Sachin Tendulkar's twenty glorious years of cricket: V
An icon for millions of Indians Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has performed exceptionally well across the world. Sachin has also experienced the blues of loss of form in between his glorious cricket career spanning two decades.
SACHIN RAMESH Tendulkar, an iconic figure for millions of Indians walked down in the world of one day international (ODI) on December 18, 1989, in Gujranwala, Pakistan on a wintry morning, aged just 16 years. Since then the master has performed exceptionally well across the world. Whether it is lethal bowling of Shoaib Akhtar or dangerous spin of either world renowned spinner Murlitharan or Shane Warne, master blaster has spared none with his awesome stroke and shown them boundary wall at will. His plentiful world records in ODIs and incredible achievements are testimony to this.
As has happened in the past with every great cricketer, whether its Mathew Hayden or Brian Lara, Sachin has also experienced the blues of loss of form in between his glorious cricket career spanning two decades. However, time and again just like great human being, he never gives too much importance to his critics and gives fitting reply with his bat, avoiding controversies. Even after playing over 400 ODIs, he is not a spent force but a force to reckon within international cricket. He recently demonstrated it in an ODI match against Australia in Hyderabad on November 5, 2009. Chasing a stiff target of 351 to win, India lost the match with narrow margin of three runs; it was 141 balls 175 runs epic inning by the genius that nearly pulled off the win.
In Hyderabad, Sachin created another landmark; he became the first batsman ever to touch 17000 mark in ODIs. Till date in his sparkling ODI career, master batsman has played 436 matches, scoring record 17178 runs with an average of 44.5, it encompasses 45 centuries and 91 fifties.
On Sachin’s batting, Shane Warne, an Aussie spinner said, "I will be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.” Sachin was at his best during 2003 World Cup, he slaughtered every bowler whether it was Shoaib or Shane Bond, and his six in offside off Shoaib Akhtar was the best shot of the tournament. He was the leading scorer of the tournament; he scored 673 runs and was the player of the tournament.
Wisden ranked him as the second greatest player in the history of ODI after Vivian Richards of West Indies in 2002. In his illustrious ODI career, Sachin won 60 ‘man of the match’ awards and 15 ‘man of the series’ award, which is another world record. Considering his achievements on and off the field and dedication for the game, he deserves country’s highest honour Bharat Ratna. Let’s hope sooner or later, government will respect the sentiments of the people, for whom he is god of cricket.
In Hyderabad, Sachin created another landmark; he became the first batsman ever to touch 17000 mark in ODIs. Till date in his sparkling ODI career, master batsman has played 436 matches, scoring record 17178 runs with an average of 44.5, it encompasses 45 centuries and 91 fifties.
On Sachin’s batting, Shane Warne, an Aussie spinner said, "I will be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.” Sachin was at his best during 2003 World Cup, he slaughtered every bowler whether it was Shoaib or Shane Bond, and his six in offside off Shoaib Akhtar was the best shot of the tournament. He was the leading scorer of the tournament; he scored 673 runs and was the player of the tournament.
Wisden ranked him as the second greatest player in the history of ODI after Vivian Richards of West Indies in 2002. In his illustrious ODI career, Sachin won 60 ‘man of the match’ awards and 15 ‘man of the series’ award, which is another world record. Considering his achievements on and off the field and dedication for the game, he deserves country’s highest honour Bharat Ratna. Let’s hope sooner or later, government will respect the sentiments of the people, for whom he is god of cricket.
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