"Cricket is our religion Sachin is our God" For me these lines have always been true. For me Sachin Tendulkar is a name as high as a name of God in cricket and I can safely say that this is same with many more Tendulkar fans like me. For all such fans who can see him bat even now in those recorded clips with same dedication as we used to watch him play live, for fans who can read about him without blinking the eyes, for fans who still have his image(holding his bat and helmet in air after scoring his numerous tons) in their mind, for fans who feel nostalgic listening to those magical words - Sachiiiin Sachin Sachiiiin Sachin, here is my effort to take you to the memory lane of a splendid cricket career. His illustrious career has spanned for 24 long years and it would be difficult to finish in one blog. So this will be a series of blogs. Lets begin it with Part-1, from his childhood to his first international series in Pakistan. From a child learning to hold th