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Meet the oldest fan of Sachin Tendulkar
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Meet the oldest fan of Sachin Tendulkar
At 87, Saraswathi doesn't miss a single match of the master blaster Sachin.
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Yusuf Pathan’s innings best I’ve ever seen: Shane Warne
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Tags : Shane Warne, Yusuf Pathan, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Rajasthan Royals
Shane Warne rates the Yusuf Pathan blast as the best innings ever he has watched. “I have watched a lot of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara knocks. This was the best I have seen,” said the Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain, on the fastest IPL hundred, rattled up in 37 balls.
Mumbai Indians became the first team in IPL 2010 to face the Pathan test. Many other bowlers will face the heat when the RR blaster takes the battle into rival camps. Sachin Tendulkar tried out six bowlers, made repeated field changes to make the batsman think.
Bowlers and fielders are aware now that Pathan does not spend too much time thinking at the crease, for him batting is an expression of power in his shoulders and instinctive assessment of length. The knock
was just another delightful day at work for the blaster.
He warmed up for action against Bangladesh spinner Ali Murtuza, hitting three sixes, then doused R Sathish’s enthusiasm with two sixes, four boundaries in one over as RR’s main hope raced to 53 off 21 balls. Tendulkar put fielders on the ropes as Ryan McLaren steamed in. Pathan stretched and glided the ball to the fence at third-man.
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http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/article244362.ece
I don't eat, drink or move: Anjali Tendulkar
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
For all the fame he achieved even before the start of his international career, Sachin Tendulkar's wife Anjali couldn't recognise him when they first met in 1990 and she says the batting maestro perhaps fell for her lack of cricket knowledge.
"I first met him at the Mumbai airport when he returned from his first tour of England in 1990, after scoring his maiden Test ton. In fact, when I first saw him at the airport, I didn't even know who he was. It was purely by accident!" Anjali, who married Tendulkar in 1995, said.
"I was there to pick up my mother and Sachin was arriving with the Indian team. That's where we saw each other for the first time... we had a courtship of five years and got married in 1995. We had got engaged a year before that in 1994 and that was in New Zealand," she said in a published interview. 
Ignorant about cricket when she first started dating Tendulkar, Anjali said she read up everything about the game soon after but the man himself didn't like discussing the sport at home.
"I think what he liked about me was that I knew nothing about cricket when I first met him. But then, me being me, I read everything about the game. I came to know all the fielding positions but he doesn't like me discussing cricket at home. But at times when he is low or upset, I do talk to him about cricket. Again, it's not the game but things related to it that we discuss," she said.
On whether Tendulkar's fame had come in the way of getting the simple pleasures like a movie, Anjali recalled how the batting great had to come in disguise to watch a movie during their courtship.
"... We had gone to see the movie Roja. I was studying medicine then and a couple of my friends planned. Sachin did try telling me that it would be difficult but I insisted that he come along. To make sure nobody recognised him, we even got him a beard. He wore specs as well and we went in late. We watched the first half of the film, but during the interval, Sachin dropped his specs and people immediately recognised him. It was a bit of disaster and we were forced to leave halfway," she told 'Times of India' in an interview.
Anjali gave up her promising medical career to be Tendulkar's "biggest support" and after 14 years of marriage, she doesn't regret her decision one bit.
"Though I loved every moment of my studying days and my days at the government hospital, it then came to a stage when I realised that I could not be married to Sachin and also have a full-time career. It wasn't possible because he depends on me for almost everything. It was my decision. I thought I should be at home with him and make everything perfect for him," she recalled.
"In his childhood, brother Ajit did everything for Sachin, sacrificing his own interests. I thought I should do the same. Besides, mine would not have been a 9 to 5 job. I'm a paediatrician, so if there's a patient calling me or someone admitted at odd hours, I have to make myself available", she said.
"With Sachin not around and me with two kids at home, it wouldn't have been possible. I took a decision and I have never, ever regretted it," Anjali said.
Tendulkar completes 20 years of international cricket tomorrow and Anjali said she still can't stop herself from getting tensed when he comes out to bat, so much so that she doesn't even get up to take a phone call when he is at the crease.
"Actually, I have one particular spot in the house from where I can watch TV and also keep an eye on my Ganpati (Ganesha). I don't eat. I don't answer phones. I don't drink. I don't even move. I don't reply to any sms until he's out," she said.
Nineteen years of knowing the cricketer India worships, Anjali said she has learnt to deal with the pulls and pressures that come with being his better half.
"For me, it's very easy because I've known Sachin for 19 years now. I understand him so well. So whether I am his girlfriend or his wife, it's the same thing, just an extension of that bond. I don't find it very difficult and I'm used to it.
"Maybe, it's also because I've not known any other person in my life except Sachin. Of course, there are many challenges and difficulties to being his wife but the whole family, including my children, has learnt to deal with it," she said.
But Anjali wishes that Tendulkar doesn't have to spend so much time away from his home and two young children.
On the many moods of the batting genius, who seems calm and composed almost all the time on field, Anjali revealed Tendulkar is miserable when the team doesn't do well while he goes on to achieve a personal milestone.
"It's much worse when he does well and the team doesn't. I know how much it affects him because, for him, the country always comes first. To me it doesn't matter whether he scores one run or 10 runs or even a 100. I'll still be happy because I know he's really trying hard. But I know how much it affects him when he does well and the team loses, like it happened in Hyderabad (against Australia). It's very upsetting," she said.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Mighty Sachin Tendulkar even tops Lara, Ponting and The Don!
I have never liked comparisons between great players, but after Wednesday’s incredible game it must be said — Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of all time.
Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. and I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself.
Now he has the first double hundred in a one-day international — hitting 25 fours and three sixes as India beat South Africa by 153 runs — he has swung it for me.
Little master: Record-breaker Tendulkar celebrates reaching his landmark
SACHIN BY NUMBERS
46 One-day international hundreds
166 Test matches played
240 Sixes in all international cricket
442 One-day internationals
13,447 Test runs scored
17,598 one-day international runs
45.12 One-day international batting average
55.56 Test batting average
I played against Tendulkar on my first England tour, the Nehru Cupin India in 1989, and I could still see that excited boy in big pads inGwalior.
That extraordinary drive and enthusiasm are what make Tendulkar sospecial. He has been playing international cricket for 20 years underthe intense scrutiny being an Indian superstar brings, so it isremarkable he still loves holding a bat as much as ever.
Halfway through the Indian innings on Wednesday, Tendulkar wasalready on more than a hundred. It’s almost a given that he will reachthree figures. But even he had not turned it into a double in a 50-overinternational before, and this was not against a lowly side but SouthAfrica, one of the most formidable bowling attacks in the world.
There was no slogging — just pure, attacking strokeplay.
Tendulkar has gone back to being the fluent, almost flamboyant,batsman he used to be. In recent years his innings had become a bitmechanical, but I think he has remembered what made him great.
I interviewed Sachin for Sportsmail when he was touring England acouple of years ago — one of the highlights of my career since Istopped playing, and it was noticeable that he is not driven by money.
Better than the rest: Tendulkar is better than Lara (left) and Bradman
He has become a very wealthy man, but that has been as a result ofdoing what he does best and enjoying it. it has not been the be all andend all for him.
What else is left for Tendulkar now? well, it is sometimes said thathe has not played enough match-winning innings on the really bigoccasion for India.
What better, then, than to score a hundred in the World Cup finalagainst Australia — or maybe even England — on home soil this time nextyear.
That would be the full stop that would enable Tendulkar to ride off into the sunset with everything achieved in his career.
My admiration for him is total. To steal the nickname of a certainfootball coach who led Inter Milan against Chelsea on Wednesday, SachinTendulkar truly is The Special one.
SACHIN TENDULKAR WORLD RECORD 200 RUN AMAZING PHOTOS | VIDEO
SACHIN TENDULKAR WORLD RECORD 200 RUN AMAZING PHOTOS
SACHIN TENDULKAR WORLD RECORD 200 RUN AMAZING VIDEO
India v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Rajkot | Sehwag and Tendulkar dazzle
Monday, December 14, 2009
India started quietly on a well-grassed pitch, but once the acceleration came, Kumar Sangakkara's decision to bowl first looked foolish as Virender Sehwag clattered a 66-ball hundred, while adding 153 with Sachin Tendulkar at nearly eight runs an over. Dilhara Fernando provided some respite with a beautiful delivery that nipped back to bowl Tendulkar, but by then India were over the hill and far away. Sehwag's blitz included a six on to the roof of the shamiana behind cover, while Tendulkar eased to 69 from just 63 balls.
There was some early movement for both Nuwan Kulasekara and Chanaka Welegedara, making his one-day debut, and the openers didn't take too many chances. Sehwag twice drove Kulasekara through cover, and there was a lovely back-foot push from Tendulkar as just 19 came from the first five overs. Suddenly, though, the game exploded into life, with Sehwag taking Welegedara for three fours in an over.
Thereafter, Sri Lanka were all over the place, with Tendulkar timing the ball magnificently in the V and Sehwag moving into six-hitting mode. Kulasekara, with his lack of pace, was the ideal target, clouted over cover and then pulled over midwicket with an ease that must have sent a chill down Sangakkara's spine.
Another emphatic pull off Welegedera took him to 50 from just 34 balls and he then spent some time at the non-striker's end watching Tendulkar do his thing. After two glorious lofts down the ground, Tendulkar opted for the impudent, upper-cutting Fernando over gully and slip to reach his own half-century from 48 balls. After overs 6-10 produced 52 runs, the bowling Powerplay cost Sri Lanka 36.
But worse was to follow. Angelo Mathews was introduced, and Sehwag immediately went downtown, thumping one behind the sightscreen and then over cover as the six balls cost 18. Tendulkar joined in with an imperious straight loft off Jayasuriya and it needed Fernando to give the Sri Lankans some breathing space.
Sehwag though doesn't like pauses, and after a brief lull when only singles were taken, he whacked a short one from Jayasuriya over midwicket for six. Two fours off the hapless Mathews later, he had his 12th century, and with half the innings to go, Sri Lanka faced the dire prospect of chasing more than 350. MS Dhoni, who promoted himself to No.3, rubbed it in with a six off Jayasuriya that nearly went out of the ground.
| V Sehwag | c Dilshan b Welegedara | 146 | 102 | 17 | 6 | 143.13 | ||
 | SR Tendulkar | b Fernando | 69 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 109.52 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Mathews b Fernando | 72 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 135.84 | |
| SK Raina | c Jayasuriya b Kulasekara | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| G Gambhir | c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.50 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| V Kohli | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, w 10, nb 6) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 42.2 overs) | 348 | (8.22 runs per over) | |||||
Sachin Tendulkar does it again – knocks 175 but India loses match
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sachin Tendulkar does it again scoring a beautiful 175 off 141 balls, but chasing 351, (scored by Australia) India fell short by just three runs in the fifth One-day International on Thursday.
With a win at Hyderabad Australia seized a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. It was a game India should have pulled off but they failed to hold their nerve yet again following Tendulkar’s dismissal.
With a knock of 175 Sachin Ramesh tendulkar has completed what no other ODI player has done so far – 17000 runs. Here are some statistics of his career:
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 159 | 434 | 261 | 519 |
| Runs scored | 12,773 | 17,168 | 21,662 | 20,473 |
| Batting average | 54.58 | 44.26 | 58.70 | 45.19 |
| 100s/50s | 42/53 | 45/91 | 69/99 | 55/109 |
| Top score | 248* | 186* | 248* | 186* |
| Balls bowled | 3,934 | 8,015 | 7,299 | 10,191 |
| Wickets | 44 | 154 | 69 | 201 |
| Bowling average | 51.63 | 44.19 | 60.34 | 41.96 |
| 5 wickets ininnings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/10 | 5/32 | 3/10 | 5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 102/– | 131/– | 170/– | 166/– |
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