Meet Ajeet Singh Tanwar, a one-of-a-kind Tendulkar fan, who, quite astonishingly, remembers how many the retiring cricketer has scored, where and in which match over his past 198 Tests, besides storing in his 'memory card' the details of the 49 hundreds the veteran had smashed in his 463 ODI appearances.
The doubts over whether he was boasting were put to rest with a simple google search on Tendulkar's stats.
Asked when did the most complete batsman of modern era score his fourth ODI century and the answer from his complete fan was 112 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 1995. A quick glance through stats was enough to clear all doubts.
-- 128, again against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, 1998.
Tanwar also said that he remembers Tendulkar's scores in all the World Cup matches. 35 was the answer, when a scribe asked about Tendulkar's score in his maiden World Cup game in 1992. That was the correct score.
Coming back to Test cricket, there is not a single Tendulkar knock he doesn't remember.
For the record, Tanwar has a contract with a television channel which, he says, he is not entitled to breach.
"I met him (Tendulkar) at the Palam ground (in Delhi) last Ranji season and he signed on two books of mine and gave me his photo with an autograph on it," he recalled.
Asked how he is able to remember the scores, he said, "I keep on repeating them every week and then gradually they get stored in my memory.
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