Little Master

(¯`·._.· Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ·._.·´¯)

D.O.B: April 24th, 1973
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master
Height: 5ft 5in

One Day International
Matches: 417
Runs: 16,361
Highest Score: 186 n.o.
Average: 44.33
100's: 42
50's: 89

Test
Matches: 152
Runs: 12,037
Highest Score: 248 n.o.
Average: 54.22
100's: 39
50's: 50

1994 - Arjuna Award
1997 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1998 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
1999 - Padma Shri Award, bestowed by India's President
2008 - Padma Vibhushan Award bestowed by India's President
2008 - ACC One Day International Best Batsmen
2008 - ICC One Day International Player of the Year, Nomination

These are a selected few of the Awards received by Sachin Tendulkar along with number of world records in international cricket. To my knowledge he is the first Indian to make the cover of Time Magazine. Earlier this year British Prime Minister hinted that there is a possibility that Sachin Tendulkar would be awarded honorary knighthood.

Critics love Sachin; if it weren’t for Sachin many critics wouldn’t have been used productively. Many things are said about Sachin, such as, Sachin doesn’t perform when needed, Sachin is over rated, Sachin has passed his peak, Sachin scores against weaker oppositions, Sachin fails to perform under pressure and above all that Sachin is a selfish cricketer.

The thing that gets me hysterical is the fact that most of these critics are not cricketers but just columnists, who get paid for their balderdash. I would love to watch these critics get down in the field to play some strokes and not make a fool of themselves. Well that’s asking a bit too much I guess, as it is inevitable.

When Sachin's batting statistics are filtered by the opposing team, one would notice that Sachin batting figures are the best against Australia. Sachin is the only batsmen to have been dismissed most number of times when in the 90's. As a matter of fact it was because of Tendulkar's performance that we made it to the semi finals in 96 and finals in 2003. Throughout his cricketing career he's been achieving milestones, breaking and making new records. If this doesn't say it all then what does?

Don Bradman said that watching Tendulkar plan was like watching himself play when he was young. Shane Warne rates Tendulkar as the best batsmen in his book and also said that he used to get nightmares where he has to bowl to Tendulkar. Cricket isn't a one-man show. It's a game where eleven players have to put up a show together and for the longest the norm was if Sachin fails, India fails.

Taking all these facts into consideration, I have only one thing to say......
Sachin isn't Singh but he is definitely the KINNG!!!!

Love... Friends... Family... Career

Once in a while everyone does question an individual’s priority. Everyone is good at giving an advice but can never practice them and this comes with personal experience but the advice is always top notch. This list changes over time and with ever individual.

When one makes a radical change for Love, it’s always put forward by people as, "He did it for love not taking friends, family or his future into consideration. He is so naive." This is the case when it comes to friends, family and career as well. Well the funny thing is that no one has seen the future but everyone is bound to deliver their predictions and if they are so good why don't they get busy fixing their own lives.

If Naive is what it is, then Hell yeah I am naive. I am naive when it comes to Love, Friends, Family and my Future. I feel being Naive is what defines a person and their priorities. Priorities can't be worked on or fixed. It's predefined depending on one’s personality. Even if one does try to work on their priorities it's just a matter of time when they get back to being themselves as it’s easier to be yourself then trying to be someone you aren't.

I once worked on helping a friend fix his priorities but it dint get anywhere. Until sometime back I figured that nothing can be done about it.

I have my priorities pretty straight forward but what grinds my gears is, what is your PRIORITY LIST like???