Sydney Morning HeraldSachin Tendulkar departs as a deity of cricket
One of Australia's top cricket writer's, Chloe Saltau, wrote in a column:
'Australia's first impression, in 1991, of Sachin Tendulkar was of a beautiful young batsman who made 148 not out at the SCG, in Shane Warne's first Test. Two matches later, on a lightning pitch in Perth, against a snarling Australian pace attack, the boy who looked even younger than his 19 years, who had been brought up on slow, spinning Indian wickets, showed an astonishing mix of serenity and power to make 114.
That night in the dressing room, Merv Hughes predicted Tendulkar would break Allan Border's Test runs record.
"This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB," Hughes said as he cracked open a beer. He could not have predicted by how much, or how many records he would break, or how great Tendulkar would become.
A batting genius who has played the game for almost a quarter of a century, he combined brilliance with incredible longevity.'
