Why is tendulkar famous

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Table of Contents. Editor Picks. Read more. Must Read. Hot Topics. Times Of Sports. About Us. Follow Us. These factors all helped Tendulkar become more recognisable than any other Indian cricketer of the past. Tendulkar also appealed to the ordinary Indian because of his understated personality. He stayed clear of controversy. He was devoted to his wife and children. He mentored younger players in the team. He never sledged an opponent or dissented from an umpire's decision. Always, he let his bat do the talking.

In the early years of his career, Tendulkar brought solace and consolation to a divided nation by the sheer quality of his batsmanship. There were few credible role models elsewhere - the politicians were manipulative and corrupt, the film stars voyeuristic and exhibitionist, the entrepreneurs self-serving.

By the end of the s, however, he commanded attention by the sheer weight of his cricketing achievements. He was well on the way to becoming the most prolific batsman in the history of world cricket, scoring more runs and more centuries in both Test and one-day cricket than any other player.

Indians love records in any case; in this case, the fact that we are so miserable in other sports, and perform so pathetically at the Olympics, made us cling to Tendulkar all the more. On purely cricketing terms, it is by no means clear that Tendulkar was the finest player of his generation. Likewise, one cannot say for sure that Tendulkar is the greatest Indian cricketer of all time. The all-rounders Vinoo Mankad and Kapil Dev are claimants for that title as well.

What one can say with absolute certitude is that no cricketer, nay no sportsman, has been so widely and deeply venerated by his compatriots as Tendulkar. For, as poet CP Surendran once remarked, whereas other batsmen walked out to bat alone, when Tendulkar came to the crease, "a whole nation, tatters and all, marched with him to the battle arena".

Here were "one billion hard-pressed Indians", with "just one hero". Ramachandra Guha's most recent book is Gandhi Before India. He lives in Bangalore. A debut that hinted at future genius.