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Celebrating the 48th birthday of the Master Blaster,here's 🧵 of 12 (4+8) lesser known anecdotes & trivia about Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar,excerpted from his autobiography, "Playing It My Way"

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Sachin missed on becoming the youngest test centurion by just 12 runs in 1990 vs NZ.He was caught in mid off while playing a drive by then NZ skipper & future Indian coach,John Wright.Years latter Sachin jokingly told John that he really shouldn't have taken the catch!
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When Steve Waugh tried to sledge an 18 yr old Sachin in a practice game (against NSW) during his 1st tour of Aus,he responded by saying that,"if you want to fight with me,you 1st need to get into the AUS team" rubbing salt on the wounds of Waugh who was dropped for the series Image
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@ashabhosle and @sachin_rt Share a Special Connection
It is a lesser known fact that the iconic name #Sachin was given to the ace cricketer by his father after the name of legendary musician #SachinDevBurman Image
#RameshTendulkar chose the name as S.D. Burman was his favourite music director
Asha Bhosle was married to R. D. Burman, the only son of S.D. Burman.
It was a warm sight to witness #SachinTendulkar greeting #AshaTai at the grand premiere of his biopic
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@sachin_rt said "This picture is priceless for me Everytime I look at this picture,the memories of lying on my parent's lap overwhelm me the warm and secure feeling of
being in a protected cocoon is often the solace on a long tour
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Thread on some #FunFactz about the two legends, Dr.Rajkumar and Sachin Tendulkar.

There are more than 58 statues in tribute to Dr.Rajkumar in the state of Karnataka. The only other person to have more statues is Mahatma Gandhi.

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If you look at @sachin_rt 's profile on Cricinfo, you will notice that he doesn’t have a strike rate in test cricket. The reason is that we do not have info about the number of deliveries he faced in the test against Sri Lanka at Chandigarh. espncricinfo.com/series/16566/s… Image
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