India, the India that 60 years after independence is emerging as a major power and producing iconic figures for whom the tag Indian is no longer a burden but an advertisement.

It is not without significance that, when Tendulkar became the first man to score a double 100 in a 50-over match this week, he dedicated his achievements to India. He did the same when, just over a year ago, his century in the Chennai Test helped to defeat England. The Test had come just weeks after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. For some time it was not certain whether the England team would travel to India.

Tendulkar had not only fashioned an unlikely Indian victory but he also saw his innings as providing some balm to the terrible wounds suffered by his home town. It was the clearest sign of how much he identified with his country and his country with him.

The gesture he makes after achieving a landmark score always sees him raising his face to the skies. He has been doing that ever since the World Cup of 1999 when he lost his father and is meant to acknowledge his homage. This combination of filial piety and patriotism makes him so appealing to the Indians.

A sporting figure has not symbolised a country in this way since Australia before the war with Donald Bradman. Appropriately, shortly before his death, the Don, still considered the greatest batsman in the game, anointed Tendulkar as his successor.

In a country where public figures are held in little regard, and almost always considered venal and corrupt, Tendulkar has a god-like status. Not even the most cynical Indian, a breed of which there are many, questions his integrity and probity.

The most remarkable proof of this came at the height of the cricket corruption crisis at the turn of the century when many leading Indian cricketers were suspected of having been in collusion with bookies to fix matches. I was talking to Raj Singh, then head of Indian cricket, who had given Tendulkar his first break in the international game at the tender age of 16.

His words could not have been more emphatic: "You know why I believe nobody can fix a cricket match? Because there is only one man good enough to influence a match on his own. That man is Sachin and he would never even consider doing it. No other cricketer is quite as good and no other cricketer quite as honest."

Indeed, such is Tendulkar's status in India that, on the two occasions that his probity has been questioned, India has been ready to forfeit a Test series. The first was on a tour of South Africa in the winter of 2001 when he was punished for cleaning the ball without an umpire's supervision. India exploded with such wrath that it became the subject of debate in the Indian parliament, the burden of the MPs' argument being if a man as spotless as Tendulkar could be doubted, then India's honour had been stained. For a time it seemed that India would not only abandon the tour but also sever its ties with world cricket.

Then, early in 2008 on a tour of Australia, the Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was accused of calling the Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds a "monkey". Tendulkar, who was batting with Singh at the time, testified he had not heard Singh utter such words. For the Indians that was the end of the argument. Tendulkar had spoken, so Singh must be innocent. They were so indignant that the Australians would not take Tendulkar's word that, after Singh was punished, the Indians threatened to pull the plug on the tour.

This identification with the country has been assisted by the fact that Tendulkar's emergence on the world stage has coincided with wider changes in Indian society. In 1991, two years after he made his debut against Pakistan at the age of 16, India, under pressure from the IMF, was forced to open up its economy, providing the launch pad for the country's growth.

If that meant India broke free from its historically sluggish growth rate, then Tendulkar, barely 19 at the time, had also become a mould breaker. 1992 was the year he broke through a historic barrier in English cricket by becoming the first non-white ever to play for Yorkshire.

That season in England he displayed to the full the adult that was emerging. English cricket correspondents were astonished to find how polite and deferential young Tendulkar was, always addressing older cricketers such Geoffrey Boycott as Mr. When Boycott, showing him round his beloved Yorkshire, suggested he chat up the young secretaries by taking them out for curry meals, Tendulkar just smiled. But, later in the season while I was writing a feature on him, I was struck by the fact that he would not let my photographer take pictures of his bat which did not have any endorsements. He was eager to publicise cricket gear which carried sponsor logos, showing that even at 18 he knew the value of sponsorship.

Since then, India has emerged as the economic powerhouse of cricket providing more than 80 per cent of all world cricket's income. Tendulkar has become one of the highest-paid sportsmen in the world, with an income reputed to be $15m a year. In India, a Tendulkar endorsement of a product is almost certain to make it a success, and nobody who visits the country can miss the huge billboards displaying his image.

Yet during all this time Tendulkar, while accumulating runs and riches, has remained a soft-spoken, very correct public man who has never courted scandal. He is happily married with two kids and, unlike many of his contemporaries, has never allowed his public image to distract him from his job of making runs. There could never remotely be a John Terry scandal with Tendulkar.

If this suggests remarkable dedication, then that was instilled very early on in his life. His parents decided to send him to a school in Mumbai some distance from his home. But, given how impossible the traffic congestion is in that city and aware that travel time could eat into his desire to play cricket during the school week, he lived with his uncle near the school, coming home only at weekends.

The dedication soon bore fruit and Tendulkar was only 14 when he made 326 not out, as it happens against my old Mumbai school, in the process setting a then world record of a third-wicket stand of 664. Tendulkar, despite being brought up in the Mumbai school of batting where you defend before you attack, has been more entertaining, his style influenced by Vivian Richards, rather than his fellow Maharashtrian, Sunil Gavaskar.

Cricket-lovers may endlessly debate whether Tendulkar is the greatest of all batsmen, as the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne believes. But what is undoubtedly true is his ability to adapt his batting in a manner which almost none of his contemporaries have displayed.

In 2004, struggling on a tour of Australia and finding his favourite cover drive producing not runs but catches to fielders, he went into the last Test determined not to cover drive and ended up with a very un-Tendulkar double 100. The innings nearly led to an Indian victory and showed his extraordinary will to conquer adversity.

A few years ago it seemed Tendulkar was ready to bow out. He was not part of the victorious Indian World Twenty20 team of 2007. But in the past two years he appears to have rediscovered his appetite for Test and one-day cricket and there are still clearly peaks for him to climb. He could become the first man to score a total of 100 centuries in international cricket; he currently has 93. And he has yet to score a triple-century in a Test innings, Virender Sehwag, his protégé, being the only Indian to break the 300-barrier.

In the process Tendulkar has become the father figure in the Indian dressing room, an ex-captain happily guiding a new and younger generation of leaders. That is rare in Indian life, let alone cricket.

This, combined with his ability to cope with the pressures his countrymen impose and still set records, marks his true greatness.

Mihir Bose's books include 'A History of Indian Cricket'[/tscii:2c266babb0]

[Plum]

Andha durby matter should be erased from history. Historical blunder by ten, which resulted in the latter getting enough guts to blame his captaincy for poor bowling in ipl!

[Vivasaayi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qMaQEfVM7I&feature=related

:notworthy:

nee enga pOta ennada..naan ishtapatta edathulathaan adipen!

[sathya_1979]

Steyn Reaction :lol: I remember him playing this shot gainst SL in the first test (when he scored that 100) recently. Also he had played similar shots (towards the mid-wicket) against Donald in Diana Memorial Match and against Hoggard in 2002 Test Series.

[P_R]

against Hoggard in 2002 Test Series. :exactly:
Was it Hoggard or Flintoff?

[sathya_1979]

Hoggard I think

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:f706b75143]Brand Sachin on top of the world

Pradipta Mukherjee / Kolkata March 01, 2010, 23:49 IST



Experts say Tendulkar can leave the field tomorrow without any brand equity dilution.He was already India’s biggest icon and proudest possession after scoring an incredible 47 Test and 46 one-day tons. But after he played that unbelievable 200-run innings of brutal finesse on Wednesday, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, 37, has ensured that he could leave the field tomorrow without any dilution in his brand equity.

Brand experts say Tendulkar will continue to get paid millions of dollars to appear in television commercials and on billboards selling everything from luxury cars to credit cards, soft drinks to shoes even after he retires. Reason: Sachin is a brand that transcends time, according to Ogilvy and Mather India Chairman Piyush Pandey.

That’s a far cry from the days (just a few months back) when the growing feeling was that Brand Sachin was no longer value for money. After recurring injuries kept him off the field and a blip in form, a growing number of companies including Fiat, TVS, Airtel and Pepsico ended their long relationship with the cricketer. Experts were quick to point out that half the country’s population is below 30 years and Tendulkar, clearly, was overage. More so, when younger men like M S Dhoni have turned in more consistent performances. One of his former teammates, Sanjay Manjrekar, even referred to Tendulkar as “the elephant in the dressing room.”

The impact was obvious. According to Tam Media analysis, Tendulkar currently endorses around 15 brands. But his nearest competitor, M S Dhoni, endorses more than double that number.

That will surely change now. With his consistent performances over the last six months, everyone expects the Little Master’s brand fortunes to soar. Even in his tough days, Tendulkar earned Rs 5-6 crore a year per brand, but experts now say his brand value will no longer be dictated by his scores. Talent management firms, which peg his earnings now at Rs 50 crore a year, expect Tendulkar to re-scale the commercial value of cricket as a sport and multiply the value of the celebrity endorser.

India Inc agrees. Andreas Gellner, managing director, Adidas India says, “Tendulkar is a generation-defining athlete and we are associated with him for a decade now. He personifies our brand values perfectly and is an inspirational figure for every Indian.”

Gellner says Adidas believes in partnering with leading athletes who bring the passion behind ‘Impossible is Nothing’ to life through excellence in sports. The company has also launched ‘Adidas-ST’ cricket hardware range which is inspired and co-created with Tendulkar.

Star-struck India is among the heaviest users of celebrity endorsements. In 2001, 25 per cent of all TV advertisements carried a known face. By 2008, this had grown to 62 per cent and continues to grow. In 2009, the top five brand ambassadors — MS Dhoni, Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sachin Tendulkar and Priyanka Chopra — endorsed 68 brands with Dhoni leading the pack, according to Tam Media.

V L Rajesh, head of marketing - foods, ITC, says, “Tendulkar has been endorsing Sunfeast biscuits since 2007. He is extremely popular with kids and adults alike, reasons why we chose him as our brand ambassador. Also, associating with a national icon helps in our brand equity.”

R C Venkateish, managing director of ESPN India, says, “Tendulkar was a brand ambassador for us between 2002 and 2006, when we had a brand-ambassador-driven marketing outlook. Now our content is our brand ambassador.” “We signed on Tendulkar because he is an iconic personality and the best association a sports channel could have,” adds Venkateish.

However, many say even Tendulkar requires the right brands that go well with his current image. Anand Halve, co-founder of Chlorophyll, a brand building and strategy planning organization, says Tendulkar as a brand ambassador is best associated with ‘maintenance or fitness with longevity’. Companies, which want to harp on sustained performance over the years, is a perfect brand fit for Tendulkar. His brand recall is strong even though he has lost out on several endorsements due to advancing age.

Halve may be spot on. But everyone agrees with one fact: If brand managers are looking for the maximum bang from the celebrity buck, Tendulkar is still way above others. He delivers quicker recall in a cluttered scenario. The recent performances will only cement that positioning of Brand Tendulkar.

“You’ve got to create heroes and you've got to pay them,” said the late Mark Mascarenhas of WorldTel way back in 1995 after WorldTel made Tendulkar India’s first multimillionaire sportsperson. The hero has just ensured that companies keep on paying him for many summers ahead.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/brand-sachintopthe-world/387133/
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[ajithfederer]

'If he can't win as many matches as he can for India, he's wasting his time'

Tendulkar should consider quitting - Ian Chappell

Cricinfo staff

March 30, 2007



Time to retire for Sachin Tendulkar? Ian Chappell thinks so ? Getty Images

Ian Chappell, the former Australian captain, has come down hard on Sachin Tendulkar, saying the time had come for him to consider quitting the game. Chappell said that the Tendulkar decision would be crucial as India try and rebuild after their shocking first round exit from the ongoing World Cup.

Tendulkar managed only 64 runs in India's three first-round matches of the World Cup, and couldn't make much of an impact against Bangladesh (7) and Sri Lanka (0), the two games India lost.

"Before anybody else makes a decision on what will happen to Tendulkar the player himself has to have a good long look in the mirror and decide what he's trying to achieve in the game," Chappell, 63, wrote in Mid-Day, a Mumbai-based tabloid. "At the moment he looks like a player trying to eke out a career; build on a glittering array of statistics. If he really is playing for that reason and not to help win as many matches as he can for India then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately."

Chappell went on to compare Tendulkar with Brian Lara, the West Indian captain, and pointed out how the latter hadn't changed his style of play over a 17-year career. "This is a credit to his technique and mental strength, as the aging process generally makes a player more progressively conservative," Chappell wrote of Lara. "Tendulkar hasn't worn as well; his last three or four years have been a shadow of his former self.

Chappell took into consideration the slew of injuries that Tendulkar had suffered during his career, a factor that had forced him to miss a number of matches in this decade. "Tendulkar hasn't been as lucky as Lara," Chappell wrote, "the Indian batsman has suffered a lot of injuries in this period where his play has deteriorated and there is nothing that melts your mental approach quicker than physical handicaps. Lara has been relatively free from injury and he certainly doesn't have the weight of numbers riding on his shoulders that Tendulkar does. However, the population of the Caribbean might be small but they are extremely demanding.

"Despite all the fuss and the odd controversy that has surrounded Lara's career he has remained himself; this is my game and that is how I play. For whatever reason Tendulkar hasn't been able to maintain his extremely high standards for the last few years and unless he can find a way to recapture this mental approach he's not doing his team or himself any favours.

"If Tendulkar had found an honest mirror three years ago and asked the question; 'Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the best batsman of all?' It would've answered; 'Brian Charles Lara.' If he asked that same mirror right now; 'Mirror, mirror on the wall should I retire?' The answer would be; 'Yes.'

http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/287897.html

[sathya_1979]

Chappel kku ippo Cheppalaala adicha maadhiri irukkum :lol:

[littlemaster1982]

One of the best articles I have ever read on Sachin (http://blogs.cricinfo.com/inbox/archives/2010/02/crickets_own_vicar.php)

Cricket's own Vicar

At its simplest level, sport is about possibilities. We fans dream up spectrums of possibilities. We align ourselves based on these spectrums, pledge our allegiances and set ourselves up for emotional and sometimes even physical reactions based on how things actually turn out. Most times our dreamt up possibilities are restricted by our citizenship - in itself a simple piece of paper, if you think about it.

It is perhaps then all for the good that there still exist a few in the realm of sport who make you forget about these restrictions and think only about the sporting possibilities. It takes no special skill to surmise that I am talking about Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and the possibilities that only he brings to the sport that he adores and so beautifies and typifies - cricket.

I lay the blame squarely on Sachin Tendulkar - for making it so hard to write yet another article on his prowess and achievements and landmarks, which show no signs of fading away. Superlatives pale. Praise falls flat and comparisons do not seem to fit, if only because we are finding it harder to find appropriate standards of comparison as time goes on. Cricket's prolific writing community has driven itself against the wall praising his two decades in the game. It has worked itself into a fury trying to explain to the layman about his passion for the game; his unsurpassed mastery of the art of batting. It has tired of continuously extolling his virtues on and off the field as a champion and a true sportsman. So much so that when you want to write about Tendulkar or his exploits it pays to take some time to think deeply to try and not repeat either yourself or the numerous others who have tried their hand at the same exercise over the years.

I have a confession to make. Nothing seemed to suggest itself as exemplary enough. As momentous and unique enough to grace yet another occasion, yet another peerless achievement by the maestro. For a while I was stymied when trying to write about his latest achievement - that of scoring a double century in an ODI contest. Yet another time when he carried his bat through and batted for his team's entire quota of 50 overs.

I have heard it said that emotions tend to illuminate even the darkest paths where the light of reason fizzles out and leaves you alone. This is a case in point. If following sport is in essence a vicarious pursuit into which you throw not yourself but your faiths on individual players and/or teams, then nobody qualifies to be a Vicar quite as much as Tendulkar.

The magnitude of emotions, enjoyment and realization he has been able to convey and amplify to millions and maybe even billions of people over the years across borders of nationhood, religion, economic means, caste, creed and colour ensures that it is so. It is not difficult to describe the drives, the cuts, the pulls and the cutest of nudges that he essayed today on his way to the first double-century in one-day internationals. But it would merely be superfluous.

His supporters may very well be in the right if they argue that this was always on the cards. A splendorous 175 four months ago had already tantalised his fans. Informed and tempted them about this possibility. And when a summit beckons, Sachin cannot be far behind. He finds a way to the top. And so it was today. 200 not out off just 147 deliveries against the third-ranked side in the world.

A successful man cannot have people simply singing praises about him. Ask his detractors. They would point out that the Roop Singh Stadium at Gwalior had short square boundaries, lightning fast outfields and an absolute marble-top of a wicket. And they would be absolutely right. But here is something they might consider. Give a top-class artist a canvas. Give him a room and give him a vista. See what he comes up with. For the art produced thereof we credit the artist himself; not the canvas for its whiteness and blankness. Not the room for the comfort it offered. Not even the vista for its having conveniently presented itself. They are all incidental. Art is transcendental. So too is Tendulkar's batting.

Much has been made of his drive for runs. Of the man's sheer hunger for putting bat to ball and staying on there at the crease much to the bowlers' bemusement. Forget the fact that he is largely peerless and matchless. He also appears tireless with the bat in hand when you observe his speed and skill when sprinting up and down the wicket putting pressure on the fielders at 36 years of age. Countless have been the questions posed to him about his desire to play the game and of the day when he wants to hang up his boots.

Perhaps they have been posed in an attempt to find out just how long the game will be graced by his presence. The game's own need of his genius does not however go far when trying to explain his superhuman dedication to the craft of batting and of the sheer determination that has powered him to make several sacrifices in order to be there for his team.

In typical Sherlock Holmes fashion, if we eliminate the possibilities one by one it only leaves one last item. That Sachin Tendulkar needs the game just like we mortals need our oxygen, our daily fix of sports and the fount of vicarious joy it promises. That his bat is not an extension of his body as has been often said. Perhaps quite the opposite - that he is an extension of his bat. That his body arranges itself conveniently so that the bat may strike the ball at the most opportune time with optimum speed.

All the better for our vicarious enjoyment. That he gives of himself every time through his bat so that we may once again experience the heady breathlessness that sports brings into our lives. So that over the years we all have a bit of Sachin Tendulkar in us. And that he suggests, in the true spirit of Vicar-ship, the existence of sublimation and transcendentalism in sport, also leaving us with the comfort that even after he ceases to perform his superhuman deeds on the cricket pitch he will live on in our minds - fuelling our dreams and defining our spectrums of possibilities.

[MADDY]

yesterday Sachin, singam came in my dreams and appealed to his fans not to bash Dhoni - meyyalumae :bow:

[sathya_1979]

Naama 24*7 nenachitrukkardhu kanavil varivadhu aacharyam illai :wink:
BTW, "Sachin," aduthu irukkum singam yaar?

[Plum]

Chappell, kammaan talk me now.:lol:
(Kaal amuthikaradhoda niruthikka ian :lol:)

[Movie Cop]

'If he can't win as many matches as he can for India, he's wasting his time'

Tendulkar should consider quitting - Ian Chappell

Cricinfo staff

March 30, 2007

http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/287897.html
:fatigue: That was a marana mokkai article from Ian Chappell. Remember it came right after India's WC exit. I respeet Ian as a commentator. As a commentator, he is analytical/insightful/engaging etc. etc. But this article had a very clear agenda from Ian.

Thoongaravangaley easy-uhh ezhupidalaam. Aana thoongarA maadhiri nadikaravangale ezhupuradhu remba kastam, I say. :evil:

[Movie Cop]

One more sample of an opportunistic bashing of Sachin by the Aussie media in Jan 2007.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/18/1829185.htm


Tendulkar is the world's leading one-day batsman with 14,537 runs from 374 matches with an incredible 40 centuries and 74 fifties.

The Indian is almost 3,000 runs ahead of second-placed Inzamam-ul-Haq of Pakistan (11,591 runs) and has 17 more centuries than his nearest challenger Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka (23).

But millions of fans have been frustrated in recent months by Tendulkar's inconsistent form and his failure to play match-winning innings as in the past.

In his last 10 Test matches, Tendulkar has managed just 387 runs at 25.80 without adding to his 35 centuries.

His one-day form is even worse, plodding to 248 runs at 24.80.

Tendulkar's backers argue that as he nears 34 he cannot be expected to play the blazing knocks he did as a youngster.

Try telling that to Inzamam, who turns 37 in March, or Jayasuriya and West Indian captain Brian Lara, who will both turn 38 this year.
form-ukkum, class-ukkum vithyasamE theriyaadhe maadhiri, enamma nadikaraanunge.:shaking:

[littlemaster1982]

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:lol: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

:lol:

yesterday Sachin, singam came in my dreams and appealed to his fans not to bash Dhoni - meyyalumae :bow:

[ajithfederer]

* OPINION ASIA
* MARCH 1, 2010, 11:07 A.M. ET

Tendulkar the Terrific

The cricket superstar's 20 year career has been a beacon of stability in an era of rapid change.

By RICHARD LORD

Why is Sachin Tendulkar so popular? That might sound like a silly question. After all, this is the man who on Wednesday broke yet another of cricket's longest-standing records. In 39 years of One Day International cricket (the medium-length version, as opposed to the five-day tactical teeter-totter that is Test cricket and the bish-bash-bosh of Twenty20, cricket's fast-food format), no individual has ever scored 200 runs in an innings before.

To put it in context, that's 2,961 previous games of that type in which no one had managed the feat. And Mr. Tendulkar did it against South Africa, a side officially ranked the world's third best in One Day Internationals, behind only Australia and India themselves. It's an achievement that required not just astonishing concentration and technical mastery, but, given the number of runs tallied in the limited time available, the sort of super-speedy scoring not usually thought of as his specialty. But somehow, no one was surprised it was Mr. Tendulkar that did it. No one's ever really surprised at anything he does any more.
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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar reacts after scoring his double-century during the second one day cricket match between India and South Africa, in Gwalior, India, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Tendulkar Wednesday scored the first ever double-century in one-day international cricket.

Born on April 24, 1973, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his international cricket debut just 16 and a half years later. Since then he's broken most of the international game's batting records: most Test match runs (13,447), most One Day International runs (17,598, a frightening 4,170 ahead of the next contender), most Test scores of 100 runs or more (47), and the same in One Day Internationals (46).

But his latest achievement was particularly special. Try, for a moment, to think of another sportsman a couple of months short of his 37th birthday, at the very top of his particular game for more than two decades, who still has the ability and, more to the point, the hunger to take that game to heights previously unscaled not just by himself, but by anyone. Then try to digest the fact that, of his 93 international 100s, 10 have come in the past year.

The obituary-writing pens had been sharpened for years before that, climaxing in 2006 with the unthinkable, when he was booed off his home ground, Mumbai's Wankhede, after an innings against England that was notable not so much for the low score (1) as the master batsman's apparent scratchy ineptitude. It came during a mid-decade period when his play frequently seemed constrained, defensive, lacking in fluency—the polar opposite of his usual serene method. That he was able to drag himself out of the rut in his mid-30s was a surprise to many at the time; with hindsight, it looks inevitable.

So he's good. And yet, despite all that, the sheer idolatry that Mr. Tendulkar receives in his homeland still has the power to startle. His arrival at the crease fills stands; his departure empties them. His long-time teammate Rahul Dravid, for example, with 11,000-plus Test runs to his name at an average score only just lower than Mr. Tendulkar's, can walk around his homeland unmolested in a way of which his compatriot, who has to don a disguise just to go to the cinema, can only dream. And with an almost-comparable batting record, plus a bowling record that would put him among his nation's highest achievers even if he'd never picked up a bat in his life, the captain of the opposition at Gwalior, Jacques Kallis, has a claim, statistically at least, to be the greater player. But absolutely no one believes that he is.

That's because the reasons for Mr. Tendulkar's iconic status extend well beyond the boundary. There's his integrity—no off-field dalliances, match-fixing allegations or doping indiscretions for this sporting titan. Then there's his incredible humility; in an era of brash, trash-talking sportsmen-with-attitude, he's never been heard to utter a single boastful word, nor one denigrating an opponent. His celebration upon reaching the latest landmark was typical: a raised bat, a glance to the heavens, a smile of quiet satisfaction.

Mr. Tendulkar may have the trappings of sporting superstardom—the multiple homes, the bodyguards, the inevitable restaurant—but this is a man who doesn't shout about his achievements. There's always been a relentless, quiet, determined concentration to the way in which he just gets on with the business of accumulating runs.

This isn't the dogged, cussed determination of a battler who punches above his weight, nor the extravagance and wastefulness typical of many of those who possess the richest of talents. Instead Mr. Tendulkar has a unique amalgam of the two. Blessed with an ability few in the history of the game have ever been able to match, he has focused solely on translating it into the largest number of runs he can for his team, eschewing all other priorities and brooking no distractions. From a purely sporting perspective, he's cricket's Tiger Woods. Even before his recent off-course indiscretions, however, what Mr. Woods got was admiration and respect; what Mr. Tendulkar gets is love.

Maybe that's because, more than anything else, what Mr. Tendulkar stands for is constancy. His career has spanned an era when cricket has changed beyond recognition, from a predictable, staid, not particularly lucrative pastime, administered largely by post-colonial relics, to the flash, flush, money-spinning media circus of today, driven by the excitement and glamour of Twenty20 cricket, and in particular the megabucks, Bollywood-bling, rich-man's-plaything Indian Premier League. His dedication has never been affected by the riches and glitz of the modern game; he approaches cricket in exactly the same methodical, faultless way he always did.

The past 20 years, of course, have also been a period during which the nation that produced him—driven by his economically freewheeling hometown—has undergone equally dramatic changes. And perhaps therein lies the real secret of his popularity: Mr. Tendulkar is a beacon of stability in a sport, in a country and in a world that are changing at a pace many find unsettling. He's an unbroken link to values of hard work, humility and reliability, and for that reason a lot of people find him uniquely reassuring. When the unthinkable day comes that he finally does hang up his bat, it's not only cricket that will be poorer for the loss.

Mr. Lord is a Hong Kong-based writer.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704754604575095011082270480.html?m od=WSJ_latestheadlines
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[Aalavanthan]

:lol: @ LM's post.

But I'm afraid this should not continue in the internet or in the media world.. illaati the word "Class" will be submerged under the word "record" :oops:

[tamizharasan]

:lol:

yesterday Sachin, singam came in my dreams and appealed to his fans not to bash Dhoni - meyyalumae :bow:
For Sachin Lovers , if you believe in God(Sachin), as Mahatma said leave the punishment to God.

[ajithfederer]

Brother

I loled because i was amused to hear that sachin came in maddy's dreams. Avvalo than neenga enna mahatma rangekku poringa. :).


:lol:

yesterday Sachin, singam came in my dreams and appealed to his fans not to bash Dhoni - meyyalumae :bow:
For Sachin Lovers , if you believe in God(Sachin), as Mahatma said leave the punishment to God.

[tamizharasan]

Brother

I loled because i was amused to hear that sachin came in maddy's dreams. Avvalo than neenga enna mahatma rangekku poringa. :).


:lol:

yesterday Sachin, singam came in my dreams and appealed to his fans not to bash Dhoni - meyyalumae :bow:
For Sachin Lovers , if you believe in God(Sachin), as Mahatma said leave the punishment to God.

I really mentioned Mahatma Gandhi. Even though I am not still sure about Dhon's intentions, I really do not think he deserves such a criticism in the media.

[MADDY]

TA, i said it just for fun.......i got the dreams of sachin hitting 200 but i just added the Dhoni part :lol2: ..........

Adinna adhu adi, enna adi - pala varusham kanavula varum andha sachin knock :bow:

[Plum]

I don't think dhoni gets bashed much in media. It is vjust in this forum0 and a few blogs.

[ajithfederer]

He gets bashed a lot in Orkut also. Also over the last couple of years this sachin - dhoni clash is becoming familiar like maamiar - marumgal sandai. Don't ask me who is who.

I don't think dhoni gets bashed much in media. It is vjust in this forum0 and a few blogs.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sVljdlUtg

India vs England 6th ODI Part 3

A tendulkar 94 against England in 2007 tour. High octane drives make up this affair. A very fluid innings. I think Nerd says this is one of his top 5 Innings. A worthy contender :)

[19thmay]

I don't think dhoni gets bashed much in media. It is vjust in this forum0 and a few blogs.

Namma Ju.Vi-la oru article vandhuchu idha pathi.

[Plum]

I don't think dhoni gets bashed much in media. It is vjust in this forum0 and a few blogs.

Namma Ju.Vi-la oru article vandhuchu idha pathi.

ju.vi-yA? AdhellAm Dhonikku kosukkadiya vida chinnadhu :-)

[Nerd]

A tendulkar 94 against England in 2007 tour. High octane drives make up this affair. A very fluid innings. I think Nerd says this is one of his top 5 Innings. A worthy contender :)
Yayy! If we are polling the best 50s, I am voting for this innings. 97 against Pakis in the '03 world cup will get many votes anyway!

The three consecutive boundaries of Anderson which set the tone, the inside out strokes, the drives etc., And remember BCCI was 2-3 down, desperately needing a win to stay in the series and were chasing 310+.. Wonderful innings and from there on, no looking back. All the way to a double century :bow:

[ajithfederer]

Guys what about poll?. Fav 50's excluding WC (2003) 98 vecharalamaa??


Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:07 pm
Guys what about poll?.

[littlemaster1982]

Sure :goodidea:

My nominations:

94 vs England, Oval

82 vs Newzealand, Auckland

95 vs Pakistan, Lahore

Will add more later :D

[ajithfederer]

List of ODI 50's by sachin (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;r unsmax1=99;runsmin1=50;runsval1=runs;template=resu lts;type=batting;view=match)

Guys use this link to pull up your nominations.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64710.html

Actually this was also a great innings. Sachin scored 62 of just 38 balls with 11 fours against Australia in 2001. I came to know about this only thorugh orkut sachin fan late sheetal madam.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar's mileage, and the woman who beat himThe distance Sachin has run between wickets, the highest List A scores, most balls faced in ODIs, and the paw-word

Steven Lynch

March 2, 2010


Belinda Clark got a double in ODIs in 1997 © Cricinfo Ltd



Related Links
Ask Steven : Last week's column: Amla's feats, and innings defeats


How many miles or kilometres has Sachin Tendulkar run between the wickets in his international career? asked Sundar from India
After his amazing double-century onslaught in Gwalior - and how appropriate it was that he was the first man to reach the 200 barrier in a format where he heads the run-scoring lists by such a long way - Sachin Tendulkar had scored 31,055 runs in international cricket (13,447 in Tests, 17,598 in ODIs, and 10 in Twenty20 internationals). Of those, 16,140 have come in boundaries (3675 fours and 240 sixes), so he has had to run 14,915 of his own runs in singles, twos and threes, which adds up to 328,130 yards or over 186 miles (300 kilometres). He will also have covered a similar distance for his partners while non-striker - not quite so many runs, perhaps, but a significant number nonetheless. If we allow his batting partners 75% of Tendulkar's output, that's another 12,105 runs, or 266,310 yards, or 151 miles (243km). That makes a total of around 337 miles (543km). There will also have been many byes and leg-byes, lots of runs completed before the ball crossed the boundary line - and even partial runs during run-outs, so it's impossible to calculate it any more exactly!

Was Tendulkar's score the highest in any senior limited-overs match (not just a one-day international? asked Surinder Nayyar from Ahmedabad
Sachin Tendulkar's 200 not out in Gwalior was actually the 10th double-century in senior limited-overs cricket (now usually called "List A" matches). Two of them have been scored by Alistair Brown, the electric Surrey (now Nottinghamshire) batsman who had a surprisingly short England career of just 16 ODIs. Those included the highest List A score yet recorded: an astonishing 268 - from 160 balls, with 30 fours and 12 sixes - in Surrey's C&G Trophy match against Glamorgan at The Oval in June 2002.

Sachin "Two-Tondulkar" faced 147 deliveries during his record-breaking innings. Was this the highest number of balls faced by a batsman in a 50-over one-day international? asked Rahul Bagree from India
In early one-day internationals innings were usually limited to a maximum of 60 overs (and often 55 in England), so it's not surprising that, overall, the six longest individual innings in ODIs come from those days: the leader is New Zealand's Glenn Turner, whose 171 not out against East Africa at Edgbaston during the first World Cup in 1975 occupied 201 balls. Another Turner innings from that World Cup - his 177-ball 114 not out against India at Old Trafford - lies second on this list. The longest individual innings in any 50-over ODI was one of 172 balls, by Canada's Ashish Bagai, who made 137 not out against Scotland in Nairobi in 2006-07. The longest in a match between two Test-playing nations was 168 balls, by David Boon, during his 102 not out for Australia against New Zealand in Hobart in 1991-92. For the full list of the longest individual ODI innings (irrespective of over limit), click here.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first man to score a double-century in a one-day international, but my sister insists that a woman achieved this feat first, more than a decade ago. Is she right? asked Keith D'Souza
Hats off to your sister, as she remembered that Australia's Belinda Clark hammered 229 not out against Denmark in Mumbai during the 1997-98 women's World Cup. It was a bit of a mismatch: after scoring 412 for 3 in their 50 overs, the Aussies bowled Denmark out for 49

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/449574.html[tscii:7f4ef20b82][/tscii:7f4ef20b82]

[ajithfederer]

March 1, 2010

Posted by Aakash Chopra at 4:00 AM in Technique

Tendulkar double ton reiterates technique

Technique is perhaps one of the most important things that distinguish a good cricketer from a great cricketer; Tendulkar's great innings told us just that © Associated Press


Only the God of cricket could have made a daunting 200 look so effortless. The game of numbers isn’t one for Sachin; he has gone well past that. That evening on the 25th February, Tendulkar didn’t just break an overwhelming record, he narrated cricket’s lost story. The double ton, perhaps, brought back, the passé ‘technique’ into the game. My admiration of Tendulkar’s masterclass didn’t just stop at the record, but the manner in which he pulled it off.

You would assume that a certain amount of slogging is almost mandatory to score a double century in fifty overs. But Sachin proved that it can be done by playing good cricket and knocking some skillful cricketing shots. The reason why Sachin doesn’t need to slog his way to big runs is his impeccable technique.

Ironically though, talking technique has almost become blasphemous in modern day cricket. No longer is it only about the number of runs you score, the strike-rate at which those runs are scored is equally important if not more, especially in the shorter formats. Perhaps, there is seemingly nothing wrong about thinking in terms of strike-rate because that makes for entertaining cricket. Innovation is not an aberration anymore but a norm.

While most cricketers playing international cricket are capable of changing gears and adapting to the new demands of the game, a whole crop of youngsters trying to break into their respective state under-16, under-19 teams are not. To a young mind, the easiest way to score quickly is to take the aerial route and play adventurous shots. The impression a youngster carries is that technique restricts you from playing all the shots and hence slows you down. Little do they realize that in reality, technique empowers you to play almost every shot in the book or perhaps more. It’s the technical dexterity and not slogging which enabled Sachin to score a double century off merely 147 balls.

I see that the role of a cricket coach more important now than ever before. He ought to help a youngster find the right balance and ensure that he doesn’t sacrifice technique for adventure. But are these coaches well equipped to ensure that a youngster doesn’t go astray? The answer is an unfortunate No. Only a few cricket academies in the country are run by qualified coaches. Others are merely organized net practice facilities which would rarely produce good cricketers. We may not be able to organize the cricket-academy sector but we can always ensure that the coaches working with the state teams at all levels are qualified coaches. After all the BCCI organizes coaching clinics on a regular basis producing Level 1, 2 and 3 coaches. These coaches in turn should be absorbed by the state associations.

I watched a Ranji Trophy probable bowling big no-balls and all that the coaches around could possible tell him was a feeble ‘stop overstepping’. No one would tell him how to do it. Poor kid kept bowling for nearly an hour with no success. I felt sorry for the boy because it wasn’t his fault. It’s the duty of the coach to rectify mistakes, but sadly, they couldn’t. If this being the state of affairs at the First class level, pity how things would be at levels below Ranji. The way forward is most certainly a sound lesson in technique, for you can break a rule only when you know it.

Technique is perhaps one of the most important things that distinguish a good cricketer from a great cricketer. And the God of the Cricket told us just that.

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/beyondtheblues/archives/2010/03/tendulkar_double_ton_reiterate.php
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[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar 11 vs Ganguly 11' 20-20 cricket match on 6th March 2010 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

Team Line up for Ganguly 11

Saurav Ganguly- Captain
Irfan Pathan -
Amit Mishra -
VVS Laxman -
Ashish Nehra -
Anil Kumble -
Virendra Sehwag-
Rahul Dravid-
Gautam Gambhir -
Pragyan Oja
Ishant Sharma -
Ravindra Jadeja -
Suresh Raina -


Team Line up for Sachin 11:

Sachin Tendulkar - Captain
Harbhajan Singh -
Wasim Jaffer -
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Vinayak Samant -
Abhishek Nair
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqubal Abdulla
Yogesh Takwale
Yusuf Pathan -

Date: 6th March 2010
Venue: Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai
Timing: 4pm
Gates open: 2pm

Cost of Ticket: Rs 250

For Tickets,contact:

TALL GRASS RESTAURANT(NEAR INFINITY MALL, Andheri west): 26730646/47

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Cost of Ticket: Rs 250.

For tickets,contact:

TALL GRASS RESTAURANT(NEAR INFINITY MALL, Andheri west): 26730646/47

SIGARA RESTAURANT (NEAR FAME ADLABS, Andheri west): 26304567/6553766

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcylITDA_4

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5443927638195578449&na=1&nst=1

I think this match comes on star cricket.

[ajithfederer]

March 2, 2010

Posted by Andy Zaltzman 11 hours, 23 minutes ago

Why Tendulkar will hit another 57 Test centuries

The moustache has it: as his facial hair bloomed, so did Graham Gooch’s average © Getty Images


Hello Confectionery Stallers. I have been busily mining some Tendulkar statistics for you, only to find that I had been beaten to it by Cricinfo’s Caesar Of Statistics, S Rajesh, in this as-always illuminating piece on the Mumbai Marvel’s recent renaissance.

This reached a stunning peak with his historic one-day double-hundred in Gwalior last week – a useful innings in anyone’s book, in which he scored as many hundreds as England have managed in their last 23 one-day internationals over 15 months (and more double-hundreds than everyone on the planet had managed in the previous 51,478 one-day international innings).

So I had to excavate deeper in the seam of statistics with some special industrial stat-mining equipment, which I drilled directly through my computer screen until some numbers splurted out.

As he reached 200, Tendulkar passed the 31,054 international runs landmark. Narrowly – he’s now on 31,055, which is more than 6000 ahead of second-placed Ricky Ponting, and 31,055 more than the entire Zaltzman family combined. He also extended his lead at the top of the international centuries chart to 25 (he has 93 to Ponting’s trifling 68; next come Lara on 53 and Kallis on 50, with all Zaltzmans lagging behind morosely on 0; and no one else has even scored half as many as Tendulkar).

History suggests that the records will keep tumbling. They are now mostly his own records – Tendulkar can barely breathe without breaking some kind of world best. In fact, he literally cannot breathe without breaking a record – with 609 international appearances under his golden belt, he has, one assumes, breathed more often on an international cricket field that any other cricketer. (With the possible exception of England legend and notorious oxygen fan Herbert Sutcliffe, also known as “Hyperventilating Herbert”, who averaged around 200 breaths per minute throughout his Test career. The story goes that Sutcliffe believed that rapid breathing conveyed a sense of nervousness through the arms into the wood of the bat, making the blade tense up, and thus hit the ball further.) (The contents of the previous parenthesis are not entirely true.)

Tendulkar is now approaching his 37th birthday, meaning he will have 10 fewer candles on his cake this year than Test hundreds on his CV. As soon as Graham Gooch turned 37 in July 1990, he promptly smashed 333 against India at Lord’s, in the infant Tendulkar’s first Test in England, in which he took a catch from another universe to dismiss Allan Lamb.

Before that innings, Gooch had averaged 37 and scored just nine hundreds in 78 Tests, punctuated by periods of poor form, technical imperfections, bans, self-imposed exile, and nagging doubts over exactly how bushy his moustache should be. After reconciling himself that it should be, and remain, “very bushy”, Gooch had an extended late blooming, averaging 51 over 40 Tests, with 11 more centuries.

So, using mathematics, the deceitful she-devil, if Tendulkar achieves proportionately an identical improvement after his 37th birthday to Gooch’s, he will over the remainder of his career play 85 more Tests, and hit 57 more Test centuries whilst averaging 75. Beware, bowlers of the world, the best may be yet to come. If Graham Gooch proves to be a scientifically accurate predictor for how batsmen perform after the age of 37. And if Tendulkar is prepared to grow his whiskers.

The delight all cricket fans must feel at Tendulkar catapulting himself back to the summit of the game is enhanced by the extent and duration of his mid-career slump. I would argue that it extended way beyond even the two-year 2005-06 period Mr Rajesh details. Over half a decade − from the start of India’s disastrous two-Test humiliation in New Zealand in December 2002, to the beginning of the 2007-08 series in Australia – if you exclude two boot-filling short series against Bangladesh, Tendulkar averaged just 38.49 in 35 Tests. The cricketing immortal was rubbing statistical shoulders with the likes of Asanka Gurusinha and Craig MacMillan.

If we discount all Tests against the average-camouflagingly weak Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, Tendulkar had the 45th best Test batting average during this period (including only batsmen who played in 10 or more Tests). Here’s proof.

He scored only three centuries against the older Test nations – two of which came in successive Tests early in 2004, when he scored 241 not out and 60 not out in Sydney, then 194 not out in Multan. Either side of that short but floridly purple patch, the little master’s Bangladesh-excluding average over five whole years was an almost Ramprakashistic, sub-Azhar-Mahmoodian 29.

Tendulkar was aged between 29 and 34 during this underachieving span, an age when batsmen are generally thought to be at their peak.

(Here’s a little statistical teaser for you that my mining equipment chunked out from the cricket earth’s molten statistical core. What age is the highest-averaging age for Test batsmen? Take a guess, write it down, seal it in an envelope, hide it under your pillow, and wait for the answer to be revealed in this week’s World Cricket Podcast. If your answer is correct, you win this week’s star prize – the everlasting respect of the cricketing universe.)

Brian Lara had a similar career trough. After his stellar early years, culminating in a massive series in England in 1995, Lara averaged just 40 over six years between the ages of 26 and 32, before exploding back into greatness in Sri Lanka in 2001-02.

In this time, the Trinidad Trailblazer averaged over 50 in just two series out of 12 – a century-free rubber of steady scoring against England early in 1998, and his flabbergastingly brilliant single-handed demolition of McGrath, Gillespie, Warne and MacGill a year later. In the rest of his career he topped 50 in 15 of his 23 series.

How curious that the two greatest batsmen of their era should both have slumped significantly over a prolonged period during what should have been their best years, before resurging when they might have been expected to decline. Tendulkar’s elbow operation in May 2005 lies exactly in the middle of his five-year funk, and must be the major explanation for his temporary relapse into relative cricketing humdrummery, given the perfection of his technique and the equanimity of his temperament. Brian Lara’s slump can be attributed to the fact that he was Brian Lara.

These numerical rift valleys in otherwise Himalayan careers are perhaps bizarre anomalies, but not without precedent in the world of geniuses. Beethoven once spent five years writing nothing but advertising jingles for a horse insurance firm, French sculpture whiz Auguste Rodin locked himself away in a studio for the entire 1890s, and emerged having made a single papier-mache Mickey Mouse, and Shakespeare wrote As You Like It (my view of which may have been clouded by having it force-rammed down my throat as an A-level set text) (but only slightly clouded).

The answer to the highest-averaging age question, and related fascinations, will be revealed in this week’s World Cricket Podcast, which will also address issues ranging from England’s tour of Bangladesh, Australia’s jaunt to New Zealand, and the history of the appeal. Plus the latest in the completely unmissable Annoying Things About Cricket series. And some other stuff, if I think of it. And maybe an interview.

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/andyzaltzman/archives/2010/03/why_tendulkar_will_hit_another.php
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[P_R]

:lol: @Zaltzman


in which he took a catch from another universe to dismiss Allan Lamb Awesome catch, he runs some 30 meters and pluck it off with one hand

[Bala (Karthik)]

March 1, 2010

Posted by Aakash Chopra at 4:00 AM in Technique

Tendulkar double ton reiterates technique


Ada pongappa... naangalum appadi thaan nenachom, ippo ellam yevan venumnaalum adikkalaam

[Plum]

If you exclude ten's tons against zim and Bang, we mus also exclude ricky's tons against india, west indies, nz, sa/sl games in australia, etc.
Appuram avanukku enna minjum?
Summa bang/zim-nu bajanai paNNa koodadhu :evil:

[19thmay]

Guys what about poll?. Fav 50's excluding WC (2003) 98 vecharalamaa??


Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:07 pm
Guys what about poll?.

After his 200, I feel these polls are not necessary for the moment. He is in amazing form!

That is can we have these kind of "best knocks" poll after his retirement ya? :?

[Appu s]

Tendulkar 11 vs Ganguly 11' 20-20 cricket match on 6th March 2010 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

I think this match comes on star cricket.

:bluejump: :thumbsup:

[P_R]

:lol: @Zaltzman


in which he took a catch from another universe to dismiss Allan Lamb Awesome catch, he runs some 30 meters and pluck it off with one hand
Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAoecpEF7bw

[Plum]

Tendulkar aNi konjam weak-A irukkE?
West Zone team-nu sollAdhInga. Durby irukkAn. Durbykku epdi sachin kitta ivLO nerukkam?

seri irukkattum. evLO nallavannAlum oru karumpuLLiyAvadhu irukkum, irukkaNum. Sachinku adhu Durby roobathula irukku-nu aarudhal pattukkalAM

[Aalavanthan]

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(http://thenaali.com/thenaali.aspx?A=1740)



சச்சின் டெண்டுல்கரைப் பார்க்கும் போதெல்லாம் வள்ளுவரின் வாக்கு நினைவுக்கு வரும். பணியுமாம் என்றும் பெருமை என்னும் வாக்கு. இந்திய நாடாளுமன்றம் அவரது சாதனையைப் பாராட்டுகிறது. மக்களின் கரகோஷம் வானை நிறைக்கிறது. இதையெல்லாம் கேட்டுக் கூச்சத்துடன் அவர் தலை தாழ்கிறது. மாபெரும் சாதனை ஒன்றைச் செய்து முடித்த இந்த ஜாம்பவான் பரிசளிப்பின்போது ரவி சாஸ்திரி கேட்கும் கேள்விகளுக்கு வெட்கத்துடனும் அடக்கத்துடனும் பதிலளிக்கிறார்.

ஒருநாள் போட்டிகள் ஆடத் தொடங்கி 39 ஆண்டுகள் ஆகின்றன. இதுவரை 2961 போட்டிகள் நடந்திருக்கின்றன. இத்தனை போட்டிகளில் யாரும் செய்யாத ஒரு காரியத்தை சச்சின் டெண்டுல்கர் செய்திருக்கிறார். 200 ரன்களைக் குவித்திருக்கிறார். ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளிலும் டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளிலும் அதிக பட்ச ரன்களைக் குவித்துள்ள அவர் இந்தச் சாதனையை நிகழ்த்தியிருப்பது முற்றிலும் பொருத்தமானது.

சாதாரண ஆட்டக்காரர்கள் இலக்கை எட்டுவதற்காகப் பாடுபடுவார்கள். ஏற்கனவே இருக்கும் எல்லைகளுக்குள் நின்று தன் முத்திரையைப் பதிப்பார்கள். சாதனையாளர்களோ களத்தின் எல்லைகளை விரிவுபடுத்துவார்கள். புதிய சவால்களை முன்வைப்பார்கள். புதிய அளவுகோல்களை உருவாக்குவார்கள். சச்சின் அத்தகைய ஒரு சாதனையாளர். ஏற்கனவே டெஸ்ட்களிலும் ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளிலும் அதிக ரன் அதிக சதங்கள் ஆகிய சாதனைகளை வைத்திருக்கும் இவர் இப்போது ஒரு ஆட்டத்தில் அதிக பட்ச ரன் என்னும் புதிய சாதனையைப் படைத்திருக்கிறார்.

“எல்லாச் சாதனைகளும் முறியடிக்கப்படுவதற்காகத்தான் இருக்கின்றன. ஆனால் சச்சினைப் போன்ற ஒருவர் ஒரு சாதனையை முறியடிக்கும்போது மிகுந்த மன நிறைவு ஏற்படுகிறது. இந்தச் சாதனைக்கு அவர் முற்றிலும் தகுதியானவர். மேலும் பல சாதனைகளை அவர் நிகழ்த்துவார்” என்கிறார் முன்னாள் பாகிஸ்தான் வீரர் ஜாவேத் மியாண்டாட்.

யாராலும் வெல்ல முடியாத ஆஸ்திரேலிய அணியை எதிர்த்துச் சிறப்பாக ஆடிவருபவர் சச்சின். 1997இல் ஷார்ஜாவில் மணல் புயலுக்கு நடுவில் வீசிய இவரது மட்டையின் வேகத்தைப் பார்த்து கிரிக்கெட் உலகின் பிதாமகன் என்று கருதப்படும் டான் பிராட்மேன் வியந்தார். இந்தப் பையன் ஆடுவதைப் பார்க்கும்போது என்னையே நான் பார்த்துக்கொள்வதுபோல இருக்கிறது என்றார். போன ஆண்டு ஆஸி அணிக்கெதிராக 175 ரன் எடுத்தபோது, “நான் பார்த்த மிகச் சிறந்த ஆடங்களில் ஒன்று இது” என்று எதிரணி கேப்டன் ரிக்கி பாண்டிங் புகழ்ந்தார்.

சமீப நாட்களில் அவரது ஆட்டம் புதியதொரு சிகரத்தை எட்டியிருக்கிறது. கடந்த ஒரு ஆண்டில் அவர் அவர் 10 சதங்களை அடித்துள்ளார் (டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் 6, ஒரு நாள் போட்டிகளில் 4). இதில் நான்கு சதங்கள் தொடர்ந்து நான்கு டெஸ்ட்களில் அடிக்கப்பட்டவை. ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளில் கடந்த ஆண்டில் மட்டும் நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிராக 163, ஆஸி அணிக்கு எதிராக 175 ஆகிய பெரிய ஸ்கோர்களை அடித்திருக்கிறார்.

இப்போதெல்லாம் அவரது ஆட்டத்தில் நம்ப முடியாத அளவுக்கு சரளம் கூடியிருக்கிறது. நிர்ப்பந்தத்தின் சுமையையோ ஆடுகளத்தின் தன்மையையோ பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள் பற்றிய கவலையையோ அவரது மட்டை வீச்சில் உணர முடியவில்லை. நாள்தோறும் புதிய சிகரங்களை எட்டிவரும் சச்சினின் பயணம் எந்தத் துறையில் இருப்பவர்களுக்கும் உத்வேகமூட்டக்கூடியது.

இயல்பான அதிரடி ஆட்டம், அசாத்தியமான தொழில்நுட்ப நேர்த்தி, சந்தர்ப்பத்துக்கு ஏற்ப ஆடும் பக்குவம் ஆகியவற்றுடன் 21 ஆண்டுகளின் அனுபவமும் சேர்ந்து சச்சினை இப்போது ஒப்பற்ற கிரிக்கெட் வீரராக ஆக்கியிருக்கின்றன. எத்தனையோ காயங்கள், நடுவில் சில சறுக்கல்கள், விவரம் அறியாதவர்களின் மொண்ணையான விமர்சனங்கள், ஏறிக்கொண்டே போகும் வயது, புதிது புதிதாக வரும் பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள், இளம் ஆட்டக்காரர்களிடமிருந்து வரும் போட்டிகள் ஆகியவற்றையெல்லாம் தாக்குப் பிடித்து ஆடுவது மட்டுமல்ல. மற்றவர்களைக் காட்டிலும் சிறப்பாக ஆடிக்கொண்டிருப்பதுதான் சச்சினின் சிறப்பு.

எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் மேலாக, 21 ஆண்டுகளாகக் கோடிக்கணக்கான இந்திய ரசிகர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்புகள் என்னும் மகத்தான சுமையைத் தாங்கி, அவர்களது எதிர்பார்ப்பைப் பூர்த்திசெய்யும் அளவுக்கு ஆடிவருவது இதுவரை யாருமே செய்யாத சாதனை. கிரிக்கெட் மீது பைத்தியமாக இருக்கும் ஒரு தேசத்துக்குத் தன் மண்ணிலிருந்து ஒரு மாபெரும் சாதனையாளன் பிறக்க வேண்டும் என்ற கனவு இருப்பது இயற்கைதான். அந்தக் கனவின் உருவமாகத் திகழ்கிறார் சச்சின். அவர் கையிலிருக்கும் மட்டை மந்திரவாதியின் மந்திரக்கோலாக மாறிக் கோடிக்கணக்கான ரசிகர்களின் கனவுகளை நனவாக்கிவருகிறது.

இன்னும் அவர் செய்ய வேண்டிய சாதனைகள் சில இருக்கின்ரன. டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் ஒரு இன்னிங்ஸில் பிரையன் லாரா எடுத்த 400 ரன்கள் என்னும் சாதனையை அவர் கடக்க வேண்டும். அவரே வெளிப்படையாகச் சொல்வதுபோல 2011இல் உலகக் கோப்பையை இந்தியா வெல்ல அவர் பங்களிக்க வேண்டும். இவை இரண்டையும் அவர் செய்வார் என்று நாம் உறுதியாக நம்பலாம்.

அவர் 200 ரன் எடுத்து முடித்ததும், “ஒரு சர்ஜனின் கத்திபோல அவரது மட்டை செயல்பட்டது” என்றார் வர்ணனையாளர் ரவி சாஸ்திரி. ஒரு ஓவியக் கலைஞனின் தூரிகை போல என்றும் சேர்த்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். ஆபரேஷன் செய்யும் கத்தியின் கூர்மை, கச்சிதம், ஓவியம் தீட்டும் தூரிகையின் நளினம், நுட்பம் ஆகிய அனைத்துப் பண்புகளும் ஒரு சேர இருக்கும் அதிசயம்தான் டெண்டுல்கரின் கையில் இருக்கும் மட்டை.

மட்டை என்பது வெறும் கருவி. அதைப் பிடித்திருக்கும் கைதான் சாதிக்கிறது. கைகூட அல்ல. அந்தக் கையை இயக்கும் மனம். அதில் உறைந்திருக்கும் உறுதி. சாதிப்பதற்கான துடிப்பு. அனுபவத் தழும்பு ஏறிய அந்த மனத்தில் நேற்றுதான் விளையடத் தொடங்கிய ஒரு குழந்தையின் உற்சாகம். இந்த அசாத்தியமான கலவைதான் சச்சினின் ஆளுமை.

இந்த ஆளுமை கிரிக்கெட் உலகையே ஆளுவதில் வியப்பென்ன! [/tscii:317d1a638b]

[ajithfederer]

Maams its fav 50's. edhai edhayo mudichu poduringa?.


Guys what about poll?. Fav 50's excluding WC (2003) 98 vecharalamaa??


Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:07 pm
Guys what about poll?.

After his 200, I feel these polls are not necessary for the moment. He is in amazing form!

That is can we have these kind of "best knocks" poll after his retirement ya? :?

[ajithfederer]

An interesting topic in sachin community so i copy pasted it here

where were all these Sachin fans four years back?

where were all these Sachin Tendulkar fans four years back when he was fighting all the critics?

Four years back when Sachin was low on form, down with tennis yelbow injury and suffered a lot both physically and mentall after that. At that time no one was supporting Sach.. everyone wanted Sachin to retire.
Ponting was in a great form, Dhoni and Yuvi were playing very well at that time. No one wanted Paaji to be in Indian team. All saw sachin as a burdain to Indian team. And when Tendlya was getting out at 90s everyone used to blame Sachin for his lack of control or watever it is.

Now everyone started celebrating, started supporting him saying he shud bat for at least till next wc.

Till 200 of Sachin no one likes to compare Sachin with Don as they think Sachin is too small to compare with Don. Now all those ppl are saying sachin is greatest batsman ever played.


People who wanted Sachin to retire
http://www.cricinfo.com/engvind/content/story/303542.html - by kapil paaji. :)
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/268732.html - majarekar wanted his answer.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/62228/Sports/Manjrekar+stands+by+'elephant+in+the+room'+jibe+di rected+at+Sachin.html - MAjarekar (elephant in the room)
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/287897.html - Ian Chappel (he should quit commenting)
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/287897.html - Ian again (for ur information, he has got no time to look in the mirror)
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/275387.html - sambit bal - editor Cricinfo
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/244199.html - chappel (still got role, esp as a mentor??.. lol)
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/295954.html - Siddardh Mongia (COmparing strike rates in test matches, after making a 100??)
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/287596.html
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/309706.html

Days when he had to fight for him
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/248246.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/309832.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/288710.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/282420.html

But some ppl still believed in him
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/235762.html - Hanif Mohammad (don't write off)
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/223163.html - Ranatunga
http://www.cricinfo.com/dlfcup/content/story/259422.html - Chanderpaul
http://www.cricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/235791.html - Dravid
http://www.cricinfo.com/unitechcup/content/story/256325.html- rhodes

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5443857226487542310

[19thmay]

Maams, fav 50 - yet to come-a irrundha?

[ajithfederer]

Irukkatum maams so what.

Maams, fav 50 - yet to come-a irrundha?

[sathya_1979]

Maams, fav 50 - yet to come-a irrundha?
Idhu varaikkum adichadhula edhunnu sollunga!

[19thmay]

Yedho pannunga... :?

[Aalavanthan]

Maams, fav 50 - yet to come-a irrundha?

Gounds: unna evan(dA) ippadi ellam yosika solraan :lol:

[ajithfederer]

My nominations:

1. 82 off 49 balls against NZ in 1994 (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64463.html).

# ODI no. 897 | 1993/94 season
# Played at Eden Park, Auckland

The first ODI match where he started as the opener. I have ery vivid memories of getting up at 3 or 3.30 in the morning to see this game. Never knew at that time that i would grow up to be such a fanatic of his.

Player of the match SR Tendulkar (India)

2. Ind vs aus wc 96 (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65174.html)

Another great knock gone in vain. Fantastic blasts against Mcgrath in one over. Gets out at 90 off a wide ball of Mark Waugh who is the eventual MOM. Finishes with 90 off 84 balls with 14 fours and one six.

3. The Godfather of all heart breaks (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65190.html). You know it, I know it and everybody knows it. Falters for one sec and kaluwitharana does a great job. Sri lanka the worthy winners.

4. Silver Jubilee Independence Cup at dhaka (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66132.html) 67 off 44 balls in a 34 over match with 11 fours. This is not a tonty 20 game. The rivals are pakistan and dhaka

5. First final at dhaka 1998 (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66134.html) The very next match he makes a 95 off just 78 balls in a first final. He scores 6 fours and 5 sixers.

6. 62 off 38 balls against Australia in 2001 (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64710.html) Mcgrath gets punctured.

7. 99 off 91 balls with 14 fours and a six (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297802.html). India batted first and the score was 2-179 off 25.4 overs when tendulkar got out. But india made only 321 after the great start and we lost the match.

8. A 99 against England at bristol where he was wrongly judged out (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/258472.html)
Enna adi 15 fours and one six :bow:

9. Nerd's favorite (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/258476.html) - 94 against England in Oval chasing 316. 16 fours and one six :bow:. He was on a roll in that series :bow:

10. 91 against australia in cb series 2nd final. It was worth a 100 but its okay. http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/291372.html

[Aalavanthan]

An interesting topic in sachin community so i copy pasted it here

where were all these Sachin fans four years back?



AF - :thumbsup: Sachin's current form is a slap in the face for all those who didnt believe in Sachin.. But we got to admit that legends like Kapil Dev may have had special affection towards Sachin and thus asked to retire before getting the life of Kapil's 432

[ajithfederer]

Maams why we are doing this now is there are many 50's which deserves special mention. When hubbers bring in some unknown knocks they may get some attention. Onna renda he has 90+ fifties. Ellam oru discussion thaane.

Yedho pannunga... :?

[Aalavanthan]

:exactly: .. Not all the 50s are remembered by us.. even when this poll started, I am reluctant to put in my nominations.. there are nail biting 50s when he came in at No. 4 or the long 50s where he nearly hit the 100s.

I have to do some homework before nominating and even polling .. I think its a great move by AF to recognize thalaivar's 50s !

[littlemaster1982]

[html:3e05543e15]http://i48.tinypic.com/15ek1g4.jpg[/html:3e05543e15]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[19thmay]

Super :thumbsup:

Nehra shirt-ku keezha edhukku Bat irruku? Avanuku bat eppadi pudikanum-nu kooda theriyaadhu :lol2:

[littlemaster1982]

Sachin Tendulkar: The Michael Jordan Of India (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/sachin-tendulkar-the-mich_n_484068.html)


By Jason Overdorf

NEW DELH, India -- At 7:30 on a sunny Saturday morning, most of the city is still fast asleep. Rush hour won't begin until 10. But three separate cricket matches are already underway at New Delhi's Africa Avenue sports field.

There's a chill in the air as one portly bowler runs up, windmills his throwing arm and fires the ball at the wicket. Then, thwack!, shouts erupt as the batsman swats the delivery high into the sky toward the car park. It's a "six," cricket's version of the home run.

"Now we play twice in a week," said 26-year-old Sunil Kumar, who was keeping wickets. "In younger days, we used to play every single day. We come early in the morning, at 6 or 7, so we can play at least four matches before people have to go to work."

A quick glance at the players tells you everything you need to know about the reason they're here. By turns spindly, pot-bellied, pigeon-toed and bow-legged, these are no fitness freaks. They're not up on the sports field at the crack of dawn out of some misplaced obsession with the peak of their biceps or the cut of their abs.

They're here because, like millions upon millions of Indians, they're mad about the one maddening sport at which this dismally unathletic country excels. And, again like millions upon millions more, they all worship the same hero: a 5-foot, 5-inch tall, curly-haired, 37-year-old cricketer with a reedy, teenager's voice who just might be the Greatest Of All Time -- and the best athlete you've never heard of. His name is Sachin Tendulkar. But here in India, he's simply Sachin.

"The only name that we think of when we think of cricket is Sachin," said Kumar. "Every single record of batting is Sachin. Whatever -- centuries, half centuries, sixers, fours, boundaries, runs, test matches, one days -- he is the one."

As Kumar's passion and these early morning games suggest, India's love for cricket verges on the pathological. Walk through any neighborhood at any time of the day, and there's bound to be a match on in an alley (or "gulley," as it's called here). Drive from Delhi to Agra or Lucknow, and with every sign of civilization you'll find a tea stall and a cricket match. Everything from the schoolyard to the cemetery doubles as a "pitch," or field, and everybody from the lowliest cowherds to the poshest scions of snooty South Delhi seems to carry a bat and ball.

Maybe it's popular because its gentlemanly style recalls the British benchmarks for native upward mobility -- in its classic five-day form, after all, the game is still played in starched white uniforms. Maybe it is that it doesn't require huge muscles or tremendous stamina. Or maybe it is simply that Indians are good at it. But everyone agrees to one thing. Cricket is the one religion that unites Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Jain.

And Sachin?

"They call him 'god of cricket,' and I think he is god of cricket," said Vijay Lokpally, cricket correspondent for the Hindu newspaper.

Last month, Sachin staked perhaps his strongest claim yet to the title of the greatest batsman of all time with a brilliant performance against South Africa. Parrying and slashing the ball all over the field, he became the first player in the 39-year history of that form of the game to score 200 runs in a one day international, or ODI. But even though it was the cricketing equivalent to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in the NBA, it was not the statistical milestone -- which joins Sachin's long and growing list -- so much as the bold and seemingly effortless grace of the "knock" that converted nay-sayers. That's because unlike baseball, which it resembles in other ways, cricket does not reward power and bat speed so much as cleverness and control.

"In the history of cricket, four individuals have had a definitive impact on the game; the Englishman W. G. Grace, the Australian Don Bradman, the West Indian Garfield Sobers and the Indian Sachin Tendulkar," said historian Ram Guha, the author of "A Corner of a Foreign Field." "He is certainly one of the four greatest cricketers ever."

Wedge-shaped and flat on one side, the cricket bat is more like a paddle or broadsword than a club. And the gold standard of batting is the ability to wield its blade to slice and steer the ball at will to the spots in the field where there are no defenders -- employing a daring and creative variety of swings, cuts, chops and blocks that commentators evocatively describe as "swashbuckling." Sachin was arguably the first Indian player to embrace this free-flowing and aggressive style of play -- emerging at a time when India was a puny, Third World-upstart vying for respect.

"India suffered from a combination of self-loathing and a feeling that it was not getting its due recognition," said Santosh Desai, CEO of FutureBrands.

Sachin changed that. India's Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali rolled into one, Sachin's rise prefigured and paralleled that of the country. When he first walked onto the pitch against Pakistan in hostile Karachi in 1989, Sachin was a pint-sized 16-year-old with a squeaky voice and a wild 'fro. More Harry Potter than LeBron James, he was David facing Goliath, and a nation of mothers held their breath when Waqar Younis rushed toward him to fire a 100-kilometer fastball at his skull. Watching him beaned repeatedly and then unceremoniously bowled out for a mere 15 runs, many softhearted souls cried out that the boy batsman had been brought along too fast.

"The general impression was that he was being pushed too early," said Lokpally.

But on the last day of the match, again against Younis, a legend was born. Decked by a fastball to the face, Sachin picked himself up, dusted himself off, and went on to post 57 runs with blood streaming from his nose. "That convinced everybody that this boy was different," said Lokpally.

A fan club soon followed. Then accolades, then unprecedented riches, and, finally, as the years marched on, a cascade of statistical records.

Begun around the same time that India liberalized its economy and allowed the introduction of private television channels (in 1991), Sachin's career drove an "economic renaissance" in a sport that had never been lucrative, according to Desai. When Sachin first signed an endorsement deal worth about $5 million at today's exchange rate, he changed the scale of cricketing -- and Indian -- economics by several orders of magnitude.

Before long, he was selling everything from laundry detergent to Pepsi, and on the way to an estimated net worth of about $60 million today, he'd help make the celebrity endorsement a vital part of the marketing strategy for any brand that wanted to compete. The key to his appeal was simple. To Indians, he showed that the fearless underdog -- no matter how small -- was not only capable of standing up to the larger players from swaggering England, South Africa and Australia, but was also able to dominate them.

"What Sachin did was for the first time he gave India a sense of domination. Sunil Gavaskar played a defensive role. He proved that Indians could face up to the fastest bowlers in the world. But it was about facing up, navigating and negotiating, rather than dominating," said Desai. "In Sachin's case, he was this cherubic 16-, 18-year-old boy with a reedy voice, and that only made it more distinctive and more magical. When you had very little to back and look up to, Sachin became something that everyone could feed off."

For a long time, he was virtually India's only hero. And his career suffered as a result. Through his long innings he has amassed more than 12,000 runs in Test (or five-day) cricket and more than 30,000 runs in international cricket -- thousands more than any player in history. He holds the record for the highest number of "centuries" (100-run games) in both Test and One Day cricket, and his tally is still rising.

As of last week, he's the only man to score 200 runs in a single one-day match. And he did it all despite adverse conditions. In the '80s and '90s Sachin labored like the proverbial Casey at the Bat. India's batting lineup was compared disparagingly to a bicycle stand: When one falls, they all fall. Sachin carried the heavy burden of the hopes and dreams of a billion Indians on his shoulders. And as he grew and became one of the team's senior players, sometimes he could not help but temper his naturally aggressive and inventive style of play.

That's why last week's performance was especially exhilarating for so many Indians. Over the past five years, Sachin's team has been transformed by an infusion of brash, young players from the new, booming India. The pressure is as great as ever. But their level of confidence is unprecedented.

Today India's giant, growing consumer market provides the advertising dollars that fund the game -- giving India more muscle than England or Australia when it comes to the business of the sport. And just as India's entrepreneurs are now acquiring companies like Jaguar and Land Rover and threatening to overtake the biggest markets in the world, India's cricketers no longer play "not to lose." That means that even at 37 years old, with his best days as an athlete behind him, Sachin has been freed to play like he was meant to do since he was 17.

And India can't get enough.

[Thirumaran]

where were all these Sachin Tendulkar fans four years back when he was fighting all the critics?

Four years back when Sachin was low on form, down with tennis yelbow injury and suffered a lot both physically and mentall after that. At that time no one was supporting Sach.. everyone wanted Sachin to retire.
Ponting was in a great form, Dhoni and Yuvi were playing very well at that time. No one wanted Paaji to be in Indian team. All saw sachin as a burdain to Indian team. And when Tendlya was getting out at 90s everyone used to blame Sachin for his lack of control or watever it is.

Now everyone started celebrating, started supporting him saying he shud bat for at least till next wc.


ithula periya athisayam onnum illa stanley..

Kannadaasan lines..

uyarntha idaththil irunthu vanthaal
ulagam unna mathikkum
un nilamai konjam irangi vanthaal
nizhalum kooda mithikkum :)

[littlemaster1982]

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உலகின் முதல் டபுள் டன் ஹீரோ சச்சின்! அவருக்கு 'பாரத ரத்னா' வழங்கியாக வேண்டும் என்கிறார் கபில்தேவ். ஆம்... சச்சின், கிரிக்கெட் ரசிகர்களின் கடவுள். இவர் படைக்காத சாதனை களே இல்லை, தனது சாதனைகளையே உடைத்து, புதிய புதிய சாதனைகளைப் படைக் கிற ஆட்டக்காரர். சச்சின் ஆடுகிற ஒவ்வொரு போட்டியிலும், அடிக்கிற ஒவ்வொரு ரன்னுக்கும் உலக கிரிக்கெட் வரலாற்றை அப்டேட் செய்ய வேண்டி இருக்கிறது!


1. சச்சின் ரமேஷ் டெண்டுல்கர் என்பதுதான் முழுப் பெயர். சச்சினின் அப்பா, பிரபல மராத்தி எழுத்தாளர். அவர், சச்சின் தேவ் பர்மன் என்னும் இசையமைப்பாளரின் தீவிர ரசிகர் என்பதால்தான் மகனுக்கு சச்சின் என்று பெயர்வைத்தார்!

2. 1988-ம் ஆண்டு மும்பை வித்யா மந்திர் பள்ளியில் படித்தபோது வினோத் காம்ப்ளியுடன் இணைந்து குவித்த 664 ரன்கள்தான் சச்சினை கிரிக்கெட் உலகுக்குக் கொண்டுவர உதவியது. மும்பை அணிக்காக ஆடிய ரஞ்சிக் கோப்பையிலும் முதல் போட்டியிலேயே சதம் அடித்து, சட்டென எல்லோர் மனதிலும் பதிந்தார் சச்சின்!

3. சச்சினை கிரிக்கெட் விளையாட ஆர்வப்படுத்தியவர் அவரது அண்ணன் அஜீத். மும்பை பாந்த்ராவில் இருந்த சச்சினின் வீட்டில் இருந்து, கிரிக்கெட் கோச்சிங் போய் வர முடியாது என்பதால், சிவாஜி நகரில் உள்ள மாமா வீட்டில் சச்சினைத் தங்கவைத்து, கூடவே இருந்தார் அண்ணன் அஜீத்!

4. முதலில் சென்னை எம்.ஆர்.எஃப். பேஸ் ஃபவுண்டேஷனில் பௌலர் ஆவதற்குப் பயிற்சிபெற வந்தார் சச்சின். ஆனால், பயிற்சியாளரான டென்னிஸ் லில்லி, 'நீ சூப்பர் பேட்ஸ்மேன் ஆவதற்கான வாய்ப்புகள் இருக்கின்றன. போய் பேட்டிங் பயிற்சி எடு' என்று அனுப்பிவைத்தார்!

5. ரமாகாந்த் அச்ரேகரிடம் கிரிக் கெட் கோச்சிங் எடுத்தபோது, முதல் ஆளாக கிரிக்கெட் மைதானத்துக்கு வந்து கடைசி ஆளாகப் போவாராம் சச்சின். 'அச்ரேகரை எனக்கு ரொம்பப் பிடிக்கும். நாம் எப்படி விளையாடுகிறோமோ, அதில் இன்னும் சிறப்பாக விளையாட சொல்லித் தருவார். நம் ஸ்டைலை மாற்ற மாட்டார்' என்பார் சச்சின்!

6. எந்தப் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் தன்னை அடிக்கடி அவுட் ஆக்குகிறார்களோ, அவர்களின் பந்துகளை எதிர்கொள்வதற்காக ஸ்பெஷல் டிரெயினிங் எடுப்பார். 98-ம் ஆண்டு ஷேன் வார்னேவின் சுழற்பந்தை எதிர்கொள்ளச் சிரமப்பட்டவர், சுமார் ஒரு மாதம் சென்னையில் தங்கி சிவராமகிருஷ்ணனிடம் பயிற்சி எடுத்தார். அதன் பிறகு சச்சின் ஆடிய ருத்ரதாண்டவத்தை ஷேன் வார்னே இன்னும் மறக்கவில்லை!

7. முதன்முதலாக வேர்ல்டு டெல் நிறுவனத்துடன் 18 கோடி ரூபாய் என்கிற கான்ட்ராக்ட்டில் கையெழுத்திட்டார். இந்தியாவிலேயே இவ்வளவு பெரிய தொகைக்கு யாரும் ஒப்பந்தமானது இல்லை என்று வியந்தது விளையாட்டு உலகம். இப்போது சச்சினின் சொத்துக்கள் எவ்வளவு என்பது அவருக்கே தெரியாது. அண்ணன் அஜீத்தான் முழுவதையும் கவனித்துக்கொள்கிறார்!

8. 'கிரிக்கெட் விளையாட வந்த ஆரம்பத்தில் நண்பர்களை அதிகம் மிஸ் செய்வேன். இப்போது என் ஆரூயிர் நண்பன் என் கிரிக்கெட் பேட்தான். அவன் என்னைவிட்டுப் பிரிவதை என்னால் எப்போதும் தாங்கிக்கொள்ளவே முடியாது' என்று சொல்லி இருக்கிறார் சச்சின்!

9. கிரிக்கெட் இல்லையென்றால், மனைவி அஞ்சலி, மகன் அர்ஜுன், மகள் சாராவுடன் வெளிநாட்டுச் சுற்றுப் பயணங்கள் கிளம்பிவிடுவார். மகனை கிரிக்கெட் பிளேயராகவும், மகளை டென்னிஸ் பிளேயராகவும் உருவாக்க வேண்டும் என்பது கனவு!

10. மக்களோடு மக்களாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்பது சச்சினின் ஆசை. ஆனால், இந்தியாவில் அது முடியாத காரியம் என்பதால், சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பு லண்டனில் சொந்தமாக வீடு வாங்கினார். வீட்டின் அருகே உள்ள பார்க்கில் குடும்பத்தோடு உட்கார்ந்து அரட்டை அடிப்பதுதான் சச்சினுக்கு ரொம்பப் பிடிக்குமாம்!

11. எந்த நகரத்தில் கிரிக்கெட் விளையாடப்போனாலும், மேட்ச் இல்லாத நாட்களில் பேஸ்பால் கேப், கூலிங்கிளாஸ், தாடி என கெட்-அப்பை மாற்றி, நகர்வலம் செல்லப் பிடிக்கும். மும்பையில் நடந்த தீவிரவாதிகள் தாக்குதலுக்குப் பிறகு வெளியே செல்வதை நிறுத்திவிட்டார்!

12. சென்டிமென்ட்டுகளுக்கு அதிக முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுப்பார். கிரிக்கெட் என்றால் 10-ம் நம்பர் ஜெர்சி. கார் என்றால் 9999 என ராசியான நம்பர்களை யாருக்கும் விட்டுத்தர மாட்டார்!

13. லதா மங்கேஷ்கரின் தீவிர ரசிகர். லதா மங்கேஷ்கர், சச்சினை எப்போது பார்த்தாலும் அவருக்காக நாலு வரிகளாவது பாடாமல் போக மாட்டார்!

14. பெர்ஃப்யூம், சன் கிளாஸ், மியூஸிக் சிஸ்டம், பிராண்டட் ஷர்ட்ஸ், ஸ்போர்ட்ஸ் கார் இவைதான் சச்சின் அதிகம் விரும்பி வாங்குபவை!

15. பட்டோடிக்கு அடுத்தபடியாக மிக இளம் வயதில் இந்தியக் கிரிக்கெட் கேப்டன் ஆனார். சொந்த மண்ணில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா, தென் ஆப்பிரிக்க அணிகளுக்கு எதிரான தொடர்களில் வெற்றி தேடித் தந்தார் கேப்டன் சச்சின். இருப்பினும், வெளிநாடுகளில் இவர் தலைமையிலான அணி பல தோல்விகளைக் கண்டதால் தானாகவே கேப்டன் பொறுப்பில் இருந்து விலகினார்!

16. இதுவரை மொத்தம் ஐந்து உலகக் கோப்பை போட்டிகளில் விளையாடி இருக்கிறார் சச்சின். இதில் இந்தியாவிலும், தென் ஆப்பிரிக்காவிலும் நடைபெற்ற உலகக் கோப்பைப் போட்டிகளில் அதிக ரன்களைக் குவித்து, மேன் ஆஃப் த சீரிஸ் விருது பெற்றிருக்கிறார்!

17. 2001-2002ம் ஆண்டின்போது டென்னிஸ் எல்போ பிரச்னையால் மிகவும் அவதிப்பட்டார். ஆபரேஷன் காரணமாக விளையாட முடியாமல் இருந்தவருக்கு உறுதுணையாக இருந்தது மனைவி அஞ்சலி. 'என் மனைவி மட்டும் எனக்குத் துணையாக இல்லை என்றால், மீண்டும் கிரிக்கெட் பேட்டைத் தொட்டிருக்கவே முடியாது' என நெகிழ்வார் சச்சின்!

18. பேட்ஸ்மேன்தான் என்றாலும் மீடியம் ஸ்பீடு, லெக் ஸ்பின், ஆஃப் ஸ்பின் என பௌலிங்கிலும் கலக்குவார். விக்கெட் கீப்பிங் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்பதும் சச்சினின் நீண்ட நாள் ஆசை!

19. பத்மஸ்ரீ, பத்ம விபூஷண், ராஜீவ் காந்தி கேல் ரத்னா, அர்ஜுனா எனப் பல விருதுகளைக் குவித்திருக்கிறார் சச்சின்!

20. 'இதுவரை மேட்ச் நடப்பதற்கு முந்தைய நாள் இரவு நான் சரியாகத் தூங்கியதே இல்லை. இரவு முழுக்க அடுத்த நாள் மேட்சைப் பற்றியேதான் என மனதில் படம் ஓடிக்கொண்டு இருக்கும்' என்பார்!

21. சிறுவனாக இருந்தபோது நான்கு மணி நேரம் விளையாடினாலும் சச்சினை அவுட் ஆக்க முடியாமல் தவிப்பார்களாம். பயிற்சியாளர் அச்ரேகர் ஒரு ரூபாய் நாணயத்தை ஸ்டம்ப்பின் மேல் வைத்துவிட்டு, சச்சினை அவுட் ஆக்குபவருக்கு ஒரு ரூபாய் சொந்தம் எனச் சவால்விடுவாராம்!

22. 2005-ம் ஆண்டின்போது பத்திரிகை ஒன்று 'எண்டுல்கர்' ('END'ULKAR) எனத் தலைப்பிட்டு, சச்சினை விமர்சித்து ஒரு கட்டுரை எழுதியது. 'என்னைப்பற்றி எவ்வளவோ விமர்சனங்கள் வந்திருக்கின்றன. ஆனால், அந்த விமர்சனத்தை மட்டும் என்னால் தாங்கிக்கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. நான் மிகவும் வருத்தப்பட்டு அழுத நாள் அது மட்டும்தான்!' என்றார் சச்சின்!

23. சச்சினின் மொபைலில் இருந்து யாருக்கு எஸ்.எம்.எஸ். வந்தாலும், 'தேங்க்ஸ் அண்ட் லவ் சச்சின்' என்பதே இறுதி வரியாக இருக்கும்!

24. சச்சினுக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்தது கார் ரேஸ். ஃபார்முலா-1 ரேஸ் நடக்கும் மைதானங்களுக்கு நேரடியாக விசிட் அடிப்பார் சச்சின். நரேன் கார்த்திகேயனுடன் பேசி, வேகமான கார்களைப்பற்றி அப்டேட் செய்துகொள்வார்!

25. கிரிக்கெட் விளையாட வந்த புதிதில் வெஸ்ட் இண்டீஸ் வீரர் கேரி சோபர்ஸ் எழுதிய 'ட்வென்ட்டி இயர்ஸ் அட் த டாப்' என்கிற புத்தம்தான் ரொம்பப் பிடிக்கும் என்று சொன்னார் சச்சின். இப்போது 20 வருடங்களைக் கடந்து விளையாடிக்கொண்டு இருக்கிறார் மாஸ்டர் ப்ளாஸ்டர்!

[Dinesh84]

Sachin should be given Bharat Ratna: Ganguly

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly joined the chorus in demanding Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar .

"Sachin is a Bharat ratna. There is no doubt that he should be conferred the Bharat Ratna award," Ganguly told reporters after the practice session of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eden Gardens.

[littlemaster1982]

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A feature played in Neo Sports after 2nd ODI.

[Aalavanthan]

http://www.youtube.com/ipl

did you guys check Tendulkar's photo in this link ? a rare one but a commanding one

[ajithfederer]

AR: George Lewis from Mumbai says: if a batsman faces 150 balls in an ODI, he needs to have a strike rate of 133 to score a double-century. So the key is scoring quickly while keeping risks to a minimum over a long span of time. Tendulkar has done it now with his magnificent double in Gwalior. Who else in your opinion has the aggressive game, fitness and discipline to match him?

GB: I watched some of the innings because I am supporter of Sachin and I know him quite well. It was a lovely innings and what Tendulkar does is, he very rarely sets off trying to belt the cover off the ball very early on. He plays sensible cricket. If the first over to him is very good then he plays the ball on its merit. He doesn't slash at it or play a daft shot.

Everybody thinks that the batsmen who score the quickest are the big and powerful hitters of the ball. That is not true. To me it is the quality batsmen like Tendulkar who have a wide range of shots who can score quickly and make big scores. Saeed Anwar held the record before Sachin and he was a classical player. He had great touch and timing and was a beautiful player to watch. Then you had Viv Richards. Although he had power, Viv wasn't hitting fours and sixes. He was playing the ball into the gaps all the time. Recently people like Ricky Ponting have played beautifully in ODI cricket. Ricky's not a slogger, he is a small man. And what about Herschelle Gibbs in that famous match in Johannesburg when Australia lost to South Africa and Gibbs got about 180? He isn't a slogger; he is a timer, like Sehwag. He plays the ball in the gaps and has a wide range of shots and is a touch player.

It is these guys who have the wide range of shots and the concentration who get the scores. And what happens is, once you get a hundred you are seeing the ball so well, you can almost play three shots to every ball. You just look at the gaps and once the field is spread, which happens so many times in ODI cricket, there are so many gaps for a player with touch and class, like Tendulkar.

He just picked them off. The hardest part was getting going early on. That's when you have to take a bit of chance - playing a cover drive on the up, pulling the ball when it's not that short, and you can make a mistake. But once guys like Tendulkar and Sehwag get in, they will just murder you.

http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/multimedia/450720.html

[ajithfederer]

Boycott!!! :clap:.

He has a point. Actually sachin onnum summa oodu katti suthi ellam onnum 200 adikala. To last 150 balls(25 0vers) you need TECHNIQUE.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Today there was a special org-wide celebration in my office to celebrate Sachin's 200. Neraya edathula poster ottirundhainga.
Adhukkaga vandha mail la indha quote irundhuchu

"I thought the way he celebrated when he reached his 200 epitomized the man's persona.
There was no running laps around the field, no aggressive gestures, nothing over-the-top.
He did what he always does, raised both his arms, closed his eyes for a moment and quietly acknowledged that it had been done. - Anil Ramakrishna Kumble"

[littlemaster1982]

Kumble nailed it :thumbsup:

Quote by a user in another forum,


His reactions were so grounded. Just a usual look upto the heavens. Anyone else would have jumped up and down and somersaulted all over the place.

:lol:

[Aalavanthan]

Anilan :thumbsup:

Even he comes under the same category of celebration.. Remember when he took the 10 wicket haul.. he just raised his arms as any bowler would do and went back to the non striker end to get the stumps. Gentlemen na appadi thaan pola iruku..

Cant imagine if Bhajji takes a 10 wicket haul and that too against australia and that if Ponting is his last wicket .. Somersault urudhi :lol:

[VinodKumar's]

Cant imagine if Bhajji takes a 10 wicket haul and that too against australia and that if Ponting is his last wicket .. Somersault urudhi :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Orae oru time avana oda vittutu ellorum ninuttu mokkai kudutharanum. Athuku mela avan aduvaan :evil:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar holds an autographed bat presented to him, as Ajit Wadekar and Garry Sobers look on, Mumbai, March 4, 2010 (http://i46.tinypic.com/i3z6mr.jpg)

http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/image/450826.html?page=1

[Bala (Karthik)]

Orae oru time avana oda vittutu ellorum ninuttu mokkai kudutharanum. Athuku mela avan aduvaan :evil:
:rotfl2:

[littlemaster1982]

[tscii:353d98db0e]‘I don’t like these comparisons’ (http://www.sportstaronnet.com/stories/20100311501100800.htm)

Sachin Tendulkar feels awkward about being compared with legends such as Don Bradman and Viv Richards. “I respect every individual who graced cricket before I came to play. Can you take away their contributions? You can’t. So why make these comparisons?” he says in a chat with Vijay Lokapally.

The first batsman to make a double century in the 50-overs-a-side format, Sachin Tendulkar speaks to Sportstar on his magnificent knock against South Africa in Gwalior and other aspects of the game.

The excerpts:

Question: How do you feel when people who haven’t seen Don Bradman play or only watched Viv Richards on video make comparisons and rate you above them? Isn’t it awkward for you?

Answer: I just don’t like these comparisons. Right from the beginning I have been saying please don’t make such comparisons. I respect every individual who graced cricket before I came to play. Can you take away their contributions? You can’t. So why make these comparisons? All the past greats had their own identity, they all deserve that honour. I have my own identity and I have earned it too. They (Bradman and Richards) were very special cricketers and should remain so. Why do you want to have a second for every first? Can’t we remember the first and show him respect? That is the reason why I don’t like cricketers of different eras being compared. Each knock has its value, and the one who plays that knock too has a value. We should not measure them. I don’t believe in that.

Is your innings in Gwalior the best ever in terms of quality of attack and match situation?

Honestly, you should be the judge. It is difficult for me to say. In fact, I cherish every victory that we have achieved more than I remember my individual knocks. Of course, I would love to do this again, bat the full 50 overs.

Your reflections on this grand knock?

Being a double century it has a different impact. It is obviously different because it happened for the first time. It was quite close to the 175 (in Hyderabad). I planned as the innings progressed — I worked out the bowlers and short-listed the areas where I would play my shots off a particular bowler.

A lot of experts have been surprised by the pace you set and the amazing fitness you showed when running between the wickets even after crossing 190…

To tell you the truth, I have not analysed it so closely. I take every innings by the conditions I face. You can’t be predetermined. You want to do a lot but you can’t always do them. I was certainly happy with the fact that I was able to take ones and twos even after I had crossed 150.

Were you very happy with your fitness?

You can say that. I am happy with my fitness because I could push myself. That way it was wonderful. It was wonderful to bat because I was happy with my timing of the ball. I could do it from the first ball. My feet were moving well. Everything fell in place. It was like solving a jigsaw puzzle. You begin solving it and then everything falls into place. I was happy with my hand-eye co-ordination, my shot selection and placement of shots.

The 175 in Hyderabad — it must have been heart-breaking, but do you agree the challenge there was far greater than in Gwalior?

It was certainly heart-breaking. We got so close to winning. It was very upsetting. We were going well. A good innings becomes very good only if you win. A defeat hurts every individual and I am no different. When three or four guys come together to contribute you tend to win. We all tried but could not win in Hyderabad. In Gwalior, we batted first but the challenge in Hyderabad was different. I had fielded for 50 overs and then gone to bat. I batted until the 48th over. So virtually I was on the field for 100 overs.

Do you plan or prepare any differently from your early days?

Not really. In terms of training there is not much. In terms of style too I don’t think there is any change. The demands and requirements change with time. It also depends on the opposition you face and the playing conditions you encounter. I still prepare for the same length of time even though here I batted the full innings. My intensity of preparation has not changed at all.

You seem to have discovered your vintage form, if experts are to be believed…

I don’t think I had lost my touch. Since 2000 I have had a fair amount of injuries but the momentum was not lacking. In 2003 I had a finger injury, then tennis elbow, then shoulder, then bicep… All these injuries affected the upper body but the bat swing has not changed. Certain changes happen involuntarily but not to the extent that it would have a big impact on my game. In any case, I can’t bat as I did in the first decade of my international career, but then I have gained so much in terms of experience and I use it to my advantage.

Records in any game, especially in cricket, raise your profile. But is it not natural to chase milestones even though you have always said that you don’t play for records?

I have never played for records. If they happen, it is not my fault. Records may give some indication of your calibre, but they are not the true indication.

Would you rank your three best one-day innings?

I would pick them but put them on the same platform. The 200, the 175 and the 98 (in Centurion in the 2003 World Cup).

How do you react to being referred to as the God of cricket?

I am grateful for all the affection showered on me all these years. I feel truly humbled. I am just another player!

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[ajithfederer]

No no. 200 is not in the same pedal as 98 and 175.


Would you rank your three best one-day innings?

I would pick them but put them on the same platform. The 200, the 175 and the 98 (in Centurion in the 2003 World Cup).

[Aalavanthan]

Virender Sehwag is ready to stake everything for a replay of Sachin Tendulkar's epochal double ton


I will pay anything, even go to the theatre, to watch the innings 100 times. I have already reserved a CD to watch it any time I want.

[littlemaster1982]

'Tendulkar 11 vs Ganguly 11' 20-20 cricket match on 6th March 2010 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

Team Line up for Ganguly 11

Saurav Ganguly- Captain
Irfan Pathan -
Amit Mishra -
VVS Laxman -
Ashish Nehra -
Anil Kumble -
Virendra Sehwag-
Rahul Dravid-
Gautam Gambhir -
Pragyan Oja
Ishant Sharma -
Ravindra Jadeja -
Suresh Raina -


Team Line up for Sachin 11:

Sachin Tendulkar - Captain
Harbhajan Singh -
Wasim Jaffer -
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Vinayak Samant -
Abhishek Nair
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqubal Abdulla
Yogesh Takwale
Yusuf Pathan -




Cost of Ticket: Rs 250.

For tickets,contact:

TALL GRASS RESTAURANT(NEAR INFINITY MALL, Andheri west): 26730646/47

SIGARA RESTAURANT (NEAR FAME ADLABS, Andheri west): 26304567/6553766


5.00 PM on Star Cricket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d​mcylITDA_4

[ajithfederer]

:).

[littlemaster1982]

Vera engaiyo paarthome-nu yosichuttu irundhen :oops: :lol: Oru reminder maadhiri irukkattum :P

[ajithfederer]

Poll idea kaivitralam pola irukkae. Yaarumae nominations podala.

:oops:.

[littlemaster1982]

Makkal ellam busy-a irukkanga. Konjam porutthiruppom :D

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:066adb7941]Sachin Tendulkar's words about the value of Test cricket given new light


When Sachin Tendulkar speaks, his words carry weight - even when he was only 17. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

As a 17-year-old, Sachin Tendulkar batted nearly four hours on the final day to save a Test match for India at Old Trafford. It was the first of his 47 centuries and remains one of the most memorable. Last November, he faced a voracious media pack at a gathering to celebrate two decades in the international arena. It was envisaged as a two-hour event, but he ended up answering questions for longer than he had batted that day in Manchester all those years ago.

Despite the same questions being asked again and again in a variety of languages, he was as composed as he had been when facing Devon Malcolm, Angus Fraser, Eddie Hemmings and Chris Lewis. The Australian Associated Press's Daniel Brettig wrote afterwards: "Through it all he never slipped up, answering each question with respect and care, and never offering anything but the straightest of bats."

One quote from that evening was to become headline news. And as the TV channels and newspapers played up his disenchantment with the politics of regional chauvinism – "Mumbai belongs to all Indians. I am a Maharashtrian and am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first," he said when asked about the anti-immigrant stances taken by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and its big brother, the Shiv Sena – another telling line was lost in the white noise.

Tendulkar does not grace the front page of tabloids. He does not have Dennis Rodman-like body art. The chances of him endorsing Viagra in middle age are exceedingly slim, as is the likelihood of him grabbing his crotch and treating detractors to a volley of abuse after a game. Though he does not have the wild streak that sometimes lets down Wayne Rooney, there are certain similarities with the once-a-blue-always-a-blue who is most comfortable out on the field. Put a microphone in front of them and they can be shy and inhibited. On the patch of grass that they own, they become virtuosos.

Tendulkar knows the value of words, though, and when he speaks, a nation listens. So, that afternoon, when he spoke passionately about India's step-motherly treatment of the five-day game, those associated with it took notice. The Indian Cricket Board may be the Microsoft of world cricket, but its functionaries are not immune to public opinion. And in Indian cricket, few dictate that quite like Tendulkar.

"We should play more Test cricket for sure," he said that day. "It's obviously not great news that we are only playing five Tests this season. Ideally, for any team to progress, you need to play more Test cricket as that is where the real cricket is according to me. Test cricket is cricket of the highest level and at the end of each day it allows you to regroup, re-think, come up with fresh ideas and plan for the next day. Sometimes, in Twenty20 and ODIs, even before you realise, the match is over."

His comments emboldened others to have their say. Rahul Dravid, McCartney to Tendulkar's Lennon for so long, spoke of how the BCCI needed to use its clout to ensure that Test matches were the marquee events of each domestic season. "Everyone around the world needs to recognise that Test cricket needs to thrive in India," he told Cricinfo. "Everyone knows now that it is important Test cricket succeeds in India for it to succeed worldwide as well. People have to come to this realisation in some other countries and recognise that India now needs to have a set international calendar for the benefit of the world game really."

Even MS Dhoni, derided by so many after he opted to miss a Test series in Sri Lanka in 2008, expressed a desire to play more five-day cricket. And the oft-stated view that Indians had fallen out of love with men in white clothes was made to look ridiculous by the packed crowds for games against Sri Lanka in Kanpur and South Africa in Kolkata. Call it pride or jingoism or what you will, but thousands who looked at the Test rankings and liked what they saw came through the turnstiles and endured facilities that no punter in the UK or Australia has to tolerate.

And yet, Lalit Modi told the Guardian he is certain that Twenty20 cricket will become the dominant form of the game in the not-too-distant future, that Test cricket will wither and die unless games are played under lights. It's all too easy to dismiss him as a charlatan with an agenda, but the points he raises need to be addressed by administrators. England usually has no problem selling out Tests because the venues are small and games are played in summer when a holiday can be planned around a match or two. The same is true of Australia where the summer schedule appears to be etched in stone.

In India, though, as this column has previously pointed out, there are no traditional Tests. With matches seldom scheduled around festivals or holidays, even those who want to watch Tests are often unable to. Three decades ago, someone like my uncle could take a train to Madras (as Chennai was known then) from Kerala, pack lunches every morning and watch Gundappa Viswanath make a double-hundred against Keith Fletcher's Englishmen. In those days of Nehruvian socialism, such indulgences were not uncommon. With the advent of economic liberalisation and 60-hour working weeks, sparing upward of 35 hours to watch a Test simply isn't an option.

Modi speaks primarily of his fiefdom and of other parts of the subcontinent where Tests are played out in near-eerie silence. He's right when he says that people can no longer afford to take days off to humour such a habit. Maintaining tradition is one thing, but is it really worth risking extinction for it? When probes have been sent to Mars and you can voice-chat in real time with someone in Buenos Aires, is it really so difficult to produce a white or pink ball that will stay intact for 80 overs under lights? Is keeping the ball red more important than keeping Test cricket in good health?

Given that Indian business houses account for so much of the game's income, any steps taken to boost Test cricket's popularity in the subcontinent must be encouraged. If playing under lights is the only way to get back the sort of crowds you had two decades ago, then so be it. Tendulkar, who revelled in that Eden Gardens roar as he scored a century last month, certainly wouldn't complain.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/mar/03/sachin-tendulkar-india-cricket[/tscii:066adb7941]

[Kalyasi]

Tendulkar 11 vs Ganguly 11' 20-20 cricket match on 6th March 2010 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

Team Line up for Ganguly 11

Saurav Ganguly- Captain
Irfan Pathan -
Amit Mishra -
VVS Laxman -
Ashish Nehra -
Anil Kumble -
Virendra Sehwag-
Rahul Dravid-
Gautam Gambhir -
Pragyan Oja
Ishant Sharma -
Ravindra Jadeja -
Suresh Raina -


Team Line up for Sachin 11:

Sachin Tendulkar - Captain
Harbhajan Singh -
Wasim Jaffer -
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Vinayak Samant -
Abhishek Nair
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqubal Abdulla
Yogesh Takwale
Yusuf Pathan -

Date: 6th March 2010
Venue: Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai
Timing: 4pm
Gates open: 2pm

Cost of Ticket: Rs 250

For Tickets,contact:

TALL GRASS RESTAURANT(NEAR INFINITY MALL, Andheri west): 26730646/47

SIGARA RESTAURANT (NEAR FAME ADLABS, Andheri west): 26304567/6553766



Cost of Ticket: Rs 250.

For tickets,contact:

TALL GRASS RESTAURANT(NEAR INFINITY MALL, Andheri west): 26730646/47

SIGARA RESTAURANT (NEAR FAME ADLABS, Andheri west): 26304567/6553766

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcylITDA_4

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5443927638195578449&na=1&nst=1

I think this match comes on star cricket.

Ganguly XI

160/5 in 20 overs
Ganguly 47[30]
Rahul 37[30]
Vianayak Samanth 29[24]
Anil kumble24[16]

Sachin XI

162

Sachin 43(29)
Dhoni 96*

Dhoni MOM

[Dinesh84]

Ground outfield conditions kevalama irunthichi.. :x paakave pidikkala :sigh2:

[Plum]

An eyewitness account of the TXI vs GXI match (http://all-padded-up.blogspot.com/2010/03/tendulkars-xi-vs-gangulys-xi.html)

Oh! The unfettered freedom of college-going days. This author could make last minute plans to bunk college(or something like that) to go watch the exhibition match live. Considering I stay about 5 Kms from the ground, and yet, was kept away by work, it is quite envy-inducing.

[P_R]

The unfettered freedom of college-going days. This author could make last minute plans to bunk college(or something like that) to go watch the exhibition match live. Considering I stay about 5 Kms from the ground, and yet, was kept away by work, it is quite envy-inducing.
:cry: I didn't even read it.
Sabotaging the system from within isn't exactly going as per plan.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar is human like us all

Qaiser Mohammad Ali
March 6, 2010


There is a lot more to sporting heroes than makes news.

Take for instance Sachin Tendulkar's fetish for shoes; Woodland shoes, to be precise. When the brand was launched in India, the master batsman fell for it hook line and sinker. This has been revealed by former India Test player Ajay Sharma, who shared rooms with the maestro in Pakistan on his maiden tour in India colours in 1989.

While saluting Tendulkar on scoring the first double century in One-day Internationals recently, Sharma said he was a "close friend" of Tendulkar in the early part of his international career. So, he knows a thing or two about him and his choices.

"Sachin was very fond of Woodland shoes. When the brand was launched he liked the shoes so much that he used to buy 10-15 pairs in one go, to match jeans of different colours," Sharma told this correspondent.

"Sachin was young and like all youngsters he too liked to be dressed smartly. One of my friends had a shoe shop in Karol Bagh in Delhi and I used to take him there for shopping," he disclosed.

Tendulkar, 36, still prefers to wear jeans, T-shirts and different kinds of shoes, mostly of the Adidas brand now as he has a contract with the company. One day during the Champions Trophy in South Africa in September-October, he could have been easily mistaken for an NSG commando as he turned out in an all-black dress, including shoes and dark shades of the same colour. Sharma, who was Tendulkar's room partner in the first half of the 1989 Pakistan tour before switching to Mohammed Azharuddin, once came to his help when he needed a suit stitched quickly. "He had a function in Dubai and needed a suit urgently before flying off. I took him to Kalamandir Tailors in South Extension market and Masterji made the suit in time," he recalled.

The Delhi batsman also disclosed a little known secret of Sachin's longevity at the highest level. "He has very strong, footballer-like thighs and that is one of the reasons why he has lasted for more than 20 years in international cricket. Kapil Dev used to say that if he had thighs like Sachin, he would have played international cricket for 10 more years," he said.

Sharma and Tendulkar spent a lot of time together on the tours of New Zealand and England in 1990-91. "He was a good friend of mine. We, for instance, used to go sight- seeing together in New Zealand," he said.

The two players have not been in touch with each other for the last few years. But Sharma is sure the cultured Tendulkar hasn't changed as a man. "The last time I met him was in Taj Palace hotel in Delhi a few years ago. He saw me and came over to meet me," he said.

Interestingly, Sharma was among the batsmen who were competing with Tendulkar for the hardly available slot in a packed middle order in the Indian team. The others were Pravin Amre, WV Raman, Vinod Kambli, and KP Bhaskar. It is a different matter that Tendulkar went on to become a batsman in a class of his own.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/86944/Sports/Tendulkar+is+human+like+us+all.html

[tscii:1beab3eec5][/tscii:1beab3eec5]

[Plum]

Interestingly, Sharma was among the batsmen who were competing with Tendulkar for the hardly available slot in a packed middle order in the Indian team. The others were Pravin Amre, WV Raman, Vinod Kambli, and KP Bhaskar
:-) - idhellAm remba over. From the day he made his first class debut, Tendulkar was assured a India spot. There was never any competition for him.

BTW, Ajay Sharma is that match fixer right?

[Kalyasi]

Interestingly, Sharma was among the batsmen who were competing with Tendulkar for the hardly available slot in a packed middle order in the Indian team. The others were Pravin Amre, WV Raman, Vinod Kambli, and KP Bhaskar
:-) - idhellAm remba over. From the day he made his first class debut, Tendulkar was assured a India spot. There was never any competition for him.

BTW, Ajay Sharma is that match fixer right?

Yes TN player... yaroda machaanum kooda avan? Vikram Rothore nu nenaikaren...

[ajaybaskar]

Ajay Sharma delhithaane?

[ajaybaskar]

Tendulkar 11 vs Ganguly 11' 20-20 cricket match on 6th March 2010 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

Team Line up for Ganguly 11

Saurav Ganguly- Captain
Irfan Pathan -
Amit Mishra -
VVS Laxman -
Ashish Nehra -
Anil Kumble -
Virendra Sehwag-
Rahul Dravid-
Gautam Gambhir -
Pragyan Oja
Ishant Sharma -
Ravindra Jadeja -
Suresh Raina -


Team Line up for Sachin 11:

Sachin Tendulkar - Captain
Harbhajan Singh -
Wasim Jaffer -
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Vinayak Samant -
Abhishek Nair
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqubal Abdulla
Yogesh Takwale
Yusuf Pathan -

Date: 6th March 2010
Venue: Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai
Timing: 4pm
Gates open: 2pm

Cost of Ticket: Rs 250

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcylITDA_4

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I think this match comes on star cricket.

Ganguly XI

160/5 in 20 overs
Ganguly 47[30]
Rahul 37[30]
Vianayak Samanth 29[24]
Anil kumble24[16]

Sachin XI

162

Sachin 43(29)
Dhoni 96*

Dhoni MOM

Team listla Dhoni peru illa? Avaru Enna surprise package ah?

[sathya_1979]

Idhudhaanaa AB unga takku? :lol:

[ajaybaskar]

Sathya, ennanu sollunga pls...

[sathya_1979]

That match was over on 6th. 3 days later, u noticed Dhoni's name in team list and asked if he is surprise package. Ivlo lateaa kEttadhaala apdi sonnen :D
Refer: Karunas in Villan (Idhudhaana Sir unga takku)!

[ajaybaskar]

oh..adhuva? I am not a frequent visitor to the sports section. Adhanaala ippadi oru match nadandhadhey Enakku theriyalai.

[sathya_1979]

The ground conditions were horrible! Even school grounds will be better. Indha maadhiri groundla oru match organize senjadhukku :hammer:
I heard it was Salil Ankola Benefit match. Avar cricket kku senja ore benefit, cricket vittu ponadhudhaan :lol:

[Plum]

Interestingly, Sharma was among the batsmen who were competing with Tendulkar for the hardly available slot in a packed middle order in the Indian team. The others were Pravin Amre, WV Raman, Vinod Kambli, and KP Bhaskar
:-) - idhellAm remba over. From the day he made his first class debut, Tendulkar was assured a India spot. There was never any competition for him.

BTW, Ajay Sharma is that match fixer right?

Yes TN player... yaroda machaanum kooda avan? Vikram Rothore nu nenaikaren...

illappA adhu Aashish Kapoor. I didnt know Kapoor was Rathore's machAan
Dinesh Mongia is Hemang Badani's machaan.

[P_R]

Ajay Sarman held the Ranji record for aggregate runs for a while.
Last scene in the kero cup I think.


Angola-ku enna aachchu ? He was last scene in some just for jatti commercials.

[ajaybaskar]

Ankolavukku Ippo jatti vaanga kooda kaasu illAiyaam. Adhaan benefit match aadunaanganu nenaikiren..

[Plum]

Ajay Sarma's son played in the last U-19 WC(earlier this year) for India. avanum....
left-arm part time spinner, and right hand batsman :-)
match fixing-lEyum appanai follow paNNAma irundhA sari!

[Plum]

BTW, I just realised aashish kapoor played in the 1996 WC? Totally forgotten - how did this happen?

[Aalavanthan]

The only off spinner available at that time ?
guess Rajesh Chauhan had his problems with the match referees with his "chucking" allegations.

illaati Ashish Kapoor was the cutest of all in the Indian team. maybe adhu kooda oru reasonaa irukalaam. :lol:

[19thmay]

BTW, I just realised aashish kapoor played in the 1996 WC? Totally forgotten - how did this happen?

Oh 8 ODI wickets in his career? I thought he has never taken a wicket.

Avg : 76.50 and SR : 112 - I mean in bowling. :lol2:

[ajaybaskar]

BTW, I just realised aashish kapoor played in the 1996 WC? Totally forgotten - how did this happen?

Duet padathula seethamma: Sila vishayangalai nyaayapadutha koodathu. Nyaayapaduthavum mudiyaadhu...

[P_R]

BTW, I just realised aashish kapoor played in the 1996 WC? Totally forgotten - how did this happen?
Even Ankola played was in the team IIRC.
He even took a catch in the deep in one match IIRC.

[Plum]

Anotehr aussie talking up Ponting (http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/current/multimedia/451195.html)

[quote="Gideon Haigh"]You have Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting who are the two best batsmen of their generation.[/quopte]

So, now they have moved on from putting RTP in the company of SRT and BCL to actually removing BCL from the list :-)
In another few years, they will start saying RTP as the best. bleddy ஆஸி *&^%!%!

[Bala (Karthik)]

Ajay Sharma was the one who always wore the white hat (he would wear it in such a way - high up on his head - that eppavume avaru vaanatha paathutrukkara madhiriye irukkum, though he is looking straight at the bowler while facing deliveries). North Indies meesai, vaikkum meesaikkum idai veli irukkum

Aashish Kapoor, last saw him in Taj Coramandel bar (Fort St.George) a few years back. Oru glass water kudichittu ponaapla. "Gentle" off-spinner!

[Bala (Karthik)]

Froop (http://im.in.com/connect/images/profile/dec2009/Ajay_Sharma_300.jpg) (aana here he is wearing it relatively lower)

[Plum]

North Indies meesai, vaikkum meesaikkum idai veli irukkum

wat a beetiful sosial-demographical observation, top!

[Vivasaayi]

North Indies meesai, vaikkum meesaikkum idai veli irukkum

wat a beetiful sosial-demographical observation, top!

Malayali meesai - meesai vaayoda merge aagidum...

atleast in few movies that I have watched

[ajithfederer]

I am living my dream: Tendulkar
Press Trust of India
09 March 2010 (Mumbai)

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said he was still receiving congratulatory messages for becoming first batsman in the history of One-day cricket to score a double hundred and he was enjoying the good time.

"It has taken many years for a batsman to get a double-hundred (in ODIs). I am still getting great feedback. It feels terrific," he said on the sidelines of a function here.

Asked when his fans would get to see a triple century from him in Test cricket, the master blaster said, "whenever it comes. It will be never late, I don't make big statements."

"I wanted to play cricket whole-heartedly for the country. I am living my dream and have played with two-three generations. I wanted to be a special member of the team and I have done it," he added.

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage/ndtv/id/spoen20100134198/I_am_living_my_dream_Tendulkar.html
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[ajithfederer]

Indian Premier League 2010
Tendulkar rewinds time at the Bombay Gymkhana
Watching Sachin Tendulkar bat at the Bombay Gymkhana, in an IPL practice game, allowed one to go back in time and wonder what it must have been like to watch cricket in maidans half a century ago

Nagraj Gollapudi

March 9, 2010

"Doesn't look likely," said a young mother over the phone. "I will be held back. Sachin is hitting six after six," she said, standing in Palm Court on the first floor of the Bombay Gymkhana. She was answering a caller, who was asking if she was ready to get the kids to tuition. But, once again, Sachin Tendulkar had stalled traffic, interrupted everyday life and forced thousands of pedestrians across Azad Maidan to stop, watch, and applaud.

It was a picture for the album. For more than a century, images depicting the neo-gothic structures of Victoria Terminus and the Bombay High Court, sitting grandly around maidans such as Azad and the Oval, which is near the Churchgate end, have stuck to the mind.

Maidans were an integral part of Bombay cricket even when the British arrived to make India their trade capital of the East. Legends have been formed on these red-dust pitches and passed on to subsequent generations. Most maidans gained prominence for housing famous clubs which produced talented cricketers, majority of whom were eligible to play for India. The pride associated with playing for a club was equivalent to playing for the country. Ask Madhav Mantri, India's oldest surviving Test cricketer, Ajit Wadekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, or even the man of the moment, Tendulkar, and each one has a story about his respective club.

So to see Tendulkar return to the Bombay Gymkhana, even if only for a Mumbai Indians practice game, was to go back in time and wonder what it must have been like to watch cricket half a century ago. Pedestrians normally cross the crosswalk, which separates the Bombay Gymkhana from Azad Maidan, briskly on their way to Fashion Street or the train home.

Today the multitude halted as Tendulkar walked in to bat, adjusted his guard, and started hitting the bowlers willfully. As the shots streamed smoothly in various directions, both in the air and along the ground, those thousands, along with the hundreds of Gymkhana members, couldn't stop asking for more. Tendulkar satisfied every request during his 33-ball 78, which included five hits over the ropes and ten past it.

Incidentally it was at Azad Maidan, a stone's throw away, that Tendulkar the school kid had featured in a world-record partnership of 664 with Vinod Kambli in a Harris Shield match, in 1987. Not sure how many of those fans even were aware of that fact. Part of the Tendulkar one sees today was formed playing maidan cricket. Perhaps Tendulkar wouldn't be the player he is if it weren't for the rich history of the clubs.

He had drawn them but the crowd did not disperse even after Tendulkar got out. They stayed till the end of the match and then till the players did some stretching exercises. Meanwhile the kids in the Palm Court dispersed downstairs to get Tendulkar's autograph, leaving their mother behind.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo

Feeds: Nagraj Gollapudi

http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/451310.html

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[ajithfederer]

Sported : Sachin in Awards.
STARS @ SPORTS ILLUSTRATED AWARDS EXCLUSIVE PHOTO GALLERY

Preity Zinta,Shilpa Shetty,Sania Mirza,Raj Kundra,Sachin Tendulkar,Mughda Godse,Vida Samazdai at Sports Illustrated Awards Exclusive Unseen Photos

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[ajithfederer]

Thanks lm.

Silpaa :slurp:.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Chachin thangamaanavan nu marupadiyum prove pannittaapdi :lol2:

[sathya_1979]

Chachin thangamaanavan nu marupadiyum prove pannittaapdi :lol2:
Sachin manasukuLLa - Ippadi nallavan nallavannu solliye vaazhkaila onnum anubavikka mudiyaama poche :lol:
J/K - Ippadi ellaam irundhaadhaan avar Sachin :D

[ajaybaskar]

North Indies meesai, vaikkum meesaikkum idai veli irukkum

wat a beetiful sosial-demographical observation, top!

Malayali meesai - meesai vaayoda merge aagidum...

atleast in few movies that I have watched

Malayali meesai would be more or less like a sun shade. Eg: Suresh gopi, Biju menon.

[Aalavanthan]

North Indies meesai, vaikkum meesaikkum idai veli irukkum

wat a beetiful sosial-demographical observation, top!

Malayali meesai - meesai vaayoda merge aagidum...

atleast in few movies that I have watched

Malayali meesai would be more or less like a sun shade. Eg: Suresh gopi, Biju menon.

Telugu kaara meesai Edho malai madhiri irukum.. /\ ippadi irukum ... Mountain Peakla avanga mooku irukum.

ai nallaa irukae indha game

[Aalavanthan]

aaah ingae paar

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[Appu s]

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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar

Mark 3

Not the wunderkind of 15 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Cricinfo about looking at life and his game with equanimity and stoicism

Dileep Premachandran

June 1, 2006

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"Change is part of our lives, and as you get older you try to reach your destination in safer ways" © Getty Images




The words that I remember the most from my first major interview with Sachin Tendulkar three years ago, when we had talked about subjects as diverse as sleepwalking in search of bats and his love for cars are: "I'm still obsessed". This was, after all, the same individual who used to arrive at Shivaji Park at dawn and ask if the malis could be instructed to erect nets right away, failing which he could do it himself.

The next time we had a chat, a year later, he spoke of the prodigy's burden - "I could say that I didn't get to do all those things that a normal teenager would do, but then again, not many people get the opportunity to do what I do" - and of the satisfaction gained from an epic innings of 241 in Steve Waugh's farewell Test at the SCG.

Two seasons on, the man I meet is at a crossroads, with injury and inconsistency having dogged his every step. Some fair-weather fans, such as those that booed him at the Wankhede Stadium in March, have even gone to the extent of questioning his place in the side - almost blasphemous given the status he has enjoyed since those first tussles against Wasim and Waqar a week after the Berlin Wall came down.

There are those who suggest that maturity, fatherhood and the receding sands of time have taken the edge away, reduced the extent of the man's fixation with his craft. It's not something that he agrees with. In his hotel room in Chennai, his elbows resting on a writing table, hair still damp from the shower, he says: "Kids and family are something different. When I cross the boundary line, it's not cricket, it's family. And when I think about cricket, it's only cricket. Once you learn to manage your time, it helps. When I'm focusing on cricket, I don't want anyone around. I just want time for myself to know more about the game. When I play with Sara and Arjun, I don't think of someone bowling at me."

Outside the quiet room three plainclothes policemen sit guard, one of them armed with an ugly machine-gun, the likes of which I had last seen in the gun-markets of Peshawar. It's still stiflingly hot, but the soaring mercury is the least of Tendulkar's concerns as he endeavours to prove his fitness ahead of the Test series in the Caribbean. Having flown in from Mumbai in the morning, he has already had a session in the small gym on the MRF Pace Foundation premises - a gentle warm-up supervised by one of the trainers there, Ramji Srinivasan, and captured for public consumption by a variety of lenses and microphones. When he emerged, dressed in an electric blue T-shirt, rivulets of sweat running down his face, the expression was impassive, as inscrutable as one of those moulded masks you find at carnivals.

His composure and sense of perspective - perhaps inherited from his father, a noted Marathi writer - have kept Tendulkar going, even while others like his old school chum Vinod Kambli lost their way. For nearly a decade, Tendulkar was a byword for consistency, a relentless accumulator of runs who could also pillage an attack when in the mood. The last two seasons, though, have seen gremlins creep into the machine. A tennis elbow problem and a shoulder tear haven't helped - "It's not like a fracture where you know it'll heal in four weeks," he says - and doubt, the performer's greatest enemy, has crept in. "It's not easy to forget the injuries," he says. "There are times when you spend some time in the middle and the body complains. That's when you need to hold back a bit and take it easy for a couple of practice sessions."

Despite his best efforts, all the training wasn't enough to convince the physicians, or himself, that he was ready for Caribbean challenges. Such disappointments have recently become commonplace, and Tendulkar is the first to admit so: "Your thought process changes. When you have a fit body, you think differently, but when you're not 100 per cent fit, or you've just overcome an injury, then your mind works differently. Thinking is everything in this game. It's hard to express what it's like, but there have been sleepless nights, there have been days full of frustration where you just want to get back in action but the body doesn't cooperate even if your mind is ready to go out there and do it. You have to be sharp enough to pick up those signals."

Along with the frustration, there is also a sense of equanimity, a resigned acceptance. Tendulkar calls it the greatest test of his character, and one that he has no intention of failing. "If you're unlucky, you'll get injured, even if you're the fittest guy in the world," he says. "What I don't want to lose is the desire to get back in action and the hunger to go out there and perform."

That hunger has been an ever-present. There is an anecdote from his boyhood, of travelling all night for a game, reaching the destination at 3am, and an hour's sleep. Well before dawn, the coach was woken up and asked whether they could proceed to the ground because little Sachin wasn't happy with his game. All these years later, that meticulous streak is still there, purple patch or lean trot. "Your technique cannot go wrong overnight," he tells you. "It's just the thought process.

"When you're constantly attacked by injuries, it's not easy to start thinking like a 24-year-old with a fit body. It's got a lot to do with rhythm as well. Sometimes, when you get it going your way, you forget about the injuries and think differently. Once you cross that hurdle, there's no looking back. I had a very bad back injury in 1999, just before the World Cup. For a certain period, it held me back. But after that..." His voice trails off, and the eyes wander, perhaps visualising another return from bleak midwinter along the lines of Sydney 2004.

On the matter of thinking, he has the right man by his side. "Greg Chappell was a top cricketer, one of the best to have played this game," he says, when asked whether the coach has helped him through the lean times. "He understands the game very well. It's important to have someone around who's played a lot of cricket at the highest level. Technically, to a certain extent, one can progress, but mentally you can get better each time you go out into the middle. That's where Greg chips in. It's the thinking of someone who's played and seen this game for over 40 years now. He understands the highs and the lows and he himself has experienced it."

The hard times have given the critics enough ammunition, and the most persistent criticism has focused on Tendulkar's circumspect approach to certain situations, especially in Test cricket. Apart from a superb half-century which inspired an Indian win against Australia at Mumbai in October 2004, his recent Test innings have been diffident affairs, with sporadic explosions of strokeplay the only reminder of a batsman who imposed his will on bowlers for the best part of a decade. Tendulkar smiles when asked how the ravages of time have changed both the man and his game. "I've never understood that aspect of the criticism," he says quietly.

"Change is part of our lives, and as you get older, you try to reach your destination in safer ways.

"Let me give you a small example. Earlier when I used to hit the ball in the air and get out, people used to say, 'Why can't you play all along the ground? It's simple. You don't need to hit the ball in the air.' Now, when I play all along the ground, people say: 'Why don't you hit the ball in the air nowadays?' Basically, people are not satisfied with what one does. You've got to figure out what's the best thing to do for your team and as an individual - try and go ahead with what your instincts tell you."

The 35th century at the Feroz Shah Kotla seems a hazy image from a distant past, and with Ricky Ponting seemingly scoring hundreds for fun, any records that Tendulkar establishes may prove to be ephemeral ones anyway. Yet when you mention that to him, he doesn't come back with a flippant line about how records don't matter - everyone says it, few mean it. "People do remember landmarks," says Tendulkar earnestly. "You want to be remembered 50 years down the line, like people remember Don Bradman and Garry Sobers now. The word 'landmark' itself sort of compels people to remember you."


When you're constantly attacked by injuries, it's not easy to start thinking like a 24-year-old with a fit body. It's got a lot to do with rhythm as well. Sometimes, when you get it going your way, you forget about the injuries and think differently. Once you cross that hurdle, there's no looking back




As we look back at the highlights reels and the fading snapshots, we still marvel at some of the things he did as a teenager. Many of us can recall waking up before the roosters to watch the telecasts from Australia - early dawns where we witnessed a superb century at Sydney, full of cheeky strokes that screamed irrepressible youth, and an even better one, courageous and defiant, at Perth. When asked about them, Peter Roebuck, who watched both, said: "Between them, those two innings expressed Tendulkar. The rest has been a struggle as genius wrestled with adulthood."

Perth - was it even possible for a 33-year-old with a patched-up body to play an innings of such resplendence? Tendulkar's answer is revealing. "See the innings I played against Pakistan at the [2003] World Cup, and also Lahore [third one-day international, last February]. At Lahore, the first few overs, when the ball was doing a lot, I had to occasionally hold myself back - wait for an opportunity, or sometimes create chances. You're obviously working on the bowler's mind when you counter-attack. I have played a few innings like that. Even in 1991-92, I wasn't playing each and every innings like that. But as time goes by, expectations grow. Sometimes, they're unrealistic."

He insists, though, that public perception doesn't bother him. "Eventually, people don't score runs for me; I do that," he says pithily. "Basically, I have to feel good about myself and find a way out. People have been good to me by calling me up and suggesting a couple of things. But you have to figure out what suits you best and go ahead with that. I've had the help of a lot of senior cricketers, and my brother at home.

"I remember I was asked a question in Sydney after I got the double-hundred. 'Were you reading the newspapers because the media was after you?' And I said I never read any. 'What about tomorrow?' they asked. I said that I don't need a newspaper to make me believe that I've got a double-hundred. Whether there are highs or lows, I try to maintain a certain balance."

Sidelined by injury, Tendulkar missed the start of the Chappell era and all the palace intrigues - "I wasn't there for the first two tours, so it would be hard to tell you what happened" - that resulted in Sourav Ganguly being left by the wayside. And while he waxes eloquent about the revival, especially in the one-day game, he avers that good planning and preparation need to go hand in hand with good fortune. "We started experimenting, and it clicked," he says. "Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

"I remember when I was the captain in Sharjah against Pakistan. I sent Robin Singh at No. 4. He got out first ball and I was criticised for that. 'What was the need to send Robin Singh? You could have come'. About a month later, when Azhar was captain, we did the same thing in Dhaka in the [Independence Cup] final against Pakistan. Robin Singh scored runs. Sometimes, when you try certain things, you've got to be lucky."

Ask him about the brilliant current crop of youngsters, and he looks at the broader canvas. He talks of the seniors - bonafide legends like Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble - and also those like Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Ajit Agarkar, who have been around for more than half a decade, before coming to the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina. "It's a good blend. It has worked wonderfully and the balance is just about right.

"The newer crop is talented, and they're match-winners. Even the bowlers - Munaf [Patel] has done well; Sreesanth has been quite consistent; and Irfan's been around now for three years. He's been delivering quite consistently with both bat and ball. When the batting hasn't been up to expectations, the bowlers have made it a point to bowl some wonderful spells, and vice versa. We've got players who are fit and raring to go, with brilliant attitudes. With Chappell around, it's a perfect combination."

But what of those like the 19-year-old Raina, who are riding a wave of adrenaline and adulation after an unforgettable first season at the top? What advice would he give him when the sun is obscured by clouds? "He doesn't need to worry about bad times," says Tendulkar emphatically. "When you start thinking about bad times, they come sooner than expected."

The worst of times, and the best, are often inseparable. It was certainly that way at the Wanderers one March evening three years ago. Tendulkar finished as Man of the Tournament, but a top-edged swing at Glenn McGrath ended his hopes of World Cup glory, just as a batting collapse and the crowd's bonfires had consumed the dream seven years earlier. Walking back to the pavilion was one of the most wretched experiences of his life, a trek that he hopes he will never have to repeat. "In retrospect, you feel that we could have done things differently," he says. "But at that moment, you go out there to do what you feel is the right thing to do then. "I don't want to put too much pressure on myself thinking about the next World Cup. It would be a dream come true if we can pull it off, but there are plenty of steps on the ladder and we can't get carried away by emotion."

As a younger man, he often did get carried away. There are stories of him being sent to third man, of a chatterbox with a head full of ideas. The urge to get involved can still be seen when he fields at mid-on or mid-off, with frequent jogs to the bowler and a word or two in the ear. Several, like Sreesanth and Agarkar, have spoken of how valuable his inputs have been, and he smiles as he explains how he stays switched on in the field. "I won't be telling them to correct their action or anything - that's not the place to do those things. But I share whatever I see from mid-on, what the batsmen are trying to do. I walk up and tell them that I get the feeling that this batsman is setting himself up to play everything on the off side or off the back foot - so, try and work on him accordingly.

"Eventually, it's Ajit who has to think whether that's the right thing to do or not. It's equally important to let the whole team know about what we're trying. They should have an idea of the plans and what we're trying to achieve. And obviously, the captain makes the calls."




Tendulkar has embraced the spirit of the changing times and become one of the boys © AFP




Those that know Tendulkar well, and I'm not one of them, speak of a warm individual who cherishes his friendships and associations. Gautam Bhimani, the ESPN anchor, who was once invited over to Tendulkar's house on his birthday, had this to tell me: "It never felt as if I was interviewing India's biggest sporting icon and superstar. It was more like being invited home by a loving father who was excited about the fact that his kids had made special cards and woken him up in the morning to wish him. Sara [his daughter] had even drawn the whole family on the card.

"The defining moment of the day was when the cake was being cut. First, the sight of cake being smeared on his face by the kids and then his inability to blow the candles out - because they were the kind that re-light! It was refreshing to be reminded that when the doting millions allow him, he relishes being just a normal guy in his 10th-floor apartment, enjoying his birthday with his wife, mother and kids - and one intrusive reporter, a producer and a cameraman."

The more you talk to Tendulkar, the more an idea begins to take shape of how he views this third incarnation of himself - the one after the precocious adolescent, and the peerless strokemaker who scored runs against all attacks and in all conditions for years. Long before Chappell spoke of him as the perfect mentor, Tendulkar had eased into the role of elder statesman. The glory days have become more and more infrequent as time goes by, but instead of giving in to creeping insecurity, he has embraced the spirit of the changing times and become one of the boys. Many of his contemporaries, including Jack Fingleton, alluded to Bradman as being aloof and self-obsessed. Few will ever level such an accusation against Tendulkar.

Whenever we've chatted, he has been earnest, engaging and precise with his words. On tour, I've also seen the lighter side of someone on whom role-model status was foisted even before he had left the rebellious teenage years behind. In Colombo two years ago, I was sitting at a deli on Galle Road, when Tendulkar walked in with Yuvraj, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. He ordered a chocolate éclair, and as they sat down at the next table, he nodded in my direction and said to the others: "He won't tell the trainer."

The quiet sense of humour is buttressed by increased self-awareness and poise these days - a far cry from the stilted commercials and shy media conferences of the early years. At a press conference an hour after our chat, he had everyone in splits with an impromptu yarn about his first visit to Chennai as a 13-year-old. "I left my home to become a fast bowler, and came to MRF for a trial. Fortunately, my brother had asked me to carry my pads just in case. That was a wise decision."

John Lennon's "Imagine" played in the background as Tendulkar took his seat on the dais; the dreamer in him is certainly in no hurry to walk away, golden sunset or otherwise. "It's not about achievement," he says, when you ask him why the well of motivation hasn't run dry. "So long as I love playing the game, so long as I enjoy the sound of bat hitting ball, I'm going to do it. I don't have to force myself - it just happens."

A few months ago, he took several of his team-mates to visit Sai Baba, and shortly before the team left for the West Indies in May, he spent two days at Kukke Subramanya on the Canara coast to perform some rituals. But when asked about his faith, he becomes reticent, shielding one of the few private facets of a life lived in the public eye. "To a certain extent, you can rely on faith," he says. "I have no complaints. Whatever has happened has happened, and by complaining things don't change. I have thought about things that will make me a better person in future, and tried to learn from the mistakes I've made."

There haven't been many of those, and despite the game having been such an integral part of his life, you sense that Tendulkar will cope with life away from cricket better than most - that he won't pontificate and splutter like an Ian Botham or a Fred Trueman, or denigrate his successors in the manner of Neil Harvey and Bishan Bedi. He will have a vast, Beatlesque catalogue of achievement to look back on, and more than his fair share of regret - the capitulation at Bridgetown in 1997 and the century in a lost cause at Chennai in 1999 will, in his own words, haunt him for a long time. But over and above all that is likely to be satisfaction at a job well done, a warm glow when he summons up memories of a career that has held this land of a million mutinies in thrall for nearly two decades.
Dileep Premachandran is associate editor of Cricinfo. This article first appeared in the June 2006 issue of Cricinfo Magazine.

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Bradman is the greatest, Sachin comes only second: Waugh
Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 (PTI)

Sachin Tendulkar can come only second, after legendary Don Bradman in the list of all-time great cricketers, according to former Australia captain Steve Waugh.


"Don Bradman is the greatest, there is no debate. Don is the number one and then come the rest. And among the rest, Tendulkar probably is as good as anyone. So legitimately he may be the second best cricketer to have played the game," Waugh said.

"But then people will say the same for Gary Sobers and W G Wells too. So its difficult to say," added Waugh, who is here as a member of the Laureus Sports Academy.

Waugh also said it is dangerous that Test cricket doesn't have quality fast bowlers anymore as they are preferring the 20-over format over the game's five-day version.

"It is dangerous for Test cricket that we are losing the quicks. It is a Twenty20 influence. Fast bowlers definitely have a lot of stress and doing this is very demanding.

"I think they realise that they have few years of cricket in them. They get three times more money by bowling one-tenth overs in T20. So we had (Andrew) Flintoff, Brett (Lee) and (Shane) Bond deciding not to play Test which is a shame," he said.

Two-time World Cup winning captain Waugh said India and Australia will start the favourites in the ODI World Cup next year, which will be held in Indian sub-continent.

"Australia have very good record. India is also very hard to beat in India. So they will be the favourites. Then there is also New Zealand. I think, there are probably five teams capable of winning the World Cup but India and Australia will be the favourites," he said.

Asked whether Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men were capable of retaining their number one Test team tag for long, Waugh said: "I don't think anyone will hold the number one ranking (for long) because we have three formats of the game.

"With niggling injuries and so many tours, it is very difficult to be consistent. May be they can hold on to Test ranking but it is very difficult to dominate all the formats of the game."

Waugh also has apprehension about the Decision Referral System and thinks still there is place for improvement. "I'm at times very confused about it. I was initially against it but later I read about it and saw decisions going right but for the last 12 months some of the decisions didn't seem right, which showed the technology is not completely full-proof yet," he said.

"The technology have to be better than what it is now or may be it could go back to the umpires. They could ask for 2-3 referrals rather than the players.

"But then some will argue that we don't have enough good umpires to ask for a referral all times. So we have to get the umpires to the standard of Simon Taufel, who is very confident," Waugh said.

Another incident which has grabbed the attention of Waugh is the rise of Afghanistan who has qualified for this year's Twenty20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies.

"It is a great sporting story. It is a potential movie. It is a fairy tale, the story of the year. Players learning cricket in the refugee camps and doing so well. I think with the T20 World Cup coming up, this will be one of the future stories of the event," he said.

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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar named UN Goodwill Ambassador

Sachin Tendulkar Honoured by the United Nations Environment Programme

11 March 2010 – Adding to his lengthy list of accomplishments, cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has been named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Mr. Tendulkar – the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals – will use his massive global popularity to raise awareness and harness support for environmental action in his home country of India and around the world.

“I have played and enjoyed my cricket across the planet. Now it’s also time to do something for the planet, which is our only home,” he said.

“Being part of the effort to save the planet is an immense undertaking but it is a challenge I am ready to undertake. Working with UNEP and cricket fans across the globe, I am in good company. Together we can do it.”

The agency’s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, voiced confidence that Mr. Tendulkar’s “character, personal integrity, intellect and profile will catalyze widespread environmental action.”

With 2010 being the UN’s International Year of Biodiversity, the cricket legend will work with the agency to boost the global and grassroots response to the loss of animal and plant diversity worldwide.

Mr. Tendulkar is no stranger to the work of the UN, having lent his voice to a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) campaign in India on the importance of personal hygiene.

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Sport

Sports Illustrated's honour for Tendulkar

Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated (SI) Power List.

The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the No. 1 influencer in India, followed closely by IPL chairman Lalit Modi (second) and Vijay Mallya (third).

The Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the ICC, Sharad Pawar, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and BCCI President, Shashank Manohar, are fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Some of them in the 50 most influential people list were felicitated at a function here on Monday.

“I wanted to play cricket whole-heartedly for the country. I am living my dream and have played with two-three generations. I wanted to be a special member of the team and I have done it,” Tendulkar said.

Tendulkar added that he was still receiving congratulatory messages for becoming the first batsman in ODI history to score a double hundred.

As a special gesture, Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta (the most powerful woman at 23 on the list) was presented with a diamond-studded cricket ball. — PTI

http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/10/stories/2010031064462100.htm

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[hamid]

India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has been named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

"I have played and enjoyed my cricket across the planet. Now it's also time to do something for the planet, which is our only home," he said...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-named-un-goodwill-ambassador/111417-5.html?from=tn

[littlemaster1982]

Post from another cricket forum.


Haven't gone through the posts in this thread, but just to let you guys know the first hand experience of the effect a Sachin innings can have.

I was at the Ganga Ram Hospital (in Delhi) pediatric ICU for the last 2-3 weeks due to a personal emergency. As you can imagine, near a hospital unit dealing with terminally sick kids, the scene on the floor was always somber with families praying for their kids to get healthier and there used to be the regular wailing from nervous families or from the families which bid good bye to young kids of the household who couldn't struggle against their acute illnesses anymore.

For those 75-80 minutes after SRT scored his 100 and then went onto unleash those gorgeous shots, the scene on that entire floor was completely different. There were smiles all around. I saw people who used to wail and cry all the time praying for their kids well being, jumping with joy and cheering for Sachin's 200, saw even some patients on wheel chairs being carried to their rooms stopping before a TV on the floor and applauding the knock. So much of positive energy all because of one humble human being wielding his bat and unleashing those sumptuous drives, cuts, pulls and delicate paddle sweeps.

And last but not the least, there was this young boy aged about 14, struggling with a multiple organ failure and on whom the doctors had given up all hopes of a recovery, he sat with me for 10-15 minutes during the last stages of that knock praying for the world record to be broken first and then for the 200, returned to his room with a huge smile despite all the pain and then 2 days later his struggle abruptly came to an end and he breathed his last. Trust me, I never saw him without a smile during his last 2 days.

Forget everything, if an innings can bring such joy and smile to someone in so much of pain, lets have more such gems, even if it's termed as useless by some people.

Thank you Sachin!

I never get emotional, but this post left me in tears. Forget all the records and runs, no one can ever achieve this.

Sachin is truly a GOD :notworthy: :notworthy:

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:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Kondu vandhadharkku nandri, LM.

[VinodKumar's]

Lord of the fans
Gambhir pointed out how crucial the home fans would be for his team tonight, even going as far as to say they would be the 12th man, but the crowd's reaction to each run Tendulkar gathered made it sound more like Dadar than Delhi. When Tendulkar clipped three runs, collecting the ball from outside off and working those wrists, the fans showed their appreciation. When he walked down the track and put Farveez Maharoof away for four, they went wild. And when Tendulkar steered a lovely four, opening his hands and placing it past the infield, well that was just what you'd expect from fans of this man. Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, had spoken before the first season of how he had envisioned city-based loyalties. That's not going to happen anywhere in India when Tendulkar is batting.

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Delhi v Mumbai, IPL 2010, Delhi
Tendulkar glow helps Mumbai shine
Jamie Alter in Delhi

March 18, 2010

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On a day when he stamped his authority on the shortest format of the game, Sachin Tendulkar provided glimpses of the many facets to his cricketing persona (file photo) © AFP


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In his 21st year of international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has been in superb form - runs have flowed in Tests and ODIs and now the Twenty20 format. His innings at the Kotla on Wednesday encompassed all that is brilliant about the man - not just in the manner of his own batting but in how it influenced Mumbai Indians, both necessary traits if they aspire to reach the IPL semi-finals.

Mind over body
That Tendulkar can score 200 in an ODI and continue to drag a cricket ball from outside off stump and hit it through midwicket at the age of 37 instead of 27, Geoffrey Boycott wrote recently, will continue to astonish many. Yet it should not, he added, come as a surprise: though a player's fitness starts to slip a bit when he hits the mid-30s, the vast experience gained allows him to play smart cricket. The result, as Tendulkar so aptly showed this evening, was that he can perform just as well as he did at 27 without stretching his body to breaking point.

Tendulkar is clearly enjoying his cricket, and it was evident in his body language throughout the game. After losing the toss and being asked to bat, a calm Tendulkar said he would have chosen to do so anyway. You could sense he was eager to get out and bat on what he called "a venue that has never been bouncy and tends to play slow and low". His mind was running, and the body caught up soon after in a thrilling display of what experience and form can produce.

Touch and thwack
Tendulkar has often been more of a touch artist than a bludgeoner but today he showed the gamut from subtle to sledgehammer. His first four boundaries were delicate, tapping the ball lightly with deft wristwork and helping it on its way square of the wicket on both sides. Then, after he scooped a thick edge just over the cover fielder for four, Tendulkar brought out the thump: he stepped out to the legspinner Sarabjit Ladda, made room and produced a big straight hit that bounced just in front of the sightscreen. He repeated the dosage for Amit Mishra. First he played a delicate caress to a fullish ball, hanging back and opening the face of the bat to get four between short third man and point, and next ball smashed it back past the bowler who smartly got out of the way. This trend continued until Tendulkar was dismissed by Mishra for a 32-ball 63.

Setting the tone
Getting a start is critical in Twenty20 and Tendulkar delivered in the manner that suits him best. He didn't give the bowlers a chance and made sure to keep the ball along the ground. His aggressive intent and the success it yielded, allowed the remaining batsmen to play around him. Aditya Tare slammed 17 from ten balls before he missed a slog, and the pair that followed built on a run rate that was over 10.50. The platform had been set, and Saurabh Tiwary and Ambati Rayudu were able to come out and ride on the wave, ultimately setting up a 200-plus total.

Big Brother
Aside from his role as batsman, what Tendulkar offers as a thinktank is massive. Two days ago, in the build-up to this massive clash, Tendulkar spent extra time with Tiwary in the nets at the Feroz Shah Kotla, feeding him with balls to fine-tune his sweep shots, which were going wayward. Clearly there has been a thought process behind elevating Tiwary to the first-choice playing XI this season. This season, Tiwary has played some sparkling innings for Jharkhand, the state he captains on the domestic front, and it has not been lost on the Mumbai management. Having someone of Tendulkar's stature give you additional time before a match can work wonders and the result was Tiwary's second belligerent half-century in a row. Under him the Indian players seem to have found the confidence to do well, and how Tendulkar continues to nurture the likes of Tare, Tiwary and Rayudu could be the decisive chapter in Mumbai's season.

Sachin the strategist
Today, Tendulkar held back the star West Indian duo of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, who had only reached India late last night, until the innings was almost done. Given the big bucks doled out for Pollard and Bravo, it would have been tempting to throw them in early but Tendulkar resisted and the move paid off richly.

During Delhi's chase he turned to Sanath Jayasuriya after Harbhajan Singh got a wicket in his first over, and the Sri Lankan allrounder struck in successive overs. Again, it would have been easy to keep Bravo and Pollard on but Tendulkar read the track and knew spin was going to be crucial. These are but small instances that allude to how he thinks.

Talisman effect
A Mumbai victory over Delhi in the Ranji Trophy always merits quite a few columns of newspaper space, and so should this win in the IPL. The playing field is vastly different, but given the form Delhi have been in and the all-round weight they boast of, this certainly qualified as an upset. They had won two in a row, and Mumbai can take fantastic encouragement from the fact that they've hit some form themselves.

Watching Mumbai's first two games this season, it is evident that this is a team that has the firepower to do well, but what they need to inspire them is Tendulkar. His injury in 2008 and patchy form in 2009 were undoubtedly factors in Mumbai's ordinary displays. But after two disappointing seasons the team may just have found the man in the right frame of mind. Captaincy has never been Tendulkar's strong point, as two disastrous stints in charge of India attest to, but in the Twenty20 format, and in such rich form, he may just be on the right path.
Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at Cricinfo

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Tendulkar breaks hearts, says no to World T20
CNN-IBNPosted on Mar 23, 2010 at 19:49

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar is a difficult man to dislodge; from the wicket and from his decision. As voices rose in unision urging him to play for India in the forthcoming T20 World Cup, the Master Blaster on Tuesday made it clear that he will stick to his stand of not playing Twenty2o internationals.


Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar had told CNN-IBN last night that Tendulkar should make himself available for the ICC World T20 in the Caribbean next month, but Sachin is not biting. He told CNN-IBN that he will not play the tournament.

The team for T20 world cup will be selected on Friday and Tendulkar does not feature in the list of the 30 probables.


Tendulkar had decided in 2007 to not play Twenty20 internationals and he said he was going to stick to that stand and that he did not see any issue in this.


Tendulkar, who has only played T20 games in the IPL, has been in superlative form for the Mumbai team this season and it is his show in this format that has led many to ask him to reconsider his decision of not playing T20 internationals.


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[ajithfederer]

Good decision sachin. Never play for T-20 BCCI side. MI-kku mattum velayandittu poitae irukalam.

:clap:.

[Yuvi]

Good decision sachin. Never play for T-20 BCCI side. MI-kku mattum velayandittu poitae irukalam.

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madhiyadhor vaasal midhikaadhae :clap:

[ajithfederer]

Aaloo :notthatway:

It's Tendulkar who backed out of t-20 Int's since wc 2007. Avanga eppovume kooptitu dhan irukaanga.

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[tscii:e111db2190]IPL 2010: Sachin Tendulkar and other golden oldies have chased my blues away with sublime cricket

By Ayaz Memon Cricket Last updated: March 23rd, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar hits the ball away for four runs yesterday (Photo: Getty)

The blues have vanished. I am less wistful about what cricket used to be from the time the previous blog was written less than 24 hours ago.

It didn’t take much, actually, to get the mood upbeat. In Monday night’s high profile match between Mumbai and Kolkata, Sachin Tendulkar played a sublime straight drive off Shane Bond in the first over itself to send the capacity crowd in raptures. By the time he won the match for Mumbai with an unbeaten 71, the entire city had gone delirious and I was in the swing of T20 madness again.

There was a beauty to Tendulkar’s batsmanship that belied the hurly-burly of T20 cricket. He could, in fact, have been playing in a Test match, such was the technical correctness of his tenure in the middle. The straight drive apart, he played a couple of silken cover drives and two dainty flicks off the Kiwi pace ace, most of which found the fence without being hit by too much power.

Tendulkar not only timed his shots exquisitely, but also found gaps in the field unerringly. There was little of the kind of manic hitting one usually sees in T20 cricket, though his young India teammates Ishant Sharma must’ve felt the impact of two bludgeoning blows to mid-wicket off deliveries pitched on the off stump or thereabouts. Even these hoicks were well-placed, aiming for the gap rather than clearing the fence.

Indeed, Tendulkar did not hit a single six in his innings of 71. Against Delhi too in an earlier match, he had scored 63 without a six hit. Yet, in both these matches, he had the best strike rate amongst batsmen from either side nonetheless. When you consider that opposing teams have had such uninhibited strokeplayers as Sehwag, Dilshan, De Viliers and Gayle, the genius of Tendulkar comes across more emphatically. :clap:.

What has emerged after watching Tendulkar in this IPL is that fundamental batting skills have a place in T20. While it is imperative to improvise, there is no need for total compromise. Mindless slogging may work every once in a while, but more often than not, true-blue quality is likely to succeed.

Tendulkar’s form over the past 7-8 months has been so magnificent that people have been wondering whether he has not got a third wind. Having seen him from the time he made his international debut in 1989, one can only say that he seems to have turned the clock back 10-12 years back when he was considered to be at his peak. Now he seems to be at the pinnacle of his form, and in all three formats: Tests, ODIs and T20.

Interestingly, Tendulkar leads the charge of the Golden Oldies in this edition of the IPL too. Jacques Kallis, Matt Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Chaminda Vaas, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan, along with Andrew Symonds and Viru Sehwag (not Golden Oldies yet, but veterans nonetheless) are some of the other players who have made a more striking impact than most of the younger players.

This tells me that even in T20 – considered to be the arena for young arms, legs and lungs, experience and acumen – the value of experience and acumen may actually be greater.

Which makes me feel good and wear my own years more lightly.

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“Sachin as Gabbar Singh! This was part of a team-building exercise in 2008 where a bunch of us picked the movie as our theme.”

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This was a part of a team building exercise in 2008 where a bunch of us picked the movie Sholay as our theme. Sachin was Gabbar!

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“The party after Sachin’s 35th Test century in 2005. The cake was brought in by the team. Sachin will always inspire us.”

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[sankara70]

Why little master not playing in T20 WC

[ajithfederer]

Engalukku pudikalinga :).

[ajithfederer]

"I will not be playing the ICC World Twenty20," ... "I have not played Twenty20 Internationals from 2007 onwards and I don't think it should become an issue now"

[mgb]

[tscii:b1f32f9773]The first 20-20 Sachin played

Venue - Peshawar
Year - 1989

India –Pakistan cricket series were equal to Indo – Pak war during those days.

The authorities had decided to organize a 20-over exhibition match instead of the one –dayer that was abandoned due to bad light. The stadium was filled with Pakistani fans even though it was an exhibition match.

Batting first in 20-20 style (20-20 was not even a distant dream then), Pakistan made 157 runs in 20 overs. India was able to make only 88 runs in 15 overs.

Then......... Sachin came :P
69 required of 5 overs.

He hit Mustaq Ahmed, who had taken two wickets, for a couple of sixes.
Abdul Qadir, who had bowled a maiden to Srikanth earlier, came to 15 year old Sachin and said, “Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho ? Hamein bhi maar dikhao"
Sachin smiled and did just that.
6,0,4,6,6,6 was how Abdul Qadir’s bowling figures for next over read (though he was dropped in the midwicket of the second delivery). Akram had his turn too.

Sachin made an unbeatable 53 from 18 balls. Even though India lost the match by 4 runs, it announced the arrival of a genius, who went on to be called the GOD :bow:[/tscii:b1f32f9773]

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar to grace Wisden magazine cover

March 25, 2010 14:31 IST

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] will grace the cover page of the April issue of the Wisden Cricketer magazine, which is recognising the Indian batsman's historic ODI double hundred against South Africa [ Images ] last month.

The world's best-selling cricket magazine made a late decision to change its original cover image to commemorate Tendulkar's landmark innings.

The magazine has a front cover tribute of Tendulkar's historic ODI double century on February 24 at Gwalior penned by its editor John Stern.

"This was a defining innings both in terms of it being the first double hundred after forty years of One-Day International cricket, but also because it confirmed Sachin's unmatched skill, endurance and appetite for the game after 20 years as an international cricketer," Stern said.

"An astonishing performance by one of the game's true greats," he added.

The April issue of the magazine will hit the stands on Friday.

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/25/tendulkar-graces-wisden-magazine-cover.htm

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar – From Endulkar to Almighty
Ritesh Chandra | Mar 25, 2010 | 2 comments

I was restless on my bed exactly 3 years ago at 3 am on March 24, 2007. Indian team was out of the world cup 2007 in league stage. Like all the Indian cricket fans I too was very disappointed with the team’s performance. However unlike other fans instead of cursing the players, I was thinking about the players’ state of mind, especially of the Little Master’s Sachin Tendulkar. Sehwag and Dravid were sitting outside the dressing room with him and through the eyes, you could even see the pain that they were going through. Nobody wants to lose!

But then the Indian Cricket fans (or the sub continent fans) are different from the world. Next morning, I opened the idiot box and as expected, media had not spared anyone, in exploiting the sadness and turning it into backlash towards the players. With the news items like all the seniors/non performing should be sacked from the team immediately, it sparked a feeling of angst and hatred amongst the public. In the central Indian city of Indore, dozens marched with what they described as “a funeral of Indian cricket”. It was just madness all over. They didn’t stop over there, the players’ home were not safe, the fans started shouting and pelting stones onto every player’s home. Dhoni’s house in Ranchi was broken by the so called fans. Suddenly the news broke of few fans outside Sachin Tendulkar’s house in Mumbai who were demanding of his retirement. I was amazed to see when a 10 year old boy started giving tips to Tendulkar, on how to defend a ball (as Sachin got bowled in defending the inswinger from Dilhara Fernando). What the hell was going on!

“Tell me, the world has gone on talking about all this [our defeat and exit] but has anybody spared a thought for us?,” asked an emotional Tendulkar. “Did they try to find out what we have been going through? I am shattered beyond words and I feel helpless. I’ve never felt so bad in my entire career,” he said. “No matter how many Tests or one-day series you win, nothing else even comes close to a World Cup triumph. The World Cup was our passion, our collective goal, our dream and that has been shattered. And we all are terribly disappointed over it.” Sachin, was I not thinking the same?

I switched off the box and turned on my desktop. Being the moderator of the biggest Tendulkar community on Orkut, I had already realized what it could be seen in the SRT community. Total Mess ! The loyalty of the fans was on sake. The fans started leaving the community, saying Sachin has disappointed them and the nation. True! But then what do we actually want? Do we want his head or what? Sachin Tendulkar himself would have been more disappointed than any other person in the world, isn’t it? Cricket is his life and World cup his dream. It was the time when many of us believed that if and Indian Team deserves to win, it was this combination to win the Cup for India. With Ganguly, Dravid, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Uthappa, Zaheer, Kumble, Bhajji in the side, this was Sachin’s best chance to win the Cup.

Except his loyal fans, the whole world went against him, asking for his retirement. From former players to media and to Cricket Administrators all went against the Little Champ. Tendulkar didn’t say anything on his retirement but he did reply to the allegation from the team coach Greg Chappell on his commitment by saying,”Paani sar se ooncha ho gaya hai (Things have gone a bit too far to keep quiet). I’ve given my heart and my soul for 17 years. No coach had mentioned even in passing that my attitude was not correct,” Tendulkar told Times of India. “Cricket has been my life for all these years and will always be.”

India’s next tour was against Bangladesh, Tendulkar looked determined not to throw his wicket or go after the bowling irrespective of the opponent. Scored back to back 100, fans hardly bothered team’s performance against a team like Bangladesh. He scored 254 runs in 2 test matches and they were highest by any player from both the teams. Fans and experts raised the question, Tendulkar scores against the minnows. Tendulkar didn’t reply.

Then started the long tour of England. India was scheduled to play 1 ODI against Ireland, 3 ODIs against South Africa (all in Glasgow), 7 ODIs & 3 test matches against England. Sachin, failing to flick a straighter one from Whelan, got bowled out for just 4 while chasing a target of 170 odd runs. Then arrived the mighty Proteas and Tendulkar showed his class and arrogance in the 3 match series scoring 200 runs (with 2 nineties) and was Man of the Series. Though the test series could not be termed as successful series by his standard as Sachin scored 228 runs. But Tendulkar looked determined not to throw his wicket. He didn’t play a singl rash shot in the entire test series and was bit unlucky to get out on 91, but then his score of 91 and 84 runs did help India to win the series in England after 20 years. In the 7 ODIs against England, he was in top form, scoring 374 runs with two more scores of 90 plus. There were questions raised again that Sachin can’t play short pitch bowling well as was hit by Anderson on helmet’s grill in test series,Tendulkar didn’t reply. Tendulkar scored maximum runs in overall series 574 runs in 10 ODIs and 228 runs in Tests, a grand total of 802 runs.

He didn’t play the Twenty–20 World Cup and under MS Dhoni’s fresh scaptaincy, India won the inaugural T-20 world cup. Questions were raised again, do we really need seniors? It was believed that India won because Sachin, Dravid & Ganguly were not in the team. Tendulkar again didn’t react.

Australia arrived in Oct, just after the T-20 World Cup , India lost the series by 2-5, won in Mohali and Mumbai. The anchor at Mohali was Sachin and Ganguly’s partnership. Dravid lost his place from ODI team, Ganguly’s place was in danger. Sachin scored 278 runs in the series while the second best Yuvraj had just 192 runs.

Shoaib Akhtar and co. were ready to take on the Indians in next series. Tendulkar was at his best in ODI’s especially in Gwalior where he scored 97 runs. The innings was a combination of class and brilliant stroke play. Sad to see him getting so close to 100 and yet not able to score 100. Though he scored 139 runs in test series in 2 tests he played, but that test series clearly belonged to Dada. Sachin scored 259 runs in ODIs next only to Yuvraj by just 13 runs. Questions raised again, Sachin gets nervous in the 90’s and can’t score 100 that easily. Master was again silent.

The Year 2007 went in trying to play the ball in the right place. Showing the determination of how much he wants to stay on the wicket. Sachin Tendulkar was greedy yet again. Though scores were more into 90’s but he looked solid as never before. Tendulkar was scoring again for India. He didn’t say anything in media since the start of Bangladesh test series. But what exactly was going in his mind, could anyone guess?

The new year began in style and controversy. Sachin Tendulkar finally scored a 100 at his most favorite ground Sydney Cricket Ground. The match is more famous for the controversies than any other thing. But nothing affected Sachin’s innings. Sachin kept scoring at all the grounds of Australia. The shot of the series came in the 3rd test match at Perth. Brett Lee to Tendulkar, short ball, Tendulkar was almost ready to let the ball go over his head, but on Perth pitch, the fastest on earth, against one of the fastest bowler, Tendulkar showed what hand eye coordination is all about. How much time HE has to play ball. He played the ball at the very last moment while ducking it. When everyone thought the ball would go past the batsman, Tendulkar showed his class, bent a little bit and then sliced it over the slips to third man boundary. Mark Nicholas was the commentator and his was reaction was, “ That’s awesome ! It’s one for the photographer and one for our memory” .

May be only Tendulkar made that shot looked beautiful. No slog no hard hitting, innovation at its best and a lesson for all the kids, a new way to tackle short pitch balls. Scored 493 runs in 4 test, the top scorer of the series. In CB series final Sachin shows his class yet again. Without doubt, Australia, the best side in the world has always brought best out of Sachin. His 117* in SCG was a treat to watch. India has never won a tri series in Australia before. A drought was over. India won its 1st tri series tournament after the gap of 6 years. Sachin scored 399 runs in 10 ODI’s next only to Gambhir who scored 440 runs. Overall 892 runs on the tour. Question raised: None. Ganguly’s career over in ODIs.

Next 2 series were not good for him, he missed the test series against South Africa and was not in touch against Mendis and Murli in the test series. He wasn’t clueless against Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan, like some of his team-mates, for he often began confidently only to get out in unorthodox ways or to soft shots. From Sachin to Dravid, Laxman to Ganguly, it was a poor series for every senior batsmen. The fab four’s career was on stake. The new question raised, should they get a chance to play together again in test cricket? Are you still expecting a reply from Sachin? No, let the bat speak.

Australia arrived once again, Tendulkar was short of 77 runs in breaking the world record of most number of runs in the test cricket. He did it in the second test at Mohali, that was my 1st day at RBS office and I was fined for reaching the training room late. I forgot I was in office, I was clapping and cheering for every run he scored before reaching the milestone. The atmosphere in cafeteria was like a stadium and in the process I forgot my training. Nevermind, I was happy to pay the fine, may be for the 1st time in my life. Tendulkar breaks his silence after months, “ Success is a process and during that journey sometimes there are stones thrown at you and you convert them into milestones. It’s a great feeling.” Runs kept coming in the entire series and he again was the second highest run scorer from both the teams. 393 runs in 4 test . Gambhir was on top with 463 runs. Ganguly and Kumble retired from test cricket.

Tendulkar didn’t stop there, he played one of the best knock of his test cricket career at Chennai against the Englishmen just after the 26/11 attack. Determined Tendulkar once again played a match winning knock, that too in 4th innings of a test match. The innings which stopped people, fans, experts, media and critics from raising any more question. But not a single time Tendulkar replied them directly. All he did was reply with his bat. 4 back to back Centuries in test cricket and three huge score of 163*, 175 & 200* in ODI within a year time, not to forget his 139 in the tri series finals.

3 years back, cricket fanatics, experts, media wanted Sachin to retire, today they all want him in the T-20 international cricket, though he has already retired from T-20 cricket. Sachin stands by his words. 3 years after the disaster, Tendulkar is on the top! Though he was always on top amongst his fans but now on top of every former cricketer’s list, media / experts and cricket fanatic’s list. Tendulkar never reacted to any of the comments/ criticism made on him. The generous Tendulkar not even said anything against any of those critics even after scoring so many runs.

This year I predicted everything correctly about his scores in every match he played. My close friend Alok knows how good I am at predictions when it comes to the Master. My last and final prediction on Sachin Tenudlkar, he will quit from Oneday Cricket and Twenty-20(including IPL) after the World Cup 2011 (irrespective of the result in the World Cup) and will continue to play the test cricket till 2015. But what’s in Sachin Tendulkar’s mind is still a secret and we will only come to know about it through his bat.

The performance of top players since 24th March 2007 till Date:

Sachin Tendulkar
Test : 31, Runs: 2279, Average: 59.12, 100’s: 12, 50’s: 11
ODI: 58, Runs: 2751, Average: 51.90, 100’s: 5, 50’s: 16, Strike Rate: 89.20

Virender Sehwag
Test: 24, Runs: 2536, Average: 61.85, 100’s: 7, 50’s: 9
ODi: 51, Runs: 2094, Average: 42.73, 100’s: 4, 50’s: 11, Strike Rate: 124.71

Mohammad Yousuf
Test: 13, Runs: 878, Average: 38.17, 100’s: 1, 50’s: 5
ODi: 46, Runs: 1716, Average: 47.66, 100’s: 3, 50’s: 12, Strike Rate: 79.88

Yuvraj Singh
ODi: 84, Runs: 2797, Average: 39.95, 100’s: 5, 50’s: 16, Strike Rate: 92.70

Ricky Ponting
Test: 33, Runs: 2532, Average: 45.21, 100’s:6, 50’s: 15
ODi: 74, Runs: 2903, Average: 44.66, 100’s: 6, 50’s: 20, Strike Rate: 83.51

Kevin Pietersen
Test: 37, Runs: 2913, Average: 47.75, 100’s: 10, 50’s: 8
ODi: 54, Runs: 1573, Average: 36.58, 100’s: 4, 50’s: 8, Strike Rate:80.62

Jacques Kallis
Test: 30, Runs: 2413, Average: 53.62, 100’s: 10, 50’s: 8
ODi: 49 , Runs: 1965, Average: 49.12, 100’s: 2, 50’s: 16, Strike Rate: 78.66

MS Dhoni
Test: 28, Runs: 1722, Average: 50.64, 100’s: 3, 50’s: 14
ODi: 93, Runs: 3433, Average: 56.27, 100’s: 5, 50’s: 23, Strike Rate:85.52

Greame Smith
Test: 29, Runs: 2514, Average: 55.86, 100’s: 9, 50’s: 8
ODi: 43, Runs: 1772, Average: 44.30, 100’s: 2, 50’s: 17, Strike Rate:86.82

Mike Hussey
Test: 33, Runs: 2226, Average: 42.00, 100’s: 6, 50’s: 11
ODi: 77, Runs: 2391, Average: 48.79, 100’s: 0, 50’s: 20, Strike Rate: 86.41

Gambhir
Test: 18, Runs: 2114, Average: 66.06, 100’s: 8, 50’s: 8
ODi: 77, Runs: 2668, Average: 41.04, 100’s: 6, 50’s: 17, Strike Rate: 86:65

Rahul Dravid
Test: 32, Runs: 2221, Average: 42.71, 100’s: 6, 50’s: 12

Conclusion from the above stats:
• He is the third highest run getter in last 3 years. Sachin scored 5030 in 89 matches. Ponting on top with 5435 runs in 107(18 more matches than Sachin) matches followed by MS Dhoni who scored 5155 runs in 121(32 more matches than Sachin) matches.
• Tendulkar and Dhoni are the only players who have average more than 50 in both form of the game.
• Tendulkar topped with overall 17 centuries, followed by Gambhir who has 14.
• Sehwag on top when it comes to strike rates in ODI with 124.71 runs per 100 balls, followed by Yuvraj (92.70) and Sachin Tendulkar (89.20)

The above stats clearly shows that why Sachin is the number one batsman in the last 3 years. Are you reading Mr Ian Chappell? Ian Chappell wrote in his column “If Tendulkar had found an honest mirror three years ago and asked the question: ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the best batsman of all?’ It would’ve answered: ‘Brian Charles Lara’. “If he asked that same mirror right now: ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall should I retire?’ The answer would be: ‘Yes.”

If Ian Chappell has found a mirror right now and asked the question: “Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the best batsman of all? It will answer:’Sachin Tendulkar’. “If he asks that same mirror right now: ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall should I retire from writing?’ The answer would be: ‘Yes,”.

I hope Kapil Dev would stop cribbing after checking these stats. In every second innings of Sachin in past three years he just said one thing, I want to see him play like the young Tendulkar, the Tendulkar of 90’s. Here you go Mr Dev, Sachin is scoring almost at the strike rate of 90, better than all the contemporary cricketers.

Ian Chappell in 2007
At the moment, he looks like a player trying to eke out a career; build on a glittering array of statistics, if he really is playing for that reason and not to help win as many matches as he can for India, then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately.”

Ian Chappell in 2010
It’s not just the number of runs he’s scored in this prolific period (although four Test centuries in six innings is pretty impressive); rather it’s the manner of his run-gathering. In his scintillating 175 against Australia and the double-century that demolished South Africa, it was his dominance that stood out. Both innings rattled along at much better than a run-a-ball,s and when he is regularly punching drives off the back foot you know Tendulkar is master of all he surveys.

Rameez Raja in 2007
“I would want to see him play regularly for India in Test matches, maybe not so in One-day cricket. You need little more fire power in One-day cricket and the youngsters can provide that fire power. “Of late, his graph has been going down and though he is averaging around 50, he has not been winning matches for India for quite a few years. You need bit of experience and class (in Test cricket) and certainly Sachin has that experience and class and maybe he will be of use to India in Test cricket.”

Rameez Raja in 2010
“He’s been a great ambassador for India and world cricket, He is a great role model because for someone who has played international cricket for 20-odd years there isn’t a single scandal against him. It shows the character of the man and he still has the passion and enthusiasm of a 10-year-old.”

Kapil Dev in 2007
“Sachin Tendulkar should retire. A player should know when his time is over, like Gavaskar. People asked him, why now? Instead of why not retiring.”

Kapil Dev in 2010
“Sachin has touched several milestones during his 20-year career in the international cricket. He certainly deserves the Bharat Ratna. We will be very happy if he gets the highest honour of the country, Even if Sachin would have got a duck in this innings, still I would say that he deserves the honour. No decision should be taken on the basis of performance in one match, but I am keeping in mind his overall contribution.”

Times Of India in 2006
Endulkar – On Sachin’s retirement

Times of India in 2010
‘Tendulkar is Almighty now’

How things have been changed from 2007 to 2010. Its hard to believe people commented and had doubt on the India’s biggest icon and most favourite son. Enough have been said about the year 98. Enough have been said about his 200 at Gwalior. Its time to shut our mouth and let the master’s bat speaks for him and his fans. Things have turned around again and to conclude everything there can’t be a better saying than the one follows. As the famous placard during the Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils read “ Sachin Tendulkar— Reducing the number of atheists since 1989.”

http://cricages.com/sachin-zone/sachin-tendulkar-from-endulkar-to-almighty/

LM, there are some fine pics (4) in this article. Upload them whenever possible.

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[Bala (Karthik)]

Feddy
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Dravid-a paakka dhaan romba kashtama irundhudhu/irukku. His face tells the whole story

[ajithfederer]

Actually this piece was composed by Orkut sachin fan community mod ritesh. I felt like going through a time travelling machine in the last 3 years actually.

[Bala (Karthik)]

One would do well to show a certain finger to Gabil Devu and cohorts

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar in last 3 years (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;s panmin1=01+Apr+2007;spanval1=span;template=results ;type=batting;view=match).

One small statistic nitpick but for an excellent article. He has scored 5530(2751(ODI) + 2779(Test)) runs in both the forms of the game.

[Ramakrishna]

Intha chappel, kapil, Rameez-a ellaam kaari thuppi oru post ezhuthunga bala

[littlemaster1982]

That was an excellent post AF. Thanks for bringing it :D

P.S: Will post those pics tomorrow.

[Plum]

[tscii:df8787d64e]Kick-ass Article for Sachin fans (http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/the-worst-sachin-arguments)
We are looking at you Mr Manjay Sanjrekar

There is a huge quantity of third-rate literature, now deservedly serving as cones for peanuts, that once berated him in the masquerade of cricket analysis. Views that were, and still are, reproduced as the opinions of millions. Till recently, the most stupid Indian arguments were usually about Sachin. How many times have you heard someone say, ‘he does not win matches’. Increasingly, people who do not have mental problems are abandoning this line of thought, even refusing to admit that they ever held such an opinion. But not very long ago, it was a popular view.



Also, it is alleged, he never lasted till the end. as if it was his wish to go have a shower before the match ended. Couldd it be that the mathematical probability of an opener lasting till the end is very small?

:lol:


In the past two decades, several batsmen have been regarded as Tendulkar’s equals. In columns, essays and drunken conversations, some batsmen were even considered better than him if the game were split into narrow genres. At some point or the other players like Inzamam, Ponting, Lara, Bevan, Sehwag, the brothers Mark and Steve (Waugh) have been placed by his side to see if his light dimmed. Sachin is like the digit in a stopwatch that remains unchanged even as the numbers in the units place go through a furious shuffle. But in the end, the contenders have diminished or vanished

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[Plum]

[tscii:e8933895ff]And without any endorsement, an interesting take on the humility which we fought over recently all over HUb

Tendulkar is a victim of not just mediocre analysis but also meaningless compliments. He is often described through a sentence that appears to be a unique Indian expression. No other nation is as fond of this line: ‘What strikes you about him is his humility’. It is a compliment usually given to a celebrity with good manners, who has made a journalist feel comfortable, who has offered him a glass of water to drink. How many times have we seen Tendulkar being described as humble, and readily accepted that view. But, are we confusing his endearing decency for humility? And his self-centered caution that ensures he does not always speak his mind, are we misinterpreting that disappointing aspect of his personality for humility? He might be humble, as somehow required by all his devotees, but my point is we don’t know.

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[Plum]

[tscii:87aadf6e9a]And I am saving the best for the last - a bit controversial but nevertheless:


The male analysis of Sachin Tendulkar is a two-decade long confession of Indian men. When they speak of him, usually through pilfered opinions, they reveal fragments of their own fears and private grouses. So when a guy says that Rahul Dravid is a more useful Test player than Sachin, he means to say, ‘I am an ordinary person and I want the ordinary to triumph over the flamboyant, I want hard work to be accorded the same respect as unattainable genius, otherwise what is the whole point of my existence.’ When he says Laxman is more beautiful to watch than Sachin, he is saying, ‘I want you to believe that I am classy, an opera among rock concerts.’ And when he says that Ganguly was a better one-day opener than Sachin, he is saying, ‘I am a Bengali.’

:lol:
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[Bala (Karthik)]

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Tendulkar is a victim of not just mediocre analysis but also meaningless compliments. He is often described through a sentence that appears to be a unique Indian expression. No other nation is as fond of this line: ‘What strikes you about him is his humility’. It is a compliment usually given to a celebrity with good manners, who has made a journalist feel comfortable, who has offered him a glass of water to drink. How many times have we seen Tendulkar being described as humble, and readily accepted that view. But, are we confusing his endearing decency for humility? And his self-centered caution that ensures he does not always speak his mind, are we misinterpreting that disappointing aspect of his personality for humility? He might be humble, as somehow required by all his devotees, but my point is we don’t know.
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[ajaybaskar]

http://www.cricinfo.com/photosplus/content/image/434729.html?alt=3

[Kalyasi]

Sachin Tendulkar – From Endulkar to Almighty
Ritesh Chandra | Mar 25, 2010 | 2 comments

The performance of top players since 24th March 2007 till Date:

Sachin Tendulkar
Test : 31, Runs: 2279, Average: 59.12, 100’s: 12, 50’s: 11
ODI: 58, Runs: 2751, Average: 51.90, 100’s: 5, 50’s: 16, Strike Rate: 89.20

MS Dhoni
Test: 28, Runs: 1722, Average: 50.64, 100’s: 3, 50’s: 14
ODi: 93, Runs: 3433, Average: 56.27, 100’s: 5, 50’s: 23, Strike Rate:85.52


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[Kalyasi]

Ritesh ku Marina beachil selai!!! Wonderful read... :notworthy:

[littlemaster1982]

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[littlemaster1982]

Sports museum to showcase Tendulkar's career (http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3719955&page=0)

The Maharashtra government has proposed to build a sports museum here to showcase Tendulkar's cricket career, adding another feather in the iconic batsman's well-adorned cap.

The proposal was mooted in the budget 2010-11 by Finance Minister Sunil Tatkare.

"Tendulkar needs to be honoured by the country as his contribution in the field of cricket is incomparable. To encourage fledgling players, the government intends to build a grand sports museum to showcase the master blaster's career," he said, adding necessary provisions will be made for the purpose.

If the proposal comes through, the 36-year-old batsman will become the first living cricketer to have such a museum.

Australian legend Don Bradman has a meseum in his honour at Bowral, near Adelaide, but it was built only after his death.


Tendulkar created history last month when he became the first cricketer in the world to score a double century in one-day internationals by cracking an unbeaten 200 again South Africa in Gwalior.

The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre that Tendulkar be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country for his achievements in international cricket.

The champion batsman, a former Indian captain, has scored a phenomenal 13, 447 runs, including 47 centuries, in 166 Tests while he has aggregated 17,598 runs and slammed 46 centuries in 442 ODIs.
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It would be a great tribute, if this comes true.

[viraajan]

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

TFS LM :)

[ajaybaskar]

Idhukkagavae Mumbai polaam pola irukkae!

[Thirumaran]

Wow :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

Guys

Nobody wants any poll eh??. Best ODI 50's excluding wc 98 is an idea as of now. Do you guys have anyother ideas?.

[viraajan]

Post from another cricket forum.


Haven't gone through the posts in this thread, but just to let you guys know the first hand experience of the effect a Sachin innings can have.

I was at the Ganga Ram Hospital (in Delhi) pediatric ICU for the last 2-3 weeks due to a personal emergency. As you can imagine, near a hospital unit dealing with terminally sick kids, the scene on the floor was always somber with families praying for their kids to get healthier and there used to be the regular wailing from nervous families or from the families which bid good bye to young kids of the household who couldn't struggle against their acute illnesses anymore.

For those 75-80 minutes after SRT scored his 100 and then went onto unleash those gorgeous shots, the scene on that entire floor was completely different. There were smiles all around. I saw people who used to wail and cry all the time praying for their kids well being, jumping with joy and cheering for Sachin's 200, saw even some patients on wheel chairs being carried to their rooms stopping before a TV on the floor and applauding the knock. So much of positive energy all because of one humble human being wielding his bat and unleashing those sumptuous drives, cuts, pulls and delicate paddle sweeps.

And last but not the least, there was this young boy aged about 14, struggling with a multiple organ failure and on whom the doctors had given up all hopes of a recovery, he sat with me for 10-15 minutes during the last stages of that knock praying for the world record to be broken first and then for the 200, returned to his room with a huge smile despite all the pain and then 2 days later his struggle abruptly came to an end and he breathed his last. Trust me, I never saw him without a smile during his last 2 days.

Forget everything, if an innings can bring such joy and smile to someone in so much of pain, lets have more such gems, even if it's termed as useless by some people.

Thank you Sachin!

I never get emotional, but this post left me in tears. Forget all the records and runs, no one can ever achieve this.

Sachin is truly a GOD :notworthy: :notworthy:

Same here. Tears coming now.

Sachin :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: i must share this with all my friends through email. will do.

i'm very emotional now.

[viraajan]

On one hand, i was excited reading the 'effect' of sachin's play. OTOH, feeling very sad about the boy. May his soul rest in peace! :bow:

Sachin :bow:

[ajaybaskar]

Yeah VR...

This is when I have a doubt if god exists. Bringing a human being to earth, giving his parents a reason to cheer and taking away their happiness suddenly. Its too cruel.

But I am glad that atleast another god gave him some solace.

[viraajan]

Yeah VR...

This is when I have a doubt if god exists. Bringing a human being to earth, giving his parents a reason to cheer and taking away their happiness suddenly. Its too cruel.

But I am glad that atleast another god gave him some solace.

Hmmm. Hard to digest.

[ajaybaskar]

And going by this, Sachin is not god but he is greater than god. He has given the boy what the real god couldn't. Great!!!

[viraajan]

And going by this, Sachin is not god but he is greater than god. He has given the boy what the real god couldn't. Great!!!

God comes only in the form of Human! :)

[ajithfederer]

Actually it is quite scary to even think of sachin that he may retire his boots from all forms of the game after next year's wc. What will I do if he retires his bat from cricket next year. I want him to play atleast Test cricket for another 2-3 years atleast.

[viraajan]

Actually it is quite scary to even think of sachin that he may retire his boots from all forms of the game after next year's wc. What will I do if he retires his bat from cricket next year. I want him to play atleast Test cricket for another 2-3 years atleast.

This is exactly what i was discussing with my family and relatives last night when sachin was playing.

He should play at least for few years and should not retire after the world cup! Should Not!!!

[ajaybaskar]

Neraiya peroda kavalai adhuthaan. One brother of mine says that he is gonna stop watching cricket once Sachin retires. I thought he was exaggerating but he does not watch T20 matches inspite of being a hardcore cricket fan. He watches IPL though but that too only MI matches.

Sachin commentator aana kooda Indha maadhiri rasigargalai konjam retain pannalaam.

[Kalyasi]

Post from another cricket forum.


Haven't gone through the posts in this thread, but just to let you guys know the first hand experience of the effect a Sachin innings can have.

I was at the Ganga Ram Hospital (in Delhi) pediatric ICU for the last 2-3 weeks due to a personal emergency. As you can imagine, near a hospital unit dealing with terminally sick kids, the scene on the floor was always somber with families praying for their kids to get healthier and there used to be the regular wailing from nervous families or from the families which bid good bye to young kids of the household who couldn't struggle against their acute illnesses anymore.

For those 75-80 minutes after SRT scored his 100 and then went onto unleash those gorgeous shots, the scene on that entire floor was completely different. There were smiles all around. I saw people who used to wail and cry all the time praying for their kids well being, jumping with joy and cheering for Sachin's 200, saw even some patients on wheel chairs being carried to their rooms stopping before a TV on the floor and applauding the knock. So much of positive energy all because of one humble human being wielding his bat and unleashing those sumptuous drives, cuts, pulls and delicate paddle sweeps.

And last but not the least, there was this young boy aged about 14, struggling with a multiple organ failure and on whom the doctors had given up all hopes of a recovery, he sat with me for 10-15 minutes during the last stages of that knock praying for the world record to be broken first and then for the 200, returned to his room with a huge smile despite all the pain and then 2 days later his struggle abruptly came to an end and he breathed his last. Trust me, I never saw him without a smile during his last 2 days.

Forget everything, if an innings can bring such joy and smile to someone in so much of pain, lets have more such gems, even if it's termed as useless by some people.

Thank you Sachin!

I never get emotional, but this post left me in tears. Forget all the records and runs, no one can ever achieve this.

Sachin is truly a GOD :notworthy: :notworthy:

Same here. Tears coming now.

Sachin :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: i must share this with all my friends through email. will do.

i'm very emotional now.

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

[ajithfederer]

Hockey legend Claudius turns 83, confesses to be Sachin fan

Legendary hockey player Leslie Claudius today turned 83. It was a quiet family affair at his relative’s place in Perth, Australia.

Talking to PTI over phone on this occasion, the former India captain, whose name is etched in history along with Udham Singh for having won the maximum number of Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) in hockey, rued that nobody remembers him anymore in India.

“It's a biggest surprise to have been remembered on my birthday. Nobody remembers about us anymore, so there is hardly any celebration,” Claudius said, pleasantly surprised at the call.

But when the conversation moved to cricket, it was clear he couldn’t escape the Indian Premier League buzz and thoughts on Sachin Tendulkar. Claudius turned out to a huge Sachin fan.

“No doubt, God is great but Sachin Tendulkar supercedes God when he plays. By doing impossible things, like notching 200 not out (in ODI) at his age is just unimaginable,” he said.

Asked to compare Tendulkar with Sir Don Bradman, Claudius said, “Sachin will be the greatest player ever no doubt. He is playing so fluent at this age. He has such an array of strokes. He is a freak. With age, he is getting better.

“The greatest quality in him (Sachin) is that he is so humble, a thorough gentleman. Youngsters should learn this from him. When you do something with dedication and perseverance, even if you do not reach great heights you will end up being satisfied,” Claudius said.

The octogenarian hockey legend rued that after India's 1983 cricket World Cup victory, hockey declined in India. He, however, was all praise of the IPL concept.

“With the rise of cricket after the 1983 World Cup success, hockey is the least favoured sport. But IPL is huge success. It's fast and nice. We get to see a mixture of players from all parts of the world and it's played in the right spirit. The atmosphere is terrific,” he said.

Keywords: Leslie Claudius, hockey captain, Udham Singh, Sachin Tendulkar

http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/article317594.ece

It's nice to hear other sportspersons(s) (That too elderly) talking about sachin.

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[littlemaster1982]

Finished? Really? (http://wisdencricketer.com/item.php?parent_id=3&child_id=0&item_id=662)

There are times when Sachin Tendulkar reminds you of the intrepid tourist, methodically ticking off places of interest in the tour guide. Even by his standards, though, events at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior were something special, equivalent to turning a corner and coming across the ruins at Machu Picchu.

It had been more than a decade since he finished with 186 not out in a one-day game against New Zealand, eight runs short of the world record set by Saeed Anwar against India in Chennai back in 1997. After ending up with an unbeaten 163 in New Zealand last year he told Virender Sehwag, the man many tipped to breach the 200 barrier: “It will eventually happen if I am destined to do it.”

A few months later he was dismissed for 175 as India fell agonisingly short in a mammoth run-chase against Australia. After the peak had been scaled in Gwalior he came back to the dressing room and told Sehwag: “I got what was destined.”

Even for someone whose 46 one-day hundreds are scattered across the globe this was an innings to savour. There were a couple of cover-drives in the opening overs that made you gasp, timed and placed to such perfection that the best fielders in the world had no chance. Back-foot punches through point, crisp tucks off the pads and clean swings of the bat down the ground frazzled the South Africans but he was just as impressive scampering between the wickets.

He played scarcely a false stroke, and that against an attack that was anything but popgun. Dale Steyn went for 89 in his 10 overs, and looked decidedly bemused as Tendulkar fetched one from outside off stump and whistled it through midwicket. Wayne Parnell’s quota cost 95, and there was no joy for Roelof van der Merwe either as he found himself thumped straight down to the sightscreen. By then, Tendulkar was starting to tire and the emphasis shifted to singles with MS Dhoni lashing fours and sixes at the other end.

By the time Tendulkar squeezed one through the hands of the man at point to reach 200 from just 147 balls he had struck 25 fours and three sixes, while running 56 singles and 13 twos. Unlike Anwar, who had a runner for the latter part of his innings, and others like Graeme Smith who have been unable to cope with the demands of batting through, Tendulkar shrugged off cramp, testament to an astonishingly robust physique that has endured two decades of wear, tear and surgery.

With Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni thriving at the other end, India piled up the sort of total that shut South Africa out of the match and series. Just 40 minutes later, the teams were back out on the field. Instead of an ice bath or the masseur’s table, Tendulkar was in the pre-innings huddle with his mates. It was astonishing to watch and said much about a man whose commitment to the game is near-total.

“It feels good that I lasted for 50 overs, a good test of my fitness,” he said after the game. “I’d like to bat another 50 overs at some stage and see that the fitness level doesn’t drop.” Dhoni, who helped him over the line, said: “It’s always good to be on the other side, watching him score 200 runs. When he was tired and couldn’t play the big shots, he was very clever to use the pace of the bowler and it’s very difficult for the bowlers as they don’t know where exactly to bowl.”

From all over the world, the tributes poured in. “Nobody else does deserve to get there,” said Anwar. “It’s only Sachin who deserves to scale that peak.” Anil Kumble, another of Indian cricket’s quiet achievers, said: “I thought the way he celebrated when he reached his 200 epitomised the man’s persona. There was no running laps around the field, no aggressive gestures, nothing over the top.”

“He has always respected the game and is dedicated to it,” said Ramakant Achrekar, who coached him as a boy at the legendary Shivaji Park in Mumbai. “But I think this is not enough for him. He is hungry and I am sure he will keep creating new records. He is a dedicated student of the game and is still keen to learn things.”

On Twitter, Shane Warne was beside himself with excitement. “Come on Sachin my friend get your 200. World record too please! You deserve it … Nervous for my good friend Sachin ... everything crossed for you mate … Glad I’m not bowling to him today ha ha ha.”

There were a few South African bowlers who wished they could say the same thing after Gwalior. The World Cup on home soil is now less than a year away and it seems that the man with the game’s most-stamped passport has eyes set on one final expedition: to emulate the 1983 heroes who fired his imagination as a child.

[sankara70]

we all breathe air

Sachin breathes cricket

[sankara70]

Sachin not playing WC T20 will help others

He should make up his mind.

[ajithfederer]

Sunil Gavaskar Bow down to Sachin!!!!
Just a little while back Sunil Gavaskar took a bow and went down to touch Sachin`s feet after which a embarassed Sachin hugged Sunny... Sunny later explained he had promised everyone he would touch Sachin`s feet the first time he met him after his record ODI double century. Quite a legendary moment!



what!!! Did this really happen??? :shock: :oops: