Two nights of Sachin Tendulkar, in all his unbridled glory

On his 44th birthday, we recall two innings that established Tendulkar as 'God of Indian cricket'

India’s status of a ‘cricket crazy nation’ would perhaps be incomplete if the “Sachin, Sachin!” chants from a frenzied audience were not one of its epithets. Breaking and setting so many records as Sachin Tendulkar did in his international career of 24 years is certainly no mean feat. To many who grew up watching the legend play for Team India, or even those who had earlier known Indian cricket for the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, the memory of some of Tendulkar’s greatest innings still gives goosebumps!

And, the memories are many. From amassing a mammoth tally of 34,357 international runs