Sunil Gavaskar Profile

Full Name:	Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Date of Birth:	10 July 1949, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Height:	5 ft 5 in
Education:	St Xavier's College; Bombay University
Batting style:	Right-hand bat

Sunil Gavaskar - There was a time when good teams did not want to tour India. After all who would like to play with a team which could be bundled out twice in the course of the day? It was during this period that a man named Sunil Gavaskar came on the horizon of the Indian cricket. The "little master", as Sunil Gavaskar came to be called, changed the face of Indian cricket. His spectacular cricket career began with a bang. In his debut Test series against the West Indies (1971) he scored a record 774 runs and soon became a national hero for the cricket fans in India. To him goes the credit of making cricket a household name in India.

Achievements And Accolades
Gavaskar very much became a public figure, winning the highest of national and state awards. Despite all these achievements, he is easily accessible and humble. He has the charm and the ability to disarm his critics and win friends. By his outstanding performances, Sunil Gavaskar won many man of the match awards. Sunny Gavaskar was the member of the world cup winning team in 1983. In the year 1985, Sunny led the team to victory in the World Championship in Australia. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980 and was also awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government. He has served as the Sheriff of Mumbai and is now a writer and commentator. He has written an autobiography, "Sunny Days". His son, Rohan has also represented India at international level.

Early Promise
Sunil Gavaskar had a great cricketing heritage in his family. His father was a good club cricketer in his days. Gavaskar's early obsession for the game was harnessed by his mother. Cricket fascinated Gavaskar ever since he was a little boy. In his childhood, Sunny used to play cricket with his mother in the small gallery of their apartment. He played with his mother with a tennis ball. From the very begging he showed a lot of promise. Once, playing with his mother Sunil hit a straight drive so hard on her face that her nose started bleeding.

Major Teams:	India, Mumbai, Somerset
Batting Style:	Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Medium
ODI Debut:	vs England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1974
Test Debut:	vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain, 2nd Test, 1970/71
Last Test:	vs Pakistan at Bangalore, 5th Test, 1986/87
Last ODI:	vs England at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88

Sunny's obsession with the bat became so strong that whenever he was out, he would walk home with the bat and the ball, which usually brought an end to the game as no body else in the neighborhood had the bat and ball. To avoid spending long hours in the field, his friends used to appeal at a decided point, no matter Sunny was out or not. Seeing his potential, Sunil Gavaskar was sent to the St. Xavier's High School as it had a rich tradition of cricket.

Turning Point
Joining the St. Xavier's high School proved the turning point of Gavaskar's carrier as the school boasted of many recognized players, including Ashok Mankad. Playing for Bombay, Sunny scored 246 in the Cooch Behar Trophy in 1965-66. Sunil's prolific run getting saw him get selected for the All India schools team against the touring London Schoolboys. Young Gavaskar was awarded with the J.C.Mukherjee Trophy for the Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1965-66.. Subsequently, he was selected for the Bombay University and the Bombay Ranji Trophy team.

Sunil Gavaskar Biography
Sunil Gavaskar was born in a middle class family in Mumbai on the 10th of July in 1949. His father was a good club player while he got his cricketing lessons from his maternal uncle. Sunil came on the Indian cricket horizon in the year 1971. Earlier, he joined the St. Xavier's High school because of its rich cricket traditions. Thereafter Sunil Gavaskar played for the Bombay University and The Bombay Ranji team. He made his debut against the West Indies at Port Of Spain and went on to score 65 and 67 against the fiery bowling attack of the West Indies. Later, Gavaskar's batting exploits in the W. Indies made the W. Indians, his die hard fans. They even composed Calypso in his honor.

The most amazing thing about Gavaskar was that he reserved his best for the very best team in that era and they were the West Indies! There was no looking back for this young man and he went on to score several centuries against the likes of the W. Indies, England, Australia, Pakistan etc. Sunil Gavaskar became the architect of many famous wins for India. At the same time he saved many matches for the country. His awesome records speak for himself. If one goes through the conditions under which these runs were scored, one would then realize how superhuman his efforts were! A batsman with 34 Test centuries and more than 10,000 runs is not born everyday!

Ups And downs
His perfect technique and temperament made him one of the greatest batsmen of all times but Sunil Gavaskar could not adjust to the demands of the one day cricket. He was a technician and he wasn't comfortable in playing strokes, which did not form part of the coaching manuals. Just imagine, he could score only 36 not out in a match of 60 overs against England. His only century in the ODIs came against the New Zealand in the Reliance World cup, 1987. Though he was a great batsman but as a captain he did not live up to expectations as India won just 10 Tests under his captaincy.

Sachin Tendulkar Profile

Full Name:	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nickname:	Tendlya, Little Master
Date of Birth:	April 24, 1973
Place of Birth:	Mumbai
Height:	5 ft 5 in
Education:	Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
Major Teams:	India, Mumbai, Yorkshire

Sachin Tendulkar - Sachin Tendulkar a boy of 16 walks in to bat against the fiery attack of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram and is hit on the head, even then this little boy goes on to make half century. This boy was none other than the phenomenal Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar, the very name that strikes terror in the hearts of the bowlers all over the world, is regarded as the most accomplished batsman of modern day cricket. Since his debut against Pakistan in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar has been shining like a star in the international cricketing arena.

Achievements And Accolades
Ever since Sachin made his debut against Pakistan at the age of 16, he has not looked back. Sachin has piled up runs against all teams in the world. Sachin Tendulkar is rightly hailed as the master blaster as he treats most of the bowlers with utter disdain. This man employs almost every shot mentioned in the cricketing manuals. Sachin Tendulkar is capable of tearing apart any bowling attack.

The most fascinating part of Sachin's batting is that he keeps improvising the shots in his armory. In the last 16 years of his carrier, Sachin has won almost every award associated with cricket. At present Sachin is the highest run getter (over 13000 runs) in the one day form of the game and is inching towards becoming the highest run scorer in the test cricket as well. Sachin also has the maximum number of test and one day centuries to his name.

The talent and genius of Sachin Tendulkar was best summed up by the legendry sir Don Bradman when he said that batting style of Sachin Tendulkar reminded him of his own youth.

Batting Style:	Right -Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Right Arm off Break
ODI Debut:	India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Test Debut:	India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90

Turning Point
Initially Sachin Tendulkar wanted to be a fast bowler and even undertook trials at the MRF pace foundation, Chennai, but his short height proved to be an obstacle. Changing his school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir and meeting Mr. Ramakant Achrekar (who became his coach) was the turning point of Sachin's cricket career.

Early Promise
Playing for his school, Shardashram Vidya Mandir, Sachin along with his buddy Vinod Kambli set a world record partnership of 664 runs for the third wicket. There was no looking back after that. Sachin became the only player to score a century on debut in all three domestic first class competitions- 100 not out in the Ranji Trophy (Bombay v Gujarat at Bombay 1988-89), 159 in the Duleep Trophy (West Zone v East Zone at Guwahati 1990-91) and 103 not out in the Irani Trophy (Rest of India v Delhi at Bombay, 1989-90).

This was the beginning of what Sunil Gavaskar called an illustrious cricketing genius. Such was the promise and prospect of this little boy that during a local match the umpire deliberately didn't declare him out just to show the class of Sachin to one of his friends, a former cricketer.

Sachin Tendulkar Biography
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai. Sachin's father, Ramesh Tendulkar was a professor of Marathi. Seeing loads of promises in his younger brother, Ajit Tendulkar (Sachin's brother) decided to guide Sachin in the early stages of his life. Ajit took his kid brother to Mr. Ramakant Achrekar, arguably the best cricket coach of his times. It was because of cricket that Sachin had to change his school and had to stay at his uncle's place.

Mr. Achrekar was thoroughly impressed by this little boy. Achrekar could see the world champion in this little boy. He was satisfied beyond doubt that Sachin had huge potential and hunger to succeed at the highest level. Slowly and gradually Sachin started making waves in the local cricket of Mumbai. And it was not long before Sachin got to play his first Ranji trophy match against Gujarat in 1988-89. Sachin went on to make 100 not out in his very debut 1st class match; it was not a surprise for those who knew him!

Ups And Downs
After some initial hiccups, there has not been any real stumbling block in cricketing carrier of this"Bombay Bomber". The little genius, as Sachin is fondly called, has been performing consistently for the country ever since he started playing cricket for India. But every champion has some lean patches, Sachin too had some.

Sachin's tremendous performances soon elevated him to the most challenging task of captaining the Indian side. But sadly this pressure had its toll on Sachin's batting. Many criticize Sachin of not delivering the goods in crunch situations. In recent years Sachin has not been in scintillating of forms and his genius has been visible only in parts. While criticizing him we must not forget that Sachin has been round the corner for the last 16 years.

Sachin Tendulkar’s Biography

Sachin Tendulkar’s Biography

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India. It was Shradashram Vidyamandir, a school in Mumbai, where he began his career with the cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar. He attended the MRF pace foundation for your school to train as a fast player, but fast Australian player Dennis Lillee, who saw the training was not very impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should concentrate on his club instead. As a child, Tendulkar practiced for hours on the network, and is driven hard by their coach Achrekar.

During his studies, his extraordinary batting skill was noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the child will soon become one of the largest in the cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in all rounds played. In one of         the things school games this year, had an unbroken 664-run partnership with his friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

When he was 14, the Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a large Indian drummer at the time, gave him a couple of his own block light. This touching gesture strongly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke the world record of centuries Gavaskar Test 34.

In 1988, when he was a bit 'less than 16, scored 100 not out in Bombay in Gujrat. This was his debut in first class. He made a century in his first appearance in Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar took it when he saw his line networks Kapil dev. That season, he was in Bombay High run-getter. In Irani Trophy final, made an unbeaten century. He made all three of his century, Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debut and became the first player to do so. E 'tour of Pakistan was elected next year.

At a very young age of 16, Sachin played his first test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this trial, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made only 15 runs. In the last event in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he continued to play. He scored better in the following games, scoring 53 runs in 18 balls in Peshawar.

In 1990 he played for England in Test century at Old Trafford. England was very impressed with his maturity governed tremendous display. He played a wide range of bets. His off-side shots to the back foot a big impression in England. Although short in height, has certainly experienced a shortage of English pace bowlers. His great performance that made him seem the epitome of Gavaskar, former Indian opener famous.

In the 1991-1992 tour of Australia and Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 148 in Sydney and in the second century, that bounces in the field in Perth.

At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for English county as the first foreign player.

During the Cricket World Cup 2003, made 873 runs in 11 games that have enabled India to reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the man of the tournament award.

Soon after, Tendulkar developed tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for some time. But in 2005 he returned to form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Tendulkar performed well against Bangladesh and was awarded man of the series in the cup to come against South Africa.

Tendulkar is now a national icon to fans worldwide. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar got Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.

Personal Life

“In 1995, Sachin married Anjali”, a doctor and his daughter Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Now Tendulkar sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through the Mumbai-based NGO.