List of Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 48
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI’s
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI’s
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI’s 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI’s 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100′s in test’s 51
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India ‘s highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match.. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs – 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka . He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

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Formula-1 Indian Grand Prix

The Grand Prix of India will be a Formula One race held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The first event is scheduled to take place on October 30, 2011 as the 17th race of the 2011 Formula One season,The new race track was officially homologated on September 1, 2011 by Charlie Whiting, and the inaugural race is now confirmed to have its debut in 2011.

The race will be held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, 24 km from Delhi. The circuit will be roughly 5.14 kilometres  and will be designed by F1 circuit designer Hermann Tilke. The track will be spread in an area of 875 acres. The initial seating capacity is speculated to be around 150,000. However there are plans to increase the seating capacity to 200,000 later on. The sprawling circuit will be a part of Jaypee Green Sports city and will also be used for hosting one or more rounds of Moto GP championships in the year 2012.

The track in all has 16 largely medium speed corners where F1 cars will lap at an average speed of 210 km/h. The back straight will let F1 cars reach 320 km/h making it one of the fastest tracks in the world. The expected F1 car lap time is 1 minute 27 seconds. The organizers have also taken feedback from teams which have done the track analysis via simulators leading to modification of the turn 7 in order to maximize overtaking opportunities into banked turn 10. A grand stand with a capacity of 13,000 will overlook the turn 10 and turn 11 giving the F1 fans an opportunity to be a part of the action.

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Sachin Tendulkar's New Home

On Wednesday,sep 28th Sachin Tendulkar shifted to his newly-constructed home at 19-A, Perry Cross Road, Bandra (West). With this, India's most famous cricketing star realised a long-cherished dream of living in a house of his own.

As a battery of photo journalists clicked away, Tendulkar, clad in a simple striped Tshirt and trousers and accompanied by his mother, children and wife, entered the villa, spread over 6,000 sq ft. Fans had put up a special banner, welcoming the family to the quiet neighbourhood. Many waited long to catch a glimpse of their favourite cricketer. Among them was a bunch of school kids.

As Tendulkar stepped out to meet them, he spoke to the waiting media and said, "I am really thrilled and happy today, especially for my mother and my family. Everyone has a dream of owning a house. I, too, had this dream. I am happy that I was able to fulfil it. I had received the flat where I used to live earlier under the sports quota. I have now vacated that place, so that some other sportsperson can live there," he said.

Tendulkar spent his early childhood in Sahitya Sahawas Colony, Bandra (E), and later shifted to La Mer Housing Society. He purchased the Bandra (W) property to construct his dream home a few years ago at a whopping Rs 39 crores
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New house will prove lucky for Sachin: Bejan Daruwalla

The new house, where Sachin Tendulkar is likely to move into on Wednesday, will prove to be very lucky for the batting great, according to world famous astrologer, Bejan Daruwalla. Tendulkar's new home is at Perry Cross Road in Bandra.
"It is a very auspicious day (to move into a new house), being the first day of 'Navratri'. Sachin has 'Raj Yoga' and 'Kumar Yoga' in his horoscope. The persons, who have 'Raj Yoga', rule (in their respective fields).

"Very few people like Mukesh Ambani, Narendra Modi, Barrack Obama and Atal Behari Vajpayee have these 'yogas' in their horoscope," the 81-year-old Daruwalla said on Tuesday.

"Sachin has the sign of 'Earth' and therefore has earned popularity. Like 'Earth', he is stable on the cricket pitch," the astrologer explained. "Had his horoscope been the 'Water' sign, his future would have been fluctuating."

Daruwalla, adjudged Best Astrologer by the Russian Society of Astrologers, is renowned for making several accurate predictions.

Inside the Villa
According to reports, Tendulkar and his wife Anjali are likely to have their bedroom on the top floor, while the rooms of their two children - son Arjun and daughter Sara - and a guest room will occupy the two floors below.

A temple, living and dining rooms, besides arrangements for displaying various awards and trophies won by Tendulkar who holds most of the batting records and is one short of completing a century of international tons - will occupy most of the ground floor.

The first basement will house servant quarters and master surveillance room, while the second basement has been kept for Tendulkar's other passion - cars. Besides, there is also a swimming pool on the terrace.

The villa has been secured with highwalled fencing, CCTV cameras and sensors.

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Cricket rules explained

Cricket the English game

Imagine the early evening of a summer's day in a country village, there's a tall church spire in the background; green trees sit against the horizon; the players are in white, their shadows are long and crisp; birds are singing; there's the smell of fresh cut grass; on the other side of the village green there's a pub; its windows are festooned with flower boxes, a few of the older generation have settled themselves in the benches outside to watch the game and you hear the sound of leather on willow. It's a quintessential English scene that sits deep in the English psyche. Cricket is the most English game. It has intricate rules and expected codes of behaviour, our language has phrases from the game that are linked to uprightness and honesty - 'play with straight bat', it's just not cricket' describes something that's amiss - the centre of the game itself is individualistic but each individual's effort must be backed up by team mates or that effort is worthless. Wherever Englishman have travelled cricket has been played; I have pictures of Sharjah where the Royal Engineers have made a wicket from matting in the middle of the dsesert, there have been cricket matches on the ice of the Arctic, aircraft carrier runways have seen the odd spin ball and a four or two has hit the waves. A sandbank off the coast of Kent is the scene of an annual match that must finish before the waves swallow up the wicket....cricket is replete with eccenctricities; beside the hospital where I was born stood a 120 ft high lime tree growing inside the field of play at Canterbury's St Lawrence Cricket Ground; when the tree died in the late 1990's it was of course replaced keeping in place, as well, the special rules created for this peculiar circumstance (4 runs scored if the ball was stopped by the tree).

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scoreboard

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slips

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drinks interval

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The basics

• Each team has 11 men.
• One team bats and one team fields and bowls.
• When the team batting has lost 10 wickets (10 players have got out) roles are reversed.
• The team that scores the most runs wins.
• The pitch is the piece of land where the action takes place. It's 22 yards long and 10 feet wide.
• At each end of the pitch there are three stumps and twobails which make a wicket. A stump is a round stick with a pointed end that is driven into the ground; the stump is 28ins high. The bails sit in grives on the top of the stumps forming a tall lower case 'm' shape with the stumps.
• The crease is a white line drawn across and in front of the stumps two feet from their base.
• A batsman uses a bat traditionally made from willow. He wears pads that protect his shins and knees and part of his thigh. Padded gloves protect his hands. A box protects his family jewels. In top class cricket players also wear helmets, thigh pads and even body armour - some fast bowlers deliver the cricket ball in excess of 90 miles an hour.
• A bowler must bowl the ball, this means that when he releases the ball his arm must be straight, if it is bent the delivery is illegal because he has thrown the ball.
• The wicket keeper stands behind the stumps and batsman; he is similarly protected as the batsman but wears wicket keeping gloves that have extra padding.
• The boundary is the line on the edge of the cricket field. If a batsman hits the ball past the boundary without the ball bouncing he scores six runs, if he hits the ball past the boundary and the ball makes contact with the ground before reaching the boundary he scores 4 runs.
• To score a run without hitting the ball past the boundary the batsman must run from one end of the wicket to the other; each time he does this he scores one run. While he is running the fielding side has the opportunity to dismiss the batsman by hitting the stumps he is running to with the ball before the batsman can cross the crease.
• The fielding side can dismiss a batsman in a number of different ways. A batsman can be bowled out which means the ball hits the stumps directly from a bowler's delivery. A batsman can be caught out which means he has hit the ball directly into the air and a fielder has caught it. He can be run out which means the stumps he was running to were hit while he was trying to complete a run. He can be stumped which means the wicket keeper caught a bowler's delivery and knocked off the bails with the ball while the batsman was outside his crease. He can dismissed by LBW - this stands for 'leg before wicket' and this decision is made by the umpire who stands directly behind the set of stumps at the bowler's end of the wicket. The bowler asks the umpire to make a decision by shouting 'Howzat!!'. If the umpire thinks the ball has pitched in line with the wicket and would have hit the wicket if had not hit one of the batsman's leg he is out. Another way to be out is to accidentally hit your own stumps with part of your body or bat - embarassing...
• The cricket ball is made of cork, string and leather. The centre of a cricket ball is cork; around the cork string is wound and a leather exterior is sewn around the outside. A pronounced seam binds the leather. The seam runs like an equator around the middle of the ball. A cricket ball is hard and a similar size to a baseball. Traditionally, cricket balls are red but with the invention of floodlit cricket and with players in some forms of the game wearing coloured uniforms instead of the traditional whites, cricket balls are also white.
• There are different types of bowlers that describe how fast they bowl and their method of delivery. A fast bowler is what it says. 'Fast' is generally considered to be around 90 mph in the professional game. A swing bowler has the ability to make the delivery bend in the air; he does this by shinning one side of the ball and leaving the other side to be scuffed and made dirty by normal play, the effect of this is that the shiny side of the ball travels faster through the air that the rough side which will drag through the air. A seam bowler has the ability to make the ball bounce on the seam thereby making the direction of the bounce variable and unpredictable. Spin bowling - players spin the ball in order for the ball to 'turn' when it bounces.
• Fielders can stand anywhere on the pitch. There are specific names for specific fielding positions on the pitch. Many of the names relate to the fielder's position in relation to the batsman. If a fielder is standing to the left of a right handed batsman he is 'legside' and positions here are designated 'on'; if he is standing to the right of a right handed batsman he is 'offside' - hence 'mid off' and 'mid on' are basically the same position but on opposide sides of the pitch. The slips are a set of fielders' positions behind the batsman on the on side. They are near enough to catch any balls that slice off the edge of the bat. There are some wonderful names - 'silly mid on' and silly mid off' close to the batsman and are in peril if hit by the ball; gulley, third man, cover, extra cover...
• The bowler delivers six deliveries from one end of the pitch. This is an over. At the end of each over a new bowler will deliver from the opposite end - all the fielders have to rotate their positions.
• There are two batsman in at any one time. One facing the deliveries the other stands at the bowler's end and will be ready to run in order to score runs.
• An innings is the completed batting of a team.
• There is limited over cricket which usually takes place over one day - the shortest is twenty over cricket. The opposite extreme to this is international test match cricket which takes 5 days each team has two innings.
• There are two umpires. One stands behind the wickets at the bowlers end and the other stands in line with the batting crease of the batter about twenty yards away on the legside.
• Screens are whiteboards placed behind the bowler to help the batsman see the ball.
• Here's the famous summary of cricket found on a tea-towel:
• Cricket, as explained to a foreigner: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

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