Sachin Tendulkar, accompanied by wife Anjali, daughter Sara and other close acquaintances, had arrived in Guwahati last Thursday and visited places of tourist interests in Meghalaya before arriving in Kaziranga on Monday
GUWAHATI, April 9: Sachin Tendulkar, his daughter Sara along with other family members took another safari of the internationally-famous Kaziranga National Park, visiting the Kohora range of the park on Wednesday morning.
While Sachin, his daughter Sara along with a few other close acquaintances had taken a memorable jeep safari into the interiors of the internationally-famous national park — also a UNESCO World Heritage site — on Tuesday morning, they visited the Kohora range of the park today (April 9) morning before returning to Guwahati where they are likely to offer prayers at the Kamakhya Temple later today or tomorrow morning.
Sachin’s wife Anjali also joined them in exploring the home of the one-horned rhinoceros today as the master-blaster was pictured offering food to safari elephants while exploring the abode of the one-horned rhinos.
A spell of smart showers, however, forced him and his family members to cut short their visit to the park interiors and return to their hotel before leaving for Guwahati.
The master blaster, incidentally, was lucky enough to have spotted a Golden Tiger during his visit to the park interiors yesterday while also sighting another Royal Bengal tiger along with rhinoceros, elephants and wild buffaloes.
“It was a great experience. I saw many animals including tiger, elephants and rhinoceros. We will explore more,” Sachin Tendulkar had told media persons after taking the jeep safari yesterday as he asked others to come and visit Kaziranga and enjoy its majestic beauty and grandeur.
“I’m loving my time here. People should come and visit Kaziranga and enjoy the experience,” he had further said.
WHAT DID SACHIN SAY ABOUT EXPLORING KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK? CATCH HIM ENJOY A JEEP SAFARI AT KAZIRANGA
The cricketing great had arrived in Guwahati on a week-long visit to Assam and Meghalaya last Thursday and, after their arrival at the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, he along with wife Anjali and daughter Sara, headed straight to Meghalaya where they visited tourist locations of interest during their stay in the neighboring State before heading to Kaziranga on Monday.
Fondly referred to as the Little Master, Sachin is among the greatest cricketers of all time, and holds numerous records in international cricket.
Here are some of his most significant records:
BATTING RECORDS
OVERALL
Most international runs: 34,357 runs (Tests: 15,921, ODIs: 18,426, T20Is: 10)
Most international centuries: 100 (51 in Tests, 49 in ODIs)
Most international fifties: 164 (119 in Tests, 96 in ODIs)
Most matches played: 664 (200 Tests, 463 ODIs, 1 T20I)
TESTS
Most runs in Tests: 15,921 runs in 200 matches at an average of 53.78
Most Test centuries: 51 centuries
Most Test matches played: 200 (first cricketer to achieve this)
Most runs in a calendar year: 1,894 in 2010
Most 150+ scores in Test cricket: 20
ODIs
Most runs in ODIs: 18,426 runs in 463 matches at an average of 44.83
Most centuries in ODIs: 49
First batsman to score a double century in ODIs: 200* vs. South Africa (2010)
Most runs in a single World Cup edition: 673 in 2003
Most Man of the Match awards in ODIs: 62
Most Man of the Series awards in ODIs: 15
WORLD CUP RECORDS
Most runs in World Cups: 2,278 runs in 6 tournaments (1992-2011)
Most runs in a single World Cup: 673 in 2003
Most World Cup fifties: 15
Only cricketer to score 50+ runs in four different World Cups
MILESTONES & UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
Only player to have 100 international centuries
First cricketer to score a double century in ODIs (2010)
Only player to score 15,000+ runs in both Tests and ODIs
Only cricketer to play 200 Test matches
Member of the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team
First player to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs (1999)
Fastest to 10,000 runs in ODIs (259 innings, later surpassed by Virat Kohli who took 205 innings)
Sachin’s records are unparalleled, and he remains an icon in cricket history.
