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 Japan's Kei Nishikori stunned the tennis world - and sparked off wild celebrations in his home country - when he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in his US Open semi-final match to become the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final.</div>
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<br />Where did this young upstart, whose previous best display was a quarter-final appearance at the 2012 Australian Open, come from? As he makes a bid to create even more history with a maiden Grand Slam crown.. </div>
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Kei Nishikori (born 29 December 1989) is a Japanese professional tennis player, ranked world No. 8 as of September 8, 2014. He is the only Japanese tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in ATP Singles Ranking. He began playing tennis at the age of five and qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles at the age of 17. Nishikori was named ATP Newcomer of the Year in 2008. He has won five singles titles and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open, making him the first ever male player from an Asian country to reach a Grand Slam singles final. Nishikori was also runner-up in the Madrid Masters in 2014.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>9 interesting facts about giant-killer Kei Nishikori of Japan </b></span></i></div>
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1. Nishikori is the first Asian man to make a Grand Slam final.</h4>
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While Li Na has been carrying Asian tennis on the WTA in recent year,
 an Asian man had yet to break through at a Slam. Nishikori beomes the 
first. The continent will have to get up early on Tuesday morning to see
 him: When the match starts at 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday, it will be 5:30 
a.m. in Tokyo. Speaking of Tokyo, Nishikori broke another long drought 
for his home country. When he defeated Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday, 
Nishikori became the first Slam semifinalist from Japan since 1918.<br />

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2. It was Novak Djokovic’s first Grand Slam loss to a younger player.</h4>
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That sounds crazy, but it’s true. Most of Djokovic’s major losses 
this decade have come to Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray 
(who’s just one week older than Djokovic). Other losses in the past six 
years have come to Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 
Jurgen Melzer, all of whom are older than Djokovic’s 27. Before that, 
Djokovic was a youngster who didn’t have success against his elders. 
Nishikori, at 24, has Novak by three years.<br />

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3. In his last three matches, Nishikori beat the No. 5, No. 3 and No. 1 seeds.</h4>
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Oftentimes, a Grand Slam Cinderella takes advantage of bracket 
carnage and sneaks through to the later rounds without having to win a 
big match. Nishikori <em>wishes</em> he took that road to the final. The
 No. 10 seed had to beat No. 5 Milos Raonic, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and No.
 1 Djokovic en route to the final. To win, he’ll have to beat either No.
 2 Roger Federer or No. 14 Marin Cilic.<br />

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4. Djokovic has seven Grand Slam titles. Nishikori has five tournament titles.</h4>
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You know the resume for Djokovic: World No. 1, seven-time Grand Slam 
champion. The CV for Nishikori is a little thinner. A consistent top 20 
player, Nishikori has won five tournaments in his career. None of those 
were in a Masters 1000 event, the highest level of tournament outside a 
Grand Slams. Three of the five titles were in 250 tournaments, the 
fourth-tier of ATP events. (The order: Grand Slams, 1000s, 500s, 250s.)<br />

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Earlier this year, Wawrinka won 
the Australian Open without a Masters 1000 title in his pocket. (He’d 
later get one in Monte Carlo.)<br />

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5. Nishikori is coached by the most famous tennis player of Asian descent: Michael Chang.</h4>
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Chang is still the youngest man to ever win a Grand Slam. As a 
17-year-old, the American made one of the most improbable runs in tennis
 history, winning the 1989 French Open. That gave Chang his first 
Slam earlier than higher-touted contemporaries such as Andre Agassi and 
Jim Courier. Chang, now 41, was a top-10 player for much of the 1990s 
but never won another major.<br />

Nishikori and Chang paired up late last year, with Nishikori hoping 
the union would help him break through into the top 10. The pairing was 
supposed to last five months, but early success kept Chang on the team 
and it’s paying dividends now.<br />

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6. Last year, Nishikori lost in the first-round of the U.S. Open to the world No. 179.</h4>
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Winning a Slam after a first-round exit the year before would be 
rare, but not impossible. Serena Williams went 1R-W at the French Open 
in 2012 and 2013, while Steffi Graf pulled the trick at Wimbledon in 
1994 and 1995.<br />

In all, Nishikori hadn’t experienced much Slam success before these 
two weeks in New York. In his 20 prior major appearances, the 
24-year-old advanced to just one quarterfinal.<br />

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7. No player who had ever won a match so late at the U.S. Open went on to win their next match.</h4>
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Nishikori’s late-night marathon against Milos Raonic ended at 2:26 
a.m. on Tuesday morning, which tied (improbably) two other matches for 
the latest finish in Open history. In all, there had been four matches 
that set or tied the late-night record in New York. Every winner of 
those matches lost in the very next round. Throw in a four-hour epic 
with Wawrinka on Wednesday and Nishikori had spent almost twice as much 
time on court this week as Djokovic. <br />

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8. Toni Nadal said Nishikori outplayed Rafa on clay this year.</h4>
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This spring, Nishikori was getting the best of Rafael Nadal in the 
clay-court final in Madrid, but had to retire during the third set with a
 back injury. Nishikori’s performance greatly impressed Toni Nadal, the 
coach and uncle of Rafa. “We don’t deserve the victory, (Nishikori) 
deserves it, he played better than us the whole time,” Uncle Toni said 
after the retirement. That’s big praise from a guy who knows a little 
something about clay-court tennis.<br />

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9. Nishikori has a great record against his potential Final opponents.</h4>
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No matter who Nishikori plays on Monday, he’ll have every reason to 
be confident. Nishikori is 2-2 lifetime against Roger Federer and 5-2 
against Marin Cilic. Also, the last time Federer played in a U.S. Open 
final, he was a heavy favorite against a player largely unknown in 
America: Juan Martin Del Potro. The Argentinian won in a five-set 
marathon.<br />
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Japan's
 Kei Nishikori stunned the tennis world - and sparked off wild 
celebrations in his home country - when he defeated world No. 1 Novak 
Djokovic in his US Open semi-final match to become the first Asian man 
to reach a Grand Slam singles final.<br />

Where did this young upstart, whose previous best display was a 
quarter-final appearance at the 2012 Australian Open, come from? As he 
makes a bid to create even more history with a maiden Grand Slam crown<br />

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pullela Gopichand</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">( InTelugu : పుల్లెల గొపీచంద్)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Birth :  November 16, 1973</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Birth place : Nagandla of Prakasam district,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Profession :  Indian Badminton player, Coach</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Chen Hong of China in the finals by 15-12,15-6. He became the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone, who won it in 1980.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2001. But later on, his game was affected due to injuries and his ranking dropped to 126 in the year 2003. In 2005, he was awarded the Padma Shri.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In 2012, former Indian Badminton player Sanjay Sharma & Shachi Sharma have written a biography on him titled " Pullela Gopichand: The World Beneath His Feet." Now, he runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He is now a very renowned coach who received the Dronacharya Award and is the main force behind the emergence of Saina Nehwal and Parupalli </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Personal  life :</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pullela Gopichand was born on November 16, 1973 to Pullela Shubhash Chandra and Subbaravamma. Initially Gopichand was more interested in playing Cricket, but later his elder brother Rajashekar initiated him to take up the game of Badminton instead. He studied at the St. Paul’s School, and even when he was only 10, his prowess in Badminton was highly regarded at his School.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gopichand suffered a ligament rupture in 1986 when he was 13. He had won the Singles and the Doubles title at the Inter School Competition earlier that year. Undeterred by the injury, he bounced back soon and reached the Final round of the Andhra Pradesh State Junior Badminton Championship, only to lose the title to his own elder brother. By 1988, when he finished his schooling, Gopichand had made a mark for himself in the Badminton circuit. He joined A. V. College, Hyderabad and graduated in Public Administration. He was the Captain of the Indian Combined Universities Badminton team in 1990 and 1991.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gopi received his initial coaching from S. M. Arif before Prakash Padukone accepted him in the BPL Prakash Padukone Academy. Gopi also received training under Ganguly Prasad at the SAI Bangalore. Gopichand married fellow Olympian badminton player P.V.V Lakshmi on June 5, 2002. Lakshmi is also from Andhra Pradesh, home state of Gopichand.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Awards and honours : </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To commemorate his excellent achievements as a badminton player at both national and international level, the Government of India awarded him the Arjuna Award in the year 1999. Further in 2001, he was bestowed upon the highest Indian honour in the field of sports, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. After he won The All England Badminton championship, the Government of Andhra Pradesh rewarded him with a cash prize and a plot in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad as a token of appreciation. In the year 2005, he was conferred the Padma Shri Award. He received the Dronacharya Award on 29 August 2009 for his contribution to Indian badminton as a coach.</span><br />
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<b>Quotes by Gopichand</b><b>:</b></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I think competitive sport helps one to learn to endure failure, disappointment and injury. In any other sphere of life, this may not be possible."</span></i></blockquote>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"As a result of aggressive marketing by cola companies, people have stopped drinking healthy drinks like fruit juices and people in the villages have actually begun to believe that soft drinks are good for health. Aerated drinks are not only bad for health, they are also bad for local industry. Thanks to aerated drinks, it's becoming more and more difficult to find nimbu sherbet and coconut water."</span></i></blockquote>
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<em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Gopichand</em> has played a crucial role in the emergence of both Saina and Kashyap as world class players. He has been the coach of Saina for <b>...</b></div>
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A few years ago, the trainees of the Pullela <em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Gopichand</em>academy at Gachibowli had the tendency of calling the training complex a three-star jail <b>...</b></div>
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<span class="f nsa" style="color: #666666;">The Hindu</span> <span class="hpn" style="color: #777777;">-</span> <span class="f nsa" style="color: #666666;">12 hours ago</span></div>
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He took up the assignment as Saina's personal coach after her “misunderstandings” with her mentor <em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Gopichand</em> and played a stellar role in her <b>...</b></div>
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Recently, hero <em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Gopichand</em> and Taapsee shot for a Buzkashi sequence for their upcoming film directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti. Buzkashi is a <b>...</b></div>
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I feel that Saina would have won anyway if the match would have gone on," said national coach <em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Gopichand</em> here at the Wembley Arena.</div>
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NEW DELHI: A day after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa's heartbreaking exit from women's doubles, the pair had to endure anxious <b>...</b></div>
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Pullela Gopichand : Coach Of Saina Nehwal

Pullela Gopichand ( InTelugu : పుల్లెల గొపీచంద్) Date of Birth : November 16, 1973 Birth place : Nagandla of Prakasam district, An...

Virat Kohli : India's gen-next cricketer

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<br />After his 183 against Pakistan, Virat Kohli has become cynosure of all the eyes. His recent form and the way he's been scripting scintillating wins for India, he's been called as the next big thing.<br /> <br />This 23-year old cricketer hogged the headlines when he went to play a Ranji match a day after his father had passed away.<br /> <br />To touch great heights you need to have deep roots. That is the story of Virat Kohli. His father pushed him into the game cricket but wasn't there when he reached his prime. <br /><br />The Delhi boy announced himself as India's gen-next, leading India to the under-19 World Cup in 2008.<br /> <br />In his 14th one-dayer for India, half of which he had played as a substitute, Virat fastracked his way to his maiden 100. And his Delhi teammate acknowledged his achievement and gave away his Man of the Match to him.<br /> <br />Consistent success saw Virat get a World Cup call up. And it paid off, as he became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut.<br /> <br />In his three and a half year career, Virat has been quite a milestone man. He became the youngest player to lead Delhi in a Ranji game, and also the fastest Indian to get 1000 ODI runs<br /> <br />He's also the only player the Royal Challengers Bangalore retained from their original pool.<br /> <br />In 2011, he was the highest run getter in ODIs, and this year too he's just 5 runs behind Kumar Sangakkara, the leading run getter.<br /> <br />So far he has scored eleven centuries and ten of them have resulted in India wins. In fact he's scored three hundreds in the last four games that he has played.<br /> <br />But it's not just his performances with the bat that have pleased the cricketing world.<br /> <br />After the World Cup win, when Nasser Hussain asked him why he and his teammates carried Sachin Tendulkar on their shoulders, Virat replied: "He has carried us the nation's burden on our shoulders for 21 years. It's time we carried him on our shoulder."<br /> <br />This answer won him many admirers. But it's not just shouldering senior champions; Virat has become quite adept at shouldering the responsibilities of the team when it comes to pacing an innings, a quality that he has displayed in Tests as well. After all, he was the only centurion on India's disastrous tour Down Under.<br /> <br />Virat Kohli's journey to the top has been one, that's filled with hardships. Losing his father at the age of 17, in the middle of a Ranji Trophy match, turned him from a boy to a man, almost overnight.<br /> <br />"It is difficult to suppress such things at such a young age. His father had passed away and he went to play the match. But it was only his willpower. From that very moment he thought positively. From that very moment he became mature. Earlier, he was as bubbly as any kid of that age would be," says his mother.<br /> <br />Vikas Kohli, his brother, believes he couldn't have done what Virat did then. "If I take myself I couldn't have done this."<br /> <br />Virat did it because cricket was his life.</div>

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Ajinkya Rahane : dons the Rajasthan Royals blue jersey in the IPL

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Although he dons the Rajasthan Royals blue jersey in the IPL, Ajinkya Rahane plays domestic cricket for Mumbai and is one of only 11 players to have scored 1000 runs in a single Ranji season.</div>
<br />He is a top-order Mumbai batsman who is quite comfortable opening the innings. He in fact has played as an opener for India in the limited chances he has got in the national team. He made his India debut in an ODI against England during the team's disastrous tour there last year. Even though Team India had an abysmal outing in England, Rahane impressed with his clam and mature batting there. <br /><br />Rahane has scored 340 runs in 11 ODIs with a highest score of 91 and a strike-rate of over 75 for India. He has also played two T20 internationals where he has made 61 runs with a highest of 42. </div>

Ajinkya Rahane : dons the Rajasthan Royals blue jersey in the IPL

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Who is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar?

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sachin Tendulkar has been called the God of cricket. For most individuals that would be an unbearable burden. But then few individuals could even dream of posting such statistics as a 100 international centuries, or over 15000 test runs, the first batsman to get a double century in one-day internationals.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And then again, the purists will say, don't look at numbers, look at his game. Then, they too will sigh at the craft of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the man with almost every stroke in the book.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What separates the Master Blaster from others is his unmatched ability to adapt to format, physical conditions and the situation the team is in; this has assisted him in amassing runs in all parts of the world. </span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">He is revered. And yet when he takes over a year to make his 100th ton, an incredible statistic, there are those who point out that India lost to Bangladesh in the effort to notch that hundred. Sachin is compelled to explain that he plays for the team, that he will continue playing. And it goes on - a national obsession. We heard it all before. At heated canteen debates, on long facebook discussions, in every nook-and-cranny of the country.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Born in Mumbai on April 24, 1973, his father Ramesh named him after music composer, Sachin Dev Burman. But it was his elder brother Ajit who  encouraged Sachin to take up cricket and took the 12-year-old to Mumbai's legendary cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar. The master-blaster still credits 'Achrekar Sir' with building his technique and powers of concentration</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sachin Tendulkar has been talked about ever since he notched a 664-run partnership with Vinod Kambli as a schoolboy playing in the Harris Shield, an inter-school tournament. At 14, Tendulkar was a ball-boy for India's match against Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium during the 1987 World Cup; few would have thought that they had caught a glimpse of greatness. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sunil Gavaskar, who was the most successful Test batsman of that era, presented the promising youngster a pair of his own ultra-light pads, a gesture that Sachin says was the biggest encouragement for him. He said that after smashing Gavaskar's long-standing record for the most number of Test centuries.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat and went on to score centuries on his debut in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">He was selected to play for the Indian side in the 1989 tour to Pakistan. His performances were not thoroughly convincing, but what was credible was his urge to perform despite being hit by potentially lethal bouncers from the Pakistan pacers.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sachin's first century came almost a year later on the tour to England, he scored an unbeaten 119 and was highly praised for his style and discipline. He had five Test tons before he turned 20 and was a the youngest to reach a 1000 runs in Test cricket.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">His flamboyant display not only allowed him to score runs freely but also went a long way in intimidating the bowlers. Sachin went on to establish an indispensable position in the Indian middle order. Though he waited 79 innings to get to his first ODI hundred (in 1994, against Sri Lanka, in Colombo), Sachin was the first to get to  10,000 runs in one-day cricket and has scored 49 centuries in that format.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">At a time when Indian cricket lost track of its past glory and balance, Sachin Tendulkar seemed to be the only guiding light. The Indian batting was virtually circled around Sachin Tendulkar, inviting awe and anticipation to his presence on the field. Sachin would go on to break the records of the most number of runs and centuries in either format of the game. He also scored the first double century in One Day Internationals, almost 40 years after the format was introduced.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">He has been widely compared with the greatest batsman of all time, Don Bradman, who himself admitted that Sachin's style was the closest to that of his own.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tendulkar's achievements hold even more significance considering the weight of expectations carried by him.  He is the only Indian cricketer to get the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the Arjuna Award, the Padma Shri and the Padma Vibhushan ( India's second-highest civilian honour). Sachin is also a honorary Group Captain in the Indian Air Force.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Surprising as it may sound, the 39-year old, possesses child-like enthusiasm for the sport, a fact revealed by former teammate Rahul Dravid. A passion that is shared by his family ; his wife Anjali doesn't eat or drink whenever Sachin is at the crease.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">By Sachin's own admission, winning the World Cup in 2011 was his 'biggest dream' come true.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The only question mark in an otherwise glittering career is Sachin's captaincy record. In the 25 tests he captained India in, he won just 4 and lost nine In the 73 one-dayers he was captain, India managed to win just 23.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">His style and approach have changed over the past few years. Some say it is to elongate his career while some say it is the sport that has brought about the change.  But the most suitable explanation seems to be the evolution of a man who has never shown signs of complacency despite having almost every record in the book.  Sachin may use the heaviest bat in international cricket (over 3.2 pounds) but  what is admirable is that after 23 years of international cricket, it remains one of the broadest that there is.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In a nutshell, Sachin Tendulkar turned a sport into a religion, something that no one had ever done.</span>
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