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Posted in Sachin on Jan 5th, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar admitted that he hadn’t looked at the scoreboard when he was in the nineties, not wanting to think of missing out on a hundred yet again. Tendulkar endured seven scores in the nineties in the last year and said he would savour this hundred as a special one.
Posted in Sachin on Jan 5th, 2008
If the second day belonged to the twinkling VVS Laxman, the third was all Sachin Tendulkar’s as the brightest star in the Indian batting constellation shone once more at one of his favourite hunting grounds. His unbeaten century played a large part in India taking a lead in the second Test; less than the size [...]
A banner at the ground summed up Australia’s affection for Sachin Tendulkar. “Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting,” it read. “They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.” Great players have a feel for the big stage and Tendulkar couldn’t have chosen a better moment to turn in such a regal [...]
Sachin Tendulkar’s match-winning hundred against the West Indies has seen him re-enter the top-20 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.
While dashing stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni also gained two places to be fourth in the latest list.
Tendulkar, has moved up four spots to 18th after scoring his 41st ODI hundred against the West [...]
Cricketing legend Kapil Dev urged the media not to sow confusion over the captaincy issue for the forthcoming World Cup by repeatedly raking the name of Sourav Ganguly as a possible candidate for the hot seat.
“Selectors are doing their job. Let’s support them,” Kapil said.
Kapil’s response followed a question from a scribe who asked whether [...]
Sachin Tendulkar earned lavish praise from captain Rahul Dravid who said his unbeaten 100 in the fourth cricket one-dayer against the West Indies should stop people from worrying about his form.
“I had said that we were not unduly worried about Sachin Tendulkar’s batting and after today everyone else can stop worrying about it. It was [...]
India bowled out the West Indies for 181 to win the fourth and final cricket one-dayer by 160 runs and clinch the series 3-1 at the IPCL ground in Vadodara while Tendulkar showed his wonted touch to score an imperious 100 not out, his 41st hundred.
West Indies were bowled out on 181 runs at the [...]
The prolonged form slump finally caught up with Virender Sehwag who was sacked from the Indian one-day team for the first two cricket one-dayers against West Indies while Sourav Ganguly expectedly staged a comeback alongwith in-form all-rounder Joginder Sharma.
Wielding the axe on non-performers, the national selectors also dropped Irfan Pathan, Mohammad Kaif and Dinesh Mongia [...]
South Africa were 60 for no loss in their second innings when bad light stopped the play, which brought a lead of 148 runs in favour of the Proteas on the third day of the second test against India at Durban.
Earlier in the day, India scored 240 runs in reply to the South Africa’s first [...]
Former cricketers have flayed Sanjay Manjrekar for his controversial remarks on Sachin Tendulkar’s injuries and said such uncharitable comments could dent the batsman’s confidence ahead of the tri-series in Sri Lanka.
However, while the majority of the former players threw their weight behind Tendulkar, former India opener Chetan Chauhan said star players should be able to [...]