Tendulkar is all praise for his 'Fab' teammates

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar says Anil Kumble is the greatest bowler he has played with, finds Rahul Dravid's technique and concentration excellent and VVS Laxman the most wristy, while Sourav Ganguly is one who figured out his game well.

Tendulkar, who has closely seen all the four who formed the Fab Five of the Indian team not long ago, elaborated on the the style and substance of the four players.

"From the manner in which Rahul and Sourav had batted in their debut Test match, it was quite evident that they were there to stay." Tendulkar said in a book titled 'SACH,' by Gautam Bhattacharya.

"Rahul's forte was excellent technique and he loved to occupy the crease for long hours. Rahul concentrated extremely well -- I mean, still concentrates very well. Sourav was somebody who figured out his game well enough. He knew which bowler to hit and which one to defend. Sourav liked scoring runs in boundaries. He was a boundary hitter.

"Laxman depended on hand-eye coordination. He was the most wristy player. And Kumble, of course, is the greatest bowler that I have ever played with. Apart from being a champion matchwinning bowler, his greatness lay in the fact that he would bowl the last delivery of the day with the same amount of fire irrespective of his performance during the day.

Tendulkar, who has been witness to the various contraptions that came into the game, feels, the computer has been the most important as it gives the opportunity to study the opposition. He, however, insists the electronic gadget cannot substitute the "skills" of a player.

"Your performance is the biggest indicator that skill can march well ahead of the laptop! The computer does play an important role in today's cricket. You forget so many things. With the computer you can store them. For me the biggest advantage is you can study the opposition. The computer helps and provides you with that vital two to three per cent difference. As far as I am concerned it is not overrated."

Only for the Master Blaster!

While cricket fanatics hope and pray that Sachin Tendulkar's steller performance will catapult India to bring home the coveted World Cup; something that hasn't happened after Kapil Dev brought it home to us in 1983; there are those who are already planning parties in honour of the cricket legend.

TOI has learnt from reliable sources that Suniel Shetty, who will be anchoring the World Cup matches on a news channel is set to throw a gala private bash in the honour of Sachin. Highly placed sources in the cricket circuit of Mumbai reveal to us saying, "Suniel and Sachin share a good rapport and since this is going to be the last cup that the 37-year-old superstar of cricket will play in, Suniel wanted to do something special to commemorate this landmark year in cricket and for Sachin."

The top informer close to the Mumbai team also reveals, "Dates are being chalked out when this party will take place. While some feel that this should happen before Sachin takes the field as it would mark a grand welcome for him, others feel that it should be post the World Cup as everybody expects India to win and Sachin to shine."

Suniel tells TOI, "It is true that I have been approached by several channels to anchor the World Cup and I shall do it too. About the party, Sachin is like God and I'm a die-hard fan. A celebration is certainly due, but it is too early to talk about it."

Sachin Tendulkar bags three Castrol Awards

Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar swept away the Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence on Friday evening.
Bagging three awards at the Castrol Awards 2011, Sachin Tendulkar reiterated his dream to win a World Cup.
“Still I want to achieve something and everyone is aware of my desire, the legendary batsman said.
Sachin Tendulkar received Indian Cricketer of the Year Award, Test Cricketer of the Year Award and a special award for completing fifty of Test centuries.
The iconic Indian batsman also lashed out at critics, who are still not considering Team India favourite for the World Cup.
He lashed out at critics, who raised doubt over team’s capability to retain the numero uno position in the ICC Test rankings.
“India is still No.1 and it proves our capability. When we achieved the top ranking in the Test cricket, people thought that we lose the position within 30-40 days. But after year and more, India is still at top.”
Tendulkar said, “At a time of tough completion, the achievement is marvelous.”
He also shored praise on coach Garry Kirsten.
Indian cricket skipper MS Dhoni was named ODI Cricketer of the Year, Harbhajan Singh Best Bowler of the Year and Jaidev Unadkat bagged Best Junior Cricketer of the Year.
Rahul Dravid was honoured for taking 200 Test catches while Yusuf Pathan won Impact Player of the Year award.

Sachin Ready for the World cup - Dhoni

Sachin Tendulkar’s mere presence in the dressing room is enough to lift the morale of the players, feels India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Dhoni also urged the other players in the team to perform and take the pressure off the champion batsman.

“When Sachin is with the team, the morale of the players is very high. But it is not right to put pressure on him. All the players should perform and take the pressure off him,” said Dhoni.

The India skipper reiterated that the team would like to win the forthcoming World Cup for Tendulkar, who will, in all probability, be playing for the last time in cricket’s biggest event.

“Team India wants to give (this) World Cup to Sachin as a gift,” he said during the inauguration of the T20 Jharkhand Premier League (JPL) here today.

In a lighter vein, Dhoni said that he wants the 37-year-old Tendulkar to play in a few more World Cups.

“God willing, Sachin can play in another three or four World Cups. If it happens the whole team will be happy,” he said.

Asked about the team’s preparations for the mega event, he said, “the team is ready for the World Cup, focusing on fitness and fielding.”

Dhoni also recollected the historic moment when Tendulkar notched up his 50th Test century.

“It was a treat to watch him standing from the other end,” he said.

On Eden Gardens missing out on the India-England tie, he said he would miss the crowd and the atmosphere there.

Sachin Tendulkar will play 3-4 more World Cups: Dhoni

Several cricket pundits believe that Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is appearing in his last ICC cricket World Cup this year.

Though, Indian cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni differs the experts opinion as far as Tendulkar’s World Cup appearance is concerned.

Sachin Tendulkar, who is set to equal the record of Javed Miandad’s Most World Cup appearance, will play 3-4 more quadrilateral extravaganza in his career, feels Dhoni.

Indian skipper, who is visiting his home town Ranchi before the World Cup, said that Tendulkar will play 3-4 more World Cups in his career.

A confident Dhoni, however, said that fielding is major area of concern for the team. “There is certain need to improve the fielding during the World Cup.”

However, millions of die heard fans of iconic batsman want him to play cricket forever. In India, it is like a crime if you think the master blaster will have to hang his boots one day. Despite of this, truth is bitter and everyone has to accept it with heavy hearts that Tendulkar will retire one day after ruling the World Cricket for many years.

At the same time, no one can deny that Tendulkar is enjoying his golden form. In the last calendar year, he silenced all the critics with his bat. He surprised everyone when he scored double hundred in ODI and fifty centuries in Test cricket.

Tendulkar’s present form also justifies Dhoni’s claim. He has still hunger for runs after spending two decades in the game.

Let hope, Sachin Tendulkar’s unfulfilled dream (World Cup title) may come true in the Cricket World Cup 2011, to be held in sub-continent from February.

India is favourite for the coveted trophy but they will have two overcome the pressure of playing under home crowd.

Sachin, Yuvraj meet BCCI to seek clarifications

Top Indian cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh are meeting BCCI officials today in Mumbai to ask for some clarifications regarding the World Cup and the IPL.

The players are worried about the ambush marketing clauses of the World Cup whereby the official sponsors of the event are protected against their rivals. For example MS Dhoni has a deal with Aircel while Reliance is an official World Cup sponsor.

India's top cricketers are also worried about IPL sponsors with many of them having to endorse brands because of their teams. So for example Tendulkar has to endorse Zandu Balm since it's a Mumbai Indians sponsor but not his personal sponsor. thanks NDTV

Read more at: http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20110168670&nid=83425&cp

Awards

Man of the series awards thanks to www.cricinfo.com

Tendulkar has won a world record of most ODI MoS awards over his year's career.^[6]

#	Series (Opponents)	Season	Series Performance
1	Singer Series (Australia, Sri Lanka)[7]	1994	136 Runs (4 Matches & 3 Innings, 1x100)
2	Wills World Series (West Indies, New Zealand)	1994/95	285 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 39-4-155-8; 1 Catch
3	West Indies in India ODI Tour	1994/95	246 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 16-0-93-1; 1 Catch
4	Silver Jubliee Independence Cup (Bangladesh, Pakistan)	1997/98	258 Runs (5 Innings, 3x50); 23.3-0-148-5; 6 Catches
5	Coca-Cola Cup (Australia, New Zealand)	1997/98	435 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 19-0-101-2
6	India in Zimbabwe ODI Tour	1998/99	158 Runs (3 Innings, 1x100); 6-0-41-0; 1 Catch
7	Coca-Cola Championship (Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka)	1998/99	274 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100); 14-0-51-2; 1 Catch
8	South Africa in India ODI Tour	1999/00	274 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 49-1-219-6; 1 Catch
9	Coca-Cola Cup (West Indies, Zimbabwe)	2001	282 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 4-0-25-0
10	England in India ODI Tour	2001/02	266 Runs (6 Innings, 2x50); 30.5-158-2; 3 Catches
11	2003 Cricket World Cup	2002/03	673 Runs (11 Innings, 1x100, 6x50); 18-0-77-2; 4 Catches
12	TVS Cup (Australia, New Zealand)	2003/04	466 Runs (7 Innings, 2x100, 2x50); 21-0-125-1
13	West Indies in India ODI Tour	2006/07	191 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 23-0-112-4
14	Future Cup (vs South Africa at Belfast)[8][9]	2007	200 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 2x50)
15	Compaq Cup Tri-Series	2009	212 Runs (3 Innings, 1x100);
16	South Africa in India ODI Tour	2009/10	204 Runs (2 Innings, 1x100);

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Tendulkar has won a world record of 61 ODI Man of the Match Awards in his career.^[10]

= Tournament Finals

= World Cup Match

= MoM Award in India's Loss

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	Sri Lanka	Nehru Stadium, Pune	1990/91	53 (41b, 7x4, 1x6); 9-0-39-2; 2 Catches
2	West Indies	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1991/92	11* (27b, 1x4); 10-1-34-4
3	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1991/92	62 (73b, 8x4, 1x6); 5-0-27-1
4	West Indies	MCG, Melbourne	1991/92	57* (88b, 2x4); 10-1-38-0
5	Pakistan	SCG, Sydney	1991/92	54* (62b, 3x4); 10-0-37-1
6	Zimbabwe	Westpac Park, Hamilton	1991/92	81 (77b, 8x4, 1x6); 6-0-35-1
7	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	1993/94	82 (49b, 15x4, 2x6)
8	Australia	Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1994	110 (130b, 8x4, 2x6); 3-0-15-0
9	New Zealand	IPCL Ground, Vadodara	1994/95	115 (136b, 9x4), 3-0-27-0
10	New Zealand	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi	1994/95	62 (54b, 13x4); 10-2-29-2
11	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1994/95	66 (68b, 8x4); 8-2-35-1
12	Sri Lanka	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1994/95	112* (107b, 15x4, 1x6); 1 Catch
13	Kenya	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1995/96	127* (138b, 15x4, 1x6); 5-0-26-0
14	West Indies	Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	1995/96	70 (91b, 8x4)
15	Pakistan	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1995/96	118 (140b, 8x4, 2x6); 7.1-0-40-2
16	Pakistan	Toronto CSC Club, Toronto	1996	89* (89b, 9x4, 3x6); 2-0-12-0; 1 Catch
17	Australia	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1996/97	88 (111b, 9x4); 8-0-45-1; 2 Catches
18	South Africa	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1996/97	114 (126b, 14x4)
19	Zimbabwe	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	1996/97	104 (97b, 8x4, 1x6); 3-0-16-0
20	New Zealand	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1997	117 (137b,13x4, 2x6); 7-0-35-0
21	Pakistan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	1997/98	95 (78b, 6x4, 5x6); 7-0-45-3
22	Australia	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi	1997/98	8 (11b, 1x4); 10-1-32-5
23	Australia	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	1997/98	100 (89b, 5x4, 7x6); 4-0-19-0
24	Australia	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1997/98	80 (72b, 9x4); 4-0-21-0
25	Australia	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1997/98	143 (131b, 9x4, 5x6); 5-0-27-1; 1 Run Out
26	Australia	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1997/98	134 (131b, 12x4, 3x6); 1-0-12-0
27	Kenya	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1998	100* (103b, 13x4); 1-0-4-0
28	Sri Lanka	Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1998	128 (131b, 8x4, 2x6); 1-0-13-0
29	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1998/99	127* (130b, 13x4, 1x6); 1 Catch
30	Australia	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	1998/99	141 (128b, 13x4, 3x6); 9.1-0-38-4; 1 Catch
31	Zimbabwe	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1998/99	118 (112b, 14x4, 2x6); 1-0-4-0
32	Zimbabwe	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	1998/99	124 (92b, 12x4, 6x6); 4-0-16-1; 1 Catch
33	Kenya	County Cricket Ground, Bristol, Bristol	1999	140* (101b, 16x4, 3x6); 1-0-23-0
34	Zimbabwe	Kallang Ground, Singapore	1999	85 (72b, 7x4, 3x6)
35	New Zealand	LBS Stadium, Hyderabad	1999/00	186* (150b, 20x4, 3x6); 1 Catch
36	South Africa	IPCL Ground, Vadodara	1999/00	122 (138b, 12x4); 9-1-43-0
37	Sri Lanka	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah	2000/01	101 (140b, 3x4, 1x6); 5-0-22-0
38	Australia	Nehru Stadium, Indore	2000/01	139 (125b, 19x4); 1 Catch
39	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2001	70 (70b, 13x4)
40	West Indies	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	2001	81 (110b, 8x4); 2-0-14-0
41	West Indies	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2001	122 (131b, 12x4, 1x6); 2-0-11-0
42	Kenya	Boland Park, Paarl	2001/02	146 (132b, 17x4)
43	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	2001/02	68 (79b, 10x4); 1-0-8-0; 1 Catch
44	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	2001/02	65 (70b, 3x4,1x6); 3-0-20-1
45	Sri Lanka	County Cricket Ground, Bristol	2002	113 (102b, 12x4, 1x6)
46	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2002/03	81 (91b, 10x4)
47	Namibia	Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg	2002/03	152 (151b, 18x4)
48	Pakistan	Centurion Park, Centurion	2002/03	98 (75b, 12x4, 1x6)
49	Australia	Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	2003/04	100 (119b, 9x4, 1x6); 6-0-39-1
50	Pakistan	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	2003/04	141 (135b, 17x4, 1x6); 6-0-45-0
51	Bangladesh	SSC Ground, Colombo	2004	82 (126b, 10x4, 1x6); 10-0-35-3
52	West Indies	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	2006/07	141 (148b, 13x4, 5x6)
53	West Indies	IPCL Ground, Vadodara	2006/07	100* (76b, 10x4, 1x6)
54	South Africa	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2006/07	93 (106b, 13x4, 2x6)
55	England	The Oval, England	2007/08	94 (81b, 16x4, 1x6)
56	Pakistan	Gwalior, India	2007/08	97 (102b, 16x4)
57	Australia	SCG, Australia	2007/08	117* (120b, 10x4)
58	New Zealand	Christchurch, New Zealand	2008/09	163* (133b, 16x4, 5x6)
59	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2009/10	138 (133b, 10x4, 1x6)
60	Australia	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad	2009/10	175 (141b, 19x4, 4x6)
61 Official Awards 1994: Arjuna Award Recipient for achievements in Cricket[16] 1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year[17] 1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna[18] 1999: Padma Shri - India's fourth highest civilian award[19] 2008: Padma Vibhushan - India's second highest civilian award[20] 2010: ICC cricketer of the year - Highest award in the ICC listings[21] ICC World Test XI: 2009,2010 ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2001, 2010 Media Awards In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.[22] In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.[23] In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year" The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others. In February 2010, Sachin Tendulkar was declared "Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years" by NDTV at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.[24]  Others He is the only player of current generation who was included by sir Don Bradman in his squad of playing	South Africa	Roop Singh International Stadium, Gwalior	2009/10	200* (147b, 25x4, 3x6)

Satistics

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	177	290	32	14692	248*	56.94			51	59		64	106	0
ODIs	444	433	41	17629	200*	44.97	20456	86.18	46	93	1929	185	134	0
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	280	442	48	23585	248*	59.86			78	105			174	0
List A	531	518	55	21181	200*	45.74			57	111			169	0
Twenty20	44	44	5	1516	89*	38.87	1171	129.46	0	11	201	21	19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	177	135	4096	2388	45	3/10	3/14	53.06	3.49	91.0	0	0	0
ODIs	444	267	8020	6817	154	5/32	5/32	44.26	5.10	52.0	4	2	0
T20Is	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.0	0	0	0
First-class	280		7461	4280	70	3/10		61.14	3.44	106.5		0	0
List A	531		10196	8445	201	5/32	5/32	42.01	4.96	50.7	4	2	0
Twenty20	44	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0	0

LIST OF RECORDS HELD BY SACHIN TENDULKAR

1. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals
2. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket
3. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46
4. Most number of hundreds in the Tests 47
5. Most number of nineties in the ODI
6. Most number of man of the matches in the ODI's -61
7. Most number of man of the series(15) in ODI's
8. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
9. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
10. First Cricketer to pass 15000, 16000, 17000 run in the ODI
11. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
12. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
13. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
14. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
15. Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
16. Most number of Fifties in ODI's
17. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so.
19. First and only cricketer to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28.First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire.
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 61 man of the match awards only 7 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards against Australia
31. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
32. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 93 centuries
33. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
34. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
35. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
36. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 (Sachin 186*, Dravid 153)
37. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
38. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
39. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
40. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 - 15, 000and 16,000 run marks IN ODI.
41. He hit the fastest double century in any international match
42. Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs
43. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
44. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
45. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
46. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
47. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
48. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
49. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
50. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
51. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
52. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
53. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
54. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
55. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
56. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
57. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
58. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), have appeared in more games than Tendulkar.
59. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
60. First to 25,000 international runs
61. Tendulkar's 25,000+ runs in international cricket include 17000+ runs in ODI's, 13,000+ Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
62. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
63. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
64. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
65. Sachin hit the first double century in the 40 year history of one day internationals
66. Maximum number of boundaries in a single innings
67. Heighest score in ODI cricket 200*

Sachin Tendulkar BiographySachin Tendulkar Biography

           Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India. He went to Shradashram Vidyamandir, a high school in Mumbai, where he began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He attended the MRF Pace Foundation during his schooldays to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who saw him training, was not much impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should focus on his batting instead. As a young boy, Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net, and was driven hard by his coach Achrekar.
While at school, his extraordinary batting skills got noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the young boy would soon become one of the greats in cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in every inning that he played. In one of the inter school matches that year, he had an unbroken 664-run partnership with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year. At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15 runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of 18 balls at Peshawar.

In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.
During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.
At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for the English county as the first overseas player.
In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 873 runs in 11 matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.
Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.
Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.
Personal Life
In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a Mumbai-based NGO

Would like to win Cup for Sachin and country, says Virat

Talented batsman Virat Kohli feels that it would be the best gift to Sachin Tendulkar if the Indian team can win the cricket World Cup which will start in another two weeks time.

"What he (Sachin) has achieved in his entire career, I don't think anyone else will be able to achieve that. So it will be a great thing if we can win the World Cup not only for our fans but also for Sachin who is a special person," the youngster commented during an interaction with the media at a promotional event here on Thursday.
World Cup 2011

That he is confident can be gauged from the fact that he felt that he could have pulled off the ODI against South Africa in Port Elizabeth where he was unbeaten on 87 as India lost due to Duckworth-Lewis method.

"I don't know but whenever I played under lights, I felt even more confident. I play well under lights. I was talking to Harbhajan Singh during our partnership I felt I could have pulled it off."

Although his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is sceptical about the use of Umpires' Decision Review System (UDRS), Kohli said it hardly makes any difference.

"I don't think too much about these things. All I know is that if opposition has three referrals, it's same for us."

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Sachin-Viru's stay in first 15 overs will be key: Harbhajan

Strong starts by the opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag would be key to India's success at the forthcoming World Cup, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Wednesday.

The feisty 30-year-old off-spinner said the feat of the 1983 World Cup, when Kapil Dev and Co stunned one and all by lifting the coveted trophy, inspires him a lot.

"I am always reminded of the 1983 World Cup, have seen the clippings so many times. This time around, if  Sachin and Sehwag stay together at the crease for the first 15 overs, it would be very difficult for the opposition to come back into the match," Harbhajan told reporters.

Harbhajan's bonding with Tendulkar is well documented and the 'turbanator' is hoping that the Mubaikar continues his hugely successful pairing with the Delhi dazzler in the quadrennial extravaganza, starting February 19 in Bangladesh.

"Both Sachin and Sehwag are great cricketers and I hope they help us win the World Cup. Like all Indians, I am also looking forward to a good show in the World Cup," He said.

The off-spinner was in the Capital to support a campaign against rode rage and drunken driving but refused to endorse those who tried to draw a parallel between rode rage and sledging in cricket.

"Sledging is part and parcel of the game. It just adds a bit of momentum to the game and, as a cricketer, we don't carry anything off the field. Road rage is quite harmful and it hurts you for life long," he said.

To the surprise of quite a few, Harbhajan also said that neither he nor does Team India drink.

Asked about Andrew Symonds, one of the protagonists of the infamous 'Monkey-gate' and with whom he will be sharing the Mumbai Indians dressing room in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Harbhajan gave the impression that the hatchet has been buried.

"I am looking forward to winning the IPL along with him," Harbhajan said.

Symonds and troubles often go hand in hand and asked about the burly Australian's conduct off the field that had an impact on his professional career, Harbhajan was guarded.

"What Symonds has done with his career is his personal choice and I don't want to talk about any individuals," was the offie's reply when a journo asked him about Symonds, probably keeping in mind the occasion.

Talking about road rage, Harbhajan felt that it needs to be tackled as soon as possible.

"A lot of people in Punjab get involve in road rage and it is very dangerous," he said