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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Sachin Tendulkar met his childhood friend Vinod Kambli during coach Ramakant Achrekar's memorial unveiling ceremony in Mumbai. Sachin and Kambli greeted each other on the stage of the event. Watch the video of the two former cricketers meeting each other.
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Sachin Tendulkar was given out LBW (Leg before wicket) by the West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor at The Gabba in Brisbane during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2003-04. The replay clearly suggested that the ball would have missed the stumps.
India got whitewashed by New Zealand in the three-match home series for the first time at home. They went down to the Blackcaps in the third Test by 25 runs to suffer a 3-0 series loss.
Virat Kohli, who was batting out of position, got out for a nine-ball duck to New Zealand's emerging pacer Will O'Rourke. Will O'Rourke got the ball to move in sharply as it took Kohli's glove and was safely held at leg gully.
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Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday, October 9 in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86. The sporting fraternity in India is mourning the loss of one of India's greatest industrialists.
India, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will participate in the International Masters League. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Shane Watson, Eoin Morgan, Brian Lara and Jacques Kallis are captains of their respective teams.
The National Cricket League (NCL) brings together several legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Zaheer Abbas, Wasim Akram, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sir Vivian Richards, Venkatesh Prasad, Sanath Jayasuriya, Moin Khan and Blair Franklin who will mentor and coach the players.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has displayed excellent form this year especially in the longest format of the game. In the recently concluded Test series against Bangladesh, the left-handed was the highest run-scorer amassing 189 runs in four innings. Can he surpass Tendulkar's massive record in the format?
Sarfaraz Khan has also achieved a rare record after scoring his Irani Cup hundred. Sarfaraz now has more first-class centuries to his credit compared to half-centuries. The right-handed batter has scored 15 hundreds and 14 fifties in the first-class circuit. He was released from India's Test squad.
Sachin Tendulkar will be featuring in the inaugural edition of the International Masters League as several other star cricketers are also set to return to the cricket field. Six teams will participate in the tournament, which will take place in Mumbai, Lucknow and Raipur.
Virat Kohli finally looked in some good touch in the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh as he got to a massive feat of 27,000 runs in international cricket. Kohli survived a run-out and a stumping chance but is continuing the momentum in India's innings what Rohit Sharma and Jaiswal started.
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