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an interesting observation from a spectator.. got from cricinfo
(it's true also..!)
"If you total the number of runs by all players currently playing for England, they are less than what Tendulkar has.."
http://www.dpb.in/magazines/cricket-...?38,272,4.html
"Sachin's talent was as clear as sunrays"- Ravi
I spoke to Ravi Shastri in Chittagong after Sachin scored his 34th century. Ravi has been watching Sachin for more that 18 years. He was Sachin’s captain for the Mumbai team. Shastri has played an important role in realizing Sachin’s commercial worth. He was more than instrumental in Sachin signing a deal with Mark Mascarenhas’s company WorldTel.
Early days:
I read his name many times in Mumbai’s local newspapers. I am talking about the 1886-87 days. Two cricketers were wreaking havoc in school cricket. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were more than popular names in Mumbai cricket. I remember the match against Gujarat where Sachin was included in the Mumbai Ranji squad. Those days, getting into the Mumbai Ranji team was as difficult as getting into the Test team. Sachin scored a century on first-class debut. I realized that cricketing talent in Sachin Tendulkar was as clear as sunrays.
Talented Sachin:
I think Sachin is born with cricketing sense. Not only in the batting department, but in bowling as well. When I was captain of the Mumbai team, I used to give minimum ten overs to Sachin. His observations were spot-on. He could easily detect fault in the batsman’s technique. He was a hyperactive cricket kid. His presence on the cricket field was action-packed.
Sachin as a brand:
Yes, I have some involvement in realizing Sachin’s worth as a true cricketing brand. I introduced him to Mark Mascarenhas in Chennai. Mark was a great cricket fan. Mark’s company WorldTel signed Sachin. I don’t think Sachin is an overpaid cricketer. His performance and his image speak volumes of his total commitment for the game of cricket. I think because of the Sachin-Mark combination, all other cricketers were also benefited. Cricket players started getting more endorsements and more money after this tie-up.
The credit goes to....
Sachin’s elder brother Ajit has played a major role in grooming Sachin’s talent. Sachin is blessed with a very cultured family. Success has not gone to his head and his feet are firmly on the ground. This is because of his family values and his upbringing.
Mark Mascarenhas:
I was thinking about what Mark would have done had he been present in Bangladesh when Sachin equaled Sunil Gavaskar’s record for most number of Test centuries. Mark would have chartered a flight and I am sure I would have heard his voice even far away from the Bangabandhu Stadium. He would have been excited like a child. Mark would certainly have thrown a lavish party to celebrate the occasion.
I am 100 percent sure that Sachin is going to break all batting records. It as more than a joy to watch Sachin’s progress from close quarters.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...1800&AppName=1
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Warne "Balti".... :lol:
inimae enga sachin-ku bowl panna porom-nu nenaichttar pola.. :lol:
ipl irukku...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/B...ow/3748734.cms
Fan builds 'ideal' stadium for Sachin
23 Nov 2008, 2352 hrs IST, TNN
Bangalore : While cricket fans were upset with the rain on Sunday, T Suresh, a mechanic-driver from Austin Town, was trying to find out
the Mumbai address of his idol, Sachin Tendulkar.
"I want to send him a model stadium I built for him,'' he says. The `Little Genius Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar Stadium' is a miniature built out of 4,000-5,000 grass sticks on a canvas measuring just 32 inches x 18 inches. It has not just the pitch and gallery, but also floodlights, rooms for commentators and VVIPs, practice nets and even a small restaurant.
While there's no space for parking, that's the case everywhere, he says, on a lighter note.
An ardent Sachin fan, Suresh hit upon the idea in January 2002. He completed it after much brainwork in 2004. But meeting the Little Master and showing him the model took more time. "This was probably the worst period of my life. People around me thought that I was out of my senses, trying to meet Sachin,'' he told TOI. But it finally happened during the India-Australia test match in Bangalore in October.
"That was the ultimate moment. His reaction remains fresh in my memory,'' he says, thrilled that the master blaster -- who saw all the rooms and facilites in this model stadium -- was impressed by it. Now, he wants to send it to his hero.
Further, he fears that packing this fragile material into a box might damage his years of efforts in making the stadium. "But, I will send it to Sachin'' he says with a broad smile, not giving up hopes yet.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=fBEQHMAzwas
Sachin Tendulkar-Bachna Ae Haseeno- ATISH-THE GOD.avi
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...B?OpenDocument
Tendulkar at his best is better than Lara: Ponting
Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Nov 24 (PTI) Australia captain Ricky Ponting may not have much love for Team India but he was liberal in his praise of individuals like Sachin Tendulkar whom he placed ahead of West Indian batting great Brian Lara.
"I have always maintained that he (Tendulkar) at his best was fractionally ahead of Brian Lara at his best, and they are the best two batsmen I have played against," Ponting wrote in his 'captain's Diary 2008'.
"As I write this, he has scored 14 international hundreds against Australia during his career (seven in Tests, seven in ODIs), and I have been on the field for many of them, so I have plenty of opportunities to guage just how magnificent and complete a batsman he is," he said in a specially highlighted reference to the Mumbai maestro.
The Aussie captain said he tried to set up schemes and strategies to trap Tendulkar but the Indian almost always broke the code.
"We have tried a wide variety of schemes and strategies, but he's usually had the answer to all of them...
"For me, right at the start of my Test career, it was a great experience just to see such a champion player going about his business in his conditions," he said in reference to a contest in Mumbai.
Ponting also singled out the just retired Indian captain Anil Kumble and promising pacer Ishant Sharma for special appreciation and said batsmen could not relax against the two. PTI
I voted for Pull shot - The most demoralizing attack against any fast bowler 8-)
http://www.businessday.co.za/weekend...?ID=BD4A890024
Gary Kirsten on working with Sachin
This is from an article written by Daryll Cullinan
His apparently measured approach is no different from his batting style and philosophy. A thorough student of the game, he speaks of the great thrill of working with batting master Sachin Tendulkar. Kirsten was first introduced to the team when India were last in Australia.
Tendulkar immediately made him feel at home by asking him to join him for a one-on-one throw-down session in the nets.
It was not too long ago that he would have been playing against the master and now he was being asked to offer his advice on certain technical issues Tendulkar was having with his game.
Perhaps Tendulkar was using the opportunity to assess his future coach’s technical and cricketing nous. He obviously impressed Tendulkar for they have formed a close working relationship and mutual respect.
Kirsten speaks of Tendulkar’s ability to stay one step ahead of the opposition. On that particular tour he felt the Australians would look to nick him off outside off-stump. He looked to get more back across in his pre-shot routine, making sure he was covering off-stump and knew where it was — which is essential for playing on bouncy wickets.
Most of the time international batsmen facing Australian quicks on Australian wickets would be consumed with practising under high intensity and high speeds.
The master was different, just making sure his movements were exact and rhythmical. It is also an insight into the Indian way.
In my time I have observed their players spending hours having gentle throw-downs in the nets and against the boundary boards on the field. Their way and methods are not always highly intense and structured but allowance is made for the chance just to play and experiment even in the simplest of fashions.
In the following Test match Tendulkar felt the Australians would come a lot straighter at him, especially at the start of his innings. He worked on his balance and playing more from middle and leg, making sure he could play straighter down the ground.
He knew he would have to be on top of his game as the Aussies would throw Brett Lee at him the moment he walked to the crease. After all, the master is ageing and pace would test him early on.
Kirsten tells of watching the whole thing unfold.
Sure enough, it was Lee first up to Tendulkar and it was a quick middle and leg delivery looking to “spear” him.
Tendulkar replied with a straight drive, his trademark on-drive, down the ground for four.
It was a rare insight to a legend’s way. It was fascinating to know of his technical changes depending on conditions and the opposition. Often this is not that noticeable to the naked eye or even the astute observer, but for a batsman it can mean massive changes requiring time and plenty of practice to get used to.
However, Tendulkar is different, for his ability to be flexible in such an important part of his game must be a key ingredient in his continued brilliance and dominance through the years.
We have truly been privileged to watch him play.
http://srikrishnans.blogspot.com/200...ay-sachin.html
Monday, April 24, 2006
Happy Birthday Sachin
My tribute to the man who has served as a role model to millions of Indians and one who has personified humility and modesty... Growing up as a poster boy in the eyes of the public into a superstar and the boy who inspired all the mothers and sisters to talk about cricket, the man who made cricket family entertainment-- My wishes to him for a truely "Happy Birthday" and thanx a lot for the fond memories... Cant imagine how growing up must have been without him.. Cant imagine how it must have been without cricket...........
Sachin stands rock solid in a world of vicissitudes
Rajdeep Sardesai
December 12, 2005
Where were you when Sachin Tendulkar made his test debut? I was at The Times of India in Mumbai, at a time when Girilal Jain had just retired as editor and when the marketing department had still not taken over the running of a newspaper. VP Singh had just become India's prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi was alive, the Babri Masjid was still in place, we relied on an MTNL lineman to provide us a decent phone connection, Infosys was still a start-up, Osama was a US ally, Shahrukh Khan was a struggling actor, Doordarshan was still the sole source of small screen entertainment and the concept of even one 24-hour news channel was an outrageous flight of fancy.
Sixteen years, 35 hundreds and 30 news channels later, the world has changed dramatically. What has remained remarkably constant is the presence of Sachin Tendulkar at the crease, blue helmet in place, the slight shuffle in the crease as the bowler approaches, the eyes unflinching in gaze, head firm, and the short backlift only a mask for the power that lies behind each stroke. Through all the upheavals of the last decade and a half - and the scale of change has been truly tectonic - Tendulkar has stood rock solid, a reassuring sign in an era where there are no guarantees what tomorrow will bring.
All that has changed is the boy with fluffy cheeks and curly locks who we watched excitedly on the maidans of Mumbai has become the man of India, his skills paraded in every major world stadium. Forget the fact that he hadn't had a proper shave when he hit Qadir for four sixes in an over in his first series, and that today he is a multi-crore match-winner…
For many of us, Sachin will always be the boy wonder, a rare symbol of national pride and excellence, someone whose achievements have become our badge of identity whenever we've felt down and out.
I still recall being caught in the middle of a terrible power cut in Delhi a few years ago, the summer heat virtually exhausting both body and soul. While we despaired over the state of infrastructure in the national capital, Tendulkar was in Sharjah playing an innings that would light up the night in a manner that no power supplier could. Instead of feeling depressed by the "we pay our taxes, but get no benefit" refrain, we rejoiced in the knowledge that Sachin had taken India to a famous victory.
Then, there was that momentous day against Pakistan in the World Cup two years ago. Billed as the "greatest contest on earth", this was Sachin versus Shoaib, the classic confrontation between an aggressive batsman and a tearaway fast bowler. The battle lasted just an over. With one slashed six over point - a shot which cricket historian Ramchandra Guha suggested had ended a decade of Indian inferiority against Pakistan - and a string of boundaries, Sachin established himself as the dominant force in the match.
It almost seemed as if all the national anger of an attack on Parliament, the war in Kargil, the death of innocents in Kashmir had been avenged with one single innings in this cricketing war without weapons.
Sometimes, one wonders whether we have placed too much hope and expectation on the shoulders of a single individual. Its almost as if we demand a century from Sachin every time he walks to the crease. What is even more astonishing is that Sachin has fulfilled all those expectations to score as many as 73 international centuries.
In England, they celebrate a Graeme Hick when he scores a hundred first class hundreds. Here, you have a cricketer who is poised to score a hundred international centuries, and there are still critics who wonder whether he has the motivation to stay on top of his game. It's a bit like seeing a Kohinoor in front of our eyes, and still wondering whether we should make a trip to the Tower of London. Pause for a moment to also think of Vinod Kambli, Sachin's school soul mate and batting partner. Kambli once spoke of how "Sachin had taken an elevator, while he had climbed the stairs to the top." But after one great series against England, Kambli found that it was even more difficult staying at the top than just getting there. Which is why Sachin is sui generis. In cricketing terms, only Sunil Gavaskar, the man whose record Tendulkar now owns, and Kapil Dev can be compared to him. The holy trinity of Indian cricket, you couldn't get three more different players: Gavaskar the architect, Kapil Dev the innovator and Tendulkar the artist. Obvious talent apart, what binds them together is their sheer determination and commitment, a glue which has laid the foundation of modern Indian cricket.
In a sense, Sachin is our link to an India that existed before page three invaded our homes, before instant celebrities were manufactured by the media even if their achievements are shorter than the length of their skirts.
This is not just some one film hit star, who dances his way to the box office. Sachin's achievements are based on solid performance, on rigour, on durability and, above all, genuine skill, qualities that have made him a national icon.
This is a moment to be not just proud of, but grateful for. Thank you for the memories Sachin, and making it a little easier to live and grow up in modern India.
Aarambichittangeppa.... :banghead:
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