As one of the greatest Indian cricketer wraps up his 24-year career, here are some little-known, interesting nuggets about the master. FAMILY • The first school Sachin attended as a child was Indian Education Societys New English School in Bandra East. • Sachins elder brother Ajit Tendulkar had played cricket alongside former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit and former India opener Lalchand Rajput. • In 1990, while returning from the tour of England at the age of 17, Sachin met his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport. • Sachin got married at the age of 22. • Sachins father-in-law is a seven-time national bridge champion. • Sachins daughter Sara is named after the first tournament Sachin won as a captain - Sahara Cup in 1997. • Sachins father, Ramesh Tendulkar, named him after the famous music director Sachin Dev Burman. EARLY DAYS • He is left hander for writing purpose. • During young periods he asked his friend Ramesh to make ball wet to know where the ball hit in the bat • His first coach Acchrekhar puts a one rupee coin above the stumps if Sachin didn’t get out he gifted that one rupee. Sachin got 13 one rupees like that. • During his school days usually he ragged his mates to the extend. • Worked as a ball keeper in 1987 world cup. • Sachin calls Sourav as babu moshai(elder brother). Dada calls him as Sotta babu(younger brother). • Sunil Gavaskar gifted the 14-year-old Sachin a pair of his own ultra-light pads. Those pads were later stolen while Sachin was at the under-15 national camp. • Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a GM bat after he was selected for the under-15 Bombay squad. • Dennis Lillie rejected Sachin when he went to the MRF Pace Foundation to become a fast bowler. • Sachin met Sourav Ganguly for the first time at the under-15 national camp in Indore. • Sachin scored his lifes first century for Shradashram Vidyamandir against the Don Bosco School, Matunga, in the Harris Shield quarter-final at Shivaji Park. • Sachins average in the 1988 Harris Shield was 102.5. • CCI amended its rules to allow 14-year-old Sachin to use its dressing room. • Sachin and Gavaskar were both named among the 36 Bombay Ranji Trophy probables in 1987. • Sachin was one of the ball boys during the 1987 World Cup held in India. Becoming Tendulkar • Sachin bat weighs 1.5Kgs. it is more than all others. • Sachin, Waqar Younis, Salil Ankola and Shahid Saeed made their international debuts together in the 1989 Karachi Test. • Sachins debut Test was Kapil Devs 100th. • Sachin scored his first Test century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1990. • Sachins first bowling figures in both Tests and ODIs are identical: 1-0-10-0. • In the Kolkatta Test against Pakistan where Kumble took a perfect 10, whenever Tendulkar handed Kumbles sweater and cap to the umpire at the start of an over, Kumble took a wicket. So he continued doing that until Kumble took all ten. • Sachin made his home international debut against Sri Lanka in 1990. • Sachin was the first batsman to be given out by a third umpire in the 1992 Test series in South Africa. The umpire was Karl Liebenberg. • In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. • Yorkshire Television contributed 30,000 pounds to felicitate Sachins stint with Yorkshire. • A Magnum champagne bottle was gifted to Sachin when he scored his first Test hundred at Manchester in 1990. But he couldnt open it as British rules didnt allow those under 18 to do that. Sachin chose to wait for 8 years and popped it at his daughter Saras first birthday in 1998. • Sachin scored his first century on Indian soil in 1993 against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. • In the second ODI on the tour of New Zealand in 1994, Sachin opened the batting for the first time. • Sachin has been involved in 20 century partnerships with Rahul Dravid totaling over 6000 runs. • Sachin holds the record for completing his hundred with a six the most number of times by doing it on six occasions. • The highest number of centuries hit by Sachin at a single ground have come at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, where he has scored 7 ODI tons. • Sachin has also opened batting in Test cricket, but only once - with Sadagopan Ramesh in the Ahmedabad Test against New Zealand in 1999. He made 15. • Sachin has never faced Anil Kumble in a Ranji Trophy game. • Sachin became the most-capped Test player after overtaking Steve Waughs record of 168 Tests. • In 1995 he went to theatre to see a movie in hiding his identity. But during interval his cooling class dropped. Then fans identified him and then we knew what would had happened • Sachin carries Indias national flag in his cricket bag and also sports it on his helmet. • Shane Warne accompanied Sachin to Sir Don Bradmans house on the batting legends 90th birthday. • Sachin visited Londons Madame Tussauds for the first time in 1988. Twenty years later, the museum had his wax statue. • Before 1996 World cup he didn’t have commercial striker in his bat. • Sachin made guest appearance in a Bollywood movie titled Stumped in 2003. • Sachin holds the record for scoring most Test centuries (5) before turning 20. • In 2007, Virgin Comics created a new superhero called Master Blaster based on Sachin to launch a new series of comic books. • Sachin, Brian Lara and Steve Waugh all had MRF as their bat sponsors. Laras bat was called Wizard, Waughs Champion and Sachins Genius. • The Future Group launched a toothpaste named after Sachin in 2010. It was called Sach. • Sachins photographer friend Atul Kasbekar convinced him to join Twitter in May 2010. • In 2008, Sachin appeared in an Australian reality television series called An Aussie Goes Bolly. • The first product endorsed by Tendulkar as teenager was Band-Aid. • In 1995, a sports management deal with WorldTel saw Sachin becoming the richest cricketer in the world. • 200th test , 100 tons.. 51 test hundreds, 48 odi hundreds, 15921 test runs, 18426 odi runs • Sachin played with 110 indians totally. It will took more than a decade to list out sachin’s record #ThankYouSachin
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:23:56 +0000
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