Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 BBC Sports Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wasim Akram I dont know what to bowl at him. i bowled an inswinger n he drove me through covers of d front foot. then i bld an outswinger n he again punched thr covers of d backfoot. He is d toughest batsmen i 've bowled to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wasim Akram He should live long n score lots of runs, but not against pakistan(smiling), on 24th april 2004 on espn Sachin's 30th B day program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Sunil Gavaskar India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Richie Benaud He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Geoffrey Boycott Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Eddie Barlow He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Greg Chappel He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Abdul Qadir I Was fielding in the covers Tendulkar came out to bat in his debut Test at Karachi. I still remember Waqar Younis was at his peak form at that time. Tendulkar tried to drive Waqar through the covers off his very first ball in Test cricket but was beaten all ends up. But I walked to captain Imran Khan and told him 'this kid looks very good' and Imran agree with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Sir Garfield Sobers I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Peter Roebuck Sometime back I had written a piece that said that Sachin's the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That's it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Jeff Thomson Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That's the buzz about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Ian Healey Tendulkar is the most comouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Mike Coward Sachin's the best. I've had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He's the most composed batsman I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hashim Amla Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it. Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Shahrukh Khan Maybe the country doesn't pray for me like they do for Sachin Tendulkar, but I know I'm on a good wicket as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Martina Navratilova Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson. Tennis legend joins the Sachin Tendulkar fan club after watching him bat at Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Alistair Campbell After loosing to India in the Coca Cola Cup final at Sharjah in November '98 He has everything a top batsman needs. Tendulkar is a classic example of a player being so good that his age is an irrelevance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 David Boon Technically he stands out as the best because of his ability to increase the pace at will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Cricket Historian Vasant Raiji I have always felt C. K. Nayadu was the best. I now think sachin has the honour of being the most outstanding batsman of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Steve Waugh You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Adam Hollioke In an over I can bowl six different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a sort of gentle arrogance down the pitch as if to say 'Can you bowl me another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Tony Greig He is cool, has magnificent temperament, and is so mature you tend to forget his age. I can't think of any other example of a player who has so dominated the world before the age of 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Allan Border: (after India won the Coca-Cola cup ) Hell, if he stayed, even at 11 an over he would have got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Ajay Jadeja I can't dream of an innings like that. He exists where we can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 David Gower In the last session in Nagpur, when the Indian chase was still on, Tendulkar hit a reverse sweep, an orthodox sweep and a lofted cover drive to (Ian) Blackwell. They were all exquisite cricket shots. To play those shots deliberately in such quick succession, off almost similar deliveries, was genius. That was a little jewel, just those 3-4 minutes. It reminds you how very few people are special. It was a case of great thinking and good technique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Gavaskar..back in 1988 to Tom Alter I sat in the office of Sportsweek magazine with that same Sunil Gavaskar. Ayaz Memon and I were listening to Gavaskar in one of his rare, priceless moods. The Little Master was delvering deep into his own experience, his own genius, and bringing forth pearls of wisdom as sudden, and as effective, as his straight- drives back past the bowler. Then Gavaskar came up with the following statement (remember, this was in 1988, when Dilip Vengsarkar was about to become captain of India): The two best batsmen in Bombay today are Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar.Full stop. End of statement. The ball crosses the boundary-line underneath the sight- screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Desmond Haynes In terms of technique and compactness, Tendulkar is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Mark Taylor He's a phenomenon. We have to be switched on when he plays allow him no boundries, for then he doesn't stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naresh_NTR Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wasim Akram Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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