Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

Happy Birthday to the person who is celebrated most..Sachin.. :cheer: the Man, the Person, the REAL Cricketer.. :notworthy:

Wish you many more happy returns of the day and hope you achieve even greater heights every year..

When Sachin Plays All Else is Irrelevant!
KadavuLukku Pirandha NaaL Vaazhththu solvadhu poruthamaaga irukkumaa endru theriyavillai. Irundhaalum solgiren.
Nee pala nooru varusham nallaa irukkaNum :D

"When Sachin plays, big-city roads are easy and trains and buses ply empty at rush hour and the markets take a beating...

When Sachin plays, grandmothers who know next to nothing about the game forget knitting and resting and medicines and pray their gods as they sit frozen, staring nervously at their television screen...

When Sachin plays , busy, ambitious executives ignore their calls and cancel their appointments and avoid their clients and miss their deadlines amd their careers on hold...

When Sachin plays, college Common Rooms are dense and tense and hushed as an entire generation sits on pins and needles...

When Sachin plays, school-yards are silent and playgrounds are deserted because those who normally make such a racket imitating their hero are all too busy watching him make batting look so ridiculously easy...

When Sachin plays, fathers who want the news and daugthers and mothers who always want soft stuff and brothers who fight for action, for once all agree on what to watch...

When Sachin plays, bowlers and fielders and opposing captains feel their impotence and inadequacy like at no other time and curse themselves and wonder what they can do, if anything, to end the shame, the nightmare, the humiliation...

When Sachin plays, commentators and experts run out of adjectives and expressions of wonder and comparisons...

When Sachin plays, lay spectators have no need for words at all and just jump and scream and whistle and clap and hug each other and cry and wave their flags and banners and thank their lucky stars for being there...

When Sachin plays, India forgets its differences and divisions and teeters between tensions and exhilaration and breaths and laughs and cries as one, as its heart fills with pride and joy and patriotism...

When Sachin plays, all else is IRRELEVANT."

Happy Birthday God! :bow: :bow:

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Interesting anecdotes from Ganguly in Headlines today.

Apparently Sachin never slept the night before he scored that infamous test hundred against Aussies in Perth, 1992. He kept walking in the room with the lights on, or kept mimicking strokes with the bat. In anticipation of the most dangerous pitch (almost an extinct kind these days, according to Ganguly, the bounce and pace made it the most fastest and lethal pitches that you don't see any more) , esp. for a batman against intimidating Aussies. It seems Sachin slept sitting the next day (when he was to bat), with his face down on the lunch table, and Sourav had to wake/prep him up in time as he had to come at 5th or 6th down.

He also said in glowing terms that Sachin's captaincy, which preceded his, helped ensure all the incoming brittle youngsters/players like himself, Dravid, Kumble, Srinath et all to develop. He kept reiterating the point that Sachin is the most encouraging captain he could have vouched for, and the best advice have always come from him. And they exchanged tips and suggestions having watched each other for a long time, from the other end. He also spoke about a prank Sachin, Harbhajan and rest of the team played with him. When they lost a game against Pakistan, Sachin came up to him and said they will not play any more under Sourav as captain, as he had said something bad about the players. They kept holding it to a point Sourav got a bit peeved. I can imagine :lol: He says Sachin likes to hang out and dress well, drive imported cars. Live and enjoy is life. Love the game, and has unparalleled passion that made him the best batsman in the world.

P.S: He also rubbished the utterly pedantic saying Sachin plays for records. And that you can never plan for such stuff.

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thanks kid for this valuable post..

coming from India's best captain ever, that's a glowing tribute i feel, into an aspect of sachin's cricketing career which all and sundry have dismissed as ordinary... :notworthy:

Happy Birthday Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar...God bless u and ur family, n wishing u many more birthdays!

My heartiest wishes to the original Mr.Cricket.

Wishing Sachin a Very Happy Birthday.

Ur Image can be duplicated not You, ur Achievements and ur Fame.

Wishing u very healthy Life Forever :notworthy:


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Originally Posted by kid-glove

He also said in glowing terms that Sachin's captaincy, which preceded his, helped ensure all the incoming brittle youngsters/players like himself, Dravid, Kumble, Srinath et all to develop. He kept reiterating the point that Sachin is the most encouraging captain he could have vouched for, and the best advice have always come from him. And they exchanged tips and suggestions having watched each other for a long time, from the other end.

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Thalaivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
April 24 - Another occasion to :notworthy:

Happy Birthday Sachin :D

Happy Birthday Sachin R Tendulkar Sir.. :smile2: