The Sachin Tendulkar Page!

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

 

 

Sachin Tendulkar is probably god's gift to the world of cricket. I created this page so that you people can follow Sachin through this topic! I'll keep uploading facts about Sachin through posts and you can do the same! Vote in the poll! I'll update it once a week!.

 

So here is some basic information about Sachin copied from Wikipedia - 

 

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ; born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of the modern generation, popularly holds the title "God of Cricket" among his fans  He is also acknowledged as the greatest cricketer of all time. He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut against Pakistan at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in  a One Day International, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. In October 2013, he became the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognized cricket (first-class, List A and Twenty20 combined).

In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[16] Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.[17]He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for outstanding sporting achievement, theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and thePadma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards and within a few hours of ending of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award Tendulkar with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, making him the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award. He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[24] In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of theParliament of India. He was also the first sportsperson (and the first without an aviation background) to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.

In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs. He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013, and subsequently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, retiring on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.

Edited December 14, 2013 by TriNitroToIuene

[Imperza_WRX_STI 95]

 Y U COPY + PASTE FROM WIKI

 

Use Ctrl+Shift+V next time. 

Ew cricket. 

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

So here's my page on Sachin! Sorry guys for the uneven highlighting, there seems to be something wrong with my Wikipedia! Thanks guys! Please try correct errors by pointing them out to me!

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

Y U COPY + PASTE FROM WIKI

 

Use Ctrl+Shift+V next time. 

Ew cricket.

 

Dont say that again.

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

Dont say that again.

Yes, correctly said, everyone likes some sport or the other and in my case it's cricket! ;)

[Imperza_WRX_STI 95]

I don't like any sports.  :rolleyes:

[POWERFULLSOUL 78]

I don't like any sports.  :rolleyes:

girls wont like sports :P

[Imperza_WRX_STI 95]

girls wont like sports :P

Sexist.

[Atakhan 1,229]

You have very limited options there. You have missed out on people like Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Brian Lara.

Edited December 13, 2013 by Atakhan

[percyjackson9470 166]

You have very limited options there. You have missed out on people like Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Brian Lara.

whoa, never knew you were also fan of this sport :P

[Atakhan 1,229]

whoa, never knew you were also fan of this sport :P

I love this sport. I have gone and watched a few live matches too T20 (short format) and Test matches (5 day matches).

[clawman 123]

girls wont like sports :P

yeah true

[clawman 123]

I love this sport. I have gone and watched a few live matches too T20 (short format) and Test matches (5 day matches).

same i am my university cricket and football team captain

[Finesse 968]

My favoruite Sport :3

[Atakhan 1,229]

same i am my university cricket and football team captain

Good to know but open your mind up a bit. I know many girls who like sports and cricket too.

 

My favoruite Sport :3

You serious? Your country doesn't even have a team.

[DeebanofSpadez 5]

Urgh t.l.d.r

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

There's a new poll. Please vote!

[r_ADITYA980 45]

There's a new poll. Please vote!

did and my favourite sport is badminton :D   but i like cricket  :)

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

I love this sport. I have gone and watched a few live matches too T20 (short format) and Test matches (5 day matches).

I'm a very big cricket fan too.Lol sadly India are losing to Sa

[SonofDeath 512]

how about a "i don't like cricket" option

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

how about a "i don't like cricket" option

If you don't like cricket then why do you write about it in this topic?!