Sachin's Treasure of 13 Coins!

Sachin Tendulkar has won many accolades and awards. However he cherishes 2 awards as very close to his heart. One of them is the very famous World cup Win in 2011 and the other unknown award which he values as equal to a world cup win is his collection of 13 coins  during his younger age. During his early days, Sachin would win a coin from his coach Ramakant Achrekar if he could bat through an entire session of nets without being dismissed. Sachin has 13 such coins. 

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Ticket Collector to Tremendous Captain

"Captain Cool" Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known to us as a star player who has risen to top position in a short span of time and many of us think he was very lucky to rise to stardom quickly. However most of us do not know times when Dhoni was working for a monthly salary as a "Ticket Collector" in Kharagpur Railway Station, West Bengal. Dhoni was working as a Ticket Collector for 3 years 2001 to 2004 to meet his financial needs. 

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Sachin & Rajini - The "Three" things common between them

The "Little Master" and the "Super Star" are recognized as one of the greatest living legends in their respective fields. There are also great commonalities between these legends. Here are the 3 most significant commonalities - a) Both are Left Handed in Writing b) Both are born in a Marathi Family c) Both have the same educational qualification of 10th Standard pass. 

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Suresh Raina - 115* Not Out!

Suresh Raina is the only player in IPL to have played all the matches for his side since the first season of IPL. Raina has played for Chennai Super Kings for 115 matches continuously since IPL 2008.Also Suresh Raina holds the record for maximum number of runs scored in IPL till date. 

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Federer's Fabulous Finals Record!

Most of us know the fact that Roger Federer holds the record of maximum number of Grand Slam Singles Title with 17 under his name. Not many know that Federer also holds the record for reaching each Grand Slam Finals for more than 5 times. This is an all time record in the open era.

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Martina Navratilova's super six!

Martina Navratilova holds an all time record of winning 6 consecutive Women's Singles Title in Wimbledon. She had a total of 19 Women's Singles grand slams to her tally and is considered an all time great in the world of Tennis. She won Wimbledon consecutively from 1982 to 1987.

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Rahul Dravid's Sweet Seven!

The "Wall" of Indian Cricket, Rahul Dravid holds numerous records in International Cricket. Out of these records, one of the significant record is the 7 consecutive 50+ scores in International Cricket during the season of Dec 2004 to Mar 2005 ( Scores : 160,53,60,75,50,110,135 ). Only two other players in the open era have equal or more consecutive 50+ scores in International cricket.

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Navaratnas of Rafael Nadal!

The KING of clay court, Rafael Nadal holds an all time record of 9 French open titles. He has won the French Open in 2005, 2006, 2007,2008,2010,2011,2012,2013 and 2014. Out of his overall grand slam tally of 14, 9 has come from the clay court.

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Mechanic to Mass Hero!

AjithKumar aka "Thala" is the most charismatic hero of Tamil Cinema. He has a huge fan follower base in every nook and corner of TamilNadu. However not many know that Cinema was not a first passion for Ajith. Ajith was always passionate about Racing and he dropped from his school after completing 10th to join an automobile company as a "2-wheeler mechanic". He learned the nuances of automobile since then and went on to participate in Formula 2 Racing in the latter years.

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Sir Viv Richards Innings with the Bat & the Boot

Most of us know Sir Vivian Richards as the legendary West Indian Player who held numerous records and was also instrumental in winning the cricket world cup for West Indies in 1975 and 1979. However the lesser known fact is that Sir Vivian Richards is the only player who has played both Cricket World cup and Football World cup aka FIFA. He played for Antigua in FIFA world cup in 1974.

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The Unknown Doctors!

The two women - Anjali Tendulkar and Vijeta Dravid are better known as spouses of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid respectively. However the lesser know fact is that both of them were doctors by profession. They stopped practicing  medicine to take care of the family as their husbands were too deeply entrenched with their profession of cricket.

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Deepika's Racket

All of us know Deepika Padukone as the famous Bollywood actress. However Deepika's connection with Racket is driven by the fact that Deepika Padukone is the daughter of former World No 1 Badminton champion - Prakash Padukone. Prakash Padukone won 3 world championships and was ranked No 1 during his period.

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Federer's Double Dhamaka

Roger Federer better known as Tennis Champ holds the record of winning 17 singles Grand Slam Title.  However Federer also holds a unique record in Doubles though not on the court but off the court. Roger Federer and Mirka Vavirnec are proud parents of two set of twin daughters ( Myla Rose & Charlene Riva ) and twin sons ( Leo & Lenny ) born in 2009 and 2014 respectively.

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Chennai Super Queen

This Chennai Super Queen - Prithi Narayanan is Chennai Super Kings off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's wife. She was Ashwin's childhood friend and got married with Ravichandran Ashwin on November 2011. Recently Priti was spotted cheering CSK in IPL matches. 

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Akash

Akash Ambani is the younger son of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani ( owners of Mumbai Indians in IPL ).  Akash Ambani was part of MI team in IPL 2014 auction along with Nita Ambani. Akash Ambani recently joined Reliance Industries.

Ryan Giggs

Ryan Joseph Giggs is a Welsh professional footballer who is currently the interim player-manager of Manchester United. Giggs was announced as interim player-manager of Manchester United following the sacking of David Moyes. 

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