Sachin Tendulkar honoured with exclusive gold coin

Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is honoured by Britain’s premium luxury goods brand East India Company. Company has issued an exclusive legal tender gold coin worth 12,000 pound sterling in honour of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendulkar

This rare coin is to honour his cricketing career and his contribution to the game of cricket in which he spent 24 long years. In that long span he was never involved in any controversy and played the  like a gentleman.

“Only 210 gold coins, each weighing precisely 200g, are being issued to pay tribute to Tendulkar at a global level. Only very few will ever see this coin in the flesh, making them exceptionally rare and precious amongst thousands of fans who yearn to own a piece of the superstar’s legacy,” the London-based firm said in a statement.

“Every single 200g coin issued is a masterpiece in its own right. Exclusively presented in a custom made presentation box the coin is accompanied by an individually numbered and personally signed certificate of authenticity along with an autographed cricket bat by Sachin Tendulkar,” it added.

Tendulkar said he was honoured by the recognition.

“All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I am very fortunate to have lived this dream for the last 24 years. I am honoured to be recognised with the issue of these special coins, which have been impressively designed with a lot of thought,” Tendulkar said.

The design of the coin has been handcrafted in great detail by one of the world's most renowned coin designers Joaquin Jimenez, currently the Chief Engraver at Monnaie de Paris.

The canvas of the coin shows the latitude lines of the globe modelled in cricket stitching to represent the international stage of cricket.

The Gateway of India features to denote Tendulkar's home city of Mumbai, where he started and completed his illustrious career.

The East India Company's exclusive legal tender gold coin issued in honour of Tendulkar. (Source: The East India Company)

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PICS: Sachin Tendulkar Conducts Training Session In Singapore

Sachin Tendulkar (standing) holds a training session for young players at the Singapore Cricket Club on June 3, 2014. Here are some pictures of the event:

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Glimpse of Sachin in IPL 7

Sachin Tendulkar who had announced his retirement from IPL last year seen in this year's IPL as ICON of Mumabai Indian. We had watched him cheering the Mumbai's players from their dug out, chatting or guiding player in nets and also playing some balls in net too.

Here are some of those moments of Sachin in this year's IPL:

 

Images Courtesy: BCCI

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Chapter on "Sachin Tendulkar" in Textbook

The Maharashtra government has announced that there will be a chapter on Sachin Tendulkar in the school syllabus on him.

Sachin Tendulkar with Sunil Gavaskar
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Class IV students in Maharashtra would now get to learn about the 'God of cricket', as their fans called him,  in their textbooks from this academic year, since a chapter on Sachin has been included in Marathi and English subject textbooks, Maharashtra School Education Minister Rajendra Darda told.

"The government was considering adding Tendulkar in school syllabus so that children are inspired by him," he said.

This is not the first time that students in the state would have to study the life history of a cricketer as part of their syllabus. The likes of Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde and Sunil Gavaskar have found themselves in the pages of school syllabuses.

"The Balbharati subject committee discussed at which standards the chapter should be included. Sachin retired at the age of 40 after an illustrious career of 24 years. He will go down in cricketing history as the king of 22 yards," Darda said.

"Sachin stood out for his passion to play for the country and his humility. His farewell speech at Wankhede Stadium showed us that like a big cricketer, he is also a large- hearted human being," he said.

"The young generation could learn patriotism and commitment from him. The master blaster has never been involved in any controversy," the minister said.

Meanwhile, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena claimed credit for the development, saying that it was the party which had sought inclusion of a chapter on Tendulkar in school textbooks.


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Sachin Tendulkar receive Bharat Ratna

India's batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who had finished his spectacular career of two hundred test matches last year, accolades with the India's highest civilian award, "Bharat Ratna". Indian government announced "Bharat Ratna" for Sachin Tendulkar immediately after his retirement.

With that honor, he become the India's first sports person and the youngest Indian who receive this award.

"I will continue to bat for India even though my cricket has stopped, but I will continue to bat for India and try my best to give people of India a reason to smile," Tendulkar told reporters after being conferred Bharat Ratna by the President.

"It's the biggest honour for me and I am extremely delighted on receiving Bharat Ratna," he said.        

 "I am extremely proud to be born in this beautiful nation and I would like to express my gratitude to all the love, affection and support I have received for number of years."  "I would like to reiterate what I said a couple of months ago that this recognition, award I would like to dedicate this to my mother and along with her all the mothers in India who sacrifice their wishes, aspirations for their children so that their dreams come true," Tendulkar said.

He also congratulated Prof Rao for motivating youngsters to become scientists.

"I would like to congratulate Prof C N R Rao for the Bharat Ratna. He has been instrumental in motivating and inspiring youth of India to become scientists. I wish him all the happiness and good health."  

 

Pictures of Event:

Sachin Tendulkar receiving award from President of India, Pranab Mukherjee

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin with family and friends

Sachin with another receipent of Bharat Ratna, CNR Rao

  

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Few precious Questions of cricket history

Question no 1: Where Sachin Tendulkar played his 199^th test match?

Answer: Eden Garden, Kolkata.

Question no 2: Where Sachin Tendulkar played his 200^th test match?

Answer: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Question no 3: How many runs Sachin scored in his 199^th test match?

Answer: 10 runs

Question no 4: How many runs sachin scored in his 200^th test match?

Answer: 74 runs

Question no 5: Who takes his wicket in his 199^th test match?

Answer:Shane Shillingford (LBW)

Question no 6: Who takes his wicket in his 200^th test match?

Answer: Narsingh Deonarine (caught)

Question no 7: Who takes his catch in his 200^th test match?

Answer: Darren Sammy

Question no 8: Who was the captain of Indian team at the time of his retirement from cricket??

Answer: MS Dhoni

Question no 9: Who had got the man of the match in Sachin’s 199^th test match?

Answer: Rohit Sharma

Question no 10: Who had got the man of the match in Sachin’s 200^th test match?

Answer: Pragyan Ohja

Question no 11: Who had got the man of the series in Sachin’s last test series?

Answer: Rohit Sharma 

Question no 12: Against Which team Sachin played his last test match?

Answer: West Indies

Question no 13: Who was the captain of West Indies at the time of Sachin’s retirement?

Answer: Darren Sammy

Question no 14: Sachin's ICC ranking at the time of his retirement?

Answer: 18 rank

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