There cannot be another Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag Part of Indias World Cup-winning squad and the team that took India to its no. 1 Test ranking, Sachin Tendulkar has blazed his way through the cricketing world for more than two decades, tearing through matches and records alike. The highest run-getter in both Tests and ODIs in the history of the game, he has also reached what is a truly fabulous milestoneone hundred international centuries.
Sachin: Cricketer of the Century takes the reader on a journey from stellar innings to stellar innings, surveying the batting geniuss brilliant career through the eyes of a pantheon of people who are legends in their own rightfrom Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Nasser Hussain and Courtney Walsh to Waqar Younis, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
This is the ultimate tribute to the greatest batsman the modern era has seen.
Interesting Facts :
The book provides a 360-degree view of Sachin from inside and outside cricketing world This kind of book has never been done before. It includes write-ups by Sir Vivian Richards, M.S. Dhoni, Kapil Dev and Amitabh Bachchan.
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| Vimal Kumar with M.S. Dhoni & Sachin Tendulkar at book launch function |
About the Author :
Vimal Kumar studied journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, and started his professional career with the International Management Groups Trans World International (IMGTWI). He has since worked for TV Today Network (Aaj Tak and Headlines Today) and Network18 (IBN7 and CNN-IBN) in their Hindi and English channels as a sports journalist. Besides his regular work on television as deputy sports editor for IBN7, he has also contributed to publications like Sports Illustrated, Outlook, Mid-Day, the Tribune, Child, Cricket Samrat, Cricket Today and websites like IBNlive.com, Cricketnext.com and IBNkhabar.com. Vimal has covered two cricket World Cups, in 2007 and 2011, and has reported on cricket in most of the Test-playing nations. He also presents guest lectures in IIMC and Manav Rachna University.
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