The 'God' Retires At 40; Interesting Facts To Know

By siliconindia | Friday, 11 October 2013, 14:45 Hrs

#19 He is the only cricketer to have featured in six ODI World Cups and also has the highest number of World Cup Man of the Match awards.

#20 He holds the record for 100 centuries in different format of the game, but he doesn’t always make it to a century – he also has the largest number of ODI innings in the 90s.

#21 Despite all his success, Sachin has never scored a Test century at Lord’s, the only major venue where he has not notched 100.

#22 Tendulkar features in Bradman’s all time Test XI, the only player from the current generation. The Don, rated by many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered Tendulkar to have a batting style similar to his. "Bradman was most taken by Tendulkar's technique, compactness and shot production, and had asked his wife to have a look at Tendulkar, having felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradman's wife, Jessie, agreed that they did appear similar,” his biography records.

#23 Sachin is rated as the best batsman in his generations by many contempories, including Glenn McGrath and Allan Donald. “There's Steve Waugh and there's Brian Lara, who was wonderful in 1995, but Tendulkar is a class above, consistently special,” said Donald.

#24 He is the only Indian cricketer to have a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s.