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2nd link is his album section which has 5,000+ sachin photos.
We can use this link for photo references and uploads in the future.
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Our Sachin By Tanya Aldred, September 3, 2010, Updated 18:45 IST
Your Tendulkar, the real thing, is a subtly different creature from our Tendulkar. Your Tendulkar is worshipped and glorified. He is micro-examined and analysed. But he is also a technician, the straight man to the glorious freedom of VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag. He is a commodity and he is a salesman. There is his face, on billboard, magazine, television, selling watches, mobile phones, biscuits, soft drinks and motorbikes.
But over here he is something more remote, perhaps a little more romantic. His face, still remarkably boyish with its cropped hair and dark eyes, appears on the back pages of the newspapers, and on the front of cricket magazines. And that is pretty much it. We know him, love him, for his fortitude, his 100s, his average, his niceness, his seeming lack of vanity and above all for his beautiful batting.
For years the pub conversation would be over who was the greater, Tendulkar or Brian Lara. Now Lara has disappeared but Tendulkar remains, soaring above the rest. We English have had no one like him, at least since Jack Hobbs. Of the nine English players who average over 50, only two of them started their careers after the Second World War: Ken Barrington and Jonathan Trott. And though they both have many fine qualities, they don't lift the soul in quite the same way.
It is the minutiae that fascinate. That Tendulkar married his teenage sweetheart, drives the streets of Mumbai late at night and visits the temple in the small hours, gives him a slightly sad glamour, probably completely out of kilter with reality. In fact Tendulkar's career has spanned the transformation of the Western view of India.
In 1989, India was still largely looked upon as a mystical, English-loving third-world former colony with lyrical commentaries from Salman Rushdie, nowit is up there with China, a soon to be gasguzzling giant, an Internet behemoth, a place that David Cameron has to placate during his first few months of power, a land that shouts its own successes and devises its own soaraway cricket competition in the IPL.
Tendulkar is two months and one day younger than me and three-and-a-half inches taller(if he is five foot five). Sadly, that is where any similarity ends. In November 1989, when he was making his Test debut, in Karachi, aged 16, I was struggling to summon up the courage to put up my hand in A level history. But I like to think I've kept a friendly eye on his career.
Though he made his debut Test century in Gooch's parched summer of 1990, wearing a pair of Sunil Gavaskar's pads and denying England a win at Old Trafford, and flamed amazement against Australia at Sydney and Perth in the winter of 1991-92, it wasn't until he came to Yorkshire the following summer, that he really hit the public consciousness.
The new recruit was photographed smiling gamely on one of his first days, wearing a checked flat cap and holding a pint of foaming bitter. He was Yorkshire's first overseas player. He was Yorkshire's first non-white player. He was also something of a superstar and the local press couldn't believe their luck.
There was a constant and rolling supply of rumours, including one that he was going to be sponsored by Tariq's-the late-night student curry house just a hop skip and a jump from Headingley. That never materialised, but the team were said to have grown fat on free curries from various establishments all season. One local restaurant even changed its named to Sachin's from April to September.
Although, he didn't dazzle, Tendulkar was looked on with real affection in Yorkshire by the staff, the fans and his teammates. At home, we followed his progress in the paper (back in the days when it still carried scorecards). He was said to love the freedom of being in England, to enjoy driving his club car through the streets and hills surrounding Leeds (though he asked to have the name taken off so he didn't get hassled by too many girls.)
In 2002 when he came back for the opening of the new East stand, he made a sweet speech. "I was only 19 when I came here and I didn't know what to expect, but I will alalways remember this as one of the greatest four-and-a-half months I've spent in my life."
By the 1996 World Cup, Tendulkar was in a different league. He was the leading run scorer, a constant and brilliant accumulator. Then that English summer, when arctic winds chilled the bones, Tendulkar batted beautifully. Though that tour is mostly remembered for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid's double act at Lord's, Tendulkar made two Test 100s, at Edgbaston and at Trent Bridge. His 100 on the third afternoon at Birmingham as all collapsed around him was acknowledged by Wisden to be one of "rare brilliance".
But wasn't until the World Cup summer of 1999 that I was able to see Tendulkar bat in the flesh. At Bristol, the day after returning from his father's funeral, he annihilated Kenya. His 50 came from 54 balls, 100 from 84 balls and the last ball of the innings was flicked over mid-wicket for six. The noise, from the Anglo-Indian fans, was like nothing I had ever heard. His timing, his wristiness, his grace-oh what joy!
Then in 2001, I came to India. There it all was, as people had told me, the sky, the shimmering lights of Mumbai against the sea, the trains, the saris, the wealth, the poverty, the chai-sellers, the firecrackers. And there was Tendulkar, everywhere. Armed guards sat on the hotel floor where he slept, bodyguards kept the public away. He stood in the nets at the lovelystadium of Chandigarh, in the early morning cool, tiny but utterly self-possessed, seemingly unseeing of the crowds crammed against the wires.
Out in the middle, he was breathtaking, conducting ball to boundary with a whip and a bang. He made 88 at Mohali, and on the third day at dusty Ahmedabad, toyed with Nasser Hussain's leg theory as balls disappeared from outside the off stump, through the leg side to the boundary. He made 103 glorious, Sa-chin, Sa-chin, railing-banging runs, and then he was out. And the ground, and the scooter park behind it, emptied, as if somebody had pulled out the plug. At Bangalore, he was tamed by the tactics of Flintoff and Giles, but still made 90. It had been beautiful.
Five-and-a-half years later, in the summer of 2007, I dragged my young children to Old Trafford to see the Indians practising, because I thought it might be their only chance to see him in the flesh before he retired. We were too late to glimpse him in the nets but suddenly, just as the shadows became long, he emerged. We saw his light-footed and sunglass wearing, walk from the glass doors of the Old Trafford entrance hall, to the team coach. Could you perceive greatness in those 15 steps? I thought you could
Sachin Tendulkar will bat against noisy Diwali
This Diwali, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will appeal to school children to refrain from spending money on fire crackers and limit noise and air pollution during the festive season. He will be assisted by film actor Nana Patekar, world-renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar, social-activist Dr Prakash Amte and planning commission member Dr Narendra Jadhav.
This campaign by Harit Sena, a joint initiative of the social forestry department and Maharashtra Andhashradha Nirmulan Samiti (Mans) will send letters signed from these personalities to more than 8,500 schools in the state, appealing to them to stop using fire-crackers for a greener environment.
“Every year, around Rs500 crore is spent on firecrackers, which leads to massive pollution. Sachin and Nana are admired by children, and if they appeal to them it can lead to change,” said Sushila Munde, state conveyor of Mans.
The campaign will urge students and parents to fill up a form asking the student to save a certain amount by not buying crackers. The posters, signed by Sachin and others, will be distributed in schools after the Ganesh festival. The samiti estimates that it will be able to save Rs20 crore from being spent on crackers this year.
The 8,500 schools Harit Sena will approach comprise more than four lakh students. “We will ask the students to use this money for buying books, toys and sweets instead. They can even use it to donate essential items to the poor people,” said Munde.
Sachin was earlier seen in advertisements of the BMC, in which he campaigned to save water.
He had said that he had stopped using the shower since it wastes valuable water.
Source : http://www.sachinist.com/news/1-news...sy-diwali.html
Cricket's most frequent team-mates
Pairs of players who've been team-mates in the most Tests and ODIs and had the best success rates
Travis Basevi and George Binoy
September 15, 2010
Which cricketers have been team-mates most often? It used to be Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, who played 104 matches with each other. They were overtaken by the Waugh twins, who had featured in 108 Tests together by 2002. Since then, however, several pairs have passed Mark and Steve, and the present leaders are Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who've been team-mates in 127 Tests for India.
Dravid and Tendulkar have also played more than 100 matches with each of India's Test mainstays - Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman - during the 1990s and 2000s. The pair with the best record among them is Tendulkar and Kumble, who won 40 and lost 31 out of their 122 Tests together. Their win-loss ratio of 1.29, however, pales in comparison to those of pairs that played in more successful Test sides. Australia, for instance, won 71 of the 104 Tests Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne played together. They lost only 16 and drew the remaining 17 games.
Had Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge won one more Test together, they would have been the only pair to have played 100 Tests with a win-loss ratio of more than 5.00. As it stands, they played together in 99 games, of which West Indies won 56 and lost 11.
The Indians, however, continue to rule tables with the most matches for three or more players. Only two sets of three players have appeared in 100 Tests together. Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly are No. 1 with 103 but Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman, presently on 100, are likely to overtake them before 2010 ends.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/477078.html
As usual cricinfo rocks with their database.
Tendulkar, Sehwag shortlisted for top ICC awards
http://cricket.rediff.com/report/201...-icc-award.htm
Two more 100's Needed for 50 Centuries in Test Cricket. Camaan Tendulkar :2thumbsup:. Australia Series 8-).
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html
Tendulkar in all major categories for ICC awards
Sachin Tendulkar leads the nominations for the seventh ICC awards as the only cricketer to have been short-listed in all the three major categories. India opener Virender Sehwag, South Africa's middle-order batsman Hashim Amla and England offspinner Graeme Swann are the other names in the marquee Cricketer of the Year shortlist.
Amla and Sehwag were also nominated for the Test cricketer of the Year award, along with South Africa seamer Dale Steyn. Two Australians - seamer Ryan Harris and allrounder Shane Watson - and South Africa's middle-order batsman AB de Villiers completed the shortlist for the ODI award, along with Tendulkar.
Tendulkar was in prolific form during the assessment period - August 24 2009 to August 10 2010 - scoring 1064 runs in 10 Tests, and 914 runs in 17 ODIs, including the first double-century in the history of the format.
Sehwag's inclusion in the Test category came as no surprise after a year during which he topped the run-charts, apart from scoring his runs at an exceptional strike-rate of 97.34.
Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain who was the top ODI run-scorer during the assessment period, was dropped from both the Player of the Year and ODI longlists. de Villiers, who topped the ODI averages among players who scored above 700 runs, had four centuries in the 12-month period - second only to Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored five. Swann was a late inclusion to the initial longlist after the ICC overlooked him when they first released the list of contenders for the awards.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene won two Twenty20 nominations for his knocks against Zimbabwe and West Indies in the World Twenty20, while Brendon McCullum and Michael Hussey were also shortlisted for batting performances. South Africa seamer Ryan McLaren was the only bowler to figure in the list of five.
This year's awards ceremony, which will be hosted in Bangalore on October 6, comprise nine individual prizes and three team awards. For the first time, a "people's choice award" that will be decided by online fan votes has been included. The shortlists were nominated by an independent 25-person academy comprising a host of former players, members of the media, and representatives of the elite panel of umpires and match referees.
The shortlists
Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Graeme Swann and Sachin Tendulkar
Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Dale Steyn and Sachin Tendulkar
ODI Player of the Year: Ryan Harris, Sachin Tendulkar , AB de Villiers, Shane Watson
Emerging Player of the Year: Umar Akmal, Steven Finn, Angelo Mathews and Tim Paine
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnson (Ireland), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland) and Mohammed Shahzad (Afghanistan)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Michael Hussey 60* v Pakistan, Mahela Jayawardene 100 v Zimbabwe, Mahela Jayawardene 98* v West Indies, Ryan McLaren 5-19 v West Indies and Brendon McCullum 116* v Australia.
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Katherine Brunt (England), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia) and Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill and Simon Taufel
Spirit of Cricket: India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe
Members of the voting academy
Former players: Ian Healy, Moin Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Shaun Pollock, Bob Willis, Sidath Wettimuny, Kris Srikkanth, Ian Bishop, Jeremy Coney, Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Roland Lefebvre
Media: Jim Maxwell (Australia), Osman Samiuddin (Pakistan), Sayeed Uzzaman (Bangladesh), Neil Manthorp (South Africa), Mike Selvey (England), Ramil Abeynaike (Sri Lanka), Sharda Ugra (India), Fazeer Mohammed (West India), Richard Boock (New Zealand), Enock Muchinjo (Zimbabwe) and Ian Callender (Associate Representative)
Elite panel of ICC referees representative: Roshan Mahanama
Elite panel of ICC umpires representative: Rudi Koertzen
Chairman of ICC cricket committee: Clive Lloyd
Looking at the panel Sachinku vAippugaL romba kammi.
Amla will get atleast one of the 2 awards he is nominated for.
IMO, Sachin should be given all 3. This time, the records for the year are also in favour apart from his natural superiority in stature.
I think ODI player for the year is a lock for SRT.
I fear they might share the other 2 between Amla and Sehwag. minji minji pOnA, Sehwag-ku oru Appu kuduthuttu, they'll give test player award to Amla, and overall award to SRT.
test award viru-ku than... confirmedd.nga,,, amla-ku ellam aaruthal parisu vena tharalaam... sachin will get ppl's choice, odi and cricketer awards i guess...Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
The Heart Goes on : Steve Waugh
I have often been asked whether I knew Sachin Tendulkar was destined for his remarkable run in world cricket-a run that is punctuated with records, some coming in the 22nd year of his international cricket-when I first saw him play. It is always hard to spot exceptional talent in a youngster, but when I first saw Sachin, I knew I was watching a special player.
He was batting at the WACA, Perth, on a pitch that in those days was a fast bowler's paradise. Australians found it tough going at Perth and here was an Indian teenager, on his first tour to Australia, batting with great composure and exceptional ease to score one of his finest centuries. The signs of a special talent were clear for the world to see and I knew Sachin would make a mark on cricket.
Today,two decades later, there is still plenty of fuel left in Tendulkar and it is fascinating to see his hunger for success and the discipline to remain fit and focused at this level. From the point of view of a contemporary, I find it amazing that he has remained the key wicket that the opposition prizes for more than two decades. It's one thing to be around for that but quite another thing to remain the linchpin of the team right through that period.
It was in the early 1990s that the Indian fans really started to warm to Sachin's talent and persona. The decade saw Sachin develop from a promising youngster into one who values his talent and is willing to work hard to make the most of it. It's not always that exceptional talent translates into a great career, but Sachin had the temperament and the discipline to exploit that ability.
Right through the 1990s and even thereafter, Sachin has always kept some of his most brilliant knocks for Australia, and very often it was really a pressure cooker situation because you had an unstoppable cricketer as well as thousands of screaming fans to deal with. It was a cauldron, and you could see that Sachin would feed off the fans and the cheering and expectations would actually get him going.
As a captain you knew you had to get him out early and if you did not manage that, you were in for a hard time. There were a few plans we had for him, the one that comes in occasionally trapped him in front of the wicket and we often found him impatient if he were kept away from the strike for long. These tactics worked at times, but very often they did not. I remember seeing him scoring at century that is known as the 'sandstorm knock' in Sharjah.
Australia won the game, but if in the change room after the match, you would have thought we were the losing side. I voiced my concern about Sachin's form and Allan Border consoled us saying that it would be impossible for him to bat that well in the finals and that Sachin in fact was due for a failure. Sachin famously scored another century, this time on his 25th birthday to seal the trophy for India. At that point common opinion was that Sachin could not get much better than this.
It's hard to say what motivates a player, and when a career spans two decades, the targets must have shifted often and the desire to raise the bar must manifest itself in various ways. Who would have predicted that Sachin would breach the 200 mark in ODIs in his 22nd year? Today he has gone past my 169 Tests and I think he looks good to cross 200 as far as Tests go as well. Perhaps the 200-Test mark is the motivation that is taking Sachin through the training sessions, the travel and the hard yards that might make a player feel jaded after two demanding decades.
Today, we are looking at at least two more years of Sachin Tendulkar. However, it was not always this way. He had a bit of a dip a few years ago, but he emerged from that 12-month slump with greater determination to prove that there some fire in the belly. In fact, my last Test was a significant one for Sachin as well. It was the Sydney Test from when we saw a new, cautious, more accumulative batsman take over from his earlier, free-flowing avatar. He had been struggling through that series, and this when the rest of the Indians were actually scoring a lot of runs.
Sachin reassessed his game and cut off his off-drive which forced the bowlers to bowl to him while he was content to play the waiting game. It seemed that he had decided that this was the role he wanted to play and this phase continued for many seasons. Again at the SCG in 2008 he played delightfully in the Test that ended in controversy. Few who saw him play would forget his effortless strokeplay, and the manner in which he put the bowlers away in the first innings.
Today, Sachin plays smart cricket, but he also seems to be enjoying himself. The body does give him reminders of the wear and tear it has been through, but he has gained in experience and knows his game well enough to adapt himself. He also seems content to preserve himself and does take a break every now and then. Significantly, he has opted out of the Twenty20 format even though he looks very good when he turns out for Mumbai.
There is a lot to remember Sachin by whenever he decides to call it a day. There are records that will stand the test of time and there will be some that are bound to be broken. For instance, who is to bet that Virender Sehwag will not score a triple century in onedayers! The game is shifting and reshaping itself all the time, and scores are going to get increasingly stratospheric.
However, the one record that he might have for himself is the one for Test appearances. I remember thinking 168 Tests would be a hard number to get past, but it has happened in six years. However, with the number of formats that have now come into the equation, it will be hard for a player to sustain himself for the number of years it takes to play 200 Tests.
I am assuming that that is the motivation that will keep the little master hungry for a couple of years more. For all you know it's the 100 centuries in Tests and one-dayers that is keeping Sachin hungry. His centuries are coming at a regular rate once again after a dip in 2005-2006. He is pulling away from the competition, and at 48 and still counting, he might have the record for himself for quite some time.
Every player has his own reasons for calling it a day. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath wanted to sign off with an Ashes series. When I decided to retire, it seemed right to call it a day at Sydney against the Indians. I had made my debut against India in 1985 and it seemed like a cycle would be completed if I were to retire after playing against India. When I hung up my boots, I knew that the goals that would keep me hungry were no longer there.
It's clear that Sachin too has earned the right to decide his future on his terms. We are talking about a mature, fit and sensible cricketer who knows he has the desire to play on coupled with the ability to do well. I see the legend growing for at least two more years.
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