Published 23:36 IST, November 11th 2019

Sachin Tendulkar's name given to a new species of spider by a huge fan

Sachin Tendulkar's name was given to a newly discovered species of spider by a researcher who also happens to be an avid fan of the legendary batsman.

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Sachin Tendulkar is arguably best batsman in world cricket as he holds numerous records in gentleman's game. He started his cricketing career at a tender of 16 back in 1989 when India had toured Pakistan. At such a young , Sachin had to face likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and ors who had comprised of a fierce bowling unit back n. To date, Master Blaster holds most number of centuries in both Tests and One Day Internationals and at same time, he remains top-run getter in both formats as well. w, a newly discovered species of spider has been named after legendary cricketer.

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Marengo sachintendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar has so many fans all over world. n re is this fan who has happened to name a newly discovered species of a spider after Master Blaster himself. It has been named as 'Marengo sachintendulkar'. person who has named spider on Little Master's name is Dhruv Prajapati who is a researcher from Ahmedabad. As per reports, Prajapati is a research scholar pursuing a Ph.D in spider taxomy with  Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation and at same time is also an avid fan of Sachin Tendulkar. While speaking to a daily publication, Prajapati said that species of spider which he had named as Marengo sachintendulkar is found in states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat.

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Sachin Tendulkar hails Deepak Chahar and Team India

After India had registered a 30-run win against Bangladesh in third and final T20I which was also a decider at VCA Stadium, Nagpur on Sunday, Sachin Tendulkar took to micro-blogging site and congratulated Deepak Chahar for his exceptional bowling performance. Tendulkar n added that Chahar had bowled very smartly and used his variations well to pick up crucial wickets at crucial sts. He n gave a special mention to Shivam Dube, Shreyas Iyer, and KL Rahul as well.

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