A Tribute To The Legend

A Tribute To The Legend

"I have seen god and he bats at No 4 in tests for India."    Mathew Hayden           

 

Yes!We are talking about the greatest player to have ever played the game.Its none other than Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Sachin also known as 'little master' is perhaps the most looked at and the most celebrated individual of independent India.He kept chasing his passion for almost two and half decades with atmost dedication and spirit.Records in cricket are there to be broken but only by this great man.His records speaks for itself.

Instead of presenting the great mans biography i would like to highlight some of his extraordinary achievements.

Longest ODI career - 22 years and 91 days (from December 18, 1989 to March 18, 2012) 

Most number of runs - 18,426 

Most hundreds - 49 

Most fifties - 96 

Most matches - 463 

Most balls faced - 21,392 

Most fours - 2,016 (only batsman to hit more than 2,000 boundaries) 

Most runs in World Cup history - 2,278 

Most hundreds in World Cup - 6 

Most fifties in World Cup - 15 

Most runs in a single edition of World Cup - 673 in 11 matches (2003) 

Youngest Indian to make ODI debut - 16 years, 238 days

Most Man-of-the-match awards - 62 

Most Man-of-the-series awards - 15 

Most consecutive ODIs for India - 185 (from April 25, 1990 to April 24, 1998) Most centuries in a calendar year - 9 (1998) 

Fastest to reach 10,000 ODI runs and onwards (11,000 to 18,000)

Most hundreds against one team - 9 Vs Australia Most times in nineties - 18 Joint record holder of most World Cup appearances - 6 (1992 to 2011) Javed Miandad 6 (1975 to 1996) Second highest number of World Cup matches played - 45 (Highest 46 by Ricky Ponting) Involved in most century and above stands - 99

Read more at: http://www.thatscricket.com/news/2012/12/23/sachin-tendulkar-odi-records-list-065558.html

 

These are some other interesting facts about the little master.

• India's GDP has grown by 453% since Sachin faced the first ball against Pakistan in Karachi 23 years back
• 41 crore new Indians have been born during Sachin's long career, taking the country's population to 126 crore, a whopping 48% increase.
• We were struggling as a nation when he came to power (yes, cricket has became a power in India). Our foreign reserves were at 5.83 billion dollars, Now at 280 billion dollars (become 48 times).
• Sensex has reached from 1050 to 18600
• Sachin was the 74th Indian to wear the ODI cap. Now we have 275, added 200 during his career. More than 70% of new additions have already retired.
• @ World Cups he has been more prolific than anywhere else, his total tally at WCs (2278 RUns) is 30.6% grreater than his closest and arch rival Ricky Ponting (1743 runs). And if you think he has played more, he has played 1 match less than Ponting in WCs. He has also hit 6 centuries and 21 Half tons.
• Sachin's runs in WCs are more than any other player's (Ok we all know that), but what's mpre exciting is that his runs scored in WCs is greater than runs scored by as many as 8 test playing teams.

Here are some quotes about him by legendary cricketers.

• When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him: Andrew Flintoff
• Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal: Brian Charles Lara
• I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets: Anil Kumble
• India me aap Prime Minister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..Navjot Singh Sidhu
• He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also: Waqar Younis
• A banner once said-' I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE, BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE SACHIN TENDULKAR
• Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world: Allan Donald
• There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others: Andy Flower
• If Sachin plays well...India sleeps well: Harsha Bhogle
• I would go to bed having nightmares of Sachin dancing down the ground and hitting me for sixes: Shane Warne

 We live in a nation where we consider cricket as religion and Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar as GOD.This is the reason why we consider him as god.Though he retired from one day format ,he will be the inspiration for millions and millions of cricket loving people. This is a small tribute to a person who entertained us for more than 2 decades.He will always be remembered as an extraordinary cricketer and a great human being.