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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In this article, we look at five such catchwords/phrases which have defined and sometimes redefined cricket between the two sport-loving nations.
Kohli also does join an elite list which comprises of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.
According to Tendulkar, cricket has given him a lot and taught him in his life.
Laxman, in his recently launched autobiography '281 And Beyond', reveals that under the former Australian coach team India was divided into two or three factions and there was a serious trust deficit.
Along with Tendulkar, former and current players also paid tributes to the martyrs and victims who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, which happened 10 years ago.
A UNICEF brand ambassador, Tendulkar was in New Delhi to celebrate the World Children's Day.
On the eve of 'Pulotsav', a festival held in the memory of PL Deshpande who was popularly known as 'Pu La', Tendulkar visited his house and kick-started the celebrations of the writer's birth centenary.
Kohli further said he was lucky to enough to play with him and be part of Tendulkar's farewell game and termed the Master Blaster as the 'Greatest of All Time'.
Sachin Tendulkar's international career lasted exactly 24 years -- November 15, 1989 to November 15, 2013.
Happy Birthday to India's teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw as he prepares for a tough test in Australia.
The young batsman called on the services of the legend to prepare for his toughest Test yet.
Warne wrote that Tendulkar took offence when the Australian legend gave his opinion about his team.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Brian Lara believes that there is no point making any sort of comparisons between Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Kohli.
For the purposes of this piece, I will restrict the analysis to comparing the Delhi batsman's stats with the greats when they turned 30.
Kohli has performed exceptionally in the recent past, scoring over 18500 international runs in all three formats of the game.
Representing Vijay Merchant XI in a KC Mahindra Shield U-19 match on Friday, left-arm fast bowler Arjun claimed six wickets for 70 runs.
Lara feels that nobody should sit in judgment to declare whether Viv Richards was better than Sir Garfield Sobers or Tendulkar was superior compared to Ricky Ponting.
Thomson, arguably the fastest bowler in Test cricket history, said the Australian batting looks ordinary in the absence of Smith and Warner and India could achieve what they haven't before.
Kohli said after accepting the award that it gives him the confidence to score runs as captain but stated that he never plays for awards.
The BCCI and selectors had announced the squads of the T20Is against West Indies, the Test and T20I squad for Australia and Dhoni was missing from both of the T20 squads.
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