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"It's a story to tell now, but when he found out that I had missed the morning run the next day, his face was almost purple with anger. He told me, in language that cannot be printed, that he was going to send me home and I should sort myself out because my career could be ending. The thought of being sent home was enough to light a fire under my shoes. I wouldn't have broken any records, never have, never will, but from the next morning, I was up and running." | "It's a story to tell now, but when he found out that I had missed the morning run the next day, his face was almost purple with anger. He told me, in language that cannot be printed, that he was going to send me home and I should sort myself out because my career could be ending. The thought of being sent home was enough to light a fire under my shoes. I wouldn't have broken any records, never have, never will, but from the next morning, I was up and running." | ||
| − | Ganguly's recollection is part of a write-up titled, Gifts, appetite, game sense and very little Bengali, from the book, Sachin Tendulkar: The man cricket loved back. | + | Ganguly's recollection is part of a write-up titled, Gifts, appetite, game sense and very little Bengali, from the book, Sachin Tendulkar: The man cricket loved back. Put together by a website, the anthology comprises 41 reminiscences and essays on the game's greatest ever star. |
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===OPERATION DESERT STORM: 1997-98=== | ===OPERATION DESERT STORM: 1997-98=== | ||
India stood to qualify for the final against Australia in the Coca Cola Cup Triseries in Sharjah only if they bettered New Zealand’s run-rate. The target was reduced from 285 in 50 overs to 276 in 46 because of a sand storm. India, though, needed 237 — even in case of a defeat — to oust the Kiwis. In walked Tendulkar, to play an innings that is now etched in the memories forever. Smashing nine fours and five sixes, Tendulkar belted 143 off 131 balls to singlehandedly steer India through. In the final, he belted another hundred. | India stood to qualify for the final against Australia in the Coca Cola Cup Triseries in Sharjah only if they bettered New Zealand’s run-rate. The target was reduced from 285 in 50 overs to 276 in 46 because of a sand storm. India, though, needed 237 — even in case of a defeat — to oust the Kiwis. In walked Tendulkar, to play an innings that is now etched in the memories forever. Smashing nine fours and five sixes, Tendulkar belted 143 off 131 balls to singlehandedly steer India through. In the final, he belted another hundred. | ||
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Sources
Photographs, including those credited to AFP are from the archives of The Times of India
The Making Of A Master The Times of India
IANS | Oct 10, 2013 The Times of India
Sachin's 20 glorious years The Times of India
Thank you for the memories, Master by Ehtesham Hasan and K Shriniwas Rao The Times of India
Sachin Tendulkar Timeline The Times of India [1]
Timeline
Timeline of Sachin Tendulkar's cricketing achievements
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut in Karachi against Pakistan at the age of 16.
A timeline of Sachin Tendulkar's 24-year-old illustrious career:
1988
Feb 23-25, 1988: Tendulkar (14) and Vinod Kambli (16) compile a 664-run unbroken partnership for Shardashram Vidya Mandir against St Xavier's at Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Kambli remains unbeaten on 349 not out and Tendulkar scores 326 not out. It remains the highest partnership recorded in any form of cricket, until in November 2006.
Dec 11, 1988: Makes first-class debut at the age of 15 and scores an unbeaten century against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium. Becomes Youngest Indian to make a hundred on first-class debut.
1988: Shardashram Vidyamandir
Skipping fielding to score a ton
Sudheendra Tripathi | TNN
The Times of India 2013/10/12
Mumbai: Everyone knows Ramakant Achrekar, coach at Shardashram Vidyamandir, was angry at Sahin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli for ignoring declaration calls during their historic Harris Shield quarterfinal stand against St Xavier’s High School. Few, though, know the reason why.
Shardashram were also scheduled to play a Giles Shield quarterfinal tie the next day (Feb 25, 1988) against a well-balanced Anjuman-e-Islam side. Shardashram should have beaten St Xavier’s on Feb 24 so that Tendulkar would be available to play the Giles Shield quarterfinal the following day. But the duo batted for that extra day and jeopardised Tendulkar’s participation in the quarters.
So, on the day when the ‘boy wonder’ was supposed to be fielding against St Xavier’s at the Sassanian Club, Azad Maidan, he was taking guard against Anjuman at Parsee Cyclist, a hundred yards away.
Tendulkar, who had scored a triple hundred against Xavier’s and had added a then- world record 664 with Kambli, scored 172 against Anjuman.
He was also involved in a 280-run partnership with Amol Muzumdar, who scored a hundred. “We were all wondering why Tendulkar didn’t take the field,” recalled Manish Walawalkar, Xavier’s fast bowler. “We realized only later that Sachin had gone on to score another century against a different opposition. We were all kids then and were amazed at how a boy, who was as old as us, could score a triple hundred and slam another big hundred the next day.
“Sachin had become the talking point, not only in our school, but across the maidans.”
1989
Sachin was picked by Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar after seeing him negotiate Kapil Dev in the nets and was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.
Nov 15, 1989: Makes his Test debut in Karachi against Pakistan at the age of 16. Makes 15 on debut.
Dec 14, 1989: Suffers a bloody nose in the last Test in Sialkot after being hit by Waqar Younis. Makes 57 in the innings.
Highlights of the year
Word was going around of this enormous batting talent emerging in Mumbai cricket. Sachin Tendulkar had made his Ranji debut against Gujarat in December 1988 at the age of 15 years 230 days and scored an unbeaten 100, becoming the youngest Indian to score a hundred on first-class debut.
To test his batting skills, Dilip Vengsarkar asked Kapil Dev to bowl at Sachin Tendulkar at full throttle. Kapil was in his prime at that time but Tendulkar had no trouble whatsoever in negotiating his deliveries.
Statistics of the year
Matches5
Runs 215
Centuries 0
Wickets 0
Average 30.71
BOY WONDER (1989)
Stories about his phenomenal talent and ability to play the best of strokes even before he turned 15 had already reached every cricket lover in the country, thanks to Mumbai's cricketing grapevine. So when he showed the typical teenage bravado while carting Pakistan leg-spinners Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed in a 20-over friendly one-dayer in Peshawar and showed amazing power for a young boy while lofting the cricket ball, the world finally saw why Sachin Tendulkar was the most talked about 16-year-old in the world. While Peshawar saw the aggressive side of Tendulkar, the Test series saw his defensive side. His fifties in Faisalabad and Sialkot on greenish tracks were illustrative of his grit and temperament. That greatness was going to descend on him became obvious after he scored his maiden Test century in Old Trafford, Manchester, in what was a match-saving effort on a difficult fifth-day pitch.
1990
August 14, 1990: At the age of 17 years and 112 days, becomes the then second-youngest to score a Test century. He scores 119 not out against England at Old Trafford which helped India to get a draw.
Sachin Tendulkar made his maiden Test century, an unbeaten 119, against England at Old Trafford in 1990. He was the second youngest cricketer to do so at the age of 17 years 112 days.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar made his maiden Test century, an unbeaten 119, against England at Old Trafford in August 1990. He was the second youngest cricketer to do so at the age of 17 years 112 days.
Sachin Tendulkar's maiden Test century enabled India to draw the Test against England and it also got him his first man of the match award in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar made his maiden ODI half-century against Sri Lanka in Pune on December 5, 1990
Sachin Tendulkar's maiden ODI half-century powered India to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and Tendulkar was awarded the man of the match - his first in one-dayers.
Statistics of the year
Matches18
Runs 612
Centuries 1
Wickets 2
Average 32.21
1990: vs Sri Lanka at Chandigarh
When Chandigarh flocked to watch his home debut
Alkesh Sharma | TNN
The Times of India 2013/10/12
Chandigarh: Twenty-three years ago, the quaint Sector-16 ground in Chandigarh, with a ring of low, uncovered stands and a distant view of Kasauli hills, became the launchpad for a great cricketing career. It was here that Sachin Tendulkar, then 17, played his first international match on Indian soil. Before this match, he had played 10 Tests and seven One-dayers, all of them away from home, in England, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Tendulkar, who announced his retirement on Thursday, was all of 17 and had not yet opened the innings for India when he played his first home Test here. Incidentally, in his 11th Test, he also scored 11 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka. India went on to win by an innings and eight runs. The Test was part of a one-match series against Sri Lanka from Nov 23-27, 1990.
Though local boy Kapil Dev was the fan favourite, there was already huge support for Sachin. “All the spectators were mad for Kapil but I still remember the continuous shouting of ‘buck-up Sachin’ from the stands when he was at the crease. My college group was also among these fans. Sachin’s technique was very sound and he batted for over 90 minutes,” said Sanjay, a resident of Sector 47 here who was a Class-12 student then.
People even bought tickets in black to watch Sachin. In 1990, the sector-16 stadium had a capacity of more than 5000 spectators, and black marketing of tickets too hit a peak.Everyone wanted a ticket for the match, by hook or by crook.
1991
Highlights of the year
In one of the best Ranji Trophy finals ever played, Sachin Tendulkar bludgeoned his way to a smashing knock and threatened to take the game away from Kapil Dev's side at the Wankhede Stadium.
Chasing 355 runs in 190 minutes and 20 mandatory overs on a fifth day track against Kapil Dev and Chetan Sharma, Bombay were 34/3 when Sachin Tendulkar arrived at the crease.
After lunch, an 18-year-old Sachin Tendulkar launched such a ferocious assault that the stadium began to fill up as the word of the onslaught spread.
In a stand of 134 runs for the fourth wicket with captain Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar had contributed 96 runs off 75 balls, but Bombay still fell short by 2 runs and Haryana won their first, and till date their last Ranji Trophy title.
Statistics of the year
Matches16
Runs 495
Centuries 0
Wickets 6
Average 30.93
1992
April, 1992: Signs up for Yorkshire and becomes the first overseas signing for the English county.
Nov 27-28, 1992: Becomes the youngest player to score 1000 Test runs at the age of 19 years and 217 days after he scores 111 in India's 227 in Johannesburg.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar smashed an unbeaten 148 on Shane Warne's Test debut to enable India to draw the third Test of the series against Australia in Sydney.
Overcoming the challenges of a fast WACA pitch, Sachin Tendulkar played arguably one of his best innings when he made 114 in the fifth Test in Perth. No other Indian batsman touched 50 in both the innings of the Test.
Played his first World Cup. In the match against Pakistan, Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 54 and India won by 43 runs
Sachin Tendulkar became Yorkshire County Cricket Club's first overseas batsman before becoming the youngest batsman to reach 1000 Test runs and hitting a century against South Africa at the Wanderers.
Statistics of the year
Matches28
Runs 1123
Centuries 3
Wickets 8
Average 40.1
CHARMING THE DON (1992)
Perhaps it was the first time the world saw what a punch off the back foot meant. On the bouncy pitches of Australia, he looked completely at ease and stroked wonderful centuries in Sydney and Perth. The time he got to play his strokes was the talk of the world. Seldom has an 18-year-old batted with such authority in alien conditions and that tour was the start of Tendulkar's love affair with the Australian bowling and pitches.
1992: 114 at Perth
Cracker at Waca: Sachin’s journey from boy to man
Anand Sachar, Hindustan Times October 11, 2013
One innings that will stand the test of time is his sublime 114 he crafted in the 1992 Perth Test, that announced his arrival on the big stage.
After making his Test debut in Pakistan at the tender age of 16, a little more than two years later, Tendulkar went on to his first tour to Australia. The then 19-year-old had scored a memorable maiden hundred in Manchester, England but Australia was considered more hostile.
Tendulkar’s hundred in Sydney notwithstanding, not many gave him a chance to succeed on the fastest pitch in the world at the WACA. The four consecutive losses the team had suffered prior to the game could not have helped matters.
But Tendulkar defied the fiery Australian pace attack and was the only batsman in the team to cross fifty on his way to a defining 114. While Mike Whitney was busy ripping apart the Indian batting line-up, Tendulkar offered resistance at the other end.
Tendulkar, too, fell too Whitney but only after the little man had negotiated the extra pace and extra bounce with a gutsy century.
He was able pick up the bounce and pace of the wicket in such a short time, which proved that he was always going to be a special player for the future.
Around a decade later, Whitney had to say this: “He came with a bit of a reputation, being so young. To have him among my wickets, I’m pretty happy about it.”
For former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, who was Tendulkar’s teammate in that Test match, the century scored against the odds lists amongst the greatest ever. “The hundred he scored that day is one of the finest century in Test cricket ever,” recalls Vengsarkar to HT. “Against a strong attack and a pitch like the one at Perth, it was outstanding for someone of his age.”
Kiran More, who was at the crease with Tendulkar on February 3, 1992 when he scaled the three-figure mark, remembers the look of bemusement on the Australians face during the course of the innings.
“There were questions about how a boy with his height and Australian wickets would do, but he went on to play one of the best knocks,” More tells HT.
1993
Feb 11-12, 1993: Gets his first Test century (165) at home against England.
Nov 24, 1993: The world saw the first glimpse of Tendulkar as a match-winning bowler. Bowls India to sensational last-ball win against South Africa in the Hero Cup semi-final. South Africa needing six runs to win off the last over, Tendulkar gave them just three, and India a victory.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit his fifth century, first Test century on home soil, in the second Test against England at the Chepauk.
Sachin Tendulkar's 165 enabled India to beat England by an innings and 22 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his sixth century, his first century against Sri Lanka - an unbeaten 104 - in the second innings as India beat Sri Lanka by 235 runs at the SSC in Colombo.
South Africa needed six runs to win when Sachin Tendulkar snatched the ball out of captain Mohammad Azharuddin's hands to bowl the last over and conceded just three runs in the first semifinal of Hero Cup at the Eden Gardens on November 24, 1993. India won by two runs.
Statistics of the year
Matches26
Runs 959
Centuries 2
Wickets 4
Average 47.95
HERO CUP SEMIFINAL 1993
Kolkata’s historic venue the Eden Gardens was packed to the rafters. South Africa needed six runs off the last over. Captain Mohammad Azharuddin didn’t know whom to throw the bowl to even as coach Ajit Wadekar dispatched the 12th man with water and a message “bowl Kapil.” The great all-rounder however was a bit reluctant given that there was hardly anything to defend. That is when Tendulkar did the impossible. He grabbed the ball from Azhar and pulled the choke on South Africa.
1994
March 27, 1994: Opens the innings for the first time in an ODI against the New Zealand. Scores 82 off 49 balls.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar opened in ODIs for the first time in the second ODI against New Zealand on March 27, 1994, as regular opener Navjot Singh Sidhu was unwell.
Sachin Tendulkar smashed the Kiwi bowlers to all parts of the ground by notching up 82 runs off 49 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 15 fours, as India cantered to a seven-wicket victory.
At the age of 21, Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI century against Australia in Colombo - 110 off 130 balls. India emerged victorious by 31 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar got his first national honour when he was bestowed with the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sports.
Statistics of the year
Matches32
Runs 1789
Centuries 5
Wickets 14
Average 54.21
ONE-DAY SUPERSTAR (1994)
While he was a reasonably successful player in ODIs, he didn't quite get the big scores regularly as a result of batting too low in the line-up. An injury to Navjot Sidhu just before the second ODI in Auckland meant that Tendulkar went out to open and his 82 in 49 balls started another chapter. The field restrictions and his ability to clear the ball with ease, thanks to his incredible power and ability to pick up length early, meant that Tendulkar's address in the batting lineup in ODIs had permanently changed. The one stroke that regularly comes to mind is the pick up shot over mid-wicket where he cleared his front leg and used his wrists to send the ball to the fence.
1995
October 1995: Becomes the richest cricketer in the world after he signs up a five-year contract worth Rs.31.5 crore with WorldTel.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit his first century in Sharjah on April 9, 1995.
India chased down 203 runs in 33.1 overs against Sri Lanka riding on his unbeaten 112 at the desert venue.
Sachin Tendulkar signed a five-year contract for 300 million rupees with with WorldTel to become the most paid player in the history of cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali.
Statistics of the year
Matches15
Runs 502
Centuries 1
Wickets 4
Average 38.61
1996
Feb-March, 1996: Plays his first World Cup at home and scores 523 runs at an average 87.16 and becomes the highest scorer.
Aug 8, 1996: Becomes the Indian captain at the age of 23.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar started the 1996 World Cup with a bang smashing an unbeaten 127 against Kenya as India chased down a 200-run target in 41.5 overs in Cuttack on February 18, 1996.
Sachin Tendulkar's 137 in India's World Cup encounter against Sri Lanka in Delhi on March 2, 1996, was at that time his personal best ODI score, the fourth highest score by any player in India and the highest ever in Delhi.
Sachin Tendulkar was the highest run scorer in the 1996 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar smashed his first ODI century against Pakistan on April 5, 1996 in Singapore.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 10th Test century, fourth against England in the third Test in Nottingham. His 177 was his highest Test score on foreign soil at that time.
Sachin Tendulkar was handed the Indian team's captaincy for the first time in 1996 and led India to seven-wicket victory against Australia in the one-off Test in Delhi.
Statistics of the year
Matches40
Runs 2234
Centuries 8
Wickets 9
Average 49.64
PRESSURES OF CAPTAINCY (1996-1997)
After being named captain, he felt the pressure of carrying the team on his shoulders and cut out some of the strokes from his game. The strokes that went away were the lofted inside out shot over extra cover which he played regularly against the left-arm-spinners. He seldom stepped out to the spinners and that is why he often was perturbed by the left-arm-over spin angle.
1997
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar started 1997 with a bang by smashing 169 in the second Test against South Africa in Newlands.
Sachin Tendulkar hit two consecutive hundreds against Sri Lanka as India drew the two-Test series in Sri Lanka.
As captain, Sachin Tendulkar led India to a 4-1 ODI series victory against Pakistan in Toronto.
Sachin Tendulkar went past 4000-run mark in Test cricket.
Statistics of the year
Matches51
Runs 2011
Centuries 6
Wickets 6
Average 41.04
Tendulkar almost sent Sourav Ganguly home
When Tendulkar almost sent Sourav Ganguly home midway from the 1997 Caribbean tour
Avijit Ghosh,TNN | Feb 24, 2014
Captain Sachin Tendulkar almost sent an errant Sourav Ganguly home midway from the Caribbean tour of 1997 for not doing what he had been told to - go for a morning run - after a humiliating Test defeat, the latter reveals in a new book.
The incident happened immediately after the third Test in Barbados which India lost narrowly by 38 runs. Set to chase 120 on a wearing track with uneven bounce, the visitors collapsed for a paltry 81. The Windies pace trio - Ian Bishop four for 22, Curtley Ambrose three for 36 and Franklyn Rose three for 19 -- shared the spoils.
Ganguly begins the anecdote with an admission: "My fault, actually." Then he goes on write, "Sachin was utterly dejected and very angry with us. To get him to think positive and stop beating himself and us up so much, I asked him to tell me what to do. "Go for a run tomorrow morning," he said.
"It's a story to tell now, but when he found out that I had missed the morning run the next day, his face was almost purple with anger. He told me, in language that cannot be printed, that he was going to send me home and I should sort myself out because my career could be ending. The thought of being sent home was enough to light a fire under my shoes. I wouldn't have broken any records, never have, never will, but from the next morning, I was up and running."
Ganguly's recollection is part of a write-up titled, Gifts, appetite, game sense and very little Bengali, from the book, Sachin Tendulkar: The man cricket loved back. Put together by a website, the anthology comprises 41 reminiscences and essays on the game's greatest ever star.
OPERATION DESERT STORM: 1997-98
India stood to qualify for the final against Australia in the Coca Cola Cup Triseries in Sharjah only if they bettered New Zealand’s run-rate. The target was reduced from 285 in 50 overs to 276 in 46 because of a sand storm. India, though, needed 237 — even in case of a defeat — to oust the Kiwis. In walked Tendulkar, to play an innings that is now etched in the memories forever. Smashing nine fours and five sixes, Tendulkar belted 143 off 131 balls to singlehandedly steer India through. In the final, he belted another hundred.
1998
Jan 2, 1998: Sacked from captaincy after a 15-month stint during which India won just three of 17 Tests.
Feb-March, 1998: In the best of his form against Australia in a home Test series and also gets his maiden double hundred. He also scored two hundreds and a fifty in the three-Test series that India won 2-1.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar won the battle against Shane Warne around which Australia's 1998 tour to India was build around by slamming two centuries in the three-Test series and another hundred in the one-dayers.
Sachin Tendulkar played two of the most destructive ODI knocks ever by single-handedly tormenting Australia in Sharjah. The first knock (143) took India to the final and then his 134 won the final for India.
Sachin Tendulkar completed 7000 ODI runs, became the first batsman to score 20 ODI hundreds.
Sachin Tendulkar was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997–98.
Statistics of the year
Matches39
Runs 2541
Centuries 12
Wickets 27
Average 68.67
GLORIOUS YEAR (1998)
The moment the captaincy was taken away from him, he got the freedom to play all the strokes again. Out came the lofted stroke, the slog sweep from the rough against Shane Warne, the lofted stroke over the bowler's head which he played almost entirely with the top hand. It was his most productive year in cricket. The free approach saw him slam four Test hundreds and nine ODI tons, earning him praise even from the great Don Bradman.
WARNE-BASHING 1998
The series was build as Tendulkar vs Warne and it lived up to the hype with the master blaster taking on the legendary legspinner who was in his pomp. Tendulkar, known for his attention to detail, trained hard for the series asking former India leg-spinner and L Shivaramakrishnan and Sairaj Bahutule to bowl in the rough outside the leg-stump. As it turned out, in the first match of the tour against Mumbai, Tendulkar hit a double hundred - his first-ever in first class cricket - and in the process sent Warne to the cleaners. It set the tone for the series.
1999
July 28, 1999: Gets back his captaincy after Mohammad Azharuddin is sacked for India's failure to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup in England.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar flew back to India from the 1999 World Cup following the death of his father. Missed the match against Zimbabwe that India lost and that loss became instrumental in India's exit from the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a century in the first match after his return from his father's funeral. His unbeaten 140 gave India a 94-run victory.
Back as captain, Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test double century - 217 runs against New Zealand in the third Test in Ahmedabad.
Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 1999.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a century in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG - one of the bright spots of the otherwise dismal tour to Australia.
Statistics of the year
Matches32
Runs 1931
Centuries 8
Wickets 11
Average 53.63
MILESTONES & HEARTBREAKS (1999-2007)
The most tumultuous phase of his career was also, in parts, the most enervating. A heartbreaking 136, played with an injured back against Pakistan in Chennai in a Test which India lost by 13 runs, was followed by another unremarkable stint as captain before he finally found himself part of a team with the talent and gumption to take on stronger opposition. As India blossomed under Sourav Ganguly, Sachin became the first player to score 10,000 runs in ODIs, sizzled in the 2003 World Cup only to see India lose in the final, overcame a career-threatening tennis elbow injury and scored a gritty 241* in Sydney in 2003-04. Also had a shoulder operation in 2006.
2000
Highlights of the year
Relived from captaincy, Sachin Tendulkar hit 122 in the fourth ODI against South Africa in the fourth ODI in Vadodara as India chased down 283 runs with one ball to spare.
Sachin Tendulkar hit another hundred in Sharjah smashing 101 against Sri Lanka on October 20, 2000.
Sachin Tendulkar slammed 122 in the first Test against Zimbabwe in Delhi.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 50 international hundreds with his unbeaten 201 against Zimbabwe in Nagpur.
Statistics of the year
Matches40
Runs 1903
Centuries 5
Wickets 26
Average 44.25
2001
March 20, 2001: Scores a thrilling century in the deciding Test in Chennai and denies Australia the "final frontier".
March 31, 2001: Becomes the first payer to score 10,000 runs in ODIs en route to his 139 against Australia in Indore.
Nov 19, 2001: Fined by match referee Mike Denness for ball tampering. The decision was later overturned after an outcry by the Indian cricket board.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar smashed 126 in the third Test against Australia in Chennai as India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to aggregate 10,000 ODI career runs.
Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 122 against the West Indies as India chased down 230 runs in 48.1 overs in Harare.
On the day of attack on the Indian parliament, Sachin Tendulkar hit his 58th hundred in the second Test against England in Ahmedabad.
Statistics of the year
Matches27
Runs 1907
Centuries 7
Wickets 11
Average 65.75
2002
Aug 22-23, 2002: Surpassed Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries. Misses double-century by seven at Headingley, but India win by an innings and 46 runs.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar smashed 176 in the first Test against Zimbabwe in Nagpur as India won by an innings and 101 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his first century in the West Indies in the second Test in Trinidad. India won by 37 runs.
Batting at number four, Sachin Tendulkar hit his 33rd ODI century against Sri Lanka in the NatWest Series ODI in Bristol. India won by 63 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar surpassed Sir Don Bradman's record of 29 Test centuries by scoring 193 against England in Leeds. India won by an innings and 46 runs.
Statistics of the year
Matches36
Runs 2133
Centuries 6
Wickets 9
Average 54.69
2003
February-March, 2003: Scores 673 runs at 61.18 in the World Cup and also takes India to sniffing distance of winning the crown. His 98 against Pakistan was one of the best knocks played by Indians at World Cup. Australia are the champions, but Tendulkar is named the Man of the Series.
Aug, 2003: Is presented with a Ferrari 360 Modena for going past Bradman's 29 Test centuries.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit 50 against England in their World Cup encounter as India won by 82 runs in Durban.
Sachin Tendulkar gave the world a lesson in batting by spanking Pakistan's bowlers to all parts of the ground in their World Cup encounter in Centurion. His 75-ball 98 powered India to a six-wicket victory.
Sachin Tendulkar hit 97 against Sri Lanka in their World Cup clash in Johannesburg as India won by 183 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar finished the 2003 World Cup with 673 runs in 11 at an average of 61.18 - most by any batsman in a single World Cup.
Statistics of the year
Matches26
Runs 1294
Centuries 3
Wickets 7
Average 44.62
AGAINST PAK, WC 2003
In an electrifying atmosphere at the Centurion, Tendulkar left the Pakistanis shellshocked with an innings which he rates as one of his best. Pakistan had a lethal bowling attack in Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar and they had their tails up after their batsmen rattled up 274. Tendulkar braved cramps to score 98 off 75 deliveries. The upper cut off Akhtar that sailed over point, is still remembered.
2004
Jan 2-4, 2004: Scores 241 in Sydney, one of his best, even as Australia manage to hold on for a draw, and the series ends 1-1.
Aug, 2004: Suffers from tennis elbow during the Videocon Cup in Holland. Misses the Champions Trophy in England, and then the first two home Tests against Australia.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar started 2004 with a bang by smashing an unbeaten 241 in the fourth Test against Australia as India notched up a mammoth 705/7. Tendulkar did not play a single shot through the covers during that innings.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first Indian to hit a ODI century on Pakistan soil in the second one-dayer of the series in Rawalpindi and in the process crossed 13,000 ODI runs.
Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 194 in the first Test against Pakistan in Multan as India won by an innings and 52 runs - their first Test win in Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record 34 Test centuries with a career best 248* against Bangladesh at Dhaka.
Statistics of the year
Matches31
Runs 1727
Centuries 4
Wickets 24
Average 57.56
SYDNEY SHOW
Tendulkar calls the Sydney Cricket Ground a home away from home. His effort of 241 in 2004 was a lesson in self-restraint. He didn’t score a boundary on the off side, didn’t hit a cover drive. He waited for the ball to come to him, picked it off and clipped it to midwicket all the way not just to three figures, but a double hundred. In 2008 Tendulkar had forgotten how an international hundred tastes like after getting out seven times in the 90s. His undefeated innings of 154 had driven India ahead in the Test but for umpires Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson.
2004: 241 at Sydney Cricket Ground
Sachin's 241 at SCG was his best innings, says Brian Lara
PTI hindustantimes
New Delhi, October 02, 2013
Brian Lara recalled Sachin Tendulkar's masterpiece at the Sydney Cricket Ground even as the Indian walked back to the time the Trinidadian would have the best of bowlers at his mercy.
It was a sight any cricket fan would die for as the two masters of modern-day cricket stood together for a few moments, literally leaving the the crowd at the Kotla in a state of ecstasy.
"I remember the series against Australia when Sachin didn't play a single cover drive till the time he reached the double century," Lara said when he was asked about one Tendulkar moment he just couldn't forget.
Tendulkar went on to score 241 as the Test, which was Steve Waugh's last, ended in a tame draw at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground a little over a decade ago.
"Sachin was always different... the Indian team had many great batsmen like (Rahul) Dravid and (VVS) Laxman," the 44-year-old Trinidadian who still holds the record for the highest score in Test and first-class cricket said, amid huge cheers from the packed stadium.
Tendulkar was not left behind as he too, recalled the days when Lara would literally toy with the opposition bowling, saying they (opposition) would be left thinking which was the best place to land the ball while bowling to the left-handed batsman.
The two greats met just before the Champions League Twenty20 match between Chennai Super Kings and Trinidad and Tobago.
Lara also had a word of praise for young Sanju Samson, who has been a revelation of sorts for the Rajasthan Royals in the Champions League Twenty20.
The West Indian legend made no bones about the fact that Twenty20 is not a format he would have fancied.
"I don't think I would have been too successful in T20 cricket as I was a batsman who needed time to settle down. I believe guys like Sachin, Ricky (Ponting) were suited to this format."
All in all, after the barrage of fours and sixes they witness from the blades of Rohit Sharma and Dwayne Smith, the coming together of the two legends on the same platform meant the Delhi crowd couldn't have asked for more.
2005
March 16, 2005: Scores 52 against Pakistan and becomes the fifth man to score 10,000 Test runs.
May, 2005: Goes for the surgery for the tennis elbow.
Dec 10, 2005: Becomes the highest centurion in Test cricket as he overtakes Sunil Gavaskar's 34 en route to his 109 against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar became the fifth batsman in the history of cricket to complete 10,000 Test runs, achieveing the feat during the second Test against Pakistan in Kolkata.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 72nd international century in the fourth ODI against Pakistan in Ahmedabad.
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 35th Test century to go past Sunil Gavaskar's world record tally of 34 centuries, achieving the feat in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
Sachin Tendulkar won the Rajiv Gandhi award for sports in 2005.
Statistics of the year
Matches22
Runs 856
Centuries 2
Wickets 9
Average 34.24
Tendulkar feared career was over after tennis elbow surgery
[Reuters | Nov 17, 2013
MUMBAI: Recovering from a tennis elbow injury was the most difficult phase in Sachin Tendulkar's illustrious cricket career with the master batsman fearing he would never be able to hold a bat again after surgery in 2005.
Tendulkar was first diagnosed with the career-threatening injury in 2004 but continued to play through pain before being operated on a year later in London.
"There used to be different goals every time I made a comeback. It's not possible to recover earlier than scheduled by just working harder in the gym."
The thought of giving up the sport for good crossed Tendulkar's mind as he tried to get back on the field after the surgery.
"It took four-and-a half months to recover after the surgery on my tennis elbow. The doctor asked if I would be able to play competitive cricket at all," he said.
"I could not even lift my son Arjun's plastic bat. Kids aged 10-12 years had come to the ground for fielding the day I went to bat for the first time against a season (leather) ball.
"I hit the balls hard but the kids were able to stop them within 10-15 yards. I thought 'I can not play anymore'."
2006
March 19, 2006: Is booed at the Wankhede Stadium after he was dismissed for duck in 33 minutes against England in Mumbai.
March, 2006: Again goes under the knife. This time for surgery on his right shoulder in England.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar scorned his critics with a fine hundred - his 39th ODI century in the first ODI against Pakistan in Peshawar.
Sachin Tendulkar's hundred after coming under much criticism for his failure in the Test series against Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 75th international century - an unbeaten 141 against the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur.
Sachin Tendulkar played his only T20 International against South Africa in Johannesburg and became the oldest Indian to appear in T20Is.
Statistics of the year
Matches25
Runs 905
Centuries 2
Wickets 4
Average 34.8
2007
May, 2007: For the first time in his career, Tendulkar is rested for the three-ODI series in Bangladesh.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten hundred off 76 balls as India beat West Indies by 160 runs in Vadodara. Tendulkar brought up his 41st century off the last ball of the innings.
Sachin Tendulkar played in his fourth World Cup tournament that was held in the West Indies in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 77th international century in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 78th international century in the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 78th international century in the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Statistics of the year
Matches42
Runs 2201
Centuries 3
Wickets 16
Average 50.02
2008
Jan 4, 2008: Scores an unbeaten 154, against a major Test playing nation in two years and 19 Tests, against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
March 2, 2008: Sachin scores his first ODI century in Australia, in first of the CB Series final.
Oct 17, 2008: Surpasses Brian Lara's record of most Test runs against Australia at Mohali.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 38th Test century in the second Test against Australia in Sydney.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 39th Test hundred in the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 117 and a 91 in the CB Series finals as India won their maiden ODI series in Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar surpassed Brian Lara's run record of 11,953 runs to become the leading run-scorer in Test cricket achieving the milestone in the second Test against Australia in Mohali.
Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2008.
Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten century as India chased down 387 runs on Day 5 to win the first Test against England in Chennai. Tendulkar dedicated the victory to the victims of Mumbai terror attacks.
Statistics of the year
Matches25
Runs 1523
Centuries 5
Wickets 0
Average 46.15
CONSISTENCY PERSONIFIED (2008-2012)
Refashioned himself into a less flamboyant but hugely consistent run-machine following India's disastrous 2007 World Cup sojourn and the exit of coach Greg Chappell. Scored an unbeaten, masterful 154 in Sydney, his first century in more than two years and 19 Tests against opposition other Bangladesh. Followed it up by his first ODI century in Australia in the CB Series before breaking Brian Lara's record of most Test runs in Mohali, all in 2008. Scored the first ODI double century in 2010 before realizing his dream of being part of a World Cup-winning squad in 2011.
CHENNAI WIN POST 26/11
After losing to India badly in the ODIS, England flew back home because of the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008. They returned to play the Test series later in December, only to lose the Chennai Test to Tendulkar’s clinical fourth-innings ton at Chepauk. Chasing 386 for victory, India were three down for 183 when Tendulkar walked in. A short 41-run stand with VVS Laxman, followed by a massive 162-run partnership with Yuvraj Singh for the fifth wicket gave India a six-wicket win.
2009
Nov 5, 2009: Gets to 17,000 runs during his 175 off 141 balls in a 351-run chase against Australia in Hyderabad. India fell short by 19 runs.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar smashed 163 before retiring hurt in the third ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 42nd Test century in the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton.
Sachin Tendulkar's wax statue was unveiled created by Madame Tussauds at the Hotel Taj Lands End on April 13, 2009 in Mumbai.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a century during the Tri-Nation Championship Trophy final against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman ever to score 17,000 ODI runs during his 175-run knock in the fifth ODI against Australia in Hyderabad.
Sachin Tendulkar saved the Test for India by hitting an unbeaten century on the fifth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad.
Statistics of the year
Matches27
Runs 1513
Centuries 5
Wickets 2
Average 58.19
2010
Feb 24, 2010: Becomes the first player in the history of the game to score 200 in a single innings in a one-day international. He took 147 deliveries to power India to 401 and a 153-run win against South Africa.
Oct 2010: Tendulkar bags his first ICC award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Dec 19, 2010: Gets his 50th Test hundred against a difficult South African attack in Centurion.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar hit successive centuries in the first and second Tests against Bangladesh in Chittagong and Dhaka.
Sachin Tendulkar hit successive hundreds in the first and second Tests against South Africa in Nagpur and Kolkata and India retained their number one Test spot after winning the second Test.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score a double century in ODIs, achieveing the milestone in the second ODI against South Africa in Gwalior.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his fifth double century in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Sachin Tendulkar won the ICC Cricketer of the Year and Peoples Choice award in 2010.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a double century in the second Test against Australia in Bangalore. Tendulkar also completed 14,000 runs of his career in that Test.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 50th Test century in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion.
Statistics of the year
Matches16
Runs 1766
Centuries 8
Wickets 0
Average 84.09
2011
April 2, 2011: Realises his childhood dream of winning the World Cup that too at his home town of Mumbai and at the Wankhede. India beat Sri Lanka to win the World Cup for the second time.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar started 2011 with a bang by hitting his 51st century in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a century against England in their 2011 World Cup clash in Bangalore. This was Tendulkar's fifth World Cup tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his 18,000 ODI runs in the World Cup quarterfinal match against Australia in Ahmedabad.
Sachin Tendulkar top scored for India with a 85-run knock in the World Cup semifinal match against Pakistan in Mohali.
Sachin Tendulkar achieved his dream of being part of a World Cup-winning team as India beat Sri Lanka in the World Cup final in Mumbai.
Sachin Tendulkar reached the milestone of 15,000 Test runs in the first Test against the West Indies in New Delhi.
Statistics of the year
Matches20
Runs 1269
Centuries 3
Wickets 1
Average 47
2012
March 16, 2012: Gets the 100th international century, scoring 114 in an Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in Mirpur. But India lost the match. The century came after 34 innings and more than a year after scoring his 99th international hundred.
Dec 23, 2012: Just minutes before the selectors were set to name the squad for the ODI series against Pakistan, Tendulkar announces his retirement from the format. Tendulkar finished with 18,426 ODI runs and 49 hundreds, well clear of any other batsman.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar added another milestone in his record-breaking career when he became the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries, achieving the feat in the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Sachin Tendulkar's last ODI was India's Asia Cup match against Pakistan in Dhaka on March 18, 2012, as he announced his retirement from ODIs on December 23, 2012.
Sachin Tendulkar was sworn in as Rajya Sabha member at the Parliament House in New Delhi on June 4, 2012.
Sachin Tendulkar was conferred with the membership of The Order of Australia in Mumbai on November 6, 2012.
Statistics of the year
Matches19
Runs 672
Centuries 1
Wickets 0
Average 26.88
2013
Oct 10, 2013: Tendulkar announces his retirement from Test cricket.
Highlights of the year
Sachin Tendulkar's wax figure was unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on April 20, 2013. The new wax figure of Tendulkar was placed in the sports zone of Madame Tussauds in Sydney
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from IPL after Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata on May 26 to win the Indian Premier League 2013 title.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from CLT20 before Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals in the final to win the title.
Sachin Tendulkar became the only Indian cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Sachin Tendulkar became the 16th player and the first from the sub-continent to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket (First-class cricket, List A cricket and Twenty20 combined).
Sachin Tendulkar announced on October 10, 2013 that the second Test against the West Indies would be his last ending a glittering career after playing 200 Test matches.
Awarded the Bharat Ratna the day after he played his last test match
Statistics of the year
Matches4
Runs 192
Centuries 0
Wickets 0
Average 32
Sachin Tendulkar's last test match
Sachin Tendulkar: Long walk back & a painful goodbye
K Shriniwas Rao, TNN | Nov 16, 2013
MUMBAI: An eerie silence enveloped the Wankhede within seconds of what might go down as the most talked-about dismissal in Test history after Don Bradman. From unbearably loud to intolerably hushed, the passing of a mere two minutes between a batsman leaving the field and a new one walking in, broke innumerable hearts.
Sachin khel raha hai kya? (Is he playing?)
No. Switch off.
Sachin Tendulkar, knowing he had edged, walked. South of Wankhede to the dressing room which is right under the VIP president's box from where his wife, mother and family members were watching.
From above the president's box, Congres general secretary Rahul Gandhi stood and clapped. A little to the left, Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani and good friend Aamir Khan did the same. The entire Wankhede crowd did the same.
It didn't matter who you were that afternoon. You had to stand up and bid goodbye to the biggest superstar of all.
Tendulkar took his helmet off, looked left, looked right, raised both hands - bat in one, helmet in the other - and turned around to acknowledge the ovation. Cameras held him in focus as he climbed the stairs to the pavilion, past his teammates clapping in rapt attention, inside the relative darkness of the dressing room, into history, into a void that'll emerge the moment this Test match is over.
He'll never walk out of there again. Until he was around, it was as enjoyable as it could get for the elders who had seen a son in him; for the middle-aged who grew-up with him; for the young who wanted to be like him; for fans who simply couldn't get enough of him.
There were twelve boundaries in his innings of 74. Six had come on Thursday afternoon, six on Friday morning. On the backfoot, past point; the paddle-sweep; the unmatched straight drive; the backfoot drive was in the closet on Day 1. He brought that out on Day Two.
The strokes, written Tendulkar all over, combined the ferocity of his early days, the elegance of his post-30 days, the maturity of the recent years and the simplicity of his batting from when it began till it lasted. It was a short, sweet highlights package for those who had spent their lives and Friday morning watching him.
As enjoyable as it is to watch him, there were also moments of anxiety. Especially when he swished at Tino Best. A rookie off-spinner took his scalp. He'll join many in history, bowlers who he's played first time and got out to. Sachin Tendulkar c Darren Sammy b Narsingh Deonarine — there are quite a few like this one if you go looking.
Sachin sums up
Tendulkar left the game after playing more Test matches (200), scoring the most Test (15,921) and one-day international (18,426) runs, and compiling more Test (51) and one-day (49) hundreds than any other player in cricket history.
He picked the victory in the 50-over World Cup at home in 2011 as the high point of his career.
"Biggest disappointment was losing in the 2003 World Cup final - we were playing so well but could not cross that final hurdle."
India, under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy, reached the final of the World Cup in South Africa but lost to Australia in the championship match.
