By Vimal Kapoor
One person who has truly made all the Indian’s proud needs no introduction, he is a regular visitor to ‘Mussoorie’ and stays at sisters bazaar in ‘Landaur’, he really loves ‘Uttarakhand’ but hates all the bowlers or rather bowlers are in awe of him, did you guess who he is? No need to guess the person who when starts batting, everyone stops other activity and watches it delightfully. No need to guess the person whom the world calls "Master Blaster", who absolutely destroyed many and have set his own records those others, can only imagine of!
Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest players ever born in world, who played more than 400 ODIs & 44 centuries, besides 42 test centuries, and holds maximum ‘man of the match (58) awards. He is the youngest man ever to play 100 test matches for India. !
With eyes on ball, powerful hands, perfect footwork and great timing, lightning fast reaction, Sachin Tendulkar is a batsman who can play almost any ball and send it across the boundary lines. Almost any shot, right from cover drives, straight drives, mid-on, mid-off, mid-wicket, square leg, gully, reverse sweep, pull, hook played by this great batsman is a spectacular moment to watch. His cracking shot and the sound that is created when his bat makes a perfect contact with the ball kissing it and dispatching it to the boundary, has made his fans go fanatical.
Sachin has reached a level in cricket world which very few cricketers can attain in their lives. Sachin has passed and set many records, he has records for maximum centuries in Tests that surpasses the records set by legendry ‘Sunil Gavaskar’, maximum runs in ODIs, he became only the third person to cross 1000 runs in World Cup Cricket, he has a record of maximum records ever made by any Indian in ODIs, he has passed Desmond Haynes’s record of most centuries in ODIs, has a record of having maximum number of runs in a single season and there are many more things that Sachin Tendulkar has achieved.
Sachin Tendulkar is not only a great batsman; he is a man with great ethics and rules as well. Sachin is a very polite and soft spoken player in Indian team, who is always ready to learn and share knowledge. No one can forget the sportsman spirit he showed when in England during the World Cup, hearing of the death of his father, he flew to India and was back on his duty for the next match with Kenya scoring unbeaten 140 runs and navigating India to next stage. After the disastrous tour of Australia, Sachin announced that he was taking moral responsibility for the team’s performance and resigning the captaincy. He never liked pressure on himself and is happy playing as a player instead of playing as a captain, he always believed in reality. He always tries to live up to his own expectations and set targets which are achievable and try and live up to that. Sachin has conquered every match he has played one or another way, he almost destroyed attacks of any bowler in cricketing world. He became nightmare for world champions (Australia) and their ace bowlers like Shane Warne, who used to see Sachin sending his balls out of stadium along with him in his dreams, Sachin smashed and brought almost every bowler to level of frustration, not even a single bowler from Pakistan could dominate Sachin. Almost any bowler is massacred by the little master blaster.
When he made his debut almost two decades ago as a gawky teenager, in 1989, Kapil Dev smilingly said that we have a teammate who does not need to shave every morning, in his very first match legendry Imran Khan said that he is going to break every record of the game.
The way he has conducted himself despite reaching dizzy success, he is a role model not only for me but millions around the world, keep going Sachin!!
Little known facts:
He can write with both hands.
Most dismissal’s at 99 (I am sure he is not proud of this record)
He shops at mall road, Mussoorie, unnoticed wearing hood and large goggles.
When Sunil Gavaskar made hid debut, Sachin was not even born. Scored more than 1000 runs in a year 7 times.
Has maximum sponsorships by a cricketer in the world.
He scored a ‘Duck’ in his first ODI against Pak.
His childhood hero- Tennis player ‘John McEnroe’
Once match refree Mike Dennis accused him (wrongly) of ‘ball tampering’.
World champion racer ‘Michael Schumacher’ gave him a red ‘Ferrari’
Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest players ever born in world, who played more than 400 ODIs & 44 centuries, besides 42 test centuries, and holds maximum ‘man of the match (58) awards. He is the youngest man ever to play 100 test matches for India. !
With eyes on ball, powerful hands, perfect footwork and great timing, lightning fast reaction, Sachin Tendulkar is a batsman who can play almost any ball and send it across the boundary lines. Almost any shot, right from cover drives, straight drives, mid-on, mid-off, mid-wicket, square leg, gully, reverse sweep, pull, hook played by this great batsman is a spectacular moment to watch. His cracking shot and the sound that is created when his bat makes a perfect contact with the ball kissing it and dispatching it to the boundary, has made his fans go fanatical.
Sachin has reached a level in cricket world which very few cricketers can attain in their lives. Sachin has passed and set many records, he has records for maximum centuries in Tests that surpasses the records set by legendry ‘Sunil Gavaskar’, maximum runs in ODIs, he became only the third person to cross 1000 runs in World Cup Cricket, he has a record of maximum records ever made by any Indian in ODIs, he has passed Desmond Haynes’s record of most centuries in ODIs, has a record of having maximum number of runs in a single season and there are many more things that Sachin Tendulkar has achieved.
Sachin Tendulkar is not only a great batsman; he is a man with great ethics and rules as well. Sachin is a very polite and soft spoken player in Indian team, who is always ready to learn and share knowledge. No one can forget the sportsman spirit he showed when in England during the World Cup, hearing of the death of his father, he flew to India and was back on his duty for the next match with Kenya scoring unbeaten 140 runs and navigating India to next stage. After the disastrous tour of Australia, Sachin announced that he was taking moral responsibility for the team’s performance and resigning the captaincy. He never liked pressure on himself and is happy playing as a player instead of playing as a captain, he always believed in reality. He always tries to live up to his own expectations and set targets which are achievable and try and live up to that. Sachin has conquered every match he has played one or another way, he almost destroyed attacks of any bowler in cricketing world. He became nightmare for world champions (Australia) and their ace bowlers like Shane Warne, who used to see Sachin sending his balls out of stadium along with him in his dreams, Sachin smashed and brought almost every bowler to level of frustration, not even a single bowler from Pakistan could dominate Sachin. Almost any bowler is massacred by the little master blaster.
When he made his debut almost two decades ago as a gawky teenager, in 1989, Kapil Dev smilingly said that we have a teammate who does not need to shave every morning, in his very first match legendry Imran Khan said that he is going to break every record of the game.
The way he has conducted himself despite reaching dizzy success, he is a role model not only for me but millions around the world, keep going Sachin!!
Little known facts:
He can write with both hands.
Most dismissal’s at 99 (I am sure he is not proud of this record)
He shops at mall road, Mussoorie, unnoticed wearing hood and large goggles.
When Sunil Gavaskar made hid debut, Sachin was not even born. Scored more than 1000 runs in a year 7 times.
Has maximum sponsorships by a cricketer in the world.
He scored a ‘Duck’ in his first ODI against Pak.
His childhood hero- Tennis player ‘John McEnroe’
Once match refree Mike Dennis accused him (wrongly) of ‘ball tampering’.
World champion racer ‘Michael Schumacher’ gave him a red ‘Ferrari’
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