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Sachin : A Hundred Hundreds Now
The wait is over. For the world’s finest batsman and for a nation of cricket lovers whose hopes and ambitions accompanied Sachin Tendulkar every time he stepped out to bat.
On 16 March 2012, at Mirpur in Dhaka, after opening the innings for India, Sachin nudged the ball to behind square leg in the forty-fourth over to cross the final barrier: a hundred centuries in international cricket. In this account of the master batsman’s incredible journey, sportswriter V. Krishnaswamy takes us through every hundred, every peak scaled on Sachin’s way to the top. With an introduction by former India captain Rahul Dravid and a foreword by Sachin’s first and most famous coach Ramakant Achrekar, this is a book for every cricket and Sachin fan.
About the Author:
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V. Krishnaswamy was born in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi. He has been a sportswriter and commentator for thirty years now. He has followed cricket tours to various countries and has written extensively on the sport, as a reporter with the Times of India and then as the sports editor of the Pioneer and the Indian Express. He is a regular guest expert on cricket and other sports on television and radio.
On 16 March 2012, at Mirpur in Dhaka, after opening the innings for India, Sachin nudged the ball to behind square leg in the forty-fourth over to cross the final barrier: a hundred centuries in international cricket. In this account of the master batsman’s incredible journey, sportswriter V. Krishnaswamy takes us through every hundred, every peak scaled on Sachin’s way to the top. With an introduction by former India captain Rahul Dravid and a foreword by Sachin’s first and most famous coach Ramakant Achrekar, this is a book for every cricket and Sachin fan.
About the Author:
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V. Krishnaswamy was born in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi. He has been a sportswriter and commentator for thirty years now. He has followed cricket tours to various countries and has written extensively on the sport, as a reporter with the Times of India and then as the sports editor of the Pioneer and the Indian Express. He is a regular guest expert on cricket and other sports on television and radio.
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261 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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May 4, 2016
A book published to commercially exploit the 100 centuries of the Master is pulled down by pedestrian writing,terrible typos and factual errors. Just because the author has covered the careers of other sports legends as a journalist, he has unnecessarily included career details of Viswanathan Anand and Leander Paes for almost thirty pages.
I do not understand the need for reliving all the centuries of Tendulkar in such painstaking detail when some of the best Tendulkar innings were not centuries. What good is a book on Sachin if it spends three pages on a century against Namibia and none for the 98 against Pakistan in the same world cup just because it fell two short of an arbitrary and artificial benchmark ? But why to blame the author -he has just tried to ride the Century of Centuries wave in which the nation floated in 2012.
I do not understand the need for reliving all the centuries of Tendulkar in such painstaking detail when some of the best Tendulkar innings were not centuries. What good is a book on Sachin if it spends three pages on a century against Namibia and none for the 98 against Pakistan in the same world cup just because it fell two short of an arbitrary and artificial benchmark ? But why to blame the author -he has just tried to ride the Century of Centuries wave in which the nation floated in 2012.
September 12, 2018
For any Indian kid who grew up loving Cricket in the 90s, the chants of "Sachin...Sachin" probably still echo in the recesses of the mind. And as it was when the little man took the field, so it is with any piece of literature on him - the expectations are high. And this book is merely a statistical compilation of his centuries, which hardly scratches the surface when it comes to literary value.
Firstly, while V Krishnaswamy lists all the maestro's centuries and tries to present the context of the match and the series when the century was scored, it doesn't do justice to the genius hidden under the helmet. It however fails to capture some of the greatest moments in those very innings. You'll not read about Sachin's brilliant improvisation in his match-winning 104 in Benoni, when he danced down the wicket pre-meditatively, but expertly played a square cut when Heath Streak tried to foil his plans by bowling short and wide. You'll also miss out on some of Sachin's innovation whenever the situation demanded it. His use of the upper cut as a counter to the chin music Ntini and Pollock were dishing out at Bloemfontein during his knock of 155 hardly gets a mention.
Another statistical anomaly is the assumption that his 100 centuries are indeed his 100 greatest innings. I can at least think of 4 innings that deserve to be ranked higher than most of the centuries listed here. A 98 in the India-Pakistan world cup match in 2003 would arguably feature above a majority of the innings covered here. However, the author can be forgiven for ignoring several such gems from Sachin's career that missed the 3-figure mark.
However, the most disappointing aspect of this book once you are well into it are the factual inaccuracies or inconsistencies. These would be easily caught by hardcore Sachin fans who had all his scores memorized in childhood. Okay, I'll try not to be embarrassed in admitting that I was one such fanboy.
I can't help but feel disappointed by this book. But then reading the book did bring out a lot of memories of watching Sachin in action, and I'm sure each reader would have his or her own memories that they'd associate with any specific Sachin century. And for that experience alone, this book is surely worth a try.
Firstly, while V Krishnaswamy lists all the maestro's centuries and tries to present the context of the match and the series when the century was scored, it doesn't do justice to the genius hidden under the helmet. It however fails to capture some of the greatest moments in those very innings. You'll not read about Sachin's brilliant improvisation in his match-winning 104 in Benoni, when he danced down the wicket pre-meditatively, but expertly played a square cut when Heath Streak tried to foil his plans by bowling short and wide. You'll also miss out on some of Sachin's innovation whenever the situation demanded it. His use of the upper cut as a counter to the chin music Ntini and Pollock were dishing out at Bloemfontein during his knock of 155 hardly gets a mention.
Another statistical anomaly is the assumption that his 100 centuries are indeed his 100 greatest innings. I can at least think of 4 innings that deserve to be ranked higher than most of the centuries listed here. A 98 in the India-Pakistan world cup match in 2003 would arguably feature above a majority of the innings covered here. However, the author can be forgiven for ignoring several such gems from Sachin's career that missed the 3-figure mark.
However, the most disappointing aspect of this book once you are well into it are the factual inaccuracies or inconsistencies. These would be easily caught by hardcore Sachin fans who had all his scores memorized in childhood. Okay, I'll try not to be embarrassed in admitting that I was one such fanboy.
I can't help but feel disappointed by this book. But then reading the book did bring out a lot of memories of watching Sachin in action, and I'm sure each reader would have his or her own memories that they'd associate with any specific Sachin century. And for that experience alone, this book is surely worth a try.
May 3, 2020
Must read for Sachinist!!!!
May 11, 2021
It was a good read, I was someone who hasn't really seen the master blaster play,reading this I got a good grip of the centuries hit by the little master,I found the parallel lives column boring
January 9, 2014
There are plethora of books that have been written on Sachin Tendulkar. If one stands in front of a Sports section in a bookstore or book stall, his head will start rotating seeing the amount of books available on the life and career of the Master Blaster. But how do you decide which one to pick? Well, I would suggest you to wait for some more months as he is in process of publishing his autobiography with the help of Professor Boria Mazumdar who has already published some great books on sports. But till then, if you really want to read about Sachin Tendulkar, I would suggest to go with the biography written by Vaibhav Purandhare. And if after that, you still want to read about THE GOD, it's the book that I am going to talk about now- "SACHIN: A Hundred Hundreds Now" written by V. Krishnaswamy. It is one of the most selling books that has been written on the Legend. This book becomes eligible to be purchased because it has "Introduction by Rahul Dravid" and "Foreword by Ramakant Achrekar". Do I need to say more?
SYNOPSIS:-
The wait is over. For the world’s finest batsman and for a nation of cricket lovers whose hopes and ambitions accompanied Sachin Tendulkar every time he stepped out to bat.
On 16 March 2012, at Mirpur in Dhaka, after opening the innings for India, Sachin nudged the ball to behind square leg in the forty-fourth over to cross the final barrier: a hundred centuries in international cricket. In this account of the master batsman’s incredible journey, sportswriter V. Krishnaswamy takes us through every hundred, every peak scaled on Sachin’s way to the top. With an introduction by former India captain Rahul Dravid and a foreword by Sachin’s first and most famous coach Ramakant Achrekar, this is a book for every cricket and Sachin fan.
About the Author:
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V. Krishnaswamy was born in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi. He has been a sportswriter and commentator for thirty years now. He has followed cricket tours to various countries and has written extensively on the sport, as a reporter with the Times of India and then as the sports editor of the Pioneer and the Indian Express. He is a regular guest expert on cricket and other sports on television and radio.
Talking about Tendulkar's career, the first thing that people mention is 100 Hundreds that he have scored in the career that spanned more than 23 years. It is been said that no one else can achieve this feat ever or say, at least in 20 years, seeing the kind of Cricket young lad like Virat Kohli is playing. As most of us didn't even start going to school when Tendulkar scored 20-25 centuries of his career, we missed lot of memorable moments. If you are really a great fan of Tendulkar and wish to know about each and every century that he have scored, blindly purchase this book and read it slowly because only then will you unleash the excitement the book holds. The book does not tell about how Tendulkar practiced and became a great player but only describes each of his innings respectfully.
I loved the way author gave minute details about how Sachin scored his initial runs, how he reached his 50, how he hit that final ball to touch 50 and 100, who were the bowlers when he touched the landmark, who was the runner at the other end etc. He also tells the situation of the match before describing the innings of Tendulkar. After narrating the innings in a wonderful sport writer's way, he tells us about the records that Tendulkar and others achieved in that particular match in "Did you know?" section. He has divided the chapters according to the years. And then he discusses the number of centuries and half-centuries that Sachin scored in that particular calendar year. After he covers all the centuries, he describes what the two other sporting stars achieved in that particular year, Vishwanathan Anand and Leander Paes. A wonderful job done in letting us know even their development from just a player to a legend. And after that author discusses all the major events that took place in world and nation in the year. Amazingly written. If you loved jumping on each of the centuries scored by Master Blaster, go for this book. I rate it 4 out of 5.
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ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!!
August 28, 2020
It's always a great pleasure to read something which invokes nostalgia. Sachin is the one who's a stranger but gave us a lot of good memories to almost a billion people. I also love the part where the writer explains the things happened outside the cricket world which correlates to every ton of the master. A must read not only for people who like Sachin but for everyone who loves Cricket.
September 6, 2016
This book was published after Sachin Tendulkar got to his 100th international 100. That event, through to his retirement from the game in 2013, led to publication of a host of fan literature in the form of books, compendiums, blogs and portals.
This book was among the first to hit the shelves. The quality of information about each of Sachin's centuries is quite good - the reader gets reasonable details.
However the author has tried to complicate the narrative to include how the careers of V. Anand (Chess) and Leander Paes (Tennis) have evolved alongside Sachin. The author may be a big fan of the other two greats, but there is just no linkage between the three stories in real life. Putting incidents alongside the Sachin story just make the book unwieldy and diminishes the value of a good Sachin nostalgia read.
This book was among the first to hit the shelves. The quality of information about each of Sachin's centuries is quite good - the reader gets reasonable details.
However the author has tried to complicate the narrative to include how the careers of V. Anand (Chess) and Leander Paes (Tennis) have evolved alongside Sachin. The author may be a big fan of the other two greats, but there is just no linkage between the three stories in real life. Putting incidents alongside the Sachin story just make the book unwieldy and diminishes the value of a good Sachin nostalgia read.
February 24, 2014
Really a wonderful effort from V.Krishnaswamy....
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