20 top test match moments

1 The first test, March 15, 1877
Australia win it by 45 runs in Melbourne. Opening batsman Charlie Bannerman scores test cricket's first century with 165. The winning margin was, remarkably, to be replicated in the 1977 Centenary test on the same ground.
2 The Ashes legend is born, 1882
Cricket's oldest series is named after a mock obituary published in the Sporting Times, after Australia had beaten England on English soil for the first time. Legendary moustached fast bowler Fred Spofforth took 14 for 90 as England, needing 85 to win at The Oval, were bowled out for 77. The obituary claimed English cricket had died, the body was to be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The next English tour Downunder (1882-83) was described as the battle to regain
the Ashes. On that trip a small urn was presented to the England captain, Ivo Bligh, by a group of Melbourne women, and reputed to contain the ashes of a bail.
3 First defeat for the old guard, 1906
It took 28 years after the first test match for either England or Australia to lose to another country. It happened in Johannesburg in January 1906 and it was a notable victory for South Africa over England. Trailing by 93, South Africa needed 284 to win, and got there with one wicket standing.
4 Test cricket's only double hat trick, 1912
Australian legspinner Jimmy Matthews managed a hat-trick in each South African innings of the match at Manchester. What's more, he took them on the same day, and he took no other wickets in the match. No one has replicated the two in a match feat.
5 Cricket's first whitewash, 1920-21
England were walloped 5-0 on their tour of Australia, the first such result in a series. The Aussies had one of their more powerful combinations; England were in a post-World War I trough.
6 The Don makes his entrance, November 30, 1928
Cricket's greatest batsman, Don Bradman, makes his test debut against England at Brisbane - and it's a flop. He made 18 and 1 batting at No 7, and England romp to a 675-run win. For the first and only time in his career, Bradman is dropped for the second test, is recalled for the third, makes a century and the rest is history.
7 Bodyline begins, December 2, 1932
Cricket's most infamous series starts in Sydney, with England's fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce utilising aggressive leg theory, aiming deliveries at the Australian batsmen's bodies, with a cordon of close catchers on the leg side. The plan was overseen by England's captain, Douglas Jardine, to curb Bradman's prodigious runmaking. It worked in a sense. England won the series 4-1, and Bradman averaged "only" 56. English officials, initially delighted at the success,
sent Larwood to Coventry, Jardine never captained England again and the laws were changed. It threatened diplomatic relations between the countries. It remains cricket ugliest, most contentious series.
8 The record win, August 1938
England needed to beat Australia at The Oval in the final test to square the series, and did so with what remains the biggest of all winning margins, an innings and 579 runs. Len Hutton batted over 13 hours in making the then world record score of 364 as England made 903 for seven declared. With Bradman injured and unable to bat, Australia were rolled for 201 and 123.
9 Cricket's final timeless test, Durban, March 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 1939
Remarkable on a couple of counts, played on what must have been a flat-as-a-pancake pitch. It was a match to decide the rubber so no time limit was set. There were five hundreds and one double century amid 1951 runs spread over 10 days - less than 200 a day on average! The denouement came with England needing 696 in the fourth innings. They reached 654 for five at the end of the 10th day, at which point the game was called off as England's ship was raising the anchor and
heading home the next morning.
10 The lowest total, March 28, 1955
New Zealand cricket's darkest day, when they were dismissed for just 26 by England at Eden Park. Bert Sutcliffe made 11. It was all over in 27 overs. Still the worst score in a test innings.
11 Ten out of 10, July 1956
The game's most famous bowling analysis, 19 for 90, belongs to England offspinner Jim Laker. He took nine for 37 in Australia's first innings 84 at Old Trafford, and followed up with 10 for 53 as England won by an innings and 170 runs. England bowled 150.2 overs in that second innings, so consider that Brian Statham, Trevor Bailey and Tony Lock didn't manage a single wicket from around 100 overs collectively. The other wicket? It was the third of Australia's first innings, taken
by left arm spinner Lock.
12 The first tie, December 9-14, 1960
The ultimate all-square finish, as Australia lost their final wicket in the second innings from the final ball of the match. As they chased 233 to beat the West Indies, there were just a few thousand at the Gabba to see the greatest conclusion, with four wickets falling in the last (eight-ball) over from West Indian great Wes Hall, three of them run outs. The last, a side-on direct hit by Joe Solomon, ran out Ian Meckiff. Cue wild scenes of jubilation from the West Indies, who initially
thought they had won the match. It heralded one of the game's most memorable series.
13 South Africa return to the fold, April 18, 1992
After 22 years in the wilderness, due to its Government's apartheid policies, South Africa returned to the test stage. That it happened against the West Indies in Barbados added to the sense of occasion. In their previous 172 tests, South Africa had not played the West Indians, India or Pakistan. The Windies won by 52 runs.
14 Cricket's highest total, August 1997
Sri Lanka's 952 for six against India in Colombo is test cricket's highest total. It took 271 overs. Sanath Jayasuriya made 340, Rohan Mahanama 225 but it was enough to put spectators to sleep.
15 Cronje's arrangement, January 2000
England beat South Africa in the final test of a series South Africa had already won. Better known as the test which fixed the spotlight on match-rigging. Lauded as a bold piece of captaincy at the time, leaving England 249 to win on the final day, South African captain Hansie Cronje admitted receiving 5000 and a leather jacket for helping England win by two wickets.
16 The 400-run man, April 2004
West Indian great Brian Lara had a liking for records. He eclipsed Garry Sobers' test individual record in making 375 against England at Antigua in April 1994. Ten years later he reclaimed the record from Matthew Hayden when he made 400 against England.
17 First test forfeiture, August 2006
England were awarded a test by forfeit at The Oval, after Pakistan, in the box seat, refused to carry on after being accused of tampering with the ball. The International Cricket Council subsequently amended the decision, turning it into a draw two years later, only to overturn its own decision in 2009 and stick with the original umpires' decision to give the win to England.
18 Murali calls it quits with a wicket, Galle, July 2010
Cricket's most successful test wicket-taker bowed out in style, taking his 800th wicket with his final delivery in tests. He set up a 10-wicket win, too. They took him 133 tests and 18 years.
19 Pakistan stung, Lord's August 2010
Bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, together with captain Salman Butt were caught out in a News of the World sting during the test against England, with a middle-man saying no balls could be delivered to order by the pair. They duly were, and all three players subsequently received five-year bans.
20 Tendulkar makes a half century, Centurion, December 2010
When Sachin Tendulkar reached his century against South Africa it was his 50th in tests (pictured), making him the first man to accomplish the feat. He added another two tests later in Cape Town for good measure.

40 Facts about Sachin Tendulkar

1: Named after legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman by his father

2: Grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy idol John McEnroe. Was even called 'McEnroe' by his friends. Admires Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Diego Maradona.

3: Wanted to be a fast bowler and even went to the MRF Pace Academy but head coach Dennis Lillee asked him to concentrate on batting.

4: Has scored big runs on Indian festivals like Gokulashtmi, Raksha Bandhan, Holi and Diwali

5: Loved to have 'I-can-eat-more-vada-pavs-than-you' competitions with cricket buddies Vinod Kambli and Salil Ankola

6: Loves sea food. Owned a restaurant.

7: Loves playing at Sydney Cricket Ground.

8: Loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits. Was extremely possessive about his personal stereo.

9: A devout worshipper of Lord Ganesha, he often visits Siddhivinayak temple in the early hours of the morning.

10: Wears his left pad first. Has the Tri-colour pasted inside his kit bag.

11: Remembers every dismissal and even the bowler who dismissed him.

12: Likes to dunk his glucose biscuits into his tea and have them with a spoon.

13: He is ambidextrous. Bats with his right hand but autographs and eats with his left.

14: Used to sleep with his cricket gear on during his junior days.

15: Refused to shoot for a soft-drink ad that showed him smashing cricket balls with a fly swatter. He reportedly told film-maker Prahlad Kakkar, "That would make me greater than the game." The ad was modified: he hit the balls with a stump.

16: Loves to zoom across Mumbai in his swanky cars in the wee hours.

17: Fell from a tree one Sunday evening during his summer vacations, when the movie 'Guide' was showing on national TV. It infuriated brother (and mentor) Ajit, who packed him off to cricket coaching class as a punishment!

18: Came back from the four-month tour of Australia after the 1992 World Cup and turned up to play for Kirti College in April 1992.

19: Was without a bat contract during the 1996 World Cup in which he emerged highest run-getter. A famous tyre company promptly signed him on soon after.

20: His coach at Shardashram, Ramakant Achrekar, used to offer a one rupee coin as prize to any bowler who dismissed him. If he remained not out, the coin belonged to Sachin. Still has a good bunch of those coins.

21: Fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at the Brabourne in 1988.

22: Was a ball boy during the 1987 World Cup match between India and Zimbabwe at Wankhede.

23: The first ad he shot was for sticking plaster.

24: In school, he was once mistaken for a girl by good friend Atul Ranade because of his long curls

25: After watching Deewar and Zanjeer, he became a fan of Amitabh Bachchan

26: Played tennis-ball cricket and darts during rainbreaks

27: Sang and whistled with Vinod Kambli during their 664-run record stand in the Harris Shield in 1988 to avoid eye contact with the coach's assistant, who wanted to declare while the duo wanted to bat on.

28: Teammate Praveen Amre bought him his first pair of international quality cricket shoes.

29: Was a bully at school but was kind to cats and dogs. His first captain, Sunil Harshe, said that he loved to pick a fight. Every time he was introduced to someone, his first reaction was, 'Will I be able to beat him?'

30: Used to go fishing for tadpoles and guppy fishes in the stream that ran through the compound of Sahitya Sahwas, his apartment in Bandra East.

31: Once made his mother look for a frog bhaji recipe.

32: The nanny who looked after him is now universally called Sachuchi bai

33: Colony watchman's son Ramesh Pardhe, who was his playmate, said Sachin would ask him to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him. He wanted to see the wet marks left on the bat to find out whether he had middled the ball correctly

34: An incorrigble prankster, he once put a hose pipe in Sourav Ganguly's room and turned on the tap. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating. Calls Ganguly 'Babu Moshai'. Sourav calls him 'Chhota Babu'.

35: Great spinner of yarns. If he had a cut on his finger it was because it had been chopped by a helicopter flying low!

36: Sachin Tendulkar's debut Test also was legendary allrounder Kapil Dev's 100th.

37: Sachin faced his first ball in Tests from legendary Pak pacer Waqar Younis, who was also making his debut.

38: Sachin scored the first-ever double hundred in ODIs on February 24, 2010, 22 years to the day that Kambli and Sachin had put on 664.

39: He equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 Test hundreds and went past the record on the same date, December 10. His 34th ton came against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 2004 and the 35th was against Sri Lanka at the Kotla in 2005.

40: During an under-15 tour in Indore, he couldn't sleep and woke up in the middle of the night to shadow practise. As the flooring was wood-based, the noise that emanated from the bat hitting the flooring disturbed the other tenants. As the hotel manager went to complain to coach Vasu Paranjpe, he was ticked off by the coach and told to 'Go and bowl to him'.

Management Techniques through Cricket

No.	CRICKET LAW	Management Concept
1	The Players	The Management Team
2	The Substitutes	Management Team Representatives
3	The Umpires	Government
4	The Scorers	Chartered Accounts & Revenue Department
5	The Ball	Investment
6	The Bat	Strategies
7	The Pitch	Business
8	The Wicket	Opportunities
9	The Creases	Limitations
10	Maintenance of Playing Area	Training
11	Covering the Pitch	Covering the Business Secrets & Tactics
12	Innings	Projects
13	Follow On	Down Time
14	Declaration	Quarterly Growth
	Forfeiture	Closures
15	Intervals	Maintenance
16	Start & Cessation of Play	Financial Year
17	Practice on the Field	Trail & Error
18	Scoring Runs	Revenue
19	Boundaries	Deadlines & Milestones
20	Lost Ball	Markups
21	Result	Result
22	Over	Modules
23	Dead Ball	Rejection
24	No Ball	Violation
25	Wide Ball	Deviations
26	Bye & Leg Bye	By Products
27	Appeals	Queries
28	Wicket is Down	Axing
29	Batsman out of his Ground	Project out of Scope
30	Bowled	Project Dropped
31	Timed Out	Deadline Crossed
32	Caught	Mismanagement
33	Handled the Ball	Wrong Modules
34	Hit the Ball Twice	Redundancy
35	Hit Wicket	System Error
36	LBW	Error Control Attempt through Explanations
37	Obstructing the Field	Wrong Team Formation
38	Run Out	Exhausted
39	Stumped	Quality Error
40	Wicket Keeper	Client
41	Fielders	Project Team
42	Fair & Unfair Play	All which are done above the Specifications

50 Interesting and Amazing Facts About Indian Cricket

1.  Out of the 2086 ODI cricketers that have played till date, 2073 have not even managed to score half of Sachin Tendulkar’s total ODI runs in their personal ODI career. That is almost 99.37% cricketers worldwide.

2.  In 1988, in a one-day practice match of India vs Pakistan, Sachin who was just a 14-year-old then, fielded for Pakistan as a substitute in Mumbai’s Brabourne stadium. This was Tendulkar’s first exposure to international cricket.

3.  Up till now (2013) Indian team in total has played 812 ODIs, out of which Sachin has been the part of the playing 11 in 463 ODIs(more than half of them).

4.  Cricket is a 165 years old sport in India. It was first played in India in 1848.

5.  Indian cricket team was the first cricket team to be dismissed twice in a single day of a test match in 1952 against England (58 in the 1st Innings & 82 in the 2nd innings). The only other team to hold this record is Zimbabwe, who were dismissed twice in a single day not once, but twice (2005 and 2011), both of them against New Zealand.

6.  The only bowler to have got Sir Donald Bradman of Australia out hit wicket was the Lala Amarnath.

7.  The only wicket keeper to have stumped Sir Donald Bradman of Australia was Prabir Sen of India.

8.  Bhausahib Nimbalkar of India was on 443*, with one day to go in a first-class match, just 9 short of the then world record 452* held by Bradman. He was however unable to break the record because with the total standing at 826 for 4 at the lunch interval, the opposition captain Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji conceded the match to prevent embarrassment on the part of his team. Bradman however sent a personal note to Nimbalkar saying that he considered Nimbalkar’s innings better than his own.

9.  Only 5 Indian batsmen, namely, Gundappa Vishwanath, Mohammed Azharuddin and Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan have scored centuries on debut for India, and then scored centuries again in their careers.

10.  Shikhar Dhawan Scored the Fastest centuries on Test debut.

11.  MS Dhoni holds the world record for 6 dismissals by a wicket keeper in a one-dayer v/s England at Leeds in 2007.

12.  Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005 has never again been equalled by a wicketkeeper in one day internationals.

13.  Bhagwat Chandrasekhar is the only cricketer to have scored fewer runs in his test career than the number of wickets that he took. He took 242 wickets and scored just 177 runs throughout his career of 51 test matches.

14.  Mohammed Azharuddin is the only batsman to have scored three centuries in his first three test matches.

15.  Wilfred Rhodes (England) has batted at all 11 positions in test cricket. This feat was only equalled emulated by Vinoo Mankad of India).

16.  The best test bowling figures on debut are those of Narendra Hirwani of India. He took 16 for 136 versus the West Indies. He broke Bob Massie’s record of 16 for 137.

17.  Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi of India became the youngest ever test captain at the age of 21. This record was only surpassed by Tatenda Taibu in 2004. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi played for a long time with a glass eye.

18.  The only cricketer to have played, both for England and India is Nawab of Pataudi (Senior).

19.  India played its first test match in 1932, but won the first test match 19 years & 230 days later in 1951-1952 against England in Madras.

20.  In 1999, Anil Kumble became the first man since England’s Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in a Test match innings when he took 10-74 against Pakistan in Delhi.

21.  A wall has been erected in the honour of Rahul Dravid at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore (his hometown). Exactly 13,288 bricks were used in its construction. That’s the number of runs scored by him in test cricket.

22.  Rahul Dravid has seen 453 wickets falling at the other end during his entire test career, most by any batsman.

23.  Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife’s name is Navjot Sidhu.

24.  In the 2nd ODI of 1984 between India and Pakistan at Sialkot, India were 210/3 with Vengsarkar at 94*. The match was eventually abandoned after hearing the news of Indira Gandhi being assassinated.

25.  On the day that Sunil Gavaskar was born, his uncle, Mr Masurekar had come to his hospital to see him. The uncle noticed a small hole near the top of his left ear lobe. But the next day, when he came to see Sunny, he did not find the hole. A search was made and Sunny was found sleeping blissfully beside a fisher-woman. The little master had been switched at birth, but luckily been restored. One often wonders how different India’s cricketing history would have been had Gavaskar’s uncle not been so observant.

26.  Sunil Gavaskar batted the entire 60 overs of a one-dayer, scoring just 36* in the 1975 World Cup against England. India lost the match by a huge margin of more than 200 runs.

27.  Virendra Sehwag has interesting highest scores in all three forms of cricket, i.e, T20 119, ODI 219 and Test 319.

28.  People with the surname “Patel” have played international cricket for at least five countries – India, New Zealand, Kenya (as well as East Africa), Canada and England.

29.  BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. It often uses government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent.

30.  That before the 1983 world cup, India had defeated only one team in the world cup and that was East Africa.

31.  V.V.S Laxman is the only Indian player to have played more than 100 tests, but not a single World Cup match.

32.  VVS Laxman is the great grandnephew of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India.

33.  Laxman’s extraordinary knock of 281 in the second innings (following on) against Australia at the Eden Gardens is one of the best innings by an Indian cricketer and is ranked the sixth in Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack list of 100 great Test innings in the history of the game.

34.  Laxman was a medical student before becoming a professional cricketer.

35.  Bishen Singh Bedi during the ODI match of 1978 against Pakistan forfeited the match because of the excessive use of bouncers by the Pakistani Bowlers. Sarfraz Nawaz’s last 4 deliveries were all out of reach of the batsmen, and not called wide by the umpire. India needed 23 runs from 14 balls with 8 wickets in hand when this happened.

36.  Bishen Singh Bedi has the record for the most economical figures in the World Cup. He conceded just 6 runs in 12 overs of which 8 were maidens and took 1 wicket.

37.  Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.

38.  In 2011, India became the first team to win the World Cup as hosts of the final match.

39.  By 1912, the Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.

40.  The Indian cricket team holds the record for 17 successful run-chases in ODIs, which ended in a dramatic match against the West Indies in May 2006, in which India lost by just 1 run when Yuvraj Singh was bowled by Dwayne Bravo’s full toss.

41.  In the 1983 World Cup at the famous INDIA VS ZIMBABWE match, India were in tatters at 17 for 5. Kapil Dev walked in and scored 175, which won the match for India. After this match India’s fortune in World Cup 1983 changed and India eventually became world champions.

42.  Kapil Dev`s only break of one Test in his 131 Test career came after 65 Tests.

43.  Against England, at Lord’s in 1990, India needed 24 runs to avoid the follow-on, with 1-wicket in hand. After playing the first 2 balls of the over defensively Kapil Dev hit off-spinner Eddie Hemmings for 4 consecutive sixes (the only time this has ever been done), to avoid the follow-on. Next ball number 11 batsman Narendra Hirwani was dismissed by Angus Fraser.

44.  When India hosted Sri Lanka, Kapil Dev was nearing Sir Richard Hadlee’s world record 431 wickets in test cricket, the Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin asked Kumble to intentionally bowl outside the off stump so as to avoid taking too many wickets, and thus allowing Kapil Dev a shot at the record in that match. Eventually Kapil succeeded in having Hashan Tilekratne caught at forward short leg by Sanjay Manjrekar to secure his 432nd test victim.

45.  M. L. Jaisimha of India in 1959 became the first batsman to bat on all five days of a test that included both innings, but just scoring 94 runs allover.

46.  Bapu Nadkarni sent down 131 deliveries without conceding a single run vs. England at Madras in 1964.

47.  G. R. Viswanath is the only Indian player to score a duck and a century on debut in 1969 against Australia.

48.  Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an innings.

49.  The first Indian to play Test Cricket was K.S. Ranjitsinjhi, who represented England between 1896 and 1902.

50.  After Australia famously lost to India at Kolkata in 2001 after making them follow on, Australian skipper, Steve Waugh labeled India “The Final Frontier” as a result of his otherwise all-conquering side’s continued inability to win a Test series in India.

15 Things You Should Learn From Sachin Tendulkar

The 22 years & ongoing journey which started when he was 16 is just an epic. The number of things one should learn from the “Little Master” are many. But, we have come up with 15 awesome things you should learn from Sachin Tendulkar
1>> Do what you like doing: According to Sachin, this was the reason for perfection. The quality of work we do depends on how much we enjoy doing it. You can give your best to something which you like the most.
2>> Impossible is nothing: This is what we learn from Sachin’s 100 centuries. Until he scored this, everyone thought it to be an impossible task. There is nothing called impossible, unless we are strongly motivated to achieve it.
3>> Hard Work: The time Sachin spends at nets on practice sessions has made him more confident and worth the results he gets. Similarly, when we put all our hard work and loyal efforts in our work or studies, you can be pretty sure of getting good results. There is no short cut to success. It is just the hard work!
4>> Discipline: Sachin’s discipline is more attractive than his straight drive. Being disciplined is a hard thing to be, as it is about control of both body and soul. Without discipline our talent can reach nowhere.
5>> Dedication: There can be no better example than Sachin to know about dedication. He did not stop his game when his father passed away, he played cricket the very next day too. Only when we are dedicated we can reach our goals.
6>> Stay focussed: Sachin has never tried his hands on anything other than cricket. That might be after his success or after a few failures. This quality of his tells us not to lose hope in ourselves. We should decide on what we want to do and should never shift our focus from it.
7>> Never Give-up: Sachin faced numerous health issues and also went through a couple of rough patches in life, but that did not stop him from moving forward. We should imbibe this with us, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going.
8>> Adapt to the Change: Viv Richards once said – “He is 99.5% Perfect.. I’ll pay to watch him play. I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that’s going to be. He can play in any era and at any level”.
Sachin plays T20 as good as he has been playing test matches. The same way, one should quickly adapt to the new changes as and when they come. This way you will always stay ahead of others in your stream.
9>> Composure: Have you ever seen Sachin showing his anger or making faces on field for wrong umpire decisions or tantrums thrown by the players. The composure is a very important aspect of one’s life. You should always keep your calm and never respond to other people trying to create trouble.
10>> Being Positive: All the criticism Sachin faces via the media and other senior players about his bad play at times are answered by a good game of cricket and not by talks. One should always be positive and believe in themselves during hardships.
11>> Every small step is important: Sachin don’t just hits boundaries, there are  many 1’s and 2’s that add up to his score. One should learn to pay attention to every small work we do, which will add up to the end result.
12>> Stay humble:  Gentleman here is always down to earth. He is never seen boasting about his accomplishments or records. He always talks to every fan and signs autograph for them. For someone of his stature, he can just ignore everyone; but he doesn’t! This way, one should never show off their success and instead be humble.
13>> Be a good team player: Sachin is always seen friendly with the rest of his team players, on need, he even does bowling. He helps the team in decision-making in tough situations. Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.
14>> Be Thankful: On every win Sachin thanks his counterparts for the support and mentions them as the reasons for the win. Being thankful to everyone for even petty reasons will work wonders for you. The next time your mom gets you the breakfast, tell her a thank you and look at expressions; she will be all smiles!
15>> Be a Philanthropist: On reaching the success line, gaining glamour and money Sachin did not get self obsessed, instead made himself available for social cause. He sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year; he has raised millions of money for helping the needy. That’s a lot to learn, once you gain something, be the first to shed out your help to many.

Final Thoughts

“When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.
When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, the USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to “open” the Nehruvian economy. It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will”