The world we knew when Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in 1989 is no longer the same. On and off the Cricket field, there has been an absolute about-face. Let’s scroll through how things have changed in the world of cricket, and outside it:
| When Sachin Debuted Back in 1989 | World in 2013 |
| 1. There were no contracts for players. All they got paid was around Rs 40,000 for a Test and Rs 25,000 for an ODI | BCCI has turned into the richest cricketing body in the world. Every player is contracted. They are paid Rs 7 Lakhs for a Test, Rs 4 Lakhs for an ODI and 2 Lakhs for a T20 |
| 2. We only had zonal selectors for whom the job was not really a means to earn livelihood. They did it for the love of Cricket, and were paid meager allowances | Though selectors are still from different zones, but the salaries have increased multi-folds. |
| 3. No brand sponsored the Indian Jersey. | Since 1995, team always had a sponsor who pays handsomely |
| 4. ODIs were played with a red ball, with players sporting white jerseys. One hardly saw India hosting day-night matches | There has been a plethora of modifications to the ODI format. So, apart from the coloured jerseys, you have two white balls at each end. T20 is taking Cricket beyond boundaries |
| 5. Remember Doordarshan?? Yeah, we didn’t have cable TV. It was such a struggle aligning those antennas even when the cable TV arrived on the scene | It is the age of Digital Systems – DISH TV, TATA SKY – and we watch matches on our LEDs and LCDs |
| 6. Sachin’s bat was a Sanspareils Greenlands. It weighed roughly 3.12 pounds, which at that point was one of the heaviest bats in the business | Uses an Adidas English willow. It weighs somewhere between 2.8 to 2.14 pounds |
| 7. Krish Srikkanth was the first captain of Sachin Tendulkarand Chandu Borde was the manager on the tour of Pakistan | Today, Sachin plays under Dhoni, who debuted 15 years after Sachin had made his debut. |
| 8. Sachin shared dressing room with the likes of Kapil Dev, Shastri, Srikkanth, More, Amre, Sidhu, Azhar, Hirwani, Manjrekar, Prabhakar | Shares dressing room with the likes of Kohli, Sharma, Pujara, Karthik, Ishant, Jaspreet, Raina, Uthappa, .. They were either toddlers or yet to be born when Sachin announced his arrival. |
| 9. German Wall was there, standing strong. West Germany and East Germany divided the country | Germany is one nation, one country at this date |
| 10. Bombay Stock Exchange could never go beyond 3 figures | The 21k mark was surpassed in 2008 |
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