1) Some of the Little Master's finest innings. His charming maiden Test century at Old Trafford in 1990; a glorious century against Australia on a Perth flyer in 1991-92; a coruscating 169 in South Africa five years later; a demolition of Shane Warne and Australia at Chennai in 1997-98; an heroic 136 in defeat against Pakistan in 1998-99; a famous match-winning century against England in 2008-09 and the first-ever double hundred in a one-day international.

2) Sachin at 15, eerily calm about the prospect of facing Malcolm Marshall and Curtly Ambrose. And here he is at 18, facing the greatest fast bowler of them all during his first World Cup. In the same tournament, he faced Ian Botham for the only time in international cricket.

3) A staggering catch during the life-affirming Lord's Test in 1990.

4) Being Sachin is an exacting business, but it's also a lucrative one: down the years he has popped up in all manner of adverts. Here's one of his first, back in 1989. Here are five of the best. And here he is showing off his football skills.

5) The best batsman of the last 50 years? Better than Bradman? Well ...

6) And finally, a lovely tribute from Virat Kohli after India's World Cup triumph last year.

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