Sachin, 14, and Kambli put on 664 runs for Shardashram, the highest partnership in school cricket. In less than two years, he’d make his Test debut for India. The spotlight is on Sachin, and it wouldn’t leave him for a moment over the next 25 years. “I only want to play cricket,” a 15-year-old Sachin declares in his first ever TV interview when Tom Alter asked him about his childhood dreams. No Award? No worries. Sachin misses out on the BCA (now MCA) Junior Player of the Year Award for the second year running. An year ago, Sunil Gavaskar had sent him a letter asking him not to be disappointed. “You’ll notice that there’s another name missing... Mine,” he wrote. Shock for Rahul The first time Rahul Dravid saw Sachin bat was during an inter-school tournament. Rahul claims that watching Sachin bat was a reality check. To see someone who looked so much younger and who batted so much better than him was a shock for Rahul. The 1st of 100 At 17 yrs and 112 days, Sachin’s becomes the second youngest cricketer in history to get to three figures. Only Pakistans Mushtaq Mohammed (17 yrs and 78 days) was younger when he achieved the feat. In 2001, Mohd Ashraful would break Mushtaqs record. Sachin 1. Warne 0. A 20-year long love affair with Sydney begins when Sachin scores an unbeaten 148, severely punishing a debutant by the name of Shane Warne. Nobody knew then that over the next 13 years the two would have many more epic battles. Welcome, Sachin Yorkshire opens its doors for Greatness. Sachin becomes the first overseas player to play for the English county. African Safari Sachins masterly 111 in Johannesburg comes against a South African attack led by White Lightning Allan Donald. During the innings, he also becomes the youngest batsman to 1000 Test runs at 19 years and 217 days. The 1k club For the first time in ODI history, more than two batsmen score in excess of 1000 runs in a calendar year. The list reads: Hansie Cronje (1133), Sachin (1089), David Boon (1073) and Aamer Sohail (1053). Sachin vs The World Scores 523 runs in seven games at an average of 87.16 with two 100s and three 50s in the 1996 World Cup. Sleep spoiler I have nightmares of Sachin running down the track and hitting me for sixes, Warne jokes. A journalist close to Sachin recalls the batsman cheekily asking a group of blind school kids in Pune, After being hit so much, how did Warne sleep in the first place? World Cup Reign Ends the World Cup with 673 runs - the highest by any player in any edition of a world cup. 10,000 for the taking Scores 52 runs against Pakistan, becoming the fifth batsman in history to accumulate 10,000 runs in Test cricket – an achievement that seemed massive at the time, but eventually got squished into pulpy irrelevance by the mountain of records he built over the next eight years. First ton Down Under 17 years after he first made a name on these shores, Sachin scores his first one-day century in Australia. The 117* was one of two stunning knocks that won India the Commonwealth Bank series triangular. The title establishes Dhonis credentials as one of Indias greatest captains. On the shoulders, again Tendulkar plays for Mumbai Indians one last time in the final of CL T20, against Dravids Royals. The tournament ends with familiar scenes (Virat might as well have said: You carried us for 24 years, now well carry you for 24 years). 200 not out: Legend Madness. Having missed out on the landmark TWICE in the last 12 months, Sachin - now a young, sprightly 37 - becomes the first man in history to break the 200 barrier in one-day cricket. A nation falls in love all over again.
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