DomainK Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/artMailDisp.aspx?article=18_10_2008_020_005&typ=1&Archtype=&pub=47 Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Already have that as my desktop. Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Only worry was his driving..not cricketing drives.He drove his car too fast: Sunny Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 No sportsman in history, not Pele, not Babe Ruth, not Muhammad Ali, has had the effect on supporters of the man who became the Little Master. The turnstiles were the evidence: when he was in they flocked through them in their thousands and thousands and when he was out they flocked out again. It is 10 years since India Today reported: "When he goes out to bat people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives." Stephen Brenkley writing in The Independent Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "He is a genius. He is in great form, he has been working hard and I feel he should be playing for at least a year or two," Vengsarkar Link to comment
The Outsider Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Gavaskar is understating the contribution that Kapil and him made to take Indian cricket to this level. Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "I would like to tell him, keep going. India needs you for some more time because the team is going through a bad phase and you need a guy like Tendulkar to guide the youngsters," Krish Srikkanth most significant of all those statements? Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Gavaskar is understating the contribution that Kapil and him made to take Indian cricket to this level. Sunny has always been an unabashed Sachin fan Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Tendulkar's genius is how lightly he has carried this last burden. Since his teenage years he has been public property: every innings, every statement, every movement scrutinised. It was both his good fortune and his curse to play at a time when India emerged as an economic powerhouse, looking for heroes on the world stage. Rupees have flowed into his bank account but he has not been able to enjoy the fruits of his labours. He must drive his Ferrari at night to avoid attention, lives in a security compound and enjoys the relative anonymity that spending time in London and America brings. Michael Atherton in Times,UK http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article4965405.ece Link to comment
DomainK Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 "I would like to tell him' date= keep going. India needs you for some more time because the team is going through a bad phase and you need a guy like Tendulkar to guide the youngsters," Krish Srikkanth most significant of all those statements? Well, yes, the most significant statement. Other are just praising, but this statement from Krish has a deep meaning. We do need Tendulkar. Not only for the runs he scores, but also for the atmosphere he creates in the dressing room. Every noob keeps telling how Sachin helped him sort out his problems. Even Dighe Parthiv spent time with Sachin to sort out his flaws in keeping. This man will shape up the next generation and will leave after creating that team that India needs. No other player/coach/manager can inspire the newbies as well as Sachin Tendulkar can. Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "Why did you get out to such a silly shot?" Anjali Tendulkar tells off her record-breaking husband for a poor stroke Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!" lol Sourav Ganguly pays a sort of tribute to Sachin Tendulkar Link to comment
DomainK Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Tendulkar's genius is how lightly he has carried this last burden. Since his teenage years he has been public property: every innings' date= every statement, every movement scrutinised. It was both his good fortune and his curse to play at a time when India emerged as an economic powerhouse, looking for heroes on the world stage. Rupees have flowed into his bank account but he has not been able to enjoy the fruits of his labours. He must drive his Ferrari at night to avoid attention, lives in a security compound and enjoys the relative anonymity that spending time in London and America brings. Michael Atherton in Times,UK Please give links also so that we could read the entire piece. Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "So who has been the best of these champions? Shane Warne, whom we should respect in this matter, rates the pantheon of those he played against as Tendulkar first, then daylight, then Lara. Coming up strongly, and almost certain to set new standards both in terms of runs and centuries, is Ricky Ponting who may render the argument superfluous. Lara in full flight was just awe-inspiring, vulnerability always a possibility but somehow never materialising. Tendulkar at his peak, though, has been the complete batsmen of his day and for now, just as we did with Lara, we can salute him as such." Mike Selvey in The Guardian,UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2008/oct/18/cricket-indiacricketteam Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 With more than a billion citizens, most of them cricket obsessives, India exerts a crushing pressure on its cricketers. Tendulkar is the most worshipped batsman in world cricket, a potentially overwhelming force should such distractions ever have caught his eye. They say that when he bats, India stops, which may be why they have not yet taken over the global economy. Derek Pringle in The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3219538/Sachin-Tendulkar-reaches-day-of-destiny-with-no-sign-of-stopping.html Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "In my opinion, Sachin is unquestionably the best player of the modern era. Brian Lara, the man he overtook yesterday, was his closest peer. But while Lara’s stroke-play was breathtaking and spoke of genius, Tendulkar wins over him for his astonishing consistency in a career spanning over 19 years," Jayasuriya wrote in this column for the Hindustan Times Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "It is a phenomenal achievement. He is a great champion and his achievement is truly well deserved," Dravid Link to comment
SachDan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 "He can play shots all-round the wicket like most great batsmen, but is particularly among the best at playing straight. His trademark straight drive with the high elbow and full face of the bat is a purist’s delight, and a few play that shot better than Sachin," Allan Border in The Hindustan Times Link to comment
Online Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Superb Thread! This one needs to be saved!! Excellent OP Domaink! Thanks for sharing Link to comment
DomainK Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Superb Thread! This one needs to be saved!! Excellent OP Domaink! Thanks for sharing You are welcome. SachDan has done a wonderful job of adding so many great comments and making this a great thread.:two_thumbs_up: Link to comment
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