Favourites

Favorite food
All sea food, especially fish cooked by his mother, steak. (by the way he also enjoys devouring bowlers of the opposition!)

Hobbies
Driving and listening to music especially Dire Straits, Sting, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Phil Collins and Eagles

Other Cricketers admired
Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Wasim Akram, Jonty Rhodes, Shane Warne, Sanath Jayasuriya and Brian Lara

Team Mates Admired
Anil Kumble, Vinod Kambli, Javagal Srinath

Other sportsmen admired
John McEnroe, Diego Maradona and Boris Becker

Favourite Actors
Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Nana Patekar

In his spare time he attends to
His family and his personal stereo

Greatest Influence
My family

He likes batting with
Vinod Kambli

Funniest Moment
Batting with Vinod Kambli in a school game. Vinod dropped his bat and started to fly a kite

One dream that will always remain unfulfilled
Playing against the West Indies pace attack of Holding, Marshall, Garner and Roberts

Most memorable Event
Beating Pakistan in all the World Cups

Favorite cricket grounds
MA Chidambaram Stadium(Chennai) and Sydney Cricket Ground

Chennai has seen it all, the most disappointing moment, the most proudest moment of Sachin, he has scored five test centuries in Chennai. He first came to Chennai at the age of 15 for fast bowling training in MRF pace foundation when he was a school boy prodigy, then years later he came as a star in 1993 scoring his first century at home in Chennai. Then the next leap came in 1998 when Australia toured India he score his second century battling against the spin wizard Shane Warne taking home India single handedly and clearly he had risen to super stardom. The next is the almost god status, had he won the game for India against Pakistan in 1999 he would have certainly be hailed as god. The fourth century also came at an important moment when India is at the verge of creating history by beating Australia 2-1. The century has clearly taken him beyond legendary status. The fifth one in 2008 which helped him to exorcise the ghosts of the 1999, by that moment he has truly become god of cricket.