Sachin Tendulkar is Not Only a Successful Cricketer But Also a Successful Businessman Too.

Image of Sachin after scoring 200 runs in ODI.

Sachin Tendulkar is a man who has become a popular name of cricket in India and the whole world. Every bowl he faces now includes to a new testimony he has gotten so many success that other cricketer cannot even imagine of it. Sachin Tendulkar is called the God of Indian Cricket. Millions of people of the world specially India are devoted to Sachin Tendulkar. His total runs in the one day international are 17,598 with 46 centuries and 93 fifties and that is the highest run scorer of the world. His total runs of test matches are 13447 with 48 centuries and 55 half-centuries. The highest score of a one day international match is 200 and that is made by Sachin. Sachin Tendulkar is also owner of a record and that is he is the first batsman in history who has completed over 30,000 runs in ODIs and Tests. Sachin Tendulkar had showed not only the batting charisma but also he had showed his bowling charisma in many matches. This right arm googly bowler has taken 154 wickets for 6806 runs in 435 ODI matches. He has also taken 44 wickets in tests matches. These are the success of Sachin Tendulkar in the field of cricket but Sachin is also a successful businessman too. The fame of cricket has led him to the successful business for him. To observe the popularity of Sachin Tendulkar, many multinational companies had contact with him for advertisement for a large amount of money. In 2006 Sachin's yearly earnings was more than Pakistan's GDP. During 1998-99 to 2002-03 and 2004-05, Sachin Tendulkar took home Rs 8.89 crore from ads in the foreign countries. He has worked as an ambassador more than one hundred company and products such as Pepsi, Canon, Airtel, Nazara Technologies, Britannia, HomeTrade, Sunfeast, National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), Boost, Action Shoes, the Future Group, Manipal Group and ESPN Star Sports etc. Only BCCI has to pay him Rs 2,50,000 for a international one-day match and Rs 2,35,000 for a test match. Sachin is the highest paid cricketer in the world. He is also a richest cricketer in India and the world. Sachin earns per minute 1143 rs while Indian present Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh earns per minute only 57 paisa. Not only it but also 4^th richest man in the world and the first richest man of Indian, Mukesh Ambani earns per minute Rs 413 and that is about 3 times less than Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin’s yearly or daily income is more than actor Amitabh Bachchan and King Khan, Shah Rukh Kahn. Sachin has also placed in the list of top 5 per minute earner in India. MTV India showed in one show that the annual income of Sachin is more than 200 crores. So, Sachin is leading his business as well with his main professional Cricket. To utilize his huge popularity, Sachin Tendulkar stared his restaurants business to open two restaurants in Mumba with Sanjay Narang. After, he has also opened a new restaurant in Bangalore. Each of restaurants name is Sachin's. Thus Sachin improves his business day by day. So, Sachin Tendulkar is not only a successful cricketer but also a successful businessman too.

War is Not a Curse But Has Become a Blessing for the Cricket of Afghanistan.

Where life is very dangerous, people don’t move on the street or any communication way openly because when a bomb is dropped on them by Taliban or military. So, there is no security of life but such worse situation can’t keep them far from the cricket. This country is none but Afghanistan. The popularity of cricket has broadened all over the Afghanistan. Once a time, cricket was banned in Afghanistan by Taliban rulers like as others games and sports. Cricket is wildly popular in the southern part of Pashtun and the eastern city of Jalalabad. There is a reason of this dramatic rising of popularity of cricket in Afghanistan and that is the end of Taliban rules and establishment of American sovereignty. As a result, war is not a curse but a has become blessing for the cricket of Afghanistan. As cricket was forbidden under the Taliban sovereigns, so people wouldn’t play the cricket openly. But after 2001, people start to play this game all over the country. For the safety of life many people entered into Pakistan crossing the border. Then many people had learnt the cricket in Pakistani refugee camps. Even now most of the players of Afghanistan have to practice the game in Pakistan since the lack of security of life. As a result, they have improved rapidly in cricket to stay the great cricket country, Pakistan. So, war has become a blessing for the cricket of Afghanistan. Afghanistan was renowned with the Cricket in the mid 19th century with British troops. After 150 years the cricket has started to become popularity in the Afghanistan under the sovereignty of America and Karji. So, the war for terror elimination has become a blessing for the cricket of Afghanistan. There are many developed countries in the world but they can’t improve any game so rapidly like as Afghanistan. Even, there is no international standard stadium in Afghanistan. As a result, they can’t play any international match in homes. Afghanistan has played their homes matches in another country’s stadium due to lack of security and standard stadium. Afghanistan got One Day International (ODI) status on April 17, 2009 by triumph against Namibia. Afghanistan had taken part the Twinty20 World cup in 2010 in West Indies and that was the first broadcasting game in Afghanistan. Although Afghanistan has not won any match in Twenty20 World Cup but the performance of them was satisfactory. So, despite of a lack of funding and security and others problems, Afghanistan has improved on the field of cricket at over night. It has become possible due to war. If war couldn’t start, people couldn’t go Pakistan for safety. As a result, they couldn’t learn the cricket game as well. So, it may be called that war is not a curse but a blessing for the cricket of Afghanistan.

Namibian Rudi van Vuuren is Only a Participant in the World Cup Both of Cricket & Rugby.

There are many sportsmen in the world who had participated in many games and sports.Even many of them had participated in the international matches of more than one field such as football, cricket, rugby, hokey, tennis, boxing, baseball and basketball etc. But there is no player in the world without Namibian Rudi van Vuuren who had participated in the world cup in than one field. Namibian Rudi van Vuuren is the only person who has played the Rugby Union world cup and Cricket world cup. Rudi van Vuuren participated in the Rugby Union world cup and Cricket world cup in the same year 2003. His cricket ODI debut became on Feb 16, 2003 against Pakistan at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley in the world cup-2003. Rudi has played 5 ODI till now. This right handed hard-hitting batsman’s scores is only 26 runs. Vuuren is also a right-arm fast-medium opening bowler of his country. He has taken 8 wickets in 5 ODI matches. He showed his real bowling charisma against England by taking 5 wickets for 43 runs. Contrary, Vuuren was also in the squad of Rugby world cup of Namibia in 1999. But Vuuren did not get any chance for playing. Afterwards playing door of Rugby World Cup in 2003 was opened for Rudi van Vuuren.This Windhoek Wanderers’s fly-half’s first Rugby International debut was become against Zimbabwe on June15, 1997. Rudi van Vuuren showed his real performance in the Rugby world cup-2003 by making a successful partnership with Corne Powell. Rudi van Vuuren serves his country not only as a Cricket or Rugby player but also as a professional doctor of medicine. Namibia is small country but on the field of games & sports they are very familiar country in the world particularly for some sportsman like as Rudi van Vuuren.