In the era when pace bowlers created havoc in the game, there stood a courageous Indian batsman named "Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar." Among the big names of Indian cricket such as Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni, Tendulkar had his own identity of fearlessly smashing boundaries to world-class bowlers.

During Tendulkar`s era, people used to pray to god for not letting him lose his wicket early. During India`s matches, Tendulkar never walked out to bat alone. He carried the hopes of 141.72 crores Indians with him. Facing bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis was not everyone`s cup of tea.