[FAO] The things You know and Don't Know about Cricket God SACHIN TENDULKAR

Popular Topics  Shahid’s New Look In Chance Pe Dance Dandruff : Causes and Home Remedies Celebrities Shilpa Shetty Reception Photos Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty Wedding Video Popular Zee TV Stars Amazing Edible Shoes Cartoons in US Media on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize DISNEY Recycled its Classic Cartoons Katrina is a quite good at paintings Preity Zinta makes her Break Up with Ness Official Name : Sachin Tendulkar Full name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Nick name :The Master Blaster, The Little Champion, The Bombay Bomber Height : 5′4â€� Born : 24-04-1973 Birth place: Bombay, India Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90 ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90 1st Class Debut: 1988 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, Leg Break Googly Marital Status: Married Wife'sName: Anjali Tendulkar Children: Two (One Boy and One Girl) Girl'sName: Sarah Tendulkar Boy's Name: Arjun Tendulkar He likes  Ground : Sydney cricket ground Movie : Coming to America Music : Pop Hobby : Collecting CD's. Car : Maruti Actors : Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar Actresses : Madhuri Dixit Cricket Heroes : Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil Other Fav. Stars : Maradona, Borris Becker Drink : Orange / Apple juice and water Food : Steak Pastime : Listening to peaceful music with friends Clothes : Official jacket and tie, else jeans and T-shirt Magazine : Sportstar Newspapers : Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch Restaurant : Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton Holiday Resort : Yorkshire, Headingley Hotel : Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney Other Sports : Tennis Answer from Sachin  Hate : Rumors Greatest Influence : Family Dream Woman : My wife Any Changes you desire to have : None Ambition : To be number one in the world Worst Day : Losing the fist ODI in RSA in 1992 Memorable Day : Beating Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup Current Players Admired : Vinod Kambli, Brian Lara and Jonty Rhodes Embarrassing Moment : People asking for my autograph and then asking me my name Family  Dad's Name : Ramesh Tendulkar Sister's Name : Savitai Tendulkar Brother's Name : Nitin Tendulkar & Ajit Tendulkar Wife's Name : Anjali Tendulkar Daughter's Name : Sarah He is the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour and the only cricketer and one of the first sportsmen (along with Vishwanathan Anand ) to receive Padma Vibhushan (2008), the second highest civilian honor of India Five greatest test innings 1) 119 not out, England v India, Old Trafford, 1990. 2) 114, Australia v India,Perth,1992. 3) 169, South Africa v India, Cape Town, 1997. 4) 155 not out, India v Australia, Chennai, 1998 5) 136 v India v Pakistan, Chennai 1999. Interesting things about Sachin Tendulkar's Dream Sachin Tendulkar got the name Sachin because his family members were all huge fans of the legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman (SD Burman). First step towards cricket Tendulkar's sensational journey to cricket stardom sparked of when his brother Ajit made him meet Mr. R. Achrekar ( Cricket Coach ). Sachin failed to perform in the first go which made him very nervous but his brother's persuasion led Mr. Achrekar give him another chance. Sachin originally wanted to be a professional tennis player. When he started playing cricket Young Sachin had aspired of being a fast bowler, It was this dream that made him undertake trials at Chennai based MRF pace academy,but his small stature proved to be a major hindrance to his aspiring career. Then he decided to take batting seriously. Turning point in his career It was his change of school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir in Dadar - close to Shivaji Park on his coach's advice which marked a turn around in Sachin's career. He says," I use to bat in four nets at one strech. Whenever, I use to get tired, Achrekar use to keep a one rupee coin on top of the stumps and say, "Anyone who gets him out will take this coin. If no-one gets him, Sachin takes it." Tendulkar till date contributes this technique in being instrumental for enhancing his concentration. He still treasures the 13 coins earned by him during the practice sessions. Naughty Duo Sachin and his best pal Vinod Kambli hold the World Record of 664 runs stand for Shardashram School in inter-school tournament in 1988. Tendulkar candidly admits that the total would have never assumed mammoth proportion had he and Kambli not ignored the man waving from the boundary with the coach's message to declare. Gift from Sunil Gavaskar Sachin was given a pair of pads by his cricket hero Sunil Gavaskar when he was a schoolboy - and he made his Test debut for India against Pakistan aged just 15-years old in 1989 wearing those very pads. Love in MotorSport Sachin seriously loves his motorsport. In 2002 he was given a brand-spanking new Ferrari 360 Modena by six-time World Champion Michael Schumacher at Silverstone! Sachin in Bollywood Sachin made a special appearance in the Bollywood film "Stumped" in 2003 as himself. Tendulkar's Idol Tendulkar's idol is the American Tennis superstar-John McEnore. During his young age, he argued and fought for McEnore with his colony friends who supported Swedish Bjorn Borg. Sachin sported a head-band, sweat-band and a tennis racquet showing his staunch loyalty towards his idol. Superstitious Sachin Like loads of other cricketers, Sachin is pretty superstitious - he'll always put on his left pad before his right whenever he's getting padded up. Family Quirks Sachin's wife Anjali tends to become nervous while he bats, whereas his brother has become so superstitious that he allows the family members to only watch the match recording. His reactions to his dismissals On pre-mature and early exits, Sachin likes to take out his anger somewhere. He prefers to be left alone, till he cools down. God's Importance in his life Tendulkar is a God fearing person, a staunch devotee of Sai Baba, Ganpathi and frequently visits temples during night when it's calm and quiet. He visualizes God in his parents. Religion to him is what his parents have inculcated in him, his upbringing and his way of life. Sachin strongly believes in the concept of re-birth, existence of Hell and Heaven. He loves celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi at home with his family and believes that it firms his ties with his loved ones. Other things Sachin was just 17 years and 109 days old when he scored his debut Test century against England at Old Trafford back in 1990, finishing up on 119 not out. Sachin was the first ever foreign cricketer to play for Yorkshire in 1992. Before then, only players who were born in the county were ever allowed to play for Yorkshire. But the rules were changed and in came a 19-year-old Sachin, scoring 1000 runs at an average of 46. Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire when he was run out against South Africa in the first Test in Durban back in 1992. He uses an incredibly heavy bat at the crease, weighing in at 3.2lbs - in fact, only South Africa's master blaster Lance Klusener uses a heavier bat in world cricket. 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 1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI 2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 45 3. Most number of nineties in the ODI 4. Most number of man of the matches (56) in the ODI's 5. Most number of man of the series (14) in ODI's 6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's 7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI 8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI 9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) 10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup 11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 12. 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 13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87 15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407 16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. 17. Most number of 100's in test's 38 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so 19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the 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 Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. 26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times 27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman 28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world 29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost. 30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia 31. In August of 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. 32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes. 33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year 34. 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. 35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket 36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 79 centuries 37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall. 38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara 39. 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 40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record 41. 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 42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid 43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998 44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties) (as of 18th Nov, 2007) 45. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI. 46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999). 47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches 48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations. 49. 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 50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds 51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world 53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century 54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record 55. 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 56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. [7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten 57. 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 58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world. 59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home 60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings 61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches 62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. 63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar 64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances). 65. First to 25,000 international runs 66. 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. 67. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 17000 runs in ODI 68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests 69. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket 70.Completing 20 Years of International Cricket Break-up of Sachin's run tally country-wise: 2995 runs in 66 matches vs Australia 2749 runs in 74 matches vs Sri Lanka 2389 runs in 67 matches vs Pakistan 1750 runs in 42 matches vs N' Zealand 1655 runs in 52 matches vs S' Africa 1571 runs in 38 matches vs W' Indies 1377 runs in 34 matches vs Zimbabwe 1335 runs in 36 matches vs England 647 runs in 10 matches vs Kenya 354 runs in 10 matches vs Bangladesh 152 runs in 1 match vs Namibia 81 runs in 2 matches vs UAE 57 runs in 1 match vs Bermuda 52 runs in 1 match vs Netherlands 4 runs in 1 match vs Ireland   BATTING. Matches Innings Not Out Runs Average Highest 50s 100s 436 425     3 9 17,178 44.57 186* 91 45 BOWLING. Matches Balls Runs Wickets Average 5w Best Runs/Over Strike Rate 428 8,015 6,806 154 44.19 2 5/32 5.09 52.0 Test Matches. BATTING. Matches Innings Not Out Runs Average Highest 50s 100s 159 261 27 12,773 54.58 248* 53 42 BOWLING. Matches Balls Runs Wickets Average 5w Best Runs/Over Strike Rate 159 3,934 2,272 44 51.63 - 3/14 3.46 89.4         Any Queries or Need Help ? Mail to: ForAngelsOnly-owner@yahoogroups.com Visit Group Mail Subscribe Web Subscribe Visit Website

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