Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkaris a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth24 April 1973
CityMombai, India
CountryIndia
Moment there is contact your sub conscious mind knows whether it's a single or more. It's that fraction of contact that matters.
I find it difficult to sleep even after all these years because my mind is constantly working and that is the way I have always prepared.
I have no doubt in my mind that Anil is India's greatest bowler ever.
I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.
I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.
The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.
Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
We used to call him the 'Shadow Man' for this habit of his.
I wished a kid good health and speedy recovery and he told me 'my life is in your hands. Only your prayers and wishes will help me recover'. It's only when you get to hear such things that you are brought face to face with some harsh realities of life.
I am sure this book would soon become a collector's item.
I think I have already spoken a lot. Now it is time for me to play.
I think he set great examples in the way cricket should be played and in tough conditions he would produce some tremendous performances,
It has been frustrating. The last game I played was on April 17.