Another book on Sachin Tendulkar? Yes, you can be forgiven for reacting that way when hearing about the latest publication on the highest run-getter in Tests and ODIs as well as the only batsman to have scored 100 international centuries. But unlike any of the past attempts to praise and chronicle Tendulkar's glittering, awe-inspiring career, Vimal Kumar's book, Sachin: Cricketer of the Century offers insights and praise from a fine assembly line of current and former cricketer players as well as coaches.
Tendulkar's career has been dissected down to the finest detail and it would be easy to believe there is little left to warrant a new publication, but the vast commentary from former and current players and noted journalists is what makes this book different from the usual fodder. The book chronicles Tendulkar's best Test and ODI innings from the eyes of those who played with and watched Tendulkar up close. Refreshingly, most of the insight is left to the experts.
And what a lineup of experts it is. There are those who played with Tendulkar, among them Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Pollock, Stephen Fleming, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya, Andrew Strauss, Nasser Hussain, Courtney Walsh and Waqar Younis; who played with him, such as Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev to name a few; and those who observed from close quarters the genius of the master batsman - Geoff Marsh, Allan Border, Mike Gatting, John Wright, Gary Kirsten
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"Tendulkar is my sporting hero and because of the aura he carries, I still have difficulties speaking to him outside cricket field," Dhoni said at a book launch in New Delhi. ...
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Stop, stop right there and come out of the stadium. Switch off that TV. You have messed it all up. Your cricketing viewpoint is suffering ...
01:53 PM, Mar 12, 2012
One hundred hundreds. A series whitewash. Another series whitewash, this time the whitewasher becoming the whitewashed. Statistics, decimal points, run rates, rankings - perhaps it ...
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