CRICKETNEWZGURU:sachin tendulkar is a god of cricket
Sachin Tendulkar has become the face of Indian cricket who has taken Team India to soaring heights. The red caps achieved by him and the number of world records has only resulted in him becoming better as a player and much more sober as a human. To name a few records, he has the maximum number of runs ever achieved by a cricketer, he is the first person to have made 200 runs in an ODI, he has the maximum number of caught and bowled instances etc. One of the greatest cricketing legends, Sir Donald Bradman once described a situation in his house.
'I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. I know I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.'
Sachin, since he was 16 years old has been representing India and has pushed the team to stand strongly at number one in test cricket and number two in ODI's. But obviously Sachin hasn't been the only factor which has helped India reach this extravagant milestone. Captains like Azaruddin, Ganguly and now MS Dhoni are more like a backbone than just a name in the team. Ganguly once quoted in an interview:
"The captain has a big role. It is important to keep the boys' confidence high and to keep one's faith in them. I try to give my support to the youngsters because nobody comes in as a world beater. Okay, some rare cricketers score a century on debut, but that doesn't mean the rest are not good enough. We have to give them more opportunities, which was not there when I started out. Captaincy these days is more off the field than on the field."
Team India has come across a lot of ups and downs and fought many battles on the field in the past many decades, and today they are the most envied cricketing team across the globe. India, with the perfect combination of young blood, experience and not to forget the richest cricket board in the world has answered many a critics who raised fingers to every loss or decisions affecting the performance of the team.
'I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. I know I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.'
Sachin, since he was 16 years old has been representing India and has pushed the team to stand strongly at number one in test cricket and number two in ODI's. But obviously Sachin hasn't been the only factor which has helped India reach this extravagant milestone. Captains like Azaruddin, Ganguly and now MS Dhoni are more like a backbone than just a name in the team. Ganguly once quoted in an interview:
"The captain has a big role. It is important to keep the boys' confidence high and to keep one's faith in them. I try to give my support to the youngsters because nobody comes in as a world beater. Okay, some rare cricketers score a century on debut, but that doesn't mean the rest are not good enough. We have to give them more opportunities, which was not there when I started out. Captaincy these days is more off the field than on the field."
Team India has come across a lot of ups and downs and fought many battles on the field in the past many decades, and today they are the most envied cricketing team across the globe. India, with the perfect combination of young blood, experience and not to forget the richest cricket board in the world has answered many a critics who raised fingers to every loss or decisions affecting the performance of the team.
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