Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt pays tribute to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Ramesh-Tendulkar-c87800 – Cricket News Update
Usain Bolt, the Olympic Champion of Jamaica, has paid the heartiest homage to the Indian cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar, and termed him the ‘greatest cricketer’.
Tendulkar, who poses to be the world’s top scorer of all time in both ODI and Test formats of the game, is liked and admired by many from all corners of the world.
Bolt, the sprinter star, has emerged as a true lover of the cricketing legend of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 who is at the twilight of his career.
The 24-year-old Olympic Champion poses to be world’s fastest runner.
Bolt is eager to reach India and watch Tendulkar’s game live.
Talking to the media today, Bolt exclaimed, “For me he (Tendulkar) is one of the greatest cricketers I have seen. He has done extremely well and he is a very aggressive cricketer. I look forward to the day when I can see him play live.”
He further told, “It would be great had he (Tendulkar) played in Jamaica (in India's first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760). I want to see him play, that is my dream.”
Bolt is of the view that the Men in Blue would have been entirely different in their ongoing series against West Indies had Sachin toured with his team.
Team India is currently playing a Test series against the Caribbean in West Indies. After winning the 5-match ODI series 3-2, they also won the 1st Test.
Tendulkar pulled out of the series due to fatigue, after playing two long tournaments at home, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 and Indian Premier League (IPL)-4.
The 38-year-old Indian batting rock-star has been at the top of the game since 1989.
The Little Master has 177 Tests, 453 ODIs and 1 T20I to his name with 14692, 18111 and 10 runs respectively in all formats.
Tendulkar is the first batsman to complete 2000 runs in the history of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Apart from being a consistent and confident batsman, he is also a right-arm spinner and bowls wells on some occasions.
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