sachin tendulker

Sachin's Profile:
Full Name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: 24th April, 1973,
Mumbai Major Teams: Mumbai, Yorkshire, India
Known As: Sachin Tendulkar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium
Marital Status: Married
Wife´s Name: Anjali TendulkarC
hildren: Two (One Boy and One Girl)
Girl´s Name: Sarah Tendulkar
Boy´s Name: Arjun Tendulkar

By popular vote, the greatest batsman in the world today, Sachin Tendulkar has the cricketing world at his feet. The adulation he commands world over is unsurpassed, perhaps since the days of Don Bradman, to whom of course he has been compared, by no less than the great man himself. While he may not end with a Test career average of 99.94, there is little doubt that based on his vigorous style of batsmanship and his insatiable appetite for runs and big scores, he is the most complete batsman since Vivian Richards. In many ways though he has surpassed even that outstanding West Indian batsman.
When Tendulkar is on song, there is no more majestic sight in the cricketing world. The spectators at the stadium are on their feet cheering while all over the world, TV audiences are glued to the screen. He has scored heavily on all kinds of wickets the world over, in conditions which lesser mortals have not been able to master and against bowlers whom other batsmen have found it difficult to score off. Immensely gifted and blessed with an impeccable technique, Tendulkar´s batting is a dream, combining timing, elegance and power. Mentally very strong, Tendulkar is best when confronted by a challenge - as he showed when mowing down Shane Warne in India in 1998. Captain during two short stints, Tendulkar has made it clear that he would prefer to concentrate on his batting and indeed, he seems to be getting better with every passing year. Scoring two double centuries in successive seasons and being the first to cross the 10,000 run barrier in ODIs is clear proof of this. The best thing from the fans´ point of view - if not the bowler's - is that the entertainment, courtesy Tendulkar, is still at the intermission stage. Long may ´The King´ continue to regale his willing subjects !!!
Do you know ...
... that Sachin Tendulkar got the name Sachin because his family members were all huge fans of the legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman (SD Burman)?
... that Sachin Tendulkar always wears his left pad first before his right pad when he goes in to bat?
... that Sachin has the National tri colour pasted inside his kit bag which is perhaps a constant reminder of what the country expects of him.
... that during an independence day function organised by the Indian high commission at Colombo, he requested a security man to get him a small flag, which he held close to his heart and he later tucked it neatly in the inside pocket of his blazer.
... that Sachin Tendulkar has won the maximum amount of man of the match awards in international cricket? His tally of 38 man of the match awards is the most by any player.
.. that Sachin is also one of the few cricketers to change his bat manufacturers often? He started his career with a Spanserils Greenland's (SG) switching on to Power, then to Slazenger and then to BASS before his current bat manufacturer MRF. During the 1996 World Cup he didn't have any stickers on his bat as he was in between contracts. There was also a slight controversy about him using a bat with the MRF logo on it as the ICC then had a rule that players were allowed to use bats manufactured only by sports firms.
... that Sachin was the first batsman to be given out run out by the third umpire? This incident took place in India's friendship series with South Africa at Durban during the 1992-93 series.
... that Sachin is the youngest batsman to get a half century
... that Sachin was also the first over seas cricketer for English County Yorkshire when he played for the proud club in the summer of 1992? And he played for the club with some distinction scoring 1000 runs at an average of 46.
... that Sachin uses one of the heaviest bats in World Cricket. His bat weighs 3.2 pounds which is about 1.42 kgs? The only person who uses a heavier bat is Lance Klusener.
... that India have won 22 of the 28 one day matches in which Sachin Tendulkar has made a century?
... that Sachin Tendulkar remembers each and every one of his test dismissals? He can exactly tell anyone who the bowler was and the mode of his dismissal.
Opening the innings for the first time in one dayers
Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for the first time in the second match of the four match one day series against New Zealand at Auckland on March 27th 1994. He was forced to open the innings because Navjot Singh Sidhu was injured and no one else in the team was keen to open. It was his 70th one day international. Apart from it being a Sunday, it was also a day when the festival of colours "Holi" is celebrated in India. India needed 146 to win in 50 overs and Sachin Tendulkar played one of his best innings in One day internationals blasting 82 in 49 balls. When he was eventually dismissed caught and bowled by left arm spinner Matthew Hart he was given a standing ovation by the packed Sunday crowd at Auckland. Not surprisingly he won the man of the match award for that innings. "It was a dream like innings and such innings happen once in a life time." is what Sachin said at the post match presentation.
His first one day hundred Sachin Tendulkar got his first one day international century after playing 78 matches and five years of international cricket. People were beginning to wonder whether he will ever get to the three figure mark but on September 9, 1994 he silenced all his critics with a masterly 110 against Australia at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo in the Singer Cup. His hundred helped India to win a match which was a do or die encounter for them as they had lost the previous match to Sri Lanka. Sachin's hundred helped India to a good total batting first and they ended up winning the match by a handsome margin. They also ended up winning the tournament beating Sri Lanka in the final. Sachin Tendulkar is a huge follower of Lord Ganesha (the Elephant God so widely worshipped in India) and that day happened to be Ganesh Chaturthi, may be that might have had something to do with his first one day hundred.
His first test hundred Sachin got his first test hundred on 14th August 1990 against England at Old Trafford Manchester. He made a match saving 119 not out and he along with Manoj Prabhakar who made 67 not out saved the match for India after they were in dire straits losing six wickets for next to nothing before tea. That match saving effort also earned him the distinction of becoming the second youngest test player at the age of 17 years and 112 days to score a hundred. His hundred followed a magnificent 50 in the first innings. Although it was bright and sunny in England it was pouring almost all day in India as it was Gokulashtmi (the day when the birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated by all his devotees). Gokulashtmi is normally associated with heavy rains.
Hundred in his first match as Captain In his very first match as Captain of India at the tender age of 23 Sachin scored a hundred (his ninth in ODI's) against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium in the Singer Trophy on 24th August 1996. Sachin scored an unbeaten 109 but India ended up losing the match tamely by nine wickets as Sanath Jayasuriya blasted a hundred in quick time. It was a festive occasion for the Indians and Sri Lankans as it was Coconut Day a national holiday in Sri Lanka and Raksha Bandhan or Narli Poornima in India where the sisters tie Rakhi on the hands of their brothers and the brothers in turn pledge to protect and stand by the side of their sisters at all times.
His first test victory as Captain Sachin achieved his first test victory in his very first test match as Captain when India beat Australia at the Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi in the first ever Gavaskar-Border trophy test match played from the 10-14th of October 1996. The match will always be remembered for Nayan Mongia's 152 which the wicket keeper batsman scored as an opener and for which he was awarded with the man of the match. His first test victory came during the 'Navratri' season a period of nine nights during which people celebrate by dancing and playing dandia or garba which is a form of group dance and worshipping Godess Durga. The festival is particularly popular in Calcutta, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. The 10th day is celebrated as Dussera a day which symbolises the victory of good over evil as Lord Ram returned to his Kingdom Ayodhya after his 14 year exile and his victory in the battle with the king of Sri Lanka Ravana. After winning the test match Sachin said "this win is a gift by the team to the cricket fans all over India on the occasion of Navratri."