The Most Famous Cricketer in the World
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar:The man's a walking textbook - his technique makes scoring runs so easy. His low grip, along with his heavy bat, help him create incredible power for his drives, cuts and glances. His bat weighs almost three-and-half pounds (1.42 kg), probably the heaviest used by a batsman in world cricket...And he is the only player among the current lot who found his way into Bradman's favorite all-time World XI.
BBC Sports Features
Sachin Tendulkar - Fastest Test 10,000
The Times of India, March 17, 2005
An all time Great!
Known as the Little Master and recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern-day incarnation, Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest and most dynamic batsmen to ever play the game of cricket. .
The 10,000 Run: The moment came minutes after the tea break. The fifth ball of the 62nd over, bowled at 2.40pm, by Abdul Razzaq, was just short of a length and slanting into the pads, and Sachin Tendulkar moved across his stumps and tucked the ball to the on-side to scale another personal summit. With that run, he became the fifth player in the world, and the second Indian, to score 10,000 Test runs.
The 10,000 Club: Other Batsmen scoring 10,000 Test runs (matches for 10,000, innings for 10,000, total Test runs, total Tests, average, 100s, 50s)
Brian Lara (WIS) 111 195 10,000 111 52.91 26 45
Sunil Gavaskar (IND) 124 212 10,122 125 51.12 34 45
Allan Border (AUS) 136 235 11,174 156 50.56 27 63
Steve Waugh (AUS) 156 244 10,927 168 51.06 32 50 Sunil Gavaskar - First in the 10,000 Club: During the 3rd test in the India v Pakistan series of 1986/87 at Ahmedabad, Sunil Gavaskar became the first player in Cricket history to score 10,000 runs when he late cut Ijaz Fakih to third man during his innings of 63 in the first innings. A little known fact is that it was Imran Khan who had requested him to postpone his retirement after the Aussies series and told him "You've been a great friend and a great rival. Let's play against each other one more time."
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