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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Tendulkar feels that India should try and win as many matches as possible before opposition teams get a grip of their artistry.
Shardul claimed a four-wicket haul as India folded South Africa for a below-par 204 in the sixth and final ODI at Supersport Park, Centurion, on Friday.
Kohli scored his 34th ODI hundred on Wednesday and is now 15 short of Sachin Tendulkar's mark of 49.
The skipper also became the first Indian batsman to score a ton against the hosts at Newlands and the first Indian ODI captain with the most hundreds to his name.
The Master Blaster had written a letter to the CoA chairman Vinod Rai, requesting him to consider recognition for CABI, weeks after the team won the Blind World Cup 2018.
The Master Blaster also heaped praise on the BCCI for providing the right kind of infrastructure to nurture the players.
Both Ganguly and Tendulkar were impressed with the dominating performance of Indian colts throughout the tournament.
Tendulkar also applauded the 'Khelo India' initiative of Indian government and feels it is the step in the right direction and strong grassroots competitions will surely make us more competitive in future.
The cricket fraternity including the former Team India players have congratulated the Rahul Dravid's young brigade on being crowned as the new World Champions.
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh and many more proudly congratulate the young boys on their big win and making it into the finals.
Meanwhile, Mithali said the T20 games in South Africa would help them prepare for the Women's T20 World Cup to be played in West Indies later this year.
The Indian's women team will tour South Africa for a three-match ODI series, which starts at Kimberly on February 5, followed by a five-match T20 series, which begins on February 13 at Potchefstroom.
The two former cricketers' bond is as strong as ever where some fans felt that Tendulkar's message was an emotional one, some fans took to troll the pair on Kambli's birthday.
Kohli was named the World Cricketer of the Year, besides bagging the top honour for ODI players in the ICC Annual Awards.
The U-19 Indian skipper had played some sweet drives in his 94-run knock against Australia which reminded this former fast pace West Indies bowler of the Master Blaster.
Arjun said earlier he used to play taekwondo, football, swimming, but cricket somehow kicked in and everything else took a back seat then.
Representing Cricket Club of India, Arjun grabbed four wickets and played a quick-fire knock of 48 runs off just 27 balls against Hong Kong Cricket Club in the Spirit of Cricket Global Challenge T20 tournament at the historic Bradman Oval ground.
A 27-year-old man from East Midnapore district in West Bengal was today arrested for allegedly harassing cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, over phone.
The accused's family members claim that he was mentally unstable and did wrongful acts in the influence of this disorder.
The legend has high expectations from Virat Kohli's men as they have the luxury to play three fast bowlers.
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