In my first post i'm going to put the names and the achievments of some players who have given their whole lifi for their game and got so much success in their field.
SACHIN TENDULKAR
Born: 24th April, 1973, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master
Height: 5ft 5 inch
Batting Style: Right-hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Test Debut: 15th November 1989 v Pakistan
ODI Debut: 18th December 1989 v Pakistan
T20I Debut: 1st December 2006 v South Africa
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar sometimes known as Little Master or Master Blaster is one of the greatest cricketer India have ever produced. He is the leading run scorer and century maker in both format of the game (one day international and test cricket). In 2002, Wisdem ranked Sachin second greatest test batsman of all time next to Sir Donald Bradman and the second greatest ODI batsman next to Sir Vivian Richards.
On the tour of Australia to India in 2006-07, Shane Warne rated Sahcin Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar also holds the record of scoring more than fifty centuries combining all format of the game.
On November 14 2009, he also completed his 20 international year in Cricket. On November 30th he also gets passed 30,000 runs in international cricket. In the test series against Bangladesh he get passed 13000 runs mark in test cricket.
With such greatness in his batting ability Indian selectors decided to give him the captaincy in 2005 but without much success, so he left the captaincy job and decided to concentrate on his batting.
Sachin Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s highest sporting honour.
Sachin Tendulkar on his day can destroy any bowling attack; the recent example was in the ODI series against Australia when India was chasing 351 runs for victory. With wickets falling around he decided to take the fight to the opposition and almost single handedly guided India home with his blistering knock of 175 runs of 141 balls but unfortunately for India he got out at crucial stage of the game and India lost the game by 3 runs and later went on to loose the series.
Till the last World Cup he has played in five World Cups and finally in his sixth world cup in 2011 his dream came true of lifting the Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar also achieved another milestone in his cricketing career which none of the batsman able to do it in the 39 years history of ODI cricket by hitting an unbeaten double century in ODI cricket. He achieved this feet in the 2nd ODI played at Gwalior on February 25th 2010.
| Sachin Tendulkar Cricket Statistics | |||
| Batting Records | Tests | Odi's | |
| Matches | 177 | 453 | |
| Innings | 290 | 442 | |
| Runs Scored | 14692 | 18111 | |
| Batting Averages | 56.94 | 45.16 | |
| Strike Rates | 86.32 | ||
| 100s | 51 | 48 | |
| 50s | 59 | 95 | |
| 6s | 64 | 193 | |
| Highest Score | 248* | 200* | |
Bowling Records | |||
| Balls Overs Bowled | 4096 | 8044 | |
| Wickets | 45 | 154 | |
| Bowling Average | 53.06 | 44.40 | |
| Economy Rate | 3.49 | 5.10 | |
| Best Bowling | 3/10 | 5/32 | |
| Catches | 106 | 136 | |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈfɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə]; Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. As of 4 July 2011, he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time;[2][3][4] his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.
Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, including six French Open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 19 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the seventh player in history, and the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after only Andre Agassi.
Nadal had a 32-match winning streak in 2008, starting at the 2008 Masters Series Hamburg to the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, which included titles at Hamburg, the French Open (where he did not drop a set), Queen's Club, his first ever title at Wimbledon, and the Rogers Cup. In 2011, by winning the Monte Carlo Masters, he became the only player to have won seven editions of a tournament in a row at the ATP level. Nadal was ranked world No. 2, behind Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot, which he held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. He regained the world No.1 ranking on 7 June 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title. He held it till 3 July 2011, when Novak Djokovic replaced him.
Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Winner | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Roger Federer | 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 0–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 3–6 |
| Winner | 2007 | French Open | Clay | Roger Federer | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 6–7(7-9), 6–4, 6–7(3-7), 6–2, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Roger Federer | 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5-7), 6–7(8-10), 9–7 |
| Winner | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Roger Federer | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7-3), 3–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2010 | French Open | Clay | Robin Söderling | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Tomáš Berdych | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2010 | US Open | Hard | Novak Djokovic | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2011 | French Open | Clay | Roger Federer | 7–5, 7–6(7-3), 5–7, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass | Novak Djokovic | 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Olympic finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 2008 | Beijing Olympics | Hard | Fernando González | 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
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