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THE MASTER BLASTER - SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR
Sachin Tendulkar to be made member of Order of Australia
Born : April24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age : 39Years
Major teams : India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname : Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style : Right - hand bat
Bowling style : Right - arm off break, Leg break googly
Height : 5ft 5 in
Education : Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the
most prolific runmaker of all time , and arguably the biggest cricket
icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest
principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke
making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses:
anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - back - foot punch
comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full
range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can
pull them out at will.
There are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He can score all
around the wicket, off both front foot and back, can tune his technique
to suit every condition, temper his game to suit every situation, and
has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions.
some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the
overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year-old on
a lightning - fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best
innings ever to have been played in Australia. A few years later he
received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman: Don Bradman
confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him himself.
Blessed with the keenest of cricket mind, and armed with a loathing for
losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best
batsman in the world. His greatness was established early: he was only 6
when he made his test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis
but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a
match saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had16
Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he become the first batsman
to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brain Lara
as the leading Test run-scorer, and in the years after, he went
past13,000 Test runs 30,000 international runs, and in 2010 become the
first player to score 50 Test centuries.
He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and
ODIs-remarkable, considering he didn't score his first ODI hundred till
hid79th match. Incredibly, he retains a divine enthusiasm for the game,
and he seems to be untouched by age: at 36 year and 306 days he broke a
40-year old barrier by scoring the first double - century in one - day
cricket. It now international hundreds, which like Bradman's batting
average, could be a mark that lasts for ever.
Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at
in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his
adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to
regard anything less than a hundred in each innings as a failure. The
aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the
international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar
remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.
Sachin Tendulkar to be made member
of Order of Australia
Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
is all set to become the first Indian sportsperson to be conferred with
the Membership of the Order of Australia, an honour "rarely" bestowed
on non-Australians.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the announcement on Tuesday while visiting a cricket clinic in the Indian capital and said Tendulkar would receive the honour from Simon Crean, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, when he visits India.
The 'Order of Australia' is an order of chivalry to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. The 39-year-old Tendulkar will be awarded an AM, which is one of the six grades in the Order of Australia.
"Cricket is of course a great bond between Australia and India. We are both cricket-mad nations. I am very pleased that we are going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar, membership of the order of Australia (AM)," Gillard told reporters here.
"This is a very special honour very rarely awarded to someone who is not an Australian citizen or an Australian national. He is away playing cricket - surprise, surprise but the award will be conferred on him by minister Crean when he visits India," she said.
"So, a special honour and a very special recognition of such a great batsman. The honour is very special and Sachin is a very special cricketer."
Tendulkar, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, will become only the second Indian after former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee to get the honour.
Sorabjee was made an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to Australia-India bilateral legal relations" in 2006.
Tendulkar, however, is not the first non-Australian cricketer to be made an Order of Australia AM as in 2009, West Indies legend Brian Lara was also made an honorary member for his service to Australia-Caribbean relations by promoting goodwill, friendship and sportsmanship through the sport of cricket.
Another West Indies legend, Clive Lloyd, is an Honorary Officer in the Order of Australia, having been conferred the award way back in 1985. Another West Indian, Sir Garfield Sobers, was also made a member of the Order of Australia in 2003.
The right-handed Tendulkar, considered the finest batsman in contemporary cricket, has 15,533 runs in 190 Tests besides a mammoth 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs. He also has a record 100 international centuries to his credit.
The Australian Prime Minister was accompanied by several members of the Australian indigenous cricket team, who are in India to play four exhibition matches, during her visit to the cricket clinic organised by an NGO Magic Bus.
Asked by the reporters why she refused to take up a bat or a ball herself, Gillard said she had political differences with John Howard in many respects but had learnt few things watching him.
"I wasn't tempted to showcase my skills. Number one, because I don't really have cricketing skills. So that would be a problem.
"Number two, whilst I didn't agree with Prime Minister Howard's policies in many respects, I watched and learned from his prime ministership and a key lesson is never to pick up a bat in front of our friends from the media," she said.
Former Prime Minister Howard had struggled to bowl on a dusty pitch during his visit to Pakistan in 2005, bringing him much criticism from the media.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the announcement on Tuesday while visiting a cricket clinic in the Indian capital and said Tendulkar would receive the honour from Simon Crean, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, when he visits India.
The 'Order of Australia' is an order of chivalry to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. The 39-year-old Tendulkar will be awarded an AM, which is one of the six grades in the Order of Australia.
"Cricket is of course a great bond between Australia and India. We are both cricket-mad nations. I am very pleased that we are going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar, membership of the order of Australia (AM)," Gillard told reporters here.
"This is a very special honour very rarely awarded to someone who is not an Australian citizen or an Australian national. He is away playing cricket - surprise, surprise but the award will be conferred on him by minister Crean when he visits India," she said.
"So, a special honour and a very special recognition of such a great batsman. The honour is very special and Sachin is a very special cricketer."
Tendulkar, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, will become only the second Indian after former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee to get the honour.
Sorabjee was made an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to Australia-India bilateral legal relations" in 2006.
Tendulkar, however, is not the first non-Australian cricketer to be made an Order of Australia AM as in 2009, West Indies legend Brian Lara was also made an honorary member for his service to Australia-Caribbean relations by promoting goodwill, friendship and sportsmanship through the sport of cricket.
Another West Indies legend, Clive Lloyd, is an Honorary Officer in the Order of Australia, having been conferred the award way back in 1985. Another West Indian, Sir Garfield Sobers, was also made a member of the Order of Australia in 2003.
The right-handed Tendulkar, considered the finest batsman in contemporary cricket, has 15,533 runs in 190 Tests besides a mammoth 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs. He also has a record 100 international centuries to his credit.
The Australian Prime Minister was accompanied by several members of the Australian indigenous cricket team, who are in India to play four exhibition matches, during her visit to the cricket clinic organised by an NGO Magic Bus.
Asked by the reporters why she refused to take up a bat or a ball herself, Gillard said she had political differences with John Howard in many respects but had learnt few things watching him.
"I wasn't tempted to showcase my skills. Number one, because I don't really have cricketing skills. So that would be a problem.
"Number two, whilst I didn't agree with Prime Minister Howard's policies in many respects, I watched and learned from his prime ministership and a key lesson is never to pick up a bat in front of our friends from the media," she said.
Former Prime Minister Howard had struggled to bowl on a dusty pitch during his visit to Pakistan in 2005, bringing him much criticism from the media.
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