Watched it a million times but that expression...

Watched it a million times but tht expression... truely god of cricket:-)

Emotional Sachin Says

Sachin's Speech....

"Friends please settle down, I'll get more

emotional! It's hard to believe my wonderful

journey is coming to an end.

I've a list of names to thank. The first is my

father, who passed away in 1999. Without his

guidance I wouldn't be standing in front of

you. he said 'chase your dreams, don't give up,

the path will be difficult.' I miss him today. My

mom, I don't know how she managed a naughty

child like me. She just prayed and prayed from

the day I started playing the game. For four

years I stayed with my uncle and aunt when in

school, they treated me like their own son. My

eldest brother Nitin doesn't like to talk ,much

but he said, whatever you do, I know you will

give 100%. My first cricket bat was presented

to me by my sister Savita. She still continues

to fast while I bat. Ajit my brother - We have

lived this dream together, he sacrificed his

career for me, he took me to Achrekar sir

first. Even last night he called me to discuss

my dismissal. Even when I'm not playing we will

still be discussing technique. If that hadn't

happened, I would have been a lesser

cricketer.

"The most beautiful thing happened to me when

I met Anjali in 1990. I know that being a

doctor there was a big career in front of her.

But she decides that I should continue playing

and she took care of the children. Thanks for

bearing with me for all the nonsense I've said

(Anjali wipes tears). Then the two precious

diamonds of my life Sara and Arjun. I've

missed out on several birthdays, holidays. I

know for 14-16 years I've not spent enough

time with you. But I promise you I will spend

the next 16.

"My inlaws - I've discussed several things with

them. The most important thing they did was

allow me to marry Anjali. In the last 24 years

my friends have made terrific contributions.

They have been with me while I was stressed.

They have been with me even at 3am when I

was injured. Thanks for being there for me.

"My career started when I was 11. I was

extremely delighted to see Achrekar sir in the

stands. I used to ride on his scooter and play

two matches a day. Sir took me along to make

sure I played. On a lighter note, Sir never said

'well played' because he didn't want me to be

complacent. You can push your luck now, Sir,

since I'm not playing cricker anymore.

"I started my career here in Mumbai. I

remember landing from NZ at 4am and playing

a Ranji game the next day. The BCCI was

fantastic from my debut. Thanks to the

selectors. You were right with me making sure

my treatment was taken care of.

"Thanks to all the senior cricketers who have

played with me. We see on the screen Rahul,

VVS, Sourav, Anil who is not here. All the

coaches. I know when MS presented the 200th

Test cap, I had a message to the team - I said

we are all so proud to be representing the

nation. I hope to continue to serve the nation

with dignity. I have full faith that you will

serve the country in the right spirit.

I will be failing in my duty if I didn't thank the

doctors who have kept me fit. Given the

injuries I have suffered. They have treated me

in odd hours.

My dear friend the late Mark Mascarenhas. I

miss him. My current management team WSG,

for continuing what Mark has done. Someone

who has worked closely with me for 14 years is

my friend Vinay Nayudu.

"The media has backed me a lot, since my

school days. Even today. Thank you. Thanks to

the photographers for capturing those

moments.

"I know my speech has become long. I want to

thank people who have flown in from different

parts of the world. I want to thank my fans

from the bottom of my heart. "Sachin, Sachin"

will reverberate in my years till I stop

breathing."

Sachin's Fact File

As one of the greatest Indian cricketer wraps up his 24-year career, here are some little-known, interesting nuggets about the master.

1. The first school Sachin attended as a child was Indian Education Society's New English School in Bandra East.

Sachin Tendulkar looks on with a bust of Sir Donald Bradman before an ODI against Australia at the SCG on February 26, 2012. (Getty Images)

2. Sachin's elder brother Ajit Tendulkar had played cricket alongside former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit and former India opener Lalchand Rajput.

3. In 1990, while returning from the tour of England at the age of 17, Sachin met his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport.

4. Sachin got married at the age of 22.

5. Sachin's father-in-law is a seven-time national bridge champion.

6. Sachin's daughter 'Sara' is named after the first tournament Sachin won as a captain - 'Sahara' Cup in 1997.

7. Sachin's father, Ramesh Tendulkar, named him after the famous music director Sachin Dev Burman.

EARLY DAYS

8. Sunil Gavaskar gifted the 14-year-old Sachin a pair of his own ultra-light pads. Those pads were later stolen while Sachin was at the under-15 national camp.

9. Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a GM bat after he was selected for the under-15 Bombay squad.

10. Dennis Lillie rejected Sachin when he went to the MRF Pace Foundation to become a fast bowler.

11. Sachin met Sourav Ganguly for the first time at the under-15 national camp in Indore.

12. Sachin scored his life's first century for Shradashram Vidyamandir against the Don Bosco School, Matunga, in the Harris Shield quarter-final at Shivaji Park.

13. Sachin's average in the 1988 Harris Shield was 102.5.

14. CCI amended its rules to allow 14-year-old Sachin to use its dressing room.

15. Sachin and Gavaskar were both named among the 36 Bombay Ranji Trophy probables in 1987.

16. Sachin was one of the ball boys during the 1987 World Cup held in India.

Becoming Tendulkar

17. Sachin, Waqar Younis, Salil Ankola and Shahid Saeed made their international debuts together in the 1989 Karachi Test.

18. Sachin's debut Test was Kapil Dev's 100th.

19. Sachin scored a duck in his ODI debut, which was against Pakistan.

20. Sachin scored his first Test century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1990.

Sachin's Entry & Guard of Honour - 200th Test

10 Reasons why I hate Sachin Tendulkar

1. He always plays a brilliant innings before my exam and hence didnt let me study.
2. Every time that I think of becoming an atheist, he gets into the nineties and I have no choice but to pray.
3. Every time I take a resolution not to bite my nails, he gets into the nineties and I am left with no choice but to chew on my nails.
4. He keeps all the records to himself.
5. He makes a lot more money than me.
6. He costs way too much on ‘super selector’ but since I have to pick him,the rest of my team gets weakened.
7. During a match, invariably when I want to go to the bathroom, he hits a boundary and hence I have no choice but to sit and watch the replay.
8. As soon as I convince myself that God does not exist, he plays a straight drive and proves me wrong.
9. He brings the whole country to astand still whenever he bats 
10. And the last and the biggest reason why I hate Sachin RameshTendulkar…...He is going to retire now!!!

Introduction - Sachin R Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. He took up cricket at age of eleven, made his Test debut against Pakistan at just sixteen years old, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for more than twenty years. He retired from the Indian Premier League in May 2013 and has announced that he will retire from the sport in November 2013 after playing his two-hundredth Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. He is the first player to score one hundred international centuries, the first player to score a double century in a One Day International, and thus far the only to complete 34,000 runs in international cricket.

In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India. He was also the recipient of "Player of the Tournament" award of the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. In October 2013, he became the only Indian cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He was also the first sportsperson and the first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has been proposed for honorary doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences , but he declined to accept honorary doctorates while being active in cricket.  In 2012, he was named as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.. On 14th Nov 2013, Department of Posts in India, announced to issue a set of a Miniature sheet and a sheetlet to commemorate the 200th Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar, which is also Tendulkar's last International match in any format. This has been only instance in Indian history after Mother Teresa, there have been commemorative stamps issued for a living person.

Sachin Tendulkar played 664 matches in international cricket,scoring 34,357 runs. On 5 October 2013, Sachin Tendulkar became the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket (First-class cricket, List A cricket and Twenty20 combined). On 23 December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.

Tendulkar is the 51st richest sportsman in the world according to Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes for the year 2013, with his total earnings estimated to be USD 22 million. In October 2013, the net worth of Tendulkar was estimated at USD 160 million by Wealth X, making him India's wealthiest cricket player

Career achievements - Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 18,426 runs. With a current aggregate of 15,470 Test runs, he surpassed Brian Lara's previous record tally of 11,953 runs as the highest run scorer in test matches in the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour of India in Mohali. Tendulkar described "It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the record. He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test (51) and ODI (49) cricket. (49). On 16 March 2012, Tenduklar scored his 100th international hundred. It came against Bangladesh in the league matches of Asia Cup 2012. Throughout his career, he has made a strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and ODI batsman of all time.

Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 1996 Cricket World Cup and 2003 Cricket World Cup. After his century against England during group stages of 2011 Cricket World Cup, he became the player to hit most number of centuries in Cricket World Cups with six centuries and the first player to score 2000 runs in World Cup cricket. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals. Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still playing in international cricket from the 1980s. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar broke the previous world record for highest individual innings in an ODI, and became the first male cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket. He made 200 runs and broke the previous record of 194 runs, jointly held by Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry.

He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four times, out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The performances earned him respect from Australian cricket fans and players. Similarly he has been Man of the Match 60 times in One day International matches and Man of the Series 14 times.He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the first player to score a double century in Men's ODI cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches. Tendulkar is the only cricketer to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred centuries in international cricket which includes 49 ODI and 51 Test centuries. He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century (200*) in an ODI against South Africa. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket.