No of followers has touched 4 Lakhs. :shock: :clap:
Sachin :bow:
Exact no @ this moment: 402,154.
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No of followers has touched 4 Lakhs. :shock: :clap:
Sachin :bow:
Exact no @ this moment: 402,154.
Copy panni paste pandradhukuLLa, the count has become 402,160 :lol:
Sachin reigns
The Master Blaster has installed rain water harvesting system in his bungalow Borab Villa on Perry Cross Road in Bandra (W); it will help save around 10 lakh litres of rain water during the monsoons
Sudhir Suryawanshi
Posted On Thursday, June 03, 2010 at 02:56:38 AM
If you are a diehard fan of Sachin Tendulkar and follow his every move, then don’t miss this one: The Master Blaster has installed rain water harvesting system in his upcoming bungalow ‘Borab Villa’ on Perry Cross Road in Bandra west.
This will help him save around 10 lakh litres of rain water during the monsoons.
When Mumbai Mirror spoke to Anjali Tendulkar, Sachin’s wife, she confirmed that the rain water harvesting plant has been installed.
“The BMC officials had come to our bungalow for the installation. We are very careful while using water at home and make sure no one is wasting it. This plant will help us accumulate water,” Anjali said.
Sachin Tendulkar’s bungalow at Perry Cross Road in Bandra west
Suprabha Marathe, Chief of BMC’s Rain Water Harvesting Cell, said the construction area of Sachin’s bungalow is around 10,000 sq ft, where nearly 20 lakh litres of rain water will fall from rooftops and open sources.
Of this, Sachin will be able to collect around 10 lakh litres rain water in 120 days of monsoon. This water can be used for gardening or replenishing other sources of water like tube wells on his bungalow’s premise.
“We have been installing rain water harvesting plants at many places in the city. The demand is more in areas like Malad, Bandra, Borivali. Sachin had asked us how he could install the system at his upcoming bungalow. We were only too glad to help.
“We gave instructions to his architect about how to implement the system. We are really happy that Sachin has taken this step towards saving water. We hope this sends a message to his fans and scores others who admire Sachin,” Marathe said.
The BMC official said he is doubly happy with the cricketer as Sachin did the BMC’s save water advertisement campaign.
Marathe said, “Sachin was very co-operative during the shoot. It was then that the idea of installing the rain water harvesting plant at his bungalow came up.”
BMC officials said severe water shortage has opened Mumbaikars’ eyes to alternate ways of storing water.
The civic body has been receiving 15 to 20 phone calls and nearly five letters every day inquiring about rain water harvesting system. In the last three months, nearly 1,000 residents have installed this system.
“Every building should have this rain water harvesting system. The additional water can be utilised to recharge other ground water resources such tube wells and ring wells,” said a civic official.
He added that due to this, the groundwater table level will increase substantially. Stored rain water will also mean people will use less water supplied by the BMC.
As a result, the BMC will withdraw less water from the lakes.
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/...in-reigns.html
ESPN's Legends of Cricket features Sachin this week. The first few minutes have some of the shots from his 82 (49). Must watch 8-)
Enna time LM? Naan innum ESPN activate pannala.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Oops, should have mentioned clearly. It's ESPN Cricinfo's Legends of Cricket. You can watch all the four parts here.
Tendulkar rested for Asia Cup
June 7, 2010
The BCCI has accepted Sachin Tendulkar's request to be rested for the Asia Cup and has not included him in the squad for the tournament in Sri Lanka.
:angry2: :sigh2:
Why? It is good that he is skipping a meaningless ODI tournament, isnt it?
Let him rest. Test Matches and World Cup aadinA pOdhum. World Cup aadalainAlum enakku ok. But avarukku aasai irukkum so 2011 WC aadikkattum. mathadhellAm practicekAga clsoer to teh WC aadinA pOdhum.
Meet the boy who stumped Sachin
Mid-Day.com, Saturday June 5, 2010, Mumbai
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/meet...=rightpanel&cp
Loved by millions across the world, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar continues to be a true role model both on and off the field.
An NGO approached the little master requesting him to grant a 15-year-old leukemia patient an audience.
Touched by the bleak condition of the teenager, Sachin decided to bring cheer to the life of the young struggler.
Yesterday morning was a special day in the life of Varun Sudhir Kumar.
After all he was granted his wish of meeting his idol Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin invited Varun to his Bandra residence and patiently answered all the questions that the youngster had.
Impressed by his knowledge, Sachin tweeted, "Even adults haven't asked me such insightful questions. He is one of the brightest kids I have ever met. I pray for his speedy recovery."
Wish for it
Sadaf Hussain, National Co-ordination Corporate Partnership and Communication Make-A-Wish foundation of India fulfills the inner most wishes of children suffering from life threatening illness.
Mukul Gupte, CEO of Make-A-Wish Foundation India, said that the child had been waiting for months to meet his hero.
"We usually ask a child to give us two options apart from their first wish so that if we can't make one happen we can try for the others.
However this boy's only wish was to meet Sachin and he didn't want anything else," said Gupte, adding that Tendulkar's commitment was brilliant.
"He doesn't just shake a hand or take a picture with the child. He plays with the kids and spends quality time with them. We haven't seen the same levels of dedication from any other celebrity," said Gupte.
Tendulkar has so far helped the foundation with over twenty such wishes.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is currently hosting a Wishing Well Weekend until Sunday at Phoenix Mills, the proceeds of which will go towards helping other such children.
The boy had one-on-one meeting with Sachin and his cricket knowledge clearly impressed the master blaster.
Varun: Which is your dearest score? Your 200 versus South Africa or your international debut match where you scored 15 runs against Pakistan?
Sachin: The 15 runs against Pakistan was more important because from there I got the start. I got the feeling that I can play against any bowler in the world.
Varun: I know that your personal dream is to win the World Cup 2011. What are your preparations?
Sachin: I am doing lot of hard work for it. I am practicing and I am focused on the World Cup. I and my team members have started planning for that.
Varun: This will be a different kind of World Cup, because you have 3 countries and all have different pitches. In Bangladesh, the pitches will have more moisture and in Sri Lanka, the team batting second will benefit from the wicket. How will your team cope with that?
Sachin: I know the World Cup will be very challenging for us, pitches and grounds also matter a lot. It is a World Cup and you have to play against different teams, so you have to make strategies like that. World Cup is not like a five-match series, where you plan about a particular team, and you know that you have to play five matches against one team.
Varun: How did you feel when you faced Waqar Younis?
Sachin: When I got to the pitch, it looked very different from domestic cricket. I was nervous, scared and had lot of pressure on me. When I got out on 15 runs, I said to God - 'give me one more chance' and in next match I scored 59 runs and from there I knew I can play any bowler in the world. All you need to have is a strong heart. If you have a strong heart you can beat anybody.
Varun: How did you react, when you were hit on the nose by Waqar's delivery? Did you black out?
Sachin: Mujhe bahut gussa aya. Abh tho hum ne soch liya ke isko nahin chhodegey. Agar woh match mein main nahin khelta, tho, hum match har sakte the.
Varun: Why are you not playing T-20 internationals?
Sachin: In 2007 I refused because I had a few injuries, and I knew I would not be able to give 100 per cent to my team. T20 is a form of game where even if one player is not giving his 100 percent, your team will be in trouble.
Sachin asked Varun: Which one do you like the most - T20, 50-over match or Test cricket
Varun: 50-over match, as it requires the mental and physical fitness to be very high to play a 50 over match.
Varun: You are such a big cricketer, why do you need a coach in the team?
Sachin: Although I know about cricket, coaches are needed for youngsters, but at the same time we also need a good friend with whom we share our personal thought and feelings and we have them in the form of a coach.
Varun: Can you give me some batting tips? How should we play? Should we play straight shorts or cut or pull shot?
Sachin: Initially you should play straight shots. As you spend more time on the wicket, then you can play the cut or pull or whatever shot you like.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/meet...=rightpanel&cp
Sachin Tendulkar: stats analysis
Master of the game
Sachin Tendulkar has such staggering numbers in both Tests and ODIs that it's conceivable some of those records may never be broken
A criticism that is sometimes levelled at talented cricketers is that their numbers didn't do justice to their ability. That certainly can't be said for Sachin Tendulkar, who has achieved truly staggering stats over a glittering career that is 20 years old and still going strong. That he was a precocious talent was known even before he played his first international game; even so, not many could have imagined that he would score more than 30,000 international runs and would be closing in on 100 international hundreds by 2010.
Perhaps the most impressive of several praiseworthy features about his career has been his sheer consistency. Since 1990, Tendulkar has played more than three Tests in a year 19 times, and in 17 of those years his annual average has been more than 40, and 12 times over 55. Of the 36 series of three or more Tests that he has played in, 20 times his average has exceeded 50, and only six times has it dropped below 30.
The first three years of Tendulkar's career weren't all that productive, but he'd already played enough innings to make the cricket world sit up and taken notice: his first Test century, an unbeaten 119 against England, saved India from defeat, while his 114 in Perth had all the experts gushing over his sheer class. During those early years his problem was a lack of consistency - his highest score in five innings immediately after his first Test hundred was 21.
Soon, however, that problem was conquered, and the result was stunning: he averaged almost 60 from 1993 to 1996, and more than 63 in the six years after that. The form dipped for a while as various injuries hampered him, but since 2007 Tendulkar has been outstanding once again, with 12 centuries in his last 32 Tests.
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During that six-year period from January 1997 to December 2002, Tendulkar was unquestionably the best batsman in the world, handling pace in Australia and South Africa as effectively as he did spin in Sri Lanka. And then, of course, there was the epic 136 against Pakistan in Chennai which, unfortunately for him, wasn't enough to take India to victory against Pakistan.
In only 59 Tests he managed 21 centuries - an average of one every 2.81 matches. His average during this phase was well ahead of the second-placed Andy Flower, who led a string of batsmen who averaged in the md-50s.
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Unfortunately for Tendulkar, his best period coincided with one where India had a poor bowling attack, especially overseas, and a batting line-up that tended to crumble quite often on tours. In 69 Tests between the beginning of 1993 and the end of 2001, India won 23, but only three of those came abroad. During this period, Tendulkar contributed almost 20% of all runs scored off the bat by India, and more than 21% when they played in Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand or the West Indies. From 2002 onwards, there were many more batsmen contributing - Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman weighed in consistently both home and away, which significantly reduced the dependence on Tendulkar: he has contributed only 14.30% of the team runs since 2002. With the bowling attack getting stronger as well, Tendulkar has been a part of 15 away Test wins during this period, and 32 wins in all in these eight-and-a-half years.
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A standout feature of Tendulkar's career has been his tendency to save his best for the greatest team of his generation. Few batsmen have consistently got the better of Australia over the last two decades, but Tendulkar is clearly one of them. His two stunning hundreds on his first tour to Australia announced him as a special talent, while his Boxing Day century in 1999 showed the gulf between him and the rest of the Indian batsmen. Later in his career some of the others - Laxman and Sehwag, especially - also showed their liking for the Australian attack, but Tendulkar is the one player who has sustained his performances against Australia for 20 years.
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Tendulkar's Test average in Australia is marginally higher than his average against them at home, while six of his ten hundreds against them have come in Australia.
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Out of the 271 innings he has played in Tests, 220 have been at the No. 4 slot, where he has amassed more than 11,000 runs at an average exceeding 57. With a cut-off of 2500 runs at that position, only five batsmen have a higher average. And 41 of his 47 hundreds have been scored at this slot, with four coming at No. 5 and two at No. 6.
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One of the criticisms levelled against Tendulkar has been his relative lack of runs in second innings: he averages only 42.76 in all second innings, and 36.72 in the fourth innings. However, that also means he has been exceptional in the first innings, thus setting up games for India. He averages 62.88 in all first innings for the team, and 71.72 in the first innings of a match. His overall first-innings average is among the highest: among the batsmen with 4000 such runs, only six have a higher average.
The ODI master
Tendulkar has set some pretty awesome records in Tests, but some of his ODI stats are arguably more staggering. His career aggregate is currently more than 4000 ahead of his nearest competitor, and it'll certainly go up even further by the time he retires. As an opener, he has scored almost 15,000 runs at an average touching 49, which is the highest for openers who've scored at least 2500.
Like in Tests, Tendulkar has also raised his game against the Australians in one-day internationals, scoring more than 3000 runs against them - the only one to do so - at an average of more than 46.
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Tendulkar has already stated that he will play the 2011 World Cup, and if his past record at the tournament is anything to go by, opposition bowlers will have plenty to worry about. He has already played five World Cups so far, averaging almost 58 in 36 matches. With the format guaranteeing each team at least six matches, Tendulkar has an excellent chance to become the first batsman to score 2000 World Cup runs.
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And here's further proof of Tendulkar's ability to rise to the big occasion: he averages more than 55 in tournament finals, with six hundreds in 39 games. There was a period, between 1999 and 2004, when his big-match form deserted him, but he hit back strongly in the CB Series finals against Australia in 2008, scoring an unbeaten 117 and 91, and he followed that with 138 in the final of the Compaq Cup in Colombo last year.
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Some of the important records that stand in Tendulkar's name:
Tests
# Most Test runs (13,447) and hundreds (47). Also the only player with more than 100 scores of 50-plus in Tests.
# Most runs scored by a batsman at No. 4; more than 3500 runs ahead of the second-placed Lara.
# Most runs put together by a non-opening partnership (5747, with Rahul Dravid).
# Two Tests short of equalling the record for most Tests by a player (Steve Waugh's 168).
One-day internationals
# Most ODI runs, hundreds.
# Only batsman to score a double-hundred in this format.
# Involved in the highest partnership for any wicket (331 with Dravid against New Zealand in 1999), and in total partnership runs with a single batsman.
# Most Man-of-the-Match awards.
# Most runs in World Cups, and in multi-team tournament finals. Also, most runs in a single World Cup.
# Most ODI runs against Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
# Two matches short of equalling Sanath Jayasuriya's record for most matches.