Special facts about Sachin Tendulkar - The God of Cricket
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- Sachin Tendulkar started off with centuries in his debut matches in the
Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy. No other domestic cricketer has been able to
break this record till now.
- Sachin Tendulkar was done in by
a sharp bouncer from Zimbabwe’s Henry Olonga in a league match at Sharjah in
1998. In the final match against the same opposition, Tendulkar had his revenge
as he smashed the bowler all around the ground and belted an unbeaten 118 runs.
- Sachin Tendulkar is a big fan of tennis legend John McEnroe. In his
formative years, McEnroe was Tendulkar’s idol. The young Sachin pleaded his
parents to get a similar headband and wristbands like McEnroe. Also take one
look at his childhood snaps and the McEnroe styled shock of hair on his head
tells everything.
- Sachin Tendulkar was named after the great musician SD Burman. Sachin’s
father’s, Ramesh Tendulkar was a big fan of SD’s music.
- Sachin Tendulkar was led onto the field on his Ranji debut by his then
captain, Ravi Shastri.
- Sachin Tendulkar was gifted a Ferrari 360 Modena by F1 champion Michael
Schumacher in 2002. Ferrari presented the car to Sachin in honour of him
equalling Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries.
- Sachin Tendulkar spoke to his favourite music star, Mark Knopfler, the
lead guitarist of the rock band, Dire Straits for the very first time during a
programme he was doing for the ESPN network. It was Sachin’s birthday and it
turned out to be a happy surprise for him.
- Sachin Tendulkar went to watch the movie Roja in 1995 with a beard and
disguise. And it all went wrong when his
glasses fell off and the crowd in the cinema hall recognised him.
- Sachin Tendulkar returned from a four-month tour of Australia after the
1992 World Cup and immediately turned up to represent Kirti College in April
1992. That’s some commitment from a cricketer who was already a superstar by
then.
- Sachin Tendulkar uses a very heavy bat at the crease, weighing 3.2lbs.
Only South Africa's Lance Klusener used a heavier bat in world cricket.
- Sachin Tendulkar wanted to become a fast bowler, but when he was
rejected by Dennis Lillee’s MRF Pace Foundation in 1987. Lillee told the young
Tendulkar to focus on his batting. The other youngster turned away by Lillee
along with Tendulkar was Sourav Ganguly.
- Sachin Tendulkar fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day
practice match against India at the Brabourne Stadium in 1988.
- Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli set a world record partnership of 664
runs in the Harris Shield, an inter-school tournament in Mumbai. Tendulkar
scored an unbeaten 326 runs and reportedly the mammoth stand literally drove
the opposition to tears.
- Sachin Tendulkar at the age of 19 became the youngest Indian to play in
county cricket.
- Sachin Tendulkar had to wait for 79 matches for his first ODI century
and by that time he had scored seven Test hundreds.
- Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out by the
Third-umpire. In 1992, on the second day of the Durban Test, a Jonty Rhodes
throw caught Tendulkar short of the crease. After watching TV replays he was
adjudged out.
- Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut in 1989 against Pakistan in
Karachi. In the same match, Pakistani pacer Waqar Younis also played his first
Test match ever.
- Sachin Tendulkar went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School only after
coach Ramakant Achrekar saw his batting potential. Achrekar was the cricket
coach of Sharadashram Vidyamandir School. Before enrolling at Shardashram,
Tendulkar went to New England School of Indian Education Society in East Bandra
- The first brand which Sachin Tendulkar endorsed was the health drink
‘Boost.’ He was seen alongside Kapil Dev in many of their ad films, the start
of which happened in 1990.
- English fast bowler Allan Mulally playing in his debut Test against
India complained that Sachin Tendulkar was batting with a bat broader than the
normal willow. That’s how much Tendulkar had psyched the bowler with his
brilliant batting
- Sachin Tendulkar was without a bat contract until the start of the 1996
Cricket World Cup. At the end of the tournament a famous tyre manufacturer
sponsored his willow.
- Sachin Tendulkar was a big bully in the school. Whenever his friend
introduced him to a new kid in the school, Tendulkar would invariably ask,
“Will I be able to beat him?’ He was famous for picking up a fight.
- Sachin Tendulkar asked his friend to dip the tennis ball in a bucket of
water and hurl at him so that he could find out whether he was hitting ball
from the middle of his bat.
- Sachin 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.
- Sachin Tendulkar played for Yorkshire what was so special about it?
Well, he was the county side’s first overseas professional ever. He averaged
46.52 with the bat in his stint with the county team.
- Sachin Tendulkar's wife Anjali does not eat or drink whenever the
Master is at the crease.
- Sachin Tendulkar was most fascinated by band-aids. A hint of a wound
and he would plaster it all over the injury.
- Sachin Tendulkar loves collecting perfumes and watches.
- Sachin Tendulkar batted in his debut Test against Pakistan wearing the
pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar
- In 1992 Sachin became the youngest cricketer to reach a 1000 runs in
Test cricket
- Ashley Giles was the first bowler to get him stumped out in Test
cricket in 2002
- Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current
world record.
- Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs
in Tests
- Sachin Tendulkar has the most number of Stadium Appearances: 90
different Grounds
- 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.
- He has 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is
a world record.
- Tendulkar has scored most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries
in 1998.
- In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, a record for ODI runs by any batsman in
a calendar year.
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