Bank draws flak for splurging crores on Sachin

London: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had spent Rs 1600 crore on sponsorship deals with top sportsperson including batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar just days before being bailed out by the government, a media report said on Sunday. According to a report in the Sunday Times, to please its clients, former RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin signed five-year contracts with Tendulkar and other sporting personalities last October, just weeks before his ouster from the company. "Royal Bank of Scotland, bailed out with billions of pounds of taxpayers money, hired top sports stars on reckless contracts to entertain clients as part of a 200-million-pound sponsorship binge," the newspaper reported. "Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian cricket hero, signed a five-year deal just weeks before Goodwin was ousted," it added. However, RBS, which announced a loss of 28 billion pounds last month, the biggest in British commercial history, said it was obliged to honour the deals. Reacting to this, a member of the Treasury Select Committee, John Mann said, "They (RBS) have been reckless yet again. This doesn't seem to be a bank that could do anything in moderation. It now needs to realise the golden days are over."

I was surprised by Sourav's decision: Sachin

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has expressed shock over the treatment meted out to senior cricketers in the country. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, cricket's highest run-getter said, "I think there should be some respect shown to senior players who have made major contributions."

The world's most respected batsman went on to add that in no other country were the seniors treated with such lack of respect.

"Lack of respect towards senior players doesn't happen anywhere," he said.

In the midst of India-Australia Test series, which has been marked by intense speculation on the retirement plans of India's seniormost cricketers, the batting maestro hit out at the critics saying it was up to the seniors to decide the time and place of their retirement.

"We all know when to move away from the sport. But people have their opinions. Sometimes these opinions are not correct. But one is made to believe that this is the right opinion.

"I think this should be left to an individual. Having said this, we have played enough to know exactly when to move away from the game. The individuals will take their decisions when they feel it's the right time," he asserted.

About Sourav Ganguly's decision to quit, Tendulkar said he was surprised and did not know what was going on in Ganguly's mind and what he thought of his future.

"I was surprised by Sourav's decision to quit. I am sure it must have taken him a long time to reach there. And it's a big decision. But if he feels that it is the way to go, then we all should respect his decision," Tendulkar said.

Sachin, Beyond legendary - Kumar Sangakkara

As an international cricketer of the current generation, the Tendulkar era, I will always have one striking memory of Sachin that will be forever etched in my mind: his thrilling entrance onto a cricket field. The anticipation of him emerging from the pavilion, and his walk from the boundary to the centre, is almost surreal. The sound of a passionate Indian crowd all chanting "Sachin, Sachin" as they wait in anticipation, followed by the enormous roar when he emerges onto the field, is electrifying.
That experience also tells you much about Sachin and his special place in the game's history. He is not just the finest and most complete batsman of the past two decades. In a country that is cricket-mad, where players are deified and worshipped, he stands out and stands alone. In a continent of cricketing legends of the calibre of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, and in a tradition of cricket that has produced other great heroes, Sachin seems to have transcended all of them and achieved a revered, almost superhuman, stature.
I remember playing in a charity game in 2003 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Thousands of people turned out to watch the match and the familiar chant filled the ground as he walked out to take strike with Virender Sehwag. However, two overs later, Sachin's dismissal was followed by pin-drop silence. As he left the field, the only sound was the murmur of the dispersing crowd. For me, that kind of pressure every single day, and the lack of a truly private life, would, I believe, prove too much.
But Sachin, somehow, has taken it in his stride for an incredible 20 years almost. To my mind that ranks as a higher achievement than the long lists of statistical records he has claimed. Playing for India is no easy task. The pressure to perform in every single outing, to win every single match, is tremendous. Magnify that a thousand-fold and that is what Sachin has to deal with.
He may have millions of fans, but he has his share of critics as well. Many times over the years India has failed to convert an appearance in a final into a win, and when this happens the first barbs of criticisms are invariably aimed at one man. "Sachin," they say, "does not win India finals." The man who has been rewriting the record books has been judged by some to have failed India in some crucial games that everyone seems to remember and talk about.
This criticism is totally unfounded and unfair. Sachin is extremely strong mentally. You have to be, to last 20 years at the top. That he is still able to carve out match-winning performances now, despite all the injuries and the physical and mental overload that comes with being a top-flight international cricketer, is testament to his mental toughness. India have not lost so many finals because of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances.
Therein lies the danger of having individual brilliance in your cricket team. Many are the times I have sat in the dressing room, watching Sanath Jayasuriya single-handedly win matches. However, without realising it, we reached the stage, at one point, where our whole confidence hinged on the rise and fall of Sanath. His early dismissal would sow seeds of doubt, and his continued presence in the middle would fuel confidence. We have succeeded now in breaking free of that dependence. It is a similar battle that India have fought with Sachin.
I first watched Sachin on TV when I was 12 years old, and for me the most striking thing about his batting has been its beautiful simplicity. The picture-perfect stance; the straight, measured back-lift; the neat forward-defensive and the checked-drive have changed little over the years. Of course, he was blessed with enormous natural talent, but that talent has been fulfilled because of a rock-solid technical foundation.
That he is still able to carve out match-winning performances now, despite all the injuries and the physical and mental overload that comes with being a top-flight international cricketer, is testament to his mental toughness. India have not lost so many one-day finals because of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances.
His simple technique has helped him adapt to, and dominate, all formats of the game under all conditions. Use Cricinfo's Statsguru to assess his overall record and you can only marvel at the completeness of his career. He has scored runs in every cricketing country, on every type of pitch, against every bowling attack. Furthermore, his dominance extends from Test cricket to one-day cricket, and even to the newest format, the Twenty20 game.
Various teams have used different tactics against him over the years, probing his technique to find weaknesses. However, even if they did find any, he was always able to adapt and evolve his game to overcome the challenge. That is what great players do. To my mind, his only obvious weak spot has been against the ball that nips back in from outside off stump - a delivery that troubles several of India's batsmen, though for different reasons.
Since 2003, life does seem to have become tougher for Sachin, mainly because of injuries and the physical toll of the international treadmill. I sense that this - especially the injuries - has introduced a more cautious attitude to his batting. Which is why the appearance of Sachin today does not bring with it a cloud of doom for the fielding team, as it used to do. His increased conservatism has dulled his threat, although he remains very capable of compiling match-winning scores.
Despite his great achievements Sachin has managed to stay an unassuming, humble and very approachable human being. He is a family man whose life is steeped in good moral and religious values. His interaction with players, both in his own team and in the opposition, has given many a cricketer a humbling insight into the mind of this genius. He is always ready to accommodate his fellow cricketers in conversations that might range from cricket to his family, food, travel, and his two other passions: cars and watches.
This is all revealing because it helps explain where he gets his mental strength from. His simple private life, his clear values and strong ethics, and a very good support system in terms of his family and close friends, have given him the foundation and strength to be able to shoulder the hopes and expectations of millions. Underpinning him is a natural zest for life, a passion for cricket and also for humanity. To me, he is the embodiment of the gentleman cricketer. He does not need aggressive rhetoric or psychological battles to prove his worth. He has his bat and he lets it do the talking.

Sachin still the biggest challenge: Lee

Far from being a controversy-ridden battle, Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee reckons his team's four-Test series against India would go down as a "hallmark of friendship" because players from both the sides have forgotten about past rows.

The Indian and Australian players have been involved in several on-field and off-field spats in the recent past with Andrew Symonds-Harbhajan Singh race row being the ugliest face-off.

But Lee said the Indian Premier League offered them a good opportunity to clear the air and forge friendships.

"In the IPL the players forged good bonds and the upcoming series will be a new leaf and a new page in the history of both countries. I hope it will be a hallmark of friendship and would help world cricket," Lee told reporters on Tuesday.

"I am not worried about what had happened in the past but we look to play here in the spirit of the game," he added.

The Australians are in the city for a couple of practice matches before the official series gets underway in Bangalore from October 9.

The tearaway pacer, who enjoys sizeable fan following in India due to his music and Bollywood aspirations, said instead of acrimony it would be the competitiveness of the series that would keep the fans engrossed.

The 31-year-old speedster, who is yet to make his Test debut in India, felt the Australians, despite being considered underdogs, would not be easy to beat for the hosts.

"You may look any way you like, underdogs or not the favourites but we are a confident lot and a strong team. We have played good cricket here and will do so this time too. We are looking forward to the challenge," Lee said.

When asked about the relative inexperience of the Aussies, Lee retorted, "We have done very well here and know about the strengths and weaknesses. Yes some big names might be missing. Players like Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist are not there but the youngsters are also good."
They might not have experience of playing Test cricket but they have done well in the domestic cricket in Australia . We have very good players like Brad Haddin and others.

"At certain point of time you have to make a debut. I feel India is the best place to play your first Test. It is a wonderful place and a great challenge too," he added.

Lee, however, admitted that the inexperience of the bowling attack would add to the pressure on him as he prepares for his India Test debut.

"Yes, there will be great lot of pressure on me. But I enjoy the pressure. I am looking forward to the challenge. We have our task cut out," he said.

"I might not have played a Test here but have the experience of playing in twenty20 and one-day matches," he added.

Lee said having Greg Chappell as assistant coach to Tim Nielson would be of great help for the Australians in their quest to topple the Indians on home turf.

"He is experienced and owns a great personal record. He is second to none. We are looking up to him and he is a key member of our team," said Lee.

Looking back at the 2004 Test series, during which he was part of touring side but could not make the final XI, Lee said, "I missed that series but was trying hard. Perhaps I was not in best of my form. I am looking forward to the challenge now.

Lee lamented Andrew Symonds' absence from the squad after the feisty all-rounder was sacked for indiscipline.

"He is a great player. At any given point of time every one might love to have him in the team. Unfortunately he is not here but he knows what he has to do to make a come back.

"Understandably if we look at the positives his absence is an opportunity for Shane Watson. His experience of playing in IPL here might help him grab the all-rounder's slot in the team," Lee said.

Lee said of all the Indian batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman remains the toughest to bowl to especially in their own backyard.

"There is no other player like Sachin in the world. It has always been a challenge to bowl to Indian batsmen and now too I am looking forward to it. I feel it will be a tough series," he said.

Sachin the great ! - Aamir khan's blog.

Little old, but adding... Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan wrote on his blog:

Last night I watched the IPL final and what an exciting match it was. I don’t think we could have asked for a better finale to a most entertaining tournament. Rajasthan after beginning as the least likely to win at the start of the tournament went on to win the cup. My congratulations to the Rajasthan team and supporters. Chennai, hard luck but very well fought. Mumbai Indians is the team I’m supporting for obvious reasons, and I was disappointed that we weren’t in the finals, but next time. In fact I think all teams gave it their best but there can only be one winner, and jo jeeta wohi sikander. My guess is that in a very short time we should have the best side on an international level, what with all the young talent being thrown up.

The match last night was certainly exciting but what made it a unique experience for me was that I had Sachin next to me. You will find this hard to believe but Sachin was able to predict every ball before it was bowled. “He is going to bowl a bouncer next”,
“This one is going to be a slower one”, “Full tilt outside the off stump”, “Next one will be a yorker”, “Short of length”. It was uncanny. HE GOT IT RIGHT EACH TIME!!! No wonder its so difficult to bowl to him. He has an amazing instinct. And he told me his logic for each prediction which I wont share with you as I don’t want to reveal how his mind works. But all of us were dumbfounded with his instinct and his acumen. So at the end of it I told him next time we watch a film together I’m going to tell him whats going to happen next!

link: http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog.htm

Dada praises Sachin and 'Chappel'

Sourav Ganguly amused and shocked his teammates in equal measure during a farewell dinner held in his honour.

The former Indian captain praised Sachin Tendulkar during his speech but surprised his teammates by praising former India coach Greg Chappell.

"Sachin is able to guess beforehand if an individual is facing a crisis or if an issue could soon crop up for him," said Ganguly, dubbed the Prince of Kolkata.

"But the best thing is that Sachin is always averse to take any credit for it.

"If he could have his way, he wouldn't let a talk between two individuals be shared with a third person.

"He is very dignified and graceful in his manners. I am very grateful for quite a few things he has done for me," said an emotional Ganguly about his teammate, who he forged the most successful opening partnership ever in ODI history.

The pair scored 6,609 runs in 136 innings at an average of nearly 50.

Even as a thunderous clap by his teammates was drowning everything else in the room, Ganguly dropped a bombshell and had a deathly silence fill the room with his next comment.

"I would also be ever grateful to Greg Chappell," said Ganguly to his stunned team-mates, who have remained hostile to their former Australian coach.

Major showdown

The bad vibes and public showdown between Chappell and Ganguly was highly acrimonious.

But Ganguly said Chappell had been a major force during his resurrection as a batsman of international class and substance.

"I can say with all honesty that it was Greg who cleared my mental cobwebs towards batting and made me a more compact and better batsman," said Ganguly.

The batsman flew to Sydney for private sessions before the tour of Australia in 2003-04 and he hit centuries on a lively pitch at Gabba and then at Brisbane.

His comments about the former Indian coach shocked his teammates.

One senior player said: "Indeed I dropped my glass at the mention of Chappell. Nobody expected Dada to get praiseful about a man who all but destroyed him."

'I dream of an India that is more than hope' -Article written by Sachin.

The author, Sachin Tendulkar, is history’s most prolific batsman and a living legend -Hindustan Times

My dreams began young. But I always planned on things one step at a time. I think, later, that made all the difference, between just imagining and realising that that imagination needed a focus.

I began playing cricket because everyone around was into cricket. They did play other sports in our neighbourhood, badminton and hockey, volleyball; football was really popular when Mumbai’s monsoon was on, we would dance in the rain as we played the beautiful game, but yet, somehow, it never was quite cricket. Cricket was special.

I think things began to change for me when I began understanding that there was more to cricket than picking up a bat and trying to take a wild swipe at everything that came its way. That was also when I began to dream.

I was around 9 or 10 and, watching my brother and some older guys in the building play, I wanted to be like them, to play like them, with them. My imagination at that stage only took me to a place where I was intensely competitive, enough to be among the top batsmen in my group. If you did well, were lucky, you would get a prized invitation to play with the older boys and if that happened, your success and reputation in the peer group was assured.

100 Reasons why Sachin is the greatest.

01. He feels proud to be an INDIAN.
02. Best batsman in the world.
03. Humble person.
04. He is responsible for making the game of cricket a religion in India.
05. Very hard working individual.
06. Hailed by great cricketing legends from all over the globe.
07. Huge Temperament - highly successful both in ODI's and Tests.
08. Immense pressure handling capability.
09. Holds infinite number of records against his name.
10. Plays the game with sportsman spirit.
11. He is the only cricketer to have been honoured with the Khel Ratna Award. The Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports.
12. Quickly adapting himself to the changes in the modern day cricket.
13. Is enthusiastic and passionate about his game. Still seems that he is the youngest member in the side.
14. Quick runner in between the wickets.
15. Achieved the status of being a great player in his teenage.
16. Greatest ambassador for the game of cricket.
17. Holds expectations of more then 1 billion countrymen.
18. Loved by his family.
19. Great team man.
20. A True Friend for all his friends.
21. A Great disciple of "Cricket".
22. Cricket Fanatics from all over the world eagerly wait for him to see him live in action.
23. Prefers his bat to do the talking rather then his mouth.
24. Has highest no. of runs and centuries in ODI's. Nobody even close to him even in this respect.
25. Has highest no. centuries in Test and it is just a matter of time when he will be the highest run scorer as well.
26. Feels huge pride in carrying Indian national flag on his helmet.
27. Earns great respect from his team mates.
28. Always makes his critics to eat their words.
29. Still a great learner.
30. Sets high standard for himself and pushes himself to achieve those.
31. Never indulges in sledging practises.
32. Has highest no. of MoM and MoS. Nobody is even close to him.
33. Contributes to the team with his bowling abilities as well.
34. Is aggressive about his game.
35. Can play all the shots in the cricket book.
36. Additionally, has created some more shots by his extra-ordnary skills.
37. Possesses great dignity and integrity.
38. Captains Delight.
39. Pays generosity towards young members in the side.
40. Is vivacious during team meetings.
41. A good fielder.
42. An outstanding student of the game since childhood.
43. Has the ability to make nation go wild when he is on song.
44. Holds record for being heighest scorer in a WC tournament, also holds record for most number of runs in WC tournament.
45. Youngest Test Player to represent India.
46. Has set uphill task for coming generations of cricketers to achieve.
47. He is to cricket what Laver was to tennis, what Mohammad Ali was to Boxing, what Schumachar was to Formula one, and what probably Tiger Woods is to Golf.
48. Ambitious cricketer.
49. Charity donor but does not like to talk on this issue in public.
50. Holds the record for highest number of Test centuries.
51. Match winner.
52. Loves to stay away from the controversies.
53. Never had any offense committed under his name in the ICC code conduct rules apart from the controversial Mike Denness episode.
54. At times when Umpires have been wrong in decision making against him, he has accepted there decisions with big heart and without any opposition.
55. Honoured as honest tax payers among the highest tax payers in a public function organized by the Income Tax Department, India.
56. Always have positive influence over people.
57. One man army.
58. Richest cricketer in the world.
59. Holds the status of best youth icon in our country.
60. Ready to adapt any role according to the team requirement.
61. Honest person.
62. Pumps his heart out during net practise sessions.
63. Brings his own clinical efficiency for his sponsors off the field.
64. Always meets the expectations of his over-ambitious fan.
65. Has always lead by example.
66. His batting is even more then what statstics have to show.
67. Presence in the team itself lifts the moral of his side & is a cause of major concern for the opposition.
68. Sir Donald Bradman considered him the closest to himself in technique.
69. Always wants to be victorious.
70. Abundant patience
71. Possesses an intellectual cricketing brain.
72. Always keen to take responsibilities.
73. He is beyond comparison.
74. But, still has to face comparison with the batsman who is currently in form. This itself shows he is truly great.
75. Batting consistently and performing outstandingly for nearly two decades.
76. Loves to challenge himself.
77. Gives horrified nightmares to bowlers all over the world.
78. Carries the title of "Master Blaster".
79. Religious person - A firm believer in God.
80. Has scored tons-n-tons of runs in all parts of the world.
81. Makes the skilful art of batting look really trivial.
82. A true fighter in all aspects.
83. Accredited with Arjun award.
84. Attacks more fiercely if the opposition is stronger.
85. Has a colossal nerve.
86. For being a perfect entertainer all these years.
87. Youngest player from India to score a century in ODI.
88. He scored most ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
89. Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year - 6 times.
90. Played most number of ODIs as well as most consecutive ODI matches - another record.
91. Fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history.
92. Also had the honour of becoming Wisden cricketer of the year.
93. Declared MoS in 2003 WC.
94. Made most appearances in Test and ODIs for India.
95. Holds the record of scoring five centuries before he turned 20.
96. He with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership.
97. He and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches.
98. He also hold the recored of scoring most ODI half-centuries.
99. Brought huge sums of money into this game.
100. For bringing happiness and joy in the life of millions of Sachin fans.

Raj Singh Dungarpur on Sachin's 136 against Pak

This is the interview of Raj Singh Dungarpur on Sachin Tendulkar in the program - Sachin Tendulkar-MAKING OF A LEGEND

" I think Joshi told me he[Sachin] went down the wicket and told him its gone too long now,let me finish this match.
So it was flotter from Saqlain,He came down the track and wanted to hit over the top of long on.
I came down the dressing room,I think its fair for me to say,he[Sachin] was weaping like a school boy,I kept on telling him why are you taking the whole blame yourself,by then we lost the match.You made impossible possible by playing this great inning.He[Sachin] said no sir,I have lost this match.
We were in the podium,I think very few time you gets man of the match on the loosing side,he got the man of the match on the loosing side.From the podium I signal to Anshuman Gaekwad the coach of the Indian team and asked him where is he[Sachin], because I knew he was Man of the match. Gaekwad said he not coming because he is crying.
I think thats what commitment is all about."


" In my life time being in and out of Indian Dressing Room in various capacities I have never seen a man half as patriotic as He is[Sachin Tendulkar]. He opens his bag and there is Ganpati and there is flag of India."


Here it is- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RSm1EXRJM

Sachin's Interest in Other Sports

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Sachin Tendulkar Records

Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir ....... Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI

2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI

3. Most number of nineties in the ODI

4. Most number of man of the matches in the ODI's

5. Most number of man of the series 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

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. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.

67. 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.

68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI

69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests

70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the ODI cricket and list A (domestic ODI)

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Profile of Sachin

Name :Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born : 24th April 1973
City : Mumbai, India
Batting Style : Right Handed
Bowling Style : Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Off Break
ODI debut : vs Pakistan at Gujranwala, 1989/90
Test Debut : vs Pakistan at Karachi, 1989/90
ODI score : 13600+ (As on April 2005)
ODI Centuries : 38 (As on Jan 2005)
Test Score : 10000+ (As on April 2005)
Test Centuries : 34 (As on Jan 2005)
Sisters : Savita Tendulkar
Wife : Anjali Tendulkar
Daughter : Sarah Tendulkar
Son : Arjun Tendulkar

Facts about Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the most famous cricketer ever was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai. He had his schooling at Sharadashram Vidyamandir School in Mumbai. He started playing cricket at a very young age. He played his first international match at the age of 16, which was a record at that time.

Sachin's debut match was against Pakistan in a test match on 1989. His one-day international (ODI) debut was on December 18 against Pakistan. His maiden ODI century came on September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo, just six years after his debut. Starting there, he has so far scored a record 38 ODI centuries.

Sachin now holds the record for having taken most one-day runs (13500+) and centuries (38). He belongs to the group of rare sportsmen and his records might never be broken. Sachin Tendulkar has also captained India for few years.

International career of Sachin

Sachin played his first international match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989, facing the likes of Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, and Waqar Younis. He made just 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match. It was an inauspicious start, but Tendulkar followed it up with his maiden Test fifty a few days later at Faisalabad. His One-day International (ODI) debut on December 18 was equally disappointing, where he was dismissed without scoring a run, again by Waqar Younis. The series was followed by a non-descript tour of New Zealand in which he fell for 88 in a Test match, John Wright, who would later coach India, pouching the catch that prevented Tendulkar from becoming the youngest centurion in Test cricket.

The long anticipated maiden Test century came in England’s tour in 1990 but the other scores were not remarkable. Tendulkar truly came into his own in the 1991-1992 tour of Australia that included a brilliant century on the fast and bouncy track at Perth. He has been Man of the Match 11 times in Test matches and Man of the Series twice, both times in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

His first ODI century came on September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. It had taken Tendulkar 79 ODIs to score a century.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.

Wisden named Tendulkar one of the Cricketers of the Year in 1997, the first calendar year in which he scored 1,000 Test runs. He repeated the feat in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

Tendulkar also holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
While not a regular bowler, Tendulkar has 37 wickets in 132 tests

Highlights of Tendulkar

Highlights of Tendulkar’s Test career include:

* Rated as the second best batsman of all time (next to Don Bradman) by Wisden [1][3]
* Highest number of Test centuries (35), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi.
* Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds - he has played Test Cricket on 52 different grounds, ahead of Azharuddin (48), Kapil Dev (47), Inzamam-ul-Haq (46) and Wasim Akram (45).
* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
* 4th highest tally of runs in Test cricket (10,323)
* Career Average 55.79 - Has the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs* Second Indian to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.
* Has 37 Test wickets (14 Dec 2005)* Second fastest player to reach 9000 runs (Brian Lara made 9000 in 177 innings, Sachin in 179.)

Highlights of Tendulkar’s ODI career include:

* Played more matches than any other cricketer
* Most Man of the Match (50) awards
* Appeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds)
* Most runs (14,146 as of 15th February, 2006)* Most centuries (39)
* Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.* First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
* Only cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIs
* Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs as of February, 2006
* Over 100 wickets (141 as of 15th February, 2006)
* Highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs (as of March 17, 2006)
* Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
* Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.
* In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.
* In 1998 he hit 9 ODI centuries, the highest by any player in an year.

World Cup
* Most runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket History
* Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
* 673 runs in 2003 World Cup, highest by any one in a single Cricket World Cup

Miscellaneous
* Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.
* He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1992.
* Oddly, Wisden does not include any innings by Tendulkar among its list of 100 greatest Test batting performances

The Little Big Man

Do you ever wonder how many television sets he's sold, how many wives have been told "shut up, he's batting", how many prayers are intoned in every language and faith when he comes to the crease? Do you ever wonder when last a man evoked such unreasonable passions? Begin this journey if you will in a child's bedroom. Ranvir Banerjee is 13, lives in Hyderabad, genuflects when Sachin Tendulkar bats, weeps when he's out and won't watch him at the stadium because the last time he did Sachin was out for a low score, so there's some bad karma at work here. Forget his poster that reads "The Only God", forget the underwear with His Holiness' face on it, one answer the boy gives reveals best this obsession, this aura of invincibility Sachin is seen to wear. Is Sachin better than Donald Bradman (when clearly he is not), merits this reply: "A 100 per cent. There couldn't have been anyone better, he's perfect."

This perception is not reflective of a child's worship; it speaks of a national affliction. Why? It's hard to say. Maybe it's the absence of heroes that enhances his appeal. Only the film actor draws similar obeisance, but he provides fantasy; with Sachin there's no need to let the imagination slip, his art is real.

We'd had majestic cricketers before too, some cited even as better than him. Yet with Sunil Gavaskar (his face on underwear!) you got the immaculate craftsman, a lesson in science. With Sachin we got the smell of something more foreign.

The phenomenon.

That unlikely confluence of an uncommon man and changing times.
It was the age that caught first attention for there is nothing that excites like the prodigy. It is beauty in all its newness, it is flamboyance that understands no shackles. For the young this was marvellous. They read stories about a nightwatchman hearing noises on the roof at midnight and finding it was a restless Sachin practising. God, a kid just like them, a worthy carrier finally of their teenage dreams.

Grown-ups are startled too, for to a sporting land where the men lacked adequate resolve this boy brought a strange assurance. Waqar Younis made his mouth bleed on his first Test tour, a baptism we flinched from but he, 16, didn't. He felt fear, he once admitted, but fear only that that his first Test, where he scored 15, would be his last.

There was another thing too: he was not big and strapping, no young Jacques Kallis who surely lunches on raw crocodile liver. And so the contrast, between this choir boy with the reedy voice and his authority on the pitch, made for dazzling theatre. You had to be moved. One umpire tells a story that twice he did not give a young Sachin out LBW, because he so enjoyed watching him play.

But youth vanishes, replaced by stubble, and with it the romance seems to slip. But Sachin seemed to hold us in his thrall by reason of style. In an aggressive time his art was suitably violent. In an era of power, he was cricket's poster-boy of destruction. This was an age of not holding back, and he defined it by launching into shots that defied conventional imagination (how could we say he took a risk when our definition of the word never met his). His cricket, all magical mayhem, fit his times.

It was important, for though he was artful too, we'd seen it before; this sending of Kasprowicz to the moon, and Warne to the sun was mesmerising. As the ball soared we soared too. Men would not dare go for a pee for fear of missing something. Stunned, Greg Chappell once said, "I'd like to watch him bat with one stump." If, in these '90s, Sachin played like Gavaskar he would not have been a phenomenon.

There was one last thing. A young new-age hero needed his medium and in tv he found it. In a distracted world of the '90s, our lives cluttered by information, demonstration of genius was important. To spread his gospel further and quicker, Sachin required pictures.
The timing was perfect. In 1993, as England toured, and his batting began to find mature flourish, India embraced Star Sports. Every stroke was explained, every stroke shown, from the sides, in front, on top, behind, the mechanics of his brilliance on continuous display. And through the years as he did it again and again and again, we were there with him.

It wasn't only cricket either. Every day he wandered into our living rooms, selling music machines and drinking Pepsi, transformed into India's pre-eminent corporate pitchman. He had no personal style, no obvious charm, if anything there was a blandness to him. It was a sensible, and perhaps purposely constructed, image. Always neatly dressed, no earring in the ear, no arrogance, never controversial. An enraptured India had found an icon who was just the perfect contradiction: a freak but a wholesome one.
What is exhausting, scary, is that at 26, we have so much to say of him, and he is not done with cricket yet. How many more bowlers must tremble, captains worry? How many more wives will be told to shut up, "He's batting"?.

Personal life

Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta, in 1995, some years after they were introduced by mutual friends. They have two children, Sara (born October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September, 2000). It's said that Sachin named his daughter Sara after the Sahara Cup victory over Pakistan in Toronto, one of his firsts after becoming the captain of the Indian cricket team.

Marriage and fatherhood have reinforced the social values instilled by his parents; Tendulkar now sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta.

He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him. Tendulkar has been seen taking his Ferrari 360 Modena for late-night drives in Mumbai. (Gifted by Fiat through Michael Schumacher, the car became notorious when Tendulkar was given customs exemption; Fiat paid the dues to end the controversy.)
Sachin's favorites

Favorite food:All sea food, especially fish cooked by his mother, steak. (by the way he also enjoys devouring bowlers of the opposition!)

Hobbies :Driving and listening to music especially Dire Straits, Sting, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Phil Collins and Eagles.

Other Cricketers admired:Wasim Akram, Sunil Gavaskar, Jonty Rhodes, Shane Warne, Sanath Jayasuriya and Brian LaraTeam Mates AdmiredAnil Kumble, Vinod Kambli, Javagal Srinath.

Other sportsmen admired:Diego Maradona, John McEnroe and Boris Becker

In his spare time :he attends toHis family and his personal stereoHe likes batting with Vinod Kambli

One dream that will always remain unfulfilled:Playing against the West Indies pace attack of Holding, Marshall, Garner and Roberts.

Favorite cricket grounds:Sydney Cricket Ground and Wankhede Stadium.

Most memorable match:Beating Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1992 World Cup.

Praises on Sachin

1) First and foremost, Tendulkar is an entertainer and that for me is as important as any fact or figure.... For sheer entertainment he will keep cricket alive -Barry Richards

2) He is a genius. He has a shot for every ball. The only way to stop him is to keep him off strike. - Wes Hall ( former WestIndian cricketer and coach )

3) He is someone sent from up there to play cricket and go back -Ravi Shastri

4) He is a genius. He has a shot for every ball. The only way to stop him is to keep him off strike. - Wes Hall ( former WestIndian cricketer and coach )

5) Sachin's a batting genius, on his day he can tear any attack in the world apart. - Wasim Akram ( former Pakistan fast bowler)

6) Everytime I see him he gets better, his concentration reminds me of Sunny. Ian Botham ( former English cricketer )

7) Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. - Brian Lara

8) I'd pay to see him. - Sir Vivian Richards

9) His wicket will be the biggest prize sought after by every bowler around the world. That has always been the case for batsmen who hold the mantle of 'best in the world' - Geoffrey Boycott 10) I did produce a beauty to get Sachin out, but the whole thing was a nightmare. - Sohib Akhtar (Pakistan speedstar)

11) I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, .... - Don Bradman

12) I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. - Shane Warne

13) Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind,.....and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. - Rahul Dravid (Indian Captain)

Richie Rich of Indian Sports

Sachin is the Richie Rich of sports in India. Sachin Tendulkar may be criticised for not winning matches more often for India, but no one can accuse him of lacking business acumen. He is a cricketer and a brand all rolled into one. "You've got to create heroes and you've got to pay them," said Mark Mascarenhas back in 1996 after he made Sachin India's first multimillionaire sportsperson. It is no accident that Sachin endorses top brands like Visa, Action Shoes, Adidas, Pepsi, Colgate, Boost, Philips, MRF and Fiat. He has captured the imagination of marketers like no other contemporary Indian sportsman.

However, opinion is divided on Sachin's awesome presence off the field in ads. Some believe Sachin lacks discernment in accepting advertisements, while others say he has every right to make hay while the sun shines. At any rate, he makes for a study in brand endorsement. His meteoric rise as a brand ambassador has been helped by the surfeit of cricket on television, the almost frenzied fan following for the game, and the man himself. Can you ever imagine Tiger Woods endorsing biscuits, or Michael Jordan selling tyres? Sachin does all this - and with aplomb.

His Rs 30-crore, five-year contract with WorldTel in 1995 was nothing short of a coup. In 2001, he again signed a five-year contract worth Rs 100 crore with WorldTel, giving the sports management company the right to handle all his commercial endorsements and marketing activities. While figures are not available for the various products that Sachin endorses, rough estimates reveal he charges about Rs 1.5 crore per endorsement. But endorsements are not the only source of moolah for him. For pocket change, the Master Blaster gets a match fee of about Rs 1.25 lakh for Tests, and Rs 90,000 for one-day internationals. He has also made the most of the stiff competition between sports channels.

Ten Sports has the rights of all matches to be played in Sharjah, Sri Lanka and Morocco. SET Max enjoys the telecast rights for the next two World Cups, while DD Sports now has the rights to all international matches to be played in India. That leaves ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) out in the cold as far as matches featuring India are concerned. So what does ESS do? Rope in Sachin as the channel's brand ambassador to sustain viewer interest. Game, set and match to Sachin once again. Having said that, the curly-haired, chubby picture of Sachin domineering advertising hoardings and television sets also brings him under the microscope. But nobody would mind as long as he also makes runs when India needs him the most - out there in the middle.

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Prayers for His Recovery

India's star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, afflicted by injuries and inconsistent form, has turned to Hindu religious rituals to help overcome the crisis. Priests traced the trouble to "sarpa dosha" or evil snake effects in the planetary alignments of the 33-year-old. To correct the evil, Tendulkar, draped in white silk, and his wife Anjali began two days of prayers at the Subramanya temple complex in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
"The master blaster's loss of form and injury problems were traced to adverse planetary positions for which corrective rituals are taking place," the daily said. The rituals would continue early Monday.
Recovering from a shoulder surgery a year after being treated for a tennis elbow, he missed the recent one-day series at home against England and will also sit out of the five one-dayers in the West Indies later this month.
He was, however, confident of being fit for the four Test matches against the West Indies starting on June 2.
"I hope to be back in the Indian team soon," Tendulkar said after the temple visit.
The recent dip in form -- he averaged just over 20 in his last 11 Tests -- and the spate of injuries raised fears Tendulkar's career may be coming to an end.
He was even jeered off the field in his home city of Mumbai in March after making one and 34 in the final Test against England which the tourists won to square the series 1-1.
Tendulkar, who has scored a record 35 Test and 39 one-day centuries during a remarkable 16-year career, has a fanatical fan base in India and across the cricket world.
His 10,469 Test runs put him in fourth place behind West Indian captain Brian Lara and Australians Allan Border and Steve Waugh in the all-time scorers' list.
Tendulkar the world's leading one-day batsman, with 14,146 runs in 362 matches.
Despite his troubles, Tendulkar signed a marketing deal with international advertising major Saatchi and Saatchi reportedly worth 40 million dollars over the next three years.

Anjali & Tendulkar - Partnership made in heaven?

If you thought Anjali Tendulkar, the young and lovely wife of Master Blaster Sachin is lucky, then you really have no idea what it's to be the wife of Sachin Tendulkar. "He hasn't spent Diwali at home since we got married. But it really doesn't matter that it's Diwali... any time he spends at home is great!"

It's the same patient trait coupled with great compatibility that makes Anjali Sachin's sweetheart. Once in a BBC interview when asked about his dream women, Sachin answered ‘my wife' without batting an eyelid. Anjali's ability to juggle her career - she is a practising paediatrician working at the JJ Hospital in Mumbai; her family - two children and a high profile husband is what makes her the ideal woman for the Little Master.
Incidentally, Anjali can never enjoy a game of cricket like most of us do. "I become nervous when he bats. So I prefer watching recordings of his match." Believe it or not, there are several hardships being a celebrity wife. She had to wait almost till evening to wish Sachin on his 30th birthday. "We can only call up the Trinidad Hilton hotel where Sachin is staying in the evening, as by that time Sachin would be awake, to wish him his 30th birthday".

Daughter of industrialist Ashok Mehta and his British wife, Anjali is four years elder to Sachin. But the age difference did not deter Sachin from proposing to her. The two met through common friends and before they knew it, they decided to tie the knot. "Anjali manages everything in the house and I am really lucky to have her as a life partner, because when I go on the cricket ground I don't have to think of anything else because I know she would handle everything to perfection," Sachin said in an interview.
Even though Sachin hates to talk about his family, he never fails to give them their due. Once after a tremendous felicitation in Mumbai's Wankhade Stadium, Sachin sheepishly returned to the dias on realizing that he forgotten to mention his wife. "We've shared so many things together, which nobody else knows about but which are so important to me. I feel ashamed to have omitted her name and have come back to thank her because I`d like to go back home today!" The couple is such sticklers to privacy and prefers being so low-key that so far no journalist has ever succeeded in doing an interview of his wife about their marriage. It is rumoured that he even refused to appear on the Simi Garewal show in which several personalities discussed their relationships and marriage. One wonders, if their marriage was made in heaven?

Sachin in Ads

His first ad campaign

Sachin Tendulkar shot his first ad for Band-Aid which was a Johnson and Johnson product. Remember the ad where he plays cricket with the children in the backyard and when one of the kids gets hurt trying to catch the ball Doctor Sachin offers him a Band-Aid.The first ad he shot with a cricketer The first time Sachin ever shot an ad with a cricketer was for Boost at the age of Seventeen. Sachin shot the ad with Kapil Dev. More ads followSachin's biggest ad campaign in his early years was for International brand Gillette.He also endorsed Action shoes. The Pepsi ad with Vinod Kambli and Azharuddin was perhaps the most famous and widely remembered one in his early years.

The contract with World Tel

Sachin Tendulkar became a multimillionaire almost overnight after he signed a multi million dollar deal with Mark Mascerenhas' Connecticut based production company World Tel. International Management Group (IMG) had also bid for Sachin Tendulkar but Mark Mascerenhas and World Tel outbid them. Although there was no official disclosure on the amount that was paid to him, sources say that the five year contract starting 1996 fetched him close to $10mn (about 40 crore rupees). The contract with World Tel meant that Sachin would be promoted like a brand name and be used to endorse a number of internationally renowned products. Thus Sachin became a cult figure and he endorsed a number of ads notable ones among them being the Pepsi ad which was a fitting riposte to the Coca Cola ad and that started off the Cola war between the two Cola giants. Coca Cola was promoted as the official drink of the World Cup, Pepsi then came out with the ad featuring Sachin Tendulkar along with a host of other cricketers including Allan Donald, Kambli and Azharuddin. The ad said 'Nothing official about it'.

He also endorsed products like Visa, Philips and MRF tyres. In 1998 he was signed by giant international sportswear firm Adidas for yet another multi million dollar deal. In 1998 Sachin also endorsed Colgate Total and it also marked the beginning of the toothpaste war with Hindustan Lever as they had already signed up stars like Saurav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja to promote Close Up.Sachin was generous in getting the Bombay Ranji Trophy team a contract with Today's Pens after their contract with Reebok had expired. There were rumours going around then that Reebok were keen on renewing the contract with Mumbai but Sachin did not want a rival sportswear firm to sponsor his state team as he would then have had to wear the Reebok Logo and he had already signed the contract with Addidas.

Humble Sachin

During a shoot for Pepsi, with ad director Pralhad Kakkad, Sachin refused to shoot unless the director changed the script. The ad in question here is the one in which Sachin is hitting the ball with a stump along with the jingle that goes 'ae Sachin aaya re bhaiyya'. This was the modified version of the ad. The original ad showed bowlers bowling to him and Sachin hitting the bowlers all over the park with a Fly Swatter. Sachin refused to shoot the ad saying "The commercial would indicate that I am bigger than the game." The ad was then changed and shown as Sachin practicing and hitting the ball with a stump.

SAchin In TVS Victor

Tendulkar acknowledges that "TVS Motor for reposing faith, trust and understanding in (their) relationship. This gesture only strengthens my resolve and commitment to TVS Motor for the future.''

Trivia

1.Tendulkar has been seen taking his Ferrari 360 Modena for late-night drives in Mumbai. (Gifted by Fiat through Michael Schumacher, the car became notorious when Tendulkar was given customs exemption; Fiat paid the dues to end the controversy.)
2.During India's 1999-2000 tour to Australia, he was declared out LBW after ducking and being hit by bouncer that kept low, which lead commentators to coin the term "shoulder before wicket
3.Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.
4.Tendulkar is ambidexterous. He writes with his left hand but bats & bowls right-handed.
5.During his early days as a schoolboy cricketer he went to the MRF pace academy to train as a pace bowler but was sent back home.
6.Owns a restaurant, Tendulkar's in Colaba, Mumbai. Tendulkar's is one of the India's very few personality-themed restaurants.