There
are no prizes for guessing this one. Sachin Tendulkar, the world’s
leading batsman for over two decades has been been voted as MSN India’s
Sportsperson of the Year. The poll, which produced a list of India’s
top ten sports personalities of the year, asked the readers to click
and vote for their top sports performer of 2010. The nominees in the
list were the high and mighty of India’s sports world.
Vishwanathan Anand, Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar, Somdev Devvarman,
Saina Nehwal, Pankaj Advani, Mary Kom, Gagan Narang and Ashwini
Chidananda, accompanied Tendulkar in the list. Tendulkar though, has
made it a habit to come out on the top everywhere. Whether it is on the
Centurion wicket, where he registered his fiftieth Test ton, or on the
MSN India poll, he is a universal chart-topper. Out of the 32.848
overall votes, a whopping 15,854 went in favour of the Little Master.
In terms of percentage, 47% of voters laid their trust in Sachin.
That
Sachin has been the top choice for sports lovers comes as no surprise.
The year 2010 has brought many firsts from Tendulkar's blade. His knock
of 200 runs in a one-day international against South Africa in Gwalior,
forced the statisticians to draw a new column for double century in
ODIs. Then, at the end of the year, Tendulkar produced one of the most
awaited innings from his bat-his 50th Test ton. The circumstances under
which Tendulkar hit the century was reminiscent of his younger days,
when he would be fighting at one end, while India fell apart at the
other.
Making the year all the more special are the big awards
and bigger nominations. Sachin has won the ICC Cricketer of the Year
2010 award while he has also been nominated for the hugely prestigious
Laureus Sports Awards, the result of which will be known in January
2011.His stunning double hundred in ODI cricket has been featured in
Time magazine as one of the top 10 sports moments of the year.
The
year 2010 saw the emergence of Sachin Tendulkar as the undisputed King
of world cricket. Unlike many 'disputed' years, which debated who was
the greatest after Bradman, 2010 simply and fully belonged to Sachin
Tendulkar. The year even made Sachin's closest rival of all-time,
world-record holder Brian Charles Lara acknowledge Sachin as only next
to the Don in cricketing greatness.
In a few days time a new year
would be upon us. 2011 is a year, which has been earmarked by Sachin
Tendulkar. The master has set his sights on winning the Cricket World
Cup. And, we hope that he makes 2011 a most special year, achieving and
bettering the goals he has set for the future.
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