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The man whom cricket loved back

Sambit Bal: Tendulkar was the biggest worshipper the game could ever find, and in that lay the foundation of his greatness

Tendulkar's perfect balance

Sharda Ugra: While the team, the country and the sport changed around him, Tendulkar remained constant

Why do we insist on seeing the 'real' Sachin?

Rahul Bose: You can ask as much as you want for a more "human", more "feelable, touchable" Sachin, but he'll probably not change - and that's a good thing

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550,000,000

The approximate number of people in India today who had not been born when Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut in 1989 (calculated from these figures). His batting has been so erotically outstanding that the global population has increased by almost 2 billion during his career, with the biggest increase, understandably, in India itself.

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I have played cricket for 24 years, it has been only 24 hours since retirement, and I think I should get at least 24 days to relax before deciding these things.

Sachin Tendulkar doesn't want to think of what lies ahead just yet

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1. Who said this about Tendulkar on India's 1991-92 tour to Australia: "This little p****'s going to get more runs than you, AB."

2. How many international centuries did Tendulkar score against Australia in 1998?

3. Who is the only batsman to score more Test runs against Australia than Tendulkar?

4. Which Australian bowler has dismissed Tendulkar the most in international cricket?

5. Whose record did Tendulkar overtake to become the highest run-scorer against Australia in ODIs?

6. Which is the only venue where Tendulkar has scored more than 1000 international runs against Australia?

7. What was Tendulkar's highest in World Cup games against Australia?

8. Of the 14 Man-of-the-Match awards Tendulkar won in his Test career, how many were against Australia?

9. Which Australian bowler, along with Glenn McGrath, has dismissed Tendulkar most in Tests?

10. Of the 100 international centuries Tendulkar has scored, how many were against Australia?

11. At which of the following venues has Tendulkar not scored an international century?

12. When Tendulkar took his only five-for against Australia in ODIs, he dismissed some top-class batsmen. However, which of the four listed below didn't fall to him?

13. How many times did McGrath dismiss Tendulkar for 0 in all international matches?

14. Tendulkar scored nine ODI centuries against Australia. How many of those were in Australia?

15. In the Kolkata Test of 2001, Tendulkar took three wickets on the nerve-wracking final day. Which of these batsmen did he not dismiss?

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