I feel Sachin Tendulkar is deeply disrespected by a certain portion of cricket followers on this platform and they somehow feel that by one-upping their favourite over SRT, they do some amazing thing.
When it comes to batting, there is no one who can touch Sachin Tendulkar, barring the exception of Brian Lara.
The man was 23 years old and the best batter in the world by a country mile, watch him at the 1996 ODI World Cup.
If Sachin would have retired after even the 2003 World Cup, he'd have still gone down as the greatest batter of all time.
His batting is like the rarest single malt, a Beethoven composition or the Northern Lights - Pure, Unadulterated & Unparalleled.
delhi doesn’t know how to celebrate festivals 🙏🏼
i stepped out now at 1pm and don’t see a single person doing varamahalakshmi pooja? no kids eating sweets? not even bhajans by the roadside.
why is this city so boring
#Toxic is still 6 days away from release, yet the USA advance sales have already crossed $146K from just ~700 shows.
The film is targeting a massive ~2,000-screen release across the US, which would itself be a record.
And advance bookings for Toxic are yet to open at AMC, the biggest cinema chain in the US.
The real numbers will start showing once the full rollout begins.
Toxic isn’t just releasing in the USA. It’s putting Indian cinema on a global level. 🔥.
🚨🚨🚨🥹 LEO MESSI ON IG:
"Dad, I still can’t believe you’re gone. It hasn’t sunk in, or rather, I don’t want it to. It’s so hard for me to imagine that I’m never going to see you again, that we’re never going to talk again. I know you were suffering and that this is for the best, but you left us far too soon. We still had so much left to enjoy together.
"You kept asking me to play in one last World Cup, and just days before it began was when your condition got worse. It was the first time you weren’t going to be there with me at a tournament, but Mom kept telling me you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel. I kept telling you we were going to reach the final so you could make the trip.
"After every match, I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized how serious the situation really was. Even so, I couldn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, to give you more time and the chance to watch one of the games.
"We reached the final, but you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it so I could bring the trophy to you and show you another one. I couldn’t. My legs just couldn’t give me any more. This time I tried to push beyond what my body could handle, but I couldn’t. I never managed to feel physically right.
"When I got back, you thought we had lost the final on penalties. We couldn’t talk about anything that had happened. You weren’t able to enjoy any of it. We didn’t become champions, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play in it.
"I’m telling you all this because it was the only thing we never got the chance to talk about. You already know everything else. We spoke every day and saw each other whenever my commitments allowed us to.
"I don’t know what I’m going to do without you. I don’t know how to keep going. All I ever did was play football, and now I have serious doubts about whether I’ll keep doing it for much longer. You were by my side from the very beginning, and there was so little left until the end. Why couldn’t you hold on just a little longer so we could finish it together?
I know your happiness came from seeing your family doing well, your wife, your children and, above all, without anyone else knowing, from watching me play…
"It had always been that way since I was little. You took me to every training session as soon as you got home from work. Mom took me to many of them because you were working.
"And of course, you never missed a single match. How much you suffered watching me, and how much you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me too much praise.
"You were my dad, my friend, and my representative. You always knew exactly who you needed to be in every moment, and you were never wrong about anything. Despite some arguments or disagreements, you were always right. In the end, things always turned out the way you said they would.
"I’m going to miss you so much, but you’ll always be present, especially in the way I raise my children, because I teach them and raise them the way you and Mom raised me.
"Rest in peace and watch over us from above, just as you did here. Thank you for everything.
"I love you, Dad. ❤️"
Kapil Dev absolutely shuts down Ranjit Bajaj over his 83 World Cup was a fluke" statement 🙇♂️
interviewer: Kapil Paaji, football coach Ranjit Bajaj recently called your 1983 World Cup victory a "tukka" (fluke). How do you respond?
Kapil Dev:You can win a gully match with a 'tukka', not a World Cup. We beat the mighty West Indies twice in that tournament. You don't beat Viv Richards by fluke.
interviewer: But he insists it was just pure luck because India didn't have a long-term winning system back then.
Kapil Dev: If winning a World Cup against all odds on the global stage is just a 'tukka', then I sincerely hope he becomes the head coach and hits this exact same 'tukka' for Indian Football. 140 crore Indians are desperately waiting to celebrate that fluke.
Kapil Paaji destroyed the disrespect with pure class and a smile, proving why he is the ultimate legend 🏆
🚨“Javagal Srinath Reveals What Rahul Dravid Did Every Time He Lost Form”🤯📈
🎙️ Interviewer: How do great players deal with being out of form?
🗣️ Javagal Srinath:
“I think Rahul Dravid is a wonderful example.
Whenever Rahul was out of form, he would ask himself, ‘What is my core strength as a batter?’
The answer was simple — solid defence.
So he would come to the nets and do one thing…
Defend. Defend. Defend.
As long as possible.
That’s how he rebuilt his game.
The same applies to bowlers as well.
Form and out of form are part of every cricketer’s journey.
I believe God never gives everything to anyone. He tests everyone at some point.
What matters then is your attitude.
The support you receive from teammates and seniors when you’re struggling often depends on how you’ve treated others when you were doing well.
If you’ve stayed humble and helped others, people give you a longer rope.
But if you’re arrogant and self-centered, that rope becomes much shorter.
Form is temporary.
Character decides how long people stand by you.”
Rahul Dravid at SJCC Bengaluru, where he completed his college education
He's so handsome & still so fit, maybe BCCI should recall him for Test matches❤️
🚨“Javagal Srinath Reveals Who Decides When A Cricketer Should Retire”🤯
Interviewer 🗣️:
“When should a cricketer retire?”
Javagal Srinath 🗣️:
“I always believed I needed to ask Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, or Sourav Ganguly to honestly tell me where I stood in my career.
If these guys are with you, you don’t need the selectors.
These are the people who will either pick you in the team or help you realize when it’s time to move on.
We used to have a lot of discussions about where my career stood, where Rahul’s career stood, whether he should keep wickets to be part of the World Cup, and many other things.
When you’re a senior player and your teammates are honest with you, that’s the best feedback and the best advice you can ever get.”
Millennials are now sandwiched between a generation that believes everything they read on WhatsApp and a generation that believes everything they see on Instagram.
🚨ODI WORLD CUP IS WON BY EXPERIENCE NOT BY PICKING SLOGGERS - MICHAEL VAUGHAN🤯
Michael Vaughan said :🗣️
"Rohit Sharma is getting all the limelight in India but this time for all the wrong reasons. I know India has won back to back T20 World cup titles, but you can't always win with young blood, you can't always win with blind sloggers. In ODI cricket, you need experience & stability because it is a long format. You can't hit every ball for six, you have to build your innings slowly & South African pitches will be 270-280 kind of tracks. So, if Rohit Sharma misses that flight, it will be a massive miss for India. Although, they are not realising it right now".
🚨🚨 Herschelle Gibbs on Team India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
"If India wants to win the 2027 Cricket World Cup, they need to take some bold decisions—replace Gambhir, hand over the captaincy to an experienced leader like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma, and bring back Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami. I don't see India winning without experienced players."
Sourav Ganguly enjoying Natwest Trophy win with his family at his home.
India won the Natwest Trophy #OnThisDay in 2002 by beating England by 8 wickets at Lord's.
Ganguly got special footage for removing his t-shirt at Lord's balcony.
Appreciation to Bangalore Development Minister Shri @krishnabgowda you are doing a fantastic job by clearing encroachments on footpaths and making them safer for pedestrians to walk.
A small suggestion to our Minister:
Why not identify designated government land in every locality where displaced footpath vendors can run their businesses for a minimal fee?
This can be developed as “ರಸ್ತೆ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ (Raste Marukatte)” — organized street markets that protect both pedestrian rights and vendor livelihoods.
A win-win model for a better Bengaluru. 👏
#Bengaluru #Footpath #StreetVendors #RasteMarukatte #Karnataka
@Flipkart How to connect to a customer care support. From 3-4 days only a Bot is responding. This a very annoying way to handle the customer care. Can I get an immediate assistance from and a resolution to it!