God, Little Master, The Maestro, Masterblaster urff Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Yes, today we are gonna talk about one and only Mr. S.R. Tendulkar. More than world economy, hurricanes, earthquakes, petrol prices, there is one individual who has been making the headlines of all the newspapers (especially Indian), and no prizes for guessing, this person is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific run maker of all time, and arguably the biggest icon the game has ever known.
Now when Tendulkar is on the verge of yet another milestone, 100 international 100's, we will have a brief look at the career of this great man. Though he is the highest run scorer in the world in both formats of the game, his path has never been a walk on red carpet.
Having broken on to the international stage the tender age of 16, more than 20 years ago, at a time when Berlin Wall still stood, it took him fairly long to reach his first international hundred. Tendulkar himself had a doubt creeping in his mind that whether he belongs to the big international stage at all. He first felt an international century coming his way at Napier Test, his 10th test, but was caught by John Wright at mid off to rob him of the record of becoming the youngest Test centurion.
Finally, the moment came at Old Trafford in 1990 when he cracked a breezy 119 nott out in a match saving effort. But then again, he had to wait for an year and a half to get his second ton.
In the 1991-92 winter tour of Australia was disastrous for India. But a young Tendulkar lived up to the promise. His 148 not out at the Sydney Test was the youngest by anyone playing in Australia. And with that he won the first of many battles he would fight against the magical Shane Warne.
By 1994, Tendulkar had established himself among the front rank batsmen in the world. But a three figure score in ODIs eluded him. But the course of Tendulkar's ODI career and with that, that of Indian cricket changed forever on a freezing dat at Auckland in 1994 when skipper Mohd. Azharuddin pushed Tendulkar to open the innings and take advantage of field restrictions. The mumbaikar scored a brisk 82 off 49 balls. That knock was followed by a string of quick fire half-centuries and ended all debate over his batting position in ODIs. Finally, in his 77th ODI innings, against Australia, he made hi first 100, opening up the floodgates.
During the course of his career, he overtook Lara and Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries in 2005. He holds a record of 51 test centuries as of now which could extend further to an unimaginable level if he continues to play even for another couple of years.
After his first century, the longest break between his Test centuries is of 14 innings. We hope and look forward to his 100th International century in the upcoming matches and then to a figure which one can only dream of, till this Great Man calls it a day from this world arena.
Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific run maker of all time, and arguably the biggest icon the game has ever known.
Now when Tendulkar is on the verge of yet another milestone, 100 international 100's, we will have a brief look at the career of this great man. Though he is the highest run scorer in the world in both formats of the game, his path has never been a walk on red carpet.
Having broken on to the international stage the tender age of 16, more than 20 years ago, at a time when Berlin Wall still stood, it took him fairly long to reach his first international hundred. Tendulkar himself had a doubt creeping in his mind that whether he belongs to the big international stage at all. He first felt an international century coming his way at Napier Test, his 10th test, but was caught by John Wright at mid off to rob him of the record of becoming the youngest Test centurion.
Finally, the moment came at Old Trafford in 1990 when he cracked a breezy 119 nott out in a match saving effort. But then again, he had to wait for an year and a half to get his second ton.
In the 1991-92 winter tour of Australia was disastrous for India. But a young Tendulkar lived up to the promise. His 148 not out at the Sydney Test was the youngest by anyone playing in Australia. And with that he won the first of many battles he would fight against the magical Shane Warne.
By 1994, Tendulkar had established himself among the front rank batsmen in the world. But a three figure score in ODIs eluded him. But the course of Tendulkar's ODI career and with that, that of Indian cricket changed forever on a freezing dat at Auckland in 1994 when skipper Mohd. Azharuddin pushed Tendulkar to open the innings and take advantage of field restrictions. The mumbaikar scored a brisk 82 off 49 balls. That knock was followed by a string of quick fire half-centuries and ended all debate over his batting position in ODIs. Finally, in his 77th ODI innings, against Australia, he made hi first 100, opening up the floodgates.
During the course of his career, he overtook Lara and Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries in 2005. He holds a record of 51 test centuries as of now which could extend further to an unimaginable level if he continues to play even for another couple of years.
After his first century, the longest break between his Test centuries is of 14 innings. We hope and look forward to his 100th International century in the upcoming matches and then to a figure which one can only dream of, till this Great Man calls it a day from this world arena.
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