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When he became the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar established himself as the greatest of all Indian cricketers. Recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern incarnation, Tendulkar has a skill – a genius – which only a handful have possessed. It was not a skill that he was simply born with, but one which was developed by his intelligence and an infinite capacity for taking pains. If there is a secret, it is that Tendulkar has the keenest of cricket minds. At times in a Test series he looks mortal. But he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt
If captaincy – or rather the off-field management of men less skilled than himself – was beyond him at his first attempt, his reading of the game, and his manifold varieties of bowling, have shown the same acute intelligence. His cricket has been played in the right way too, always attacking, and because he knew that was the right way rather than because he was a child of the one-day age, as he himself modestly said. The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out
Highest Run scorer in the ODI
Most number of hundreds in the ODI- 41
Most number of nineties in the ODI
Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI’s
Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI’s
Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s
First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup
Most number of Fifties in ODI’s- 87
Appeared in Most Number of ODI’s- 407
He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years
Most number of 100’s in test’s- 38
He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor
In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman
He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli
Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times
Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman
He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost
Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News
In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes
In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year
The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
He has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall
He is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks in ODI
Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations
Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
Most number of Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs -2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world
On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara
Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances)
First to 25,000 international runs
Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played
On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket
Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket
Recently, he also got out Hit Wicket, which is another unique achievement
I just wish, the last two thing which he has to do before he retires is
1. Fastest Century
2. A double century in one dayers
Good going…
Chak De India!!!
In terms of technique and compactness, Tendulkar is the best: Desmond Haynes
I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best: Sir Garfield Sobers
He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I’d pay to see him: Viv Richards
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… his compactness, technique, stroke production… it all seemed to gel: Sir Donald Bradman
Technically he stands out as the best because of his ability to increase the pace at will: David Boon
There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don: Steve Waugh
Sachin is cricket’s God: Barry Richards
India’s fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing: Sunil Gavaskar
A complete batsman — he’s the best in the business: Mohinder Amarnath
Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That’s the buzz about him: Jeff Thompson
If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard: Dennis Lillee
You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon: Steve Waugh
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
When it comes to judging the best among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to Tendulkar. He has an uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances and under different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day internationals. And more importantly, he has done this so young: Shane Warne
Don’t bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours: Michael Kasprowicz
Hell, if he had stayed, even at 11 an over he would have got it: Allan Border (after India won the Coca-Cola cup in Sharjah)
He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease: Greg Chappell
It’s scary, where the hell do we bowl to him: Allan Border
Yeah mate, but that’s with all great players: Ian Chappell
Imagine what he’ll be like when he’s 28: Allan Border
I’d like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you he’d do okay: Greg Chappell
Sachin’s better; Lara is more risky outside the off stump: Mark Waugh
You have to decide for yourself whether you’re bowling well or not. He’s going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway. Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated, he went to Dennis Lillee and asked, “Mate, do you see any weaknesses?” Lillee replied, “No Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that’s all you can do”
He’s a phenomenon. We have to be switched on when he plays allow him no boundries, for then he doesn’t stop: Mark Taylor
Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him — he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I’ve seen him against Warne too: Ian Healy
Harder he works, the luckier he gets: Ian Chappell
He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling: Richie Benaud
Sachin’s the best. I’ve had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He’s the most composed batsman I’ve ever seen: Mike Coward
The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him: Mark Waugh
I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara: Glenn McGrath
He is currently the best batsman in the world: Sir Gary Sobers
There’s no doubt about it. He is the best: Tony Grieg
Technically, you can’t fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow — nothing is a problem: Geoffrey Boycott
Sometime back I had written a piece that said that Sachin’s the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That’s it: Peter Roebuck
A little genius. Reminds me of Sunny Gavaskar: Kieth Fletcher
He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards: Eddie Barlow
Destined to be a great: Barry Richards
What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars: Paul Strang
The original little master, Sunil Gavaskar, had said that the champion cricketer was an example of the perfect batsman. Gavaskar praised Tendulkar for the stillness of his head, his straight back-lift, the ease with which he played his shots and their wide range
West Indian great Brian Lara said Sachin Tendulkar was a peerless batsman with a lot more to offer. Lara, Test cricket’s leading scorer with 11,294 runs, regarded Tendulkar the best batsman he ever watched despite the prolific success of Australian captain Ricky Ponting and South African Jacques Kallis. Lara said: “For me, the best batsman in the world is Sachin Tendulkar. I admire Jacques Kallis’ consistency and Ricky Ponting, with the purple patch he’s going though. Everybody gets 15 minutes of fame. But if there’s one person I’ve admired over a 15-year period, it’s definitely Sachin.”
The fact of the matter is that India still need Sachin in a big way. All this talk of the youngsters taking over is very foolish. The reason why Tendulkar is so important for the team is because of his ability to inspire others and make them perform under pressure – TOI
Not only did Tendulkar continue playing, but he also emerged as one of the finest batsmen to grace the game and was regarded by the great Don Bradman as his modern reincarnation. Greg Chappell too is impressed with Sachin. The Australian believes the hype and expectations on Sachin is greater than even Bradman faced in his day
The Indian coach said: Sachin carries a weight of collective expectation to the crease that few can comprehend. Bradman would not have had the weight of expectation that Sachin has on him every time he went out to bat.”
“Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time,” said Pakistan legend Wasim Akram
Many hold Tendulkar’s mastery of the craft high above anyone else in the modern era. Even the great Sir Don Bradman saw Sachin as his closest replica, indirectly branding the batting maestro better than Gavaskar- TOI
But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out
WHEN TENDULKAR GOES OUT TO BAT, IT IS BEYOND CHAOS- IT IS A FRANTIC APPEAL BY A NATION TO ONE MAN. -MATTHEW HAYDEN
Freaking out and enjoying life doesn’t need drugs or cigarettes
There are relationships apart from Bf/Gf, marriage, siblings, friendship that can be very emotional and true which is beyond the understanding of many people
And yeah even though U may be the best of friends there is always a limit which should never be crossed. Then it starts hurting…
You always don’t need to show or prove your Gf/Bf how much U love or care about her/him, which can sound very boring and finally U R dumped
Believe in Love , true love will never let you down
Never be ashamed to go back to your old friends, friends are there to understand your mistakes
Do not be afraid of others, always think that others are afraid of you. (remember the Australian Beggar at the railway station)
Whenever you need your friend, remember that he is just a phone call away…distances can’t separate friends
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends
It’s the friends you can call up at 4 A. M. that matter
The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with never say a word, and then walk away with a feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had
And last but not the least- do what your heart loves
Karo wahi jo, DIL CHAHTA HAI !!!
A human being should strive for four things in life — dharma (duty), artha (money), kama (pleasure) and moksha (salvation). A person who hasn’t striven for even one of these things has wasted life
A man is great by deeds, not by birth
A person should not be too honest. Just as straight trees are chopped-down first, honest people are taken advantage of first
A rich man has many friends
A woman is four times as shy, six times as brave and eight times as lusty as a man
An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth
As centesimal droppings will fill a pot so also are knowledge, virtue and wealth gradually obtained. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack it and destroy it
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top
Before you start any work, always ask yourself three questions — Why am I doing it? What the results might be? And Will I be successful? Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead
Books are as useless to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education surpasses the beauty and the youth
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined
Don’t hesitate to learn something even from the most lowly of creatures
In a state where the ruler lives like a common man, the citizens live like kings. And in the state where the ruler lives like a king, the citizens live like beggars
Jealousy is another name for failure
Never go on a long journey alone
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness
Variant version: Friendship should be among equals
Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest
One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge
The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you
The four greatest enemies of a man are — the father who has taken a loan, the characterless mother, the beautiful but promiscuous wife and the stupid child
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth
Whores don’t live in company of poor men, birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits and citizens never support a weak administration
Wise men should never go into a country where there are no means of earning one’s livelihood, where the people have no dread of anybody, have no sense of shame, no intelligence, or a charitable disposition
Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders
If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works. Besides, a reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful
All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimised first
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous
The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it
Once you start a working on something,
don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction
A man is great by deeds, not by birth
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to thevillagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10.
The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, thevillagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buyat Rs20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back totheir farms. The offer rate increased to Rs25 and the supply of monkeysbecame so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs50! However, since hehad to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy onbehalf of him.
In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell themto you at Rs35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it tohim for Rs50.”
The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!! !
Welcome to the “Stock” Market!!!!!
Boom Crash Bang!
And now, life has come a full circle for her, as ‘Virgin Comics’ has created a new superhero character after Priyanka, which will be furthered to comic books, animation and games. Priyanka said that since she loves cartoons and animations, being able to create her own original superhero with Virgin’s amazing group of artists and storytellers was ‘a dream come true’! The superhero will be an adopted girl who discovers that she is the latest in the line of princesses with great mystical powers and a sworn duty to take down evil wherever it lurks. The so-far untitled story is expected to have a 2008 launch, which will be further taken into animation games and even a theatrical live-action film! What remains to be seen is if this beauty will succeed in her animated duty. 
