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RUNS AND ROSES
Sachin Tendulkar
                          1989
  Sachin has truly lived up to the adage "Morning shows the day". Even in his first season in first class cricket, the 15-year-old school boy made a record many seasoned in the business would fall for - a total of 423 runs scored in five Ranji Trophy matches at an average of 70.5. As India Today reported in 1989, "Veterans are nearly unanimous that Sachin will soon be sporting the India blazer."
Photo: Mohan Parikh