Some nice quotes on Sachin Tendulkar

Quotes on Sachin

“I have seen God, he bats at number 4 for India.”

Mathew Hayden

“Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.”

- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.

“Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job.”

- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.

“To Sachin, the man we all want to be”

- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don’t know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives.”

- BBC on Sachin

“Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?”

- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin’s catch in 2003 WC.

Sachin is a genius. I’m a mere mortal.

- Brian Charles Lara

“We did not lose to a team called India…we lost to a man called Sachin.”

- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

“The more I see of him the more confused I’m getting to which is his best knock.”

- M. L. Jaisimha

“The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility – all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,”

-  Glen McGrath

“I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,”

- Anjali Tendulkar

“Even my father’s name is Sachin Tendulkar.”

- Tendulkar’s daughter, Sara, tells her class her father’s name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

-  Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

“India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. ”

- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.

- Waqar Younis

‘I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin‘

- A banner in Sharjah

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.

- Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!

- Peter Rebouck – Aussie journalist

“Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It’s clear discrimination. ”

- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.

- Andy Flower

“Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed coz even the GOD is watching”

- A hoarding in England

India 401 for 3 (Tendulkar 200*, Karthik 79, Dhoni 68*) beat South Africa 248 (de Villiers 114, Sreesanth 3-49, Pathan 2-37) by 153 runs

South Africa in India ODI Series - 2nd ODI

India v South Africa

India won by 153 runs

• ODI no. 2962 | 2009/10 season
• Played at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
• 24 February 2010 - day/night (50-over match)

	India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	c Steyn b Parnell	9	15	11	1	0	81.81
	3.5 caught! Sehwag aims to hit down the ground and his bottom hand comes off the bat as he makes contact, the ball flies off the edge towards third man, Steyn takes a few steps back and holds the catch on the boundary 25/1
	SR Tendulkar	not out	200	226	147	25	3	136.05
	KD Karthik	c Gibbs b Parnell	79	124	85	4	3	92.94
	33.2 125.4 kph, the bowling change works, bowled it short on the off and Karthik, instinctively, went for the pull but didn't get hold of that one as well some of the previous ones, straight to Gibbs at midwicket 219/2
	YK Pathan	c de Villiers b van der Merwe	36	47	23	4	2	156.52
	41.1 105.2 kph, plenty of bottom-hand in that shot but didn't get the elevation he wanted there, low full toss on the off, ends up drilling it straight to AB de Villiers who's at the edge of the circle at extra cover 300/3
	MS Dhoni*†	not out	68	37	35	7	4	194.28
	Extras	(lb 3, w 5, nb 1)	9
	Total	(3 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins)	401	(8.02 runs per over)

Did not bat V Kohli, SK Raina, RA Jadeja, P Kumar, A Nehra, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets1-25 (Sehwag, 3.5 ov), 2-219 (Karthik, 33.2 ov), 3-300 (Pathan, 41.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DW Steyn	10	0	89	0	8.90	(1nb)
	WD Parnell	10	0	95	2	9.50	(1w)
	3.5 to Sehwag, caught! Sehwag aims to hit down the ground and his bottom hand comes off the bat as he makes contact, the ball flies off the edge towards third man, Steyn takes a few steps back and holds the catch on the boundary 25/1 33.2 to Karthik, 125.4 kph, the bowling change works, bowled it short on the off and Karthik, instinctively, went for the pull but didn't get hold of that one as well some of the previous ones, straight to Gibbs at midwicket 219/2
	RE van der Merwe	10	0	62	1	6.20	(1w)
	41.1 to Pathan, 105.2 kph, plenty of bottom-hand in that shot but didn't get the elevation he wanted there, low full toss on the off, ends up drilling it straight to AB de Villiers who's at the edge of the circle at extra cover 300/3
	CK Langeveldt	10	0	70	0	7.00	(2w)
	JP Duminy	5	0	38	0	7.60
	JH Kallis	5	0	44	0	8.80	(1w)

	South Africa innings (target: 402 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HM Amla	c Nehra b Sreesanth	34	41	22	7	0	154.54
	7.4 136.9 kph, The in-form Amla goes, short outside off and he goes for the pull but gets it high on the bat and finds Nehra at mid-on, South Africa in trouble 61/3
	HH Gibbs	b Kumar	7	12	8	1	0	87.50
	2.2 125.6 kph, South Africa have suffered a major blow, short outside off and moving away and Gibbs tries to be a little cheeky, attempted to paddle it fine, gets an inside edge and it lands on the stumps 17/1
	RE van der Merwe	c Raina b Sreesanth	12	16	11	1	1	109.09
	5.4 136.5 kph, Roelof's stay ends, comes down the track and tries to heave it over square leg, ends up, like he very often does, miscuing it into the off side, lands safely in the palms of Raina at cover 47/2
	JH Kallis*	b Nehra	11	28	13	2	0	84.61
	10.2 130.9 kph, he's dragged it on! Short of a good length outside off and it kept a little low, tried to crack it hard past point, got an inside edge straight onto the stumps 83/4
	AB de Villiers	not out	114	154	101	13	2	112.87
	AN Petersen	b Jadeja	9	18	16	1	0	56.25
	13.6 93.6 kph, fires it short on the off, comes on much quicker than Peterson expected, he shaped up for a pull but was a little late onto the shot, missed and the stumps took a thrashing 102/5
	JP Duminy	lbw b Pathan	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	14.2 91.2 kph, another one falls! Coming round the wicket and Yusuf fires it on middle and off, angling in, Duminy gets forward to defend but it's pushed in quick and he misses, is rapped on the pads and appears to be struck in line, the umpire had no doubt and raised his finger immediately, people who have followed this series will not be surprised by the way he was out 103/6
	MV Boucher†	lbw b Pathan	14	29	31	1	0	45.16
	22.2 97.2 kph, he's given lbw! Turned in from the off stump as he bent low to sweep it fine, it seemed to strike him in line, if that didn't hit the bat he's a gonner, but we need replays to confirm that. The umpire certainly thought, after a bit of a pause, that there was no contact with the bat. We need to have another look at that, replays show there was no bat involved, would have gone on to hit middle and leg 134/7
	WD Parnell	b Nehra	18	53	43	1	0	41.86
	36.5 134.4 kph, gone! Nehra gets it to nip back in a hint after pitching, Parnell gets forward to crunch it through extra cover, gets an inside edge and onto the stumps, ends a bit of frustrating stand for India, worth 77 211/8
	DW Steyn	b Sreesanth	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	37.5 135.9 kph, India are a wicket away from victory now, bowled it on a good length on middle and beat Steyn's attempted drive down the ground to crash into the stumps 216/9
	CK Langeveldt	c Nehra b Jadeja	12	24	11	3	0	109.09
	42.5 89.3 kph, Game over! Langeveldt charges down the track and mistimes an attempted chip over midwicket, ends up playing it towards Ashish Nehra who dives forward to take a good low catch 248/10
	Extras	(lb 5, w 8, nb 4)	17
	Total	(all out; 42.5 overs; 196 mins)	248	(5.78 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (Gibbs, 2.2 ov), 2-47 (van der Merwe, 5.4 ov), 3-61 (Amla, 7.4 ov), 4-83 (Kallis, 10.2 ov), 5-102 (Petersen, 13.6 ov), 6-103 (Duminy, 14.2 ov), 7-134 (Boucher, 22.2 ov), 8-211 (Parnell, 36.5 ov), 9-216 (Steyn, 37.5 ov), 10-248 (Langeveldt, 42.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	5	0	31	1	6.20
	2.2 to Gibbs, 125.6 kph, South Africa have suffered a major blow, short outside off and moving away and Gibbs tries to be a little cheeky, attempted to paddle it fine, gets an inside edge and it lands on the stumps 17/1
	A Nehra	8	0	60	2	7.50	(4w)
	10.2 to Kallis, 130.9 kph, he's dragged it on! Short of a good length outside off and it kept a little low, tried to crack it hard past point, got an inside edge straight onto the stumps 83/4 36.5 to Parnell, 134.4 kph, gone! Nehra gets it to nip back in a hint after pitching, Parnell gets forward to crunch it through extra cover, gets an inside edge and onto the stumps, ends a bit of frustrating stand for India, worth 77 211/8
	S Sreesanth	7	0	49	3	7.00	(3nb)
	5.4 to van der Merwe, 136.5 kph, Roelof's stay ends, comes down the track and tries to heave it over square leg, ends up, like he very often does, miscuing it into the off side, lands safely in the palms of Raina at cover 47/2 7.4 to Amla, 136.9 kph, The in-form Amla goes, short outside off and he goes for the pull but gets it high on the bat and finds Nehra at mid-on, South Africa in trouble 61/3 37.5 to Steyn, 135.9 kph, India are a wicket away from victory now, bowled it on a good length on middle and beat Steyn's attempted drive down the ground to crash into the stumps 216/9
	RA Jadeja	8.5	0	41	2	4.64	(1nb, 2w)
	13.6 to Petersen, 93.6 kph, fires it short on the off, comes on much quicker than Peterson expected, he shaped up for a pull but was a little late onto the shot, missed and the stumps took a thrashing 102/5 42.5 to Langeveldt, 89.3 kph, Game over! Langeveldt charges down the track and mistimes an attempted chip over midwicket, ends up playing it towards Ashish Nehra who dives forward to take a good low catch 248/10
	YK Pathan	9	1	37	2	4.11
	14.2 to Duminy, 91.2 kph, another one falls! Coming round the wicket and Yusuf fires it on middle and off, angling in, Duminy gets forward to defend but it's pushed in quick and he misses, is rapped on the pads and appears to be struck in line, the umpire had no doubt and raised his finger immediately, people who have followed this series will not be surprised by the way he was out 103/6 22.2 to Boucher, 97.2 kph, he's given lbw! Turned in from the off stump as he bent low to sweep it fine, it seemed to strike him in line, if that didn't hit the bat he's a gonner, but we need replays to confirm that. The umpire certainly thought, after a bit of a pause, that there was no contact with the bat. We need to have another look at that, replays show there was no bat involved, would have gone on to hit middle and leg 134/7
	V Sehwag	5	0	25	0	5.00	(2w)

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Sachin Tendulkar ( India )
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Date of Birth: 24th Apr 1973

Batting Style: Right hand batsman

Bowling Style: Right arm off-break bowler

Special: Hard hitting opener and make shift bowler

Local Team(s): Mumbai

Other Team(s): Yorkshire

partnerships

Batting in partnership is an important skill. When two higher-order batsmen (usually these are the side's best batsmen) are together, they are largely free to play to their own styles although "rotating the strike" is encouraged, and communication when calling runs is an important part of any partnership. Opening partnerships are entrusted with seeing off the new ball, later partnerships are largely charged with consolidation, often facing an aging ball, spin bowling and eventually the second new ball.
The concept of batting in partnership becomes even more vital once only one recognised quality batsman remains. His job is then to shepherd the tail-end batsmen, while attempting to eke out as many runs as possible, or simply to survive as long as possible when merely attempting to save the game. This usually involves attempting to minimise risk, by exposing the lesser batsmen to as little bowling as possible. To do this, boundaries and twos are preferred while singles are avoided in the early parts of an over (although this allows the fielding captain to set his field further back into a more defensive position, often tempting the batsman with an easy single) but because the bowling end changes at the end of an over, it is necessary to score a single (or much more rarely, three runs) to counteract this. While a single on the sixth and final ball of the over would be ideal, the field is usually set closer to make this harder, and the batsman may prefer to rotate the strike on the fifth or even fourth ball, hoping that the tail-ender can survive for a delivery or two, rather than risking either having to take a dangerous run on the last ball (with the attendant risk of a run out) or not being able to get a single at all, leaving the tail-ender stranded on strike for the start of the next over (hence allowing up to six balls to be bowled at him).

style

Unsurprisingly, lower order partnerships are usually much smaller than those for the early
wickets, but are often the most tactically intense. A lot of spectator enjoyment derives either from the frequent combination of a last recognised batsman adopting extremely aggressive play and the constant risk of a wicket, the alternative situation where no recognised batsmen remains and the tail-enders often unleash their rarely seen arsenal of attacking shots or alternatively the extremely tense situation which sometimes emerges towards the end of a match when a batting side, facing defeat, can only salvage a draw and save the match by batting to the end of the final day, which becomes difficult once the worst batsmen are in, and their survival is always nerve-wracking — English fans fondly remember the last wicket stand of Angus Fraser and Robert Croft, batting out the last few overs of the drawn Third Test against South Africa at Old Trafford in 1998, when the dismissal of either of them would have resulted in a loss. This contrasts with the spirit of earlier wicket partnerships, where the batsmen usually dominate and the bowlers have to work especially hard to take their wickets.

sachins personal life

Personal life

Born to a middle class family of Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins in Bombay, now known as Mumbai. His father Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist named him after his favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother, Ajit Tendulkar. He has 2 more siblings - brother Nitin Tendulkar and sister Savitai Tendulkar. Nitin's son Rohan Tendulkar born in 1990 is also a cricketer and represents Mumbai in junior cricket tournaments.

In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Tendulkar (born 13 feb 1971), the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun
Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children, every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annaben Mehta. He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him.