Sachin: The Story of The World’s Greatest Batsman

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A compelling account of world’s finest batsman and his passion for cricket. At seventeen, Sachin Tendulkar became the second youngest man to make a hundred in international cricket; ever since, there has been no looking back. Today, Sachin is widely regarded as the world’s finest batsman, with over 33,000 international runs—the highest aggregate by far for any cricketer—and an incredible 100 international centuries to his credit. In this biography of India’s greatest sportsperson ever, Gulu Ezekiel pens a compelling account of Sachin the man and his passion for cricket. He tracks Sachin from his childhood when he first caught the bug of cricket, and follows him on his meteoric rise to international stardom. With unfailing attention to detail, he reconstructs the crucial matches and events that have marked Sachin’s career and reveals the magic of the cricketer whom Wisden Cricket Monthly once dubbed ‘bigger than Jesus’ .

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Gulu Ezekiel started his career in sports journalism with the Indian Express in Madras in 1982 before moving to New Delhi in 1991. He has been sports editor at the Asian Age, New Delhi TV and indya.com and has contributed to over 100 publications in India and around the world. he launched his own features and syndication company GE Features in 2001. Ezekiel is the author of several books including Sourav: A Biography, The Penguin Book of Cricket Lists, The A-Z of Sachin Tendulkar and Captain Cool: The MS Dhoni Story.