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“If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.”

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Dennis Lillee, born on July 18, 1949, is a renowned former Australian cricketer. He played for the Australian national team during the 1970s and 1980s, becoming famous for his exceptional bowling skills and outstanding on-field performances. more

“On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!”

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Author:Peter Roebuck

“When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.”

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Author:Andrew Flintoff

“I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.”

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Author:Mahendra Singh Dhoni

“You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it's a toothpick.”

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Author:Brett Lee

“Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.”

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Author:Wasim Akram

“To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!”

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Author:Sourav Ganguly

“With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up.”

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Author:Shane Warne

“Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.”

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Author:Martina Navratilova

“We have started calling him grandfather.”

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Author:Yuvraj Singh

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