Tendulkar's world-record 200

[fawwaxs]

There are many truly wondrous things about Sachin Tendulkar breaking the world record for the highest one-day score and becoming the format’s first double centurion, in effect cracking one of cricket’s many four-minute miles. He is months away from turning 37 and he batted through 50 overs.

He has now been in the game for over 20 years. He did it not against minnows but a top side and the best fast bowler today. And for years he has looked the most likely to do it. But above all was the simplicity with which he greeted his feat: arms raised, a smile, and a peek up to the great beyond. No leaps, no fist-punches or extravagance, only humility. It has been the leitmotif of one of sport’s greatest, most significant careers, for the most remarkable thing about Tendulkar is that he is still Tendulkar 20 years on.

He remains as committed and devoted to the sole idea of scoring runs and winning matches as any teenager taking his first steps in the game. The game today is not the same he came into. For one, greater riches are now available. Tendulkar is part of the reason for this abundance and is its beneficiary as well. Countless other distractions offer themselves. But he remains the same, the focus, priority and hunger untouched and untainted, his skills undimmed.

All cricketers, but particularly some on this side of the border, would do well to learn from that. Swiss watchmakers might have struggled to create a more consistent, longer-lasting and elegant model. In all likelihood there will be more double hundreds now that Twenty20 has further liberated batsmen — not that they needed it. But few will come from a man such as Tendulkar. We have been fortunate in the subcontinent to have Little Masters aplenty, in Hanif Mohammad and Sunil Gavaskar. But Tendulkar is the biggest of them all. Remember him and appreciate him, for there may never be another like him.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/16-terrific-tendulkar-hs-04

 

[Kinshuk]

Commit all the sins when Sachin is playing, because in the meanwhile, even God is busy watching his game.
KS

 

[Ingis]

Hey at least I was right someone will make 200 runs !!! ... on the flat pitches - hmm I tought it was a test match it is special on ODI

Talking about flat pitches, let us talk about the famed Saeed Anwar innings.

That match was played on one of the most flattest pitches ever seen. Even India in its reply almost equaled Pakistan's score despite Anwar's efforts.

6th Match: India v Pakistan at Chennai, May 21, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

And how much did S.Africa score in its reply?

And also, Anwar was 29 years old and used a runner for good part of the innings. Compare this to 36 years old Tendulkar who batted for all the 50 overs without a runner.

Don't ever bring up the flat pitch issue again.

 

[garibnawaz]

GB

 

[Shashanka]

i am waiting for a 300 from the master in test matches and winning the world cup in 2011...it will be perfect round up to his career

 

[dabong1]

Historical batting......well done Tendulkar

 

[Super Falcon]

we respect tendulkar yes tendulkar was better than saeed anwar for sure no doubt but anyone who plays more than 500 odi he will end up getting once in his life 200 in odi

 

[garibnawaz]

we respect tendulkar yes tendulkar was better than saeed anwar for sure no doubt but anyone who plays more than 500 odi he will end up getting once in his life 200 in odi

Tendulkar has played 442 ODI's.

Sanath Jaysurya who has played 441 ODI's is yet to achieve this feat.

GB

 

[Hyde]

Tendulkar has played 442 ODI's.

Sanath Jaysurya who has played 441 ODI's is yet to achieve this feat.

GB

Jayasuria is also a sloggger

Compare Sachin with Ponting not Jayasuriya

And indeed when and if Ponting get the chance to play 450 ODI matches he will also have many records like Sachin

But that is "IF" Sachin started playing cricket at very early age and that is something that helped him create so many records

 

[1000VA]

Jayasuria is also a sloggger

Compare Sachin with Ponting not Jayasuriya

And indeed when and if Ponting get the chance to play 450 ODI matches he will also have many records like Sachin

But that is "IF" Sachin started playing cricket at very early age and that is something that helped him create so many records

When Sachin completed his 349th ODI his avg score was 44.59 with a total of 13735 runs and 38 100's

Now compare...................

proof Tendulkar to play 350th ODI

 

[Hyde]

When Sachin completed his 349th ODI his avg score was 44.59 with a total of 13735 runs and 38 100's

Now compare...................

proof Tendulkar to play 350th ODI

did i object on that...... i am also a fan of Sachin

and stats do not suggest everything........ they are good for observation but not the final decision

both of them have an average difference of 1-2 only and that is not much......by your logic michael behan had a lot better average than Sachin so would you declare him better than Sachin?

Average is good for analysis but the final decision has to be taken from overall performance where both of them always proved to be solid players and legends of their own class

 

[DeathGod]

Sachin Tendulkar on ESPN's Cricket Legends

@mods: Guys why did you change the name of the thread. The thread was to show love , respect and admire sachin which we do not for his records but for the person he is.

 

[Super Falcon]

hahahahha why you indians burn alot i agreee sachin is best no doubt but he is not the GOD for sure and it is fact that if ponting play as much as sachin played im sure he will hold the records

 

[DeathGod]

hahahahha why you indians burn alot i agreee sachin is best no doubt but he is not the GOD for sure and it is fact that if ponting play as much as sachin played im sure he will hold the records

As I said... records will be broken by someone else, maybe sooner or later but cricket wont have another Sachin Tendulkar , who with his persona has given this game a lot. Even if people dont agree to that no one from outside India can question what he has done for our country .

We love sachin not for his runs or just because he is a great player but we love him because he is a great man. He is down to earth and success never got the better of him and as Indians we appreciate that quality much more then his quality of scoring runs.

One more gr8 innings from our HERO:

 

[Choppers]

TIME Magazine's quote on Sachin​

When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.

When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.

It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had a Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.