Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the most impeccable batsman to ever walk on a cricket field. He may not have the near-perfect average of Sir Don Bradman or the swagger of Sir Viv Richards but Tendulkar did what even the greats of the game couldn't. The Mumbaikar made his debut on November 15 in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi and the rest, as they say, is history. He went on to represent India for the next 24 years and shatter all records possible and set some that still remain. Incidentally, November 15 was also the last day he represented India on the field. His last game came against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in 2013. The 45-year-old ended with 34,357 runs from 664 games, including 100 hundreds as well. Tendulkar's tally of 15921 Test runs remains the most in Test cricket and so does his total of 18426 runs in ODIs. He is also the only player to have played 200 Test matches as well as the first player ever to score a double century in ODI cricket. Tendulkar has also won 15 Man of the Series awards and 62 Man of the Match awards in ODIs. Not only that, he has won a Man of the Match Award against every one of the ICC Full Members during his time. He also won the World Cup in 2011 at his home ground -- Wankhede Stadium. Following his achievements and contribution to the game, the Master Blaster was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 2014. He remains the only sportsperson to date to receive India's highest civilian honour. Along with it, he also won the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan Awards.
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Directed by James Erskine, "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" is interspersed with real-life footage of the cricketer's childhood and iconic matches, along with scenes that recreate moments from Tendulkar's life.
Sachin also posted a video where he is seen explaining how he made the kulfi using the seasonal fruit.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for his first-ever duck in the Ranji Trophy during the 2008-09 season.
Dale Steyn and James Anderson talked about difficult was it bowl to Sachin Tendulkar, especially in Indian conditions.
While the knock warrants a place in the list of Sachin's best knocks in his illustrious ODI career, the reason behind its significance is the circumstances that it came under. Only a few days earlier, Sachin had lost his father.
Despite acknowledging Kohli as a modern-day phenomenon, Akhtar stated Tendulkar came up against tougher oppositions and that is why comparison cannot be made between the two.
Gautam Gambhir made his choice between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, providing reasons to back his decision.
In his latest video, Tendulkar helped Arjun get a new haircut and he also thanked daughter Sara for helping them during the process.
Manjrekar said that Tendulkar's greatness came to the fore at that time because his failure with the bat was rare.
Kohli, who is often referred to as Tendulkar's second coming in Indian cricket, spoke about the 'Master Blaster's' iconic knock against Australia in Sharjah in 1998.
In a conversation with Aakash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar opened up on being touted as the 'next Sachin Tendulkar' during his younger days.
South Africa pacer Dale Steyn believes that he had trapped the batsman plumb in front in the 190s, only for umpire Ian Gould to give it not out citing crowd pressure.
Sunil Gavaskar admitted that it may not be the best eleven players that may have represented the two sides statistically, but these are players that he would like to see playing together.
Ramiz Raja didn't pick any batsman from Pakistan in his India-Pakistan ODI XI. Among the bowlers, Ramiz made way for Anil Kumble as the only Indian representative.
Sachin Tendulkar completed Yuvraj Singh's #KeepItUp challenge, and nominated the former Indian all-rounder back to complete his version of the same.
Sachin Tendulkar reminisced his rivalry with Glenn McGrath and recalled the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy match in Nairobi where he played mind games to unsettle the Aussie pacer.
In a live Instagram session with former Zimbabwean cricketer Pommie Mbangwa, Pietersen reckoned that Kohli's insane numbers while chasing a game and ability to singlehandedly win games for India makes him a better batsman than Smith and Sachin.
Kohli has so far scored 43 centuries in the ODI format that puts him only six behind Sachin's tally of 49, but in Test cricket, the Indian skipper still stands considerably behind with his 27 centuries in comparison to the legend's 51.
In the video, he is seen trying to bounce the ball on the edge of the bat while nominating the aforementioned cricketers. In doing so, he also said that while the challenge will be easy for the Master Blaster and for Rohit Sharma, it will be challenging for Harbhajan.
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar were not just a great batting pair creating ample records, they also shared a great bond off the field.
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