Sachin's 100th Ton ~ Sachin! Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!

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As a mad fan of Sachin Tendulkar I would like to dedicate a post to Sach and his fans... Do watch the video to get inspired.. Source Credits: You Tube Copyrights: Neo Cricket.

The long wait has come to an end today when Sachin reached his 100th Ton in the 44th over with a nudge behind square leg to reach the milestone. By doing this, he has made history, which will remain as a history and will never ever happen again. He looked up at the sky, thanked God and raised his bat, and acknowledged his teammates by raising his helmet towards the dressing room, what a moment and it can never be captured in words..

Source Credits: You Tube Copyrights: Neo Cricket.

Tendulkar said, "I was not thinking about the milestone. It hasn't sunk in. A year ago when I got my 99th hundred no one spoke about it during the World Cup. Then I guess it was the media who began talking about it. Wherever I went, to a restaurant, the house keeping, the room service, whoever I met just spoke about the 100th hundred. It became a little difficult mentally, because I am not playing only for my 100th hundred. The 99 hundreds that I scored, nobody spoke about them. Everyone had their opinion but eventually I have got to do what is important for the team. Enjoy the game and chase your dreams, Dreams do come true. I had to wait for 22 years for India to win the World Cup."

Just an imagination! How people reacts to Sachin's 100th Ton...

IT companies ~ The productivity has gone down by 50%.. Terrible...

Media ~ Cricket's God made history that will never ever repeat again.. ! Mind voice ~ For another one week we can make good money... RTP Rate has never gone up like today..

Twitter ~ We are offline! Sorry.. We know only Sachin can make this happen..

Facebook ~ C'mon we have to upgrade our servers...

Internet ~ Bandwidth crashed.... Sorry!

Blogger ~ No more blog post about Sachin, please...!

Google ~ 'Sachin Tendulkar's 100th Ton' as their default search query and a Doodle too (On this Day Sachin Tendulkar made his 100th Ton and became first man in cricketing history)

Microsoft ~ We should add "Sachin" in the list of official words so that it never shows as an error when they type

God ~ The moment Sachin looked up at the sky, God thanked him for scoring the 100th century and Sachin replied as ‘The pleasure is all mine. Thank you for watching!’

Sanjay Manjrekar ~ Tendulkar has stayed on top for so long because his mind remains his century and I'm glad he did it today..

Rahul Dravid ~ At least for a week people were speaking about my retirement, now even that’s gone..

Sachin Haters ~ What's so great in scoring a century against Bangladesh and that too at a very low strike rate.. He should retire and should give opportunity to youngsters..

Sachin Lovers ~ "Sachin.. Sachin.. Sachin.. Sachin... Sachin.. Sachin.." Because when you are happy even languages cannot help you to express what you want to..

Sachin's mind voice ~ Shabba.. Ivangula namba mudiyalae.. Kastapathu adichathu naanu aana ivanga peethikiranga.. mudiyala saami...

As a mad Sachin fan ~ Thank you Sir! once again my heart smiled... "Some dreamt, some imagined, but he did it.. 100! I'm proud to say I lived in the era when Sachin scored his 100 centuries...!"

I will update the post with reactions from former cricketers as well.

The list of centuries scored by Sachin... Source: espncricinfo Stats Guru..

1) 119* vs ENG-Manchester-14 August 1990-Draw-Test
2) 148* vs AUS-Sydney-6 January 1992-Draw-Test
3) 114 vs AUS-Perth-3 February 1992-Lost-Test
4) 111 vs SA-Johannesburg-28 November 1992-Draw-Test
5) 165 vs ENG-Chennai-12 February 1993-Won-Test
6) 104* vs SL-Colombo-31 July 1993-Won-Test
7) 142 vs SL-Lucknow-19 January 1994-Won-Test
8) 110 vs AUS-Colombo-September 9, 1994-Won-ODI
9) 115 vs NZ-Vadodara-October 28, 1994-Won-ODI
10) 105 vs WI-Jaipur-November 11, 1994-Won-ODI
11) 179 vs WI-Nagpur-2 December 1994-Draw-Test
12) 112* vs SL-Sharjah-April 9, 1995-Won-ODI
13) 127* vs KEN-Cuttack-February 18, 1996-Won-ODI
14) 137 vs SL-New Delhi-March 2, 1996-Lost-ODI
15) 100 vs PAK-Singapore-April 5, 1996-Lost-ODI
16) 118 vs PAK-Sharjah-April 15, 1996-Won-ODI
17) 122 vs ENG-Birmingham-8 June 1996-Lost-Test
18) 177 vs ENG-Nottingham-5 July 1996-Draw-Test
19) 110# vs SL-Colombo-August 28, 1996-Lost-ODI
20) 114# vs SA-Mumbai-December 14, 1996-Won-ODI
21) 169# vs SA-Cape Town-4 January 1997-Lost-Test
21) 104# vs ZIM-Benoni-February 9, 1997-Won-ODI
23) 117# vs NZ-Bangalore-May 14, 1997-Won-ODI
24) 143# vs SL-Colombo-3 August 1997-Draw-Test
25) 139# vs SL-Colombo-11 August 1997-Draw-Test
26) 148# vs SL-Mumbai-4 December 1997-Draw-Test
27) 155* vs AUS-Chennai-9 March 1998-Test
28) 177 vs AUS-Bangalore-26 March 1998-Lost-Test
29) 100 vs AUS-Kanpur-April 7, 1998-Won-ODI
30) 143 vs AUS-Sharjah-April 22, 1998-Lost-ODI
31) 134 vs AUS-Sharjah-April 24, 1998-Won-ODI
32) 100* vs KEN-Kolkata-May 31, 1998-Won-ODI
33) 128 vs SL-Colombo-July 7, 1998-Won-ODI
34) 127* vs ZIM-Bulawayo-September 26, 1998-Won-ODI
35) 141 vs AUS-Dhaka-October 28, 1998-Won-ODI
36) 118* vs ZIM-Sharjah-November 8, 1998-Won-ODI
37) 124* vs ZIM-Sharjah-November 13, 1998-Won-ODI
38) 113 vs NZ-Wellington-29 December 1998-Lost-Test
39) 136 vs PAK-Chennai-31 January 1999-Lost-Test
40) 124* vs SL-Colombo-28 February 1999-Draw-Test
41) 140* vs KEN-Bristol-May 23, 1999-Won-ODI
42) 120# vs SL-Colombo-August 29, 1999-Won-ODI
43) 126*# vs NZ-Mohali-13 October 1999-Test
44) 217# vs NZ-Ahmedabad-30 October 1999-Draw-Test
45) 186*# vs NZ-Hyderabad-November 8, 1999-Won-ODI
46) 116# vs AUS-Melbourne-28 December 1999-Lost-Test
47) 122 vs SA-Vadodara-March 17, 2000-Won-ODI
48) 101 vs SL-Sharjah-October 20, 2000-Lost-ODI
49) 122 vs ZIM-New Delhi-21 November 2000-Won-Test
50) 201* vs ZIM-Nagpur-26 November 2000-Draw-Test
51) 146 vs ZIM-Jodhpur-December 8, 2000-Lost-ODI
52) 126 vs AUS-Chennai-20 March 2001-Won-Test
53) 139 vs AUS-Indore-March 31, 2001-Won-ODI
54) 127* vs WI-Harare-July 4, 2001-Won-ODI
55) 101 vs SA-Johannesburg-October 5, 2001-Lost-ODI
56) 146 vs KEN-Paarl-October 24, 2001-Won-ODI
57) 155 vs SA-Bloemfontein-3 November 2001-Lost-Test
58) 103 vs ENG-Ahmedabad-13 December 2001-Draw-Test
59) 176 vs ZIM-Nagpur-24 February 2002-Won-Test
60) 117 vs WI-Port of Spain-20 April 2002-Won-Test
61) 105* vs ENG-Chester-le-Street-July 4, 2002-N/R-ODI
62) 113 vs SL-Bristol-July 11, 2002-Won-ODI
63) 193 vs ENG-Leeds-23 August 2002-Won-Test
64) 176 vs WI-Kolkata-3 November 2002-Draw-Test
65) 152 vs NAMI-Pietermaritzburg-February 23, 2003-Won-ODI
66) 100 vs AUS-Gwalior-October 26, 2003-Won-ODI
67) 102 vs NZ-Hyderabad-November 15, 2003-Won-ODI
68) 241* vs AUS-Sydney-4 January 2004-Draw-Test
69) 141 vs PAK-Rawalpindi-March 16, 2004-Lost-ODI
70) 194* vs PAK-Multan-29 March 2004-Won-Test
71) 248* vs BAN-Dhaka-12 December 2004-Won-Test
72) 123 vs PAK-Ahmedabad-April 12, 2005-Lost-ODI
73) 109 vs SL-New Delhi-22 December 2005-Won-Test
74) 100 vs PAK-Peshawar-February 6, 2006-Lost-ODI
75) 141* vs WI-Kuala Lumpur-September 14, 2006-Lost-ODI
76) 100* vs WI-Vadodara-January 31, 2007-Won-ODI
77) 101 vs BAN-Chittagong-19 May 2007-Draw-Test
78) 122* vs BAN-Mirpur-26 May 2007-Won-Test
79) 154* vs AUS-Sydney-4 January 2008-Lost-Test
80) 153 vs AUS-Adelaide-25 January 2008-Draw-Test
81) 117* vs AUS-Sydney-March 2, 2008-Won-ODI
82) 109 vs AUS-Nagpur-6 November 2008-Won-Test
83) 103* vs ENG-Chennai-15 December 2008-Won-Test
84) 163* vs NZ-Christchurch-March 8, 2009-Won-ODI
85) 160 vs NZ-Hamilton-20 March 2009-Won-Test
86) 138 vs SL-Colombo-September 14, 2009-Won-ODI
87) 175 vs AUS-Hyderabad-November 5, 2009-Lost-ODI
88) 100* vs SL-Ahmedabad-20 November 2009-Draw-Test
89) 105* vs BAN-Chittagong-18 January 2010-Won-Test
90) 143 vs BAN-Mirpur-25 January 2010-Won-Test
91) 100 vs SA-Nagpur-9 February 2010-Lost-Test
92) 106 vs SA-Kolkata-15 February 2010-Won-Test
93) 200* vs SA-Gwalior-February 24, 2010-Won-ODI
94) 203 vs SL-Colombo-28 July 2010-Draw-Test
95) 214 vs AUS-Bangalore-11 October 2010-Won-Test
96) 111* vs SA-Centurion-19 December 2010-Lost-Test
97) 146 vs SA-Cape Town-4 January 2011-Draw-Test
98) 120 vs ENG-Bangalore-February 27, 2011-Tied-ODI
99) 111 vs SA-Nagpur-March 12, 2011-Lost-ODI

and aftet a year and four days he has made history...

100) vs BAN-Mirpur-16 March,2012- (ODI) and will continue............

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Journey

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A journey, a dream of 37 years, living for it almost 22 years and finally he is there to hold the world cup on 2nd April 2011. What a moment it could be?

“I couldn't have asked for anything more than this. Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. Thanks to my teammates. Without them, nothing would have happened. I could not control my tears of joy” – Sachin Tendulkar.

Most of you know about this journey but as an ardent fan, who dreamt of this moment and waited for this in the past six world cup edition, love to pen down this dream moment.

It all started when his elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket and his cricketing career blossomed under the guidance of his coach Ramakant Achrekar who always challenge Sachin by putting a one rupee coin on the top of the stumps and the one who dismiss Tendulkar would get the coin, if they fail then the coin would go to Sachin. Sachin have won 13 coins and he considers it as the most prized possessions.

It was in 1988 Sachin announced his name to this world by involving in an unbroken 664 runs partnership with Vinod Kambli, Sachin himself scored 326* and reduced the opposition bowler to tears. He made his Test debut on 15th November 1989 vs Pakistan and in the same year, he made his ODI debut too.

His 53 of 18 balls, including an over in which he scored 28 runs of Abdul Quadir was one of his best innings and it was acknowledged by his Captain too and in the 1991-1992 Australian tour, he remained unbeaten on 148 in Sydney Cricket Ground also known as Sachin Cricket Ground. His name flourished throughout the world during the period 1992-1999, his world cup records in 1996 was unbelievable, but the dream of winning the world cup was shattered in an infamous semi-final and in 2003 Aussies tasted them.

Though he had a glorious career made of remarkable moments but due to injuries, his was not in good touch until 2006 but once again, he arose like a phoenix as he hit back his form in second half of the year 2007. From that day until today, he is in his peak of his form. The magical journey includes 18000 ODI runs, 14000 Test runs, 99 International Centuries, the dream of 200* runs in ODI and many more wonderful innings.

Sachinism is more than a religion in India

We say HE IS GOD but what they say about our little master:

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." - Hashim Amla

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be" - Andrew Symonds wrote on an Aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin." - Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also." - Waqar Younis

"There are 2 kinds of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others." - Andy Flower

"I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India" - Mathew Hayden

"I want my son to become Sachin Tendulkar." -Brian Lara (WI)

"Do your crime when Sachin is batting, because even God is busy watching his batting." -Australian Fan

Barack Obama - "I don't know about cricket but still I watch cricket to see Sachin play...Not b'coz I love his play its b'coz I want to know the reason why my country's production goes down by 5 percent when he's in batting"...

What else one could wish for other than these wonderful wishes? But his critics always wanted him to retire or tweet a statement, “whenever Sachin scores a century India results as losing side” but how many of you know that out of 48 centuries only 13 went in vain and one of them being 175* against Australia, is it Sachin’s mistake? think.... Or else they would coolly say, "Sachin never performs when chasing", gosh, he has scored centuries 14 times when chasing, the most by any player in this cricketing era. Losing is not in the hands of Sachin, only performing is in his hands and common people don’t blame the master for the worst performance of others.

Even then in world cup after scoring two scintillating centuries, one Vs England, the other against South Africa, he was once again criticized for Team India Losing for which Harsha Bogle replied as

Think about the man himself. He is 37 years of age. He has been playing almost nonstop for 22 years. The way he was running and diving around the field last night would have put 22 year olds to shame. The way he played the best opening quickies in the world was breathtaking. He just keeps getting better, which is by the way humanly impossible. It’s not for nothing that people call him GOD. But still I don’t want to be in those shoes. We struggle in keeping our monotonous lives straight, lives which affect a limited number of people. Imagine what would be the magnitude of the inner struggle for him, pain both mental and physical, tears that have frozen with time, knees and ankles and every other joint in the body that is either bandaged or needs to be attended to every night, eyes that don’t sleep before a big game, bats that have scored 99 international tons and still see expectations from a billion people. And he just converts those expectations into reality. We watch in awe, feel privileged. Well I think it’s time that his team realizes that enough is enough. They have an obligation, not towards their country alone but towards Sachin. They need to win this one for him. Stay assured that he himself will still deliver and leave no stone unturned to make sure India wins this cup.

This is not just a game, and he is not just a sportsman. It’s much more than this. Words fail here...

And as said, the team performed well and Today after Dhoni & his men in blue won the cup in style for Sachin in his home ground where he was a ball boy when India won their first world cup a way back in 1983, and today he lifts the cup in the same ground, and he was lifted by his team mates which when asked to team, they say,

"We wanted it too badly. I'm glad we achieved it. Obviously, it was for the special man here (Sachin Tendulkar) standing next to me. We're all very happy for him," – Zaheer,”

Homage to God

"We wanted to win it for Sachin Tendulkar. This World Cup is for him. It's yet to sink in and I don't know when it will sink in," - Gambhir

"Sachin Tendulkar has carried Indian cricket on his shoulders for 21 years. So it was fitting that we carried him on our shoulders after this win," Virat Kohli

And in post match press conference, Yuvaraj Singh revealed about his “Someone Special”, "Very sorry to disappoint you, guys. It was not for my girlfriend but for Sachin Tendulkar and it is for him"

after enjoying those sweet moments, I sat to pen down about my Little Master’s journey, dream, he is the history, he is the God, he is more than a religion in India, his teammates says, “this time for Sachin” and the nation says, “Sachin! Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!”

I say - What an amazing journey is this little master, you are the God, you are the history and you are Cricket, and you are everything... What more I can say, even my words fail here, sleep well little master, “Your dreams are now reality and it is a memorable journey, Hats off Sachin”

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a passionate player
arose to the occasion
push India win



big crowd cheering up
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The gesture revealed
History recreated, gift
Of serenity

If there’s one thing
I've learnt from this champion
Is how to stay calm

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