Sachin Tendulkar becomes an MP

Earlier this week Sachin Tendulkar was nominated in India's upper house of Rajya Sabha for seat as Member of Parliament. President Pratibha Patil validated his admission and approved Sachin's nomination for a seat in India's upper house of parliament. This makes Sachin Tendulkar to be the first active sportsman in the parliament house. The 39-year-old Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries in March.

 

Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first sports person to be an MP in the Rajya Sabha

Tendulkar met the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday and was offered a seat in the upper house's nominated category. He accepted the offer and his name went from the prime minister's office to the home ministry, and then the office of the President, who formally approved the candidature. 

Tendulkar will fill one of 12 seats in the Rajya Sabha that are reserved for those persons "having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service."  Previous nominated MPs, who serve a six-year term, include the musician Ravi Shankar, the singer Lata Mangeshkar and the artist MF Husain.

 

Sachin Tendulkar accepted to be a Member of Parliament

Lots of people supported this move but it was met with a few criticisms.. the biggest from fellow retired cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar who felt Sachin can't fit into this role as he doesn't have enough experience in this. Anyway, I treat it as a honor for him and he might learn a few things which could be good. He could also contribute what he knows. Lets see how it goes :)

Photos of Sachin Tendulkar as a young kid - Part 2

This is a continuation to the first part of Sachin Tendulkar's pictures as a young boy and kid. Being an ardent fan of the Cricketing God, I can't resist posting more of Sachin's photos...  Am still waiting patiently for his 100th ton... though he missed it in Melbourne, looking forward for it in Sydney.  Meanwhile, check out these young Sachin Tendulkar's pictures and enjoy :)

 

Sachin Tendulkar's picture on his debut test match against Pakistan at Karachi in the year 1989

 

Sachin Tendulkar with Sandip Patil and Vinodh Kambli

 

Sachin Tendulkar with his father Ramesh Tendulkar

 

Sachin Tendulkar scoring a century in Ranji Trophy

 

Sachin Tendulkar with the under-17 Indian team

 

Young Sachin Tendulkar's colorful picture

 

Sachin Tendulkar with the then captain Dilip Vengsarkar during a test match

 

Teenage Sachin Tendulkar's vintage picture

 

Sachin Tendulkar with Atul Ranade

Waiting for the 100th ton from our Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar :) All the best..

Young Sachin Tendulkar Photos - Part 1

Its been a while since I posted something on our cricket god Sachin Tendulkar...  This time I thought its good to start a series of Sachin Tendulkar's vintage photos...

These are a collection of Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's pictures taken when he was young at school and at club level....thanks to the Sachin fans like me all over the internet, I got hold of quite a few young Sachin's pictures...

 

Starting with my favourite kid Sachin Tendulkar's photo... Sachin as a kid looked quite cute.. my fav pic 

 

Teenaged Sachin Tendulkar at around 14 years getting ready for International cricket

 

Schoolboy Sachin Tendulkar displaying his trophy

 

Another cute Sachin photo as a small kid

 

Young Sachin with Dilip Vengsarkar during a match

 

School boy Sachin with his friend Vinod Kambli sharing a light moment

 

A group picture of young Sachin with many other club cricketers... 

 

Sachin as a teenage kid got lots of accolades and trophies.. here is one more to show

 

Young Sachin Tendulkar with Kapil Dev and Azharuddin in a match

 

Now a legend with nearly 100 International centuries, Sachin as a teenage boy here acknowledging one of his early centuries :)

Hope you enjoyed these pictures of Sachin Tendulkar as a kid and school boy... more to come... stay tuned..

Sachin Tendulkar at F1 Grand Prix of India 2011 Race...

The inaugural F1 Grand Prix of Inda race concluded amongst big fan-fare at the Buddh International Circuit on October 30, 2011 in Noida near New Delhi. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing team lead from start to finish to win inaugural Indian Grand Prix race on Sunday the 30th of October, 2011.


But, there was a bigger event going on at the Indian Gran Prix - Sachin Tendulkar doing the honors of waving the chequered flag at the finish line for the winners. 

 

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar waving the chequered flag at the F1 Indian Grand Prix 2011

 

Indian Cricket star player Sachin Tendulkar waves the chequered flag for Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany as he crosses the finish line to win the Indian first F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit

 

God of Indian Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar with the chequered flag waving for the winner of the Indian Gran Prix race of 2011. 

Sachin arrived at the Buddh International Circuit early with his family - wife Anjali Tendulkar and daughter Sara.
Sachin met the F1 legend Michael Schumacher and many other F1 racers and teams. He also went to the Sahara Force India camp and spent sometime with the owners Vijay Mallya and Sahara Subrata Roy. 

Here are some more pictures of Sachin Tendulkar at the F1 Grand Prix of India in New Delhi... 

 

Sachin Tendulkar arriving at the Buddh International Circuit for the F1 Indian Grand Prix Race

 

Sachin Tendulkar at the F1 Indian Grandprix race

 

The God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar ar the F1 Grand Prix of India 2011 race

Cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar with F1 superstar Michael Schumacher at the Indian Grand prix

 

Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone

 

Sachin Tendulkar met Vijay Mallya owner of Sahara Force India racing team at the F1 Indian GP

 

Sachin Tendulkar with Sahara Force India co-owner Subrata Roy at the Buddh race circuit

 

Sachin Tendulkar with Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP Formula One Team

 

Sachin Tendulkar in a discussion at the F1 Indian Grandprix Race

 

Sachin Tendulkar with wife Anjali Tendulkar at the F1 Indian Grand Prix event

 

Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar with Shah Rukh Khan, Gulshan Grover, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and Sahara Force India bosses Vijay Mallya & Subrata Roy

Pictures courtesy: Thanks to the various internet sites for sharing these images..


Also, for more pictures of bollywood stars and sportstars at the F1 Indian Grand Prix event, visit the following links:
Celebrities and Sportstars at the F1 Grand Prix of India
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan at F1 Indian Grand Prix

"Wonderfully organised F1 event by Jaypee. A world class track with excellent facilities for spectators. Truly a memorable day for all of us. What an experience it was to wave the chequered flag!!! Got to keep it as well!!! :-)" tweeted Sachin Tendulkar after watching the F1 Indian Grand prix.

Wishing to see Sachin Tendulkar score his 100th century soon! Best Wishes Sachin!!

Sachin at Wimbledon 2011 - Special Pictures

It is almost known to everyone that little master Sachin Tendulkar is a big time tennis fan and he fancied playing the sport himself in his childhood years...

Every year Sachin makes a trip to the Wimbledon to get some live tennis action and this year 2011 was no exception but a bigger bonus when Sachin came to Wimbledon, watched some tennis and Sachin also met the tennis legend Swiss master Roger Federer.

Presenting some great pictures that I collected from various internet sources of Sachin Tendulkar gracing his presence at the Wimbledon 2011 and meeting some legends like Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer.

 

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar waves at the Wimbledon crowd when he got some tennis action during Wimbledon 2011

 

 

Sachin Tendulkar with wife Anjali at the Wimbledon Royal box watching Wimbledon action with former women's tennis icon Martina Navratilova (back)

 

Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali Tendulkar look on from the Royal Box where they watched the round match between Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia on 25th June 2011

 

Indian star batsman Sachin Tendulkar with wife Anjali Tendulkar at Wimbledon 2011 

 

Sachin Tendulkar in a conversation with former women's tennis legend Martina Navratilova during Wimbledon 2011

 

Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali with Martina Navratilova and Ashley Cooper at the Wimbledon 2011 Championship

  

Indian batting maestro and little master Sachin Tendulkar at Wimbledon with Swiss master Roger Federer

 

Sachin Tendulkar in an animated conversation with Roger Federer at Wimbledon 2011 

One Legend talking to Another :)

This one became my desktop wallpaper for so many weeks :)

Greatest All Time Test Eleven - Best in Tests :)

Four Indian cricketers, including batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, were named in the Greatest All Time Test XI chosen in an online poll.

 

Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag - Two current cricketers in the World's best Test eleven team

The other two Indian cricketers were the stylish opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar and explosive opener for company -  Virender Sehwag. They beat competition from the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Hanif Mohammad and Herbert Sutcliffe.

 

Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev - the other two legendary Indian cricket players who are selected in the Test best XI by public in an online poll

Four Australians, two West Indians and one Pakistani also made it to Peoples' Dream XI as more than a quarter of million people voted on ICC's official website as part of the build-up to the England-India Test match at Lord's to celebrate the 2000th cricket Test. 

Tendulkar occupied the number four batting spot, one slot down Australian legend Don Bradman and one above West Indian Brian Lara, who was chosen at number five. The trio beat the likes of Greg Chappell, Wally Hammond, George Headley, Javed Miandad, Graeme Pollock, Ricky Ponting and Vivian Richards.

Kapil was chosen as the lone all-rounder ahead of the likes of Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Gary Sobers and Frank Worrell.

Australian Adam Gilchrist won the poll for wicket-keeper by beating the likes of Mark Boucher, Jeff Dujon and Rod Marsh while Shane Warne got the nod of online voters ahead of the likes of India's Bishan Singh Bedi and Anil Kumble and Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan.

Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath were named in the three fast bowlers' slots. The likes of Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh missed out.  


ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said the enthusiasm shown by the fans by taking part in the online poll in huge numbers showed Test cricket's popularity.

"The huge interest generated during the past month was amazing as media and supporters worldwide speculated and then selected the fan's Greatest Test team of all time. It supports our view of the everlasting popularity of Test match cricket," he said.

"It would have been quite special to see this team take the field of play given the array of batting and bowling talent contained within the playing eleven.

"Selecting from such greats is no easy job, and not surprisingly, the selection mainly reflects modern players seen by present day supporters. There are many greats from the past who would have easily merited selection in this team, but it is nevertheless interesting to see the fans view on their greatest eleven of all time," he said. 

Greatest All Time XI:  

Openers: Virender Sehwag and  Sunil Gavaskar

Middle order batsmen: Donald Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara

Wicket keeper: Adam Gilchrist (wk)

All rounder: Kapil Dev 

Spinner: Shane Warne

Fast Bowlers:  Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Glenn McGrath 


Some of the honorable misses were the great Sir Gary Sobers, Muttiah Muralitharan, Viv Richards, Dennis Lillee and Malcolm Marshall.  A bit harsh but am happy to see the 4 great Indian players in the team :)

Unseen Pictures of Presdient Pratibha Patil's Tea Party at Raj Bhavan with Indian cricketers...

Our president Pratibha Patil hosted a Tea party at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai the day after India won the World Cup beating Sri Lanka to lift the ICC World Cup 2011 trophy.
Our Indian players had an amazing time meeting the president and having an awesome food too :)
It was also attended by the top  BCCI bosses and some strong businessmen like Mukesh Ambani...

Presenting some seen and some unseen pictures taken during the Tea party that president Pratibha Patil hosted at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai...

 

President Pratibha Patil posing for a photo with the World Cup winning Indian team and the World Cup Trophy

 

Indian President Prathiba Patil welcomes Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

President Pratibha Patil shooks hands with Sachin Tendulkar at the tea party in Raj Bhavan as the other Indian players wait for their turn

 

One for the camera... President Pratibha Patil welcoming Sachin Tendulkar at Raj Bhavan

 

"My husband is the most important person in India now... how nice it feels...", thinks Dhoni's wife Sakshi as she takes support of Dhoni's shoulders :)

 

Indian captain Dhoni and Little Master Sachin at President's Tea Party

 

Sachin Tendulkar arriving at the President's Tea party with wife Anjali Tendulkar

 

The Indian players - Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh relish the food at the President's tea party in Mumbai's Raj Bhavan

 

Captain Dhoni and wife Sakshi at the President's Tea Party

 

The young brigades - Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir at the party

 

Yuvraj Singh being greeted by Indian President Pratibha Patil at Raj Bhavan

 

Indian coach Gary Kirsten arriving with his wife to the Tea party hosted by the Indian President

 

Sakshi in some good company during the President's Tea Party at Raj Bhavan