 When sachin bats the number of people watching the match exceeds European population. Sachin takes care of the education of over 200 students (in a way a father to them) For every tour, god carries around 14 bats along wid his kit bag , the only player to have the national flag on his helmet and also in his kitbag , very very patriotic Sachin uses three grips for his bat , the make of the bat is "vampire", he still uses kids sized gloves because since they're tighter and it'd give a better grip Treated a large group from Sahitya Sahwas, the colony where he lived till recently, to a meal at hotel Bandra international after a successful tour in 1990. "Chumma shot'' was how he would describe a stroke played well John wright caught SACHIN off Danny Morrison for 88 in the Napier test between India and New Zealand in 1989-90, stopping him from becoming the youngest ever test centurion Met wife Anjali in 1990. "I think I fell in love with her because she can blush,'' he said in an interview. scored centuries on debut in Ranji, Irani and Duleep trophies. Favourite film genre is action. It was god's father who signed his official contract with BCCI , because god was 16 yrs old at that time Rarely wears ethnic clothes. Described by Amitabh Bachchan as "the heartbeat of the nation" Once, tired of incessant calls by journalists, packed his bags with lots of videos and spent a couple of days at a friend's house in the same colony Follows formula one and is a fan of Ferrari hero Michael Schumacher Could also eat eight vada-pavs at a go Sunil gavaskar wrote him a letter of praise and encouragement in 1987. in the post-script, Gavaskar told him to not lose heart after failing to win the Mumbai Cricket Association's best junior cricketer award in 1987. Gavaskar said that many years ago, he too had been ignored. ``If you see the list of winners you will find one name missing and that person has not done too badly in test cricket,'' the little master wrote. ''Love of cars began early. There was a drive-in theatre close to where I lived. You could see cars of all shapes and sizes there. I would really like it because it was the only place where you could see a movie yet not get out of the car,'' he says Sachin is the only batsman in test cricket who scored 3 centuries wid a six Not facing the great west Indian attack of Marshall, Roberts, Holding and Garner is one of his regrets The movie to which he went in disguise was ROJA, at Worli's Satyam cinema At 17, was worried that a traffic cop may penalise him when dropping friends to Bandra station in his first car - a blue Maruti 800 He once asked his care taker Laxmi Bai to prepare a dish of frogs considered to be an yuck dish in India as a child. During India's tour to Australia, he was declared out when he ducked to coin the term "shoulder before wicket" Was taught swimming in some half an hour by Manoj Prabhakar on the 1990 tour to England Sachin - the name was given to him by his late father after the great music composer & singer, Sachin Dev Burman" Mark Mascarenhas was the person , who introduced god to MRF , for the everlasting and the most successul contract ever in the world Sachin can cook Baingan Bhartha The first ever bowler to have bowled to god was his Nani An ardent fan of Maradona and Boris Becker Tendulkar's idol is the American Tennis superstar-John McEnore. During his young age, he argued and fought for McEnore with his colony friends who supported Swedish Bjorn Borg. Sachin sported a head-band, sweat-band and a tennis racquet showing his staunch loyalty towards his idol. Once, cooked breakfast at son Arjun's playschool. Sachin's wife Anjali tends to become nervous while he bats, whereas his brother has become so superstitious that he allows the family members to only watch the match recording. On pre-mature and early exits, Sachin likes to take out his anger somewhere. He prefers to be left alone, till he cools down. He visualizes God in his parents. Religion to him is what his parents have inculcated in him, his upbringing and his way of life. (This is the main concept of sachinism - worship your parents) And...........If you want to know more see this Making OF the LEGEND Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RSm1EXRJM&feature=related Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABgzgHyAzyc&feature=related Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4MSsfvGBOs Part 4 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgK5cg2JvI&feature=related I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE READ IT................HOW MANY OF THESE YOU DON'T KNOW ??? |