Sir Sachin Tendulkar - The Greatest Cricketer Ever

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by HonestRaj

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Originally Posted by viraajan

HR,

Enakku ivar mela kooda kovam illa.... ivara thoondi vitta "Avar" mela thaan kovam romba jaasthi... seri vittudalam, avar aadi onju poittaru :lol:

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avaru anudhaba alai-la irukkuradhala... nan avaru paththi edhuvum sollalai.. :)

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same here :yes:
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.

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