{"id":11435,"date":"2012-11-07T05:28:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T05:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11435"},"modified":"2012-11-07T05:28:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T05:28:40","slug":"my-first-tour-to-australia-changed-me-as-a-cricketer-sachin-tendulkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11435","title":{"rendered":"My first tour to Australia changed me as a cricketer: Tendulkar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mumbai:<\/strong> Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who was conferred with the Membership of the Order of Australia by Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for Arts, at the Taj Lands End on Tuesday, said that apart from India, Australia was his most favoured destination with regard to playing cricket and that SCG was his favourite venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI publicly admit that that apart from India, Australia is the best place I have enjoyed playing cricket. Sydney is my favourite ground. I have many fond memories of my tour to Australia; especially the SCG, where I got the chance to hold the bat used by Sir Don Bradman. It took me a step further in my liking for Australia and the SCG,\u201d said Tendulkar.<\/p>\n<p>Thanking the Australian Prime Minister, Sachin said that he was overwhelmed with the award. \u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming. I thank the PM of Australia, Julia Gillard, Minister Crean, the Australian High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, and the Consul General. I also thank the people of Asutralia who have supported me over the years.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Though Tendulkar toured Australia for the first time in 1991, the Little Master said that his association with Australia started in 1985. \u201cMy association with Australia started not in the 1991-92 series, but in 1985 when I was 12 years old. I started dreaming about going to Australia and playing cricket, watching those fantastic day-night matches on television. It turned into reality in 1991-92. I was 18 then and playing the top side in the world. The tour completely changed me as a cricketer. It was a critical moment of my career,\u201d said Tendulkar.<\/p>\n<p>Terming his trip to Australia to wish Sir Don Bradman on his 90 birthday as the most memorable, Tendulkar said he will cherish the moment throughout his life. \u201cI was in the middle of a national camp in Chennai and the BCCI graciously agreed to send me to Australia for three or four days. I had the opportunity to meet Sir Don along with Shane Warne. Both of us were so tense that we did not know how to react. The moment we reached Sir Don\u2019s house, we were struck by his personality and allowed him to talk as much as he wanted to; we just wanted to listen to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who was conferred with the Membership of the Order of Australia by Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for Arts, at the Taj Lands End on Tuesday, said that apart from India, Australia was his most favoured destination with regard to playing cricket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[705,6984,556,1537,2319],"class_list":["post-11435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories","tag-bcci","tag-order-of-australia","tag-sachin-tendulkar","tag-shane-warne","tag-sir-don-bradman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My first tour to Australia changed me as a cricketer: Tendulkar - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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