tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87195755015831021582024-02-08T00:26:33.095+05:30For SachinKarthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-80751578022134789392009-11-14T20:45:00.012+05:302009-11-15T17:15:17.900+05:30A tribute to my master<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtDH-xXRS3UErwCpz06HbUKmz6f6DcNgLfVOH8lbfAk3WDxDE335a-fX66ak6yXn9FQ2xhR4wS9kPFH9_lwvqWVBYhKELcTTJhrqIBs8qgVHsfVR06_bKOJTVn6yQ-k5mdquLAhLe9AM/s1600-h/posterh1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtDH-xXRS3UErwCpz06HbUKmz6f6DcNgLfVOH8lbfAk3WDxDE335a-fX66ak6yXn9FQ2xhR4wS9kPFH9_lwvqWVBYhKELcTTJhrqIBs8qgVHsfVR06_bKOJTVn6yQ-k5mdquLAhLe9AM/s320/posterh1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403997039218771698" border="0" /></a>The man who I adore and admire the most, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. He has played international cricket for around two decades come this November 15th. There are millions of fans for Sachin around the globe and as the days move on I believe there will be oodles and oodles of new Sachin fans. Sachin has now almost played for three generations for our nation and is still eager to go out in the middle with his pads on.<br /><br />There are umpteen reasons for a person to be a fan of Sachin. Some people are fans of Sachin, may be because of his sound technique and ability to score runs at his will. Some people are still fans of Sachin, may be because of the old swashbuckling innings of Sachin in the 90's. Some people are fans of Sachin, may be because of the records he hold in the game. Some more people are fans of Sachin, because they just want to claim that he/she is also a fan of Sachin, that they belong to that massive community of Sachin Fans. Very few are fans of Sachin because of his astounding character he displays in real life beyond cricket.<br /><br />I think I fall under the last category. Whenever Sachin scores a boundary or a century, be it a small boy or a youngster or a married man or an elderly man they have a smile in their face and feel happy and its this aspect that made me to think why can't I do the same. Its Sachin's humbleness and politeness even after earning so much and being on the spotlight for almost his entire life, which reminds me to be humble and polite as much as possible. Its his willingness and eagerness to learn more and more in cricket even from junior players, that makes me to feel why can't I be like him. Sachin never complains about the wrong decisions given by the umpires against him, which reminds me to forgive everyone as mistakes are bound to happen for anyone. Its his passion for his game, which makes me feel so very diminished for not having passion in anything at all ever in my life.<br /><br />I have read in an article that Sachin is a champion Snake player on the cellphone, according to Harbhajan. Though I am not a champion like him, I am good at it.<br /><br />His family has been of a great support for him all these days and I personally wish to thank them. Whenever Sachin is in the middle with his bat, I don't move a muscle and watch him play. I wish he should never retire. Once Sachin has retired from international arena, I guess I would stop watching cricket and I wish that day will never ever come. And Sachin winning a World Cup is not only his dearest wish, mine too and many others too, well he deserves it.<br /><br />If there is ever one person who has influenced me so much in my life, its this man Sachin Tendulkar. Thanks to him. I will love to possess those unique abilities of Sachin and I will not quit until I achieve those; This is Karthikeyan C.N. There is not fate but what we make.<br /><br /></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-51972909805714601592009-08-14T06:33:00.018+05:302009-08-14T07:05:38.544+05:30He Of The Golden Bat<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp4ZbrKQMtd1kOaAyWYszwP6v48DChj1KZgu5kQfbSYl5F3oRJLDTB1qdjSadIi8tGa8mozfIXPtrRdlClZS7U-kucLPt5IuNB3GFyILWXFXYrt2WPbC2oor65s5jjJPhzeGVWohJuzA/s1600-h/28.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp4ZbrKQMtd1kOaAyWYszwP6v48DChj1KZgu5kQfbSYl5F3oRJLDTB1qdjSadIi8tGa8mozfIXPtrRdlClZS7U-kucLPt5IuNB3GFyILWXFXYrt2WPbC2oor65s5jjJPhzeGVWohJuzA/s320/28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369622035882795314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">A BLACK MERCEDES pulls up to the curb in a central London street and out steps Sachin Tendulkar. There are no crowds, no bodyguards, and no one pays any attention to this stocky and unremarkable gentleman who, aside from a chunky watch, looks like any other office worker as he stops to make a call on the pavement.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tendulkar wanders up and down the busy street, tourists and Londoners walking past him, enjoying the midsummer warmth and the rare anonymity. It is a mundane act for the rest of us but a treat and something to revel in for him.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">“I like it here, I have more freedom to do whatever I want and move around without any problems,” he says. “I enjoy that feeling, it is very different for me. I am given my space, which is important, and I can go for nice walks in the parks.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">While his Indian teammates were unsuccessfully attempting to defend their World Twenty20 title Tendulkar was here to spend time with his family at their London home. He watched cricket from the stands, went to the men’s final at Wimbledon, took a trip to Iceland to sample some cold weather, took his nine-year-old son Arjun for net sessions at Lord’s and simply enjoyed unmolested trips to the cinema and restaurants.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">When asked if he could repeat any of these pursuits in Mumbai he laughs and looks utterly astonished at the question. “No, no, no, I couldn’t do any of that, I have not done it for a long time and I don’t see myself doing it again, really.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Back home in India, of course, Tendulkar is an icon. His every movement and utterance is monitored, while his image is on billboards and in as many as a quarter of all advertisements on Indian television. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tendulkar recalls one public appearance several years ago in Bengaluru when nearly 200 policemen were needed to control an impromptu crowd of up to 7,000 people after word had spread he was in the city. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">“There have been a few scary moments but that was the worst, it was out of control and there didn’t seem to be enough policemen,” he says. “A lot of people wanted to get close to me, it was just affection but there was a chance of me or others getting injured.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">To avoid a repeat, Tendulkar rarely ventures out or, when he does, it is in disguise or very early in the morning. “I have sometimes worn a baseball cap, a beard, spectacles and a wig not to be noticed,” he says with a smile. “It was just a bit of fun and I was once getting away with it until I dropped the spectacles and a couple of guys recognised me.” </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">“I also love going for a drive about 5 am, when the roads are empty and people won’t see me. I am not driving fast, just 25 mph, I listen to relaxing music, there is no one else, I like it being just me on my own.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Today Tendulkar has come to the Opus store in Covent Garden to promote his own forthcoming Opus, a mammoth 800-page book weighing 30 kg, which will tell the story of his career. Tendulkar is only the second sportsman after Diego Maradona to be given such lavish treatment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tendulkar remains humble and warm, obliging and polite, speaking in a soft voice.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">In a room decorated with large images of Tendulkar and his greatest innings, he will later hold a press conference that offers a glimpse into the madness of his life. It begins with a nurse taking a swab of saliva for his DNA profile, which will then become a work of art for his Opus. It ends with a gaggle of fawning Indian journalists, prefacing their questions with statements such as “I would like you to know I named my son ‘Sachin’ … ”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tendulkar is at pains to make clear that the launch of his Opus does not signal the end of his career and, while at 36 it is inevitably approaching, he has set no retirement date, even privately.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">“I have given it no thought at all,” he says, “I am good at cricket, so I will play a while longer. I still love the game as much as ever, it is my job but it remains my passion too. This is fun. Cricket remains in my heart.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">AS THE scorer of both the most Test and one-day runs, as well as the most Test and one-day centuries, Tendulkar’s standing as one of the modern game’s greatest players is secure and the 2002 Wisden argued that only Sir Donald Bradman can claim to be better in the entire history of the sport. Even so, he is far from sated. He wants more. Tendulkar once said being satisfied is like pulling up the handbrake on a car and expecting it to keep moving forward.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">“I am not pleased yet with what I have done,” he says shaking his head. “Sunil Gavaskar has told me that I have to get to 15,000 runs, he said he would be angry with me, he would come and catch me if I didn’t. I admire him so much and to score that many would be a terrific achievement but that is not the only aim.” What else? “Winning the World Cup in 2011.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">To prolong his Test and one-day career Tendulkar has decided not to play Twenty20 internationals. “I felt as though I would have been a loose link in the team, I couldn’t do that to them,” he says. “I was not sure I would last, there was something missing. If my body wasn’t strong enough to last through the tournament then I couldn’t play.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">At 36, does he feel his body is letting him down? He pauses to think. “No, it still does what I want it to but I am older so it is different, you just have to work harder. There are moments when I try something and it doesn’t happen but it isn’t because of my age.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">“I always play in pain, all the time, the last three months I played with a broken finger but you know when pain is manageable or not and most of the time I can do it. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">“I can still do what I did when I was 25 but the body is changing, so your thought process has to change too. I have had to change how I think, which is about taking less risk.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">In recent years, Tendulkar has tightened his style, becoming increasingly cautious, but he remains as prolific as ever with an average of 52.11 over the last 18 months. The last year also contained what he considers to be his greatest innings, the unbeaten 103 he made against England in Chennai, for the performance but also for its defiant symbolism coming weeks after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">After two decades playing international cricket, how has he so ruthlessly accumulated these runs? “The secret to batting is to stay still and just react to what the bowler has done,” he says, making it all sound simple. “You have to be still both in your mind and physically. It is very important that your mind is not full of a lot of thoughts because your reaction time is not going to be good. You have to keep your mind blank.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">“The toughest thing is to clear your mind. The mind always wants to be in the past or the future, it rarely wants to be in the present. My best batting comes when my mind is in the present but it doesn’t happen naturally, you have to take yourself there. I am not able to get in that zone as often as I would like but, when you are there, you don’t see anything except the bowler and the ball. You have to allow your instincts to take over, trust me, your instincts are 99 percent right but, you know, the older I get, the more I realise how important your breathing is to good batting. By that I mean, if you focus on breathing and relaxing, you can force yourself into a comfortable place to bat.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">And when the end does finally come Tendulkar says he will not resist it: “I will know when it is the right time, I won’t have to be dragged away… I am the person who will make the decision and I will know whether I still belong.” And what will he do afterwards? “I would like to do something with the game.” </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">How will he adjust to life without playing cricket? “It is a scary thought,” he says candidly. “It has been there for my whole adult life, it will be difficult, I have been around for a long time, I can imagine when I finish I will long to face just 10 more balls but you have to move away.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Who will surpass Tendulkar’s record haul of runs? Bradman anointed Tendulkar the player who most reminded him of himself and picked him as the only modern player in his all-time XI. Would Tendulkar extend the same compliment to anyone? “I would say Virender Sehwag comes closest to my style.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">What state will Tendulkar leave the game in when he does eventually retire? He made his name in Test cricket but he has significantly added to his fortune with the emergence of Twenty20 as captain of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">“There is no way Test cricket is dying,” he says. “Twenty20 cricket is the dessert and you can’t survive on that. Who wants to eat only desserts? Test cricket is my main course, with all the meat and vegetables, and then it is nice to have Twenty20 as a dessert.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">BUT DOES he have any fears about the growing influence of Twenty20 cricket? “I started playing cricket at six with a tennis ball not because I wanted to be a millionaire but because I loved cricket,” he replies. “Maybe in 10 years or even now people will pick up cricket bats thinking only about the huge money in Twenty20 cricket. Money should just be coincidental. The passion and the desire are the most important thing. I worry about runs, not contracts.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Following the attacks on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore and those attacks in Mumbai, which prompted the IPL to relocate temporarily to South Africa, Tendulkar has seen terrorism pose an increasing threat to cricket.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">“It was a horrible surprise… I was shocked about what happened to the Sri Lankans. I always thought that sportsmen would be left alone and we wouldn’t be targeted.” </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Would he ever feel safe touring Pakistan again? “It is not up to me to judge whether it was safe, it is up to the government to make those decisions once they have done their homework.” And that would be enough? “Probably, yes.”</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCds_Hde7zvA7BFKtEkv11HSv_Svzh_NwrCHwX2erdJXuj-uDWxZ65lEQJMsCJY90KhkxCxDjz3gZt6_966oJYf-PPBR_Jcl3V13ojXXW3_ArpEan9V8FDoUYrEw29e3ErEMR9sIl3X4/s1600-h/45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCds_Hde7zvA7BFKtEkv11HSv_Svzh_NwrCHwX2erdJXuj-uDWxZ65lEQJMsCJY90KhkxCxDjz3gZt6_966oJYf-PPBR_Jcl3V13ojXXW3_ArpEan9V8FDoUYrEw29e3ErEMR9sIl3X4/s320/45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369626416568384514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">A couple of hours after his arrival, a small band of mostly Indian students are now milling around the front of the store and attempting to take pictures of Tendulkar through the windows.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">They are open-mouthed when Tendulkar then steps outside to meet them and sign autographs before strolling down the street, with two unnecessary doormen, to pose for a photograph in the middle of Covent Garden.<br /><br />Once more, even accompanied by a photographer this time, no one gives him so much as a second look. And that is just the way he likes it.<br /><br />Course : http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=hub220809he_of.asp<br /><br />- Karthikeyan C.N.<br /><br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-3422065300697048922008-11-28T20:06:00.008+05:302008-11-28T20:21:59.829+05:30Fibonacci Flowers<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In today's hectic world, rarely does one have time to stop and look at the flowers anymore. Fibonacci Flowers , interesting name. Have you guys ever heard of it before ? Of course every one would have had an idea what is meant by Fibonacci Series. These Fibonacci Flowers has something to do with Fibonacci series. I accidentally stumbled into one of the books in my college library. Was interested in reading the fact, so just browsed in the net and collected some information regarding it. I would like to share the information with you guys. Here it is …..<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Plants illustrate the Fibonacci series in the numbers and arrangements of petals, leaves, sections and seeds.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8UyNfj1e_N0bG8agCniy8Y1LTr4cl3MzFguGiefMG5Gy_9X4PqFF9PjR3UoK4L1zSUbLJGxSM7WvQRtZpp4Faq5kwQvoMJ1TzhA8F8WZB5kf_ywqhFoC07_buPwT-tOPyS88YTkqyVk/s1600-h/fibonacci+_+flowers.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8UyNfj1e_N0bG8agCniy8Y1LTr4cl3MzFguGiefMG5Gy_9X4PqFF9PjR3UoK4L1zSUbLJGxSM7WvQRtZpp4Faq5kwQvoMJ1TzhA8F8WZB5kf_ywqhFoC07_buPwT-tOPyS88YTkqyVk/s320/fibonacci+_+flowers.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273719034505340434" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >*?* Why is it that the number of petals in a flower is often one of the following numbers: 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 or 55? For example, the lily has three petals, buttercups have five of them, the chicory has 21 of them, the daisy has often 34 or 55 petals, etc.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >*?* Furthermore, when one observes the heads of sunflowers, one notices two series of curves, one winding in one sense and one in another; the number of spirals not being the same in each sense. Why is the number of spirals in general either 21 and 34, either 34 and 55, either 55 and 89, or 89 and 144?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >*?* The same for pinecones : why do they have either 8 spirals from one side and 13 from the other, or either 5 spirals from one side and 8 from the other?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">*?* Finally, why is the number of diagonals of a pineapple also 8 in one direction and 13 in the other?</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Plants that are formed in spirals, such as pinecones, pineapples and sunflowers, illustrate Fibonacci numbers. Many plants produce new branches in quantities that are based on Fibonacci numbers.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> The spiral arrangements of leaves on a stem, and the number of petals, sepals and spirals in flower heads during the development of most plants, represent successive numbers in the famous series discovered in the thirteenth century by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci, in which each number is the sum of the previous two (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55...). Seeds on the heads of sunflowers, for example, are arranged in two sets of spiral rows, one curving to the left and the other to the right.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWSG_PTw88aDUhJ7iTM1u73cTLXbMRlexgluNFWOYHVAW92LFgYux7zTP22wn_5SaDVhb260R4U_shjqrTenKJlv_kTdDH8TvE6wf4l8ZT0ZIoDOWCS6DxPmghrqwq6iHuvksoAcsvPs/s1600-h/sunflwr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWSG_PTw88aDUhJ7iTM1u73cTLXbMRlexgluNFWOYHVAW92LFgYux7zTP22wn_5SaDVhb260R4U_shjqrTenKJlv_kTdDH8TvE6wf4l8ZT0ZIoDOWCS6DxPmghrqwq6iHuvksoAcsvPs/s320/sunflwr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273719873221476226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDhoku3tiwpWSlxyLQPBHEK5bwbNcdd0qOJSjyKB8IPIPq1EFr1udz_momSrJ7oHO6zg3p5EMLs6_dJe4KZ2cPc9eOXj_9KDRBLGlH6hHJd37X-4m4jsVnSf4T84PrcfNGdfdmmP-ID4/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDhoku3tiwpWSlxyLQPBHEK5bwbNcdd0qOJSjyKB8IPIPq1EFr1udz_momSrJ7oHO6zg3p5EMLs6_dJe4KZ2cPc9eOXj_9KDRBLGlH6hHJd37X-4m4jsVnSf4T84PrcfNGdfdmmP-ID4/s320/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273720420835869922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you want to know more about Fibonacci series and nature …<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Have a go at this link …<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat2.html<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/8479/title/The_Mathematical_Lives_of_Plants<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Still there are many such facts which you can look for yourself .<br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-48651576496720539622008-10-25T05:54:00.006+05:302008-10-25T06:21:33.183+05:30The Little Masters' Interview<p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3w9dsrCSRiDbNrVWv4VaHObPtTsG1fWFjdUncE6WPSykT88_FgHU_AvvxVIOz15kXx0Sbmj-0jah5tDhHzBpo-3JrnFhlKAswm4DxnTtlByoszFDeGB4QOws2EDZJM3BifhUayBXg-M/s1600-h/little+masters%27+interview.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3w9dsrCSRiDbNrVWv4VaHObPtTsG1fWFjdUncE6WPSykT88_FgHU_AvvxVIOz15kXx0Sbmj-0jah5tDhHzBpo-3JrnFhlKAswm4DxnTtlByoszFDeGB4QOws2EDZJM3BifhUayBXg-M/s320/little+masters%27+interview.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260884594510208402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>New Delhi:</b> I have with me the two legends of the game, the world's twelve thousand Test run man, and the first <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> man of the game, a staggering <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">22,000</span> runs between my two guests today, the one and only Sunil Gavaskar and the one and only Sachin Tendulkar. If I go by the statistics, do you know how many centuries you have scored between the two of you in International cricket? Who has a better mathematical mind? Mr. Gavaskar, you would usually know how many hundreds have been scored? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> No, I am not Geoffrey Boycott here.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You have scored more than a hundred hundreds between the two of you, if you include Test cricket and one day internationals, but Sachin, <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,000</span> runs, has it sunk in? What does it mean to have scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,000</span> Test runs? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> To be honest, it still hasn't sunk in; I was just focussing on the ball because till I scored the runs whoever met me, the first question was, you have to do it and when are you doing it? So I was literally fed up answering them. I don't play for records and I just want to play my game and enjoy my cricket rather than chasing records. I know if I go and do that records will be broken automatically and I don't need to focus on that.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Is that the same way you felt when you scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000 </span>runs? Was it every day somebody telling you that Mr. Gavaskar, when are you scoring <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> runs? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> was not something that people looked at, it was basically when one got close to that <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">29</span>th century mark of Sir Donald Bradman, that was the time people, after the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">28</span>th century, you got off the aircraft and the aircraft maintenance guys would ask you about it, you had room service breakfast, the guy who delivered it, instead of asking for a complimentary match-ticket, he would say we want your <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">29</span>th century here, so the pressure used to build up every time you went to the ground, we didn't have Ipods then so we had to listen to the "tali's" as well as "gaali's". </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> How do you deal with pressure? Do you keep it out, when you are out there; you keep out all the records? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It's not that easy to switch off from all these things, our sub-conscious mind grasps all these things and somewhere it is stored. Even if you don't want to focus on all these things, the room-service guy will remind you of it, so somewhere it's stored and that's the last thing you want, you want to go out there with a blank mind. You just have to go out and bat, watch the ball as closely as possible and bat. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Mr. Gavaskar, you used to say something that I still don't quite believe that you never used to know your score that you did not even know when you were on 99? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes because I was not interested in how many runs I was batting on, I was only interested in how many runs I got after I got out. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> So you never had a look at the scoreboard? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> I had a vague idea, for the simple reason, because if you are on <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">46</span>, and you know you need four runs to get to a <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span>, you might play a shot to a ball which you normally wouldn't in just trying to get that boundary. If you are on <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">96 </span>you might play a shot that would get you out, so the thing to do would be to forget how many runs you are and then only see your score when you got out. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Are you the same Sachin? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> No, I do look at the scoreboard. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> So, in a sense, both of you legends had a very different approach to run making. Did you, Mr Gavaskar, for example, go ten runs at a time? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> I did it in sessions, not in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10</span>s and <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span>s, again you are putting yourself under pressure when you are looking at any target. As I said, it could be that you are on six, and you would say let me go to <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10</span> and my next target will be <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span>, so you are putting yourself under that pressure. You just play by sessions, so you know that you have to play two hours before lunch, two hours until tea and then one and a half hours, it was five and a half hours. So if you did that, at the normal scoring rate, you knew you might get your <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100</span> somewhere. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Was that your philosophy too Sachin, bat session by session? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I played a little differently, a lot depended on my rhythm, my bat swing and if I felt everything was going well on that particular day, then I would sometimes choose the bowlers, like these are the bowlers that I am going to go after and I felt that in patches you score plenty of boundaries and then all of a sudden, you get these strike bowlers bowling disciplined lines and you need to just hold yourself back a bit and set different targets. There have been occasions where I have gone into the field with the frame of mind that I am going to bat at least for a session and then look at the next session to attack. Sometimes, in the first session, I tell myself that I am just going to try and hang in there, try and spend as much time as possible, it varies match by match.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> What always strikes out that even in the way you are dressed, Sachin is dressed in a brightly colored T-Shirt, and Mr. Gavaskar is in a long sleeved formal shirt, both of you have scored remarkable runs and are run-machines but both of you have done it very differently, is that the way cricket is, different players, can be run-machines but by approaching the game very differently? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes, there are different methods to getting runs, it also depends on the kind of game that you have, you could be a front foot player, you could be a back foot player, you could be good on the off-side, your grip might be suited to an on-side game. There are different methods of getting runs and in the Indian team itself you have got Sachin, you have got VVS, you have Virendra Sehwag, they all have different methods of dealing with same kind of a delivery. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> The reason I ask this to the two of you because Sachin, you grew up, in a sense we all grew up in the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1980</span>s hearing about the legend of Sunil Gavaskar and you were inspired by him and yet your batting was very different? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I had two heroes while I was growing up and they are still my heroes, Mr. Gavaskar sitting next to me and Vivian Richards and I felt I would want to grow up and play cricket like my heroes, the dream was that every time any particular thing happened in school matches or practice sessions, I would say, "Gavaskar never did that", even today that happens.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Is there a West Indian tucked inside Sachin somewhere, he is closer to Vivian Richards in a sense than Sunil Gavaskar when it comes to the art of batsmanship? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes, particularly when he goes down the track on the spinners, his back-lift is so much like Richards, the way he uses his wrists when he does that, I say to myself, "Oh this is so much like Vivian Richards when he does that, lofts the spinner over the top" . There is a lot of Vivian Richards in him except one thing that Vivian used to do was plonk his front foot there and whip everything down the leg side, Sachin is classically correct, he would play mostly on the off side. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> There are in a sense two schools of batting, the Gavaskar style which wears down bowlers and one which destroys bowlers like Sachin. Mr Gavaskar, do you want to bat like Sachin Tendulkar sometimes when you see him, especially in One-day cricket? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Look, this is what happens with the former cricketers, they have unfulfilled aspirations, dreams some times and when the next generation comes and does, there is a great feeling of enjoyment, I enjoy watching Sachin, Sehwag bat, because they do the kind of things that I wanted to do but was not able to do, probably it was a mental block. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You could probably count the number of sixes you have hit in Test cricket on the fingers of one hand, right Mr Gavaskar? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> No, I think I have hit a little more than Geoffrey Boycott!! </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin, is there something that you have learnt from the Gavaskar school of batting? What is it that one quality of Sunil Gavaskar that always struck out to you as a batsman? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It's everything about him because growing up as a budding cricketer and wanting to play for India, it was the ultimate dream and you had the ultimate player whom we actually had this pleasure of watching from a close distance, the concentration and the determination, the dedication, the confidence to play fast bowling.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Did you ever go to Mr Gavaskar over the years for special things; I believe from time to time he would tell you if something he felt was going wrong in the grip or some small mistakes? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Right from my Ranji Trophy days, before my Ranji Trophy debut he presented me his leg guards, so right from those days I would say I have always shared my thoughts with him and he has shared his thoughts with me and it has been tremendous help and what else can you ask for. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Mr Gavaskar, I have to ask you, and be honest, when you first saw Sachin bat, did you think one day this boy will be a part of this elite <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> club, will go on to score <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,000</span> runs? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> I think yes, I have to be absolutely honest and say if he was not going to be beset by any injuries, he was going to have all the batting records in the world. Please ask my wife of what I felt when I first saw him bat. I had heard so much about him, I went and saw him from a corner because I didn't want him to be conscious that I was standing behind the nets so I was hiding in a corner and I watched him bat and I went home and I said to my wife that I had seen something really special, she said you have never said this about any cricketer before. And I can tell you she has followed his cricket career as avidly as any other Indian. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> What is that one quality you think you need to become a run machine, whether it's a Gavaskar or a Tendulkar, is it just technique, what makes a <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000 </span>club player according to you? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It's the desire and it's extremely important to dream big and then you chase your dreams and that is extremely important and then the passion because I grew up loving the sport and I cannot imagine my life without cricket and if anyone had given an option to choose, I would choose cricket <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100</span> out of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100</span> times. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You say you would chase your dreams, was your dream even in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1987-88</span> when you were started off to score <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> runs, did you say to yourself there is Sunil Gavaskar, with <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">34</span> Test hundreds, I want to score more than that? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> There was always this target of 34 hundreds and growing up as a cricketer, my brother always told me that if you want to be something in the history of Indian cricket this is what you have to chase because this is the ultimate thing and Gavaskar is your role model, so you have to try and follow all those things and it was my target. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> One thing about Gavaskar's game which you consciously tried to adapt, was it the focus or just the ability to be there session after session wear down bowlers, is that something you may be sub-consciously or consciously learnt from Mr. Gavaskar? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It is obviously the concentration and the discipline, you have to be disciplined, to have an organized mind and once your mind is organized, it all just follows and when your mind is disorganized, it's tough. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Mr Gavaskar still plays badminton everyday at four o'clock if he is in Mumbai, are you like that kind of a person Sachin? Do you have a set schedule, once you go out and bat, the same thing that you have done year after year? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> No, not really, I go by my instincts. There are times when just before going to bat I feel like listening to some music. I have done two different things, opening in one day cricket is different and batting in the middle order in Test cricket is different, in one day cricket I can be still listening to music and as soon as the umpires are out and the fielders are out, I immediately remove my ear-phones and keep them aside and just walk in to bat but in Test cricket, I don't know at what time I have to walk in so it's difficult and it requires a different preparation, not only physical preparation but mental preparation also. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin always makes batting sound so ridiculously easy. It's easy to say you want to be focused, determined, passionate, but Sachin has translated it on the ground, what's the one that's always struck out for you, Mr Gavaskar about Sachin through these twenty years, something you believe makes him stand apart from anyone else you have seen? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Balance, which is the most important thing, he has got balance on the field and that is helped by a great extent by balance off the field. Without balance, so many potentially great cricketers have been lost, it's the balance off the field which is so important and to have that balance off the field you need people around you who will make sure that you have your feet on the ground, the family becomes such an important aspect in keeping that balance. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You both are strong family men, is there something about the Maharashtrian middle class mind-set perhaps, Mr Gavaskar grew up in the Dadar area, Sachin, you grew up in MIG colony in Bandra, is there something that kept the feet on the ground, in your case Sachin your father I believe played a huge role? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Yes in cricket I had different role models and in my life I had my father as my role model, I always felt that if I can be half as good a person as my father was, I know that I am on the right track. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> your father I believe was a very calm man? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Absolutely. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> That's what he gave you in your life? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Very calm and balanced, never lost his temper never raised his voice, he was absolutely calm and balanced and I always wanted to be like that. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Any similar person like this in your life Mr Gavaskar? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> My parents were a big help, my wife, they were the ones who kept me grounded, upbringing is so important and I am not just talking about the upbringing that you get when you say please, thank you, whatever but cricketing upbringing also and in the respect of cricketing upbringing, I would thank the people I played with at Dadar Union, the team mates there, people like VS Patil, PK Kamath, Madhav Mantri, the discipline he had, he was my mama, Vasu Paranjpe, they were the guys who came with the kind of upbringing that got me where I was. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> What also stood out for me all these years was that both of you raised your game when you played the best teams of your time, Mr Gavaskar when you played West Indies, Sachin when you played Australia. Do you raise your game Sachin, for example, when you played a Shane Warne or a Glenn Mcgrath? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I wish I could do that. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> But you did, you destroyed Shane Warne at his peak. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It doesn't matter who the opposition is, it is about cricket to me and whenever there is a cricket bat in hand I want to give my best, I am not there to fool around, I am not there to make any compromise, I want to go out and give my best, it might be even a practice game but I just want to give my best. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> I was hearing Javed Miadaad the other day, trying to compare Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar and Javed was saying it was much more difficult playing in the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">70</span>s because you had to play sides with four fast bowlers. Do you ever compare, do you believe it's fair to compare a Tendulkar with a Gavaskar? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Not at all, it's unfair because I would like to think what Sir Don Bradman said and it holds true and he said that a champion in one era would be a champion in another era, so I don't think comparisons are required, comparisons are good for the fans and the followers of the game and I don't think cricketers ever indulge in comparisons, they might go on a nostalgic trip and say that during our days things were tougher, but I don't think cricketers often compare. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> What's more difficult, facing four West Indian fast bowlers in the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">70</span>s or playing a mix of one day, twenty<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span> and Test cricket today? I am sure both were equally difficult? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Cricket is a difficult game and hats off to Mr Gavaskar how he managed to play four genuine quick bowlers without a helmet. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> And nothing inside to protect (points to his brain and laughs). </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> But Mr Gavaskar, you never got hit on the head or probably just once. But then again, today fielding has improved out of recognition. Sachin, do you also subscribe to the view that if you are a great player in one generation you are a great player always? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Yes, I agree with that, once you are a great player in a particular generation, then it doesn't matter because that player knows how to adjust to different conditions. In every generation, you play in so many different conditions, on many different pitches and against many different bowlers and all those things require adjustment. In the end, it's about adjustment in this game and if you can adjust to the conditions, then you can play in any generation. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Your proudest moment Mr Gavaskar on a cricket field? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> it has to be the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1983</span> world cup win and nothing can beat that. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> And that's because you took those catches in the slips and not because of your batting? So ironically even after scoring <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> runs for you the greatest moment was not the runs you scored but the victory? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes absolutely and nobody gave us a chance and we played good cricket and we won the World Cup so that has got to be the number one moment. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> For me it was the first time I wore India cap, it was my dream to play for India and even today nothing gets bigger than that. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You still remember that day against Pakistan? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Yes, I have a vague memory because I was so excited, I was talking to a couple of friends and I said that the whole tour is a vague memory because I was so excited. I was raring to go out on the field and those six hours were just so exciting. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin, I saw a photograph of you the other day of that Pakistan tour playing some friendly match and you look like a <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12</span> year old and there you were playing Waqar Yunis, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, you never felt that you were out of that place? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Probably just for the first Test match, I felt I was out of place, I was unsure whether I belonged here or not, I was just hoping for another opportunity. The second Test match I had decided that come what may I am going to spend minimum <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">45</span> minutes here and then see what happens because the players around me told me that, the first fifteen minutes are always tough and once you have stayed there for longer than <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">25</span> or <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">30</span> minutes then things start changing gradually. And that's what I guess happened, after the first <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span> minutes, batting became much easier. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> In a sense, Mr Gavaskar, you started out very differently, you started off scoring <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">774</span> runs in your first series, and you were already <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">21 </span>by then and Sachin was just <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">16</span> when he made his debut. Was it harder for him? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes, absolutely harder because I do believe that a batsman needs a little bit more experience before coming at the international level, a quick young bowler, you might throw him into the fire straightaway at the age of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">16-17 </span>because he has the strength and energy but I believe young batsmen are better off having a couple of seasons at the domestic level before they are put at the international level. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Your best innings ever? Any innings to you which stands out where you felt Sachin Tendulkar the batsman would be fully satisfied with it? I know you are never satisfied? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I am always happy and never satisfied; I would say my favorite innings would be in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1992</span> against Australia when I scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100</span> in Perth and that is when I felt that, yes, now I am here to play cricket anywhere in the world, any bowling attack I am confident enough to tackle them.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Your best ever innings Mr Gavaskar? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> It was the innings of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">57</span>, the one at Old Trafford against England, I had never played on the green pitch, and it was a green pitch there was good seam bowling, there was a bit of a drizzle which was freshening the pitch and you couldn't go off the field because of the drizzle, so I would imagine that was the best. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Who was the best bowler that you have faced? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> The best bowler is going to be Andy Roberts. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin Tendulkar, the best bowler that you have faced? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I never singled out any particular bowler as such, there have been many bowlers who I faced at different stages who really have done well but if I have to pick one then it would probably be Glenn McGrath.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Just for always being there and attacking a batsman all the time? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I thought he was in the channel all the time and you had to play a disciplined game against him all the time. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> If you had to pick one batsman to bat for your life, who would that be? You can use present company as well.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> The closest thing to batting perfection is Sachin Tendulkar, no question about that. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin who would you pick? You have to pick one player and you need him to bat for your life? You don't have to pick Mr. Gavaskar.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It goes without saying, I would pick him because he is one of my two batting heroes, one hero Richards played attacking cricket and the other opened the innings against the best fast bowling attack ever and delivered consistently which requires a special talent. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Is it very different just to be an opening batsman and score <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> runs and a middle order batsman and score <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,000 </span>runs, obviously one is not easier than the other, but is there a big difference? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Possibly because the new ball is a little bit harder, it moves a little bit more, so you take a little more time to settle down and to wear the bowler out so, maybe, that's the thing. But, then again, if you are a Virendra Sehwag, it doesn't make any difference to him as the ball in fact goes quicker to the boundary off his bat. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> How would you like to be remembered in this game of Indian cricket, I have always believed that there are three ornaments India has produced in the last 30 years, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar? Sachin are you looking at your legacy to the game now? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> I am not thinking that far ahead but now that you have asked this question to me I might as well answer this, I would like to be remembered as the one who always played for the team and the one who has had some impact on the next generation and set some targets for them to achieve. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> I find every young batsman wants to bat like Sachin Tendulkar, just as <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span> years ago every batsman wanted to bat like Sunil Gavaskar, is this just a passing of the baton from one era to another? The Gavaskar era to a Tendulkar era and hopefully there will be someoneelse to take on the mantle?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> That has always been the case in the game, in any sport you will find it moves from one person to another, the generation changes and that's always for the best because the next generation always invariably eclipses the previous generation and that's a sign of progress, so there is nothing wrong with it at all. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> What's the one piece of advice you would like to give Sachin Tendulkar today if there is anything at all Mr Gavaskar? I am sure you gave him advice when he was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">16</span> or <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">15</span> years old when you first saw him and today when he has scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,000 </span>runs, do you want to set more targets for him?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> I think I did that four years ago so I am not going to do that but what I will do is, not advise him, but I will make a plea - please regain the World Cup for us in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2011</span>. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> You are putting pressure on him. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> No, please regain the World Cup. I mean if this is pressure, just imagine the pressure he is under otherwise. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Do you believe that he is still fit enough, completely? You are one of those who believe that in fact batsmen get better with age, right?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Yes.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> So he can certainly play <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2011</span> World Cup?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;" class="txt" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> <span style="font-family: georgia;">It is only a couple of years away. </span></span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin, is that the next goal then?</span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It has always been a dream because that is the ultimate thing you can get for your country. </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Is that the one thing perhaps that's perhaps missing from this fantastic career?</span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> We came so close to it in 2003. It is definitely by far the best World Cup that I have played, and we came so close to it but I thought just in the finals, we tried a little too hard to get the Cup back home. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> By the way, there is another thing that binds you besides being national icons. You are both, if I may say, short men with powerful forearms. Is there something between being short and being a great batsman... from the Don to Sachin? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> Well, yes... sure. I think it has something to do with force of gravity. Shorter people perhaps find it easier to be more balanced and move back and forward in the crease. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Sachin the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10,000</span> club has lots of short people. Lara, Border, Ponting except Dravid. Is there some connection?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It's a tough question to answer. But there is something about good things coming in small packages I guess! </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> At the end of the day, being part of the 10,000 club, in Sachin's case the first to be part of 12,000 club, it must make you feel that the last 20 years have been worth it? </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> It's been a fantastic journey and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It's been everything I dreamt of, a real dream, and I am still living it. </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> One final question - there will be youngsters who would want to be part of this 10,000 club - this elite club - what is it that they need to do Mr. Gavaskar to be part of it?</span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Gavaskar:</b> You have got to have focus. You have got to have determination. You have got to have discipline - the 3 'Ds' that I keep talking about -- discipline, dedication and determination -- have to be there. Without that you will never get anywhere close and I think Sachin embodies all those qualities that are required not for a 10,000 man but hopefully for a 14,000 man. </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Tendulkar:</b> Couldn't agree with him more because we actually followed his footsteps. </span></p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" size="14px" face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="txt" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Sardesai:</b> Mr Gavaskar, Sachin, you have made millions of Indians very proud, it's been a privilege talking to you.<br /></span></p><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="txt" face="georgia" size="14px" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">- courtesy .... CNN-IBN</span><br /></span></p>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-23609159275490451762008-10-19T05:38:00.006+05:302008-10-19T20:26:59.900+05:30'I can't be running after every record ' - Tendulkar<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Thirty-nine centuries, <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12,027</span> runs, 152 Tests - the numbers are immense whichever way you look at it. In a career spanning nearly 20 years, Sachin Tendulkar has constantly been India's biggest hope: through the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1990</span>s, he was easily India's best batsman, especially </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >overseas, in conditions none of the others came close to mastering. With the emergence of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly, the pressure has eased somewhat, but Tendulkar still remains the most prized wicket for opposition bowlers, which is a remarkable testimony to his skill levels and the high standards he has consistently achieved.</span> </div></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">At </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >2.31</span><span style="font-size:130%;">pm on a hot Mohali Friday, Sachin Tendulkar steered Peter Siddle towards the third-man boundary for three runs to break Brian Lara's record for most Test runs. The record stood for nearly two years after Lara played his final Test and it was inevitable that Tendulkar would eventually break it. As the day progressed Tendulkar scored his </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >50</span><span style="font-size:130%;">th half-century and became the first player to cross the </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >12,000</span><span style="font-size:130%;">-run mark. </span></p><div> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">The disappointingly small crowd, built largely of school kids, immediately got on its feet to salute the feat, and fireworks, which continued for three minutes, went off at the PCA Stadium. Tendulkar raised his bat in the air, took his helmet off, and looked up at the sky, as is his routine when he gets to a hundred. Almost all the Australians, wherever placed in the field, came to congratulate him. Ricky Ponting, the man most likely to challenge his status of being the top run-getter, was the first man to shake his hand. Sourav Ganguly, Tendulkar's partner at the nonstriker's end, reminded him that he was there when he scored his record </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >35</span><span style="font-size:130%;">th Test century</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">It was about </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >15</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> minutes into Sachin Tendulkar's press conference. He had answered wide-ranging questions, not all pertaining to the match or his record. Before the next question came his way, the media coordinator asked him if he would like to continue. Tendulkar moved away from the mike, and although he could not be heard, it seemed he said something to the effect of "Why not?" The press conference continued for the next</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" > 11</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> minutes, way longer than the ones at the end of a day's play.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">He started off by admitting that although the record was not a big distraction, the anticipation around it did mean something. "During all the talk about the record, I concentrated on how to score runs for the team, but everybody I used to meet would talk about only one thing. Now that it is done, I know I wouldn't be asked the same question again and again."<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">"I have not played for records. I can't be running after every record [answering a query about breaking Brian Lara's </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >400</span><span style="font-size:130%;">]. I would be looking after what the team needs. The team obviously needs it. If it comes my way, I will take it. If it doesn't come, there will be no regrets."<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;">Coincidentally, Lara too achieved the world record against Australia, when he went past Allan Border's tally of </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >11,174</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> runs during the Adelaide Test in </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >2005</span><span style="font-size:130%;">. They remain the only three players to cross the </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >11,000</span><span style="font-size:130%;">-run mark in Tests. Though it is uncertain how long Tendulkar will prolong his Test career - which has lasted </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >19</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> years - the two players who stand the best chance of beating his eventual tally are Rahul Dravid (</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >10,302</span><span style="font-size:130%;">) and Ponting (</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >10,239</span><span style="font-size:130%;">). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="news-body"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-12626955562620978872008-10-15T13:19:00.005+05:302008-10-15T17:19:06.042+05:30What is so special about Sachin?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Well, now Aussie legend Shane Warne has released the book, 'Shane Warne's Century' which rates Sachin Tendulkar numero uno. But what is the specialty Sachin Tendulkar has? Where does he outscore his competitors? There are many answers.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> He is worshiped as the God in a cricket-driven country. His opponents once used to feel, somehow if they can send him back to the pavilion, then half of their work is done. After his departure, everyone in India used to switch-off their televisions. As long as he used to bat, everyone prayed for him. This was the power Sachin Tendulkar had once. </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NbhmXcohX9wlxRHfd82fdVLnDt5oPGQWAXeMyP9inF7kkKUTeAs7k8Jr37CXytI5lAMTo7JDmwv5zWm_8HhE-_nCDExQxqJdzBDkUmjFAJwX5240y4ezwhAsZOiYHZnw4A_UhsQJ4aw/s1600-h/11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NbhmXcohX9wlxRHfd82fdVLnDt5oPGQWAXeMyP9inF7kkKUTeAs7k8Jr37CXytI5lAMTo7JDmwv5zWm_8HhE-_nCDExQxqJdzBDkUmjFAJwX5240y4ezwhAsZOiYHZnw4A_UhsQJ4aw/s320/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257346176641443538" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> He holds many records in both Tests and one-day international matches (ODIs). He has the maximum runs in international cricket, besides scoring maximum centuries in internat</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">ional formats. He is about to break his one time rival, Brian Lara’s record of highest run aggregate in Tests. He also has the maximum Man of the Match awards in ODIs. </span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> So are these factors are enough to make him the number one player of his time? The answer is yes. But at the same time he has outscored his contemporary batsmen (perhaps, even players) in the area of attitude.He never played any mind game with any of his counterparts. Instead, he allowed his bat to do all the talking. When he travelled to Australia for the first time in the 1991-92 series, some of the Aussies made fun of him regarding his age. But after the end of the series, he shut everyone’s mouth. During the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1999</span> World Cup, he lost his father and he had to rush back home from England eventually missing the match against Zimbabwe. But still he returned to the Indian side in the match versus Kenya, whom India could have easily beaten proving his commitment. Not just this, he even scored a century in that match dedicating it to his late father. </span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">He also seems to have a strong distaste for fights. During his first stint of captaincy, Azharuddin started all sorts of politics against him and divided the Indian team. But he did not make it a prestige issue and resigned from captaincy (which is considered to be a dream of every player) to avoid a split in the team. Besides this, he has never spoken about himself or his achievements. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Like every other celebrity, he also has his share of critics. They always accuse him of playing for records, money, fame, sponsors, etc. But they still forget he was our one-man army once upon a time. India was fully dependent on him. He may be the biggest sports brand in Indian history, but it is not his fault if the media makes him a God or any company pays him to endorse its products. He never approached those brands. At the same time he is playing well too. If you ignore the recent Sri Lanka series, you will find he has scored runs in the previous tournaments also. In the tour to Down Under, he scored two important hundreds in the Tests and two crucial knocks in the finals of the tri-series, which eventually helped India to win a tri-series for the first time in Down Under. </span></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"> <div id="otherbycj"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong class="org"></strong></span><div class="more" align="right"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.merinews.com/allArticles.do;jsessionid=5D7892501A42104C45EFF6FED06FCF8F?choice=ByUser&pageNo=1&userId=ratnadeep" target="_blank" class="textblue"><strong></strong><span class="org"><strong><br /></strong></span></a></span> </div> </div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> So is there any reason why he should be dropped? May be because people expect him to hit a century in every match, only then his performance is considered good by those people. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> He also seems to be the most popular and respected player among his team mates. If you look at the past, we will see Gavaskar and Kapil Dev always wanted to oust each other. Then when Azharuddin came to power, he removed Srikanth and Vengsarkar. Next, during Tendulkar’s captaincy, he fired Azharuddin. Ganguly always showed more favour towards Harbhajan keeping Kumble out of the squad. Dravid, with the help of Chappel dropped Ganguly. Now Dhoni removed Dravid and Ganguly. But one thing you will notice, nobody had the guts to drop the Little Master. His mere presence in the team seems to give confidence to his team mates and scare the opponents, regardless how bad his form is in. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Source : http://www.merinews.com</span><br /><br /></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-75133333732579519212008-10-01T18:53:00.003+05:302008-10-01T20:02:14.529+05:30Windows Shortcuts - 1<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Few shortcuts used frequently in Windows...<br /><br />1. <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Ctrl + Shift + A</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">All Caps</span> Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2. <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + 1</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ApplyHeading1</span> Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3. <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + 2</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ApplyHeading2</span> Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">4. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + 3</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ApplyHeading3</span> Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + Shift + L</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Apply List Bullet</span> Applies List Bullet style to the selected text</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + F10</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">App Maximize</span> Enlarges the application window to full size</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + F5</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">App Restore</span> Restores the application window to normal size</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+B</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Bold</span> Makes the selection bold (toggle)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">9. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + PgDn</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Browse Next</span> Jump to the next browse object</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + PgUp</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Browse Previous</span> Jump to the previous browse object</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + Home</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Browse Select</span> Select the next/prev browse object</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Esc</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Cancel</span> Terminates an action</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">13. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+E</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Center Paragraph</span> Centers the paragraph between the indents</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">14. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift+F3</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Change Case</span> Changes the case of the letters in the selection</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">15. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Left arrow </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Character Left</span> Moves the insertion point to the left one character</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">16. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + Left arrow</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Character Left Extend</span> Extends the selection to the left one character</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">17. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Right arrow</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Character Right </span>Moves the insertion point to the right one character</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">18. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + Right arrow</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Character Right</span> Extend Extends the selection to the right one character</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">19. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Shift + C</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Close Pane</span> Closes the active window pane (if you are in Normal View and have, for example, the Footnote pane open)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt+Drag </span>(or press Ctrl + Shift + F8 and drag, but Alt + Drag is far easier!) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Column Select</span> Selects a columnar block of text</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">21. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl +Shift+C</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Copy Format</span> Copies the formatting of the selection</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">22. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + F2 </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Copy Text</span> Makes a copy of the selection without using the clipboard (press Return to paste)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">23. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + F3</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Create AutoText</span> Adds an AutoText entry to the active template</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">24. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+ Backspace</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Delete Back Word</span> Deletes the previous word without putting it on the Clipboard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">25. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + Del</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Delete Word</span> Deletes the next word without putting it on the Clipboard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">26. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Close</span> Prompts to save the document and then closes the active window. (But doesn't intercept the menu command)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">27. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + F10</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Maximize</span> Enlarges the active window to full size</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">28. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + F7</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Move</span> Changes the position of the active window</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">29. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + F5</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Restore</span> Restores the window to normal size</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">30. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + F8</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Size</span> Changes the size of the active window</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">31. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + S</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Document Split</span> Splits the active window horizontally and then adjusts the split</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">32. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Shift + F9</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Do Field Click</span> Executes the action associated with macro button fields</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">33. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + Shift + D</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Double Underline</span> Double underlines the selection (toggle)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">34. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt R, G</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Draw Group</span> Groups the selected drawing objects</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">35. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt R, I </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Draw Snap To Grid </span>Sets up a grid for aligning drawing objects</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">36. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt R, U</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Draw Ungroup</span> Ungroups the selected group of drawing objects</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">37. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+Shift+F5</span> (Or: Alt I, K) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Bookmark</span> Brings up the bookmark dialog</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">38. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Del</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Clear</span> Performs a forward delete or removes the selection without putting it on the Clipboard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">39. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+C</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Copy</span> Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">40. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+X</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Cut</span> Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">41. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+F</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Find</span> Finds the specified text or the specified formatting</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">42. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">F5, Ctrl+G</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Go To</span> Jumps to a specified place in the active document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">43. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt E, K</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Link</span>s Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">44. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+V</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Paste</span> Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">45. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt E, S</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Paste Specia</span>l Inserts the Clipboard contents as a linked object, embedded object, or other format</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">46. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Shift + Backspc</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Edit Redo</span> Redoes the last action that was undone</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">47. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">F4</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Redo Or Repeat</span> Repeats the last command, or redoes the last action that was undone (unfortunately, doesn't work for as many commands in Word 2000 as in Word 97 and below, but this is still one of Word's most useful shortcuts, if not the most useful)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+H</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Replace</span> Finds the specified text or the specified formatting and replaces it</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">49. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+A</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Select All</span> Selects the entire document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+Z</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Edit Undo</span> Reverses the last action</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">51. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + PageDn</span> (to select to end of column, use Alt + Shift + PgDn)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Column</span> Moves to the last cell in the current table column</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">52. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+Shift+End</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Document Extend</span> Extends the selection to the end of the last line of the document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">53. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+End</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Document</span> Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line of the document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">54. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">End</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Line</span> Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">55. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift+End</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Line Extend</span> Extends the selection to the end of the current line</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">56. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt+End</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Row</span> Moves to the last cell in the current row</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">57. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + PgDn</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Window</span> Moves the insertion point to the end of the last visible line on the screen</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">58. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + Alt + Ctrl + PgDn</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">End Of Window Extend </span>Extends the selection to the end of the last visible line on the screen</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">59. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">F8</span> (press Esc to turn off) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Extend Selection </span>Turns on extend selection mode and then expands the selection with the direction keys</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">60. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + F4 </span>(<9>) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Close Or Exit</span> Closes the current document, or if no documents are open, quits Word. Horrible command, as it makes it a long winded business to quit Word. But there's a simple solution - assign Alt+F4 to FileExit instead.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">61. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + F4</span> (Word 97) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Exit </span>Quits Microsoft Word and prompts to save the documents (does intercept the menu item, but not the keyboard shortcut, or the x button. An AutoExit macro is usually a better way of intercepting this).</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">62. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+N</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File New Default</span> Creates a new document based on the Normal template.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">63. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+O</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Open</span> Opens an existing document or template</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">64. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt F, U</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Page Setup</span> Changes the page setup of the selected sections</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">65. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + P</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Print</span> Prints the active document (brings up the dialog)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">66. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+F2</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Print Preview</span> Displays full pages as they will be printed</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">67. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt F, I</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Properties </span>Shows the properties of the active document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">68. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+S</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">File Save</span> File Save</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">69. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt F, A (or F12)</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> File SaveAs</span> Saves a copy of the document in a separate file (brings up the dialog)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">70. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+Shift+F</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Font</span> Activates the Fonts listbox on the formatting toolbar</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">71. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+Shift+P</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Font Size</span> Select Activates the Font Size drop-down on the formatting toolbar</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">72. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + K</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format AutoFormat</span> Automatically formats a document (or sometimes, automatically screws it up)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">73.<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Alt O, B</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Borders And Shading</span> Changes the borders and shading of the selected paragraphs, table cells, and pictures</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">74. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, E</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Change Case</span> Changes the case of the letters in the selection</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">75. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, C</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Columns</span> Changes the column format of the selected sections (brings up the dialog)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">76. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, D</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Drop Caps</span> Formats the first character of current paragraph as a dropped capital (must select it first)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">77. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+D</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Font </span>Brings up the Format + Font dialog</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">78. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Shift + R </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Header Footer Link</span> Links the current header/footer to the previous section (but does not intercept the button on the Header Footer toolbar)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">79. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, P</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Paragraph</span> Brings up the Format Paragraph dialog</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">80. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, S</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Style</span> Applies, creates, or modifies styles</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">81. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt O, T</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Format Tabs</span> Brings up the Format Tabs dialog</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">82. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + F5</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Go Back</span> Returns to the previous insertion point (goes back to up to 3 points, then returns to where you started; this is one of the most useful shortcuts of them all. Also useful when opening a document, if you want to g straight to where you were last editing it)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">83. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + ></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Grow Font</span> Increases the font size of the selection</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">84. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + ]</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Grow Font One Point</span> Increases the font size of the selection by one point</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">85. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + T</span> (or drag the ruler) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Hanging Indent</span> Increases the hanging indent</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">86. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">F1</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Help</span> Microsoft Word Help</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">87. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shift + F1</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Help Tool</span> Lets you get help on a command or screen region or examine text properties</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">88. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + Shift + H</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Hidden</span> Makes the selection hidden text (toggle)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">89. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl +Click on it</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Hyperlink</span> Open Connect to a hyperlink's address</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">90. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + M</span> (or drag the ruler) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Indent</span> Moves the left indent to the next tab stop</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">91. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + M </span>(or Alt I, M) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Annotation</span> Inserts a comment</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">92. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">F3</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert AutoText </span>Replaces the name of the AutoText entry with its contents</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">93. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt I, B</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Insert Break</span> Ends a page, column, or section at the insertion point</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">94. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt I, C</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Caption</span> Inserts a caption above or below a selected object</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">95. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl + Shift + Return</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Column Break </span>Inserts a column break at the insertion point</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">96. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Shift + D</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Date Field</span> Inserts a date field</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">97. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt + Ctrl + D</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert End note Now</span> Inserts an endnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">98. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alt I, F</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Field </span>Inserts a field in the active document</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">99. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ctrl+F9</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert Field Characters</span> Inserts an empty field with the enclosing field characters</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100.<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Alt I, L </span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Insert File</span> Inserts the text of another file into the active document</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-85577227562334609302008-09-19T06:26:00.014+05:302008-09-20T07:53:11.311+05:30Useful Run Commands<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). Why is that? Well, first off nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be accessed through Windows. There are, however, tools and utilities that I bet you never knew you had that can be accessed through the Run feature. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, decided to put together the following listing, which lists <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">99 </span>Run Commands and what they correspond too... </span></div></div><div> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;font-family:georgia;" border="4" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" bg="" width="71%"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 178);font-size:130%;" >To Access….</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" bg="" width="28%"> <div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 178);font-size:130%;" >Run Command</span></div></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Accessibility Controls </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">access.cpl </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Accessibility Wizard </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">accwiz </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Add Hardware Wizard</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">hdwwiz.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Add/Remove Programs </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">appwiz.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Administrative Tools</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control admintools </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Adobe Acrobat (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">acrobat </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Adobe Designer (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">acrodist </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Adobe Distiller (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">acrodist </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Adobe ImageReady (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">imageready </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Adobe Photoshop (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">photoshop </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Automatic Updates</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">wuaucpl.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Bluetooth Transfer Wizard</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">fsquirt</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Calculator</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">calc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Certificate Manager</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">certmgr.msc </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Character Map</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">charmap</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Check Disk Utility</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">chkdsk</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Clipboard Viewer </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">clipbrd</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Command Prompt</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">cmd</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Component Services</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">dcomcnfg</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Computer Management</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">compmgmt.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Control Panel </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">control </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Date and Time Properties </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">timedate.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">DDE Shares</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">ddeshare</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Device Manager</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">devmgmt.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Direct X Control Panel </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(If Installed)* </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">directx.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Direct X Troubleshooter </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">dxdiag</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Disk Cleanup Utility</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">cleanmgr</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Disk Defragment</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">dfrg.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Disk Management</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">diskmgmt.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Disk Partition Manager</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">diskpart</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Display Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control desktop </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Display Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">desk.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Display Properties </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(w/Appearance Tab Preselected) </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control color </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">drwtsn32</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Driver Verifier Utility</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">verifier</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Event Viewer</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">eventvwr.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Files and Settings Transfer Tool </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">migwiz </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">File Signature Verification Tool</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">sigverif</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Findfast</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">findfast.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Firefox (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">firefox </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Folders Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control folders</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Fonts</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control fonts </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Fonts Folder</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">fonts</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Free Cell Card Game</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">freecell</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Game Controllers </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">joy.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Group Policy Editor </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(XP Prof)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">gpedit.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Hearts Card Game</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">mshearts</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Help and Support </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">helpctr </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">HyperTerminal </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">hypertrm </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Iexpress Wizard</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">iexpress</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Indexing Service</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">ciadv.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Internet Connection Wizard </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">icwconn1 </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Internet Explorer </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">iexplore </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Internet Properties </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">inetcpl.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Internet Setup Wizard </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">inetwiz </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (Display Connection Configuration) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /all</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Display DNS Cache Contents) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /displaydns</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Delete DNS Cache Contents) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /flushdns</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (Release All Connections) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /release</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Renew All Connections) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /renew</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /registerdns</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Display DHCP Class ID) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /showclassid </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">IP Configuration </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Modifies DHCP Class ID) </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">ipconfig /setclassid</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Java Control Panel </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(If Installed) </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">jpicpl32.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Java Control Panel </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(If Installed) </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">javaws</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Keyboard Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control keyboard </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Local Security Settings</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">secpol.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Local Users and Groups</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">lusrmgr.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Logs You Out Of Windows</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">logoff</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Malicious Software Removal Tool </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">mrt </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Access (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">access.cpl </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Chat</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">winchat</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Excel (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">excel </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Frontpage (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">frontpg </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Movie Maker </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">moviemk </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Paint </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">mspaint </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">powerpnt </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Word (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">winword </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Syncronization Tool </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">mobsync </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Minesweeper Game</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">winmine</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Mouse Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control mouse </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Mouse Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">main.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Nero (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">nero </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Netmeeting </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">conf </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Network Connections</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control netconnections </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Network Connections</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">ncpa.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Network Setup Wizard</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">netsetup.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Notepad</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">notepad</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Nview Desktop Manager </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(If Installed) </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">nvtuicpl.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Object Packager</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">packager</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">ODBC Data Source Administrator </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">odbccp32.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">On Screen Keyboard</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">osk</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Opens AC3 Filter</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (If Installed)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">ac3filter.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Outlook Express </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">msimn </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Paint </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">pbrush </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Password Properties</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">password.cpl</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Performance Monitor</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">perfmon.msc</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Performance Monitor</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">perfmon</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Phone and Modem Options </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">telephon.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Phone Dialer </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">dialer </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Pinball Game </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">pinball </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Power Configuration </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">powercfg.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Printers and Faxes</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">control printers </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Printers Folder</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">printers</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Private Character Editor</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">eudcedit </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Quicktime </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(If Installed)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">QuickTime.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Quicktime Player (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">quicktimeplayer </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Real Player (if installed) </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">realplay </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Regional Settings </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">intl.cpl </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Registry Editor </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">regedit</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Registry Editor</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">regedit32</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Remote Access Phonebook </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td bg=""><span style="font-size:130%;">rasphone </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> 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<td><span style="font-size:130%;">tourstart</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">Wordpad</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></td> <td><span style="font-size:130%;">write</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-17410691210719557852008-08-29T06:21:00.008+05:302008-11-21T22:15:56.258+05:30Few Interesting facts about Sachin<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. </span>Named after legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman by his father.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2.</span> Grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy his idol JohnMcEnroe.</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Was called McEnroe by his friends. Admires BorisBecker, PeteSampras and </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >DiegoMaradona.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3</span>. Wanted to be a tearing fast bowler and even went to the </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >MRF Pace Academy but head coach DennisLillee asked him to concentrate on his </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >batting.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">4.</span> Has scored big runs on Indian festivals like Gokulashtmi, RakshaBandhan,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Holi and Diwali.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5.</span> Loved to have i-can-eat-more-vada-pavas-than -you competitions with </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >cricket buddies VinodKambli and SalilAnkola.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6.</span> A foodie who loves sea food. Co-owns a restaurant.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7.</span> Sydney Cricket ground is his favorite ground.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8</span>. Loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits. Fusses over his </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >personal stereo.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">9.</span> A Ganesh devotee, he visits SiddhiVinayak temple in the early hours of </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the morning.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10.</span> Wears his left pad first, has the tri-color pasted inside his kit bag.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11</span>. Remembers every Test dismissal – especially the bowler who dismissed </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >him.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">12</span>. Likes to dunk his glucose biscuits into his tea.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">13</span>. Ambidextrous: bats with his right hand, autographs and eats with his </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >left.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">14.</span> Used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">15. </span>Refused to shoot for a soft drink ad of him smashing cricket balls with </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >a fly swatter. He reportedly told film-maker PrahladKakkar, " That would </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >make me greater that the game." The ad was modified: he hit the balls with </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >a stump .</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />16.</span> A fast car fiend who likes to tear down Mumbai roads at 4 am.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">17.</span> Fell from a tree on Sunday evening during the summer vacation, when </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Guide was showing on national TV. His infuriated his brother ( and mentor) </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ajit packed him off to cricket coaching class as punishment.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">18.</span> Came back from the four month tour of Australia after the 1992 World </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Cup and turned up to play from his college, Kirti College, in April 1992.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">19.</span> Was without a bat contract during the 1996 world cup where he emerged </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >as the highest run – getter. A famous tire company signed up after that.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20.</span> His coach at Shardashram RamakantAcherkar used to offer a one rupee coin </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >as price to any bowler who dismissed him. If he remained not out, the coin </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >belonged to Sachin. That he still has a good bunch of those coins tells the </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >story.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">21.</span> Fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one day practice match </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >against India at Brabourne Stadiumin <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">1988.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">22</span>. Was a ball boy during the <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">1987</span> world cup semi-finals between India and </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >England at Wankhende.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">23.</span> The first ad he shot was for Luna mopeds.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">24.</span> In school he was once mistaken for a girl by good friend </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Atul Ranade because of his long curls</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">25.</span> Amitabh Bachchan became his biggest hero after watching Deewar and </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Zanjeer.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">26.</span> Played tennis – ball cricket and darts during rain breaks.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">27</span>. Sang and whistled with Vinod Kambli during their 664 run record stand in </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the Harrisshield in 1988 to avoid eye contact with the coach's assistant, </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >who wanted to declare while the duo wanted to bat on.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">28. </span>Teammate Praveen Amre brought him his first pair of international </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >quality cricket shoes.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">29.</span> Was a bully at school but was kind to cats and dogs. His first captain, </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >SunilHarshe, said that he loved to pick a fight. Every time he was </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >introduced to someone. His first reaction was, " Will I be able to beat</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > him? "</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">30.</span> Used to go fishing for tadpoles and guppy fishes in the stream that ran </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >through out the compound of Sahitya Sahwas, his building in Bandra East.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">31</span>. Made his mother once look for a frog bhaji recipe.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">32.</span> The nanny who looked after him is now universally called Sachuchi bai.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">33.</span> Colony watchman's son RameshPradhe, was his playmate, said sachin would </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >ask him to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him. He wanted to see </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the wet marks left on the bat to know whether he had middled the ball </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >correctly.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">34.</span> A prankster, he once put a hose pipe into SouravGanguly's room and </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >turned on the tap. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating. Calls Ganguly </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Babu Moshai. Sourav cals him Chota Babu.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">35</span>. Great spinner of yarns. If he had a cut on his finger it was because it </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >had been chopped by a helicopter flying low.<br /><br /><br />Courtesy :- <a href="http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=23803"> Orkut - Sachin Tendulkar Main Community</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-22092467562100337112008-08-21T21:36:00.012+05:302008-08-21T21:57:14.649+05:30Some rar pics of Sachin, the mastero<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSjTVE-4TSeKDVxJ7q68iLJjaE28W7hXETcV1lOAsTe6wLJ-evc24D0u5xFcZdiB-uJ1Qlk3aJSMj7EI9uzEFPVhiF_IxYW7LmB2ofAQG0Uz-_Pt8ViwbVtiXXXuY_a0CvFejJXPnFts/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSjTVE-4TSeKDVxJ7q68iLJjaE28W7hXETcV1lOAsTe6wLJ-evc24D0u5xFcZdiB-uJ1Qlk3aJSMj7EI9uzEFPVhiF_IxYW7LmB2ofAQG0Uz-_Pt8ViwbVtiXXXuY_a0CvFejJXPnFts/s320/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237007236794733250" border="0" /></a><br />Watever ball it might be, he's gonna time it well .....<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTS0yr3NNizCeyAOzs3bZWKJmIcZxCQ1WRMofdUC8GWOZ_uT9n3Mv0ejSiOZFrmtqBbeBq-3ow-JiwF8ZLA1694-sMUd03Ds1-0bHYCoqjdGCXGFGU39oUnx43JtzBVgdqaLR7oYyJ1U/s1600-h/50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTS0yr3NNizCeyAOzs3bZWKJmIcZxCQ1WRMofdUC8GWOZ_uT9n3Mv0ejSiOZFrmtqBbeBq-3ow-JiwF8ZLA1694-sMUd03Ds1-0bHYCoqjdGCXGFGU39oUnx43JtzBVgdqaLR7oYyJ1U/s320/50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237006392904574498" border="0" /></a><br />Sachin at his young age<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp749LjZ8DEDaHkPM8o6TMabjKvpBsy9jYqzj5BEXgdOqGK1S-X6ik6jRihtW8CeUHkzFM3s1dArApkBgp7PIfxOjqFVejwnYZAcSvwDvY4OH1wBkXIjD_dvF1GrlJQwLlBO6y3RhPVWI/s1600-h/60.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp749LjZ8DEDaHkPM8o6TMabjKvpBsy9jYqzj5BEXgdOqGK1S-X6ik6jRihtW8CeUHkzFM3s1dArApkBgp7PIfxOjqFVejwnYZAcSvwDvY4OH1wBkXIjD_dvF1GrlJQwLlBO6y3RhPVWI/s320/60.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237003786494543058" border="0" /></a><br />Lucky fellow is that young boy.... hmmm....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynvqgy8Kp8xZQLrUdgVOeRdqdokKyq5k9N91Givjb5xdDgclS3Ix2qO3pZHuIXUvCoA1Sjamqg_0kfVyxxKw6aUU6tyWeaQUomt658I7RADZVl4fY3JeHinXAAZfuR2xxidCLqDeS2is/s1600-h/59.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynvqgy8Kp8xZQLrUdgVOeRdqdokKyq5k9N91Givjb5xdDgclS3Ix2qO3pZHuIXUvCoA1Sjamqg_0kfVyxxKw6aUU6tyWeaQUomt658I7RADZVl4fY3JeHinXAAZfuR2xxidCLqDeS2is/s320/59.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237004415987665122" border="0" /></a>Sachin obliges his fans<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U11v4WE813uUEin3PNOF6hKnA55y9JL1JTpjJIwICt0rHAHgAZhY1yYFkkBT0K079twKH5nG6rvLAmN3QTcK67DbNtieZyuAXnNA9IJGsnXLFN9EZjv7m_zJrFxUSDBkPsJsr5GnefA/s1600-h/art_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U11v4WE813uUEin3PNOF6hKnA55y9JL1JTpjJIwICt0rHAHgAZhY1yYFkkBT0K079twKH5nG6rvLAmN3QTcK67DbNtieZyuAXnNA9IJGsnXLFN9EZjv7m_zJrFxUSDBkPsJsr5GnefA/s320/art_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237004863991452514" border="0" /></a>Masterpiece painting by ma friend , a great fan of Sachin<br />For more works of his art, click <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Album.aspx?uid=18067198658777934724&aid=1200646719">here</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEt9V8WRQoa2qgTiETpNAr-9ozOdzbCygA9tk5Qp8Mzo6t7bRwL-zV0JANJDODtapOlgXt3aVha3iYJhYaqpY4BPTepE0W1WpXWQ-dGxDrX_9merYdHpeovN10PLiYddRL1VW8eWEaJ0/s1600-h/42.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEt9V8WRQoa2qgTiETpNAr-9ozOdzbCygA9tk5Qp8Mzo6t7bRwL-zV0JANJDODtapOlgXt3aVha3iYJhYaqpY4BPTepE0W1WpXWQ-dGxDrX_9merYdHpeovN10PLiYddRL1VW8eWEaJ0/s320/42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237005792749464594" border="0" /></a>Will i get a chance to sit and talk with Sachin?????<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNTnENWRKz1AYdD4Wdspcdl69zHnHQcT5WSvMYMvJQ8p0YfxvjwJv4mSNHRb-80ift-PBROwWPohDzLcqFGFMq5kfj3WlCG-brNJTKCWcQs6lWcKBfYGwJL0NO10qfSW_YSAZ0_bxehE/s1600-h/43.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNTnENWRKz1AYdD4Wdspcdl69zHnHQcT5WSvMYMvJQ8p0YfxvjwJv4mSNHRb-80ift-PBROwWPohDzLcqFGFMq5kfj3WlCG-brNJTKCWcQs6lWcKBfYGwJL0NO10qfSW_YSAZ0_bxehE/s320/43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237006075241995698" border="0" /></a>Tendulkar's majestic restaurant<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHU2LHMfwINXzoiBgEBAR7M6Ctn3bjOyOCGyGCfo4W50HNWsLTnVORosRanliQYDnGslOXFwBZoYohWEtMtk4Pjj22vrSm555-fBMDLGtg7wZIoDnREjoAAHEtrV0LDXE3iFBg3sLCqQ/s1600-h/48.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHU2LHMfwINXzoiBgEBAR7M6Ctn3bjOyOCGyGCfo4W50HNWsLTnVORosRanliQYDnGslOXFwBZoYohWEtMtk4Pjj22vrSm555-fBMDLGtg7wZIoDnREjoAAHEtrV0LDXE3iFBg3sLCqQ/s320/48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237006390936428242" border="0" /></a>Signs of a great batsman<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEfCv4VbhWIkmngifnhAU-xUxHf2-JycsZuLADunDDLP3V_WxtghS63cZIh9m888JRWafJMN2YSjzX5n5cXxvohjC5XAU6zi5Gih-YcIoutkr8LUDcSbqQoPM9MpzAbChpvFqMiklyhk/s1600-h/49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEfCv4VbhWIkmngifnhAU-xUxHf2-JycsZuLADunDDLP3V_WxtghS63cZIh9m888JRWafJMN2YSjzX5n5cXxvohjC5XAU6zi5Gih-YcIoutkr8LUDcSbqQoPM9MpzAbChpvFqMiklyhk/s320/49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237006388742180002" border="0" /></a>He can play all the shots in cricket book<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nfdQcAYk5MxASfvskBu-z50Bhpek0qqZYOBf6C55wtN4wruSgcONjdiKinq5hOa_lqg1_RCXKXpboUnvZAlWfYaMDlkDmJjje5e3V5hd0B5BHLRKOTUEwVZOiCCp_N8v75t4pJ1bnjI/s1600-h/23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nfdQcAYk5MxASfvskBu-z50Bhpek0qqZYOBf6C55wtN4wruSgcONjdiKinq5hOa_lqg1_RCXKXpboUnvZAlWfYaMDlkDmJjje5e3V5hd0B5BHLRKOTUEwVZOiCCp_N8v75t4pJ1bnjI/s320/23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237006804533435506" border="0" /></a><br />Sachin and his son, Arjun Tendulkar<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-40677104546517997132008-08-20T06:28:00.008+05:302008-08-20T06:49:21.769+05:30Legends Quotes on Sachin<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></b></span> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is article is to those people who say that Sachin is not instrumental or the backbone of Indian Cricket. Here are some of the best quotes given by some legends of the cricket about the masterpiece of Cricket, Sachin. There are many players who have quoted on Sachin. Of course who will not be tempted to quote on the master blaster? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="">BEST QUOTES ON SACHIN :</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two... his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Sir Donald Bradman</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» When it comes to judging the best among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to Tendulkar. He has an uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances and under different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day internationals. And more importantly, he has done this so young.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» You have to decide for yourself whether you're bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">»</span><span style="font-size:130%;">"You have to watch <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> truly to appreciate the pressure that Sachin Tendulkar is under every time he bats. Outside grounds, people wait until he goes in before paying to enter. They seem to want a wicket to fall even though it is their own side that will suffer".</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">»</span><span style="font-size:130%;">"first there is Sachin, next daylight, then rest".</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Shane Warne</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Sir Garfield Sobers</span>.</span></p> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p>» He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I'd pay to see him</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Viv Richards</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">»</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""></span> You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Steve Waugh</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» Sachin is cricket's God.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Barry Richards</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Sunil Gavaskar</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That's the buzz about him.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Jeff Thompson</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Dennis Lillee</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">»</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Hell, if he had stayed, even at 11 an over he would have got it.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> : <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Allan Border</span> (after <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> won the Coca-Cola cup in Sharjah).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Perth</st1:city></st1:place> on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him - he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Ian Healy</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» Sachin's better; Lara is more risky outside the off stump.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> : <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mark Waugh</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Eddie Barlow</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» What we (<st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region></st1:place>) need is 10 Tendulkars.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Paul Strang</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» </span><span style="font-size:130%;">His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world… [when he goes out to bat], it is beyond chaos – it is a<span style=""> </span>frantic appeal<span style=""> </span>by a nation to one man. The people see him as God.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">» </span><span style="font-size:130%;">"I have seen god.He bats at number 4 for <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> "</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">- <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mathew Hayden</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">»</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Today he showed<span style=""> </span>the world why he is<span style=""> </span>considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier opposing teams used to feel that Sachin’s dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that<span style=""> </span>the Indian players too, feel this way.<span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span>: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Wasim Akram</span>.</span></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In my previous post "<a href="http://c-n-k.blogspot.com/2008/08/yet-another-century.html">yet another century</a>" someone said that any one can put 100 facts regarding any batsman, now give me so many quotes about other players by these legends. Still i have many quotes on Sachin by other legends too which i have not posted. Sachin is incomparable with other cricketers . A cut above the rest.</span></p><p face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-3940412362676284092008-08-19T06:39:00.008+05:302008-08-19T21:06:06.297+05:30Tendulkar's Centuries not in vain<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >To all those people who still doubt in great man's commitment, think his centuries are in losing cause check this article with statistical proof.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:12;" ></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:12;" ></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:12;" ></span></span> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tendulkar Centuries in vain????</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdntR90WLNL4MaoeRzXqjleG8kbh-IqToYU1jeelLg2ibTqk2RW6yyAfJopV2P3JncKVMQ6WkoDPz89NVHThWE5QGqYFuw7mFdyczi2ijjo6B7lTB5aaki5K0NW8OLEc3Wk4CLk-a8xK0/s1600-h/singam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdntR90WLNL4MaoeRzXqjleG8kbh-IqToYU1jeelLg2ibTqk2RW6yyAfJopV2P3JncKVMQ6WkoDPz89NVHThWE5QGqYFuw7mFdyczi2ijjo6B7lTB5aaki5K0NW8OLEc3Wk4CLk-a8xK0/s320/singam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236036582181098114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">When many people say how many of Sachin's hundreds have come for a winning cause,Here is analysis of each of those centuries he scored when <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">INDIA</st1:country-region></st1:place> lost and reason why it went in vain.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Out of the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">42</span> hundreds, <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">only 11</span> </span>hundreds have gone in vain.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >1. 137</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> off </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >137</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> balls Vs SriLanka at </span><st1:place style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:city st="on">Delhi</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >1996</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> World Cup .</span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><br /></st1:place></st1:country-region></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">271/3</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> overs. The only other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> score was from Azhar. SL made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">272</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48.4</span> overs. Manoj Prabhakar had <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">4-0-47-0.</span> He also opened in the innings with Sachin and scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7 </span>of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">36</span> balls.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2. 100</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">111</span> Balls Vs Pak in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Singapore-</st1:country-region></st1:place> Apr <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">96</span> .</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">226</span> all out in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">47.1</span> overs, When Sachin was out score was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">186/4</span>. Pak had a reduced target of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">187</span> from <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">33 </span>overs.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3. 110</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">138</span> Balls vs Sri Lanka In Colombo - Aug <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">96</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Again India <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">226</span> for <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5 </span>in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> overs, Only other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> score from Azhar (<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">58</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">99</span> balls).Sachin has also bowled <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6-0-29-1</span>, the second most economical bowler and the only wicket taker (SL were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">230/1</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">44.2</span>) of the match next to Srinath. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> bowlers were used by Azhar.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">4. 143</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">131 </span>Balls Vs Aus at Sharjah, Apr <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1998</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This was chasing under lights. The qualifying match before the final. The whole world knows about this match. Still one interesting point, when Sachin was out <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">242</span> for <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5</span> at <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">43</span> overs. Target was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">276</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">46</span>. Still <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> finished at <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">250/5</span> scoring just <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8</span> of the next <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3</span> overs. Great performance by Laxman and Kanithkar indeed.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >5. 101</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >140</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Balls against SL at Sharjah in Oct </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2000</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Indian score was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">224/8</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> overs. (No other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> score). SL got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">225/5</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">43.5</span>, Sachin also bowled <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5-0-22-0</span>, better economy rate than everyone except Srinath. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >6. 146</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >153</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Balls against </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: bold;" st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: bold;"> at </span><st1:city style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Jodhpur</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - December </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2000</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">283 / 8</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> overs. Sachin was the last man to be dismissed, score was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">235/8</span> at <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">46.3</span> overs when he was out. Agarkar and Zaheer Khan propelled <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> to<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 283</span> in the last <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3.3</span> overs. When Sachin has scored <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">146</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">235</span> in 46.3 overs, you can guess what the other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8</span> great batsmen were doing against the World class <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region> attack. Second Highest scorer was Zaheer Khan with <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">32.</span>Zim got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">284/9</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">49.5</span> overs. Agarkar bowled the last over. Sachin also got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6-0-35-1</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7. 101</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">129</span> Balls Vs SA at <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Johannesburg</st1:place></st1:city> - Oct 2001</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">279/5</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span>, Ganguly made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">127</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">126</span> balls. When Ganguly got out, the score was <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">193-1</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">35.2</span> overs. Sachin was the last man to get out at <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">263</span>. SA got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">280</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48.4</span> overs. Sachin bowled <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">9-0-51-0</span>, second best in economy rate next only to Agarkar (<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10-0-45-1</span>)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8. 141</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">135</span> balls Vs Pak at <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Rawalpindi</st1:city></st1:place>, March <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2004</span> .</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> were chasing <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">329</span> and were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">317</span> all out in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48.4</span> overs, <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">8 </span>balls to spare. No other batsman made even a <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> (when chasing <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">300</span> ) and when Sachin was out, <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">245-4</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">38.4 </span>overs. They needed <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">85</span> from <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">68</span> balls with <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6</span> wickets in hand.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">9. 123</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">130</span> Balls vs Pak at Ahmedabad, April <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2005</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">315/6</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48</span> overs (<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48</span> over match), again no other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> score. Second highest was Dhoni <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">47</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">64</span> balls, (third highest was extras - <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">39</span>). Pak made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">319</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">48</span> overs. The three quicks (Balaji, Nehra and Khan went for <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">188</span> runs from <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">26</span> overs between them taking only <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2</span> wickets). Sachin bowled <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6-0-36-1</span>. No Harbhajan and no Kumble.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10. 100</span> of<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 113</span> Balls Vs Pak at <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Peshawar</st1:place></st1:city>, Feb-<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2006</span>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">328</span> all out in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">49.4</span> overs. Pathan and Dhoni got <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">60</span> each. When Sachin was out when <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> were <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">305-5</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">45</span> overs. Managed only<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 23</span> in the last <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5</span> overs.Pak scored<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 311/7</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">47</span> overs and won by D/L method. Could have been anybody's game. Sachin did not bowl.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11. 141*</span> of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">148</span> balls vs WI at <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">309 / 5</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> overs. Sachin was not out. Pathan was the only other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">50</span> scorer. WI made <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">141/2</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">20</span> overs and won by D/L method. Again could have been anybody's game.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p><br />In the other <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">32</span> instances <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> has won<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 31</span> times and once there was no result .</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Now, please think again when you say sachin's centuries were in the losing cause and that he is not a team player. It is a fact that for the entire </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">90</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">'s </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: georgia;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:georgia;"> played International cricket with </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> PLAYER and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> JOKERS.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br />- Courtesy : - Orkut - <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=23803">Sachin Tendulkar Main Community</a><br /><br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-12248529608289350662008-08-19T05:50:00.007+05:302008-08-19T06:13:29.561+05:30Yet Another century<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I am a great fan of Sachin Tendulkar, the mastero. He has scored the most number of centuries in cricket's history till date. But this century is a special one and we Sachin fans rate it high. This was an article posted in Sachin Tendulkar, main community in Orkut where one can get loads and loads of facts regarding Sachin, the master blaster.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">100 </span>reasons why our Sachin is great</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Reasons why Sachin is considered great are endless. This is just an attempt to revive some of them.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 01.</span> He feels proud to be an INDIAN.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 02.</span> Best batsman in the world.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 03.</span> Humble person.<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 04</span>.</span> He is responsible for making the game of cricket a religion in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 05</span>. Very hard working individual.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 06</span>. Hailed by great cricketing legends from all over the globe.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 07</span>. Huge Temperament - highly successful both in ODI's and Tests.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 08</span>. Immense pressure handling capability.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 09</span>. Holds many number of records against his name.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 10</span>. Plays the game with sportsman spirit.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 11.</span> He is the only cricketer to have been honoured with the Khel Ratna Award. The Khel Ratna is <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s highest honour given for achievement in sports.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 12</span>. Quickly adapting himself to the changes in the modern day cricket.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 13</span>. Is enthusiastic and passionate about his game. Still seems that he is the youngest member in the side.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 14</span>. Quick runner in between the wickets.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 15</span>. Achieved the status of being a great player in his teenage.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 16</span>. Greatest ambassador for the game of cricket.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 17</span>. Holds expectations of more then 1 billion countrymen.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 18</span>. Loved by his family.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 19</span>. Great team man.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 20</span>. A True Friend for all his friends.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 21</span>. A Great disciple of "Cricket".<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 22</span>. Cricket Fanatics from all over the world eagerly wait for him to see him live in action.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 23</span>. Prefers his bat to do the talking rather then his mouth.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 24</span>. Has highest no. of runs and centuries in ODI's. Nobody even close to him even in this respect.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 25.</span> Has highest no. centuries in Test and it is just a matter of time when he will be the highest run scorer as well.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 26.</span> Feels huge pride in carrying Indian national flag on his helmet.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 27</span>. Earns great respect from his team mates.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 28</span>. Always makes his critics to eat their words.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 29</span>. Still a great learner.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 30</span>. Sets high standard for himself and pushes himself to achieve those.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 31</span>. Never indulges in sledging practises.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 32</span>. Has highest no. of Man of Match and Man of Series. Nobody is even close to him.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">33</span>. Contributes to the team with his bowling abilities as well.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 34</span>. Is aggressive about his game.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 35</span>. Can play all the shots in the cricket book.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 36</span>. Additionally, has created some more shots by his extra-ordnary skills.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 37</span>. Possesses great dignity and integrity.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 38</span>. Captains Delight.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 39</span>. Pays generosity towards young members in the side.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 40</span>. Is vivacious during team meetings.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 41</span>. A good fielder.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 42</span>. An outstanding student of the game since childhood.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 43</span>. Has the ability to make nation go wild when he is on song.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 44.</span> Holds record for being highest scorer in a WC tournament, also holds record for most number of runs in WC tournament.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 45.</span> Youngest Test Player to represent <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 46</span>. Has set uphill task for coming generations of cricketers to achieve.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 47</span>. He is to cricket what Laver was to tennis, what Mohammad Ali was to Boxing, what Schumachar was to Formula one, and what probably Tiger Woods is to Golf.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 48</span>. Ambitious cricketer.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 49</span>. Charity donor but does not like to talk on this issue in public.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 50</span>. Holds the record for highest number of Test centuries.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 51</span>. Match winner.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 52</span>. Loves to stay away from the controversies.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 53</span>. Never had any offense committed under his name in the ICC code conduct rules apart from the controversial Mike Denness episode.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 54</span>. At times when Umpires have been wrong in decision making against him, he has accepted there decisions with big heart and without any opposition.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 55</span>. Honoured as honest tax payers among the highest tax payers in a public function organized by the Income Tax Department, <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 56</span>. Always have positive influence over people.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 57</span>. One man army.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 58</span>. Richest cricketer in the world.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 59</span>. Holds the status of best youth icon in our country.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 60</span>. Ready to adapt any role according to the team requirement.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 61</span>. Honest person.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">62</span>. Pumps his heart out during net practise sessions.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 63.</span> Brings his own clinical efficiency for his sponsors off the field.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 64</span>. Always meets the expectations of his over-ambitious fan.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 65</span>. Has always lead by example.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 66</span>. His batting is even more then what statstics have to show.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 67</span>. Presence in the team itself lifts the moral of his side & is a cause of major concern for the opposition.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 68</span>. Sir Donald Bradman considered him the closest to himself in technique.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 69</span>. Always wants to be victorious.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 70</span>. Abundant patience<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 71</span>. Possesses an intellectual cricketing brain.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 72</span>. Always keen to take responsibilities.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 73</span>. He is beyond comparison.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 74.</span> But, still has to face comparison with the batsman who is currently in form. This itself shows he is truly great.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 75</span>. Batting consistently and performing outstandingly for nearly two decades.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 76.</span> Loves to challenge himself.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 77</span>. Gives horrified nightmares to bowlers all over the world.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 78</span>. Carries the title of "Master Blaster".<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 79</span>. Religious person - A firm believer in God.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 80</span>. Has scored tons-n-tons of runs in all parts of the world.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 81</span>. Makes the skilful art of batting look really trivial.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 82</span>. A true fighter in all aspects.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 83</span>. Accredited with Arjun award.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 84</span>. Attacks more fiercely if the opposition is stronger.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 85</span>. Has a colossal nerve.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 86</span>. For being a perfect entertainer all these years.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">87</span>. Youngest player from <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> to score a century in ODI.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 88.</span> He scored most ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 89</span>. Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year - 6 times.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 90</span>. Played most number of ODIs as well as most consecutive ODI matches - another record.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 91</span>. Fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 92</span>. Also had the honour of becoming Wisden cricketer of the year.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 93</span>. Declared Man of Series in 2003 WC.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 94</span>. Made most appearances in Test and ODIs for <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 95</span>. Holds the record of scoring five centuries before he turned 20.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 96</span>. He with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 97</span>. He and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 98.</span> He also hold the recored of scoring most ODI half-centuries.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 99</span>. Brought huge sums of money into this game.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 100</span>. For bringing happiness and joy in the life of millions of Sachin fans.<br /><br /><br /> - Courtesy : - <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=23803"> Orkut - Sachin Tendulkar main community</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-6931663632497996502008-08-15T08:26:00.014+05:302008-08-16T08:35:25.880+05:30INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >61 years back, the whole of this day (Aug 15) was celebrated in a grand manner through out our country, probably the best country in the world, which can be none other than the one and only <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is this day, that year which made <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, an independent nation. This day was termed as Independence Day of India. It was declared a national holiday. From then to till date it is declared national holiday by the government of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Even today Independence Day celebrations are held across the country. Housing colonies, cultural centres, clubs and societies hold entertainment programmes and competitions, usually based on the freedom theme. </span></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XxSFOzY5jCDo_JLlwk9vCihrwZQPr_nD9muHkpJCzoSDxAv2WMURLDZ7qSm9acHfTQzZ3saG4Yxt-PWgXGezX3UvgxMMChV6KNLg9dtYvYn4kC4nfYMuDevLxWtGWvkM6BD9qUIK7fA/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234590523056282066" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XxSFOzY5jCDo_JLlwk9vCihrwZQPr_nD9muHkpJCzoSDxAv2WMURLDZ7qSm9acHfTQzZ3saG4Yxt-PWgXGezX3UvgxMMChV6KNLg9dtYvYn4kC4nfYMuDevLxWtGWvkM6BD9qUIK7fA/s320/images.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks to this great man Mahatma Gandhi and his ardent followers, who followed non-violence and won <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> the independence. Also, thanks to other freedom fighters who won us independence.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">On this special day, I would like to post an interview given by Sachin Tendulkar on his 33rd birthday. I rate him as the greatest Indian next to Gandhi, on his 33rd birthday.</span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;" face="georgia"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">ENJOYING HIMSELF<span style="font-size:130%;">:</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Wearing the country's colours have always inspired Sachin Tendulkar and 17 years of top-level cricket still hasn't diminished his desire to turn up for the country.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" face="georgia"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6NS9jE5sPqz5lEp_jioPKfLgf3K1YkyGcaYG2yP_47_gS26sTWeaBaiqwhReCz2fmVjdByaSWTaFihofYei-RWajitcwxvvsVt-iC_t9YNS6JzQ8Aq5VshkkZpMQJ-g1CTheaDYo7ek/s1600-h/sachin+indep+day.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587472435517842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6NS9jE5sPqz5lEp_jioPKfLgf3K1YkyGcaYG2yP_47_gS26sTWeaBaiqwhReCz2fmVjdByaSWTaFihofYei-RWajitcwxvvsVt-iC_t9YNS6JzQ8Aq5VshkkZpMQJ-g1CTheaDYo7ek/s320/sachin+indep+day.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">London</span>: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sachin Tendulkar says that he was extremely naughty and very difficult to handle during his childhood, and his only dream was to wear the India colours.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Now 33 and lauded as the best batsman since Sir Donald Bradman, he reveals in his forthcoming book Tendulkar's Opus how he evolved from being an unmanageable child to India's youngest-ever Test player.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">``Cricket is something very, very special to me. It has never been about owning this or that car, and the other things that come with this life. My parents taught me that it is important to live every day of your life with grace and honour,'' the ace batsman says in the book to be published at the end of next year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">``An obsession with money or worldly matters was always thumbed down. My only dream was to wear the India cap and the India colours. In that respect, my childhood dreams have come true.''</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >A `Mac' fan</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">However, Tendulkar says cricket wasn't his only love. He also played a lot tennis and believes he was pretty good at it too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">``My big-time hero was John McEnroe. I just loved that guy. All my friends and family would support Bjorn Borg. I was the only one supporting John McEnroe — everyone used to call me `Mac' because I styled myself on him.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">``I made my father buy me the same headbands and sweatbands, and even grew my hair long. You wouldn't believe the pictures of me from that time. I was also extremely naughty and very, very difficult to handle.</span> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >"<span style="font-family:georgia;">I would climb the trees around the apartment complex and polish off all the guavas and mangoes. The fruit trees were strictly off limits, but I used to time it to perfection by waiting until nobody was around, normally in the evening when everyone was inside watching television.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >``I had a nanny who used to run after me virtually 24 hours a day, because I never wanted to go home,'' he says.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:georgia;" >Guiding light</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >Tendulkar says he settled down when he started playing a lot of</span><span style="background: rgb(160, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-weight: normal; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" > cricket in his early teens — ``all my calories were being burnt on the cricket pitch and my energy was being focused.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >``I have my brother Ajit to thank for that — he guided me into the game. He used to watch me play downstairs with my friends, without me realising. He figured out that I could bat by watching my swing, the way I connected with the ball and my consistency.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >``He's almost 10 years older than me and had played at a decent level himself. He told me that professional cricket could be a future for me and convinced my father to let me change schools, to help me play more,'' he says.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >``My father, who died in 1999, was never a cricket fan, not at all. He was a writer and a poet: he taught Marathi, my mother tongue, at the local university. But he understood exactly how to get the best out of</span><span style="background: rgb(160, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-weight: normal; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" > me. He always encouraged me and told my mother that he had full faith in me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >"It was probably reverse psychology, but as I got older I felt like I could not misuse that trust. He warned me against taking short cuts and told me to just keep playing, despite the ups-and-downs. When it came to choosing between cricket and going to university, he said: 'You can play cricket, I know that is your first love, so go for it'.''</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Parents pleased</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >Tendulkar says his parents were extremely happy when he became the youngest player — at 16 — to play for </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >. ``At first they were a little worried. In </span><st1:place style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia;" st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;" >, cricket is almost a religion and they had some apprehensions over whether I'd be able to cope with the demands and pressure at that age.</span><o:p style="font-family: georgia;"></o:p></span></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" face="georgia"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" >"Some of the players were almost twice my age and I was living away from home for most of the year. But it all went smoothly in the end.''<br /></span></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In excerpts of the book published in The Sunday Times magazine, Tendulkar says ``I now have my own family, daughter who is eight and a son who is six, so there's that other half of the coin to look at. I need to strike the right balance between cricket and family.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" >``I try to follow my father's lead and give my kids the freedom that I had in my family. Having children brings back all my old childhood memories, wonderful years.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"Now, every minute is measured and calculated. I still dream — without dreams life is flat, you stagnate. I don't go to the temple every morning, but I do pray. I thank God for everything he has given me, because life has been good to me,'' he says.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Biggest gift</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" >As a child, Tendulkar says he always knew he would play cricket for <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The batting maestro says he received his first cricket bat when he was seven.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" >``My big sister gave it to me after returning from a trip to <st1:place st="on">Kashmir</st1:place>, which is known for its high-quality willows. It wasn't the best bat, but it was like a piece of gold to me. I used to imagine myself batting for <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, hitting fours and sixes, the people cheering. I used that bat until it broke when I graduated from playing with a tennis ball to a hard, seasoned ball.''<br /><br />- Courtesy : <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=23803">Orkut - Sachin Main community</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-54827650432789725932008-08-14T06:57:00.013+05:302008-08-15T07:30:03.282+05:30Abhinav Bindra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJb63p0CqVDOfq6M6EcQ7XbQ8fYTqXpIjssrJPND1JbtCZU-tCCwvmLC2j6Ika5UmeX4lqDWpXklpqPr7nrxQA-qQ_k_U6XXub65kOxQB3g0H1UnD75XZxLsTSqb0_yt1IGgcD0lhTQw/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJb63p0CqVDOfq6M6EcQ7XbQ8fYTqXpIjssrJPND1JbtCZU-tCCwvmLC2j6Ika5UmeX4lqDWpXklpqPr7nrxQA-qQ_k_U6XXub65kOxQB3g0H1UnD75XZxLsTSqb0_yt1IGgcD0lhTQw/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234189351290110146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Medal winners of 10-m Air rifle shooting<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b face="georgia" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA - THANKS A LOT ABHINAV BINDRA</b></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">" Thanks a lot Abhinav Bindra for fulfilling dreams of billions of people ".</span></b></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" > India is a country with people strength of around <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1,129,866,154</span> (July <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2007</span>). Though there are so many people in our country, we could produce only <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">57</span> athletes capable of entering Beijing Olympics this year. For a country, with ranks high in population yet ranks low in sports, this gold medal is an achievement itself. First of all, thanks to Abhinav Bindra, the person who fulfilled dreams of billions in our country. When our national anthem was sung in the medal ceremony, each and every Indian who visualized it either live or through broadcast would have moved to tears.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" > For those, who are not from India, you guys may wonder what is so very special in winning a gold medal in Olympics. The reply for you guys is that, you cannot understand how much we thrive for a gold medal in Olympics. It is the dream of our nation. We have been dreaming for the past <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">28</span> years. Once again, thanks to Abhinav. I just cannot find words to thank you.</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Now before knowing about Abhinav, lets just have a short look at the medals won by India so far in Olympics.<br /><br /></span><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>INDIAN MEDAL TALLY IN OLYMPICS :</b></span><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><b>First appearance </b>: <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1900</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>No. of appearances</b> : <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">21</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>Summary</b></span><br /><br /></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="margin-left: 0px; width: 404px; height: 622px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px;font-family:georgia;" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">SPORTS</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">GOLD</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> SILVER</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"> BRONZE</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> TOTAL</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hockey<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 8<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 2<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 11<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Shooting<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tennis<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1 <o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Weightlifting<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wrestling - Freestyle<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 0<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 1<o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Total</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> 8</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> 2 </b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> 5</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> 15</b><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""></o></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Historically, </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >India is the strongest nation in men's Olympic hockey, winning <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11</span> medals between <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1928</span> and <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1980</span>, including a record eight gold medals, and the sport has dominated the country's Olympic successes over the years. It had an exclusive hold on Olympic </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >hockey tournaments between the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1928</span> Games in </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Amsterdam</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Netherlands and the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1956</span> Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning a remarkable six consecutive gold medals and remaining undefeated in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">30</span> matches during this </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >golden period. In recent times however </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >India has not done so well and hasn't won another hockey medal since taking gold at </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1980</span> Games in </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Moscow</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Soviet Union</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >. Compounding the decline,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >India's men missed qualification </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >for the<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 2008</span> Games, the first time it had failed to do so in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">88</span> years.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >In events away from the hockey pitch, highlights have been rare. It wasn't until the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1952</span> Games in Helsinki, Finland that freestyle wrestler Kha-Shaba Jadav earned the country its first non-hockey Olympic medal, a bronze in the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">60</span>kg division, and it wasn't for another <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">44</span> years after that before tennis player Leander Paes earned the country another bronze in the </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >men's singles event at the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1996</span> Games in Atlanta, United States. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Weight lifter Karnam Mallesweri became </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >India's first female Olympic medallist when she won bronze in the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">69</span>kg category at the </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2000</span> Games in </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Sydney, Australia. Shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won silver in the double trap event </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >at the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2004</span> Games in Athens,Greece is India's only other individual </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Olympic medallist.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">ABHINAV BINDRA : </b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><p face="georgia" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;" class="separator"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp8sBU6IV5-WwzM8rzGgyXrpm6RQh8mgnHRA1QCBEPv0IDzFlD7XAQa0_AoJz6FdWXtVmK9eJfi-Y2zbO0xSI94xi2pGjTXUTZPid-FtOlF_znUTVArczUo_Ff6eh4zeqzdohjk8J57E/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp8sBU6IV5-WwzM8rzGgyXrpm6RQh8mgnHRA1QCBEPv0IDzFlD7XAQa0_AoJz6FdWXtVmK9eJfi-Y2zbO0xSI94xi2pGjTXUTZPid-FtOlF_znUTVArczUo_Ff6eh4zeqzdohjk8J57E/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234189351860226194" border="0" /></a></p><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Abhinav Bindra is famous now for he has won a gold medal for India in Olympics. But he has won many other medals and awards in his career. For those, who don't know the details about his achievements and awards bagged by Bindra, here are few of his best shots.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > -> </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Abhinav Bindra made a junior world record score of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">597/600</span> in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2001</span> Munich World Cup and won bronze; gold in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2002</span> Manchester Commonwealth Games; became the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold; Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2001</span>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > -> Abhinav Bindra is the brightest star among a new breed of talented Indian shooters. Born on September <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">28, 1983</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > -> At <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">15</span>, Bindra was the youngest participant at the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1998</span> Commonwealth Games. Bindra shot into limelight by winning a bronze in </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2001</span> Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">597/600</span>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > -> In the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2002</span> Manchester Commonwealth Games, competing in his pet Air rifle event, Bindra won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. During a purple patch, Bindra won six gold medals at various international meets in the European Circuit in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2001</span>. He was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >the year <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2001</span>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > -> In the <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2004</span> Athens Olympics, despite breaking the Olympic record Bindra failed to win a medal. But on July <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">24, 2006,</span> Bindra became the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold in Zagreb. Karni Singh's silver in <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1962</span> was the previous best by an Indian in a World </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" justify="" trebuchet="" ms="" >Championship meet</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >. </span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" type="disc"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></ul><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>AWARDS </b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2000 </span>- <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=V6h&q=arjuna+award&btnG=Search">ARJUNA AWARD</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">2001 - <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=RAJIV+GANDHI+KHEL+RATNA+AWARD+&btnG=Search">RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></ul><div face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c26x-f83Jfp55faM3nDyspr4rdvkifLPhDcwHatnpXEGWoK9SHt0h0qP8UAq28jS0v7O-4516dUMmDJyggiFrJc_ILDxwvJPXkgzzbtspemikOlvC9-NiCyoxxwMHpSsK2V3da-pxvs/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c26x-f83Jfp55faM3nDyspr4rdvkifLPhDcwHatnpXEGWoK9SHt0h0qP8UAq28jS0v7O-4516dUMmDJyggiFrJc_ILDxwvJPXkgzzbtspemikOlvC9-NiCyoxxwMHpSsK2V3da-pxvs/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234189126708526018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >(BEIJING, August <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11</span>) -- India's Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men's <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">10</span>m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11 with </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >an incredible performance in the final. Bindra shot a total score of<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 700.5.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>" <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I was trying to concentrate on shooting. I wasn't thinking about making history. I mean I was two points behind at one stage. I was just trying to concentrate. I just wanted to shoot well, I just wanted to shoot aggressively, and that's what I did </span>", </b><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">said Bindra</span>.<br /><br /></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bindra has won India a gold medal and made us proud to be an Indian. Hope there are many such Bindras in future Olympics for India. I wish they bag more gold medals. All the best for all those who participate in Olympics.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here are few pictures of gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-vriKNi9O-UZ-i78ZsPelKXpCHQd09NlegGqwB9DyeXWjnGwfWTr-AUZhXysCLJ7_sc5zulbmaLhRzvVAm_O4J9qr1RU01o-ESlsMrsHGLgrBQLqEuUuYKJ7zwkM38dtuOFVR5EgqP8/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-vriKNi9O-UZ-i78ZsPelKXpCHQd09NlegGqwB9DyeXWjnGwfWTr-AUZhXysCLJ7_sc5zulbmaLhRzvVAm_O4J9qr1RU01o-ESlsMrsHGLgrBQLqEuUuYKJ7zwkM38dtuOFVR5EgqP8/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234189353502159106" border="0" /></a><p face="georgia" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" class="separator">His final shot for gold medal<br /></p><p face="georgia" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;" class="separator"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp8sBU6IV5-WwzM8rzGgyXrpm6RQh8mgnHRA1QCBEPv0IDzFlD7XAQa0_AoJz6FdWXtVmK9eJfi-Y2zbO0xSI94xi2pGjTXUTZPid-FtOlF_znUTVArczUo_Ff6eh4zeqzdohjk8J57E/s1600-h/3.jpg"><br /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNQu0Z9Bv6XlXJMMvF8lO4m0sWSPkh8MreEhJpoU5iS7EbitKpAbVrrkejqIyMP01ZCKxmFuLDMu4t1rr0Ohf5xdQsm1y7PKyvQjKCww5lDmnQq9sn06kwi7oKS_fRoQ694WhJWOLnvM/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNQu0Z9Bv6XlXJMMvF8lO4m0sWSPkh8MreEhJpoU5iS7EbitKpAbVrrkejqIyMP01ZCKxmFuLDMu4t1rr0Ohf5xdQsm1y7PKyvQjKCww5lDmnQq9sn06kwi7oKS_fRoQ694WhJWOLnvM/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234189359268700706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Punching in air after victory<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><p weight="" normal="" h="" gt="" lt="" span="" style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" rgb=""><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></p>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719575501583102158.post-16190444905927895612008-08-14T05:50:00.024+05:302008-08-14T06:51:20.218+05:30New 7 wonders of the world<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><o p=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><i><br />" Never before in hi<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>story have so many people participated in a global decision ".</i></o></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><o p=""></o></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><o p=""></o></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Thanks to this person ,<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,</span><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Bernard Weber<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span></span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Founder & President of the New <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> Wonders Campaign.</b></span></span></span>Yes, the new seven wonders of the world were handpicked by common people unlike the previous <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> wonders which is believed to be picked by a single man of the Ancient Greece long time ago. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Many websites & mobile services served as the instrument for the people to cast their votes for their favorite wonder. Below is the list of official contenders which made it to the finals.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;" type="disc"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></ul><ol><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Acropolis,</span><b>Athens,Greece</b><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chichén Itzá,<b>Mexico</b><br /></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Colosseum, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rome, <st true="" st="on" w="" region=""></st></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Italy.</b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <st true="" st="on" w="" placename="">Eiffel <st true="" st="on" w="" placetype="">Tower, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paris, </span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" region=""></st></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">France.</b></st></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Great Wall of China, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">China.</b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Machu Picchu, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Peru.</b></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Petra, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jordan.</b></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Statue of Christ the Redeemer,Rio de Janeiro, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brazil</span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" region=""></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Statues of <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Easter Island, </span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" region=""></st></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chile.</b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Taj <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Mahal,<st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">India.</b></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Angkor,</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""></st></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cambodia.</b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Alhambra, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Spain.</b></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hagia Sophia,<b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Istanbul, <st true="" st="on" w="" region="">Turkey.</st></st></st></b><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" placename="">Kiyomizu <st true="" st="on" w="" placetype="">Temple, <b><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kyoto, </span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" region=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Japan.</span></st></st></st></b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Kremlin/St Basil's <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Cathedral,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Russia.</span></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" placename="">Neuschwanstein ,<span style="font-weight: bold;">Füssen, Germany</span></st></span><br /></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Statue of <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Liberty<span style="font-weight: bold;">,New York.</span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><st true="" st="on" w="" state=""><st true="" st="on" w="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" region=""></st></st></b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Stonehenge, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Britain.</b></st></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sydney Opera House, <st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Australia.</b></st></st><br /></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st true="" st="on" w="" place="" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Timbuktu,<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mali.</span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" region=""></st></st></st><br /></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p="">Out of the above mentioned<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 20</span> finalists only seven were to be new <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> wonders of the world. Of all the numbers why this seven? Well, the official decided that there were ancient seven wonders and so be there new <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> wonders. There are loads and loads of reasons for the number <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7 </span>being picked, but now back to our wonders. The pyramids have been assured honorary status, in addition to the new seven wonders. Here, are the seven wonders which eventually stood out as the new <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7</span> wonders of the world. Click the name, to view more details about it.<br /></o></span></p><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span> </span></span><br /><ol><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">GREAT WALL OF </span></span><st true="" st="on" w="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" region=""><st style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" true="" st="on" w="" place=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CHINA (220 BC and 1368-1644 AD).</span></st></st></span></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">PETRA, <st true="" st="on" w="" region="">Jordan</st> (9 BC-40AD).</st></st></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >CHRIST THE REDEEMER, Rio de Janeiro, <st true="" st="on" w="" region=""><st true="" st="on" w="" place="">Brazil (1931 AD).</st></st></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">MACHU PICCHU, <st true="" st="on" w="" region="">Peru</st> (1460-1470AD).</st></st></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >PYRAMID AT CHICHÉN ITZÁ, <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Yucatán Peninsula, <st true="" st="on" w="" region="">Mexico (before 800 AD).</st></st></st></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >THE COLOSSEUM, <st true="" st="on" w="" city=""><st true="" st="on" w="" place="">Rome (70-82 AD).</st></st></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >TAJ MAHAL, <st true="" st="on" w="" place=""><st true="" st="on" w="" city="">Agra, <st true="" st="on" w="" region="">India (1630 AD).</st></st></st></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o p=""><br /></o></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div>Karthikeyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335844787615985243noreply@blogger.com1