Tendulkar has gone two decades being a blend of the sublime and the precise, incapable of ugliness or of being dull; and those are among the least of his achievements
    This one paragraph puts into perspective, the totally mind boggling achievement of Sachin Tendulkar.
The Berlin Wall was taken down a week before Sachin Tendulkar first wore the colours of his country, Nelson Mandela was behind bars, Allan Border was captaining Australia, and India was a patronised country known for its dust, poverty, timid batsmen and not much else. In those days Tendulkar was a tousle-haired cherub prepared to stand his ground against all comers, including Wasim Akram and the most menacing of the Australans, Merv Hughes. Now he is a tousle-haired elder still standing firm, still driving and cutting, still retaining some of the impudence of youth, but nowadays bearing also the sagacity of age.
The Berlin Wall was taken down a week before Sachin Tendulkar first
   Âwore the colours of his country, Nelson Mandela was behind bars, Allan
Border was captaining Australia, and India was a patronised country
known for its dust, poverty, timid batsmen and not much else. In those
days Tendulkar was a tousle-haired cherub prepared to stand his ground
against all comers, including Wasim Akram and the most menacing of the
Australans, Merv Hughes. Now he is a tousle-haired elder still standing
firm, still driving and cutting, still retaining some of the impudence
of youth, but nowadays bearing
also the sagacity of age.