India v South Africa 24th February 2010 Sachin's 200 runs History in ODI

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As the year 2009 draws to a close, we take a look at those who stole the show. While some managed with their antics, wit and some sheer talent, there were also those who got trapped under the media scanner for outrageous misdeeds.

Varun Gandhi

Touted to be the saffron brigade’s rising star, the grandson of Indira Gandhi had all the party patrons banking on him as the GenNext leader on the run to the National Assembly Elections. What followed was a community-centric hate speech that saw him getting booked under the IPC as well as the National Security Act. And even as political analysts and news channels termed it as a huge dent to this political career, Gandhi won, albeit marginally, making for one of the elections’ most shocker news.

Rahul Gandhi

The suave and smart General Secretary of Congress, he impressed many by holding rallies in the furthest of rural constituencies. Even as cameramen covered his pad yatras, the news pit was abuzz with talks of which portfolio the Gandhi scion would hold post his almost certain win. Wanting to adopt a slow and steady approach, he instead opted to stop at playing MP. Once again, the media and the common man just couldn’t get enough of this not-so-crude-power-hungry politician.

Rakhi Sawant

The boldest drama queen Indian audiences have ever seen, Rakhi Sawant amused fans and critics alike as she announced her swayamvar. For once, the controversy queen was playing the quintessential Indian bride. While many had their doubts, their faith in the institution of marriage got the better of them. And as they waited to find out whether will she, won’t she, Rakhi outwitted them, creating a public debate not so much on her ethics, but that of reality television.

Nandan Nilekani

Former CEO and co-chairman of Infosys, the IIT graduate surprised urban India as he gave up his gave up his BPO baby to head the government’s unique ID project. In a country suffering from acute cynicism when it comes to all matters related to the Parliament, his decision caught the fancy of the biggest names in the news business. And as Nilekani took charge of things, the challenges of a private to public switchover continued to hog the headlines.

Shiney Ahuja

Having started the year on a promising note, what with a Hollywood assignment in the form of Silver Cord, the actor was all geared up for some intense paparazzi attention. But with an alleged rape case filed by none other than his maid, he ended up on the other side of the fence. From the 9 pm headlines hour to the prime time comedy shows, he became the subject of everyone’s ridicule.

Michael Jackson

Almost a forgotten legend after his alleged involvement in a pedophile case few years back, Wacko Jacko had little ‘active’ fans. But the minute news of his cardiac arrest in mysterious circumstances were flashed from the news pit, the world woke up with sympathy for this long-troubled star. The hysteria that his complex medical history created saw his numbers topping sales charts across stores. Not to  mention the non-stop specials ran by music channels across the globe.

Sachin Tendulkar

With the master blaster celebrating his 20th anniversary in cricket this year, the media went berserk putting together a biography of the iconic batsman. Even as Tendulkar opted for a low-key celebration with Team India and family at a hotel in Ahmedabad, fans cheered and waited for him to set a new anniversary record in the test match against Sri Lanka.

Madhu Koda

This former Jharkhand CM had managed to safely stay off the asset enquiry radar until the Enforcement Directorate’s nation-wide raids. Tracking down of assets worth a staggering Rs 4,000 crore across international networks revealed one of the biggest money laundering scams of recent years. As Koda denied ownership of the assets and investigations revealed a new link in the scam each day, prime time news became a sensational affair.

Abbas Kazmi

The man who took on the much-debatable stand to defend Ajmal Kasab to initiate a fair trial, Kazmi has ended up being in the news for the wrong reasons himself. A year after the 26/11 attacks, the urgency to complete the trial saw him being terminated on the grounds of non-cooperation. Kazmi’s refusal to shortlist the number of eye witnesses he wanted to cross-check once again sparked off the public debate – how far is fair?

Celebrities spotted at Maharashtra Elections Photo Gallery

Celebrities spotted at Maharashtra Elections Photo Gallery

70 of the Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar | No Wonder

Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir .......

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
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 39.
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

Sachin Tendulkar and Wife Anjali Tendulkar raise awareness for the upcoming Joy of Giving Week Photo Gallery

Sachin Tendulkar and Wife Anjali Tendulkar raise awareness for the upcoming Joy of Giving Week Photo Gallery

Tendulkar, Bhajji spend a day with NSG commandos Photo Gallery

Tendulkar, Bhajji spend a day with NSG commandos Photo Gallery

Tendulkar ton gives India the edge

Sachin Tendulkar reached his 40th Test century, and his tenth against Australia, to give India the edge on the first day in Nagpur. India lost three wickets in the first session after getting off to a brisk start, but Tendulkar, who had thrown away starts on four occasions in this series, and VVS Laxman, who was the more cautious of the two, helped their team recover well by adding 146 for the fourth wicket, their sixth century-stand, and their third against Australia. Almost everything Tendulkar did today - from the manner he opened his account with a brush off the pads for four, to the way he punched gloves with VVS Laxman at lunch to how he strutted back after tea - bore the image of a batsman full of intent. His efforts paid off, despite a run-out chance on 74 and drops on 85 and 98 off the persevering debutant Jason Krejza, as helped India reach 311. Tendulkar had looked at ease since Dravid's departure for a duck, driving straight while irrefutable in defence. He was the early aggressor in the partnership with Laxman, unfurling a slog-sweep over midwicket and a lofted on-drive in one Krejza over to raise India's 150. While the faster men were driven through cover, fluently flicked through mid-wicket, or on-driven with laser-like precision, the spinners were tackled with excellent footwork. Tendulkar survived two chances; he was dropped on 85 by Mitchell Johnson, and on 98 by Brett Lee, both off Krezja. To add insult to injury, he cut the same bowler through point to reach a significant century, but fell soon after, lbw to Johnson, who made amends for his let-off, for 109.