What's your favourite Tendulkar moment?

His 2 centuries in Sharjah in 1998 v Australia and his 98 v Pakistan in the 2003 world cup.He combined the clinical precision of an engineer or architect with the imagination of a poet and the power of a boxer.They posessed every component of a perfect innings like a batting exhibition.Sachin reminded you of an Emperor leading a victory parade and 11 knights bowing to him.The best bowlers like Warne and Mcgrath or Shoaib Akhtar and Akram looked like cattlefodder but not at the expense of grace.His batting looked like Viv Richards and Sunil Gavaskar rolled into one.

Diifficult to pick one, but if one is not given a choice, it has to be the blistering attack on Shoaib Akhtar in WC 2003.

Rare batsmanship, in that he was one who maintained high strike rates at most times without ever having to really slog. Even murderous strokes appeared clinical and executed with great Orthodoxy. Such a creative genius.

If versatility is the barometer of greatness in batting, he was without doubt the greatest. He was at ease in all formats without even appearing to make an effort.

Great innovator. The upper cut became a fashion and looks very cultured and dignified when he executes.Variations in that also.

None of us would want to see him struggle in any format and that too against mediocre bowlers.

Never a greater joy than watching him bat nor a greater pain than watching him struggle as he has been doing in the recent past.

My favourite Sachin's moment are uncountable and most of them are common to everyone,but the one i am mentioning here is a bit different from others.We know SRT for his batting heriocs,and to be frank they are so many.But No one can forget the famous Hero Cup semi-final against South Africa at Kolkata in 1993. South Africa needed six off the last over and India skipper Mohammed Azharuddin gambled by asking Tendulkar to bowl the final over. Tendulkar gave away just three runs from the only over he bowled to leave the South Africans confused with his unorthodox spin.It was his team spirit,and love for country and game that kept him playing for 23 long years.HATS OFF TO THE LEGEND!!!

For a career spanning 23 years there are many many great innings to cherish - "Desert Storm" is one of my favorites. However, the moment that I want to mention, a funny one, is in an ODI against Australia. Sachin defended the ball back to McGrath, who in his follow through picked the ball and mimicked a throw the ball towards Sachin. Sachin too raised his bat and executed a perfect pull shot in the air to show that if McGrath threw the ball he would swat it a long way over the boundary!! I don't remember the match or the tournament, or how many runs Sachin made but I still remember the look on Sachin's face when he did that - steely determination and concentration.

There are loads but the ones that stand out for me are:

1 - My first time seeing him live - MCC Vs ROW in 1997 at Lords, he took Donald and McGrath apart to score a century. To date the only time i've seen him score 100!

2 - 1996 World Cup - when he ripped the worlds bowlers to pieces to become one of the best batsman in the world. The 60 odd against Sri Lanka in the Semi Final was amazing.

3 - 1999 World Cup - Losing his dad, and coming back to score 140 vs Kenya. Looking up to the sky and praying to his father - what an emotional day!

4 - 2003 World Cup - Smashing every bowler all over place but especially Pakistan. The innings will never be forgotten!!

5 - 2010 - 200 runs vs South Africa. The first man to do it. Only he deserved it!

6 - 2011 World Cup - The priceless half century vs Pakistan in the semi final of the WC. The reason we could get to the final!

What a player. What a man. What a legend. You will be missed Sachin. We love you!