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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#FunFactz:
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
#FunFactz on legends.

#HBDDrRajKumar
Did you know, that Dr.Rajkumar's only national award is for singing the legendary “Naadamaya” from Jeevana Chaitra?
#FunFactz on legends: @sachin_rt

Madhav Apte, who played 7 tests for India, is probably the only person to have played with Sachin Tendulkar AND Prof DB Deodhar.
Sachin played the Kanga league against Madhav Apte’s team. Madhav Apte was also the president of CCI, when rules... ImageImageImage
.. were modified to allow a then 14 year old Sachin Tendulkar to be made a playing member.

Also, Prof. DB Deodhar, is one of 2 people to have played 1st class cricket before WW1 and after WW2 Image
Back to Dr.Rajkumar.

He acted in only 1 non-Kannada movie, a Telugu film named 'Kalahasti Mahatyam', which in turn was a remake of his own Kannada film 'Bedara Kannapa'. The movies are based on the legend of Kannappa, who plucked his eyes to offer to Shiva.
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