Tendulkar in Wisden

Foreword by Ricky PontingFeatures content from 25 years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden India, Wisden Asia Cricket, Wisden Cricket Monthly and the Wisden CricketerThe world's most famous sports book celebrates the world's most famous cricketerAnjali Doshi is co-editor of Wisden's cricket quarterly, The Nightwatchman. A cricket and features journalist, she has followed Indian cricket for nearly 15 years, and contributed pieces to the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden India and Sports Illustrated. She was cricket editor at New Delhi Television. @anjaliadoshiSachin Tendulkar, who retired from playing in 2014, is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest cricketers of all time - and arguably the greatest batsman ever. From the time Tendulkar made an appearance as a schoolboy cricketer in the 1989 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to his retirement in 2014, Wisden on Tendulkar records the highlights of an exceptional career - handpicked from all Wisden publications over a quarter of a century and curated for a global audience, with special appeal to an Indian readership. Wisden on Tendulkar includes reports from his first Test in Pakistan as a 16-year-old - where a Waqar Younis bouncer had him bleeding - to his final Test at home, when a country wept as it said goodbye to its most celebrated sporting icon. The most prolific run-getter of all time, the most diverse Test and one-day batsman, the world's most eminent cricketing hero, Tendulkar has many records to his name. His place in cricketing history is especially significant - not just for all the records he broke or comparisons with Don Bradman, but for what Tendulkar meant to a young nation finding its voice in a globalised world. Wisden on Tendulkar includes: - Cricketer of the Year feature (1997) - Batting for a Billion article (2003) - The Long Farewell piece (2014) - The ebbs and flows of Tendulkar's 24-year-long career - Scorecards of his most significant Test and ODI matches - Colour plate section - Detailed list of recordsIncluding content from 25 years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and other Wisden publications, this is the definitive record of Sachin Tendulkar, the world's greatest contemporary cricketerThis is the tale, often beautifully written, and in real time, of the self-belief Tendulkar gave Indian cricket, and of his personal voyage from shy boy to deified run-machineIf you fancy revisiting the Little Master's career, this book is the most convincing work yet published in which to do soJust what you would expect from Wisden: a well-told, considered and unbiased record of cricket achievementEvery last drop of Tendulkar's brilliance is documented in Wisden's unbiased way with a compilation of match reports, touching essays and interviews detailing the Little Master's career