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Sourav: It’s an unbelievable achievement

http://www.telegraphindia.com/110122...y_13323308.jsp

Calcutta: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has, through a brief interaction with The Telegraph, saluted Sachin Tendulkar.

Sourav, by the way, has always been close to Sachin.

The following are excerpts

Sachin’s 50th Test hundred...

It’s an unbelievable achievement... I doubt if anybody else will get there. Look at where Sachin has placed Indian cricket, what awesome feats.

Whether he watched the moment

I did... Saw the 100th run on the TV... I did get emotional.

First thoughts

Felt very happy for Sachin... What a quality hundred! It’s an honour that I shared the India dressing room with him for 12-13 years.

The Sachin hundreds which stand out

(Laughs) All.

His take on where Sachin stands in the debate over who is the all-time greatest

Sachin, for me, is the greatest. There’s no debate.

This having been a fantastic year for Sachin

Absolutely... Just goes to show that age has nothing or little to do with performance. He’ll keep getting hundreds till he decides to call it a day.

What sets Sachin apart

Ability, more than anything else... Sheer ability.

Finally, whether he’ll be calling/messaging Sachin

I’ll definitely text him my congratulations.

Really a great achievement Sachin :clap: :notworthy:

Sachin requires 246 more to break Yousuf's record of the most test runs in a calendar yr.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/con...ds/284248.html

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Sachin requires 246 more to break Yousuf's record of the most test runs in a calendar yr.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/con...ds/284248.html

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kashtam, just one more match left! NZ series la oru 100 adichirundhA, indha record break senjirukkalAm

Who knows? :wink:

Virender Sehwag salutes Sachin, his Hero No 1

Virender Sehwag pays tribute to Tendulkar's brilliance as he scales another peak

While I was growing up, I never imagined anyone scoring 50 Test hundreds. But now, after watching him play international cricket for more than 20 years, I believe it is possible.

The other day I was having a discussion with Sachin and told him that he should score 100 international centuries. He said, 'if God is kind to me, I will definitely achieve that too.'

Deserving
No one deserves to achieve this milestone (50 Test tons) more than Sachin Tendulkar. He has worked very hard for it. He is the God of cricket and only he could have achieved it. A couple of players may have done it at the first-class level, but nobody has done it in international cricket. He thoroughly deserves this.

It's hard to score even a single hundred in international cricket and scoring 50 Test tons is that much more harder. If it were easy then there would be more names up against that feat, but there aren't.

I have enjoyed each and every Sachin century. The most special one for me though, was the hundred in the Chennai Test against England in 2008, especially since it was soon after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Sachin was there when I scored my maiden Test hundred on debut in Bloemfontein (November, 2001). We put on a partnership of around 300 runs. He guided me throughout my innings.

The Multan triple hundred (vs Pakistan, March 2004) is also very close to my heart, where again we had a great partnership. He remained not out on 194. Though Sachin was not there when I scored my first ODI hundred (vs New Zealand, August 2001), he messaged me later saying 'Very well done. Keep going'.

Being human
Sachin is a very, very nice human being... surely one of the nicest people I have ever met. I remember, once we were getting out of the team bus and there was a disabled guy nearby. Sachin was the only one to go up to him and pose for a picture. No one else from the team even thought of doing that.
Today if I'm a cricketer it is because of Sachin Tendulkar. Else, I would never have picked up a bat. He's the reason behind me playing cricket.

http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2010/d...ar-Tribute.htm

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A couple of players may have done it at the first-class level, but nobody has done it in international cricket. He thoroughly deserves this.

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That's Viru as usual, completely oblivious of Cricket history.

At first class level, more than a couple of players have a 100 100s :-)

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Who knows? :wink:

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mothamA indian team adutha matchula 249 runs adikudhA pArkalAm firsttu!

Sachin never scores multiple centuries in a series like Rickies Jacqueses and Hashims.

indha series quota mudinju pOchu

Flau, ungalai ninaichA enakku maNamagaLE vaa SS Chandra dhaan nyAbagathukku varaar :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by Sourav

Being human
Sachin is a very, very nice human being... surely one of the nicest people I have ever met. I remember, once we were getting out of the team bus and there was a disabled guy nearby. Sachin was the only one to go up to him and pose for a picture. No one else from the team even thought of doing that.

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