"GOD OF CRICKET"

                 I like to share this post as one of my cousins asked me, "as a "DIE HARD FAN" of sachin, why you still didn't post about this cricketing legend"- "SACHIN-the god of cricket".

                We all know sachin is a legend, mastero,genius, god of cricket etc... But, few people think that he is old,he wants to retire and some saying he is not as good as how he was earlier in his career and some went to the extreme and comparing this legend with some cricketer nowadays. This post is especially for that few people.

                Let me start from his age, he is now 37+.We used to say people will become weeker as they grew older.It never suits for sachin I suppose. The good example is that sachin hits another milestone by getting 200* in ODI'S. Sachin is like a wine "he becomes stronger and sharper as the time progresses". Next, is the physical fitness. He can have a runner at that match but he refused that. All the way he runs for 50 overs. It shows his determination. people who sighted that match will never say he was 37. At any cause, he never shows his ageing. His soul eagerly wants to compete with the youngsters.Fatigue, cramps and paucity at times have been stood in his way but he crosses all the hurdles and reaches that extra-mile. Only, the brave might deserves that mile-stone and sachin really deserves that.
     
       Some intelligents who simply wants to crosses with sachin fans will surely put this question forward. "Is Sachin is good at captaincy?". And my answer is, "No one in this world is 100% perfect in all the fields but can perfect in what they have".Earlier,at times sachin was the captain of India and  the team struggles a lot to put even 50% wins. That time he may not good at captaincy. But, not now.We all sighted his performance as a captain for MUMBAI INDIANS in the reputed IPL. Now, my question is "Can anyone say that sachin is not good at captaincy now?". The people who knows what is cricket will surely say "NO". The person who failed to succeed in a particular field but learned from his mistake and succeed in the same field is the real GENIUS and no doubt sachin really is a genius.

    Next,is the comparision. I have a long time doubt. "Is HUMANS equals the GOD? Is STUDENT equals the MASTERS?  Is MOON equals the SUN?". If anyone says "YES" we all call them as a "FOOL, IDIOT,ILLITERATE etc.." The same is for the people who compares the GOD with anyone. We all know DON BRADMAN is the FATHER OF CRICKET. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No.1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player. It clears everything. At times he may not in his form. Even GENIUS commits mistakes at times but at the end, the success goes to the GENIUS.

   Recently, some of my friends used to compare DHONI,captain of INDIA with SACHIN. I can proudly say SACHIN is the BEST of all time in his batting skills."Do they have guts to say like that?" We all know Dhoni with a bat resembles a barbarian with an axe.But he is one of the better captains of INDIA. There are many captains who are better than DHONI like STEVE WAUGH,RICKY PONTING, ARJUNA RANATUNGA etc... He is one of the best, not the BEST.But, sachin is "THE BEST".  "BE BEST IN WHAT YOU ARE".

                 The above photo says everything, "We can have the wish to see the GOD, but if we wish to be the GOD it tells our Ignorance." In the same way, Dhoni can have the desire to play with sachin but not to replace sachin. What i think is, Dhoni is really gifted. Yes, he had a chance to play with sachin.What i like to say is there is no one in this world to replace sachin and no one will born again to beat  sachin.

                  "Sachin loves his cricket more than his life. He wants to enjoy every minute that he plays. So, we should give the decision to him about his retirement. I can't even imagine about the cricket world without sachin and a swirl of emotions surrounds me whenever I think about his retirement.I am sure I will not watch cricket with the same passion after his retirement. I bet. all the sachin fans have the same emotions."
          
                People who were unaware of  sachin, please see his records below and I hope you will never say anyone  better than SACHIN in your lifetime again.

LIST OF RECORDS HELD BY SACHIN TENDULKAR1. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals

2. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket

3. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46

4. Most number of hundreds in the Tests 47

5. Most number of nineties in the ODI

6. Most number of man of the matches in the ODI's -61

7. Most number of man of the series(15) in ODI's

8. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's

9. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI

10. First Cricketer to pass 15000, 16000, 17000 run in the ODI

11. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)

12. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup

13. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16

14. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

15. Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

16. Most number of Fifties in ODI's

17. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so.

19. First and only cricketer to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. India's highest sporting honor

20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player

21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts

24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire

25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan.

26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times

27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman

28.First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire.

29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 61 man of the match awards only 7 times India has lost.

30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards against Australia

31. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket 32. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 93 centuries

33. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

34. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches

35. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record

36. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 (Sachin 186*, Dravid 153)

37. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid

38. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

39. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)

40. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 - 15, 000and 16,000 run marks IN ODI. 41. He hit the fastest double century in any international match

42. Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs

43. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.

44. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

45. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds 46. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

47. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world

48. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century

49. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record

50. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side

51. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten

52. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

53. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.

54. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home

55. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

56. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

57. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

58. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), have appeared in more games than Tendulkar.

59. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).

60. First to 25,000 international runs

61. Tendulkar's 25,000+ runs in international cricket include 17000+ runs in ODI's, 13,000+ Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.

62. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

63. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI

64. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests

65. Sachin hit the first double century in the 40 year history of one day internationals

66. Maximum number of boundaries in a single innings

67. Heighest score in ODI cricket 200* The list is endless.............

                                                          "WE LOVE SACHIN"