Sachin Tendulkar bestowed with the rank of Honorary Group Captain by the IAF

The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has added yet another figure in his awards, recognitions and honorary titles from all over the world. This time it’s the Indian air force which has continued with the tradition of honoring and appraising the achievements of the great batsmen the cricketing fraternity have ever imagined. They conferred him with the rank and title of Honorary Group Captain for his marvelous unparallel achievements in the world of cricket.


The famous Indian cricketer has accepted the honor humbly in his trade mark style after the event he said that he was simply honored by this gesture from the Indian air force and that everyone in his life for once wishes to touch and feel the blue sky and that he is highly obliged to get this honor from the Indian air force. He added that he is proud to be an Indian national and will do every bit from his side to fulfill his job of a good brand ambassador of the IAF.

Fan celebrates Sachin's b'day in unique style

 A 42-year-old man celebrated Sachin Tendulkar's 37th birthday in a unique style by showcasing his batting records in the Race Course ground here on Saturday. 

Kishor Bedia, who claimed to be a fan of Tendulkar, hired a tennis court at the Race Course and made 30 feet by 30 feet cricket ground inside it.

He put up 93 clay statues of Tendulkar, each one for an international century of the batsman alongwith placards showing his Test as well as ODI records.

He also displayed 3679 clay balls, meant for 3679 fours Tendulkar has cracked in his more than 20 years in international cricket.

Bedia, a class IV employee at Rajkot Municipal Corporation, also ordered a 5kg cake.

He said he has been working for the last two months to celebrate Tendulkar's birthday in a unique style.

He said he spent Rs 35,000 to celebrate Tendulkar's birthday for which he took loan from the Sahakari Sharafi Mandli and will pay Rs 1600 as monthly installments.

Bedia said he had met Tendulkar only once when the batsman came to Rajkot to play an ODI match.

The Sachin Experience

Some time in the future, neuroscientists will perhaps have the answer. But right now it is impossible to say why there are distinctly different kinds of emotional reactions among Indian cricket fans while watching

a) Sachin Tendulkar and, b) Other players.

The effect produced by a Sachin masterpiece - such as the against-all-odds 175 against Australia at Hyderabad recently - appears to be unique.

This is equally true of a Sachin failure. He doesn't just botch paddle-scoops, he plunges an entire nation of a billion-plus people into a prolonged spell of mourning. As Roger Federer said of himself, Sachin has "created a monster."

Moulding our moods

It is almost as if, as a people, we believe that we are as successful or unsuccessful as Sachin is. We owe him our ecstasy; equally, he is the cause of our despair. It is quite possible that the maestro activates a reward/punishment system in the cricket fan's brain that might be inaccessible to the lesser mortals of Indian cricket.

If you believe that this is a lot of mumbo jumbo, then take time off from watching Sachin and, instead, watch people watch him on television or in the stands. It won't take long for you to see the truth.

Tendulkar's career has been saga of sacrifice

Maestro Sachin Tendulkar will complete 20 years in international cricket on Sunday. The 36-year-old batting legend will be the first Indian cricketer to achieve the feat.

Tendulkar made his debut as an immensely talented 16-year-old against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989.

"You only get to see one Tendulkar in a life-time. In the next 100 years, you will not witness another Tendulkar. He is once-in-century-player," said international cricket's most successful bowler Muttiah Muralitharan here on Saturday while interacting with the media.

India meets Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series at Motera from Monday.

And Muralitharan will be up against a cricketer who is only 39 runs short of a mind-boggling 30,000 runs in international cricket.

Tendulkar has most runs in Tests (12773 runs in 159 matches at 54.58) and ODIs (17178 runs in 436 matches at 44.50). His 42 Test hundreds and 45 ODI centuries are more than anybody else in the game.

SACHIN TENDULKAR - MARATHON MAN

Sachin Tendulkar has been on the road for 20 years, but still loves to carry on. “There is nothing like playing cricket. I like to play matches all season,” he says in a chat with Vijay Lokapally.

  S.VELMURUGAN

(If I had not become a cricketer) maybe, I would have become a tennis player. Maybe, I would have won a Grand Slam.’
It was a journey that began on a humble note with an innings of 15 in his debut Test in Karachi in November 1989. And today, Sachin Tendulkar is ranked among the all-time greats of the game, having amassed 12,773 runs in 159 Tests and 17,178 runs from 436 ODIs (up to the India-Australia match in Guwahati on November 8, 2009). He continues to grow and promises much more. The legend gets up close with Sportstar.
Excerpts from the interview:
Question: Have you ever had the fear of losing your place in the Indian team?
Answer: Honestly, I have never had this fear. I have never had this feeling that I could lose my place in the team, not even when I was playing junior cricket.
Don’t you get tired of playing so much cricket?