Sachin's bat to Mark

[Millionaire Blues]

Does anyone know what was written on the bat that Sachin Tendulkhar presented to Mark during the Shangri-La tour?

Would love to know!!

http://www.guyfletcher.co.uk/index.php/2005shangrilatour/SL_2005_Tour_Diary_4_-_Mumbai

Mark

[singv]

I've wondered myself but haven't a clue. All I can read from the picture is "Dear Mark". It's well known that Tendulkar is a huge MK fan, which is cool because Sachin is such a big icon himself. Nice touch, the 2 of them exchanging battle-axes...

You coming to the US shows this month? Its time for another frosty beverage together 

[singv]

Here's a piece from an Indian magazine about Sachin's admiration for Mark....its from 2009

Sometime earlier he had told me he was a big fan of Mark Knopfler and we thought it would be great if we could get the great Dire Straits man to talk to us. "I'm recording all night but immediately after that, before I fall asleep," Knopfler said, and somehow we persuaded Sachin to do the programme in the afternoon rather than in the morning. And when the moment came, we patched the line on and when I said, "Hello Mark," Sachin looked puzzled. A minute later his eyes lit up when he realised which Mark we had on the line. And then he was like a child, tongue-tied, fidgety, excited - much like most people are when they first meet Tendulkar. Even the stars can get starry-eyed!

[Justme]

Great story, thanks!

[nababo]

Does anyone know what was written on the bat that Sachin Tendulkhar presented to Mark during the Shangri-La tour?

Would love to know!!

http://www.guyfletcher.co.uk/index.php/2005shangrilatour/SL_2005_Tour_Diary_4_-_Mumbai

Mark

If it was another sport, he could have written "sometimes you are the louisville slugger, sometimes you are the ball"...
 

Sometimes it all comes together

[yontwocrows]

Not the answer of the question. But here a good written article about his retirement (and Mark's guitar to Sachin) http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/sachin-is-retiring-113101101032_1.html

[singv]

Not the answer of the question. But here a good written article about his retirement (and Mark's guitar to Sachin) http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/sachin-is-retiring-113101101032_1.html

Cricket is religion in India and Sachin is probably the best ever, but this is way too sugary sweet, imho. Sachin passed his prime years ago and is actually doing himself a favor by retiring....but I will miss those days when his bat sang a tune as sweet as Mark's guitar. 

[sweetsurrender]

Not the answer of the question. But here a good written article about his retirement (and Mark's guitar to Sachin) http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/sachin-is-retiring-113101101032_1.html

Cricket is religion in India and Sachin is probably the best ever, but this is way too sugary sweet, imho. Sachin passed his prime years ago and is actually doing himself a favor by retiring....but I will miss those days when his bat sang a tune as sweet as Mark's guitar.

All this talk about Sachin piqued my interest. I'd like to know more about him.

[singv]

Sachin Tendulkar is a cricket player from India. For those unfamiliar with cricket, it is a very popular sport in former British colonies such as India, Australia, the Caribbean, Pakistan, South Africa etc. Baseball was derived from cricket.

As far as Sachin goes, he is the most successful batsman in the history of the game, and holds almost every imaginable batting record. he is remarkably humble and down to earth as a person, and is regarded as a real life hero in many parts of the world, esp India, where he is commonly referred to as "god". He recently announced his retirement from the game. Sachin is also a passionate fan of Mark Knopfler. When MK toured India a few years ago, Sachin met him and they exchanged autographed battle axes....Sachin gave MK a cricket bat, and MK gave Sachin a Strat. 2 greats, acknowledging each others' genius....pure joy. God bless them both!!

[sweetsurrender]

Thanks for the info.  Maybe we should let him know about AMIT forum.

[twm]

There's an article on Sachin in the latest TIME magazine.

[sweetsurrender]

There's an article on Sachin in the latest TIME magazine.

Thanks, twm. Is there a way to link here?

[dmg]

Cricket's boring.

On a (mildly) interesting note, former Rangers and Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram represented Scotland at cricket on a few occasions too!  All this despite being born in Bury, England!

[twm]

And Mike Denness was the captain of the England cricket team, despite being born in Scotland.

This was possible because Scotland did not have an international team back then. Denness was born in Bellshill (where John McCusker was born) but was brought up in Ayrshire, where I lived for a chunk of my life around that time. I'm not a cricket expert at all (though I have friends who can quote cricket statistics as nauseam) but, sadly for Denness, another England player - prominent, forthright and rather outspoken - had hoped to become captain and this caused a rift in the team. Denness died earlier this year.

sweetsurrender, I don't know if that TIME article is available on the TIME website. You may care to try but, if you can't get it that way, then PM me your e-mail address and I'll see if I can get it to you.

[twm]

I should add that there was a story (and it may well be true) that Mike Denness had a nickname amongst some fellow cricketers. His nickname was "Will", which is normally the short form of William but not in this case.  It was a joke in English.

If English is your second (or even third) language, perhaps I should explain. "Will", when combined with "Denness", produces the sound of the word ""wilderness" and, as an idiom, the phrase, "in the wilderness"  refers to someone who once had power and influence but is now very much alone, having none of the power or influence they had before.  For example, high-ranking politicians who fall from power can be said to be "in the political wiilderness". If they subsequently regain power and influence, the period when they lacked these are sometimes described as their "wilderness years". In this case, the nickname for Mike Denness may have been a reference to the troubled period of his England cricket captaincy - on the other hand, maybe not.