Last six months, he was out of action due to tennis elbow injury, during the period, he faced lots of criticism about his batting like…….`he is finished’….`he will never be the same again’…`its high time for him to retire’….and many more. As usual, he maintained a silence over the halla-gulla and utilized his time in practicing hard at MIG club…In the very 1st match, he throws all his critic out of boundary..….yes... m talking about one & only master blaster………..
S A C H I N T E N D U L K A R
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Wow, what a magical comeback…….superb. His extraordinary inning shows a great determination and cheerful youthfulness. His first scoring stroke was a beautiful cover drive…. followed by two vintage strokes, a straight drive and flick over mid-wicket. O boy………Sachin Tendulkar is baaaaaaaaaaaack!
Already 174 reviews on Sachin…..what can I write differently?……but still sharing my some thoughts about the greatest batsman in the world……..
MEMORABLE INNING OF A MASTER
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There are plenty to mention….I am selecting only one due to space limit…….
~ 98 Vs.Pakistan at Centurion, WC 2003 ~
According to cricket critics, this is the best inning since the inception of one day cricket. Really a majestic knock…..he thrashed all Pakistani bowlers into every corner of the ground…..He started the inning with a huge six over thirdman on Shoaib’s bowling….he scored 17 runs in very 1st over of Shoaib. He displayed every cricketing shot as if all shots coming through cricket coaching manual….straight drive, cover-drive, square-cut, leg glance…. everything is perfect. His assault on Pakistanis was really a treat to watch…..
The next day I read some internet newspaper editions around the globe….some news headlines are still remained in my memories……
~ Tendulkar’s art of batting is beyond all boundaries – The Guardian, London
~ Batting was never so beautiful - Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney
~ Indian ace outclasses Pakistan pace – The Dawn, Pakistan
MEMORABLE STROKES OF MASTER
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The Masters plays some incredible strokes that no one in the cricketing world can play…….
~ He hooked Andrew Caddick out of Kingsmid in Durban, The ball was outside the off-stump, but the Master within a flash hooked it with a immense power, a big six, ball was out of the stadium, landed in car park.
~ He flicked Wasim Akram over square-leg for a massive six in Sharjah, in those time Wasim Akram was in full swing and very difficult bowler to play, Akram bowled perfectly on leg stump, but master flicked the ball into square leg stands, a big six.
~ He throws Glenn Mcgrath over deep mid-wicket for a huge six in Mumbai. The Master treated Mcgrath like a spinner. He came dancing down the pitch and hit it beautifully over deep mid-wicket for a huge six.
MEMORABLE QUOTES ON MASTER
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“Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same I used to play” ------ Sir Don Bradman
“There is no one who bat like this guy, but then I did not see Don Bradman” ---------- Steve Waugh
“I have seen only Sachin. If Bradman could bat like this man does, then he was dynamite” -------- Vivian Richards
“where he exist, we can’t” -------- Ajay Jadeja
“His mind is like a computer. He stores data on bowlers and knows where they are going to pitch the ball’’ - Navjot Sidhu
“I don’t think even WG Grace would have played like Sachin” ------- Mike Atherton
MASTER IN RECORDS
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~ He scored 23869 runs in both form of cricket. [Test =10134, ODI=13735]
~ Highest number of centuries, 72 centuries in both form of cricket [Test =34, ODI=38]
~ He took 176 wickets in both form of cricket [Test=37, ODI=139]
~ Won 50 times Man of the Match Award in ODIs
~ In ODI, Six times scored more than 1000 runs in a calendar year.
~ Youngest to score 1000 runs in Tests.
~ Youngest to score 50 in Tests.
AWARDS & ACCOLADE
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~ Sachin Tendulkar awarded with prestigious Padmashri Award.
~ He also awarded with Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award & Maharashtra Bhushan Award.
~ In 1997, he was the Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
~ In1998, he won the Coopers and Lybrand Award for ’Player of the year’.
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Sachin Tendulkar will go down into the cricketing history as the Greatest Batsman Ever!