Monday, November 23, 2009

About Little Master

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai. He is an Indian cricketer broadly admired as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the arch run-scorer and aeon maker in Test and One Day All-embracing cricket. In 2002, Wisden ranked him the additional greatest Test batsman of all time, abutting to Donald Bradman, and the additional greatest one day all-embracing (ODI) batsman of all time, abutting to Viv Richards. In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest amateur he has played with or against. Tendulkar was the alone amateur of the accepted bearing to be included in Bradman's Eleven.[nb 1] He is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster.

Tendulkar is the accomplished run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and additionally the batsman with the best centuries in either anatomy of the game. The aboriginal amateur to account fifty centuries in all all-embracing candid combined, he now has ninety all-embracing centuries.

On November 20, 2009, Tendulkar anesthetized 30,000 runs in all-embracing cricket.

On October 17, 2008, aback he surpassed Brian Lara's almanac for the best runs denticulate in Test Cricket, he additionally became the aboriginal batsman to account 12,000 runs in that anatomy of the game, additionally been the third batsman and aboriginal Indian to canyon 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was additionally the aboriginal amateur to account 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and additionally the aboriginal amateur to cantankerous every consecutive 1000-run mark that has been beyond in ODI candid history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy adjoin Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the amateur to cantankerous the 50-run mark the best cardinal of times in Test candid history, and additionally the additional anytime amateur to account 10 Test centuries adjoin Australia, afterwards alone Sir Jack Hobbs of England added than 70 years back. Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's additional accomplished noncombatant award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's accomplished antic honour.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

About Viru

Virender Sehwag was born on 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India, affectionately accepted as Viru, is one of the arch batsmen in the Indian candid team.He was built-in into a Jat ancestors from Haryana. Sehwag is an advancing right-handed aperture batsman and an casual right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his aboriginal One Day All-embracing in 1999 and abutting the Indian Test candid aggregation in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the alone Indian to be accustomed as the Wisden Arch Cricketer in the Apple for his achievement in 2008.

Sehwag holds assorted annal including the accomplished account fabricated by an Indian in Test candid (319), which was additionally the fastest amateur aeon in the history of all-embracing candid (reached 300 off alone 278 balls) as able-bodied as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 assurance adjoin Sri Lanka on 3rd December, 2009 at the Brabourne amphitheater in Mumbai). Sehwag additionally holds the acumen of actuality one of three batsmen in the apple to accept anytime surpassed 300 alert in Test cricket, and the alone one to account two amateur centuries and booty a five-wicket innings haul. In March 2009, Sehwag burst the fastest aeon anytime denticulate by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.

Sehwag was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian aggregation beneath Rahul Dravid in October 2005 but due to poor form, he was after replaced by V. V. S. Laxman in December 2006 as Test vice-captain. In January 2007, Sehwag was alone from the ODI aggregation and after from the Test aggregation as well. During his appellation as vice-captain, Sehwag skippered the aggregation in abode of afflicted Dravid in 2 ODIs and 1 Test. Following his acknowledgment to anatomy in 2008 and the retirement of Anil Kumble, Sehwag has been reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs. By aboriginal 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best assuming batsmen in ODI cricket.

Monday, November 2, 2009