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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae  


Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt

OBJECTIVE [i] 
To seek career challenges keeping in view my past achievements and future goals. And to set new industry benchmarks in everything I endeavour.  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
      International Cricketer: Indian National Cricket Team [1989 onwards] 
      First Class Cricketer: Mumbai, West Zone, Yorkshire [1988 onwards] 
      Junior Cricketer: Shardashram School, Bombay U-15, West Zone U-15 [1985-1988].    

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 
      Indian Cricket Team: 1996-1997; 1999-2000. 
      Others: Mumbai, West Zone, Mumbai Indians, etc. [Various Times] 

KEY OPERATIONS & MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN 
1.     664* — Enough said. [Mumbai, 1988] 
2.     114* — Rescue mission against Spiteful Yellow Men on Green Earth. [Perth, 1991] 
3.     523 runs — Mission My World Cup. [India, 1996] 
4.     155* — Operation Deflate Warne [Chennai, 1998] 
5.     143 & 134 — Operation Desert Storm [Sharjah, 1998] 
6.     136 — Rescue Mission against the Vile Green Warriors on Dusty Earth [Chennai, 1999] 
7.     98 — Operation Tame Vile Green Warriors [Centurion, 2003] 
8.     672 runs — Mission My World Cup II. [South Africa, 2003]  
9.     241* and 60* —  Mission Avoid Cover Drive [Sydney, 2004] 
10.   117* and 93 — Operation Slay Goliath [Sydney & Brisbane, 2008] 
11.   103* — Mission Heal Mumbai [Chennai, 2008] 
12.   200* — Mt 200 [Gwalior 2010] 

OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES 
1.     122 — Mission Hold The Empire [Edgbaston, 1996] 
2.     126 — Operation Protect Final Frontier [Chennai, 2001] 
3.     117 — Operation Kings of Queens Park [Port of Spain, 2002] 
4.     193 — Mission Conquer Leeds [Leeds, 2002] 
5.     194* — Mission Sultan of Multan [Multan, 2004] 
6.     111* — Half-centurion in Centurion [Centurion, 2010] 

CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE 
1.     119* — Operation Bat Till Bedtime [Manchester, 1990] 
2.     82 — Mission Find New Opener [Christchurch, 1993] 
3.     1-0-3-0 — Operation Hold South Africa [Kolkata, 1993] 
4.     169 — Operation Counterattack [Cape Town, 1996] 
5.     140* — Operation This Is For You, Father [Bristol, 1999] 
6.     175 — Mission Save Series [Hyderabad, 2009] 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 
1.     Hundreds on Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.   
2.     India‟s youngest Test and ODI cricketer at age 16 years, 207 days.  
3.     Most runs in Tests and ODIs (14,513 and 17,598). 
4.     Most hundreds in Tests and ODIs (50 and 46).  
5.     Most ODI appearances (442) 
6.     Most Tests appearances (175).  
7.     20 hundreds against Australia, the best team of my era.  
8.     1894 runs and 9 hundreds in ODIs in 1998, a record. 
9.     7 Test hundreds and 1543 Test runs in 2010, an Indian record. 
10.   1796 runs in five World Cups. 
11.   Only cricketer with the 150 wickets and 15,000 runs „double‟ in ODIs.   
12.   First cricketer to score 40 and 50 Test hundreds. 
13.   First cricketer to score 20, 30 and 40 ODI hundreds.  

OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS 
I have interests in the food and beverages industry. I partly own two restaurants in Mumbai: 
      Tendulkar‟s (Colaba, 2002). 
      Sachin‟s (Mulund, 2004).  


Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae  


Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt  

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION 
      PhD in Cricket. 
      Secondary School, Shardashram Vidhya Mandir, Mumbai.  

PATENTS 
I‟ve mastered nearly every cricket stroke in the book, but have a special reputation for these.  
1.     The Thunderous Bowler-Decapitating Straight Drive 
2.     Back-foot Punch Through Cover 
3.     Acute Paddle Sweep 
4.     Slog Sweep Against Turning Leg-Break 
5.     Effortless Wristy Flick Through Square Leg 
6.     Point-Killing Square Cut 

PASSIONS 
Cars & Racing: I love fast driving. I also own a Ferrari 360 Modena.  
Food: I am a foodie with a fondness for seafood.  
Music: I enjoy collecting music. Some of my favourites are Kishore Kumar, Mark Knopfler, MLTR. 
  
AWARDS 
1.     Arjuna Award [1994] 
2.     Wisden Cricketer of the Year: [1997] 
3.     Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [1997-98] 
4.     Padma Shri [1999] 
5.     Player of the Tournament, World Cup [2003] 
6.     ICC Gary Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of The Year [2010] 
7.     ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2008 
8.     ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010 
9.     Rajiv Gandhi Award for Sports [2005] 
10.   Padma Vibhushan [2008] 
11.   Man of Match Awards: 74 
      ODIs: 61 times 
      Tests: 14 times 
12.   Man of the Series Awards: 19 
a.     ODIs: 15 
b.     Tests: 5 

MAJOR CITATIONS 
1.     “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991] 
2.     “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman. Ever. [1998] 
3.     “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He is the best batsman I‟ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World‟s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998] 
4.     “Shit, I‟m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia‟s Fast Bowler. [1998] 
5.     “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” — Wasim Akram, World‟s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002] 
6.     “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?” — Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003] 
7.     “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996] 
8.     “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans]. 
9.     “Nothing bad can happen to us if we‟re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa Batsman. [2004] 
10.   “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” — Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]  
11.   “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]   
12.   “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World‟s Most Successful Bowler. [2009] 
13.   “If I‟ve to bowl to Sachin, I‟ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket‟s McEnroe & Fast Bowling Legend. [Undated] 
14.   “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia‟s Most Successful Pace Bowler. [Undated] 
15.   “Sachin is a genius. I‟m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar‟s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated] 
16.   “I haven‟t seen Bradman playing, but I have seen Sachin. To me, he himself is a milestone, and the best cricketer in the world.” — Sourav Ganguly, India‟s most successful captain 
17.   “Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well.” — Sambit Bal, Editor, Cricinfo 

  
Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae  


Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt  

MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES 
1.     Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman [by Gulu Ezekiel] 
2.     The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar [by Gulu Ezekiel] 
3.     Sachin Tendulkar — A Definitive Biography [by Vaibhav Purandare] 
4.     Sachin Tendulkar — Masterful [by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla] 
5.     Tendulkar Opus [by Opus Media Group] 

MEDIA COVERAGE 
Are you kidding me? 

LANGUAGE SKILLS 
Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.  

PERSONAL DETAILS 
Date of birth: April 24, 1973 
Hometown: Mumbai 
Family: Wife Anjali, daughter Sara, son Arjun. 

EARNINGS 
Approximately Rs 60 crore annually (That‟s Rs 600,000,000 or USD 13 million or GBP 7.8 million or Euro 8.7 million).  


Sachin Tendulkar 
Mumbai, December 21, 2010  

                                                           
Note: This CV hasn’t been authorised by Sachin Tendulkar or his representatives. It was compiled with help from various cricket news sources by AR Hemant, a journalist with Yahoo! Cricket. [Last updated: December 21, 2010]. 

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

GREAT QUOTES ABOUT A LEGEND BY FEW GREAT PEOPLES...


 

"When we used to play, we thought no one can break Sunil Gavaskar's record. No one could think about 50 Test centuries at that time. This is certainly a big knock under the circumstances, better than the 200s and 300s"- Kapil Dev

"Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. At that time it seemed that it would never be broken. Tendulkar's 50 Test centuries is one such records which doesn't look like being surpassed"- Sunil Gavaskar

"India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing"- Sunil Gavaskar

"Sachin's feat is unbelievable.I was as thrilled as rest of my countrymen"-Bishan Singh Bedi

"I congratulate Sachin and his whole family. He is the greatest batsman of the game. He is only getting better with age"- Sourav Ganguly

"Every run that comes off Sachin's blade is a record. He has shown the world how to perform under pressure"- Sharad Pawar

"Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue about his greatness then there are certainly no arguments about his being the most prolific, he is a complete run machine and his 50th Test hundred is a testimony of his endurance and passion for the sport"- Rashid Latif

"It was clear to us even when he walked out to bat in that Test as a teenager that he had talent. The fact that he has been around for 21 years and done justice to that god gifted talent in both forms of the game is an achievement any cricketer would be proud off. It will be difficult for anyone to break his record"- Javed Miandad

"I think it is just the way he has changed the game overall and his own game because there are so many situations he has faced. He is now competing mostly against himself, like most great cricketers do. I think he has mastered all of them. The only challenge he has is to beat himself every time he walks out there because he has done almost everything"- Kumar Sangakkara

"Tendulkar's 50th Test hundred amongst his most important for India, thrilled"- Shashi Tharoor
"It's the greatest achievement by a batsman ever"- Yuvraj Singh

"There is little doubt in my mind that this is one of the great moments in Test cricket"- Harsha Bhogle
"He is the God of cricket and it's a super human effort. He has dedicated 21 years in International cricket and that's amazing"- K Srikkanth

"It was an absolutely outstanding innings, an outstanding milestone in history of cricket. It has never happened in the history of cricket and I don't think anybody would ever reach such a milestone. It's been 21 years but he has retained the same enthusiasm, which I saw in 1988. He is so focussed, so passionate and disciplined. Every time he occupies the crease, there is a record."- Dilip Vengsarkar

"This was expected... This is one of the finest achievements in cricket history. It is a fantastic performance by Sachin . Records do not matter to him. He will keep playing and records will follow him."- Chandu Borde

"The innings showed his keenness and caliber. I was very impressed by the way he ran between the wickets. It's a monumental effort and a great achievement. It's an unbelievable performance and no cricketer can come close to this mark, leave alone erasing it"- Gundappa Vishwanath

"He has reached the pinnacle of his cricketing career and I am sure his hunger for runs is still there. He has been achieving milestones, one after another, and it is beyond any cricketer's calibre to match Sachin's feat"- Syed Kirmani

"Earlier, Indian batting entirely revolved around Tendulkar. But with the emergence of Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag and Gambhir, there is less pressure on Tendulkar. And when you are under less pressure, you start enjoying and playing more freely"- Madan Lal

"Congratulations to Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person ever to score 50 test hundreds, absolute superstar"- Rohan Bopanna on twitter

"Putting Sachin Tendulkar's latest feat in a strictly cricketing context would not be fair to the sportsman. His achievements in the world of cricket need to be seen on a par with efforts in any other field - science, art, literature, etc - to push the frontiers of human excellence"- Pakistan daily 'Dawn'

"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India"- Mathew Hayden

"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!"- Peter Roebuck

"If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard"- Dennis Lillee

"I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara"- Glenn McGrath
"Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal"- Brian Lara

"I saw him (Sachin) playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel"- Sir Don Bradman

"There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others."- Andy Flower

"Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has
many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the
world"- Allan Donald

 "He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling"- Richie Benaud

"Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a problem"- Geoffrey Boycott

"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"- Greg Chappell

"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player"- Shane Warne
"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. I would say he's 99.5% perfect"- Vivian Richards

"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"- BBC Sports, on Sachin Tendulkar

"India me aap Prime Minister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain.Par Sachin
Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte"- Navjot Singh Sidhu

"Sachin is cricket's God"- Barry Richards

"Harder he works, the luckier he gets"- Ian Chappell

"I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!"- Anil Kumble

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
What Andrew Symonds wrote on a t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" -Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)
Quote Hanger: Talking about Tendulkar
Source: Agencies & India Syndicate

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

"Indians r poor but India is not a poor country"

"Indians r poor but India is not a poor country". 
Says one of the swiss bank directors.

He says that "280 lac crore" of Indian money is deposited in swiss banks,
  • Which can be used for ‘taxless’ budget for 30 yrs?
  • Can give 60 crore jobs to all Indians.
  • From any village to Delhi 4 lane roads.
  • Forever free power suply to more than 500 social projects.
  • Every citizen can get monthly 2000/- for 60 yrs.
  • No need of World Bank & IMF loan. 
  • INFLATION WILL BE BELOW 6% ONLY.
  • Think how our money is blocked by rich politicians. We have full right against corrupt politicians.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010