Greatest record in ODI cricket!

Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman in the world to complete 10000 runs in the matches in which the team have won.

That means Sachin have a total of 12354 matchwinning runs in his account as of - Nov, 2012. with an average of 56.63

So this is the time for the critics to shut their mouths...!

The most interesting fact is Sachin has scored 49 hundreds, and out of these tons, 33 hundreds came as matchwinning hundreds...

14 came while batting second... 19 while batting first.,which is more than the total no of hundreds scored by the batsman in the second position in the list of top century makers.

Sachin Tendulkar in series finals

India's 46-run win in the final of the Compaq Cup was only their fourth win in ODI finals in 21 attempts since 2000.
Sachin Tendulkar has notched up scores of 117 not out, 91 and 138 in the last three finals
Here are more stats highlights from the game.
Sachin Tendulkar's 138 was his sixth hundred in finals, and it pushed his overall average in such matches up to an impressive 55.54. In his last three finals, he has notched up scores of 117 not out, 91 and 138, and India have won each of those matches.

In all, Tendulkar has scored 1833 runs in finals, which is easily the highest - Sanath Jayasuriya is next with 1613. Tendulkar also ranks very high in terms of all-time averages in finals: among those who've scored at least 500 runs in finals, only three have a higher average. One of them is India's current coach, Gary Kirsten - in 20 innings, he scored 1019 runs at an excellent average of 69.73. Tendulkar's stats are very similar to those of Viv Richards, who averaged 55.73 at a strike rate of 84.78 in 17 finals. Brian Lara, on the other hand, has struggled in finals, averaging only 28.16, more than 12 runs below his career average. His one century and two fifties all came in his first four innings; in his last 14 finals, his highest score was 35.

The Man-of-the-Match award was Tendulkar's 59th in ODIs, and his eighth in finals. It was also his 14th Player-of-the-Series award. Tendulkar leads the all-time list in both categories - he is 11 clear of the second-placed Jayasuriya in the match awards and three ahead in the series awards.

Rahman's contribution is immense: Sachin

Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar is extremely elated by India's showing at the Oscars.

"It is a brilliant achievement. For the entire nation, it is a very proud moment," Tendulkar said this morning.

The master blaster, who had had a word with A R Rahman a couple of days ago, was confident that the musical genius will walk away with the honours.

"Rahman's contribution to music has been immense and this award is only a mere reflection of what he has been able to contribute to music and to India.

"I had spoken to him not only about this, but about other albums as well. He has always been able to produce something special in every album," Tendulkar said.

Rahman won two Oscars - for the best original score and the best song.


http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/feb/240209-Sachin-lauds-Rahman.htm


Sachin the Rahman of Cricket... Rahman the sachin of music...

Sachin the great ! - Aamir khan's blog.

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan wrote on his blog:
Last night I watched the IPL final and what an exciting match it was. I don’t think we could have asked for a better finale to a most entertaining tournament. Rajasthan after beginning as the least likely to win at the start of the tournament went on to win the cup.
My congratulations to the Rajasthan team and supporters. Chennai, hard luck but very well fought. Mumbai Indians is the team I’m supporting for obvious reasons, and I was disappointed that we weren’t in the finals, but next time. In fact I think all teams gave it their best but there can only be one winner, and jo jeeta wohi sikander.
My guess is that in a very short time we should have the best side on an international level, what with all the young talent being thrown up.

The match last night was certainly exciting but what made it a unique experience for me was that I had Sachin next to me.
You will find this hard to believe but Sachin was able to predict every ball before it was bowled. “He is going to bowl a bouncer next”,
“This one is going to be a slower one”, “Full tilt outside the off stump”, “Next one will be a yorker”, “Short of length”. It was uncanny. HE GOT IT RIGHT EACH TIME!!!
No wonder its so difficult to bowl to him. He has an amazing instinct. And he told me his logic for each prediction which I wont share with you as I don’t want to reveal how his mind works. But all of us were dumbfounded with his instinct and his acumen.
So at the end of it I told him next time we watch a film together I’m going to tell him whats going to happen next!

Raj Singh Dungarpur on Sachin's 136 against Pak

Raj Singh Dungarpur told this in an interview, a sachin special program - Sachin Tendulkar- Making of a legend!

" I think Joshi told me he[Sachin] went down the wicket and told him its gone too long now,let me finish this match.

So it was flotter from Saqlain,He came down the track and wanted to hit over the top of long on.

I came down the dressing room,I think its fair for me to say,he[Sachin] was weaping like a school boy,I kept on telling him why are you taking the whole blame yourself,by then we lost the match.You made impossible possible by playing this great inning.He[Sachin] said no sir,I have lost this match.

We were in the podium,I think very few time you gets man of the match on the loosing side,he got the man of the match on the loosing side.From the podium I signal to Anshuman Gaekwad the coach of the Indian team and asked him where is he[Sachin], because I knew he was Man of the match. Gaekwad said he not coming because he is crying.

I think thats what commitment is all about."

" In my life time being in and out of Indian Dressing Room in various capacities I have never seen a man half as patriotic as He is[Sachin Tendulkar]. He opens his bag and there is Ganpati and there is flag of India."

Here it is-

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