Early Promise

Playing for his school, Shardashram Vidya Mandir, Sachin along with his buddy Vinod Kambli set a world record partnership of 664 runs for the third wicket. There was no looking back after that. Sachin became the only player to score a century on debut in all three domestic first class competitions 100 not out in the Ranji Trophy (Bombay v Gujarat at Bombay 198889), 159 in the Duleep Trophy (West Zone v East Zone at Guwahati 199091) and 103 not out in the Irani Trophy (Rest of India v Delhi at Bombay, 198990).This was the beginning of what Sunil Gavaskar called an illustrious cricketing genius. Such was the promise and prospect of this little boy that during a local match the umpire deliberately didnt declare him out just to show the class of Sachin to one of his friends, a former cricketer.