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http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/...eb3/SORRY-GUYS
By Geeta Desai and Vickey Lalwani
Posted On Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 02:16:37 AM
Gentleman on the field, gentleman off it, too: A hundred and twenty residents of Perry Cross road at Bandra have another reason to applaud Monday's Chepauk hero.
Sachin Tendulkar, who knows a thing or two about concentration, has sent out personal notes to everyone in this quiet neighbourhood across jogger's park, apologising for the disturbance caused by the construction activity at his new bungalow.
Tendulkar who had bought the sprawling Dorab Villa earlier this year, is dismantling the existing structure to create a new multi-storeyed home for his family. However the hectic construction activity—the bungalow is scheduled to be ready within a year—has not gone unnoticed. While none of the residents were willing to go on record about their reservations, our sources tell us that some members of the adjoining societies had complained about the constant noise.
But all that was put to rest with one master-stroke from the Little Master. Introducing himself as their new neighbour, Sachin wrote to the small neighbourhood apologising for the inconvenience caused, and asking for forbearance. The note was then hand-delivered to 120 residents.
“We appreciate the way Sachin has approached us. It was a very humble and sensible gesture. After we received the copy of the letter, we have decided to help him build his new house,” said Ajay Vazirani, a lawyer and a resident of the adjacent Geeta Villa. Sachin's letter has also quietened
whatever little discontent that was amongst some members of the Superstar Society which shares the compound wall with Dorab Villa.
"There were a few problems, as our building is the closest, after the work began. But now that he has made this gesture, we have decided not to raise any issue", said one of the residents.
"No other celebrity or a person of this calibre would even bother to recognise what pain one goes through when there is construction work going on just next door. But Tendulkar took extra effort to write letters to all the societies surrounding his property. He is truly a good human being," said one of the residents from the neighbouring Amore Society, not wishing to be quoted.
"House construction is a noisy business," conceded Tendulkar's wife Anjali, "and we don't want our neighbours to face any inconvenience." She said the letters had been sent after a pooja had been performed at the site ten days ago.
Additionally, the Tendulkars have instructed their builders not work till late into the night. "We are also going to make minimum use of the piling machine that makes a lot of noise. Instead, we're employing labour to do a lot of the work these piling machines could have done. This will delay the construction, but at least our neighbours will not have to put up with the loud noise," she said.
If only we could resolve problems with neighbours that easily. Except that you also need to be the world's highest run-getter.
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Stats No:28
The Little Master's favourite hunting grounds in Tests
Priority based on avg....
1)Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka(BAN)
Matches : 2
Innings :2
Runs : 266
Top score : 248*
Batting avg : 266.00
100s : 1
India won both the matches
2)Sydney Cricket Ground(AUS)
Matches : 4
Innings : 7
Runs : 664
Top score : 241*
Batting avg : 221.33
100s : 3
50s : 1
India lost 2 matches & drawn 2 matches
3)Headingley,Leeds(ENG)
Matches : 1
Runs : 193
Top score : 193
Batting avg : 193.00
100s : 1
India won the match
4)Old Trafford,Manchester(ENG)
Matches : 1
Innings : 2
Runs : 187
Top score : 119*
Batting avg : 187.00
100s : 1
50s : 1
India had drawn the match
5)R.Premadasa Stadium,Colombo(SRI)
Matches : 1
Innings : 1
Runs : 143
Top score : 143
Batting avg : 143.00
100s : 1
India had drawn the match
6)K.D.Singh 'Babu' Stadium,Lucknow(IND)
Matches : 1
Innings :1
Runs : 142
Top score : 142
Batting avg : 142.00
100s : 1
India won the match
7)Queens Sports Club,Bulawayo(ZIM)
Matches : 1
Innings : 2
Runs : 110
Top score : 74
Batting avg : 110
100s : 0
50s : 1
India won the match
8)Vidarbha C.A. Ground,Nagpur(IND)
Matches : 6
Innings : 9
Runs : 679
Top score : 201*
Batting avg : 97.00
100s : 3
50s: 1
India had won 1,lost 1 match & drawn 4 matches
9)McLean Park,Napier(NZ)
Matches : 1
Innings : 1
Runs : 88
Top score : 88
Batting avg : 88.00
100s : 0
50s : 1
India had drawn the match
10)MA Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai(IND)
Matches : 9
Innings : 14
Runs : 876
Top score : 165
Batting avg : 87.60
100s : 5
50s : 1
Ducks : 2
India had won 5,lost 1 & drawn 3 matches.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/art...-bat-pack.html
Sachin's top of my bat pack
Last updated at 11:43 PM on 16th December 2008
Sachin Tendulkar took his incredible career to its greatest heights yet when he won the first Test for India against England on Monday with a brilliant unbeaten hundred, played out in the shadow oftragedy in his home city of Mumbai.
But is ‘The Little Master’ the best there has been?
Sportsmail’s unrivalled columnist Nasser Hussain selects his list of the top 10 batsmen he played with or against in a career that culminated with him, too, reaching a century and winning a Test match with the same stroke — in his case against New Zealand at Lord’s in 2004.
1 Sachin Tendulkar
The best of my time and arguably the greatest of all time. Of the batsmen on this list, Sachin comes closest to perfection.
He simply has no mental or technical weakness. When I was England captain I found it incredibly hard to devise a plan to get him out. Also, think of the pressure he has had to deal with, being the icon of cricket in India for almost 20 years.
He handles himself incredibly well and that’s because he simply loves the game. When I interviewed him for Sportsmail last year he was just happy to talk cricket for ages and he has never lost that almost boyish enthusiasm.
Uniquely gifted: Tendulkar showed his class against England in Chennai
Uniquely gifted: Tendulkar showed his class against England in Chennai
He played Shane Warne better than anybody and Monday’s innings, his 41st Test hundred, was possibly the best yet considering the context in which it was scored.
Here was the man from Mumbai standing up for the people of India in their hour of need.
What I really liked about that was that it silenced once and for all the suggestion in India that, for all Sachin’s greatness, he has never actually won Tests for India. It is a
ludicrous suggestion but it existed and now it can finally be put to bed.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.a...654374&start=1
Some unknown records of sachin
Well, there are one hundered posts about the records and achievements of sachin tendulkar. I will try to enlist, those records which are less known to everyone.
1) It is a well known fact that sachin has scored the most number of runs in a single calender year in 1998, and that is 1894 runs. But in that year he created new records.
a) He became to player to hit maximum number of sixes in a single year. and that is 40. It is not jayasurya, afridi, ganguly or hayden. the record holder for maximum sixes hit in a calender year belongs to sachin.
b) He is the master of boundaries, so it comes without saying that he hit the maximum number of 4s as well. the total number of 4s hit by him that year was 188 and still it is the highest, nobody can even come close to it.
c) This is a special record, amongst the top 35 players with the highest run aggregate in a year the only person to finish the year with 100+ strike rate is sachin. he scored his 1894 runs at a strikerate of 102.15
he holds the maximum number of centuries against one particular country in odis. The record is 8 centuries against aussies. Welll who is his nearest competitor? himself. The second on the list is 7 centuries against srilanka, which is again held by sachin
he holds the record for scoring maximum number of centuries against different oppositions.
Against australia he has 8 - which is the highest by any batsman
Against srilanka he has 7 - again highest by any batsman
Against pakisthan he has 5 - again the highest by any batsman (there are also 5 more 90s against them)
Against zimbabwe - 5
Agaist kenya - 4
He is the only batsman in the world to score 4 or more consecutive 50s on maximum number of occasions
he has done it thrice
5 fifty plus scores in a row
62 1 India v New Zealand Delhi 3 Nov 1994 ODI # 944
66 1 India v West Indies Kolkata 5 Nov 1994 ODI # 947
54 1 India v West Indies Visakhapatnam 7 Nov 1994 ODI # 949
88 2 India v West Indies Cuttack 9 Nov 1994 ODI # 950
105 1 India v West Indies Jaipur 11 Nov 1994 ODI # 951
4 fiftly plus scores in a row (during 96 world cup)
127* 2 India v Kenya Cuttack 18 Feb 1996 ODI # 1052
70 2 India v West Indies Gwalior 21 Feb 1996 ODI # 1056
90 2 India v Australia Mumbai 27 Feb 1996 ODI # 1065
137 1 India v Sri Lanka Delhi 2 Mar 1996 ODI # 1070
4 fifty plus scores in a row (during 2003 world cup)
81 1 India v Zimbabwe Harare 19 Feb 2003 ODI # 1957
152 1 India v Namibia Pietermaritzburg 23 Feb 2003 ODI # 1964
50 1 India v England Durban 26 Feb 2003 ODI # 1969
98 2 India v Pakistan Centurion 1 Mar 2003 ODI # 1975
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...f-despair.html
Sachin Tendulkar, the gracious god who lifts his people out of pit of despair
He is an unlikely-looking god. He stands there in the middle dwarfed by the gigantic Andrew Flintoff and the strapping Yuvraj Singh, a boy-like figure with a cherubic face whose Michelin man-style pads come half way up his thigh.
By Simon Hughes in Mohali
Last Updated: 8:45PM GMT 18 Dec 2008
Sachin Tendulkar-Sachin Tendulkar, the gracious god who lifts his people out of pit of despair
Modest god: Sachin Tendulkar gave his Indian fans some joy after the devastation caused by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai Photo: GETTY IMAGES
He shuffles away from the conversation and brushes the Mohali pitch affectionately with a bat that looks too big for him. It is quite a weapon, 2lb 12oz with edges two inches thick and a pick-up like a magician's wand. It is curved like an oar. "I like a bow in it," he says, "I can't bat with anything else."
Sachin Tendulkar, the most prolific Test batsman who ever lived, is literally telling me that he wouldn't score a run with anyone else's blade. "I would not feel right at the crease," he says.
We chat in the middle for half-an-hour. He wants to talk, wants to express his genuine gratitude for England coming back to play. He speaks softly, sincerely, self-effacingly. We talk about the unusual way he acknowledged the crowd at Chennai. "Sometimes I do it," he says, "but it is not my way," he adds sheepishly. He casts his eyes down; an essentially shy, private person. He is not stiff or awkward but he generally avoids engaging with his fans. He has to. As soon as he makes eye contact with one, they will all expect it. And he will be trapped in adulation.
The Indian poet CP Surendran captured superbly what it is like to be Sachin Tendulkar:
Batsmen walk out into the middle alone.
Not Tendulkar. Every time Tendulkar walks to the crease a whole nation, tatters and all, march with him to the battle arena.
A pauper people pleading for relief, remission from the lifelong anxiety of being Indian, by joining in spirit their visored saviour.
The poor Indian lifts his hands to Sachin Tendulkar in supplication; Give us respite, a sense of liberation; lift us up from the dark pit of our lives to well-lit places of the imagination with your skill-wrought perfection.
Tendulkar never shirks this enormous responsibility. He spends almost every waking hour seeking that perfection, practising, planning, preparing. He rings his brother, the man who knows his game best, every day, talking bowlers and bat angles and shot selection. He looks at the pitch and contemplates how he will make runs on it. He is thankful of his talent and dutifully delivers it to his public, the majority of whom have nothing.
And yet the man who is the property of a billion Indians, who is escorted everywhere by a posse of policemen, who is photographed almost every second of his life, craves a normal life. His kids (aged 11 and nine) are his pride and joy and he treasures the precious times he has with them. Usually that is two weeks in December and a month in the English summer. He is taking his family to the hill country for Christmas. "There might be snow," he said.
He reflects quietly on the first Test, complimenting England on their batting, virtually overlooking India's win. I say the result was fated, it was meant to be, and that the way he manipulated the bowling was masterly and amazing to watch. He chuckles with a mixture of pleasure and embarrassment. He has not a scrap of ego.
Tendulkar lives in Bandra, in the north of Mumbai, Bollywoodville. But he often goes south to Colaba with family and friends, to eat in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel or the Oberoi. The Mumbai attacks were close to home and affected him deeply. The England players remarked on his extra patience and intensity at the crease. This time he was doubly determined to lift his people out of their pit.
We discuss our families some more. He is friendly and engaging. And then he is gone from the centre, from the roped off pitch, from the place where he is only truly at peace, there in the middle with a bat in his hand. He returns to the real world to be photographed and congratulated and bombarded with a million demands, all of which he handles with total equanimity. He is a gracious god. We will never see his like again. Or maybe we will. His nine-year-old son is just beginning to show signs of useful talent.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=23803&tid=52811585782177545 34&na=1&nst=1
Sachin writes his own script - by Ajithkumar
It has been months since I made a post in orkut. With marriage, new business venture and now got a kid last month; life was not the same as it used to be. So, I couldn't post articles as I used to. Nevertheless I visit the forum and delete some rubbish every day.
This century made me feel “On top of the world”. May be by these twin centuries he gave my new born baby a gift. I wish it becomes hatrick century.
Now coming to the knock; it is not his best, it will not even feature in this top 5 innings. It can come nowhere close to the knock of 136 against Pak. Winning or losing has no meaning in sport it is the way you play the game that matters. It is because of some superb support given by sehwag, yuvi and gambhir that sachin could take india to a victory. So it is because of his team mates that he took India to a victory, but back in the 90s the statement will be “Despite his team mates he took India to victory”. With match fixers and third rated players who got into the team through backdoors he took india to victory or at least to the brink of it, by his sheer genius.
But, this knock has a significance of its own. The reason being, it is a gift from sachin not only to the victims, but also to his fans. Now whenever to defend sachin we have one more ace. Well, the knock was near flawless, artistically made. It was like Picasso using his brush on a screen or even an expert surgeon using his knife. It is very true that “a thing of beauty is a joy forever”; this innings for sure is a thing of extreme beauty. The concentration was top notch; he brought in his chest guard and took some blows wishfully on his shoulders of balls bowled by spinners. Such was the bounce and turn in the wicket. The number of singles tells you a story. It can be framed in MCC as a coaching CD of how to bat on a fifth day pitch in the sub continent where the ball bounces and turns in a big way. Sehwag scored but against a hard new ball, yuvi scored but got two huge lives and sachin did not score, but weaved a magic.
KP or the English players will never understand how sachin scored 103 runs in such a quick time without any risk on such a track. It is well known to everyone that he is someone who can bring the best out of players who are temperamentally weak and he did the same with Yuvi (like what he did with bajji in Sydney, bajji now is a much better test batsman than what he was before that knock). Yuvi is really fortunate (I have a similarity with yuvi, even I had the dream of winning a test match for india playing along with sachin; the only difference is he went on to live his dream)
Many call this knock as sachin’s answer to Lara’s 153, I will never agree with that. There was a lower order and a gritty ambrose to help lara win that match? Can you recollect how srinath played that shot when he got out? I was shattered; sachin played in a subcontinent 5th day pitch against a quality bowling attack with saqulain mustaq in his peak and without any support? Even as an unbiased cricket lover I would rate that knock above lara’s 153. He was fighting against a quality attack, against his breaking back, the heat and lack of support from the other end. If you put those factors into picture sachin’s 136 should be rated much higher than lara’s 153. I would just rate it after greenidge double ton which he scored with an injured leg on the final day.
The problem is sachin plays great knocks way too often. He is being criticized for not playing well in the fourth innings. But how many knocks he has ever played? 33 completed knock of which he has scored 3 centuries. Scoring 3 centuries on a final day pitch is not that easy (add to that the fifties he has scored in the fourth innings)
His first century incidentally came against the same opposition when he was 18 years old at an age, when my cousin brother is taking a girl for first date, this legend scored his first ton to save the match for india in the fourth innings. (The reason is he had some support from prabhakar).
The second century was on a losing cause, but I don’t think I need to elaborate on his 136. He had some support from mongia. Only when mongia got out, he played aggressively because of the fear of running out of partners. Whom to blame? Sachin or the other 10 players
His third century: We are used to see knocks by good players and great players. But sachin is neither a good player nor a great player. HE IS A LEGEND, only they can write script for themselves. The LEGEND of sachin will live as long as cricket lives. When a critic blames him, he immediately answers it in his own way, only heroes can do it or it can happen in movies.
Sachin was blamed for not scoring a century and taking India to victory in fourth innings, he just did that and the beauty is he just did both in a single ball and the last ball of the match and also the first and only century of the match by an Indian. Who can write a better script? Just before those overs he was speaking for RBS on how he plays for India ‘Now more than ever’ and showing tremendous concentration and focus and taking India to the victory. (And a point which is often ignored is his contribution in the first innings, that 37 was the highest score by the top 6 batsman and had an important partnership with laxman)
KP forgot one thing when he asked “Who is writing the script for sachin”. This is not the first time the legend is writing his own script. There are quite a few scripts which I can tell as bed time stories to my kid
1) In his very first series in pak, when sachin hit a six of the then young mustaq, abdul quadir went down to him and told him “Why are you hitting sixes against a kid, try hitting my ball”. You all know how sachin answered that. 4 sixes in a row against the great abdul quadir. Hitting 4 sixes in a over against an international team is a huge achievement, that too when he was 16 and that too against a great spinner and that too after he threw up a open challenge. How do you rate this script?
2) In 1998, in sharjah just before the sandstorm match steve Waugh rated bevan as the best odi player in world. You know what happened? He won 3 man of the matches award in that tournament along with the man of the series (twin hundreds) and made the same Steve Waugh, to say we won against the 10 but lost to one man. This is the total event, just think about the sand storm knock. When he promised the coach that he will take india to the finals and he just did that. Had he got some support from laxman he would have taken india to victory. (In this series, he really ruined the career of a very good bowler called as kasprowich)
3) Against Zimbabwe a genuinely quick olonga got sachin out twice in the same match. He got him out of a noball and then again by a legal delivery. He rejoiced like anything. How sad, sachin nearly ended the career of olonga in the finals. What an assault? (P.S: by the highlight was his six against Andy whittal which sailed out of the ground crossing the tallest stand)
4) The much anticipated india-aus series was underway, even before the start of the series the mind games started. The first match was between a sachin led Mumbai and a full strength aussies. Sachin waited for nearly a decade to blast shane warne and co to score his first firstclass double ton. That was his first firstclass double century. He captained the side beautifully and took india to a massive victory against aussies. Then the first match was in Chennai, and shane with a good spinning delivery got sachin out when sachin tried a lofted shot. India finished the innings conceded a first innings lead of 80 odd. Shane went on to say, that he never used all his tricks in the warm up match and that is why sachin scored a double ton and in the test match he got sachin out cheaply. He also added that he will never reveal all his tricks in a tour match. Sachin never replied anything, and what happened after that was a part the famous folklore of shane’s nightmares. (I was really fortunate to witness this match in Chennai and sachin hit 4 sixes and two of that was hit in my direction in midwicket) his 155* sealed the match in india’s favor and from then on, shane gave the due respect to the cricketing God.
5) 1999 – one of the saddest years of sachin’s career. The 99 world cup. Again the match fixers and crappy people pushed him down to number 4. He lost his father when india was participating in the world cup. Without him india even lost to Zimbabwe. He returned after the funeral of his father. It was a match against Kenya, but Indians were morally down, there was even a placard saying “india can win Kenya, miracles do happen”. He is always the hero of his scripts, so what else can happen? He dedicated a rapid fire century to his father. His father would have been the proudest father in india. Every indian man dreamt of having a son like sachin.
6) From the 2000s talks of sachin slowing down, injuries and other stuff came up. People wrote off sachin for the 2003 world cup. As usual, india wobbled against Holland (though sachin scored a 50) and india was treated like kids by aussies (sachin again was the top scorer and all others fell very cheaply). Indian fans as usual burnt the effigies of ganguly and co and pelted stones at the houses of people. Where else can the indian team go other than to the cricket GOD? Sachin promised the people, that the team will fight till the last ball is bowled and will give 100% He is a man of his word, and he did exactly what he said, took india to the finals. On the way to the finals he decimated the pakis. Caddick before the match told the press that he will sort out sachin and has plans to get him out.. Only one thing got out; that was the ball, it went out of the stadium and never returned. Infact that shot was considered to be one of the best shots of this century. The same thing happened to the big mouthed sohaib akthar. Incidentally sachin gave farewell to saeed anwar as sachin made that match as his last match. The legend of world cup 2003 will be spoken till there is world cup for odis.
7) He was accused of not scoring a century in Australian soil in odis. His average was poor in Australia in the odis. India played reasonably well to enter the finals. Sachin played a beautiful knock of 40 odd, which helped india to win a low scoring match against aussies. As usual the critics pointed out that india has never won a tri nation series after the natwest series, and sachin lately has not scored in the finals (which was wrong) and sachin has never scored a century in Australia and his performance is below par. Above all in an interview Ponting said “We are very confident. We will never go to Adelaide (as the third final was scheduled there), in the history of vb series it always gets over in the first two matches”.
Then when reporters asked sachin to comment about Ponting’s statement, sachin said “Yeah, we will not go to Adelaide, because we will win both the finals”. He is a man of few words but when he speaks, he will exactly do that. He scored an unbeaten century(117*) to win the first final and an awesome 92 in the second final to get india the trophy, which Indians rate on only after the 83 world cup and the world series.
All these things are just the tip of an iceberg. Many great cricketers can boast about good knocks played by them, but how many of them can speak about such legendary events? This will not happen even in the dreams of cricketers. This unbeaten century, after the unfortunate events happened in Mumbai will be another episode of this legend.
Guys you add other interesting stories of sachin where the master weaved his magic and wrote his own script and reminded the cricketing world, that he is the GOD of Cricket.
A must read for Sachin Fanatics 8-).
SRT/After WC 2007/Tests
Matches:21
Runs:1745
NO:5
H.S:154*
Ave:54.53
100's:6
50's:8
SRT/After WC 2007/ODI's
Matches:35
Runs:1575
Ave:46.32
H.S:117*
100's:1
50's:13
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http://cricketnext.in.com/news/sachi.../36784-13.html
Sachin’s Chennai ton a scriptwriter’s dream: Flintoff
ANI
Posted on Dec 19, 2008 at 15:10
London: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s match winning century at Chennai to a scriptwriter’s dream.
Tendulkar played one of his finest innings to take his side to a remarkable six-wicket victory, The Independent reported.
In an exclusive interview, Flintoff told Angus Fraser: "It is impossible not to admire him (Tendulkar) when you are out in the middle. He is a class player and a great role model for the game."
"His innings was a scriptwriter's dream. The lad from Mumbai, with everything that has happened there, scores a hundred to win and then dedicates it to everyone in the country. Thinking about it, it was probably inevitable it happened," Flintoff said.
The English all rounder said that playing against Tendulkar brings the best out of you in a lot of ways.
"The worrying thing for us is that he was getting better towards the end of that innings. You could see in the way he was playing he was back to his best."
"I enjoy bowling at him, as I did at the likes of Brian Lara. I think they bring the best out of you. Your margins for error are small, you have to bowl well to restrict them, never mind get them out," Flintoff added.
Tendulkar is a hero of Flintoff and it is the prospect of playing in the same team as the Little Master that makes the Lancastrian want to play for the Mumbai Indians, should an IPL contract come his way, the paper said.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/50923
Mainly, For the record
'm a big fan of Roger Federer, Sachin Tendulkar: Aamir Khan
National,Entertainment, Fri, 19 Dec 2008 IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Bollywood
superstar Aamir Khan is a big fan of Roger Federer and Sachin Tendulkar.
'I admire these two men for what they have achieved in life and look up to men who have that immense drive to succeed in life,' Aamir revealed to his host Farhan Aktar on NDTV Imagine's 'Oye! It's Friday'.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/17/stor...1753242000.htm
Sachin Tendulkar played anchor and mentor
For Tendulkar, this knock was a final answer to his persistent critics, writes L. Sivaramakrishnan
— Photo: AFP
PERFECT PARTNER: Sachin Tendulkar (right) guided Yuvraj Singh all along during their match-winning partnership.
It turned out to be one of the best Test matches Chennai has ever seen. The tied Test against Australia might be the most memorable because of the rare result but this encounter will be remembered for the fantastic run chase and brilliant performances by the Indian heroes.
For Sachin Tendulkar, this match was a final answer to his persistent critics who have always insisted that he gets cold feet in the fourth innings. In the Chennai Test, he played not just as an anchor but also as a mentor. Holding the innings together at one end, he was also a calming influence on Yuvraj Singh.
The Test also witnessed a powerful statement from Yuvraj whose suitability for the five-day version was doubted by almost everyone. With Tendulkar’s calm and restraining influence, Yuvraj refused to be baited by Andrew Flintoff in the second innings.
Displaying maturity
By doing this, Yuvraj showed his maturity as a player and his ability to learn from his earlier error. Their partnership made the almost impossible run chase a reality, especially after Virender Sehwag set it up so brilliantly.
If the thrilling run chase made the match exciting, the abysmal spin bowling made me cringe. While it augurs well that the Indian pace attack looks in good health, it is alarming to find that the spinners are unable to make the necessary adjustments.
Harbhajan Singh looked lost without Anil Kumble to support him at the other end. He needs to realise that it is up to him now as a senior player to guide novices like Amit Mishra. The Indian spinners were unable to even extract as much spin as Greame Swann.
The biggest mistake Harbhajan committed was in trying to bowl quicker through the air. The batsmen were able to take advantage of the pace, and simply guided the ball through the gaps for runs. Harbhajan was not willing to flight the ball much either.
Main weapons
When India was bowling in the second innings, the spinners also failed to take advantage of the foot marks. By doing this, they negated the two main weapons a spinner has in his arsenal —deceiving a batsman through flight and bamboozling him with spin.
The Indian spinners need to understand that as the wicket slows down, the length needs to be fuller to compensate for the slowness of the wicket.
A little retrospection is always good even after such a historic win. What we take away from the field after a game is sometimes more important than what happened on it. Our strengths have to be applauded and weaknesses analysed. Only through this can we build a team that will win consistently.
I like to score winning shots: Sachin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHNA...eature=channel
Sachin dedicates 41st century to terror victims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4xsq...eature=channel
Stats No:29
Sachin's record under different captains in tests
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Matches : 4
Innings : 7
Runs : 370
Not outs: 2
Top score : 109
Batting avg : 74.00
100s : 2
50s : 1
Ducks : 0
Overs : 2
Maidens : 0
Runs : 13
Wkts : 0
Economy : 6.50
01:22 (6 hours ago)
Srikarthi
Mohammad Azharuddin
Matches : 47
Innings : 72
Runs : 3767
Not outs: 9
Top score : 179
Batting avg : 59.79
100s : 15
50s : 15
Ducks : 5
Overs : 128.2
Maidens : 25
Runs : 389
Wkts : 13
Best bowling (innings) : 2/7
Best bowling (match) : 3/45
Bowling avg : 29.92
Sourav Ganguly
Matches : 42
Innings : 68
Runs : 3768
Not outs: 8
Top score : 248*
Batting avg : 62.80
100s : 11
50s : 15
Ducks : 5
Overs : 288
Maidens : 28
Runs : 1048
Wkts : 16
Best bowling (innings) : 3/31
Best bowling (match) : 3/38
Bowling avg : 65.50
Economy : 3.63
Rahul Dravid
Matches : 21
Innings : 35
Runs : 1304
Not outs: 3
Top score : 194*
Batting avg : 40.75
100s : 4
50s : 6
Ducks : 1
Overs : 147.4
Maidens : 14
Runs : 508
Wkts : 9
Best bowling (innings) : 2/35
Best bowling (match) : 2/35
Bowling avg : 56.44
Economy : 3.44
Anil Kumble
Matches : 12
Innings : 22
Runs : 904
Not outs: 2
Top score : 154*
Batting avg : 45.20
100s : 2
50s : 5
Ducks : 1
Overs : 25
Maidens : 1
Runs : 79
Wkts : 0
Economy : 3.16
Kris Srikkanth
Matches : 4
Innings : 6
Runs : 215
Not outs: 0
Top score : 59
Batting avg : 35.83
100s : 0
50s : 2
Ducks : 0
Overs : 5
Maidens : 0
Runs : 25
Wkts : 0
Economy : 5.00
Virender Sehwag
Matches : 1
Innings : 2
Runs : 43
Not outs: 0
Top score : 23
Batting avg : 21.00
100s : 0
50s : 0
Ducks : 0
Overs : 4
Maidens : 0
Runs : 13
Wkts : 0
Economy : 3.25
Under his own captaincy
Matches : 25
Innings : 43
Runs : 2054
Not outs: 3
Top score : 217
Batting avg : 51.35
100s : 7
50s : 7
Ducks : 2
Overs : 46.4
Maidens : 12
Runs : 152
Wkts : 4
Best bowling (innings) : 3/10
Best bowling (match) : 3/14
Bowling avg : 38.00
Economy : 3.25
Who takes a note of all these facts? anyways chance e illa :notworthy:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Q. Sachin Tendulkar reached his century and made the winning runs with the same hit against England in Chennai. How many times has this happened before in Tests?
A. Rather surprisingly, Sachin Tendulkar's double in the recent match in Chennai is only the second time in Test history that a batsman has reached his century and won the game with the same shot. The only other time this has happened was in Cape Town in 2001-02, when Ricky Ponting completed a four-wicket victory for Australia with a six off Paul Adams, which took him neatly to 100 (he needed a six, as a four would have won the match too and left him on 98).
http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/maga...ry/383796.html
Q. Who scored the most runs, and the most hundreds, in his first 100 one-day internationals?
A. Three West Indians top this list. Gordon Greenidge made 4177 runs in his first 100 ODIs, just ahead of Viv Richards, who made 4146: Greenidge was helped in that he batted in all but one of his matches, while Richards only got to the crease in 91. Brian Lara lies third with 3994 runs, just ahead of Australia's Dean Jones (3857) and Graham Gooch of England (3785). Greenidge made 10 centuries, one ahead of yet another West Indian, Chris Gayle, and England's Marcus Trescothick. The surprise on this list is that Sachin Tendulkar is so low on it - his first 100 ODIs brought him "only" 3146 runs (and four centuries), which places him 34th overall.
// adhukkappuram singam seeri paanjurukku.. thats a different story :D
http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/maga...ry/383796.html
:hammer: :argh: :curse: :rant:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Idhu enakku nalla gnyabagam irukku. Venumte 200 adikka vidama declare panninaru andha super captain!!!
:hammer: :argh: :curse: :rant:
vidunga vidunga.. adhan form poyi nondhu noodles aagittu irukkare ...Quote:
Originally Posted by viraajan
muRpagal seyyin
piRpagal viLayum
arasan (captain) anRu kolvAn
dheivam (our GOD) ninRu kollum :thumbsup:
HR,
Enakku ivar mela kooda kovam illa.... ivara thoondi vitta "Avar" mela thaan kovam romba jaasthi... seri vittudalam, avar aadi onju poittaru :lol:
avaru anudhaba alai-la irukkuradhala... nan avaru paththi edhuvum sollalai.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by viraajan
Kalyan
SRT/Under Dravid's captaincy/tests
There is no need to note down all these infos. Cricinfo Database allows users to access player records playng under different captains. The single best database engine wrto cricket is cricinfo :notworthy:
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Originally Posted by Kalyasi
http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/...ing;view=match
Sachin @ 2150 runs in 24 matches.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
:D
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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/maga...ry/383796.html
The winning run and a hundred, and "Grizzes"
Steven Lynch
December 23, 2008
I'll take both: Tendulkar became only the second man to reach his century with a match-winning hit © Getty Images
Sachin Tendulkar reached his century and made the winning runs with the same hit against England in Chennai. How many times has this happened before in Tests? asked Amrit Mithra from Delhi
Rather surprisingly, Sachin Tendulkar's double in the recent match in Chennai is only the second time in Test history that a batsman has reached his century and won the game with the same shot. The only other time this has happened was in Cape Town in 2001-02, when Ricky Ponting completed a four-wicket victory for Australia with a six off Paul Adams, which took him neatly to 100 (he needed a six, as a four would have won the match too and left him on 98).
Sachin was promoted to the Top order only after 70 odd matches. I guess he scored his first 100 in ODI's in his 86th match against Australia @ Colombo. For a number 5th/6th batsman to score 3146 runs in 70 odd matches is pretty good.
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Originally Posted by HonestRaj
Sachin was made opener in his 70th match (against NZ). He hit his first century in 79th match 8-)
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
same here :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
Marappom mannippom :smokesmirk:
http://www.sportstaronnet.com/storie...7500300800.htm
From youth to experience. Maestro Sachin Tendulkar took another step towards immortality by surpassing Brian Lara’s mark for the highest run-getter in Tests. During the year, the legendary batsman delivered at the crunch — he was a match-winner. Tendulkar’s unbeaten hundred at Chepauk — India chased down 387 on a dry, dusty and scarred pitch — exhibited his resolve and technical excellence. He continues to build timeless monuments.
Earlier, Tendulkar’s century at Mohali set the stage for a famous Indian victory in the second home Test against Australia. Tendulkar, defended, created, innovated and another masterpiece was conjured.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1186529
Sachin’s 4 missing runs
In the 1988 Harris Shield match when Tendulkar and Kambli created a world record partnership, the little master’s individual tally was deducted by four runs because of flawed scoring
MUMBAI: Don Bradman is not the only one who is deprived of four runs but our own master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was also deprived of exactly the same number of runs during his world record partnership with Vinod Kambli, according to Sachin’s close friend and BCCI umpire Marcus Couto.
“I and Mohandas Menon, the cricket statistician for sure deducted runs from Sachin’s school score in the world record partnership because the original score card was not tallying with the total score,” Marcus Couto said. However, the only difference is that while the four runs affected Don Bradman’s batting average reaching the magical figure of 100, in Sachin’s case, it may not have any significant bearing.
In February 1988, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli went berserk in the semi-finals of the Harris Shield Tournament, an inter-school competition. The unbroken partnership of 664 runs was a world record in school cricket. Kambli scored 349 not out while Sachin’s contribution was 326 not out.
“We had to send the score-card to Wisden for the record to be included. We found out the mistake in the scoring. They were more then a dozen school boys who did the scoring and ultimately the score card needed to be tallied, Hence, hesitantly and sadly, we had to deduct four runs from Sachin’s score,” Marcus Couto added.
“Sachin smilingly says, ‘You had other options like the byes, leg byes, wides, no balls and so on, why did you deduct my hard earned runs?’,” Marcus informed of Sachin’s reaction to the decision.
On the same issue, Mohandas Menon said, “It is true that we had to deduct runs. I had checked the original scoresheet way back in 1988, and found that Sachin was wrongly credited with three extra runs. Therefore I had to reduce his score from 329 to 326.”
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...663155,00.html
David Lloyd
My highlight would have to be England returning to India. Quite by accident I walked onto the middle in Mohali and got into conversation with Sachin Tendulkar, who said he was indebted to England for returning. The abiding memory for me, though, came in Chennai when one of the ladies who brushed the pitch who ran onto the pitch after Sachin scored his hundred. She simply shook his hand and then ran off. It was a real tearjerker given the emotion of the game, so that takes precedence over everything else.
hayden should take a leaf out of sachin's book
says geoff boycott when asked about hayden's poor run of form and how he can improve his form.
here is what he has to say.
"Hayden has been a fantastic player. He used to bully bowlers by attacking them. He was very aggressive. It was fantastic for the team because he used to get them off to a flier. He would put the opposition bowlers on the back foot and he did some psychological damage by getting on top of them immediately. But now he has to face the fact that age catches up with everybody. In a sportsman's life it is even more important to face that fact. When age comes along, you have to change and adapt.
Look at how Tendulkar plays now. He doesn't dominate bowlers anymore and play all the wonderful array of shots that he used, but what he has is a fantastic brain that told him: right, my youth might have gone but I can make up for that with my experience and good thinking. I am still a dominant player. I am still a vital and important player, and I can still make match-winning contributions."
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/talk...iew=transcript
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...B?OpenDocument
Tendulkar supports Govt's decision to call off Pak cricket tour
Mussoorie, Dec 25 (PTI) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar today backed the government's decision to call off India's cricket tour to Pakistan in the wake of last month's Mumbai terror attacks.
Tendulkar, who is here on a vacation in this hill resort with wife Anjali and two children, told reporters that he respected the government's decision as the loss of lives is far bigger than any cricket tour or any other sport. As many as 173 persons lost their lives in the unprecedented terror strike in the country''s financial capital last month.
The country's premier batsman made these remarks when asked about cancellation of India's cricket tour as a fall-out of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Tendulkar said cricket should take a backseat when the country is confronted with incidents like the Mumbai carnage.
"It(cancellation) is a decision by the government and we respect that decision. The attack on Mumbai was very unfortunate, so many people lost their lives in it. This tragedy is far bigger than any cricket tour or sports. Those who have lost their loved ones can never be compensated," Tendulkar said.
India last Friday called off the cricket team's month long tour to Pakistan in January-February next year. Three Test matches, five one-dayers and a 20-20 match was scheduled during the tour. PTI
Tendulkar praises Dhoni, India's team work
Mussoorie: After a hectic season at home, Sachin Tendulkar is finally getting some rest. He is in Mussorie and reflected on the gains of a successful campaign against Australia and England at home.
Tendulkar lauded captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his inspirational leadership and praised his entire team for a string of successes during the year.
"Dhoni is obviously a good captain," he said. "But a good captain needs a good team. Obviously his captaincy is good but the team's performance, its collective effort, is essential for a captain. A team never wins by the performance of one or two players only. When the entire team performs, we get good results."
Tendulkar arrived at the quiet hill station along with his family. "As the series against the England was over, I planned to stay here for some time... trying to spend time with family," Tendulkar said. "I was looking for this time for many days where I can spend time with family and close friends, so I am enjoying this."
Tendulkar said although India wouldn't be playing international cricket, he would go back to domestic cricket to help Mumbai.
"For the next month and a half, we would be free of international engagements," Tendulkar said. "There would be domestic ties and then getting together in time to prepare for the tour to New Zealand. Hopefully, our good form would continue next year."
Despite a terrific season, Tendulkar has been repeatedly asked the question of when he would decide to hang up his boots.
"It will only be right for me to speak about retirement, if and when I feel the time is right," he said. "It's not for others to speak or speculate on the subject. I have been subjected to such questions for long now. Let everyone wait till I have something to say on the matter."
Tendulkar lauded opener Gautam Gambhir's prolific season with the bat, which helped set up winning platforms for India throughout the year in all forms of the game.
"Gambhir has batted very well throughout the year," he said. He has shown the kind of form that gives nightmares to the opposition. He has shown great consistency, he attacked when attack was required, defended when defence was required.
"He has displayed solid technique and capacity for making big runs. His team-mates knew his capability, now the whole world knows about it."
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/tendu.../36962-13.html
Shane Warne in his book "Shane Warne's Century"
1 Sachin Tendulkar
The great Sir Donald Bradman said that Tendulkar at the crease was the closest in style he had seen to himself. That statement caused a great deal of interest in Australia and around the world. Tendulkar and I had the honour of being invited to Sir Donald's 90th birthday.
It was fascinating to see the pair of them together, both small men, talking about different grips and bats and approaches to batting. There was enormous mutual respect between them. Some of the conversation was quite technical, but Bradman was sharp as a tack. He was amazed when Tendulkar told him that he had been coached as a boy, because Bradman thought that he batted like a natural. Tendulkar was even more surprised when Bradman told him that he had prepared for a day's cricket by spending hours in the office before play in the morning. In those days, even the greatest players had jobs outside the game.
Tendulkar has a touch of genius about him. But I wonder if people appreciate the amount of time he spends working on his game. Sachin plans well before every tour. Before our tour to India in 1998, he had the nets deliberately roughed up outside leg stump so that the practice bowlers would be able to replicate my spin from around the wicket.
Another example: before the last Test of the series in Australia in 2003-04, he thought he was vulnerable when cover driving because something was slightly awry with his technique. The cover drive is a bread-and-butter shot for most batsmen, but Tendulkar decided for the final Test at Sydney that he could not afford to play it. He stuck to his game plan for hour after hour and scored 241 not out, with not one cover drive - amazing discipline. That is mental strength.
In this book, I will say frequently that footwork is the key to being able to play spin and for that matter all bowling. I make no apology for repeating myself because it is just that important. Tendulkar is the best in the business. Being quick and decisive means that he either goes all the way forward or back on the crease, but doesn't get caught in two minds. That helps his shot selection. He rarely sweeps. Once a batsman is in the right position, anything is possible: defend, attack or leave alone. I have found it difficult at times to deceive him because he reads the length and the spin so quickly! That is an advantage of being brought up in a land of so many slow bowlers, at least traditionally. I thought that his reflexes would start to slow over time, and perhaps the grind of playing so much has begun to take its toll with injuries, but even as recently as 2008 he scored 150s in Sydney and Adelaide - those innings brought back a few memories while I was watching on television, very happily retired, thank you.
8-)
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