The demands to decorate batting maestro Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar with the country’s highest civilian honour- the Bharat Ratna – has gained momentum ever since Team India lifted the prestigious Cricket World Cup trophy after toppling Sri Lanka in the finals held in Mumbai.
Voices in favour of Sachin are coming from all walks of life and several former cricketers, eminent sport personalities, Bollywood stars and even political parties have now joined the chorus to bestow him with the top honour.
Going by Sachin’s extraordinary accomplishments and the numerous accolades, which this living legend has won for his team and India, he is already a "Bharat Ratna" in the eyes of his admirers whether he actually gets it or not. So felicitating him with the country’s top civilian honour will just be a fitting tribute to this God of cricket for achieving many milestones in his over two-decade long career.
The demand to decorate the batting maestro with the Bharat Ratna was first made way back in the year 2003 by the Shiv Sena and seconded by the then Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Murli Manohar Joshi.
The talks to confer upon him the Bharat Ratna again gained momentum after Sachin became the first batsman in the history of One-Day International Cricket to score a double hundred. Sachin achieved this rare feat, while tearing apart the strong fielding set-up by the South African team at Gwalior in February 2010.
Sachin Tendulkar talks about his finest memories of the 2011 World Cup where he finally fulfilled his lifetime dream of lifting the coveted trophy.
Unforgettable dressing room moment:
The moment the winning runs were scored, I jumped. Viru (Sehwag) who was next to me, jumped too. We were sitting in the dressing room and praying.
Unforgettable part of the celebrations:
When we got the trophy in our hands and the popping of champagne. Also, when the team lifted me with the tri-colour in my hand. That was the ultimate feeling.
Unforgettable innings that you played:
I was batting really well against South Africa, but in terms of importance, it's got to be the one against Pakistan.
Unforgettable innings from your teammates:
There were many! The one Viru played in the first game against Bangladesh, Yuvraj Singh played many, Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli... all the guys chipped in.
Unforgettable bowling spell:
Zaheer Khan bowled some very important spells. In the semi-final, Ashish Nehra bowled well. Munaf got some important wickets too. Harbhajan Singh and R Ashwin bowled well too. Everyone has chipped in. That is why I call it a thorough team performance. Everyone did their job and somewhere they made an impact.
Unforgettable captaincy move:
We set a 6-3 field against Pakistan at Mohali. Their opening batsman, Mohammad Hafeez tried to play a sweep shot off Munaf Patel and got caught behind. I thought that was the turning point of the match.
Unforgettable catch:
The one Viru caught off Shahid Afridi. The match was very much alive then because Misbah & Afridi were batting and we needed two-three big overs at that stage, so that was an important catch. An easy one, but important.
Unforgettable tense moment:
There were many moments when we were really tense especially in the last three matches....we knew there would be no second chance. There were many moments like that.
@Hashim
Amla "Nothing bad can happen to us
if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." Hashim
Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a
flight
@yaseer
hameed "Sometimes you get so
engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar
that you lose focus on your job."
"To Sachin, the man we all
want to be" - What Andrew Symonds wrote on
an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin
Beneath
the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is
something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something
that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us,
even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even
fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and
switch off their lives" BBC on Sachin
But
the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds -
or a game - until Tendulkar was out.
"Tujhe pata hai tune kiska
catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to
Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch.
@Brian
Charles Lara Sachin is a
genius. I'm a mere mortal.
@Mark
Taylor "We did not lose to a team
called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" -
Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)
@M.
L. Jaisimha: "The more I see of him the
more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
@McGrath
"The joy he brings to the millions of
his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and
the expectations and his innate humility -all make for a
one-in-a-billion individual"
@Wife
Anjali "I can be hundred per cent
sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not
enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will
play as long as he feels he can play,"
by
HAYDEN - i feel is the best SACHIN QUOTE he said "I
HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"
My
Personal Best "Even my father's name is
Sachin Tendulkar." Tendulkar's
daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher
informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai
KUMBLE
: I am fortunate that I've to
bowl at him only in the nets!
@
shahrukh quoting Shahrukh from an interview Que:
Who do you think as most important celebrity ? Shahrukh: There was a
big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited.
Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh
Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the
queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!
@Navjot
Singh Sidhu India me aap PrimeMinister ko
ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli
nahi utha Sakte..
@waqar
younis He can play that leg glance
with a walking stick also .
A banner once said- '
I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE SACHIN ' that
quiet defines Sachin-The greatest.
Sachin
Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many
medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the
world -- Allan Donald
And i remember reading in one of
Allan Donald's interview. This interview was in Cricket Talk and 7-8 yrs
ago.
I was bowling to Sachin
and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in
between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the
over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i
told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i
delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length
delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the
ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin.
His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec.
To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he
hits you for boundaries.
Peter Rebouck - aussie journalist
On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there
was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes
as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers,
railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete
the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!
NKP
Salve, former Union Minister This was when he was accused of ball
tempering "Sachin cannot cheat. He is to
cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear
discrimination."
Andy Flower: There
are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the
others.
To seek career challenges keeping in view my past achievements and future goals. And to set new industry benchmarks in everything I endeavour.
Sachin Tendulkar's PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
International Cricketer: Indian National Cricket Team [1989 onwards]
First Class Cricketer: Mumbai, West Zone, Yorkshire [1988 onwards]
Junior Cricketer: Shardashram School, Bombay U-15, West Zone U-15 [1985-1988].
Sachin Tendulkar's LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Indian Cricket Team: 1996-1997; 1999-2000.
Others: Mumbai, West Zone, Mumbai Indians, etc. [Various Times] http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/ Sachin Tendulkar's KEY OPERATIONS & MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN
1. 664*. Enough said. [Mumbai, 1988]
2. 114* — Rescue mission against Spiteful Yellow Men on Green Earth. [Perth, 1991]
3. 523 runs — Mission My World Cup. [India, 1996]
4. 155* — Operation Deflate Warne [Chennai, 1998]
5. 143 & 134 — Operation Desert Storm [Sharjah, 1998]
6. 136 — Rescue Mission against the Vile Green Warriors on Dusty Earth [Chennai, 1999]
7. 98 — Operation Tame Vile Green Warriors [Centurion, 2003]
8. 672 runs — Mission My World Cup II. [South Africa, 2003]
9. 241* and 60* — Mission Avoid Cover Drive [Sydney, 2004]
10. 117* and 93 — Operation Slay Goliath [Sydney & Brisbane, 2008]
11. 103* — Mission Heal Mumbai [Chennai, 2008] http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/ Sachin Tendulkar's OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES
1. 122 — Mission Hold The Empire [Edgbaston, 1996]
2. 126 — Operation Protect Final Frontier [Chennai, 2001]
3. 117 — Operation Kings of Queens Park [Port of Spain, 2002]
4. 193 — Mission Conquer Leeds [Leeds, 2002]
5. 194* — Mission Sultan of Multan [Multan, 2004]
Sachin Tendulkar's CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE
1. 119* — Operation Bat Till Bedtime [Manchester, 1990]
2. 82 — Mission Find New Opener [Auckland, 1993]
3. 1-0-3-0 — Operation Hold South Africa [Kolkata, 1993]
4. 169 — Operation Counterattack [Cape Town, 1996]
5. 140* — Operation This Is For You, Father [Bristol, 1999]
6. 175 — Mission Save Series [Hyderabad, 2009] http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/ Sachin Tendulkar's KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Hundreds on Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.
2. India’s youngest Test and ODI cricketer at age 16 years, 205 days.
3. Most runs in Tests and ODIs (12,773 and 17,178).
4. Most hundreds in Tests and ODIs (42 and 45).
5. Most ODI appearances for India (436)
6. Most Tests appearances for India (159).
7. 19 hundreds against Australia, the strongest team of my era.
8. 1894 runs and 9 hundreds in ODIs in 1998.
Sachin Tendulkar's OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS
I have interests in the food and beverages industry. I partly own two restaurants in Mumbai:
Tendulkar’s (Colaba, 2002).
Sachin’s (Mulund, 2004).
Sachin Tendulkar's EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
PhD in Cricket.
Secondary School, Shardashram Vidyamandir, Mumbai. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/ Sachin Tendulkar's PATENTS
I’ve mastered nearly every cricket stroke in the book, but have a special reputation for these.
1. The Thunderous Bowler-Decapitating Straight Drive
2. Back-foot Punch Through Cover
3. Acute Paddle Sweep
4. Slog Sweep Against Turning Leg-Break
5. Effortless Wristy Flick Through Square Leg
6. Point-Killing Square Cut
Sachin Tendulkar's PASSIONS
Cars & Racing: I love fast driving. I also own a Ferrari 360 Modena.
Food: I am a foodie with a fondness for seafood.
Music: I enjoy collecting music. Some of my favourites are Kishore Kumar, Mark Knopfler and MLTR.
AWARDS
1. Arjuna Award [1994]
2. Wisden Cricketer of the Year: [1997]
3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [1997-98]
4. Padma Shri [1999]
5. Player of the Tournament, World Cup [2003]
6. ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007
7. Rajiv Gandhi Award for Sports [2005]
8. Padma Vibhushan [2008] http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
9. Man of the Match Awards: 72
ODIs: 60 times
Tests: 12 times
10. Man of the Series Awards: 19
a. ODIs: 15
b. Tests: 4
Sachin Tendulkar's MAJOR CITATIONS
http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
1. “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991]
2. “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman. Ever. [1998]
3. “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He is the best batsman I’ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World’s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998]
4. “Shit, I’m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia’s Fast Bowler. [1998]
5. “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” — Wasim Akram, World’s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002]
6. “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?” — Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003]
7. “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996]
8. “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans].
9. “Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa Batsman. [2004]
10. “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” — Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]
11. “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]
12. “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World’s Most Successful Bowler. [2009]
13. “If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket’s McEnroe & Fast Bowling Legend. [Undated]
14. “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia’s Most Successful Pace Bowler. [Undated]
15. “Sachin is a genius. I’m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar’s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated] http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/ Sachin Tendulkar's MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES
1. Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman [by Gulu Ezekiel]
2. The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar [by Gulu Ezekiel]
3. Sachin Tendulkar — A Definitive Biography [by Vaibhav Purandare]
4. Sachin Tendulkar — Masterful [by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla]
5. Tendulkar Opus [by Opus Media Group]
Sachin Tendulkar's LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.
Sachin Tendulkar's PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: April 24, 1973
Hometown: Mumbai
Family: Wife Anjali, daughter Sara, Son Arjun.
Sachin Tendulkar's EARNINGS
Approximately Rs 60 crore annually (That’s Rs 600,000,000 or USD 13 million or GBP 780,000 or Euro 8.7 million). http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Click here to download it in pdf format Note: This CV wasn’t authored by Tendulkar or his representatives. It was compiled by AR Hemant with help from Cricinfo, Wikipedia and other news sources. Hemant is an online journalist who also blogs at hemant.urbanmunky.com. Hope you enjoyed reading this.
