Flintoff on Sir
It is a shame Sachin will not be there for the first three ODIs. In a strange way I enjoy playing against him. He is the greatest I have ever bowled to. You want to play against people like that. You want to test yourself."
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Flintoff on Sir
It is a shame Sachin will not be there for the first three ODIs. In a strange way I enjoy playing against him. He is the greatest I have ever bowled to. You want to play against people like that. You want to test yourself."
http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-b...Type=EDITORIAL
Saturday,8 November 2008 19:38 hrs IST
Nobody is bigger than the game: Sachin
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New Delhi: Even after scoring more than 25,000 runs and 80 centuries in the international cricket, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar feels that nobody is bigger than the game. ''If you start feeling that you are bigger than cricket, sooner comes the fall. ''No, never no body is bigger than game. When I started learning from my coach Ramakant Achrekar, I was told clearly by him that not only I should respect the game, I should worship cricket also and than only cricket will take care of me. I still believe in that,'' Tendulkar told 'Aaj Tak'.
Speaking about his retirement plan, Sachin said,''I am not at all thinking about retirement. And if I feel like calling it a day, I will tell the world straight. There is nothing to hide and negative when you do that.''
Tendulkar, who had already played in the five World Cups, however, did not make any comment when asked whether he would be there to serve India in the 2011 World Cup to be held in the sub-continent.
''Every cricketer wants to be a part of a World Cup winning team. Same is the thing with me. If I get a chance to be part of a world cup winning team it will be a great thing for me,'' he added.
The 35-year-old Tendulkar said he will miss Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble with whom he shared an amazing level of understanding.
''I used to talk with Ganguly in Bengali. How correct was my language I don't know. But we had great time both on the field and off the field. While batting we both understood each other better and talking to each other.
''Similarly with Kumble I have spent a lot of time. He has played for the country for 18 long years. One can't become Ganguly or Kumble overnight; it takes years of perseverance to reach that level. Surely I will miss both of them,'' he said.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
//Flintoff->one of my most fav cricketer... :P //
Kevin Pietersen on Sir
Kevin Pietersen hails Sachin Tendulkar's staggering achievements
By Gary Fitzgerald, sundaymirror.co.uk 9/11/2008
Kevin Pietersen would love to follow in the footsteps of the man known as the Little Master.
But the England captain admits he may have trouble getting anywhere near Sachin Tendulkar's monumental batting feats.
Pietersen is relishing another chance to lock horns with the 35-year-old genius from Mumbai who surpassed Brian Lara as the game's greatest ever Test runscorer.
Tendulkar will face England in the seven-match oneday series, which begins on Friday, and two Tests. And Pietersen said: "The man is a true cricketing legend who doesn't need to boast about what he has done in the game - his record speaks for him.
"Would I love to emulate him? Of course. Wouldn't anyone want to finish with figures like that from such a long, illustrious career? But he started playing international cricket when he was about eight! Well, it seemed that young.
"The Indians identified him as a precocious talent with an old head on his shoulders. They weren't afraid to throw him into the deep end and he has repaid them by becoming the best batsman in the world. I was pleased for him when he broke the record. He's a lovely man off the field and a wonderful role model on it for youngsters to copy.
"As far as trying to emulate his achievement goes, I'm a very long way off. I've only got about 4,000 Test runs from 43 Tests compared to his 12,000-plus from 153.
"I'd love to score 10,000 - but I've got a lot of work to do."
The ODI series starts in Rajkot on Friday and England play two warm-up games before then, with the first in Mumbai today.
Pietersen added: "Apart from Sachin, they have a world-class batting line-up with Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman and the rest. But we know what they are capable of doing with the bat. We're not so sure about their bowling make-up, with Anil Kumble now gone and one or two changes in their attack.
"Winning builds confidence and this team still has a lot of improvement in it. I believe we can do well here in India."
http://www.sportingo.com/all-sports/...o-finish-first
Vishwanath Anand and Sachin Tendulkar: Living proof that nice guys DO finish first
The two greats of chess and cricket have taken Indian sport to the pinnacle through their performances both on and off the field.
There is a famous saying - nice guys don't finish first. This means to say that there is no place for gentlemen in this age and era of cut-throat sports.
Sportsmanship has taken on a new meaning in the last decade. But the last fortnight saw the scaling of great heights in the fields of chess and cricket by two Indians who are not only champions on the field but off it as well.
Vishwanathan Anand defeated Vladimir Kramnik to become the unified world champion in the chess world. The victory could not have come to a nicer person. Anand has been fighting against the various Russians who had dominated the field for a long time - including the greatest experts like Gary Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov. With his recent win, he has shut the mouths of all the cynics who were not ready to accept his superiority.
Similarly, Sachin Tendulkar scaled the cricketing Everest in terms of runs scored in Test cricket. He went past the record of Brian Lara during the Kotla Test to regain the spot that was initially that of Sunil Gavaskar.
What is common to both Anand and Tendulkar? Both started their careers almost at the same time.
Of course, there is no doubt about their skill and class. They have also been, through their performances for the last two decades, very consistent in their respective fields. Anand (against the Russians) and Sachin (against the Australians) have repeatedly done well against the country that has dominated their fields.
No one else has come close to them, with respect to longevity of superior performance. They can be easily considered to be among the sporting greats in their fields.
More importantly, they have been a class act to follow - for their countrymen off the field as well. They have never got into any conflicts with their ruling bodies, nor with their sporting rivals. Off the field, it is very difficult to recall any incident in the last two decades where they have even raised their voices, never mind got into a controversy. It is no wonder that they have inspired hundreds of followers in chess and cricket.
Their on-field achievements (even though they are greatly documented) pale into insignificance when compared to their sporting charisma. Indian sport has benefited greatly by the contribution of the duo - not only in chess and cricket but also in other sports.
It is probably a good time to rephrase the old saying...
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...1?OpenDocument
Nagpur, Nov 10 (PTI) Sachin Tendulkar today joined the list of players who have taken 100 or more catches in Test cricket when he pouched a dolly offered to him at mid-on by Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin on the last day of the fourth and final Test here today.
The batting maestro, who holds several batting records in Tests and ODIs, reached the milestone in his 154th Test to follow compatriots Rahul Dravid (179), Sunil Gavaskar (108), VVS Laxman and Mohd Azharuddin (105) into the record book.
The world record for the most number of catches in a Test career, 181 in 128 matches, stands in the name of Mark Waugh of Australia. PTI
ethana?!? (a la Vadivel signing the security documents) :lol:
Bala :lol:
well, there are many critics, who claim that sachin is a total failure, when it comes to pitches outside india...they say the real test of character comes, wen india is not playing at home.. these are sachin's stats outside india..
1.) considering only overseas,i.e excluding the asian subcontinental piches..
TESTS:- 5017 at an average of 50.67
ODIs :- 5933 at an average of 41.20
2) considering all abroad or away matches, i.e any match outside INDIA
TESTS:-6821 runs at an average of 53.70... this is a world record for most away runs..
ODI's :- 10595 runs at an average of 43.42...
A Story a Day - All about Sachin
No.3
On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!- Peter Roebuck, Australian Journalist.
P.S: This has been already posted in the previous thread. Reposting it as this is one of my favorites.
Actor Shahid Kapur admits he froze on meeting Sachin
CNN-IBN: You also went recently for a long shoot in Chandigarh for Yash Raj Films with Rani Mukherjee. It revolves around the cricket background. Are you a cricket fan yourself?
Shahid Kapur: Oh, I love cricket, absolutely. I am a huge cricket buff. In fact, I remember bumping into Sachin inside a hotel lobby and I suddenly turned into this fan. I still remember how when I was in school and he used to be playing, we would all be sitting next to the television and cheering for him. So, I suddenly turned into this 8-year-old when I saw him and froze. So, I am a huge cricket fan and I love cricket.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-sha...n/77851-8.html
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=148134
Tendulkar’s fans have high expectations from him
One of Sachin’s die-hard fan, this writer, hopes against hope that his favouratie player never hangs up his boots. Calling him the greatest cricketer he feels Sachin’s humble behaviour off the field adds to his charming personality..
WELL KNOWN sports journo Boria Majumdar recently analysed Sachin’s greatness through his article in The Times of India. Here are some more points which were missed out in the article and which I am adding to endorse the same view.
Majumdar’s article asks: Is Sachin the greatest? It is a good analysis of Sachin Tendulkar’s greatness. A Sportsman’s greatness not only lies in his sports skill but also in his overall persona. Sachin’s cricketing skill is god-gifted but his humble and down to earth nature, attitude towards game, on and off the field character and relationship with rival team members, undisputed career, simplicity and dedication are all those aspects of his persona which bear testimony to his greatness as a cricketer.
Despite being a master of many strokes in the game he has never hesitated in sweating it out for singles and doubles for himself and for his partners, too. It could be debatable whether Sachin is the greatest cricketer of all times in context of skill. But the argument against him that opposition bowling quality in his era was lower than that in the previous one, holds no water. Even if it was, so can he be blamed for it?
Secondly, how can one say that he could not have overpowered such quality fast attack of yesteryears, had he faced it? Above all, Don Bradman himself included Sachin in his all time greatest world eleven barring Gavaskar, Richards, Steve Waugh, Lara and Ponting with whom Sachin’s greatness is being compared. Moreover, Lara wants his son to play like Sachin. Richards is ready to go to any corner of the world at his own expense to watch Sachin play. Shane Warne, Steve Waugh and Glen Macgrath consider him the best after Bradman. They all are not Sachin’s compatriots.
Offering his wicket mostly to debutants or less experienced bowlers also underlines his greatness only and not his weakness as is argued by his critics. Most of the times it is his over-enthusiasm or unforced error (silly stroke in cricketing terminology) and not bowlers’ skill that make him lose to debutants sometimes.
Some critics say that Sachin is a record maker but not a match winner. Their definition of match winner is that cricketer (especially batsman) who takes the team till final run of victory is the match winner. I suppose one who lays foundation for the victory by scoring century or handy score but unfortunately does not sustain it till the end is also a match winner.
It is well known fact that whenever India has won in any cricketing format in Sachin’s tenure, his contribution has remarkably mattered in the form of batting, bowling or fielding.
Whenever he scores a century or big score, India at least does not lose the match. In fact, when he gets out without scoring a century but healthy score of more than 50 runs, people expecting a century of him get disappointed and term this as his failure. There are many spectators like me who frankly want to switch off television when he gets out in any format of cricket.
Spectators, media and critics for God’s sake should henceforth stop debates on his form and retirement if they want to enjoy more cricket of his batting in the interest of Indian cricket. His current so-called poor form is an after effect of the frequent breaks in the continuity of his prolonged career and concentration due to injuries. Such meaningless debates certainly don’t help him empower his form but add more to his woes.
At present he needs the best fitness mantra and of course our best wishes and support to overcome these adversities. All the Best Sachin! yeh dil mange more from you!
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/...100117892.html
I will miss Sachin, others: Ganguly (Lead)
November 12th, 2008 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS -
Sachin TendulkarKolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Having retired from international cricket, former captain Sourav Ganguly Tuesday said he would miss his colleagues like Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian team, but would root for them whenever he watched them on television. “I will watch them on television. I will root for them,” Ganguly told reporters at his residence, when asked how he would be in touch with other players in the team, particularly those he had groomed for the big league.
Asked about Tendulkar, with whom he formed one of the all-time best opening combinations in one-day cricket, Ganguly replied: “Sachin was very close to me. Lot of other boys in the team were also close. I will miss their company.”
Ganguly rated his debut Test, the experience of captaining India for the first time and his last Test at Nagpur, which ended Monday, as the three best moments of his glittering career.
Ganguly said he was now looking forward to some rest before deciding his future. “I have to wait and see how things unfold. Haven’t decided yet. There are lot of opportunities before me. I have to look forward,” he said at the media meet, a couple of hours after returning to his city following his retirement.
He appeared pragmatic when asked if it felt bad to be called a former cricketer. “This day was bound to come one day. Maradona, Pelle, Gavaskar, they all had to retire. One day, Tendulkar will also retire. This is part of sports.”
On the celebrations Monday after the series win against Australia at Nagpur, he said: “Oh! It was geat fun. It was fantastic. It was a night to remember for all of us.”
Ganguly said the retirement of the seniors would provide an opportunity for the youngsters to take Indian cricket forward.
Earlier, hundreds of fans mobbed Ganguly when he returned to the city.
Bouquets in hand, the cricket buffs shouted slogans eulogising the former Indian captain and constantly cheered “Dada”, “Dada” - as Ganguly is lovingly known.
They held aloft the tricolour, Ganguly’s photographs and waved posters thanking him for his contribution to the game, the country and West Bengal.
Ganguly, who arrived at the N.S.C. Bose International Airport in the evening, was received by Municipal Affairs Minister Ashok Bhattacharya and Cricket Association of Bengal joint secretaries Biswarup Dey and Arun Mitra.
http://www.geosuper.tv/articles.asp?id=428
Sachin Tendulkar: As human as everyone else and a demigod
by Syed Ahsan Ali
It was inevitable for Sachin Tendulkar to bag the record of highest run-maker in the history of Test cricket as well because he is that good, consistent and a dangerously serious run-maker.
Our whole generation has grown watching him bat session after session, match after match, opponent after opponent and he is still left with some gas in the tank.
My first introduction of the great modern sportsman was that every cricket lover around me praised his copy-book style, conventional straight bat, high elbow while playing an on-drive and his compact defence.
I was told that he is perfect and I started believing it. We friends debated about Inzamam-ul-Haq, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh or any other modern batting genius, we found several merits and demerits, but when the debate turned towards Tendulkar the conversation ended abruptly as if he is beyond criticism or weaknesses.
That is the aura of Tendulkar. It took me a good number of years of cricket watching before I came to the conclusion that he is also as human as everyone else but a very, very gifted one.
I always find him free of blemish. He is a compact technician that hardly bears a fault or needs fine-tuning. Consistent as the sun which shines day after day, regardless of the enormity of challenges, formidability of oppositions, lethality of bowlers, severity of conditions, adversity of media, Tendulkar always finds ways to adapt and respond in the best possible way by reasserting the fact that he is the most accomplished and consistent run-maker of our era.
Muttiah Muralitharan has been keeping everyone who faces him on his toes all these long years but not Tendulkar who handles him with serenity and command. Glenn McGrath gave all great batsmen sleepless nights in the last decade or so including Lara but Tendulkar stood against him too with his usual resolve and emerged as one of the leading run-makers against the invincible Aussies in the last 20 years.
Our own Wasim Akram, who held the unofficial status of the most versatile and complete fast bowler till the day he called it off, found it tough to find any permanent solution for Tendulkar's headache-giving run-making. Most revolutionary of all, Shane Warne became a fan of his footwork and completeness of his strokeplay when he first toured India and failed to create the magic that he spelled on everyone that countered him.
The first part of his career is filled with accolades, awards, celebrations, records, centuries and what not but all that fails miserably to make him into the greatest modern-day batsman. Centuries are still coming, runs are still pouring from his bat, and records have grown into a regular service that has to happen daily but Tendulkar unanimously is not the greatest modern-day batsman, a status that looked inevitable nineteen years back.
His stature has evolved from a young maestro to an icon of one billion people but he never emerges as the finest batsman of our time. He has shoved aside persistent injuries, adapting in all kind of conditions and situations, coming out on top in all three forms of the game time and time again but what has prevented him to be named him as the greatest batsman of the current era? He is still the greatest run-maker of our time but nowhere near to being the finest.
Maybe he does not bring that swagger, panache and aggression to the crease that Viv Richards used to carry every time he walked on to the field. Perhaps he never stood up to the most adverse situations when it really counts like the way Javed Miandad, Waugh or Lara exhibited throughout their marathon careers.
His Indian origin may have played a part in making him a good opponent but not a hard one. His childhood icons were good cricketers like Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar or Bishen Singh Bedi that challenged their oppositions ferociously but never raised a fear or two in the hearts and minds of their opponents that pinched them in their graves.
His feel-good smiles, innocence and un-confrontational style of approaching international sport made zillions of admirers and lovers but not enough who love to hate him, who wants to hit you on the chin but keep their eyes below their chins when come across. He is definitely a Pete Sampras of international cricket but not a John McEnroe that heats up the whole ground with his presence. But he can't help it. That is the way Indians play their cricket all their lives. Even the current side possesses too many cordial-natured players rather than belligerent ones.
Fortunately, God has given him everything that one can wish for but unfortunately does not bestow him with the kind of personality, image or presence that keeps pumping the adrenaline through your body as long as he stays there. The kind of anticipation, buzz and smell of dynamite one can sense when Kevin Pietersen is around or when Andrew Flintoff holds the ball in his hand, or Warne set his fields or when Viv swirled his bat like a toothpick or when Miandad counted fielders in the ring was not his forte. That remains absent throughout Tendulkar's outstanding career which would be mentioned as one of the few greatest cricketing careers if not the greatest career ever in the game's history.
It is fortunate to witness something as phenomenal and as prolific as Tendulkar has been all these years. As all good things come to an end, he would be too but not before making the game far more respectable, admirable and enviable. The Indians consider him god but I would call him a demigod as he is not free of blemishes and weaknesses.
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content...ds/283512.html
One-Day Internationals - Highest overall partnership runs by a pair
Partners Span Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar (India) 1992-2007 176 3 8227 258 47.55 26 29
R Dravid, SR Tendulkar (India) 1996-2007 95 5 3927 331 43.63 11 12
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar (India) 2001-2008 83 2 3073 182 37.93 10 11
M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2000 77 6 3514 175 49.49 8 19
26 Hundreds and 29 fifty partnerships between ganguly and tendulkar
:shock: :clap:
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/in...1§ionid=41
Farewell, comrades - Sachin Tendulkar
November 7, 2008
It has not sunk in yet but in a few days time, I know it will. At the end of the series against Australia this week, India will find itself without two of its most distinguished cricketers.
Two of my oldest teammates won’t be part of my dressing room any more. Anil Kumble came to me during the warm-ups on the last day of the Delhi Test and told me about his decision to quit. I didn’t know what to do; he has been part of my cricket since 1990.
Sourav Ganguly had announced his decision to go in the dressing room in Bangalore and I was surprised about it as we had never had any discussion of the sort. There is always a sadness about retirements of teammates with whom you have played for so long. But I believe the individual knows best about the state of his mind and his body and so the decision to retire should be respected.
No two cricketers are alike, no two people are and so it is with Anil and Sourav. You have to respect and accept difference and acknowledge and appreciate the varied talents and skills that different players bring into a dressing room.
Persistence and consistency was Anil’s strength and he reinvented himself all the time. Every couple of seasons he came up with a few new deliveries and I saw how much he pushed his body to the limit all the time. He put his body on the line for cricket for so long. In any list of India’s greatest cricketers, he will feature right at the top, bracketed alongside giants like Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev.
When we came out to field in the second innings in Delhi, I went up to Anil and took his cap to give it to the umpire. It is something I used to do between overs, not all the time, but when we needed something to happen, to change our luck. I would run from the other end of the ground to take his cap to give to the umpire. It had started in 1999 at the Kotla when he took 10 wickets against Pakistan and I always thought it worked from then on.
So this time, I said “Kumble, this has been special to me, so let me do this for the last time.” After the game, I told Anil that it had been an honour for me to have played cricket in the same era. And it was an era where we achieved some new landmarks for the team and Sourav was part of the best of those days.
Sourav had a great understanding of his game, of the game as a whole and I have seen very few batsman who are able to set bowlers up as well as he did.
We opened the innings for more than 100 ODIs and I have seen him get bowlers to bowl where he wanted them to. We had a very good rapport together and I could often tell from his footwork what he was going to do and vice versa. He was a masterful constructor of an innings and had a superb sense of how and when to accelerate.
I remember us batting in bad light in the Headingley Test in 2002 because we needed quick runs in very little time to set up a target. The bowlers were finding it difficult and we kept saying we had no problem with the light because the momentum was with us.
Finally, the umpires said they could not see the ball so they were stopping the game. Sourav and I protested, said the light was fine, we kept pushing it, but had to go eventually and walked off laughing. We won that Test and levelled the series. You tend to remember those kind of days.
Whenever I’m asked about how much India will miss Anil I remember what he meant to me when I was a captain. If something was happening, I would give the ball to Anil. If nothing was happening, I would give the ball to Anil. If you needed to contain runs, you give the ball to Anil. If you needed to attack, you give the ball to Anil. India will miss him every day and at all times.
Sourav has played for more than 10 years and we will miss his presence in the dressing room. I don’t think there is any cricketer who has not gone through a bad patch and so did Sourav, but he showed tremendous grit and determination to come back. As much cricket as I’ve played with him and seen him play, this period is the best I’ve seen him bat. He will go out with his head high.
I have shared a lot with them, good and bad days in cricket, happy memories on and off the field. Delhi was particularly poignant as everything happened so quickly. After Anil addressed us all at tea, I said a few words about him too and I don’t think there were too many dry eyes in that room.
When I’m asked about my most memorable moment with Sourav, there have been many but one that stays with me for some reason is flooding his room with water during our under-15 days. He had been sleeping and when he got up he had no idea what was going on. I don’t think I will ever forget the sight of his face. Of course, I’d made sure all his bats and pads were safely off the ground first, so no one could say I wasn’t considerate.
I never played pranks on Anil though, he was more of a serious person and I found that there were two personalities to him. Off the field he is calm and composed. On the field he was in control, but was very, very aggressive. You could tell he wanted to make batsmen’s life hell and send them back to where they had come from.
This will be a new phase for both Anil and Sourav and my best wishes are with them. For so long, one guy thought only about how to take wickets and win matches and the other about how to score runs and win matches. There will be other things they want to do now but I know that the heart will always be with cricket. It has been a joy to play alongside them, to share the dressing room with them and to win for India.
Anil and Sourav were two very different cricketers and very different individuals. But for Indian cricket, they are both true heroes, true inspirations for the next generation.
(As told to Sharda Ugra)
—The writer is the highest run-scorer in international cricket
Straight from the horse's mouth.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indv...ry/377819.html
Sachin Tendulkar - 8.5
Sachin Tendulkar began the series on the verge of becoming the highest run-scorer in Test cricket and, during the course of achieving the landmark, he made important contributions when his team was vulnerable. His gritty 49 in the final innings in Bangalore helped India bat out the final day to save the Test; his 88 in Mohali came after three wickets had fallen for 17 runs; his 68 in Delhi helped India recover from 27 for 2; and his 109 in Nagpur consolidated the innings after a top-order wobble. He was as reliable as ever in the middle-order and was the second highest run-scorer of the series with 396 runs at an average of 57.
Idhellam armchair critics kannulaiye padaathu :banghead: :banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Cricket world's best pair... :D :notworthy:
Tendulkar made a comment the other day that he would miss speaking Bengali in the Indian team now. Your comments?
Sourav:I’ll miss him. I will miss the players, the dressing room atmosphere and everything else. I’ve shared a special relationship with Sachin. I’ve seen him from the under-15 grade. He has been a very special player for India.
LM,
Adhellam purinjirundha dhan yindhiya eppovo vallarasu aayirukume :lol:
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Y no poll here? :roll:
Pls add some interesting poll abt sachin.... :P
Poll aaa :shock:
Annan threadla poll eh?? :twisted:.
Avaroda Best innings yethu-nu poll vaikkalam.... :|Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Ungaloda sachin's fav shot...etc :|
like wat we did in GM's thread....
oru 5 to 10 pages pogum...seekirama next thread start pannalaam...athan sonnen... :P
Sachin's comment on Sourav's jersey today
Today i Saw at Star Anando (Star's Bengali News Channel) that Sachin had written heartwarming comments on sourav's jersey, That too in BENGALI!!!!!!!!!
comments were :
"DADA JEO NA"- which means dada dont go
"AMI TOMAYE MISS KORBO"- i will miss u.
From Orkut
sachin-sourav... :cry: :notworthy:
Shall we start one for best test innings? :huh:
or
Other Members give thier ideas.
Best one day innings? Favourite shot?
Nekku edhuvaa irundhalum ok. Hope that triggers some useful discussion :)
8-)
8-)
I request the powers that be (mods) to kindly look the other way when we react to imbeciles spewing their critical crap on non-issues about Sachin
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Lets list! Shots:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
1. The Pull (first 10-12 years)
2. The straight (On) Drive
3. Flick
4. Cover drive
5. Late cut
6. Paddle sweep
7. Six over the slips' head :?
I don't think any thing can be more demoralizing to a bowler (that too a McGrath) than pulling him over mid-wicket with such grace and ease. Watch out for the cover drive the very next ball. Genius at work :bow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcpV_38JLc
Best OD innings:
Tough to soose one. One has to pick one from the following i guess...
Sharjah qualifier, 98
Sharjah final, 98
WC 2003 vs Pak
One match in Gwalior (he made 90-something) in our last series against Pakistan
CB series finals performance-um kanakkula eduthukkalaam but not the VERY BEST...
naduvula neraya miss panren.. pl add... (tough to beat the bolded ones though, IMO)
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Originally Posted by Nerd
sand storm innings - the one which put him as the undisputed superstar of his era :cool:
Another innings that comes to my mind immediately is the 6th ODI (at headingly??) against England last year. Chasing 320+ thalaivar chummA pOlanthu kattvuaaru. Gets out for 90+. Sach/Ganguly opening partnership 180 or something. Uthappa finally won it. There were some nice comments on that innings by us, hubbers :P
:redjump: i wil vote for anyone of the above...Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
Ithulernthu than neraya per sachin-ku HC fan aagiruppenga... :D
Tony Greig.... :notworthy:
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Border-Gavaskar Series |Series of Records|
Compiled by me and Arun
1. Sachin crossed Lara as Leading Runs Scorer
2. Sachin was the first to reach 12k Runs in Test Cricket
3. Sachin scored his 50th half century in Test Cricket
4. Sachin crosses Border for most 50 + scores.
5. Sachin becomes leading runs scorer in India beating Gavaskar.
6. Sachin has completed 10k runs at number 4 position.
7. Sachin has completed 5000 runs in first innings of Test Cricket.
8. Sachin has joined 100 catch club.
9. Sachin is the first and only person to have 40 Centuries in Test Cricket.
10. Sachin is now the proud owner of Highest runs in both tests & ODI as well as having the record of most centuries in both formats.
11. Sachin has crossed Gavaskar & Kapil for most tests played in India. Sachin - 67, Sunny & Kapil - 65