Sachin Tendulkar - The Living Legend (Part III)

[Vivasaayi]

What irritates is that a guy like sanjay manjarekar who played with sachin in 96 world cup and havent contributed much blames sachin for not playing in crunch mateches..not winning the world cup etc - thechufying his seat in commentators seat.

[Nerd]

PR, youteep link panna try pannineengalaa? linging-la problem :)

[P_R]

PR, youteep link panna try pannineengalaa? linging-la problem :)

adhu pagal ellAm kaNNu muzhichu vElai pAkkurOma...andha kaLaippula sila sarukkalgaL. Fixed now.

[P_R]

What irritates is that a guy like sanjay manjarekar who played with sachin in 96 world cup and havent contributed much blames sachin for not playing in crunch mateches..not winning the world cup etc - thechufying his seat in commentators seat.

seppals-Ala adikkaNum.
Sachin was doing all the scoring. Manjrekar okkE okka four...adhuvum edge : on drive to third man.

:wave: :fatigue:

[crajkumar_be]

What irritates is that a guy like sanjay manjarekar who played with sachin in 96 world cup and havent contributed much blames sachin for not playing in crunch mateches..not winning the world cup etc - thechufying his seat in commentators seat.

seppals-Ala adikkaNum.
Sachin was doing all the scoring. Manjrekar okkE okka four...adhuvum edge : on drive to third man.


:rotfl2:

[Plum]

NIngaLLAm paravA illa. Naan 1991. Ravi Shastri 120 balls-la 50 run adichu india losing by 1 run, 9 runs ellAm. That too, mr vengalapatti raasu run out going for the third run while srinath nearly overtook him coming back for the fourth run :-(. Next match, srinath stupid runout to lose a match subroto bannerjee was winning against England. I still wonder what would have been of banerjee's career if he actually had won that match for india.
But nothing beats the trauma of aashish kapoor playing in wc semis. How did that happen?
Avanlaam ranji semis-E aadi irukka maattan?

And don't even start me on manjay sanjrekar :twisted:

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar : A Joyous Celebration

Ganeshbabu Venkat | 3:32am gmt 30 Aug 2009

There are only a few who have played the game as only they can play, Sir Don Bradman, The great Gary Sobers, King Viv Richards, Prince Brian Lara and The sheik of Tweak Shane Warne, The list will not be complete without mentioning Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar who has produced such an exalted level of batsmanship that mere mortals can only dream off. Although I'm tempted to say that Sachin Tendulkar is yards above everybody, including the great Sir Don amongst men ever to have wielded the willow or hurled the red cherry. It could be considered a blasphemy to make such a bold statement. Some might even consider this a sacrilege against Sir Don Bradman, so this piece is just a joyous celebration of one of the best players to ever grace this beautiful game.

Having made his debut against Pakistan he destroyed one of the best spinners of all time, Abdul Qadir especially in his own backyard during his debut series at the age of just 16. Tendulkar did not show case his total brilliance in that series. Nevertheless he made people take notice of a tender teenager with unruly curly hair who was destined for greater things. He first shot in to prominence with his match saving century against England at Old Trafford, From then on there was no looking back. We can never forget his destruction of the Aussie Fast bowlers at the Bouncy WACA when he was still in his teens.

Tendulkar's current statistics show that has got 12,773 Runs at an Average of 54.58 in 261 innings with 42 hundreds and 53 fifties in Tests. In ODI cricket, Tendulkar has scored a whooping 16,684 runs in 425 matches at an average of 44.37 with 43 hundreds and 91 fifties. Rest assured we won't see this record broken in our lifetime for sure.It is indeed a great credit to the little champion that he has survived the rigors of the modern game today.Cricket today is not merely a pastime but a profession. In this day and age, cricket just like other walks of life has become so fast paced and is played for about 200 days in a calendar year by a modern day cricketer thus testing not only his skill but also his fitness and they are under the scanner of the prowling media both on and off the field. Especially with Tendulkar every minor failure is magnified by the cruel media scrutiny.

The game has evolved over all these years that fielding was not even considered one of the fortes in olden days. In modern day cricket we have had sides not only pick specialist fielders like Jonty Rhodes but also expect all of its players to field like one. The advent of technology in modern-day cricket has lead to run outs and snicks being referred to the electronic eye hence modern day batsmen don't benefit from doubt as much as their predecessors.Kudos to Tendulkar who has withstood the pressure of so much of cricket of three different formats and the stresses both on the body (and the injuries one keeps picking up) and the mind. He has performed on the hardest of tracks like at the WACA, to the greenest of tracks in Durban to the dustiest of tracks in the subcontinent. He has endured and performed the toughest of conditions ranging from cold and muggy conditions of England to the hot and humid conditions of Chennai and Sharjah and the expectations keep on mounting as he scores more runs and gets more hundreds.

Tendulkar's career has been nothing but a pressure filled one. For some time in the mid and the late 1990's the Indian team was dubbed "Ten"dulkar, implying he was the team and had to carry the responsibility and expectation of ten of his teammates. The buck did not stop there, he also had to carry the hopes of a billion of his own countrymen for nearly two decades. Geniuses can be rendered stroke less wonders in a situation by the weight of pressure. Tendulkar passed the test with flying colors when match after match he had carried the entire Indian team and also the weights and expectations of the people praying, crying, and wishing for their hero to do well.

In ODI cricket ever since he opened the batting in Auckland and scored a whirlwind 82 of 49 balls, Tendulkar has taken ODI opening batting to newer heights. He did not get his maiden hundred in 78 one-day internationals.But once the flood gates were open there was no stopping him. No cricket lover can ever forget the entertainment he provided on a fine afternoon at Centurion Park in WC 2003 in probably the mother of all battles against possibly the greatest pair of fast bowlers, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.His masterpiece against the ruthless Australians at the Deserts of Dubai should rank amongst the best one-day innings ever played. He single handedly carried India to the semi-finals in the 1996 World Cup and his century against Kenya in the 1999 World Cup after he lost his father were stuff of the dreams.

In Test cricket his clinical annihilation of the greatest leg spinner Shane Warne on a dust bowl at Chennai when the Aussies were threatening to run away with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1998 to score an unbeaten 155 and his Magnificent 136 in the losing cause against Pakistan in 1999 were gems. Most recently his match-winning hundred also at Chennai against England compensated for the Pakistan loss which still continues to haunt him.These are all just a few gems in the crown of the little master. He has won a numerous matches for India and I can possibly go on with the list and never finish.

It was indeed a pity Wisden neither classified Sachin Tendulkar as one of the five Wisden's Cricketers of the Century nor did not list any of his innings in the top 100 list. However one cannot deny the fact that in the hearts of millions of cricket lovers all over the world, Sachin Tendulkar has a special place.There is that little something he has done throughout his career besides doing a small task of scoring a mountain of runs. He has captured the imagination of cricket lovers all around the world. He has held sway the moods of a passionate nation for over two decades. It was on his shoulders that the hopes of zillions have rested for nearly two decades. This quote from an unknown nameless genius from BBC summaries the passion that Tendulkar has kindled and why he should be celebrated as one of the best and gives him a special place in the pantheon of cricket's greatest batsmen. "When he goes out to bat people switch on their Television sets and switch off their lives".

http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/151.php

LM, If possible please upload the pic in the above link with this post.

[ajithfederer]

He called Sachin as an elephant in the dressing room before CB Series Finals. Sachin as usual hit a 63 in the match against SRL and the finals is HISTORY.

What irritates is that a guy like sanjay manjarekar who played with sachin in 96 world cup and havent contributed much blames sachin for not playing in crunch mateches..not winning the world cup etc - thechufying his seat in commentators seat.

[littlemaster1982]

No lm.


AFAIR sachin was clearly out and by the body language of his he knew that he was OUT. :). Srilanka completely deserved that victory. Th!@ azharrum avanukapram Jadejavum out aavanuga paarunga. I still feel that the match could have been fixed by Azhar.

:oops: Should have worded better. Sachin was definitely out. It was quite close, I would say.


looks like Kaluwitharana picked up the ball from the ground and removed the bails off.

That's what I meant. Kaluwitharana didn't collect the ball cleanly the first time. Thalaivar oru second velila vandhaaru, takkunu ball-ai eduthu adichuttan :curse:

[VinodKumar's]

No lm.


AFAIR sachin was clearly out and by the body language of his he knew that he was OUT. :). Srilanka completely deserved that victory. Th!@ azharrum avanukapram Jadejavum out aavanuga paarunga. I still feel that the match could have been fixed by Azhar.

:oops: Should have worded better. Sachin was definitely out. It was quite close, I would say.


looks like Kaluwitharana picked up the ball from the ground and removed the bails off.

That's what I meant. Kaluwitharana didn't collect the ball cleanly the first time. Thalaivar oru second velila vandhaaru, takkunu ball-ai eduthu adichuttan :curse:

eppo antha match ah nenatchalum :cry2: :cry3: ah varuthu

[littlemaster1982]

From Donald's interview (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/421926.html)

One of the worst instances came against India in Durban in an ODI final [1996-97]. Dravid and Tendulkar were pushing us all over the park. They were winning the game and they were winning it very fast. I said to Hansie, "Whatever happens now, this ball, you've got to back me up on this. I'm going to do something I've never done before". The ball before that, Dravid had hit me over my head for a six. I bowled him a bouncer, a very good one, and I actually thought he had nicked it as he swung his bat. I went off with it [sledging]. Even Sachin walked down the pitch and said what I was saying was rubbish. I asked him to go back, and it wasn't pleasant. It got even worse when Mohammad Azharuddin got to the crease, and he was upset at the verbal abuse going on, and the umpire stepped in and said it was enough. But the end result was that we won the game from a losing position. Maybe it was my outburst that was needed and I tried to explain to Dravid, who didn't speak to me for a long time. Local people accused me of racist abuse, which was ridiculous. When your captain throws you the ball and you know that this moment is the one where you have to turn the game, you have to do it.

Score card (http://www.cricinfo.com/india/engine/match/66078.html) :sigh2:

[ajithfederer]

I can vividly remember this match.

Donald was doing too much as he said. Thalaivar was in a blasting form and he was out quickly. This can be compared to the blast against Pak at Dhaka where he scored 41 in 1998.

P.S: This was a second final as the first one was washed out. Even in the first final sachin batted very well for a ordinary score 30 something if i am not wrong. He was out to the catch of Jonty Rhodes who was flat out diving but he grounded the catch. Still sachin walked out :).

[littlemaster1982]

P.S: This was a second final as the first one was washed out. Even in the first final sachin batted very well for a ordinary score 30 something if i am not wrong. He was out to the catch of Jonty Rhodes who was flat out diving but he grounded the catch. Still sachin walked out :).

Yes.

I think this is the match, in which Cullinan took back his hand when he tried to stop a cracking drive from Thalaivar.

[Sanguine Sridhar]

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Sachin's most painful dismissal !!!!!
Hey guys .. chose one of the following dismissals which hurt u the most ? and wanted to bang the TV..

1. World cup 1996
Sachin was out on 65 ...and then team collapsed to 120/8 in no time ... Unfortuante dismissal st kaluwitharana b dharmasena

2. Pakistan
1999 Chennai test Tiger fighting his bach ache was playing magnificently on 136 ... India was 254/6 ..needing 17 runs He tried to finish the match .. but...until this happened c wasim akram b saqlain mushtaq India collapsed 258 all out ..

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=23803&tid=5371682336922174643

You two decide between you two!

No:1 for me... Cha ennala marakkave mudiyaadhu! :(
I could not eat the dinner <Ennoda amma ooruku poirundhaanga, my dad prepared-nguradhu vera topic!>

As af maams said even I think that this match is fixed.Toss was controversial, Azhar opted to field when the pitch was good for batting and a word of caution from the pitch reporters that pitch might get slowdown under lights. Ada! adha vidunga Azhar-ku theriyadha idhellam? Even then India did not capitalize some chances <Two quick wickets in the first over etc…> .

But thalaivar played a blistering knock, appadiyum kotta vittom! :sigh2:

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[P_R]

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Even then India did not capitalize some chances <Two quick wickets in the first over etc…> .

They were overfocused on Jayasuriya. They forgot that the better batsman came after him.

de Silva played without a hint of the pressure. WC final. SL's best chance ever. 2 of the quickfire scorers out. He was oblivious to all that. He had 10 boundaries when he reached his 50 ! Not a single one of them was a slog shot. Fluent drives, cuts and punches. He went backfoot to Kumble and managed to be in control - quite a rarity.

Controlling the situation, pace of scoring...chance-E illai. This innings was better than his century in the finals.
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[crajkumar_be]

I can vividly remember this match.

Donald was doing too much as he said. Thalaivar was in a blasting form and he was out quickly. This can be compared to the blast against Pak at Dhaka where he scored 41 in 1998.

P.S: This was a second final as the first one was washed out. Even in the first final sachin batted very well for a ordinary score 30 something if i am not wrong. He was out to the catch of Jonty Rhodes who was flat out diving but he grounded the catch. Still sachin walked out :).



Yes.

I think this is the match, in which Cullinan took back his hand when he tried to stop a cracking drive from Thalaivar.

Thanks for refreshing those memories :notworthy:

W.I layum andha madhirir oru innings. My memory fails me again. Remba belligerent....
50 adikkamaye namakku enna theeni!

[crajkumar_be]

They were overfocused on Jayasuriya. They forgot that the better batsman came after him.

de Silva played without a hint of the pressure. WC final. SL's best chance ever. 2 of the quickfire scorers out. He was oblivious to all that. He had 10 boundaries when he reached his 50 ! Not a single one of them was a slog shot. Fluent drives, cuts and punches. He went backfoot to Kumble and managed to be in control - quite a rarity.

Controlling the situation, pace of scoring...chance-E illai. This innings was better than his century in the finals.
[/tscii]
Yes, that was the turning point, his innings. Kumble disappointed big time :(

[littlemaster1982]

W.I layum andha madhirir oru innings. My memory fails me again. Remba belligerent....
50 adikkamaye namakku enna theeni!

CR,

This (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64552.html) match? I watched this match. Ambrose rated this particular innings very high, IIRC.

Again the rest of the scorecard is :banghead:

[ajithfederer]

Tried to mix Gavaskar's defence, Richards' aggression: Sachin

PTI 1 September 2009, 06:58pm IST

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he made a conscious effort to blend Sunil Gavaskar's defence with Viv Richards' ruthlessness to evolve a
batting style of his own.

Since his 1989 debut against Pakistan, Tendulkar has been lording over the bowlers, who continue to struggle to breach his near-impregnable defence and often find themselves at the receiving end of his aggressive hitting.

Tendulkar revealed he modelled his batting style on Gavaskar and Richards, two players he idolised.

"Sunil Gavaskar, needless to say, and Vivian Richards are the batsmen that really inspired me," said the champion batsman with more than 29,000 international runs under his belt.

"I wanted to be as solid as Sunil Gavaskar and as destructive as Vivian Richards, because that combination was always going to be lethal. I felt truly inspired by these two individuals on the field," Tendulkar said.

Over the last two decades, Tendulkar's appetite for runs never waned and the Mumbaikar said he never ran out of motivation.

"I don't need anyone to come to me or motivate me or prepare me before a big game," Tendulkar said.

"I've always been motivated and I love this sport. I grew up loving this sport and as each day goes by, I fall in love with this game more and more.

"The desire to go out there and win matches for my nation is growing, and it continues to grow. I'm proud of the fact that I've been able to play for 20 years and I'm still motivated, and I still want to go out there and do better," he said.

Despite his iconic status, Tendulkar remains a team man and he underlined the importance of working as a unit.

"Team work for me is practising together and also trying to get the best out of each other. That can only happen if you go out of your way to help your team-mate. You must be prepared to sacrifice for your team-mate, which will eventually end up giving a positive result for your team," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Tried-to-mix-Gavaskars-defence-Richards-aggression-Sachin/articleshow/4960109.cms

[littlemaster1982]

Thalaivar to use Adidas bat herafter

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MRF alavukku illa :(

[littlemaster1982]

[tscii:a9c68ef8aa]I want to serve India more: Sachin (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090905/jsp/sports/story_11453843.jsp)

Two decades ago, when India’s World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev placed a friendly bet, challenging Sachin Tendulkar to play 10 years for India, little did Sachin realise that he would not only win the bet, but actually double those years. Having won that bet hands down, the Master Blaster now wants to continue playing for India.

“It’s a great feeling, completing 20 years of international cricket. It’s a dream to play for India. The more, the better,” Tendulkar said on Friday. “Cricket has been an integral part of life for me. It’s hard to imagine life without cricket. It’s hard to express the feeling.

However, Sachin denied saying that he wanted to score 15,000 Test runs.

“A lot of things are attributed to me that I’ve never said. I never said I wanted to score 15,000 runs (in Tests) before I retire,” Sachin said.

“When I made my debut, Kapil (Dev) challenged me and invited me to bet on me playing for India for the next 10 years. Now I am close to doubling that number,” the 36-year-old maestro said at a function to announce his new sponsorship deal with sports gear manufacturers Adidas.

The deal will see Tendulkar playing with custom-made Adidas bats from the tri-series in Sri Lanka. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has signed a contract with Nike for apparel sponsorship of the Indian team till next year, but a BCCI source said Tendulkar’s association with Adidas would not constitute ambush marketing since “the bat space (for marketing) is the players’s prerogative.”

“I don’t think we have co-created a brand with the idea of ambush marketing in mind. Our only aim is to extend our association with Tendulkar. We have now co-branded a bat which carries his DNA, which is a dream come true for us,” Andreas Gellner, Managing Director of Adidas India, said.

On the topic of bats, Tendulkar said he always had a rapport with his bat. “The bat speaks to me,” the veteran 159 Tests with 12,733 runs said.

Tendulkar did not believe that the balance of the game has been affected with the constant improvement of bats whereas the ball has remained the same over the years.

“I think the quality of the ball had also changed over the years. I don’t think the quality was the same in 1960 or 1975,” he said.
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[ajithfederer]

LM, Thanks for the link.

Link poduradhu oda nikkama appadiyae andhandha link-la edhavadhu pudhu foto irundha adhayum appadiyae upload pannidunga. :).

[littlemaster1982]

LM, Thanks for the link.

Link poduradhu oda nikkama appadiyae andhandha link-la edhavadhu pudhu foto irundha adhayum appadiyae upload pannidunga. :).

I wanted to upload the pic, but couldn't get a jpg link. Office-la irukkaradhunala tinypic-la upload panna mudiyala :|

[ajithfederer]

http://i32.tinypic.com/34pdts3.jpg

http://i31.tinypic.com/b89500.jpg

[littlemaster1982]

:ty: AF

[ajithfederer]

SRT/Tests/90's/Batting Profile (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?batting_positionmax1=7;batting_position val1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orde rby=batting_average;qualmin1=30;qualval1=innings;s panmax1=31+dec+1999;spanmin1=01+jan+1990;spanval1= span;template=results;type=batting;view=innings)

Matches: 69
Inns: 109
Not out's: 12
Runs: 5626
Highest score: 217
Ave: 58.00
100's 22
50's: 21
Ducks 7

[littlemaster1982]

A hundred in every three matches/five innings :notworthy: :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT6XuNlNouM

Bat speaks to Sachin Tendulkar

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar bats for two-innings ODIs

(AFP) – 9 hours ago

NEW DELHI — The world's leading batsman Sachin Tendulkar of India has suggested that 50-over one-day internationals be split in two innings of 25 overs each to revive interest in the game.

With the growing popularity of Twenty20 cricket threatening to overshadow the 50-over format, the former India captain said the idea would also provide similar conditions to both teams.

"Today, we can tell the result of close to 75 per cent of matches after the toss. We know how conditions will affect the two teams," Tendulkar told the Times Now channel late Friday.

"But it (splitting the game) is not too dependent on the toss because if, for example, it's a day-night match, then both the teams will have to bat under lights.

"In those 25 overs you can use your 10 wickets the way you want. Suppose if it rains, then also you can plan. The conditions change very dramatically, but this would ensure that it's the same for everyone."

Tendulkar, the world's top scorer in Tests (12,773) and one-dayers (16,684), said he thought of the idea in 2002 when India and Sri Lanka had to share the Champions Trophy in Colombo following the rain-hit final.

"First, they played 50 overs and we played two before the rain interruption. The next day (reserve day), Sri Lanka again played 50 overs and we played eight. In the end, we were declared joint winners," he said.

"I thought, 110 overs and still no result. That's when I thought we should have 25 overs each for both sides and then 25 overs each again."

The debate over the future of one-day cricket has grown after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last month abandoned their domestic 50-over competition from 2010.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIG14DSDJa-fwypQxpxiCwoxDVrg[tscii:718ecfd048][/tscii:718ecfd048]

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Sorry Sachin, that's a bad idea! :oops:

[ajithfederer]

COMING SOON<<SACHINS NAIROBI VIDEO>>

ITS BEEN YEARS SINCE I AND MANY MEMBERS WERE LUKING FOR IND VS AUS MATCH IN ICC MINI WCUP 2000 IN WHICH SACHIN GOT 32 ODD RUNS AND SIMPLY BLASTED MCGRATH AND EVEN SLEDGED HIM.....

STAR CRICKET IS SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL THE MATCHES......

DNT MISS IT..KEEP WATCHING STAR CRICKET


DATE AND TIME
SAT,SEPTEMBER 19TH.....
16:30
ICC Knockout 2000 - Math H/L 4
Match: Australia vs. India


DNT MISS IT....PLZ SMEONE RECORD SACHINS INNINGS

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5378999767178421841

[littlemaster1982]

Can't wait :redjump:

[ajithfederer]

Eppadiyavadhu yaaravadhu video pudinga.

[littlemaster1982]

No Star Cricket in Bangalore :banghead:

[ajithfederer]

Appo Enna peru adhu Bengalooru. Onnum illadha oorunnu vechukka vendiyadhu dhaane.

[littlemaster1982]

Neenga solradhu correct-dhan. Naanum idhai romba naala sollittu varen :mrgreen:

Eppadiyum yaaravadhu upload pannuvaanga AF :D

[ajithfederer]

IND v.s PAK - Independence Cup 1998 - Match 2 (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=IND+v.s+PAK+-+Independence+Cup+1998+-+Match+2&search_type=&aq=f)

A total of 7 videos here.

[ajithfederer]

THE FINAL - IND V.S PAK - INDEPENDENCE CUP - 98 (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+FINAL+-+IND+V.S+PAK+-+INDEPENDENCE+CUP+%27+98+-3%2F9&search_type=&aq=f)

I got it. The epic final where Thalaivar, Mainly Ganguly and robin singh fight 316 :victory:. A total of 9 videos.


:victory:.

[ajithfederer]

IND v.s PAK - Independence Cup ' 98 - 1ST FINAL (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=IND+v.s+PAK+-+Independence+Cup+%27+98+-+1ST+FINAL&search_type=&aq=f)

I think sachin scores a 95 in this. Total of 6 videos.

[littlemaster1982]

AF,

:ty: :ty: :ty: :ty: :ty: :ty:

[VinodKumar's]

AF :umma:

itha evalo naal thedikittu iruntahen ...

ippo pakka poraen :redjump: :redjump: :redjump:

[ajithfederer]

SACHIN TENDULKAR 35TH TEST 100 VS SRI LANKA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOYfE7hB39Y)

[VinodKumar's]

enga oru post kuraiyuthu ... reply pannalamnu varahtukulla aataya potutangappa :angry2:

[VinodKumar's]

antha kaalathula :shock: enakku roma pudicha match ithu ..

ippo patha rendu minnows vilayanda mari irruku ....

rendu team fielding um :curse:

eppdi Rashid latif lam captain ah potanga :roll:

at least pakistan team layavahtu paathi pethukku mela jeyikanumngara aarvam irunthuchu ...

india team la sachin, sourav, robin thavira yarukkum appdi oru ninaipu irunthathavae therla ... ganguly iruntha varaikum byanthukittu iruntha pak team ganguly pona udanae evalo confident ah vilayandaanga ...

ippolam entha palaya match la azhar,jadeja,mongia out aanalum dhuttu vangikittu out aagurangalno irruku :oops:

sidhukku yaruya sixer sidhu nu peru vatchathu :evil:

Mongia lam net la kooda batting practice panniruka mattan pola :banghead:

srinath batting at last moment :lol:

kanetkar (antha four adichathunala naalu series osila vilayadinaan),harmidner sing , rahul sangvi ellam team la :hammer: :hammer:

ippdi iruntha indian team nambi ella matchum jeyikumnu kadaisi ball/wicket varaikum pathukittu irunthurukaenu nenatcha siripu thaan varuthu ...

[ajithfederer]

A century on debut with adidas bat should be fun. But adhe samayam duck adichu en maanathai vaangidatheenga sir.

:P.

[littlemaster1982]

Thalaivar always plays well in the first match after a long break. Eg: His century against SA in 2001, 93 vs SL in Nagpur and few others 8-)

[ajithfederer]

Century against SA in 2001???- Which one lm??. Is it that 155 in Blomfontein aana adhu test match aache?.

[littlemaster1982]

Century against SA in 2001???- Which one lm??. Is it that 155 in Blomfontein aana adhu test match aache?.

One day match. (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66098.html) Triangular series between Ind/SA/Kenya. Thalaivar's comeback match after a toe injury.

[ajithfederer]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/playerprofilespecial.cms?msid=3887085&showprofile=1&profileplayerid=4001

sachin strike rate in tests 54.27

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[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar, Karthik to open against Kiwis
September 10, 2009 19:16 IST

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] conceded that the team will miss Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] while revealing that Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] will open the innings in the ongoing Compaq Cup cricket tri-series in Colombo.

Gambhir will return home without playing a single match because of a groin injury, which would mean India will be without both their regular openers, as Virender Sehwag [ Images ] is also out of action following shoulder surgery.

In such a scenario, Dhoni said Karthik will open the innings along with Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ].

"Dinesh Karthik will open tomorrow because he is doing well in the net sessions... also because we do not have a replacement right now," said Dhoni, on the eve of India's tournament opener against New Zealand [ Images ] on Friday.

"Dinesh has done that job in the West Indies [ Images ] and has done well for us in Test series also. Definitely, he will open tomorrow," he said.

"The best opener Sachin Tendulkar is also there," he added.

Dhoni said Gambhir picked the injury during the BCCI Corporate Trophy and nothing can be done about it.

"I think it was during the corporate tournament (that he picked the injury), if I am not wrong. But, I think, in the batting session it got aggravated.

"So that is a big blow of course, as he has really done well for us in the past one-and-half years," he added.

"You can take precautions against injury. You can train yourself not to get injured, but once you get an injury you cannot do much about it. So we are expecting he gets fit before the Champions Trophy [ Images ] and that we have a replacement," Dhoni said.

"Of course we will miss Gautam Gambhir but nothing can be done about it. It is for the player who replaces him and takes up the responsibility," Dhoni added.

While Gambhir's absence would mean extra responsibility for Tendulkar, pressure would be on comeback man Rahul Dravid [ Images ] as well, and Dhoni said the former India captain would bat at number three in normal circumstances.

"Rahul is an ideal batsman for number three, particularly in these conditions and if we bat in the evening it would be a very demanding situation," Dhoni said.

"Dravid is one batsman who has proved that you need him when the ball moves or seams. More often than not he will be batting at number three," he said.

"If the overs are cut short because of rains and if we need to accelerate, then we reshuffle the order. We have done this in the past by not resorting to one fixed batting order but under normal circumstances Rahul will bat at number three," Dhoni said.

Interestingly, Dhoni made it clear that though the selectors are rushing in Virat Kohli [ Images ] as Gambhir's replacement, he would persist with Karthik as opener.

"We will see how Dinesh does in the series. I think it is unfair to give an individual just one game to prove himself," Dhoni said.

"Personally I feel Virat Kohli is not an opening batsman. Last time when we came here, Sehwag got injured during a practice session and Virat had to open and he did very well for us. But it is unfair to push a newcomer for the role.

"I would prefer Dinesh to open and give an opportunity to Virat Kohli where he fits and he has most chances of performing. This is a very short series," he said.

India would become the number one ODI team if Dhoni's men win the title but the stumper was not ready to let it become a distraction.

"Ranking and rating take care of themselves. We are just concentrating on the part which is under our control and that is playing and performing on the field and adapting to the situation.

"The conditions are different. We have got the potential and the talent and we just need to perform according to our potential and talent," he said.

Dhoni said players are happy to be back to international cricket after a two-month break.

Asked whether the players would be fresh or rusty due to the break, Dhoni quipped, "Depends on the match result. The way you want to take it. If you lose the first game you are rusty and if you win the first game you are fresh.

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[Bala (Karthik)]

Century against SA in 2001???- Which one lm??. Is it that 155 in Blomfontein aana adhu test match aache?.

One day match. (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66098.html) Triangular series between Ind/SA/Kenya. Thalaivar's comeback match after a toe injury.
And i think Vengai Puli also came back to form with a bang in that match and series...

[littlemaster1982]

Yes. Both of them scored two centuries each in the series. It was in this series they had that 258 run opening partnership (then world record).

[Plum]

Karthikku Appu. Seems like the low and slow pitches are troubling batsmen so Gambhir, Kohli and co. escape the task of opening in difficult pitches - bali kadA Karthik :lol:

Marubadi India-la series varachE, Rogith, Raina, Dhoni ellam Top-3 la varuvainga

[ajithfederer]

HERO CUP SEMI - Ind v.s SA ' 93 - Part 7/7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br6JnKpOWEE)

Sachin bowling the last over against SA.

[ajithfederer]

50 Magic Moments

No. 39

Tendulkar smacks Shoaib around

First came a six, then a four, then divine magic

Rahul Bhattacharya

September 13, 2009

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Centurion, 1 March 2003


Sachin Tendulkar has never batted better than in the World Cup of 2003, and during it never better than for three famous deliveries against Shoaib Akhtar in Centurion.

This was a match Tendulkar said he was compelled to live a year in advance. Everywhere he went, people reminded him about the 1st of March, the fixture against Pakistan. Consequently he did not sleep properly for 12 nights leading up.

Facing a handsome target, Tendulkar shed his pent-up anxiety with three strokes in Shoaib's opening over to jumpstart a classic innings. The first of them - reaching out (were he not so pumped up, he would have surely let it pass for a wide), at once cutting and tipping, very high over the square third-man boundary - would become an icon, for cricketing merit; its sheer thrill, and nationalist symbolism, a sort of belated rebuff to the Miandad six.

The second stroke was his lovely trademark - back in the crease and with swirling wrists diverting a reasonable delivery to square leg. But the third shot - the third shot.

A little trot across to off stump, block, down the ground to the on, four. No back-lift, no follow-through: none needed. I have never seen such a concisely expressed cricket stroke. He simply met the ball and the entire execution began there and finished there. And by now the crowd, the most vividly alive of the tournament, had gone quite wild. Visually it was like a cinematic special effect: everything moved in a blur - flags, roars, horns, waves, the ball, Shoaib - and amid it Sachin and his pure stroke appeared magically frozen.
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[ajithfederer]

Oh saar century aa?/ :)

86th Int'l Century :clap:.

[HonestRaj]

:clap: :clap: Sachin

Wishing u for 100 international centuries before 2011 WC

vayasanalum unnoda azhagum style'um maaravE maaradhu :smokesmirk:

[viraajan]

:clap: :thumbsup: :bow: Thalaivaaaaaaaaaaaaaa................. :bow:

[ajithfederer]

Sacchin,
Appdiye Sampions trobee la rendu piputee oru zenjury pilees

[Benny Lava]

Cha!!!! Today I missed :cry3: :cry3:

Mundha nethellam match pathaney :(


Anywaysss.. Thalaivar :2thumbsup:

[MrIndia]

8-) 8-) 8-) :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

How is this possible.. ishtathuku aadikittey irrukaaru..
vayasunu onnu illaya :?
Little Master Blaster :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

Sri Lanka v India, Compaq Cup final, Colombo

Tendulkar, Harbhajan seal title in thriller

The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

September 14, 2009
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India 319 for 5 (Tendulkar 138, Yuvraj 56*, Dhoni 56) beat Sri Lanka 272 (Kandamby 66, Harbhajan 5-57) by 46 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Sachin Tendulkar reaches his 44th ODI hundred, Sri Lanka v India, Compaq Cup, final, Colombo, September 14, 2009
Party like it's the nineties: Tendulkar reaches his 86th international hundred, a completely risk-free effort © AFP
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The ghost of batting under the R Premadasa lights was almost buried tonight. Sachin Tendulkar's master class, an 86th international century which was not far from being his best, nearly became a footnote on a night of punches and counter-punches. Sri Lanka knew being ultra aggressive was the only way of going about this huge chase, and they counterattacked every time a wicket was lost. Thilina Kandamby, batting at No. 7, fell just short of pulling off a heist against India for the second time in his short career, as the early wickets had left him with too much to do.

Don't go by the 46-run margin. India's fielders and fast bowlers were rattled during the frenetic chase. It was their spinners, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh, who saved them the embarrassment. They took critical wickets at critical points and Raina's dismissal of Chamara Kapugedera in the 43rd over, with 68 runs and the batting Powerplay to go, proved to be the decisive blow. A pumped-up Harbhajan then finished off what he started, dismissing the last three batsmen in a hurry. He had earlier taken two wickets in the eighth and 10th over of the innings to rein in an explosive start to the chase.

When Harbhajan came in for his first spell, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya had jolted the Indian team out of a dream afternoon. Sixty runs were scored in seven overs and all three fast bowlers were clueless. Harbhajan's first over, then, was a masterpiece. With a slip and leg slip in place, and a strong on-side field, he invited Dilshan to take the risk and hit through the off side. Dilshan took the bait - he didn't have many choices - got one boundary through cover, and was bowled the next ball.

In his next over, Harbhajan got Mahela Jayawardene with a doosra, and India were on all-out attack. Three more bowlers took wickets in the first over of new spells, but failed to bring Sri Lanka's run-rate down, which was helped by Thilan Thushara's pinch-hitting. But after they lost the fifth wicket, Kumar Sangakkara and Kandamby settled in for longer innings.

Sangakkara was unfortunate when his bat slipped out of his hand and landed on the top of the stumps in the 28th over. With four wickets left, and 138 to get, it seemed over but Kandamby and Kapugedera had other ideas. They didn't panic, kept the singles and the odd boundaries coming, and were helped by sloppy fielding - India missed at least two run-outs and an easy catch.

With 80 required in the last 10 overs, five of which would be bowled under field restrictions, India relied on the spinners. Raina and Yuvraj gave nine runs in Nos. 41 and 42 and, in the 43rd, Raina got the ambitious shot out of Kapugedera, ending a 70-run stand in 15 overs. Harbhajan then came on to finish his third five-for in ODIs.

The beauty of the chase was that it overshadowed a classy knock by Tendulkar, who rolled back the years, and then some more. He stroked, ran and yearned for runs like it was the 1990s, but unlike those days he didn't need to take any risks on the way to setting what looked like a total safe beyond doubt.

This was Tendulkar's ninth international century since May 2007, to go with seven scores in the 90s. Judging by this form, 100 international hundreds have become a distinct possibility. A measure of the bowlers' helplessness lay in the fact that the first time he hit a ball in the air was to reach his fifty, that too off a free hit. With Tendulkar batting the way he was, who needed aerial shots?

He shared valuable partnerships with Rahul Dravid, Dhoni and Yuvraj, especially crucial being the one with Dravid. Tendulkar and Dravid, 73 years and 762 ODI caps (before this match) between them, took charge of what has looked a shaky batting line-up: their 95-run opening stand took them to No. 6 on the all-time partnership aggregates in ODIs.

Harbhajan Singh is pumped up after sending back Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka v India, Compaq Cup, final, Colombo, September 14, 2009
Harbhajan Singh grabbed his third five-for to help India lift the Compaq Cup © Associated Press

Tendulkar you simply couldn't take your eye off. Albeit on a flat track, Tendulkar and Dravid were prepared to work hard in sapping conditions, their shirts turning to dark blue with sweat even before the shine went off the white ball.

Nuwan Kulasekera and Thilan Thushara didn't serve up loose half-volleys or long hops; Tendulkar had to work for every forceful shot. The first ball he faced he punched sweetly off his toes, wide of mid-off for three. In the fourth over, he took a similar delivery and wristed it wide of mid-on for three. We were on to something.

A string of lovely boundaries followed, the best being the punches through a tight cover ring, and the late flicks from off and middle stump to midwicket and cow corner. After Dravid's dismissal, Tendulkar added 110 with Dhoni, who kept the tempo up.

By then Tendulkar had started taking the odd chance, stepping out, making room, and hitting Jayasuriya and Mendis over extra cover. One such shot off Mendis, in the 29th over, took him into his 90s and serenely, with ones and twos, came the hundred. After the hundred came the cramps, and when Tendulkar opted for a runner we were reminded for the first time it was in fact the year 2009.

Dravid came back to run, but Tendulkar did most of the calling. The bowlers showed no mercy, Malinga bowling a mix of bouncers and yorkers. Tendulkar's response was to hit Mendis for a six inside-out and reverse-sweep two boundaries in three balls. After he got out in the 46th over, trying one reverse-sweep too many, Yuvraj's big hitting got India 42 runs, which also proved crucial in the end.

Sidharth Monga is a staff writer at Cricinfo
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[ajithfederer]

59 MOM's in 428 matches. That is roughly 1 in every 7 matches.

:notworthy:.

[vasanth2006]

http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/current/multimedia/425070.html

Manjrekar... :lol2:

http://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/current/story/425075.html

Thalaivar.... :smokesmirk:

Critics..... :poke:

[Dinesh84]

59 MOM's in 428 matches. That is roughly 1 in every 7 matches.

:notworthy:.

14 MOS (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;t emplate=results;type=allround;view=awards_series) awards.. 8-) :bow: :bow:

[Bala (Karthik)]

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India's 46-run win in the final of the Compaq Cup was only their fourth win in ODI finals in 21 attempts since 2000. Here are more stats highlights from the game.


Sachin Tendulkar has notched up scores of 117 not out, 91 and 138 in his last three finals © Associated Press
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Sachin Tendulkar's 138 was his sixth hundred in 38 innings in finals, and it pushed his overall average in such matches up to an impressive 55.54. In his last three finals, he has notched up scores of 117 not out, 91 and 138, and India have won each of those matches.
In all, Tendulkar has scored 1833 runs in finals, which is easily the highest - Sanath Jayasuriya is next with 1613. Tendulkar also ranks very high in terms of all-time averages in finals: among those who've scored at least 500 runs in finals, only three have a higher average. One of them is India's current coach, Gary Kirsten - in 20 innings, he scored 1019 runs at an excellent average of 69.73. Tendulkar's stats are very similar to those of Viv Richards, who averaged 55.73 at a strike rate of 84.78 in 17 finals. Brian Lara, on the other hand, has struggled in finals, averaging only 28.16, more than 12 runs below his career average. His one century and two fifties all came in his first four innings; in his last 14 finals, his highest score was 35.
The Man-of-the-Match award was Tendulkar's 59th in ODIs, and his eighth in finals. It was also his 14th Player-of-the-Series award. Tendulkar leads the all-time list in both categories - he is 11 clear of the second-placed Jayasuriya in the match awards and three ahead in the series awards.
India's total of 319 is their second-highest score in finals, next only to the 326 for 8 they scored in their memorable win in the NatWest Series at Lord's in 2002.
Harbhajan Singh's 5 for 56 is his third five-wicket haul in ODIs, and his first overseas. It's also his first haul of four or more wickets in almost three-and-a-half years. It also ended a poor run for him in 2009 - in nine previous games this year, he had averaged a wicket per game, at an economy rate of 5.35.
Lasith Malinga went for 81 runs in his ten overs, which is his worst performance in a one-day internationals, both in terms of runs conceded and in terms of economy rate.
Sri Lanka's record in finals since 2000 dropped to 12-7 after this defeat. It's also their first defeat in a final at home since 1998 - India had been the victors then as well, winning a close match by six runs. The star on that occasion too was Tendulkar - his 128 powered India to 307 and won him the Man-of-the-Match award. The only other player from the current line-up who was in that team is Harbhajan.[/tscii:73cff54cb4]

[Bala (Karthik)]

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Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid walked out today, there was a tinge of the 1990s solidity. As it panned out, the innings that followed harked back to the Tendulkar of yore
:banghead: They've been saying this right from 2007!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl2:

[Bala (Karthik)]

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'One of my best innings' - Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar has rated his risk-free 138 against Sri Lanka in the final of the Compaq Cup as one of his best innings. His 44th one-day hundred propelled India to 319, which proved 46 runs too many for Sri Lanka.
"This is one of my best innings. I will rate this up considering the conditions and the ground, the humidity," Tendulkar said. His superbly paced innings fetched him his 59th Man-of-the-Match award besides helping him to yet another Man-of-the-Series award. It capped a successful return for Tendulkar, who had to miss the one-day series against West Indies earlier this year due to a finger injury.
Tendulkar, 36, is one of the two players to have more than 400 ODI caps; the other being 40-year-old Sanath Jayasuriya, who also had a good tournament, the highlight being a blazing 98 in Saturday's league game against India. Tendulkar said the performance of the veterans showed that a player's age isn't important. "I think, more than age what really matters is how much you are able to give to the game."
India's victory was only their fourth in ODI finals in 21 attempts since 2000, and their first trophy in Sri Lanka since 1998. MS Dhoni played his part in setting up the win with a brisk 56 after promoting himself to No. 3. "The victory is special," Dhoni said, "It feels great to win a trophy in Sri Lanka after such a long time. Being the second-placed team in world rankings we have to keep performing well to sustain the quality."
Despite the big total, India had to endure some anxious moments as Sri Lanka's batsmen battled hard till the end (Tendulkar said he had "no nails left" after the match see-sawed its way to the finish). The home side were helped by some tardy Indian fielding; two catches were grassed and several run-out chances were missed. The fast bowlers were also off the boil early on, wilting in the face of an onslaught from the Sri Lankan openers. "We have got to learn from our mistakes," Dhoni said. "We did lack a bit in the fielding and bowling departments and both are very crucial. Thankfully, we ended on the winning side today."
Dhoni dedicated the win to the former BCCI president, Raj Singh Dungarpur, who died on Saturday. "He was the manager during our tour to Pakistan [in 2005-06]. He was a great man. We dedicate the victory to him."
India's next assignment is the Champions Trophy, which kicks off on September 22 in South Africa.

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar returns to top 10 of ICC Rankings

STAFF WRITER 15:28 HRS IST
Dubai, Sep 15 (PTI) Riding on his fantastic performance in the tri-series in Sri Lanka, veteran Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar today returned to the top-10 of ICC one-day rankings, rising five places to seventh.

For the first time in 10 months, Tendulkar is among the world's top 10 after scoring his 44th one-day century for India, earning his team a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series in Colombo yesterday.

Tendulkar scored 138 to lay the foundation of India's winning total of 320.

Tendulkar, also the leading run-scorer in the series with 211 runs, had slipped out of the top-10 after the home series against England in November 2008 and had rested for the first three ODIs of the five-match series which India won 5-0.


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[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar is only improving with age: Akram

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New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Impressed with Sachin Tendulkar's match-winning 44th century against Sri Lanka at the Compaq Cup final, former Pakistan captain and pace legend Wasim Akram said the Indian batting maestro is like a vintage wine who is only getting better with age.

"He is improving with age. He is becoming greater with time. I don't know when he will stop playing cricket. He is just amazing. At the end of his career, Sachin would set all the possible batting records," Akram told espnstar.com.

Tendulkar scored a classy 138 yesterday against Sri Lanka at the sultry Colombo conditions to help India register a convincing 46-run win and lift the title.

The 36-year-old mesmerised the ground with his classy strokeplay as he smashed 10 fours and a six in his 133-ball innings to set the platform for the win.

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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar masterclass has Phillip Hughes on high

By Christian Nicolussi From:
The Daily Telegraph September 16, 2009 12:00AM

IF ANYONE knows what it's like to be a small man with a bat facing up to the world's fiercest fast bowlers, it's India's Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.

So it came as no surprise that Tendulkar immediately hit it off with Australia's own little man, Phillip Hughes, when the pair met over a casual lunch in India earlier this month.

But what was discussed will forever remain a mystery, except to the pair and a handful of security guards at a plush hotel in Mumbai.

Hughes, 20, who joined his NSW teammates for the first time yesterday since his sudden Ashes axing, gave nothing away to The Daily Telegraph about his two-hour chat with the world's most prolific Test run-scorer.

Hughes wasn't commenting about pointers, batting tips or training advice.

According to Hughes, with a straight face, the short ball the English bowlers successfully adopted during the Ashes did not come up. Batting slumps also failed to rate.

"I don't think Sachin has ever had one,'' Hughes quipped.

The NSW opener was polite, but insistent on keeping the crux of his pow-wow with Tendulkar extremely hush-hush.

"The first thing I did say to him was, 'I think I've got you covered height-wise', and that hasn't happened too often,'' said Hughes, who stands at 170cm compared with 165cm Tendulkar.

"Sachin had just finished a gym session and we basically had a casual conversation over lunch and coffee.

"We did speak about a couple of things, but I won't let on too much.

"I had questions for him, and he had a few questions for me, mainly about my family. I do know I felt refreshed after meeting him. I grew up watching him on TV and it will be one meeting I never forget.''

Hughes was shown the door by selectors after the second Test at Lord's, despite starring on debut in South Africa a few months earlier.

The left-hander is determined to force his way back into Australia's starting XI as early as this summer.

He said the one thing the meeting with Tendulkar - the 159-Test veteran who has amassed nearly 12,800 runs - did do was help ease the disappointment of his Ashes exit.

Hughes is keen to perform well for NSW, including at next month's Twenty20 Champions League in India, where he will join forces at the top of the order with big-hitting youngster David Warner.

Hughes' Blues coach Matt Mott praised the youngster for seeking out Tendulkar. "Any time you can pick the brains of a great player, especially if they're a Test player, it's got to be a great opportunity,'' Mott said.

"We were fortunate enough to have Steve Waugh come in and speak to the [NSW] players last week and you could tell by their questions they were genuinely excited to pick the brains of a great.

"I thought it was a great initiative to go and see Tendulkar, and the fact he gave up his time is great for Phil and I'm sure he'll take a lot out of that.''

Mott said he had spoken to national selectors and Hughes was still in their short-term sights.

"Phil is only 20 years old, most blokes haven't debuted until 24 or 25, and he has showed he can do it at that level, so I'm sure he will be frustrated if he's not back in there sooner rather than later,'' Mott said.

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[ajithfederer]

Sachin recalls how Rajbhai made the difference

DNA Correspondent
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 0:21 IST

Mumbai: Raj Singh Dungarpur's largesse had touched the heart of a 14-year-old Sachin Tendulkar in 1987 and on Tuesday, at a remembrance meeting at the Cricket Club of India (CCI), the maestro paid unbridled tribute to one of the finest statesman and cricket romantic.

Tendulkar dedicated his century against Sri Lanka, one which he termed as one of his best, to Dungarpur and said the former BCCI president would have been pleased with the way the team bounced back in the tri-series final after a 139-run loss in the previous game.

It was way before Tendulkar made the first of his 44 ODI centuries that Rajbhai threw open the gates of the elite club to the boy from a modest background. "The Star Cricket Club was to play in England, but as I came from a middle-class family I couldn't afford to be on that tour. This is when he helped me get a sponsorship. I was in England for a month and came back wiser for the experience," Tendulkar recalled.

When Tendulkar made 70-odd against a CCI side led by Madhav Apte, the knock caught Dungarpur's eye. Dungarpur invited Tendulkar to use the facilities at the club. At a school match final at the CCI, Tendulkar once again impressed Dungarpur and then skipper Dilip Vengsarkar.

"I was invited to bat at the Indian team's practice nets and Rajbhai watched me closely. At the end of the session he told me to play my natural game and encouraged me. He was always approachable and always said something positive. When the doors of opportunity closed on any cricketer, who was talented and skillful, he would ensure that another door opened," Tendulkar added.

Dungarpur's passion for the game was infectious. "We had the opportunity to spend 45 days with him during India's tour of Pakistan in 2006. Seeing his enthusiasm for the game one would have thought he was a teenager and not a 70-year-old man. He watched every ball closely and applauded whenever he felt good cricket was being played."

Tendulkar also suggested that the main gate at the CCI be named after its former president who was in charge of the club's affair for nearly 14 years. BCCI chief administrative officer Prof Ratnakar Shetty read out condolence messages from former Cricket South Africa chief Ali Bacher, Waqar Nissar, the son of Mohammad Nissar, the fast bowler who took six wickets at Lord's in 1932 and ICC umpire of the year Simon Taufel.

Shetty suggested that the CCI revive their cricket academy in the memory of Dungarpur. Shetty highlighted Dungarpur's initiatives, including instituting the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award, starting the welfare scheme for former cricketers, establishing the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore and appointment of a consultant coach Bob Simpson, physiotherapist and trainer for the Indian team in 1997.

Among others present were--Bapu Nadkarni, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Karsan Ghavri, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Milind Rege and Ajit Agarkar.

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_sachin-recalls-how-rajbhai-made-the-difference_1290581

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar/ODI's/100's/Winning Matches (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;r esult=1;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=result s;type=batting;view=match)

32/44 - Average has increased to 72.72....

[ajithfederer]

Actually watched the Innings yesterday. Strokes wise perusa edhuvume illayae. And it wasn't a blazing or a quick Innings like the 90 odd's he did against England and Pakistan in 2007. It is a well composed and patiently played Innings. Under Pressure nnu kooda solla mudiala cos of India batting first and this not being an eagerly anticipated Tournament. Am I missing something?.

Conditions, Ground, Humidity.... hmm.

Disclaimer: I didnt watch the match live.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Actually watched the Innings yesterday. Strokes wise perusa edhuvume illayae. And it wasn't a blazing or a quick Innings like the 90 odd's he did against England and Pakistan in 2007. It is a well composed and patiently played Innings. Under Pressure nnu kooda solla mudiala cos of India batting first and this not being an eagerly anticipated Tournament. Am I missing something?.

Conditions, Ground, Humidity.... hmm.

Disclaimer: I didnt watch the match live.
Yeah, batting first was a HUGE advantage but the way Sachin and Dhoni paced their innings was perfect. Actually it was not as easy as we would be tempted to belive IMO. He had to score off a lot of non-boundaries.
Aana i know why you are posting this :)
Saar said it was one of his best innings, adhukku dhaan kekkareenga illaya?.. well, we have all the right to politely disagree with saar himself :) IMO he is making a point to some morons of the order of Sanjay Kanjarekar because this came in a final (yet again!) :razz:

[ajithfederer]

1. Yes absolutely. Dhoni has made 56(62) with just 3 boundaries. Looks like a lot of running between the wickets. Sir just 10 boundaries in 138 runs. Sounded Highly unlikely, Adhaan. Anyways well played both of em.

2. Yes. Since last year he has this tendency to take sides on his recent winning knocks. Let it be 103 against England or this one. Some of his 50's (Ex: This one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sVljdlUtg) are very fluent than some of his 100's and that was my point. Neengalum otthupeenganu therium :).

P.S: SanjuManju(Courtest sach ork members) remba pugalndhu pesirukaaru pola :lol2:.


1. Yeah, batting first was a HUGE advantage but the way Sachin and Dhoni paced their innings was perfect. Actually it was not as easy as we would be tempted to belive IMO. He had to score off a lot of non-boundaries.

2. Saar said it was one of his best innings, adhukku dhaan kekkareenga illaya?.. well, we have all the right to politely disagree :) IMO he is making a point to some morons of the order of Sanjay Kanjarekar because this came in a final (yet again!) :razz:

[ajithfederer]

http://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2009/content/series/374074.html?template=fixtures

Incidentally India vs Pakistan happens this time at the same Centurion where Tendulkar smashed 98. Match prospects look exciting but at the same time :shaking:.

[Bala (Karthik)]

2. Yes. Since last year he has this tendency to take sides on his recent winning knocks. Let it be 103 against England or this one. Some of his 50's (Ex: This one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sVljdlUtg) are very fluent than some of his 100's and that was my point. Neengalum otthupeenganu therium :).

Absolutely :yes:

Enna adi ya adhu! I mean kaattu adi but not kaattu adi, suthamaana shots. Unfortunately we need to contend with our own commentary team in Eng/Aus tours...



P.S: SanjuManju(Courtest sach ork members) remba pugalndhu pesirukaaru pola :lol2:.

Yeah, kelvi patten :razz:

[ajithfederer]

:D

Champions Trophy indha thadavai eduthae aaganum. High time Sir's name should be on one of those Editions. Unfortunately we had to share one with the Lankans in 2002. Olaga koppai vera varudhu. Ippolerndhae expectations egirudhu. Podha koraikku andha Hundred 100's vera nerungudhu(yeah naanum solli tholaichuten). I don't know how in the world he copes up with such pressure. :(

[MrIndia]

Actually watched the Innings yesterday. Strokes wise perusa edhuvume illayae. And it wasn't a blazing or a quick Innings like the 90 odd's he did against England and Pakistan in 2007. It is a well composed and patiently played Innings. Under Pressure nnu kooda solla mudiala cos of India batting first and this not being an eagerly anticipated Tournament. Am I missing something?.

Conditions, Ground, Humidity.... hmm.

Disclaimer: I didnt watch the match live.

previous match loss :roll:

[Nerd]

Tournament finals bA. I mean against SL in SL. Its as tough as beating Aus in Aus. :twisted:

And the cover drives/flicks were vintage sachin. Also there was a cheeky improvised shot for a boundary over slips. AnnanOda straight drives, pull shots pAkka mudiyalai, yes. Apart from that no complaints whatsoever. He was not dominant, but end result was :cool2:

And there were so many singles/twos thanks to Dhoni. If there is one thing I like about Dhoni, its his running between the wickets. Avaru viLaiyaadinaal other end batsman-um nallA Oduvaar, adhu Ganguly-yA irunthA kooda :P

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heMxTxP9Lho

MOM Award in Compaq Cup.

[vasanth2006]

Actually watched the Innings yesterday. Strokes wise perusa edhuvume illayae. And it wasn't a blazing or a quick Innings like the 90 odd's he did against England and Pakistan in 2007. It is a well composed and patiently played Innings. Under Pressure nnu kooda solla mudiala cos of India batting first and this not being an eagerly anticipated Tournament. Am I missing something?.

Conditions, Ground, Humidity.... hmm.

Disclaimer: I didnt watch the match live.

I have same thoughts.... :roll:

[vasanth2006]

Tournament finals bA. I mean against SL in SL. Its as tough as beating Aus in Aus. :twisted:

And the cover drives/flicks were vintage sachin.

Thalaivarukku ippallem ethavathu oru shot click ayiruchunna, antha shotthan antha match poora.... :)

I think nowadays he selects the particular shots based on the pitch/bowlers...

[Benny Lava]

Actually watched the Innings yesterday. Strokes wise perusa edhuvume illayae. And it wasn't a blazing or a quick Innings like the 90 odd's he did against England and Pakistan in 2007. It is a well composed and patiently played Innings. Under Pressure nnu kooda solla mudiala cos of India batting first and this not being an eagerly anticipated Tournament. Am I missing something?.

Conditions, Ground, Humidity.... hmm.

Disclaimer: I didnt watch the match live.
Yeah, batting first was a HUGE advantage but the way Sachin and Dhoni paced their innings was perfect. Actually it was not as easy as we would be tempted to belive IMO. He had to score off a lot of non-boundaries.
Aana i know why you are posting this :)
Saar said it was one of his best innings, adhukku dhaan kekkareenga illaya?.. well, we have all the right to politely disagree with saar himself :) IMO he is making a point to some morons of the order of Sanjay Kanjarekar because this came in a final (yet again!) :razz:

Ya. Even I agree with you, but 3 matches in 4 days is very exacting and I think the challenge was more on the body than on the skills (tiredness'ayum meeri nalla aaduradhu oru skill thaan) so I do partially agree with him when he makes statements like that. :P

[ajithfederer]

Marathon man Tendulkar: staggering running
Marathon Man ran more than 3km between wickets
before Rahul Dravid came to run for Sachin .....He had already run for 169 runs considering that by that time only 58 runs were scored in boundaries by the Indian team.

covering the distance of 22 yards almost in every ball as the wstrike rate was still close to 6 an over .


In the process Tendulkar travelled 3718 yards or 3.4 kilometres under extreme heat and humidity loaded with the heavy cricket gear .........where most of those runs were simply sprinted across

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5381581845679907750

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar thrilled by cup century
(UKPA) – 23 hours ago

India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has rated his century in the final of the triangular one-day series for the Compaq Cup against Sri Lanka as one of his best.

Tendulkar, opening the innings for India in hot and humid conditions, set the stage for a massive total of 319 for five with a superb knock of 138 - his 44th one-day century. It helped India secure a 46-run success.

"I would definitely put this century up there because the conditions were very tough and the heat was such that it drained us of our energy," Tendulkar said.

"It was hard work out there in the middle and we had to fight every step of the way.

"One had to be mentally tough, but I was prepared for it.

"To score runs you had to run singles and twos and you had to bat for at least 40 overs.

"It was difficult to play three matches in four days, not just for me but the whole team as well. I would not hesitate at all if I have to rate this as one of the best knocks."

Tendulkar believes the conditions in South Africa for the Champions Trophy, which gets under way later this month, will not be as tough.

"In South Africa we would be playing at a higher altitude and it will be different," he said.

"But I think we have played in tougher conditions and done well. We will have some time to acclimatise and prepare for the Champions Trophy, so we would expect to do well."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jj0jZ42vMiVDgu9Kzu0w3fPoKoXg[tscii:bd8d953975][/tscii:bd8d953975]

[ajithfederer]

Posted by PatDurbs on (September 15 2009, 06:36 AM GMT)

Sachin - a true superstar! A spiritual man with a deep sense of compassion and empathy, and also the greatest batsman of all time to boot. During the recent IPLT20 tournament in South Africa, I called him and asked if he would be prepared to meet with my son, who was recovering from cancer and is a great Sachin fan. Without hesitation he agreed, and made time in his obviously busy schedule to meet us. It is far more important and rewarding to be a complete human being than just to be famous or talented - but the complete package??? Stupendous!! Thank you Sachin for all the joy you bring to the countless millions all over the globe, and I hope you have all the joy and peace that they all wish for you also.

http://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/current/story/425066.html?comments=all#comments

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5382036270411434449

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFy-0N8hYI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuLHgSWphHQ&feature=related

Watch Tendulkar Ganguly's partnership and Tendulkar's explosive innovative batting from the 2nd ODI of Eng tour 2007. Now this is the kind of innings sachin should be proud of. Enna adi :notworthy:.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar wants top spot for India to mark 20 years

Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:43pm IST\

CHENNAI (Reuters) - Sachin Tendulkar is hoping he can mark his 20 years in international cricket by leading India to become the world's top ranked one-day team.

The premier batsman made his India debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan in November 1989, since setting many batting records, including test and one-day aggregates and hundreds.

India enter the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa starting next week as strong contenders after staying unbeaten in one-day series over the past one year.

India is third in the ODI rankings, just one rating point behind world champions Australia and South Africa going into the premier eight-team event starting on Tuesday.

"We definitely have the ability, the spirit, the desire, the hunger to get there (number one team)," the 36-year-old former skipper told the CNN-IBN channel on Friday.

"Playing cricket for India means the world to me. I grew up dreaming about playing cricket for India. I am living my dream."

Tendulkar underlined his continued desire to excel, scoring his 44th one-day hundred last week to set up a tri-series final win over hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo.

"It is going to be a challenging season, a lot of cricket," he said. "I wish we had more test cricket, we only have three test matches this season."

India's best performance in the Champions Trophy was finishing as joint winners in 2002 alongside hosts Sri Lanka

"We have to see to it that we live up to the expectations of the entire nation and get to where we as a team have targeted," he said. "We want to be there at the top, just go out and give our best.

"We've been working towards it," he said. "If you look at our performances in the last couple of years, it has been terrific.

"A couple of hiccups here and there are always going to be there," he said. "It is never going to be a smooth journey. That is what keeps us together."

(Reporting by Sanjay Rajan; Editing by N.Ananthanarayanan. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42555320090918?sp=true

[ajithfederer]

Team India have the hunger to occupy top spot: Sachin
CNN-IBN

New Delhi: The star of Compaq Cup tri-series in Sri Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar, defends India's ability to be the world's No. 1 One-Day team.

Following his 44th One-Day century in the tri-series final that earned India a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka, the Master Blaster returned among the world's top 10 ODI batsmen for the first time in 10 months.

In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN Associate Cricket Editor Nishant Arora, Tendulkar talks about the future of the Indian team and his plans.

CNN-IBN: Congratulations Sachin! Can you brief up us your experience so far in Indian cricket team?

Sachin Tendulkar: It's been a fantastic journey and I have thoroughly enjoyed and every moments has been a special one because playing cricket for India means the world to me. I have grew up dreaming about playing cricket for my country and I am living my dream today. It's going to be almost 20 years after couple of months. I am very happy about it and also thankful to God, who has given this opportunity to me to play for such a long period. I feel extremely fortunate that I have contributed in the game of cricket for my nation for couple of decades.

CNN-IBN: This is a big season for you, Champions Trophy followed by series against Australia. How you see the coming season and where would you like to see Indian team by the end of this season?

Sachin Tendulkar: It's going to be a challenging season. I wish we could play more Test cricket this season. We will try to live up to the expectation of the entire nation and put our best. We as a team have targeted our goals and hope to fulfill everyone's dream. We will be at the top.

CNN-IBN: Do you think India is potentially at No.1 position and do they have it to be No.1?

Sachin Tendulkar: Yes, we definitely have the spirit, the desire and the hunger to be in the No.1 position. We are putting our best and ready to face the incoming situations. Though Indian team had to face many a times a roller-coaster ride but recent matches that we have played were terrific. It's never going to be a smooth journey. But one thing we have is our team spirit which helps to keep us together and boost up our confidence to play better.

Catch that exclusive interview at 8:00 pm on Saturday and 12:00 noon and 10:00 pm on Sunday on CNN-IBN.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar is my cricketing hero: Taylor

STAFF WRITER 19:5 HRS IST

Johannesburg, Sep 18 (PTI) He himself has been inspired by Sachin Tendulkar and now New Zealand top order batsman Ross Taylor wants to be a role model for the youngsters of the Rugby-possessed Samoan tribe.

Taylor, only the second cricketer of Samoan origin to play for New Zealand, said it was Tendulkar whom he looked up to during his childhood.

"My cricketing hero is Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player to watch and I am fortunate to watch him. As a youngster he was always someone I looked upto," Taylor said in the 'ICC World Cricket Audio show'.

"I won't say I emulated him in the batting style which one can easily say looking at the way I bat, but he always being good to watch. It's nice to be able to say I played against him," he said.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/289545_Tendulkar-is-my-cricketing-hero--Taylor

[ajithfederer]

322 Needed for 30k International Runs. Hope he scores all of em in champions trophy itself.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThLS9XxnIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70FCD5n4g24&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awnm-rEwEHc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUb1VeMJdDc&feature=related

DLF Cup 2nd ODI India vs WI highlights - Parts 1- 4.

Sachins knock of 141 Not out.

[ajithfederer]

Gambhir has credited Sachin Tendulkar with shaping his career. "I haven't spoken about this, but a lot of credit goes to Sachin for what I am today. He has helped me redefine my career. He's also my favourite player in the team,'' he said.

http://www.clt20.com/news/2009/sep/189castrol.htm

No wonder sir is Cricketing God. :notworthy:.

[littlemaster1982]

Gambhir :clap:

[ajithfederer]

If records are broken it's great: Tendulkar

PTI 19 September 2009, 04:48pm IST

NEW DELHI:

Sachin Tendulkar has all along been saying that he doesn't play the game to break records, but conceded that he had one in mind while
starting out.

And that was to surpass his idol Sunil Gavaskar's 35 Test hundreds.

"Records are mere records of what I have contributed for the country. While playing, if records are broken it's great," the batting genius told a news channel.

"The only target that I can say I was given was 35 Test hundreds because we grew up watching Sunil Gavaskar. In every step in our cricketing life, we have used his example. And if you wanted to be regarded as one of the greatest players, then you have to get to 34 hundreds and go past that."

In a two-decade long career, the only bouncer Tendulkar found tough to negotiate came from his own son, who would refuse to speak to him on phone during tours out of sheer annoyance over his absence from home.

Tendulkar, who will complete two decades in international cricket in November, disclosed that his son did not like him leaving home frequently and wouldn't come on phone until six years of age.

"It was tough initially because my son did not like it when I left home. For the first five-six years of his life, he did not speak to me on phone. That was difficult for me," Tendulkar said.

"Now he (Arjun) knows what I do and he appreciates that; so that's nice. I am a family man and they now know that I play cricket for India," he added.

Asked whether he wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and become a cricketer, Tendulkar said he would not force Arjun to play the game.

"I have left that to him. He has started playing cricket and my daughter plays tennis. I don't want to force them into cricket or tennis. It has to come from their side. Eventually, it's their life," he said.

Tendulkar said he considers himself a mix of Gavaskar and West Indian batting legend Vivian Richards.

"My two batting heroes have always been Gavaskar and Viv Richards and I have always felt I should be a mixture of both. When it comes to attacking, I should be able to play shots like Richards and when it comes to concentration, mental toughness, determination and guts, I should be Gavaskar."

Talking about the current Indian side which according to him is one of the best he has played in, Tendulkar said it can become number one in the world.

"We have the ability, spirit, desire and the hunger to get there. We have been working towards it. If you look at our performance in the last couple of years, it has been terrific.

"And a couple of hiccups here and there are always going to be there. I see good times ahead of us. We have had some terrific times in the past and we are likely to continue that. We have our target and we want to achieve that," said the 36-year-old.

Quite opposed to his own demeanour, Tendulkar said temperamental tennis great John McEnroe has been his sporting idol outside cricket.

"I think there is something wrong with me because my sporting hero has always been outside cricket and it has always been John McEnroe. I like his style and his aggression and he always expressed himself. I liked his mannerisms and there was something that caught my eye at the age of five or six when I started watching him."

On the future of Test cricket and Twenty20's rising profile after Indian Premier League, Tendulkar said the emergence of new formats gives cricketers, who are not good enough to play the longer version, a chance to play the game.

"I don't think Test cricket is in any danger. It's the ultimate test of a player's character, his peripheral awareness and vision. You should be able to realise playing on the second day what the wicket will play out in the fifth day. So, the Test cricket is the most challenging format.

"I don't think any changes are needed because most of the Test matches are producing results. Earlier, there were complaints that most of the matches are drawn and there are no results. But we are consistently getting results.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-5030704,prtpage-1.cms

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:a9f62bb0d7]Sehwag about his respect for Tendulkar
Very nice interview from Sehwag. Some parts are just too funny. Read it full.


Some best questions:

Tendulkar has been an integral part of your career. What's you favourite Tendulkar innings?
When he was there in Multan during my first triple-century. Because I batted the full day with him. He always likes to chat and can get serious and caution you not to hit unnecessary shots. During that innings he told me, "If you try to hit a six I will hit you on the bum." He gave me a simple example - about my Melbourne innings in 2003, when I tried to hit a six on 195 and got out. Till then India were in a good position, but after that we couldn't make a big score and we lost the Test. So he made me realise my mistake. That is why I didn't hit sixes in Multan, but when I was near 300 I told him that I was going to hit Saqlain [Mushtaq] and he could hit me on my bum!

Is there one shot of Tendulkar you would like to have?
His cover-drive, but I don't think I can do that probably because of the lack of feet movement.

What about being in the zone? Tendulkar said that what people call the zone, he calls the subconscious mind. "… All you need to do is look at the ball and play and the body is going to react. The concentration is such that you don't think of anything else." What's your definition of being in the zone?

I have asked him many times what the zone is. He tells me that's when "I see nothing except the ball". I ask how that is possible. I have never felt something like that. I have asked Rahul Dravid the same thing. He says sometimes when he is in really good form, he sees only the ball - and not the sightscreen, the non-striker, the umpire or who is bowling, he just sees only the ball. But I have never entered that zone even if I've scored triple-centuries twice. Maybe I will enter that zone they talk about in future.

Tendulkar has said that when a player goes through a bad patch his technique remains the same, but every time you enter the ground it is your mind that keeps changing. Can you relate to that?
It is true. Referring to my batting in 2007, I don't think there was anything wrong with my batting or that I was making any mistakes. But in such a scenario the mind likes to deal with the situation in two ways: score quickly, or play with extra caution. But what remains the same is the technique; what does change is the mindset. You are asking too many questions and you are not concentrating on the ball and that's what was happening to me in 2007, which was the worst phase of my life.

I worked hard to come back and did some breathing exercises, used the [Rudi] Webster [psychologist who worked on and off with the team] method of backing myself and it worked out well. I didn't change anything in my batting. The only thing that changed was the mindset, the biggest change.

Did anyone, a selector, former player call up and lend a helping hand?
Srikkanth was the first to call me and tell me not to get disheartened. He motivated me, saying I'm a bloody talented player, and that when I came out of the bad patch I would score a double- or triple-hundred. He just asked me to spend quality time with my family, and when my time came I would score big runs.


"Ganguly was a good reader of the mind, and that's why he was such a great captain" © Cricinfo Ltd




His words came true on my comeback, after I scored a double-century in Sri Lanka, triple-ton against South Africa and more than 1000 runs in Test cricket. So if a youngster is not scoring runs and is out of the team, even an SMS to him will give him a lot of confidence. He might think, "At least Viru bhai has belief in me". Apart from Srikkanth, Anil bhai [Kumble], [Rahul] Dravid, Tendulkar, [Sourav] Ganguly, [VVS] Laxman said the same to me. I felt good.

Quoted/references to Tendulkar from shewag's interview. Bala first adhai padinga. [/tscii:a9f62bb0d7]

[Nerd]

"Captain" Feddygaaru konja naaLaa missing :?

[19thmay]

Tendulkar collapsed in hotel room after Australia match

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/02/tendulkar-collapsed-in-hotel-room-after-australia-match.htm



Even though no information about the incident was forthcoming from the team management, media reports quoted Tendulkar as saying that he ate something at the stadium in Centurion after India's washed out match against Australia [ Images ] and that probably led to the stomach infection.

Ennatha thinnu tholachar-nu therila. :?

[littlemaster1982]

Collapsed :shock:

[ajaybaskar]

Tendulkar fainted, hit head on table

Star Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Friday returned home after India's doomed Champions Trophy campaign in South Africa with a cut mark on his cheek, sustained after his collapse in a Johannesburg hotel.

Tendulkar, who missed India's last Champions Trophy tie against the West Indies because of food poisoning, returned home along with all-rounders Yusuf Pathan and Abhishek Nayar, team manager Anurag Thakur, physio Nitin Patel and masseur Ramesh Mane.

Tendulkar's left eye looked swollen when he and other players were whisked away from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, much to the disappointment of the waiting media.

The cut on Tendulkar's cheek was the result of his fall in a Johannesburg hotel. Tendulkar apparently had a stomach infection after India's match against Australia and when he returned to his hotel room, the seasoned batsman started feeling giddy.

He subsequently fell flat on his face and was in fact lucky not to have broken his nose even though the collapse left him with a cut mark and a black spot on his nose.

No information was forthcoming from the team management about the incident but media reports quoted Tendulkar as saying that he ate something at the stadium in Centurion after India's washed out match against Australia and that probably led to the stomach infection.

Tendulkar subsequently skipped the match against the West Indies.

Upon arrival, While Tendulkar and Nayar left for their respective homes in Mumbai, Yusuf took a connecting flight to Baroda.

The rest of the members of the Indian team, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, are expected to land here by a later flight, sources said.

India were knocked out of the Champions Trophy before the semifinal stage of the tournament after they finished third in the four-team group, behind Pakistan and Australia and ahead of the West Indies.

Dhoni and his men lost the opening match to Pakistan, shared points with Australia when the match got washed out because of rains and won the tie against the West Indies.

The next assignment for the Indians is the seven-ODI home series against Australia commencing at Baroda on October 25.

http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/championstrophy2009/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20090110933&keyword=news

[Plum]

Oh! StdiumlalAm ipdi poruppillAma vAngi sapdalAmA? :twisted:
Endha puthula endha pAmbO? Faint? Ponting-ku oru polygraph test paNNungppa - avanuukku romba nALA tendul records mEla oru kaNNu :evil:

[littlemaster1982]

Idol to opening partner (http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/425976.html)

What can be better than reminding your hero of himself?

In 1992 I saw Sachin Tendulkar for the first time, on TV during the World Cup. I was in class seven and the exams were on, but I skipped them because the games used to be telecast early in the morning and clashed with the school timings.

I just loved the way he batted - that first memory is still fresh. I even tried copying him, standing in front of the TV, bat in hand, in my old house in Najafgarh. I tried to keep my body still, head still and tried to hit a straight drive or the back-foot punch like he did, but I couldn't do it.

In the 1993-94 New Zealand series I would stay awake and bother the neighbours in the middle of the night just to watch him play. We didn't have cable television in our house. That was the first time he played as an opener.

I have followed his career closely, and have seen most of his innings from before the time I joined the Indian team.

Both of us have come a long away and it is a great honour that Tendulkar thinks (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/422558.html) I come close to resembling him as a batsman. It is a great honour, like a dream come true. If I die tomorrow I'll be the happiest man because I played this game because of Tendulkar, and Tendulkar himself saying that I resemble him - there is no bigger compliment than that.

[Plum]

Ian Chappell tries to subtly push through his agenda using cricinfo (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/429139.html)


Ricky Ponting has long been considered the master of the willow wielders. He attained this lofty status even with the presence of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, both of whom vied for the title from the days when the young Australian was only a glint in the eye of Academy head coach Rod Marsh


:rotfl3: :rotfl2: :rotfl: :lol: :lol2: (innum vera enna iconlaam irukkO pOttukkunga)

[littlemaster1982]

Umpire Daryl Harper in Cricinfo (http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/430475.html)

Have you ever complimented a batsman or bowler on a shot or ball?

The closest I came was on the last ball of the Chennai Test (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/361050.html) in December 2008, when Sachin [Tendulkar] turned the ball down to fine leg to get his 41st Test century, which helped India beat England, a fortnight after the Mumbai terror attacks. That was one shot I will always remember

Name one decision you would like to forget.

One that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin [Tendulkar] one, when he ducked a [Glenn] McGrath bouncer, in Adelaide (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63865.html) in 1999. I've got the video clip on my laptop still, and you can see it is still out! What I didn't like was, when I left the ground, a lot of friends were expressing their disappointment. "Hey Daryl, we came to see Sachin bat, not to see you umpire." So I said, "Sorry, I was just doing my job." Sunil Gavaskar was the commentator and he agreed, saying it would've been out lbw if the stumps were six inches taller. Sachin was the captain and he didn't mention it in his report - always fair play with Sachin, and he is still a wonderful sportsperson.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygufLrLQK9k&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div

[Bala (Karthik)]

Umpire Daryl Harper in Cricinfo (http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/430475.html)

Have you ever complimented a batsman or bowler on a shot or ball?

The closest I came was on the last ball of the Chennai Test (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/361050.html) in December 2008, when Sachin [Tendulkar] turned the ball down to fine leg to get his 41st Test century, which helped India beat England, a fortnight after the Mumbai terror attacks. That was one shot I will always remember

Name one decision you would like to forget.

One that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin [Tendulkar] one, when he ducked a [Glenn] McGrath bouncer, in Adelaide (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63865.html) in 1999. I've got the video clip on my laptop still, and you can see it is still out! What I didn't like was, when I left the ground, a lot of friends were expressing their disappointment. "Hey Daryl, we came to see Sachin bat, not to see you umpire." So I said, "Sorry, I was just doing my job." Sunil Gavaskar was the commentator and he agreed, saying it would've been out lbw if the stumps were six inches taller. Sachin was the captain and he didn't mention it in his report - always fair play with Sachin, and he is still a wonderful sportsperson.
Singame! :notworthy:

So, Harper idhayellam karudhi next time paath seyyanum :lol:

[ajithfederer]

Ponting not chasing India's Tendulkar

(AFP) – 18 hours ago

MUMBAI — Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday he would prefer to win matches for Australia than chase the record-breaking feats of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

"Its not about personal achievement or how many runs you score. It's the number of games you can win for your team," Ponting said ahead of a seven-match one-day series against India.

"I will do my best to win quite a few games for Australia in the next couple of weeks. I will keep plugging away, doing the best I can and hopefully keep playing well enough to win a number of games for Australia.

"That's what it's all about."

Ponting, who turns 35 in December, is considered the nearest contender to surpass Tendulkar, who has the most runs and centuries in both Test and one-day cricket.

The Australian captain acknowledged the feats of the long-serving Indian star, saying Tendulkar, 36, had set a "benchmark for international players in the world.

"He's going into his 20th year in international cricket, which in itself is a remarkable feat within itself," said Ponting.

"The records he has set in Test and one-day cricket would be hard for anybody to tame down the track."

Tendulkar, has scored 12,773 Test runs with 42 centuries since his debut in November, 1989 against Pakistan. He also has 16,903 one-day runs with 44 hundreds.

Ponting, in contrast, has scored 11,345 Test runs with 38 centuries and 12,044 one-day runs with 28 hundreds.

Ponting and Tendulkar will face off when the first one-dayer opens in Vadodara on Sunday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juPjzqRsj3R2uwhGG11gXnHbvKAg[tscii:5319b1b71b][/tscii:5319b1b71b]

[ajithfederer]

It will be a tough series for Aussies: Waugh

Legend says Indians will be out to prove themselves

"If (Sachin) Tendulkar will play for another three years, he will make it impossible for anyone to break his One-day records," remarked Steve Waugh to Gulf News while comparing India's prolific scorer with Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.

"Ricky (Ponting) might be able to beat Tendulkar's record in Test cricket but I don't think he will be able to beat his record his One-day record. Tendulkar is still playing the game and if he plays for another three or four years he will make it impossible for anyone to beat it. If anyone has any chance to beat any of Tendulkar's record then it will be Ricky," said Waugh who has seen both Ponting and Tendulkar scale heights.

"They have the hunger, the quest for runs and they love batting. With regard to Ricky, he loves batting and whenever he is in the nets, he picks up the cricket bat and loves feeling it and talking about batting. He has the hunger for runs and the technique and there is nothing that can stop him from continuing to score," he added.

However, Waugh isn't sure how long will Tendulkar be able to motivate himself.

"Tendulkar has done everything that is possible and with his kids coming into this life there could be other things in his life that will become more important. It will be hard to maintain the same motivation and I don't see him to be playing the game for more than a couple of years," he said.

http://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/it-will-be-a-tough-series-for-aussies-waugh-1.517666

[littlemaster1982]

Steve Waugh :evil:

[MADDY]

Steve Waugh :evil:

avaru brother mark-kku dubai-la 20 betrol kenaru vedichhudichaam, adhaan ippadi olaarraaru.....

this is nothing but a calculated ploy by aussies to bring panding into sachin league(read ayan cheappel's attempts too).......they did the same in 90's by hyping up mark waaa......tony greig edhukku eduthhaalum, lara, sachin, mark-nnu solluvaan - did anyone here felt mark waaa was on same pedestal as lara, sachin? :roll:

[Bala (Karthik)]

avaru brother mark-kku dubai-la 20 betrol kenaru vedichhudichaam, adhaan ippadi olaarraaru.....

:rotfl2: You mean Petrol Bank!?? After all 20 kros ku ippadi chinnapulla madhiri aludhutrukkaan, like e-chaile!



this is nothing but a calculated ploy by aussies to bring panding into sachin league(read ayan cheappel's attempts too).......they did the same in 90's by hyping up mark waaa......tony greig edhukku eduthhaalum, lara, sachin, mark-nnu solluvaan - did anyone here felt mark waaa was on same pedestal as lara, sachin? :roll:
:rotfl3:
Mark Waugh mathaji ki hai!
Damien Martyn ke kuru ivaru dhaan. Effortless grace and elegance. Avara madhiri naama aadi paathomna baal meet-e aagaadhu, appadiye aanaalum pandhu namma kaaladila dhaan kedakkum :lol2:
Yet, yet, same pedestal as Sashin and Lara? No!

[Plum]

ayan cheappel

:lol:

"kaalaiyil dhinamum kaN vizhithAl, naan yosiukkum manidhan Surya"-nu pAdara aLavukku nInga surya-va nenaikkarInga...

[P_R]

Umpire Daryl Harper in Cricinfo (http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/430475.html)

Have you ever complimented a batsman or bowler on a shot or ball?

The closest I came was on the last ball of the Chennai Test (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/361050.html) in December 2008, when Sachin [Tendulkar] turned the ball down to fine leg to get his 41st Test century, which helped India beat England, a fortnight after the Mumbai terror attacks. That was one shot I will always remember

Name one decision you would like to forget.

One that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin [Tendulkar] one, when he ducked a [Glenn] McGrath bouncer, in Adelaide (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63865.html) in 1999. I've got the video clip on my laptop still, and you can see it is still out! What I didn't like was, when I left the ground, a lot of friends were expressing their disappointment. "Hey Daryl, we came to see Sachin bat, not to see you umpire." So I said, "Sorry, I was just doing my job." Sunil Gavaskar was the commentator and he agreed, saying it would've been out lbw if the stumps were six inches taller. Sachin was the captain and he didn't mention it in his report - always fair play with Sachin, and he is still a wonderful sportsperson.

One supari vapus.

[Aalavanthan]

Name one decision you would like to forget.

One that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin [Tendulkar] one, when he ducked a [Glenn] McGrath bouncer, in Adelaide (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63865.html) in 1999. I've got the video clip on my laptop still, and you can see it is still out! What I didn't like was, when I left the ground, a lot of friends were expressing their disappointment. "Hey Daryl, we came to see Sachin bat, not to see you umpire." So I said, "Sorry, I was just doing my job." Sunil Gavaskar was the commentator and he agreed, saying it would've been out lbw if the stumps were six inches taller. Sachin was the captain and he didn't mention it in his report - always fair play with Sachin, and he is still a wonderful sportsperson.

The true Kunjumon in the game :thumbsup:



One supari vapus.

Harper erkanavae romba adi vaangi irukaar pola iruku :)

[Plum]

. Sachin was the captain and he didn't mention it in his report - always fair play with Sachin, and he is still a wonderful sportsperson.
subtext: "indha ponting kadangAran correct-A out kuduthA kooda pottu kuduthuduvAn"

[ajithfederer]

CNN-IBN: A big part of the India-Australia series is Sachin Tendulkar taking on the Australian bowlers. Do you think he is raring to go give it to them?


Sunil Gavaskar: Yes, he is really hungry. He has been out of cricket for some time now and I think now he is ready to go back and show that he still has all the shots in the book. I think it will be Sachin against the Australians. He will be opening the batting. So I think they will be looking to get him out to psychologically scar the Indians.


Both Sachin's Test and ODI record against the Australians is fabulous. He has come up with his best against the best team in the world.


CNN-IBN: But the contest everyone is looking forward to is not Tendulkar versus the Australian bowlers but Tendulkar versus Ponting.


Sunil Gavaskar: I think because Ricky Ponting has been captain of the Australian team both times during consecutive Ashes loss in England, he will be determined now to make people forget that, which can only happen with him scoring heavily and leading Australia to victories. That's the way he approached the seven-match ODI series against England after the Ashes; then also in the Champions Trophy, he approached the same way. I think that's the way they are going to play till they come up against England in Australia in 2011.


http://cricketnext.in.com/news/itll-be-sachin-versus-aussies-gavaskar/44619-14.html

[ajithfederer]

A topic started in sachin community some days ago. found it very funny and I am posting it here. Guys name some unknowns who may have played for India in this time.

Great Indian Players of 90s

I always wonder how sachin played in the 90s era with gem of a players that existed in those times ....few names that come to my mind are...


Venkatpathy Raju- I wondered whether he needed any energy to throw the ball


Sunil Joshi- Another item spinner who played a few innings for India...

I mean when we look at the Indian team in 21st Century compare them the difference is remarkable...i mean though Cricket has undergone vast changes in that time but still guys just imagine the kind of cricketers that a country of billion produced then...

Nayan Mongia- A champion wicket keeper...his exit from the team was abrupt

Sanjay Manjrekar-Guys admit it he was not meant for ODIs

I wanted to recollect the names of all such gems of Indian cricket that were a part of the team...

salil ankola

Debashish mohanty - he was unplayable in swinging conditions. still remember that WC99 match against england. he was breathing fire...

WV Raman- a good left hand batsman.

Sadagopan Ramesh- classic example of a "Khade khade "player. he had noo foot work whatsoever but still managed to play some of the most exquisite shots.

vikram rathod...sifarish pe laaya hua player

i remember after cricket salil ankola acted in a couple of serials and also did some ads one was undergarment ad...

champion batsman sujith somasundaram :-)
dodda ganesh
M S K prasad wicki
abhya kuruvilla
noyal david

Some players were good
Debasis Mohanty-- Haven't seen an Indian bowler swing more than him.... should have been persisted with....Had a great WC in 1999...

Sadagopan Ramesh-- He did not have the technique but he scored runs and in a classy way... He scored well against the best bowling attack of his time-- Pakistan....

Vijay Dahiya-- He looked a better keeper than all who were tried in that period like Dighe, MSK Prasad, Dasgupta etc...( In those times he sud have had a longer run)....

Did sujit somasundar play 4 india.. i know he s de openner 4 karnataka..i don remember if he played 4 india

OMG,,,india had so many great players
but no one stood up to accompany sachin in 96WC,,,,bad luck

ajay jadeja 4 sure one of the best player of 90's era

Sameer Dighe...

Sanjay Bangar...

Nikhil Chopra

Rajesh chauhan

Paras Mhambrey
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5390955031978974790&kw=90s+great+players

[Plum]

Devangu Gandhi-nu oruthara Australia koottikittu pOnAnga. In Chennai Local cricket terminology, fishing outside the offstump is referred to as "dev-arAnDA"...I wonder if destiny had a sense of humour in getting his parents to name him so.

[ajithfederer]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/23/first-look-sachin-tendulkar-private-auction-fetches-record-price.htm

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:9013540651]Australia in India 2009-10

A tale of two batsmen

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, aged 36 and 34 respectively, have rejuvenated themselves enough to be back at the top of their games, in a different kind of way

Sidharth Monga in Vadodara

October 24, 2009

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Sachin Tendulkar's determination to play in the 2011 World Cup is evident from the relatively few one-day matches he's played since the start of 2008 © AFP



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If reasons are to be found to not look at this as just another seven-match ODI series, meaningless but for the No. 1 spot in the dubious ICC rankings on the line, don't look beyond the leading run-getters of both teams. They are also two of the greatest batsmen of our era, and definitely two most consistent across the two forms that they have played for most of their careers. If the marketing man had had the time to build this series up, there wouldn't be a better peg.

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, aged 36 and 34 respectively, have rejuvenated themselves enough to be back at the top of their games, in different ways. Not that the dips were long, but there have been stifled, sporadic calls for them to quit at least one form of the game, if not both. For players who have played so well for so long, motivation is not likely to be an issue, but it is also conspicuous they now derive joy from different aspects of their games.

Tendulkar has been remarkable for not living in denial. He realised long before the rest of the world did that he needed to change his game. He respected age. He stopped making jaws drop, and instead began to appeal to the wise heads that will admire a swallowed ego and a more complete batsman. For about a couple of years we found it hard to reconcile the consciously cautious man of this decade with the terror that bowlers knew in the one before. As with all rediscoveries, this took some time, and once the new Tendulkar started scoring consistently again, we began to marvel. Genius had worked, and we didn't even realise.

Since the start of the year 2008, Tendulkar has averaged 47.05 (career average 44.48) and struck at 90.22 per 100 balls (career strike-rate 85.74). That he has played just 23 matches over the period shows he has picked and chosen. It's a conscious effort to stay fit and ready till the 2011 World Cup, something that can't be easy for a man who has played through pain for most of his career. But he wants another shot at the World Cup, missing which might cause him more mental pain than the physical pain he has endured. And when it comes to the next biggest challenge, playing Ponting's men, it is natural he play.

Australia, though, don't evoke the awe they used to or the aura they used to carry. Ponting's has been a bittersweet experience of captaining the side: two Ashes losses in themselves would have been reason enough for capital punishment for an Australian captain in an era gone by. Two first-round exits in World Twenty20s go with it. But Ponting and the Australian board realise that perhaps their team has to spend time rediscovering itself, much like Tendulkar has done with his game. It shows in how they don't talk big before the big series; winning has become the new talking.

Although Ponting may not figure in the list of greatest captains from Australia, his team, like Tendulkar's game, has maintained a certain level of efficiency. But Ponting needed to do more than chew nails, spit in his hands, look frustrated on the field and get frustrated on the field, and that need to express himself has manifested itself best in his batting. It is remarkable that captaining a side that has fallen from the lofty Australian standards of years gone by has not had any conspicuous effect on his batting. Perhaps it has contributed to him taking it a notch higher. The batting crease is the only place he can carry his brashness to. Frankly, what would the best hooker and puller in the world be without that last ounce of brashness?

Can Ponting bring that quality to a country that hasn't been kind to his batting, with the added burden of leading an inexperienced line-up? For once he will get to put himself in Tendulkar's shoes. In the 46 ODIs that these men have played against each other, Ponting has been on the winning side 28 times. In those 28 games, his average has risen from a career 43.16 to 52.6, an expected variation. But in the 15 games that Tendulkar has won, he has had to raise his game to an extent where his average goes from a career 44.48 to 84.28.

Roles have changed slightly now. Tendulkar has Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni around him; Ponting makes his way in after an unsettled opening combination, and is followed by Michael Hussey, Cameron White and James Hopes.

Even at their ages, and despite the presence of young dashers, these two men make for the most intriguing contest of the series. What's more, Ponting has to lead a somewhat unfancied batting line-up in this series. It's a combination that sometimes manages to get the worst out of them, and might just provide one of the separators in the Greatest of Our Time debate.
Sidharth Monga is a staff writer at Cricinfo

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[ajithfederer]

http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/image/431008.html?page=1


Thalaivaaaa : :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Sir facing (batting) a serve from a tennis racquet during practice.

[littlemaster1982]

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[Plum]

I'm watching this boring odi format today
Note to sachin fans: naan match paarthu tendulkar century adichadhA sartharamE illai. Brace for an ordinary performance from sachu today.

[viraajan]

I'm watching this boring odi format today
Note to sachin fans: naan match paarthu tendulkar century adichadhA sartharamE illai. Brace for an ordinary performance from sachu today.
:hammer:

Sachin out for 14! :cry:

[Bala (Karthik)]

Innaikki singam adikkaadhu nu patchi sollichu, so match pakkala...

Pitch seriyilla ba :lol2: :oops:

[viraajan]

Innaikki singam adikkaadhu nu patchi sollichu, so match pakkala...

Pitch seriyilla ba :lol2: :oops:

unga patchi seriyilla ba.... :lol: adha maathunga...

[hamid]

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/431199.html

Tendulkar favours no referrals but more technology

Sachin Tendulkar has admitted that he's not in favour of the umpire referrals system and prefers technology - including Hot Spot for bat-pad catches - to be extended to all decisions except lbw appeals and where the batsman is bowled.

Tendulkar also suggested that the umpires in the middle be rotated in the same match, which would allow them time to rest, recharge and concentrate better.

His views echoed those of recently retired umpire Steve Bucknor and former Test umpire Peter Willey.


"I'm not particularly happy with the referrals because I'm not convinced of the angles (on television)," Tendulkar told India Today magazine. "I'm not convinced. I wasn't happy when we first went through it [on India's tour of Sri Lanka last year]."

The referrals system was first tried out during India's Sri Lanka tour and the innovation has since been used only on a trial basis though it will be re-introduced on a permanent basis from this month.

However, Tendulkar said he was in favour of increasing technology in cricket to reduce the load on the umpire, helping him to be more focused and therefore more accurate.

"It is tough for the umpires to watch the no-balls and watch what's happening in the front. For the basic line decisions you have to have a laser or something like that... the no-ball is like tennis (in which there is a beep during a let when the ball hits the net during a serve)... you can call it with a machine."

After the initial trials, the ICC had decided to include the Hot Spot to assist the third umpire. Tendulkar welcomed the innovation and added that cricket should capitalise on that aid.

"We are still using technology for close catches," Tendulkar said. "They should use the Hot Spot for the bat-pad decision so the main umpire has to only make the LBW calls. I'm quite happy with the Hot Spot because that establishes the contact.

"For the caught behind, the Hot Spot will come. Close in catches again the Hot Spot will come. You don't need a machine for the clean bowled, so the lbw decisions are all the umpire has to concentrate on."

Tendulkar understood the pressure on-field umpires face these days with every error - glaring or marginal - scrutnised and criticized by experts. He said a rotation system within the same game may help.

"Maybe we could have umpires doing a session each and so have three umpires for a game, so umpires do get time off also."

[littlemaster1982]

Excerpts from recent article of Micheal Kasprowicz (http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/columnscricket/Touring-India-was-always-an-adventure/Article1-471085.aspx).

Things might have changed since I last toured India but then again, there is still the heat, and there is still the most enthusiastic crowd in the world. There is one other thing that is still there and should never change and his name is Tendulkar.

8-)

[ajithfederer]

Time to bow out, Sachin
2009-10-28 19:22:33
Last Updated: 2009-10-28 19:23:26


Rajesh KumarRajesh Kumar rates books, music, movies, cricket and sport among his biggest loves and not necessarily in that order.

Sachin Tendulkar has described his 400th ODI as "just another game".

In hindsight, it could, however, be far more significant than that, and prove to be one of the final two milestones in the great man's ODI career.

His 399th ODI, the fourth in the series against the Australians that India went on to win by eight runs, emphasised why. The 34-year-old was India 's top scorer in the match with 79 runs before he was run out. But the innings only reiterated the signals of impending mortality that most of Sachin's recent knocks have been sending out.

Not for him the sashays down the track to the Australian quicks that Robin Uthappa nonchalantly indulged in, not for him any attempts to unleash even a soupcon of the intimidation that Matthew Hayden did and not for him radiating anywhere near a likeness of Andrew Symonds' uber cool.

After riding upon waves of luck, Sachin settled down to a knock characterised by sheer grit and bloody mindedness, a sight that is becoming increasingly familiar these days.

Sachin's 18-year journey | Stars on Sachin | Sachin Tendulkar special

With almost every innings proving like the 79 to be a toil that is sapping both his mind and body, a 500th ODI appearance seems distinctly improbable, despite a tally of 1073 runs at 46.65 in 2007. The 100 ODI 50s landmark could also prove altogether onerous. As for the 50 ODI 100s mark, don't even bother mentioning it.

Yes, if Sachin soldiers on, he will breach the 16,000-run barrier. On current form, that should be his last great milestone and his ODI career must not stretch much beyond that.

This is indeed a bitter reality for a batsman whom Sir Viv Richards once termed 99.5 per cent perfect. But then Sachin isn't as fleet of foot or nimble of mind at the batting crease as he once was. His reflexes have slowed. His defences have frayed, and not just at the edges. No longer is he the batsman of whom Ian Chappell once said, "Whenever I see Sachin play, I am reminded of the Graeme Pollock quote of Cricket being a 'see the ball, hit the ball game'. He hits the ball, if it's there to be hit."

Sachin is aware of his new failings, and the enormity of the effort that he has put into every recent innings, which have largely been exercises in circumspection, has added to the pressure that he himself has talked about. And then there is, as he has admitted, the load that ODI cricket has been putting on his body, which is into its 18th year at the international level. Sadly, it all shows.

Special: Australia in India

As Sachin goes about his innings these days, he seems weighed down by each of the 15,000-odd runs and the 400 ODIs that he has to his name. Missing from his game are the joy and the ebullience that once marked his batting, qualities that his great rival Brian Lara managed to preserve to the very end of his career.

Quitting ODIs, which dominate India's international calendar, is a no-brainer in the circumstances. Sachin has termed Test cricket more challenging and his resolve and his experience will still prove invaluable there. There are also landmarks, including Lara's world-record Test aggregate, that await his assault. A renewed vim and vigour that the breaking of all links with ODIs can gain him will make those pursuits that much easier.

His recent statements about retiring from ODIs before he does from Tests show that the little champion could be thinking along those lines himself. But even otherwise, it is time he reminded himself of the fact that, despite playing in a less hectic period, Sunil Gavaskar decided to bow out after 16 years. The other great Indian cricketer Kapil Dev, too, had to quit the international stage after a career that lasted the same number of years. Across the border, Sachin's much-feted contemporary Inzamam-ul-Haq is calling it a day after less than 15 years.

Time and tide wait for no one, not even a batting genius. While he must extend his Test career, on this momentous day in his ODI career, Sachin also needs to consider charting out an honourable exit from the shorter version of the game – and the sooner he does it, the better.

This column was written on October 11, 2007

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[viraajan]

Excerpts from recent article of Micheal Kasprowicz (http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/columnscricket/Touring-India-was-always-an-adventure/Article1-471085.aspx).

Things might have changed since I last toured India but then again, there is still the heat, and there is still the most enthusiastic crowd in the world. There is one other thing that is still there and should never change and his name is Tendulkar.

8-)

:smokesmirk: 8-)

[littlemaster1982]

Sachin a grandad to his teammates (http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/international-cricket/news/detail/item346500/Sachin-a-grandad-to-his-teammates/)

Tendulkar's teammate Yuvraj Singh paid rich tribute to the batting maestro's longevity and his insatiable hunger for perfection, saying it would be difficult for any other player to survive the wears and tears that Tendulkar has endured.

"We have started calling him grandfather," Yuvraj quipped last night, after guiding India to a six-wicket win against Australia in the third one-dayer.

"Even at this stage, he wants to improve with every game. For him, there is no end to getting better, no matter whatever you have already achieved. He is an amazing man and I don't think any other player can go on to play for 20 years or more like he has," Yuvraj gushed.

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Since his 1989-90 debut, Tendulkar has gone on to possess virtually every batting record, amassing 12777 runs in the 159 Tests he has played, besides piling 16953 runs in the 433 ODIs.

Another 47 runs would take Tendulkar to the coveted 17,000-run mark and asked if the team has any special plan to celebrate the occasion, Yuvraj said, "Plan? We are in fact tired of planning celebrations for him. Every week, the guy goes on to make some record or other."

[Plum]

GrandadA? 'nogyyala - 2000-la debut paNnittu 2009-la0yE nurai thaLLikittu irukkara kezha bolt Yuvraj0ku ipdi oru nenappA?
(Yes, with this, I am officially launching the "move out the oldies" campaign against the savrajs, durbys etc(similar to the one launched against RD, SCG and VVS a couple of years ago)

[Bala (Karthik)]

GrandadA? 'nogyyala - 2000-la debut paNnittu 2009-la0yE nurai thaLLikittu irukkara kezha bolt Yuvraj0ku ipdi oru nenappA?
(Yes, with this, I am officially launching the "move out the oldies" campaign against the savrajs, durbys etc(similar to the one launched against RD, SCG and VVS a couple of years ago)
:lol:
I wouldn't put Savi and Durby in the same league. Durby odi paakkanume! :rotfl2:

[Vivasaayi]

GrandadA? 'nogyyala - 2000-la debut paNnittu 2009-la0yE nurai thaLLikittu irukkara kezha bolt Yuvraj0ku ipdi oru nenappA?
(Yes, with this, I am officially launching the "move out the oldies" campaign against the savrajs, durbys etc(similar to the one launched against RD, SCG and VVS a couple of years ago)
:lol:
I wouldn't put Savi and Durby in the same league. Durby odi paakkanume! :rotfl2:

yarandha durby?

[littlemaster1982]

Viv,

Adhukkudhan indha pakkam adikkadi varanumgaradhu :lol: Harbhajan = Durbajan = Durby.

[littlemaster1982]

A tale of two batsmen (http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/431024.html)

If reasons are to be found to not look at this as just another seven-match ODI series, meaningless but for the No. 1 spot in the dubious ICC rankings on the line, don't look beyond the leading run-getters of both teams. They are also two of the greatest batsmen of our era, and definitely two most consistent across the two forms that they have played for most of their careers. If the marketing man had had the time to build this series up, there wouldn't be a better peg.

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, aged 36 and 34 respectively, have rejuvenated themselves enough to be back at the top of their games, in different ways. Not that the dips were long, but there have been stifled, sporadic calls for them to quit at least one form of the game, if not both. For players who have played so well for so long, motivation is not likely to be an issue, but it is also conspicuous they now derive joy from different aspects of their games.

Tendulkar has been remarkable for not living in denial. He realised long before the rest of the world did that he needed to change his game. He respected age. He stopped making jaws drop, and instead began to appeal to the wise heads that will admire a swallowed ego and a more complete batsman. For about a couple of years we found it hard to reconcile the consciously cautious man of this decade with the terror that bowlers knew in the one before. As with all rediscoveries, this took some time, and once the new Tendulkar started scoring consistently again, we began to marvel. Genius had worked, and we didn't even realise.

Since the start of the year 2008, Tendulkar has averaged 47.05 (career average 44.48) and struck at 90.22 per 100 balls (career strike-rate 85.74). That he has played just 23 matches over the period shows he has picked and chosen. It's a conscious effort to stay fit and ready till the 2011 World Cup, something that can't be easy for a man who has played through pain for most of his career. But he wants another shot at the World Cup, missing which might cause him more mental pain than the physical pain he has endured. And when it comes to the next biggest challenge, playing Ponting's men, it is natural he play.

Australia, though, don't evoke the awe they used to or the aura they used to carry. Ponting's has been a bittersweet experience of captaining the side: two Ashes losses in themselves would have been reason enough for capital punishment for an Australian captain in an era gone by. A first-round exit in the 2009 World Twenty20 goes with it. But Ponting and the Australian board realise that perhaps their team has to spend time rediscovering itself, much like Tendulkar has done with his game. It shows in how they don't talk big before the big series; winning has become the new talking.

Although Ponting may not figure in the list of greatest captains from Australia, his team, like Tendulkar's game, has maintained a certain level of efficiency. But Ponting needed to do more than chew nails, spit in his hands, look frustrated on the field and get frustrated on the field, and that need to express himself has manifested itself best in his batting. It is remarkable that captaining a side that has fallen from the lofty Australian standards of years gone by has not had any conspicuous effect on his batting. Perhaps it has contributed to him taking it a notch higher. The batting crease is the only place he can carry his brashness to. Frankly, what would the best hooker and puller in the world be without that last ounce of brashness?

Can Ponting bring that quality to a country that hasn't been kind to his batting, with the added burden of leading an inexperienced line-up? For once he will get to put himself in Tendulkar's shoes. In the 46 ODIs that these men have played against each other, Ponting has been on the winning side 28 times. In those 28 games, his average has risen from a career 43.16 to 52.6, an expected variation. But in the 15 games that Tendulkar has won, he has had to raise his game to an extent where his average goes from a career 44.48 to 84.28.

Roles have changed slightly now. Tendulkar has Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni around him; Ponting makes his way in after an unsettled opening combination, and is followed by Michael Hussey, Cameron White and James Hopes.

Even at their ages, and despite the presence of young dashers, these two men make for the most intriguing contest of the series. What's more, Ponting has to lead a somewhat unfancied batting line-up in this series. It's a combination that sometimes manages to get the worst out of them, and might just provide one of the separators in the Greatest of Our Time debate.

[MADDY]

whats this broad and concerted campaign of comparing sach & panding everywhere? saturday's match too - gavaskar says - sach and ricky are 2 great men from 2 sides - wtf :x

[Plum]

Maddy, Panding cricketla oru rowdy-nu form aayittAn. Only difference between nai sekar and him is that there are people pushing him onto the jeep saying "ivanum rowdy dhaan" whereas nai sekar had to do it all by himself!

[MADDY]

Maddy, Panding cricketla oru rowdy-nu form aayittAn. Only difference between nai sekar and him is that there are people pushing him onto the jeep saying "ivanum rowdy dhaan" whereas nai sekar had to do it all by himself!

true :lol:....i hope, sachin overcomes this silly arguement just like he has overcome so many comparisons :D

[Dinesh84]

Master nearing 17,000 runs in ODI 8-)

[viraajan]

Sachin out :cry2:

Actually not out... vazhakkam pOla sadhi pannittanga :rant:

[Plum]

Sachin out :cry2:

Actually not out... vazhakkam pOla sadhi pannittanga :rant:
AhA! let alone watching on TV, innikku naan cricinfo score kooda check paNNaliyE apdiyumA?

Bala(Karthik) sonna situesan vandhidumA?

[Bala (Karthik)]

Sachin out :cry2:

Actually not out... vazhakkam pOla sadhi pannittanga :rant:
AhA! let alone watching on TV, innikku naan cricinfo score kooda check paNNaliyE apdiyumA?

Bala(Karthik) sonna situesan vandhidumA?
Sashin remba kaduppetharaar yuvar aanar! :x

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:d281e43c19]Indian Cricket Fever
Australia vs ROW: The Lara-Sachin Epic

By Raul - 31 August '03
September 19 2003


It was the Rest of the World playing Australia. I remember it like it happened yesterday - the First Test, and as it happened, the only Test - at Brisbane.
PROLOGUE
“It was the Rest of the World playing Australia. I remember it like it facting happened yesterday - the First Test, and as it happened, the only Test - at Brisbane. Rest of the World, sent in to bat by Steve Waugh, was tottering at 6 for 2, with both Michael Vaughan and Gary Kirsten gone! Vaughan snicked a McGrath outswinger to Gilchrist and Gary was bounced out by a fiery Lee,” mused the older man. The bespectacled younger man sitting next to him said, “Yeah, I remember, too. Brian Lara came in at no.3, followed next over by Sachin at no.4, right? What a pairing, maan!”

The older man seems irritated by the interruption, but continues reminiscing, “Dravid and Chanders are padded up in the pavilion. And it's McGrath and Brett Lee at full steam, revved up by their early success. Gillespie and Warne are prowling in the sidelines, awaiting their skipper’s call. Waugh has three slips and two gullies in place. McGrath is beginning a new over to Sachin...”

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McGrath decides he needs to sledge Sachin to wind him up a little. He begins by bowling a short one outside off, and spits on his follow-through: "So...you broke these days, I hear? Asking the government to pay duty on your sports car?"
Sachin glares back at him under his helmet, takes fresh guard six inches outside leg stump from umpire Hariharan. As Pidge turns back to his bowling run, Sachin squeaks, "Bowl at my stumps, Glen... Try and get me clean bowled." Next ball, Pidge tries to york Sachin, who straight drives him with minimal effort to the sight screen. Lara, a big fan and student of Sachin's batting is expecting this and jumps in perfect timing to avoid the ball whizzing between him and the stumps. Pidge glares at Sachin, who looks towards square leg, shrugs, adjusts his abdominal guard and takes stance.

The next ball is an outswinger. Sachin watches it very closely into Gilly's gloves. "Hit that if you can, you little so-and-so...," chirps Pidge. Lara comes a couple of steps down the pitch, taps the pitch with his bat while looking closely at Sachin from under his maroon helmet. He catches the Bombay Blaster's eye, winks and goes back.

The next one is a little short from McGrath but has steepling bounce and is just outside off. Sachin steps back and across and powerfully uppercuts it over third man for six. The crowd, which has had plenty of action so far, now goes completely berserk. Lara comes down the pitch, beaming broadly, and pats Sachin on the shoulder. Sachin shrugs, says a couple of words to Lara while pointing to mid-on and then resumes batting. He deliberately lofts the next ball, good length, over Lee's head at mid-on and the ball races for another boundary.

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McGrath gets one to lift from just short of a length on middle and leg. Sachin, with his outside-the-leg stance, is just about able to get up on tippy-toe and play it down. However, his bat speed and the weight of his bat help the ball go past the bowler and the batsmen cross for a single. Waugh decides to attack Lara for the last ball. Anticlimactically, Lara nudges a good length ball on off to square and gets off the mark. You know it's a good day for a spectator when Lara turns the first ball he gets that square from an off stump line.
Waugh and Lee are deep in conversation as are the two batting princes in the middle. Sachin seems to be belaboring a point while the Prince of Trinidad, long white sleeves flapping as he squints into the sun, seems to be barely paying attention. But as Sachin stops talking, Lara turns to him and smiles broadly. Brian Charles Lara is enjoying this, while Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar seems all business, very serious. Then Lara turns towards his crease, all grace and quick steps as he adjusts his helmet strap. He checks his guard with umpire Taufel and then looks around to survey the field. Four slips, two gullies, cover point, mid-off and the lone man on the leg side at a funny position between mid-on and mid-wicket. Tugga has been studying tapes with Buchanan and has noted the Trinidadian's penchant for pulling in the air. He may have asked his hit man Lee to try and bounce Lara out. The suspicions are confirmed when Tugga asks the man at cover point to come further in, to silly mid-off. The man at mid-off, Justin Langer, is now moved to forward short leg. Just as Lee reaches the top of his run- up, Sachin decides to slow things down a bit. He takes a couple of steps down the pitch and says something to Lara. Lara nods in response and takes stance. The packed crowd at the Woolloongabba starts a slow hand-clap as Lee starts running in. Predictably, he begins with a wide one outside off, not too fast, around 90.

Gillespie at mid-on runs up to his colleague and says something in his ears and goes back to his position. Ponting at point claps loudly and urges everyone, "C'mon, boys. One more." Lee comes in again and bowls a 97 mph thunderbolt. Unfortunately, it's a tad too full. Lara, already into his high back lift and the typical feinting movement backwards, flows into a booming cover-drive like a ballet dancer. There is no one there, and someone from the flag-waving, cheering crowd, picks the ball up and throws it towards Damien Martyn, who polishes the ball and walks up to Lee to offer some encouragement. Tony Greig is undergoing orgasmic convulsions in the commentary box: "It's gone, it's outta heeeeeeeeere!!!! Lara has blasted this one to the cover fence!! Oh, my goodness!! I think Lee has lost the plot somewhat here. I don't think Waugh would be a very happy man right now (close-up of Tugga is now on the giant display screen, courtesy Channel Nine, looking his inscrutable Buddha-self with his head cupped in one hand at second slip). Greig continues his ejaculation: "20 runs have come off the last eight balls and the two greatest masters of the art of batting have come to the party here at the GABBA."

Lee steams back in, looking a little aggrieved, and bounces Lara. The ball is way too high and Lara calmly watches it fly over his head to Gilly. The next ball is also short and very quick. Lara swivel-pulls on one leg to the mid-wicket boundary, his bat speed camouflaging the superb control over the shot as it speeds all along the carpet to the mid-wicket boundary.

Now Lee is in trouble and he knows he has to come up with something better. So he does, with a searing, scorching delivery at 97.9 mph that kicks off from just short of good length and Lara who is committed to the front foot can only jump up and contort his upper body and drop his hands to miss the ball. The ball swishes his shirt sleeve and all the Aussies go up as one for an appeal. But this time, Taufel only smiles benignly in reply.

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Lee finishes the over with a splendid inswinging yorker, which Lara keeps out of his stumps. Lee fields on his follow through and tell Lara, “Hit that one, mate…” Lara looks disdainfully at Lee and turns to walk towards the middle where Sachin awaits him. Tugga, Punter, Gilly, Martyn and Lehmann are talking to McGrath. Looks like they have a plan for the Bombay Blaster. A deep third man is set, as is a deep square cover. Greig asks Boycott, “So Geoffrey, what do you think is Waugh planning to do? Does he want to trap Tendalkar into upper cutting into the waiting hands of Martyn at third man?” Boycott replies in his Yorkshire accent, “Well, if Sachin uppercuts with a man placed there for that shot, he’s dafter than me mum. I think it’s a bluff. Watch out, it will be a yorker. McGrath should be bowling fuller, especially in these early stages, just a little bit fuller, you know? A couple of inches… That could pose some more questions.”
McGrath goes on top of his bowling mark. Three slips, deep third man, gully, deep square cover, mid-off, mid-on and a square leg, slightly finer than usual. McGrath comes in, bowls one on perfect length, just outside off. It cuts away sharply after pitching. Sachin goes for a booming cover drive, misses completely. The Australian slip cordon jumps up in unison and exclaims in frustration, while the crowd gasps. They gasp again as they watch the action replay on the giant screen. The next one from McGrath is on an awkward length and climbs on Sachin. He sways outside the line at the last minute, with the ball passing within inches of the brand new french beard he’d started to cultivate. Tugga and the others clap in appreciation. McGrath goes up to Sachin, “What’d that smell like, mate?”

McGrath bowls a good length ball next up and Sachin punches it defensively down the track. McGrath picks up and walks back to his bowling mark. Tugga decides to bring in the deep square cover to a second, widish gully now. McGrath bowls a straight one on length, well outside off, Sachin flashes at it, misses and punches the air in disgust with his left hand. Lara comes down the track and says something to Tendulkar. The next ball, McGrath strays on to Sachin’s pads and he neatly works it away with minimum effort to the mid-on boundary for four. “Woonderful shot from Sashin,” comments Boycott. “McGrath beat him, but I think these two have the right idea. If it is there in the slot, it has to go.”

Last ball of the over, Sachin has a big hoick at a shorter length slower delivery. The ball balloons high up and Lee at mid-on makes a brilliant run followed by a body-twisting, athletic dive but the ball eludes his finger tips. Sachin looks down at the pitch in self-annoyance as he completes the single and watches Lee fail to pouch the chance. End of the over. Rest of the World, 28-2.

Suddenly, Tugga pulls a master-stroke, or so it seems. Lee, who has been bowling from the Vulture Street End, is being replaced. He throws the ball to Shane Warne who will now bowl from the Vulture Street End.

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Shane Warne, with his brand new coiffeur blowing in the slight breeze, is slowly spinning the ball and catching it with one hand, while discussing his field with Tugga. Two slips, a silly point, a forward short-leg and a leg-gully form the close–in field. There’s a man patrolling the third man boundary, a long off, square leg and deep mid wicket. “Warnie may try a couple of flippers or maybe even a slip a googly in here, what do you think, Geoffrey?” “I think Steve Waugh is trying to change ends, that’s all. And add a bit of excitement and uncertainty in the batmen’s minds. Also, I think he’d be interested to see how the slower pace of Warne might affect the stroke play of these two geniooses out there, you know? Timing-wise. A smart move by a thinkin’ cap’n, I would say.”
Warne starts off with a regulation leg-spinner to Sachin who defends towards Punter at silly point. “Well bowled, Warnie,” shouts Gilly. Sachin sweeps at the next one, but fails to time it. He however gets hold of the next one, dancing down the pitch and lofting it high and handsome over the sight screen. Greig screams into his microphone, “That has gone past the taxis that stand at the corner of Duke and Linton Streets, I tell you!!! Maybe one or two cabbies might have to take issue with the master blaster Sashin Tendalkar, I say!! Six o’ the best for the man who is taking the attack to the Aussies now, after their initial success. Shane Warne, deposited over long on, for a huge, huge six! Tendulkar now moves to 26, with two sixes and 2 fours… and a near-life on 20 when Lee failed to hold a tough chance.” Sachin plays out the rest of the over quietly. At 34-2 in 14 overs, an exciting first hour of play is done and drinks are called on the field.

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After drinks (just as Boycott had correctly predicted), Waugh throws the ball to Brett Lee, who now bowls from the Stanley Street End.
What followed was the perhaps the fastest spell Lee ever bowled in his career. The cherry was whizzing past noses and helmet frames seemingly at his will. Brett Lee was making the old cherry talk and it was talking business with a very mean accent. At the other end, Glen McGrath was replaced by an inspired and fired up Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie who also threw everything into a tremendous assault on the batting gladiators who seemed intent on setting the Tasman Sea alight with their sparkling stroke play.

Only twelve overs were completed in the second hour, but they were twelve of the best Dizzy and Lee could conjure up. Rippers, jaffers, snorters, rib-ticklers, and one (perhaps miscalculated) beamer. Near misses and fierce hooks, balls brushing shirt sleeves; sharply lifting outswingers and spanking square cuts and drives; reverse swinging yorkers and blazing straight and on-drives—all were testament to one of the epic battles between bat and ball, with no quarter asked and none given. Fierce pride, razor-sharp intensity and breathtaking talent provided a glow of magic to the proceedings for the Brisbane crowd.

At one point, a rising delivery from Lee somehow clambered through the frame of Sachin’s helmet and bloodied his upper lip. Interestingly, that delivery seemed to make Tendulkar even more determined to weather this storm and take the Rest of the World to an impregnable position.

Lara edged a late-swinging one from Gillespie but it fell just short of Matty Hayden who made a valiant attempt to make a catch of it. Sachin had a very loud shout for LBW off a fuller length Lee thunderbolt turned down by umpire Taufel. On replays, it appeared to be missing leg. At lunch, the battered pair of geniuses were still at the crease, with the scoreboard reading 92-2, the two having stitched together an 86-run unbroken partnership. Sachin was on 43 and Lara on 40. Australia had gained a couple of early breakthroughs, but the two batting gurus had wrested the early advantage the Rest of the World’s way through bold stroke play and sheer bloody-mindedness. This was a tougher version of both batsmen on display. Tugga went in to get his salad, a thoughtful man in deep reflection.

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After lunch, Waugh attacked with Warnie at one end and McGrath at the other. Pidge produced a very tight, testing second spell, with neither Sachin nor Lara looking their fluent selves from the morning session. It was one over from Warne that changed things. Warne was getting appreciable drift, making the ball bend in its loop away from the left-handed Trinidadian, before pitching wide outside his off-stump and turning sharply in. This is when Warne was at his best: the drift, the loop, the variation in length and sharp, consistent turn. Warne pitched one wide outside off, just short of length and dipping. Lara ballet-danced towards the pitch of the ball and with his left leg dramatically in the air after pushing off for his shot, he nonchalantly lofted it over deep mid-wicket Jason Gillespie’s head for a big six. The timing was so extraordinary and the bat speed so rapid, that most spectators, some of who were in the throes of “Foster’s haze”, didn’t even realize Lara had played anything more than a defensive push. Sachin applauded at the other end. Lara was now on a steady and occasionally spectacular 72. Sachin, quieted down considerably after lunch and the hit on his lip, was on 59. The Rest of the World was on 149-2.
The next ball, a flipper, was pulled to the mid-wicket boundary for four, just to the right of a diving Martyn at mid-wicket. Warne again flighted the ball. This time it was hit straighter, right over the sight screen, for a six. Next ball, outside off, didn’t turn. Lara watched it into Gilly’s gloves. Last ball, again a flipper. Lara decides to get creative – he moves inside the line and square drives it for four. The crowd now awakens from their lunch-and-liquid diet-inspired stupor and get caught up in the Lara show.

Once Lara got in his stride, Sachin began rotating the strike brilliantly, occasionally producing a stroke of such delicate touch that Boycott invented the phrase “Oozing to the boundary”. Like the oh-so-very-late cut that he played off Warnie’s leg-spinner or the tuck off his hips, feet in the air – reminiscent of a Gavaskar in cruise mode against the Windies pace battery – for a single behind square off McGrath.

Steve Waugh decided to bring himself on for an over in which he was hit for two boundaries and a three by Lara, who now raced into the nineties. It had been a typically fluent Lara knock, all touch and timing to begin with and then unleashing the beast. It was then that it happened.

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Lara was blazing away, seemingly inexorably, to a century. He was 93 not out, and bowling to him was Jason Gillespie in the second over of a fresh spell. The first ball, slightly fuller in length in an attempt to find some reverse swing, was creamed to the cover boundary, all grace and accentuated follow through, with Lara on one knee and bat held up above the shoulder for the cameras. Jason followed it up with two glorious deliveries, both of which Lara negotiated with aplomb. Lara’s in the zone, feeling it.
Next ball, Dizzy throws it outside off-stump—a back-of-the-hand slower one. Lara late cuts and the square third man ran around to collect. Sachin, ever the earnest partner, is rapidly moving past Lara, who is ball-watching, on his second run and calling Lara through for the third run that would compile a well-crafted century. But Lara doesn’t hear Sachin amidst the crowd noise and is settling for the striker’s end, when he looks up and notices Sachin half-way down the track. He sends him back, grimaces and then starts up the track himself. The throw from Martyn thuds into Gilly’s gloves who promptly breaks the stumps and begins to celebrate. Lara turns around, takes off his helmet and starts walking back to the pavilion. The crowd is stunned into some silence and a slow clap starts.

Steve Waugh runs up to the square leg umpire and gesticulates towards the middle of the pitch. The square leg umpire, Hariharan, calls out and halts Lara. He consults with Simon Taufel and eventually beckons to Sachin. Sachin dejectedly looks at the umpires and walks off. Sachin run out (Martyn/Gilchrist) 74. ROW 197-3. “Yeah, get the li’l fella off, Tugga…,” the comments from the outfield slowly filtered up to Lara’s ears. Lara realized Steve Waugh was playing another mind-game. He would now throw the ball to Glen, and try and bait me… Trying to play on the Lara-Sachin rivalry. Well, I’ll be…

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The next few overs were a fiery confrontation between the bowlers and Lara. Lara, on 99, was not concerned about the single. Instead, he seemed more intent on proving a point to the Aussies. The circumstances revolving around Sachin’s departure had made him very, very upset; he put it out of his mind with a great effort just before every ball. Gillespie sensed it as soon as Rahul Dravid walked out to join Brian and the Trinidadian hardly spoke to The Wall before he took guard and got off the mark with a push past cover off the first ball. Gillespie now changed his field for Lara. He conceded the single, while keeping the boundaries covered. He banged in one short and Lara jumped around his crease, seemingly indecisive in his approach. McGrath was brought on at the other end and he, too, began peppering the upset Lara with sharp lifting ones aimed at his ribcage/chin area.
A couple of overs passed, with Lara bent on staying there, seemingly to avenge his brave partner’s unfortunately premature demise. Then, Gillespie banged one more in short. Lara decided this one was in the slot, even thought there was Lehmann at deep square leg and Warne at deep mid wicket. He pulled viciously over deep square for a six and reached a well-deserved century. He pulled off his helmet and gestured towards the dressing room where Sachin was standing to applaud, still with his pads on since he hadn’t gone into his dressing room after getting out, wanting to see Brian get to his hundred. Lara bowed to the dressing room after acknowledging the crowd. Gilly said from behind the stumps, “Well played, mate. Good one.”

The next half hour or so before tea and the session after that was pure mayhem. Lara unleashed a dazzling array of cover drives, on drives, cuts, pulls and hooks of such savage power that rarely did the Australian fielders have a chance to affect their inevitable destinations to the boundary line. By the end of the day, Lara had posted a double hundred in grand style, with consecutive fours off Warne. Rahul Dravid had perished to a beauty from Warne just after tea for 27, with the ROW at a healthy 295-4, but Lara received the dogged support of his fellow-West Indian, Shivnaraine Chanderpaul. Shiv was hanging around for a quietly compiled 32, while Lara was undefeated on 208. The Rest of the World, having had a nightmare start to the day, had finished the first day on a healthy 347-4. The two doyens on the art of batting had not only provided a day to savor, but one of them had inspired the other to the kind of heights he always seemed capable of, but never brought off completely convincingly.

EPILOGUE

”…And that’s the story of how Sachin Tendulkar inspired the Prince of Trinidad to hit a brilliant 291 in that one-off Brisbane match. Do you remember?” asked the Black Prince of the peripatetic journalist from Mumbai. He poured himself another shot from the bottle of El Dorado rum, as a faint breeze made the palm trees in the background sway and bring up the sea-salt smell up to the bar. “Wow!! That’s a cool one, man. Didn’t realize that’s what made Lara go berserk after tea. Still, the ROW team came close to losing that one, right?” Raul asked.

“What’s the matter with your facting memory? The umpires messed it up, my bwoy. ROW shoulda won by a mile… after that kinda knock from Lara and the great bowling from Shane Bond.”

“Er…, aren’t you forgetting Gilly’s hundred here, Princey?” Raul asked as he poured himself some rum. The Black Prince, leaning back against the wall with his head turned up towards the ceiling, was smiling beatifically with his eyes closed. If at all he had heard Raul's comment, he gave no sign. Presently he opened his eyes, started to pour himself another one, stopped with his hands dramatically paused in mid-air. He slowly turned around towards Raul. “Have you heard that one about Shivanaraine’s 200-ball triple century against South Africa?” Raul looks at his watch and at the amount of rum left in his glass. Outside a Berbician steel band is playing a familiar tune. It’s hot and sticky out there. And Princey would hook him up good by evening, he’d promised. So he took a swallow of El Dorado, sank further back into his seat and said, “No, Princey, my man. But I’d sure as hell like to hear it.”


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[ajithfederer]

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[littlemaster1982]

Wonderful article. Thanks a lot AF :D

[ajithfederer]

decisions went against sachin --repeated thread

hi frndz,

I prepared a list at different thread that how many decisions went against sachin unfairly from 1996 mainly from my memory only ....

since OUR MOD SOURAV BHAI asked me to create a different thred for it again...so

I am doing that.....

*****however the list is incomplete & surely many more to go..since I am watching

cricket from 1996 WC regularly..so before 1996 WC I don't have any a/c

abt the decisions went against sachin unfairly ( as sachin r playing from 1989 in the

national team & more 7 years r beyond my knowledge..!!!! )


.....however list is provided below...

here r the sachin's unfortunate dismissals ....which r created by shocking decisions of umpires.......I m providing from my memory...I am watching cricket from 1996..so surely there r many more decisions before & after that.....
note a) :cb = caught behind

b) ***** --this signs applied for 50-50 decisions only went against sachin....though benefit of he doubts should go in favour of batsman...but anti--sahin-s can remove those & still can count the unfortunate dismissals of sachin.....
which is still incomplete & lots more to go since I am provding it from my memory only...


1) got wrong lbw decision in sharjah Off the bowling of aqib javed in 1991 I think...

1) got lbw by donald in titan cup in 1996 when he scored 28...

2) got cb of a no ball of fleming ( aus) in pepsi cup final in 1998 when he was at 15 in INDIA ( DELHI) ..


3)got caught off a no ball by IAN bishop when he was at 92 in WI..BARNEDOSE TEST in 1997..


4)got cb of ambrose despite of ball touched the shoulder only when he was on 44 in 1997 ODI vs WI...

5)got caught by rhodes vs sa despite the ball was taken from ground by rhodes in 1996 in SA when he was on 32...


6)got wrong lbw decision off VAAS in the SL in 1997 when he was on 6 in ODI...

7)got wrong lbw vs pak off AZHAR MAHMOOD in 1997 in toronto when he was at 51

8)got wrong cb off a no ball of fleming vs aus at sharjah semifinal( cocacola cup) in 1998 when he was at 143...

9)got wrong lbw ( pitched outside of legstump & going outside of off stump !!!) of kasprowich at sharjah final vs aus in 1998

when he was at 134

**10)got doubtfull stump out decision ( may be may not be 50-50) vs srilanka in colombo final when he was at 128

11)got wrongly out cb off VAAS in sharjah in 1998

12)got wrongly lbw ( ball was going way down the leg side) off NASH vs nz in HAMILTON TEST in 1999 when he was on 67

13)got wrongly lbw off CHRIS CAIRNS vs nz in nz in 1999 in the 4th ODI

14)got wrongly lbw off saqlin mustaq ( pitched outside of leg stump)

vs pak at delhi TEST in 1999 when he was at 6

****15) 1 controversial run out by the obstruction of shoaib ( as bucknor did not apply the obstrucklr rule surprisingly )

in EDEN vs PAK TEST in 1999 ( may or may not be but unfortunate for sure )

16)wrong bat--pad catch off shane warne when he was at 61 vs aus in adelaide TEST in aus in 1999

17) got wrong lbw of mcgrath (when he was ducking & short pitch hit the shoulder !!!) at 0 in delaide test 2nd innings


{{**** after that got a bit dubious lbw off warns at 2nd innings in MCG test vs aus when he was at 52..u can give that out despite of

long stride forward...so i am not considering it..}}


18)got wrong lbw decision of mcgrath in sydney test 1st innings [when the ball way way going down the leg side!!!!]

(only an aussie umpire can give that) when he was at 45

19) got a shocking caught behind decision vs pak in PERTH ODI in 1999 when he was at 17..

( that ball flicked thendulkar's shirt(jersy) went to the keeper & umpire TOFFO gave caught behind !!!)


20) got wrong lbw off pollock at FARIDABAD ODI vs SA in INDIA in 2000

21)got wrong lbw off SHOAIB akhtar in sharjah ODI vs pak in 2000 when he was at 11

( it was an inside edge & then pad... but given lbw)

22)got wrong lbw decision of abdul razzak vs pak in dhaka in asia cup odi when he was on 25 in year 2000...

that ball way going down the leg side & clearly missing the stumps....

23)got caught out off a NO BALL from GILLESPIE in 2001 INDIA vs AUS 3rd test 2nd innings in chennai

...when he was at 17......

24)in 2002 wi tour 3 out of 4 lbws were wrong given to tendulkar...all was done by ashoka desilva...

lbw by cuffy at port of spain test at 1st innings when he was on 117

25)lbw by sanford at port of spain test 2nd innings vs WI when he was on 0

26)lbw by dillon at bridgetown test when he was at 8....

all the deleveries were going way over the stumps & adjudged lbw by ashoka desilva...

27)wrong lbw off ORAM given by ashoka desilva again at wellington test in 2002 1st innings...

ball was going over the stumps....when he was at 8

28)again wrong lbw given off BOND in wellington ODI in 2002 nz tour by billy bowden...

29)given wrong lbw by S K BANSAL at cuttack ODI off MIILS vs nz when he was at 14 in 2003....

30)given wrong lbw by bucknor at brisbane test off gillespie in 2003...where the ball was going clearly over the top

31)given wrong caughtbehind off brett lee down the leg side. !!!at MCG TEST in 2003

32)given wrong lbw off UMAR GUL at LAHORE TEST vs PAK in 2004..ball was missing the stump & was going way over...

33)got a terrible caught behind decision off razzak at EDEN TEST vs PAK by umpire BUCKNOR !!!

...where ball was going miles away from bat..& he was on 52....

34)1 terrible series where 4 out of 5 dismissals were wrong in 2005....

****** lbw off muralitharan at CHENNAI TEST when he was on 22...u can call it 50-50 though in 2005...

35)lbw off muralitharan at delhi test where ball pitched out side of leg stump & baman was long stride in 2005..

when he was at 109..

36)in 2005 lbw off BANDARA at DELHI TEST when he was long stride forward & ball was going clearly over the top..when he was on 16..

37) lbw off DILSHAN when there was a clear INSIDE EDGE..when he was on 19 in Ahmedabad test in 2005..

38)got wrong caught behind off POLLOCK vs SA in 2005 inn BANGALORE ODI...

39)got wrong lbw off ARSHAD KHAN..when the ball hit the GLAVES & then pad after 100 in PESHWAR ODI vs PAK in 2006...

40)got wrong lbw off MONTY PANESOR at NAGPUR test vs ENG when he was on 16 in 2006

41)got wrong lbw decisions off pollock by pak umpire ASHAD RAUF at KEPTOWN TEST 2nd innings vs SA in 2007

ball was way down the leg side ....

42)got a shocking lbw in TENT BRIDGE TEST vs ENG off collingwood of a wide ball out side off -stump in 2007!!!by umpire TOFFO

& umpire aplogized later for that.

when he was on 91....

43)got a terrible decision of caught behind off flintoff at LORD's final ODI by aleem daar....an elephant cud pas through bet bad & ball..said by commentator..

he was on 30 then...

44)got a bad lbw decision off BRETT LEE at PERTH TEST vs AUS by umpire ASHAD RAUF n 2008...

when he was on 71 & well set.......

45)got a wrong lbw decision off BRACKEN vs AUS in ADELAIDE ODI in 2008

when he was on 5...

46)got a wrong lbw decision again off LEE vs AUS in 2008 at SCG ODI..

47)*******got a controversial lbw decision off DAMIKA PRASAD vs SRILANKA in GALLE TEST ...

a possible inside edge however keeping it 50-50*****

48)got a wrong lbw decision off SWANN vs ENG at MOHALI TEST

where the ball was clearly going over the stumps & he was on 11.....


49) got terrible lbw decisions in 3 ODIS in a row vs SL in SL in 2009 in the recent ODI series vs SL..

first off THUSARA in DAMBULA ODI by umpire DHARMASENA...

50) 2nd 1 at colombo same decision...

51) 3rd at colombo same kinda lbw decision off farnando...by same sl umpire....

yet to come more ..as this is the decisions only I can remember..& I am watching cricket from 1996....

52)got cb against wi in 1994/95 when I did not use watch cricket that much...


53)sachin off andrew flintoff in 2007 bristol odi when sachin scored 99 and was wrongly given caught behind....flintoff bowled a bouncer and the ball brushed sachin's elbow and umpire gave it caught behind.... another terrible decision

53rd point was reminded by our mate ONE SHOULD HAVE...so posted later....

sorry yaar lots more to go...but it's beyond my memory......& that was only from my memory...

once I read in debasish dutta's ( a famous journalist)article that sachin & his teammates

themselves once counting his(sachin's only)

bad dismissals only from 2003...& they got 50 odd. !!!

54) sachin off nathan hauritz in the 2009 INDIA-AUS 4th match of BILATERAL HOME SERIES ..wrong LBW decision by the PIG ASOKA DESILVA at well set condition..when he was on 40.....

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5365837732545171381&start=1

[hamid]

Got this in FWD email...


Maestro Sachin Tendulkar




Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir.

Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI

2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41

3. Most number of nineties in the ODI

4. Most number of man of the matches (56) in the ODI's

5. Most number of man of the series (14) in ODI's

6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's

7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI

8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI

9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)

10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup

11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16

12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87

15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407

16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

17. Most number of 100's in test's 38

18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so

19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor

20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player

21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

22. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,

23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts

24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire

25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.

26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times

27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman

28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world.

29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.

30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia

31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.

32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year

34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.

35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket

36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 79 centuries.

37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty20s) , as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara

39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches

40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record

41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999.

42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid

43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties) (as of 18th Nov, 2007)

45. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.

46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).

47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches

48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.

49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world

53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century

54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record

55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side

56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. [7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten

57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). [6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.

59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home

60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar

64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances) .

65. First to 25,000 international runs

66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.

67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI

69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests

70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

[viraajan]

VazhthugaL Thalaivaaaaaaa :clap: :bow:

[Nerd]

45th ODI hundred :bow: :bow: :bow:

[viraajan]

SimgamE kalakitta po...... :clap:

[Plum]

70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

This is wrong. Many County kundu chatti kudhirais have this. Hick, Ramprakash. Pazhasula Boycott, Gibbs, Hutton...
I dont think Tendulkar as 100 first class hundreds, either.

[hamid]

Plum . thayavu senji proof mattum kettudaathiinga :lol: That was a FWD email :oops:

[Plum]

Plum . thayavu senji proof mattum kettudaathiinga :lol: That was a FWD email :oops:

:lol:

[19thmay]

Ponting mukki mukki 4 match adichadha Thala orey match-la adichiduchula! 8-)

Eppuddiiii?!!:smokesmile: :smokesmile:

[VinodKumar's]

DOUBLE CENTURY :huh:

[19thmay]

Ponting-a Sachin-a vida adhigama rate pannuna intelligen-kellam ingga enna vela? :lol2:

[VinodKumar's]

Ponting-a Sachin-a vida adhigama rate pannuna intelligen-kellam ingga enna vela? :lol2:

:evil: engayavathu naan ponting is better than sachin nu sollirukaenanu konjam kaaminga ....

oru vela ponting ivalo match vilaydiruntha avarukum intha alavu records vaikka chance irunthirukumnu thaan sonnaen

[HonestRaj]

Ponting-a Sachin-a vida adhigama rate pannuna intelligen-kellam ingga enna vela? :lol2:

:evil: engayavathu naan ponting is better than sachin nu sollirukaenanu konjam kaaminga ....

oru vela ponting ivalo match vilaydiruntha avarukum intha alavu records vaikka chance irunthirukumnu thaan sonnaen

avlo match vilayaduradhe periya visayamthane.. :)

[VinodKumar's]

Ponting-a Sachin-a vida adhigama rate pannuna intelligen-kellam ingga enna vela? :lol2:

:evil: engayavathu naan ponting is better than sachin nu sollirukaenanu konjam kaaminga ....

oru vela ponting ivalo match vilaydiruntha avarukum intha alavu records vaikka chance irunthirukumnu thaan sonnaen

avlo match vilayaduradhe periya visayamthane.. :)

correct thaan ... naan solla vanthatha avanga thappa purinjukittu onnu koodi attack pannitaanga :evil: :evil:

[HonestRaj]

Ponting-a Sachin-a vida adhigama rate pannuna intelligen-kellam ingga enna vela? :lol2:

:evil: engayavathu naan ponting is better than sachin nu sollirukaenanu konjam kaaminga ....

oru vela ponting ivalo match vilaydiruntha avarukum intha alavu records vaikka chance irunthirukumnu thaan sonnaen

avlo match vilayaduradhe periya visayamthane.. :)

correct thaan ... naan solla vanthatha avanga thappa purinjukittu onnu koodi attack pannitaanga :evil: :evil:

Pudhu Manidhan:

Banu: nan kabaliya parthuttu varren (something like this)
SR: andha kabaliyE nanthan

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adhu madhiri.. avanga koottathula nanum oruthan.. pala kadamai irukkuradhala inge sariya vara mudiyiradhulla

[Bala (Karthik)]

Did anyone even dream of insinuating that Ponting > Sachin here in this thread?

[vanchi]

fortunate to see such an innings from the Great man :D :2thumbsup: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[ajithfederer]

The Little man scores half of the target and yet these guys lose. BCCI you will need Tendulkar for another 20 Years!!

Bala, I coined a phrase which you hate the most - This is Tendulkar of the 80's!!!!

[ajithfederer]

45th ODI Hundred - 88th International Hundred. hmmm. :clap:

[ajithfederer]

I didn't watch the match at all. Was just following the scores from cricinfo. So a question for the guys who had seen the match.

Is this his best ODI Knock?? :huh:.

[Benny Lava]

I dearly wished that it turn to 200. Or atleast 195 to knock Saeed anwar off that perch.. Kadaisila match kooda jeika mudila :cry:

[ajithfederer]

Another clear example of why me and bala (and some others here) have shouting our lungs out for the last couple of years.

Tendulkar is the right man in the wrong team.

[ajithfederer]

Oh yeah 17000 runs

60th ODI Man of the Match


:clap: :clap: :clap:

[ajithfederer]

ODI (17168) + Test (12773) + Tonty 20 (10) = 299,51 International Runs. The biggest milestone in the beckoning.

Sir proud to be your fan :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[Bala (Karthik)]

I didn't watch the match at all. Was just following the scores from cricinfo. So a question for the guys who had seen the match.

Is this his best ODI Knock?? :huh:.
Good kostin!

Up there, but "the best"? I wouldn't rush...

[littlemaster1982]

I didn't watch the match at all. Was just following the scores from cricinfo. So a question for the guys who had seen the match.

Is this his best ODI Knock?? :huh:.

Almost!!! He was scoring at will till he reached 170. Then he didn't get the strike for sometime and got out of that unfortunate shot.

Wish I had seen this match live :|

[ajithfederer]

Bala

Chepauk 1999 - 271 Target. sir scores half (136) and loses.

Hyd'bad 2009 - 351 Target. Sir scores again half (175) and lost again.

Perhaps this is destiny for BCCI yan team.

[ajithfederer]

Man of the Match is Sachin Tendulkar: "I thought we started off really well then lost wickets. Suresh and I had a good partnership but in the end, it was disappointing. yeah It was one of my best knocks, the pressure to keep scoring runs was there and we took it very close. I thought Suresh has a terrific talent; he can play the big shots, so if we can get the partnership going, and with powerplay left, the game can go anyway. I care about playing for India, it's a passion and I have been absoloutely honoured to play for India so long."

[Sanjeevi]

Sachin :clap:

[Plum]

Destiny, bloody destiny. All that talk of a new india, a fearless young team, a shrewd captain, most talented team eve, sachin is lucky to be in this team, these guys will fetch him the elusive world cup - :lol:
It is the same old India - new generation, you are no different. It still needs our sachin tendulkar when the biggest challenge beckons.You are no different from the nayan mongias, the panicky javagal srinaths, the clueless venky prasads. Just stop preening and bow at the master. You are lucky - if anything, he will bless you with the world cup not vice versa. Understand your place in history and stop selling us your colas and bikes - when sachin sold them, we could excuse him. You are just pretenders; just stop pretending you are his equal.

[Bala (Karthik)]

And when Sachin hit that perfect, copy-book perfectly balanced cover drive bisecting mid-off and covers very late in his innings (when he would have been surely tired and cramping), i sent an SMS to Kalyan, 'duck' (expletive) Bradman. I don't know if time age and setting have changed many things but i got that Sharjah feeling once again. Better than that or not is debatable but its definitely comparable

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9LRUU8KTw

Thalaivan getting the MOM video.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/current/player/35320.html

First Batsman to face 20,000 + Deliveries in ODI Cricket. 20005 to be exact.

[ajithfederer]

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/records/284237.html

Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in a match on the losing side

Tendulkar's name appears most in this list.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1JnNkZmkc

Short Highlights!

[ajithfederer]

India lose despite Tendulkar ton

Fifth one-day international: India v Australia, Hyderabad: Australia 350-4 (50 overs) beat India 347 (49.4 overs) by 3 runs

Sachin Tendulkar hit 175 but it was not enough as India lost a dramatic fifth one-day international against Australia by three runs with two balls remaining.

Australia racked up a huge total of 350 with Shaun Marsh scoring 112 and Shane Watson 93 in an opening stand of 145.

Cameron White (57) also impressed as Praveen Kumar finished with a pair.

Virender Sehwag (38) began the chase well and with a wobbling middle order, Tendulkar's heroics, aided by Suresh Raina (59), finally proved fruitless.

It was an astonishing finale to a match involving a number of astonishing performances and it is the tourists who now go into Sunday's sixth and penultimate match in the series in buoyant mood.

Marsh's stunning maiden century, as well as three wickets apiece for newcomer Clint McKay and Watson were all brilliant performances for Australia.

But it will be the efforts of man-of-the-match Tendulkar who will rightfully dominate the headlines, despite being on the losing side, scoring 175 off 140 balls including 19 fours and four sixes.

The 36-year-old, already holding the records for most runs in Tests and one-day internationals, has now notched 17,168 runs in limited over cricket over 435 matches with an average of 44.59.

With India sniffing a hugely unexpected win (19 needed off 18), Tendulkar finally fell to McKay, caught by Nathan Hauritz, and it proved to be the crucial scalp, although there were still minor glimmers of hope to come.

"It was very disappointing to lose," said Tendulkar, agreeing that his second-highest one day knock had been one of his most satisfying. "I was striking the ball pretty well and there was constant pressure of keeping up the run rate."

It's a remarkable effort considering the injuries we've had
Ricky Ponting

After winning the toss, the injury-hit Australians, introducing McKay instead of Mitchell Johnson for his one day debut, started brilliantly on a good batting wicket with Watson dominating the opening stand with Marsh.

The Indian bowlers were finally rewarded with the score on 145 when Watson skewed a delivery from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (1-44) into the hands of Ravindra Jadeja.

Marsh then added 91 runs for the second wicket with captain Ricky Ponting (45) after being dropped on 29 by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and on 52 by Virender Sehwag.

The 26-year-old opener eventually fell on 112 to a fine catch by Gautam Gambhir off pace bowler Ashish Nehra, before White scored 57 from 33, caught by Tendulkar on the last ball of the innings off Kumar (2-68).

It was a massive total for India to chase in front of their fans in Hyderabad and Sehwag showed early intent before falling on 38 to a catch by Doug Bollinger off Ben Hilfenhaus.

McKay picked up two wickets as Gautam Gambhir (8), Yuvraj Singh (9) and Dhoni (8) all departed cheaply to hand Tendulkar centre stage and pick up the run chase with Suresh Raina.

Watson (3-47) at last provided some bowling resistance with Graham Manou catching Raina with the score on 299 and India still needing 52 off 45 balls.

Harbhajan Singh fell for a duck and although the building excitement was somewhat deflated when Tendulkar fell, Kumar bludgeoned a six to leave the Indians wanting 10 off 10.

And with eight needed in the final over, the hosts fell short of the total by just three, with the Australians securing a magnificent win after running out Kumar thanks to a fine throw from Hauritz.

While India captain Dhoni said it hurt "losing a game like that", Australia's Ponting was delighted his young side had come through.

With injured bowlers Peter Siddle, Brett Lee and James Hopes all missing, the skipper said: "It was an amazing game of cricket," adding that Tendulkar's innings was also "amazing".

"It's a remarkable effort considering the injuries we've had and the way we are continuing to improve on this tour."

The sixth one day match between the two sides is on Sunday in Guwahati, with Mumbai hosting the seventh and final clash of the series three days later.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8344923.stm

[Bala (Karthik)]

Ms. Dhoni-a inga thitta uneasy a feel panravanga Orkut Sashin community ku vandhu free-a thittunga. By the by, Plum oda "Durbajan" chella pera naan mind la vechikitten, anga use pannikitten...

[Bala (Karthik)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBae8juAkg&feature=related

So much cricket is played that we forget so many innings of magic. Older greats enjoy this luxury which is denied to Sachin

[ArulprakasH]

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/records/284237.html

Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in a match on the losing side

Tendulkar's name appears most in this list.

CH Gayle is there in the list with the same count..

[Nerd]

I didn't watch the match at all. Was just following the scores from cricinfo. So a question for the guys who had seen the match.

Is this his best ODI Knock?? :huh:.
Did not see the match, iLites pArthaalum its so not the real thing. Desert storm ellAm beat panna mudiyaadhu (esp. the last league match), also please do note that OZ was a depleted side today. Aanaalum 36 vayasula, 98 overs in the field, scoring 175 ellAm unhuman. Kaadlevel :bow: :bow: :bow:

[littlemaster1982]

Ms. Dhoni-a inga thitta uneasy a feel panravanga Orkut Sashin community ku vandhu free-a thittunga. By the by, Plum oda "Durbajan" chella pera naan mind la vechikitten, anga use pannikitten...

Anga pasanga naaradichukkittu irukkaanga :lol:

[Nerd]

Some posts there are extremely hilarious, veettukku pOyi dhAn padikkanum. But I am really surprised at the *support* Dhoni enjoys there, at this juncture.

[littlemaster1982]

I haven't gone through that thread completely, but I see only one guy at the other end till now :roll:

[Nerd]

naanum full thread padikkalai, naan pArtha varaikkum 2-3 pEr irunthAnga, adhuvE adhigam :P

Press meet-la annan pArAttittAr :clap: http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/ausind09/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20090115599&keyword=news

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday said had it not been for milestone man Sachin Tendulkar's breathtaking 175 run knock, the hosts would have never come so close of a sensational victory against Australia in the fifth one-dayer here today.

Dhoni took the positives from the heart-breaking three-run loss and said without Tendulkar's heroic 141-ball innings, it would not have been possible to come so close to the mammoth 351 run target set by Australia.

"Three or four of our top batsmen did not score but still we came close to the target. Sachin Tendulkar played very well and he was one man who brought us close to a win. But even after he left we did not lose hopes till the end," said Dhoni about Tendulkar's fabulous knock which was studded with 19 fours and four sixes.

Dhoni said though this was a special innings from the champion batsman, his personal favourite was the Desert Storm in Sharjah against Australia in April 1998.

"It was a pleasure to see him batting so well. All his centuries have been special and this too. But I am still a big fan of his desert storm (innings)," he said.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Idhe velai ivanukku. Post-match conf la olara vendiyadhu, illa omit/sideline panna vendiyadhu apparam appreciation.
Idhellam pathaadhu, Thalaivana madhikkadhavanukku midhi dhaan.
Post match conf la ozhunga pesa vakkilladhavan moodittu ponum... Olarappdaadhu

[VinodKumar's]

naanum full thread padikkalai, naan pArtha varaikkum 2-3 pEr irunthAnga, adhuvE adhigam :P

Press meet-la annan pArAttittAr :clap: http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/ausind09/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20090115599&keyword=news

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday said had it not been for milestone man Sachin Tendulkar's breathtaking 175 run knock, the hosts would have never come so close of a sensational victory against Australia in the fifth one-dayer here today.

Dhoni took the positives from the heart-breaking three-run loss and said without Tendulkar's heroic 141-ball innings, it would not have been possible to come so close to the mammoth 351 run target set by Australia.

"Three or four of our top batsmen did not score but still we came close to the target. Sachin Tendulkar played very well and he was one man who brought us close to a win. But even after he left we did not lose hopes till the end," said Dhoni about Tendulkar's fabulous knock which was studded with 19 fours and four sixes.

Dhoni said though this was a special innings from the champion batsman, his personal favourite was the Desert Storm in Sharjah against Australia in April 1998.

"It was a pleasure to see him batting so well. All his centuries have been special and this too. But I am still a big fan of his desert storm (innings)," he said.

athukulla ANNANA ellorum thittitom :(

[MrIndia]

naanum full thread padikkalai, naan pArtha varaikkum 2-3 pEr irunthAnga, adhuvE adhigam :P

Press meet-la annan pArAttittAr :clap: http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/ausind09/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20090115599&keyword=news

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday said had it not been for milestone man Sachin Tendulkar's breathtaking 175 run knock, the hosts would have never come so close of a sensational victory against Australia in the fifth one-dayer here today.

Dhoni took the positives from the heart-breaking three-run loss and said without Tendulkar's heroic 141-ball innings, it would not have been possible to come so close to the mammoth 351 run target set by Australia.

"Three or four of our top batsmen did not score but still we came close to the target. Sachin Tendulkar played very well and he was one man who brought us close to a win. But even after he left we did not lose hopes till the end," said Dhoni about Tendulkar's fabulous knock which was studded with 19 fours and four sixes.

Dhoni said though this was a special innings from the champion batsman, his personal favourite was the Desert Storm in Sharjah against Australia in April 1998.

"It was a pleasure to see him batting so well. All his centuries have been special and this too. But I am still a big fan of his desert storm (innings)," he said.

kitta thatta paathi ran sachin adichirukaaru.. adha solradhuku ivan press meet varanuma..

most of these looks like answer to questions by reporter.. who would have asked.. what abt sachin's innings.. was this his best u have seen.. etc etc..

ivana sonna maathiri theriyila. :evil:

[littlemaster1982]

Correction, kittathatta illa. More than half of the runs is by Sachin.

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar's heroics not quite enough to overhaul Australia

Australia 350-4 India 347 (Australia win by three runs)

By Stephen Brenkley

Friday, 6 November 2009

AP

Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after reaching 150 en route to 175 in total

Sachin Tendulkar's imperious 45th one-day century failed to prevent India going behind 3-2 in their series against Australia last night. While Tendulkar was at the crease, India had a realistic chance of overhauling their opponents' total of 350 for four, and as his predictably breathtaking innings went on they were clear favourites to do so.


But a combination of Australia's astuteness in keeping Tendulkar away from the strike and a late flurry of Indian wickets in the face of a large total left them three runs short. Tendulkar, his footwork and timing impeccable, reached his hundred in 81 balls and faced only 141 in all to make 175 with 19 fours and four sixes.

When he was out with a paradoxically limp top edge, India's hopes went with him. It had seemed as though he would become the first player to reach a double hundred in a one-day international as he accelerated dazzlingly in the middle overs of the innings.

But Australia, constantly depleted by injuries on this tour, deserved to take the lead in the seven-match series after an opening stand of 145 between Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh, who scored his maiden international century.

Tendulkar now has 87 international hundreds in all, including the 42 he has made in Test matches, and as he so glowingly illustrated before his adoring followers in Hyderabad last night, it remains possible that he could be the first man to an international century of centuries.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/tendulkars-heroics-not-quite-enough-to-overhaul-australia-1815570.html

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar record not enough to save India

(CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 17,000 runs in one-day international cricket but it was not enough to give India victory in a thrilling fifth match of the series against Australia on Thursday.

The "Little Master" scored a superb 175 off only 141 deliveries as India fell just three runs short of the tourists' imposing 350-4 from 50 overs at Hyderabad, giving Australia a 3-2 lead with two games to play.

The 36-year-old went into the match, his 435th, needing just seven runs to reach the milestone.

After an opening stand of 66 with Virender Sehwag, who made 38 off 30 balls, he dominated India's scoring as Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell for brisk single-figure scores.

Joined by Suresh Raina at 162-4, they added 137 off 114 deliveries to leave India needing 52 runs with just under eight overs left.

But Raina skied a pull shot off Shane Watson to be out for a run-a-ball 59 which included three sixes, and Harbhajan Singh fell to the same bowler two deliveries after.

Tendulkar's superb knock came to a disappointing end from the first ball of the 48th over as he dollied a catch to Nathan Hauritz off seamer Clint McKay, leaving India needing 19 off 17 balls.

Praveen Kumar clubbed a six to reduce the target to seven runs from the final over, but after three singles he was run out by Hauritz to end a classic match.

"I thought we started off really well then lost wickets," Tendulkar said afterwards. "Suresh and I had a good partnership but in the end, it was disappointing.

"Yeah It was one of my best knocks, the pressure to keep scoring runs was there and we took it very close. I thought Suresh has a terrific talent. He can play the big shots, so if we can get the partnership going, and with powerplay left, the game can go any way."

Tendulkar's efforts overshadowed a maiden ODI century by Australia opener Shaun Marsh, who made the most of being dropped twice to score 112 from as many deliveries.

He put on 145 for the first wicket with Shane Watson, who made 95 off 89 balls in an innings featuring three sixes.

Cameron White smashed five shots over the boundary ropes as he clubbed 57 off only 33 deliveries, while captain Ricky Ponting made a run-a-ball 45 and Mike Hussey contributed a quickfire 31 off 22.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/05/cricket.australia.india.tendulkar/

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:91b29cc8a2]Australia beat India despite Tendulkar's 175

(AFP) – 12 hours ago

HYDERABAD, India — Australia defeated India by three runs despite a scintillating 175 off 141 balls by Sachin Tendulkar in the fifth one-day international here on Thursday.

Tendulkar, 36, smashed 19 fours and four sixes for his 45th one-day century before India were bowled out for 347 in 49.4 overs while chasing Australia's imposing 350-4 in 50 overs.

Tendulkar, who became the first batsman ever to surpass 17,000 runs in one-day cricket when he reached seven runs, shared a 137-run partnership with Suresh Raina (59) to take India close in the day-night encounter.

But his dismissal in the 48th over proved the turning point of the game and handed Australia a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.

Debutant fast bowler Clint McKay picked three wickets, including that of Tendulkar, while Shane Watson took 3-47 to cap a fine all-round performance, having scored 93 earlier.

Australia were also indebted to Shaun Marsh, who struck a career-best 112 and shared 145 runs for the opening wicket with Watson after the world champions won the toss and elected to bat at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium.

"It was one of the amazing games and certainly one of the best innings ever from Tendulkar," said Australian captain Ricky Ponting.

"It's really unbelievable how we have played, considering all the injuries. Marsh also played realy well."

India began their chase in rollicking fashion with openers Virender Sehwag (38) and Tendulkar putting on 66 runs in 53 balls but lost their way in the middle with three quick dismissals.

Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni all failed to reach double-figures as they tried to go for the big shots, India slipping to a shaky 162-4 by the 24th over.

Raina kept his cool, reaching his 12th one-day half-century with a six before a Watson double strike tilted the scale back in Australia's favour.

"They got off to a good start and we never got into a position to contain them," said Dhoni.

"It was up to us to chase it. We got a good start and we came close in the end due to Tendulkar and Raina. We lost it in our mental calculation, not because of our talent."

Earlier, Marsh clobbered eight fours and two sixes in his run-a-ball knock for his maiden one-day hundred, reached with a clipped two to deep square leg off paceman Ashish Nehra (1-79).

Watson too thrived in batsmen-friendly conditions, hitting nine fours and three sixes in his 89-ball effort before being caught at deep mid-wicket as he tried to slog sweep off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (1-44).

Cameron White chipped in with a sparkling 57 off 33 balls to complete a run-feast by the injury-hit Aussies, missing nine of their regular one-day players to various niggles.

India's bowlers were left with little answer to the Aussie onslaught, as reflected in the dismal figures of fast bowlers Nehra and Munaf Patel (0-73). Praveen Kumar picked two wickets but at the cost of 68 runs in nine overs.

Marsh, dropped on 29 by Dhoni and on 52 by Sehwag, was finally dismissed by Nehra who had him caught by Gambhir at long-on.

The next match will be played in Guwahati on Sunday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGJURZ8tArx7aub2VBYgge3JxibQ[/tscii:91b29cc8a2]

[ajithfederer]

A chase to remember

The final ball of the fifth over during India’s chase in Hyderabad may have had little significance to the eventual outcome of the match, but for the capacity crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, what had transpired before it and what was to follow were from two different worlds.


When Sachin Tendulkar flicked Ben Hilfenhaus through mid-wicket for three runs, he became the first batsman in the history of one-day cricket to reach 17,000 runs. It was the moment that the people of Hyderabad had waited for with fingers crossed, and when it arrived, the celebration was absolutely no-holds-barred.


After all, with India chasing an improbable 351 against a fired-up Aussie outfit, it seemed like the only real hurrah up for grabs as far as the 30,000 spectators at Uppal went. Little did they know that Tendulkar had a special surprise up his sleeve to celebrate the milestone.

Australia, batting first after winning the toss on a good pitch that offered consistent bounce, showed that they were up for the challenge here. Shane Watson was the early aggressor, his 89-ball 93 setting the pace for Australia. Ricky Ponting scored a run-a-ball 45 while Michael Hussey and Cameron White came out all guns blazing. All this time, Shaun Marsh held one end up, starting slowly and opening up towards the end, as his 112 and the late charge took Australia to 350. The last time the two teams met on a pitch with even bounce was during the second one-dayer in Nagpur, and led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India went on to post a mammoth 354 for seven. Ponting & Co had returned the favour.


In Nagpur, Australia’s chase had almost crumbled before it began. In Hyderabad, even as wickets fell at one end, Tendulkar seemed determined to do it alone.


The much talked-about seven runs behind him, Tendulkar broke the shackles and began marshalling India towards their gargantuan task. The boundaries seemed to flow that much easier and his 92nd half-century came off 47 deliveries. The well-set Virender Sehwag had once again failed to convert his start, while Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh soon followed suit.


Memories from the ’90s came floating back as Tendulkar fought a lone battle. The cover-drives, the slashes over point and the flicks through mid-wicket kept flowing from Tendulkar’s blade and he even danced down the track to deposit Nathan Hauritz over the sightscreen twice on the trot.


Suresh Raina walked in and, after being dropped off the first ball he faced, decided to put his head down. For the hour or so he spent in the middle, he had the best view of a masterpiece being constructed. Tendulkar brought up his 45th century off 81 balls with 10 boundaries and three sixes. He wasn’t finished though, and as the runs kept coming, it suddenly seemed as if the magical night would have a fairy-tale ending after all.


But with India needing 19 off their last three overs, the dream was over. Tendulkar, who had by then scored a scintillating 175, attempted an uncharacteristic scoop off Clint McKay and this time it ballooned to short fine-leg. The equation was still achievable, but the belief seemed to have walked off the field with Tendulkar. Some helter-skelter running, a few mindless heaves, three more wickets, and India had lost by three runs.


For years now, Tendulkar — despite the unparalleled achievements — has been forced to bear the criticism for not leading India to victory on enough occasions while chasing. But last night, even the harshest of cynics would’ve appreciated what was one of the greatest innings played in ODI history. [tscii:af73a850a2][/tscii:af73a850a2]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-chase-to-remember/537877/0

[ajithfederer]

http://cricket-online.tv/india-vs-australia-5th-odi-highlights/

hi lights!!!!

[ajithfederer]

Watch from part 4 (10:26) for the roars after reaching 17000 runs.

[ajithfederer]

Ravindra Jadeja u blind a!@$%le. The ball is straight to the fieldsman you dumbnut. Where the eff are u runnin :huh:. And the best part is he is angry at that :shock:.

[ajithfederer]

One of the best knocks I've seen. Sachin played beautifully - Ponting.

[ajithfederer]

What a range of shots :clap: :clap: :clap:.

[Sourav]

Ravindra Jadeja u blind a!@$%le. The ball is straight to the fieldsman you dumbnut. Where the eff are u runnin :huh:. And the best part is he is angry at that :shock:. ya... :banghead: epdiyachum antha end-ku poyi oru 2 fours adichu jeika vaichutta innum oru 4 series-ku team-la irukkalaam-ngra nenaipulaye irunthan pola... :argh:

[Nerd]

What an innings! Loved the pull shots and the straight sixes, not to mention the improvised boundaries behind the wicket. And the square cut right after the 150, pointing moonjila palaar-nu arainja maadhiri irundhuchu. Then came the shot of the day, shot of the year perhaps. I saw that cover drive ten times over and over again. Only Sachin fossible :bow: :bow: :bow:

Eventhough I knew when exactly is he going to get out in what situation in the match etc. can't help but experience a lump in my throat. Live-A paathirundhaa remmbba mood-out aayiruppEn :cry:

And thambi Raina :clap:

Sending Durbhajan ahead of Jadeja in that situation, Dhoni dheivamE :bow:

What has happened to cricket commentary? No, I am not talking about LOLs and Sunnys. I don't know who that was, when BCCI needed 10 off 10 with Munaf ( :lol2: ) and Praveen at the crease, "India on top now. But you never know anything might happen" WTF! :shock:

[littlemaster1982]

Ravindra Jadeja u blind a!@$%le. The ball is straight to the fieldsman you dumbnut. Where the eff are u runnin :huh:. And the best part is he is angry at that :shock:.

Pona matchlaiyum idheythaan pannan avan :curse:

[19thmay]

Impossible indha maadhri oru ruthradhaandavatha paaka mudiyuma!

[ArulprakasH]

Impossible indha maadhri oru ruthradhaandavatha paaka mudiyuma!

He was very cool even when the wickets were falling... His shots were on all the time... ruthrathaandavam thaan.. :)

[Plum]

I am inclined to spare the rod for Dhoni...my ire is concentrated at Durby. For, it is not the ones who make mistakes and bad decisions who lose it; atleast they are trying - the ones who just coast along, taking advantage of others' efforts. the ones who make hay while the SUN shines (i.e) when there is no pressure at 201/7, can throw the bat around and create an illusion that they can bat but when faced with actual pressure, go out like a wimp; the ones who after a decade in intl cricket dont have the courage to bowl like a spinner that he claims to be - these are the ones that bring a team down.

Dhoni's faith in Durby was misplaced - but I'm hopeful he'll learn after yesterday that trusting a clay horse to cross you the river is futile. Whereas I see no hope for Durby - he is going to continue in the same mode of firing darts down the legs of batsmen. 1 out of 7 matches, that is going to give him decent(note, decent, not great) figures and then he'll shout so much about it that people will believe he is Bedi+Chandra+Prasanna reincarnated. That will keep him in the team for the next 10 matches, in 2 of which he'll score a "patta bhagyam" 30 and a 40.

It is players like this who bring down the overall standard. Unless Dhoni realises it and takes a hard decision - but easier than the one he took on Rahul - he is not going to benefit.

Amit Mishra was stupid enough to issue a statement against his captain's statement. But that is no reason he should be kept out without giving chances.

There are a lot of positives to take from yesterday's match - Australia have won only when batting first, and tht too narrowly 2/3 times. If Ponting loses the toss, his side will automatically lose some confidence. With only one man firing, India almost chased 350, so their tails will be up. India can still win this series but if losing the series means that Durby will be eliminated, then I am all for India losing this series with the long term benefit in mind

[Kalyasi]

What has happened to cricket commentary? No, I am not talking about LOLs and Sunnys. I don't know who that was, when BCCI needed 10 off 10 with Munaf ( :lol2: ) and Praveen at the crease, "India on top now. But you never know anything might happen" WTF! :shock:

avaru thaan Bruce Yardley... Reqd Run Rate modha modhala 6:00 per over vanthathu naala apdi solli irupaaro?... enakkum sirippu vanthuchu aana we cud have made it that way with a dive from PK!!

[P_R]

the ones who just coast along, taking advantage of others' efforts. Ah, well...:lol2:

[Plum]

the ones who just coast along, taking advantage of others' efforts. Ah, well...:lol2:
:-)

[Bala (Karthik)]

I am inclined to spare the rod for Dhoni...my ire is concentrated at Durby. For, it is not the ones who make mistakes and bad decisions who lose it; atleast they are trying
Plum,
Match la nadandhadhukku Dhoni-a edhuvum solla mudiyaadhu. Match mudinjadhum pesinadhukku thaan...

[Kalyasi]

I am inclined to spare the rod for Dhoni...my ire is concentrated at Durby. For, it is not the ones who make mistakes and bad decisions who lose it; atleast they are trying
Plum,
Match la nadandhadhukku Dhoni-a edhuvum solla mudiyaadhu. Match mudinjadhum pesinadhukku thaan...

Athaan Post Match Press conf.. la Thiruthikitaare....

[Sourav]

Sarfaraz Khan first surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record to hit the headlines and the 12-year-old cricket prodigy now wants to meet the batting great in person to achieve his long-cherished dream.

Sarfaraz, who slammed 439 in the Harris Shield to better Tendulkar's inter-school unbeaten knock of 346, showed maturity beyond his years as he dismissed any comparison made between him and Tendulkar.

"Sachin is my idol and I consider him as my 'Guru'. Please don't compare me with him," the Rizvi Springfield student said on Friday.

"Even if I achieve one per cent of what he has achieved, I would be blessed. Meeting him is my dream, please write this," he insisted.
http://cricket.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/06/slide-show-1-meeting-sachin-tendulkar-my-dream-sarfaraz.htm

[hamid]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-sachin-tendulkar/104689-5.html?from=tn

[joe]

For Sachin fans..
http://www.nilaraseeganonline.com/2009/11/blog-post_06.html

[Plum]

From Joe's Link:


நான்காவது ஒருநாள் போட்டியில் 40 ரன்கள் எடுத்த நிலையில் "பக்னர்" ஞாபகத்தில் நின்ற நடுவரால் தவறுதலாக எல்.பி.டபிள்யூ கொடுக்கப்பட்டபோது சச்சினுக்காக பரிதாப பட மட்டுமே முடிந்தது.

:rotfl:
(umpires-lAM oru kurooppa thAn thiriyarAinga sachin-ku Appu vekka...)

[littlemaster1982]

A super post from another Cricket forum (http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=188976)

When the best keeps getting better.......

Think about how a language develops - the brain perceives something novel and seeks to narrate and inform others of this. That's the birth of vocabulary. Great writers and thinkers often see things differently from the average person. They express this different thought in a unique manner. That's the birth of literature. There would be no need for our vocabulary to have the word "love" if the emotion did not exist. Our literature would not have poetry if prose was expressing all our mind wanted to.

Think of all the adjectives that have described Tendulkar for 20 years - they could fill up a rudimentary lexicon. Think of all the attempts authors of varying caliber have made to describe Tendulkar holding a bat and striking a cricket ball for 2 decades - they could form a small library. The challenge Tendulkar presents is that every time you think about the latest masterpiece he has crafted and describe it to the best of your ability, the task becomes harder the next time. Superb, astonishing, crafty, awesome, genius..............champion, fantastic, phenomenal. Till when can you recycle these words?

It's not that his innings or career has to be described in words. Watching him bat and play an innings like he did today is a privilege in itself. There are so many emotions that go through the heart in an innings like today that it just seems right to pen a few down. Be it the consecutive sixes off Hauritz after skipping down the track which tingles a thrill in the body, the edged boundary through the vacant slip cordon which leaves one gasping, or the despondency induced by his dismissal where somewhere in the heart of hearts one knows that the team are going to fluff another work of genius like using a Picasso for firewood.

Many watched the innings today, many others will watch the highlights, many more will continue to watch it on youtube down the years and no doubt there will be a host of articles written about one of the greatest ODI innings ever over the next few days. Any attempt by me to describe the innings or the match will be inadequate in the face of videos and many more capable writers than me writing about it, so I will not walk down that path of futility. However, what this 175 chasing 350 with wickets tumbling around showed once again was that even though one can show through numbers and stats that there are better batsman than Tendulkar, one does not need these crutches to experience the greatness of Tendulkar as a batsman. His numbers would still stand up against the best, but since when was sports played by numbers. It's played in a cauldron where a split second means the difference between failure and success and where the tangible difficulties and pressure would be white papered out when the numbers and words are typed on paper.

It's the emotion which one goes through with every passing minute during an innings like today's which makes Tendulkar stand out from the crowd and sends people searching for the thesaurus every time the best gets better in order to put words to the emotions of having experienced rare sporting brilliance.

[Plum]

Another 5 runs, and SRT will have 3000 runs against Australia alone in ODIs!
(aiyaio- orakka sollittEnE, indha maadhiri record pakkathula varachE, rendu moonu innings sodhappuvArE :-( )

[ajithfederer]

Gritty Aussies hail 'outstanding' Tendulkar

(AFP) – 7 hours ago

HYDERABAD, India — Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Friday lauded Indian master Sachin Tendulkar even as the injury-plagued world champions celebrated a brilliant one-day win.

The second-string Aussies, depleted by injuries to nine players, warded off Tendulkar's magical 175 off 141 balls to snatch a thrilling three-run win here on Thursday night.

Tendulkar, faced with Australia's daunting total of 350-4, smashed 19 boundaries and four sixes in his 45th one-day century to bring India agonisingly close to an unexpected win.

Ponting, delighted at how his young team responded to the challenge to take a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series, praised Tendulkar's effort as "one of the great one-day innings" he had seen.

"When you get 175 in a one-day game, it's not very often you don't win," the Australian captain said.

"He's played a lot of good innings against Australia over the years, but you don't see something like this every day.

"It was a terrific innings, especially when he lost a few wickets around him early. He hit almost every ball in the middle of the bat.

"His team needed him to play that way and he was outstanding, it was one of the great one-day innings that I've seen."

Tendulkar, 36, the world's leading batsman in both Test and one-day cricket, agreed it was one of his better innings, but was disappointed India fell short at the end.

"I would say it was one of my better ones, but we should have won," said Tendulkar.

"I was striking the ball pretty well. That we were chasing 351 meant there was constant pressure on us to keep the run-rate up. We managed to do that and took the game quite close."

Australia, depleted from the start of the tour due to injuries to one-day regulars Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Callum Ferguson and Nathan Bracken, have seen five more players return home with various niggles.

With Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, James Hopes and Bracken missing and Mitchell Johnson rested for the game, Australia fielded a virtual second-string bowling attack -- and still won.

The tourists zoomed to the massive total after a first-wicket stand of 145 between Shaun Marsh, who hit a career-best 112, and Shane Watson (93) in excellent batting conditions.

"After everything that's happened over the last couple of weeks, for us to keep finding ways to win games says a lot about the team, a lot about the players and the way we go about it," a beaming Ponting said.

"I actually asked the guys for a little bit extra in this game, asked them to be really brave and to play the best form of cricket they possibly could and just back themselves at every opportunity.

"It was a great day for us. I can tell you that the guys were as excited as we have been for any win that we've had."

The final two matches in the riveting series will be played in Guwahati on Sunday and Mumbai on Wednesday.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/cricket/tendulkar-steals-the-show/2009/11/06/1257247751705.html[tscii:b90a16d490][/tscii:b90a16d490]

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar steals the show

Jesse Hogan, Hyderabad
November 7, 2009

'We've kept Sachin (Tendulkar) in check so far. His scoring rate hasn't been too extravagant.'' Ricky Ponting, November 2.

''SO FAR'' proved to be the crucial words in Australian captain Ricky Ponting's appraisal of India's ''Little Master'' after game four of the one-day series, because in game five the 36-year-old responded with the second-highest score in his 435 one-day internationals.

The only disappointment for India surrounding the glorious innings is that his 175 was still not enough to drag the home side to victory.

And while the game didn't quite match the spectacle of the famous 872-run contest between South Africa and Australia at the Wanderers in 2006, it came close.

When Australia posted 4-350 against India on Thursday night, the home side's chances of victory looked remote. But when India needed only 19 from the last three overs, having scored more than seven an over for its first 47, Australia's unloseable match seemed destined to be lost.

Then came four wickets in 15 deliveries, including the scalp of Tendulkar, that allowed Australia to leave the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium with a three-run victory - and a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.

''I don't think we did a lot wrong in the game,'' Ponting said. ''Sachin's innings would've been something that would've stolen the game from us. We did enough right in the game to win, and we got across the line at the very end. I can tell you now that the guys, even though we probably fought our way out of jail a little in the last half of the game, we were as excited out there and back in the rooms as we have been for any win that we've had.''

With nine Australia players unavailable due to injury - the majority being first-choice inclusions when fit - Ponting was even more thrilled to have won with what he agreed was close to an Australia A side.

''That's what I'm most proud of. With everything that's happened over the last couple of weeks, for us to keep finding ways to win games says a lot about the team, a lot about the individual players and the way we go about it,'' he said.

''I actually asked the guys for a little bit extra today, asked them to be really brave and to play the best form of cricket they possibly could and just back themselves at every opportunity. I thought the first half of the game with our batting we did that to a tee, and I think even in the last half of the game with the bowling we did that really well, so a great day for us.''

But while Australia took the victory, Tendulkar showed that his stellar career had plenty of life yet. The first really big cheer for the day was heard in the fifth over, when Tendulkar got the seven runs he needed to reach 17,000 runs in one-day internationals - a feat made more impressive considering second-placed Sanath Jayasuriya is more than 3700 runs short of the same milestone.

The noise progressively got louder as Tendulkar raced past 50, 100 and then 150. As he did, India's unlikely target got less and less unlikely.

A double-century, still unseen in one-day internationals, even seemed a possibility after two boundaries off Ben Hilfenhaus took his score to 167 at the end of the 41st over. The only chance Tendulkar offered that wasn't taken was as a non-striker on 173, when he backed up too far and was well short of his ground when Ponting's throw from cover flew wide.

When Tendulkar finally miscued a shot in the 48th over, paddling a catch to short fine-leg, it seemed the main consequence would be that it would be someone other than Tendulkar hitting the winning runs - until three more wickets in the next 14 balls put paid to that prospect.

The ground announcer gave Tendulkar ample opportunity after the match to talk up his knock, asking whether it was one of his best, yet all he was able to elicit from the veteran was, ''I would say so - I was striking the ball pretty well'', before he shifted the topic away from himself.

Ponting marvelled at how he ''hit almost every ball in the middle of the bat'' and that it was ''one of the great one-day innings that I've seen'', while India's captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said the innings was ''a pleasure'' to watch.

Earlier, an opening stand of 145 between Shane Watson (93 from 89 balls) and Shaun Marsh (112 from 112) set the platform for Australia's 4-350. It was buttressed by Cameron White (57 from 33), Ponting (45 from 45) and Mike Hussey (31 not out from 22).

To get the target, 351, India had to better its greatest successful chase - 326, against England in 2002. In response, Australia's bowlers struck four times in the opening half of India's innings to have the home side 4-169 - with Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni back in the change rooms.

Suresh Raina was the last specialist batsman left, but his ability to stay with Tendulkar until the 43rd over took India to 4-299. Not only was 52 runs off the last eight overs achievable, the home side's prospect were also boosted by having its batting powerplay in hand. Ponting's desperation grew so much that, at one point, he threw the ball to his vice-captain, Hussey, to bowl his medium-pacers for the first time since February 2007.

Two Watson wickets in the 43rd over - Raina for 59 to end his 137-run partnership with Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh for a second-ball duck - curbed India's momentum, although with Tendulkar firing on 169 it did not take long for it to return..

The 48th over turned the game on its head. Debutant Clint McKay, who went for 11 in his previous over, dismissed Tendulkar when he tried to paddle the ball to deep fine-leg, only to hit it to Nathan Hauritz.

-Dav Whatmore will replace fellow Australian John Buchanan as coach of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, according to former captain Sourav Ganguly, who told the Press Trust of India that Whatmore would take charge in 2010.

[ajithfederer]

Sachin breaks the shackles but 175 still not enough

Jesse Hogan
November 7, 2009

''We've kept Sachin in check so far. His scoring rate hasn't been too extravagant.'' Ricky Ponting, November 2

''SO FAR'' proved to be the crucial words in Australian captain Ricky Ponting's appraisal of India's Little Master after game four of the teams' one-day series, because in game five the 36-year-old responded with the second-highest score in the 435 one-day internationals he has played in the past 20 years.

The only disappointment surrounding the glorious innings was that it was still not enough to drag India to victory, as it deserved to.

The first really big cheer for the day was heard in the fifth over, when Tendulkar got the seven runs he needed to reach 17,000 runs in one-day internationals - a feat made more impressive considering second-placed Sanath Jayasuriya is more than 3700 runs short of the same milestone.

The noise progressively got louder throughout the day as Tendulkar raced to past 50, 100 and then 150. As he did, India's unlikely target of 351 got less and less unlikely.

A double-century, still unseen in men's one-day internationals, even seemed a possibility after two boundaries off Ben Hilfenhaus took his score to 167 at the end of the 41st over.

The only chance Tendulkar offered that wasn't taken was as a non-striker on 173, when he backed up too far and was well short of his ground when Ponting's throw from cover flew wide.

When Tendulkar finally miscued a shot in the 48th over, paddling a catch to Nathan Hauritz at short fine-leg, it seemed the main consequence would be that it would be someone other than Tendulkar hitting the winning runs - until three more wickets in the next 14 balls put paid to that prospect.

The ground announcer gave Tendulkar ample opportunity after the match to talk up his knock, by asking whether it was one of his best for his career, yet all he was able to elicit from the veteran was, ''I would say so - I was striking the ball pretty well,'' before he shifted the topic away from himself. Tributes were left to those around him. Ponting marvelled at how he ''hit almost every ball in the middle of the bat'' and that it was ''one of the great one-day innings that I've seen'', while India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the innings was ''a pleasure'' to watch.

Tendulkar twice proved the fate of his team matters far more to him than his own individual efforts, no matter how lofty. The first came on the last ball of Australia's innings when, after sprinting off the extra cover boundary, he took a superb sprawling catch to dismiss Cameron White.

Rather than celebrate, he threw the ball into the turf in anger at having let the visitors amass such an imposing target.

The second came after he was presented with his man of the match award. Despite the adoration of the crowd - and the keys to another free motorbike - Tendulkar could not smile, and while he was polite at the ceremony, it was evident he took no solace in being the game's stand-out player when it was achieved as part of a loss.

As he explained during the presentation: ''I care about playing for India. It's always been a dream and I've been absolutely honoured that I've been able to do that for the last 20 years.''

http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/sachin-breaks-the-shackles-but-175-still-not-enough/2009/11/06/1257247750918.html

[ajithfederer]

If what I had listened to the commentary was correct then there is one more record.

This is Sachin's 9th ODI Hundred against Australia. It seems this is the highest number of ODI centuries by any player versus any country.

And he has made 6000 ODI runs in Indian soil.

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:18e02fddea]175 from 141 of Sachin –solitude met Immortality
What a knock? 175 from 141 balls, while chasing a mammoth total of 351. People have short term memory loss; this year sachin has scored 3 centuries (the highest by anyone this year) at a very good average better than most others. Yet people say he has grown old, and he should hang up his boots. Now this 175 is again rubbing char in the face of all those critics. There is one problem with people, especially Indians; they cannot accept the success of others. Being in the US, I watched the matches live through streaming channels and with 1000s of people chatting in the chat window. Few started saying that he has grown old and is becoming a burden to the team and his strike rate is pathetic. Then when he blasted off, they said that he cannot go on to score a big one. He then scored brilliantly, they said he will play slowly to get his 100 and will not worry about the required run rate. He blasted sixes and eventually scored the fastest century in any India-Australia ODI. Then they said, he will get out with his score around 120, he went on to score 150 and still continued. They all became silent, and when just 19 runs were required from 18 balls he got out. Yeah, now the vultures started coming again, saying that whenever he scores a century India loses. How pathetic?
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving, Sachin became immortal in the minds of millions around the globe, not after this innings but nearly a decade before, when he rewrote the way cricket should be played.
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself; that creation is a child of solitude.

Sachin and Lara belong to that category. They played the solos, when the whole team crumbled; they stood tall among the ruins. Sachin is one step ahead, though as he has done it quite often in both forms of the game. He has isolated himself from his surroundings and from the way other thinks and approaches the game.

During the sandstorm innings, he played to win the match and he took us so close. We were not even given a chance to qualify; he took India to finals and then went on to march towards the victory when he got out. Then came, Laxman and others who were happy to remain not out and let India lose. While chasing, 140 odd sachin scored 82 from 48 balls in a difficult track, the team that followed him struggled to get even singles. When sachin blasted 137 runs out of the total 271 against Srilanka in 96 world cup, the rest of the team struggled to get runs. When sachin scored 65 in the semis of 96 world cup, the whole team put together struggled to get that much runs after his dismissal. The Chennai Innings of 136, is another testimony. There are so many other bitter sweet memories, when sachin was the lone warrior, but India lost eventually.
One thing is, we remember the scars for our lifetime, but forget the desserts the next day. Sachin has given us tons of such desserts, his 155 knock against Aussies, his world cup performances, sharjah finals, back to back knocks in Australia, the 100 in Chennai against England and lot many, but we don’t even remember these, as he scores at will and we forget it. We remember the matches only when he raises much above the good players to be in a plane of his own, and when people around him found it difficult to even understand the way he approaches the game and falters. Those bitter sweet memories linger in our minds forever, bitter because India lost, sweet because there is no match for such peerless knock.
Only creations like these will be eternal.
I am still dumbstruck. (I need to use double superlative here) One of the most happiest days in my life. I will write another article once this feeling sinks in.

For other articles of mine, visit http://ajithkumar.cc/category/sachin-tendulkar/

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[ajithfederer]

Main sachin orkut community crosses half a million members

:clap:.

[ajithfederer]

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COVER STORY / RICHARDS & TENDULKAR


A tale of two giants
NIRMAL SHEKAR
THE longer the time you have spent in the business of sport, the deeper your mistrust of any sort of exercise that seeks to compare athletes and performances across generations and then list them in some seemingly scientific order of merit.

RAJEEV BHATT




Sport, like some of life's finest things, is as much art as it is a science, as much a celebration of instinct as it is an activity that rewards logical thinking.

And, art being art, it seldom lends itself any kind of attempt to quantify its value and slot it in a ranking ladder. This is not so much the madness of art as it is the magic of art.

For, any great creation that is touched by the hand of God is immune to academic analysis. Who can say that Shakespeare's 154 sonnets are superior to Milton's Paradise Lost? Or, that Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is a greater piece of art than Van Gogh's Sunflowers?

Indeed, nothing that is truly life-enhancing and soul-lifting - Mozart's Requiem, the magnificent upsurge of vital energies that constituted the dancer Nijinsky's art - can be rated by a computer, however resourceful the men who feed the machine are, however well-meaning their intentions.

At a lower level, you can say as much about great sporting spectacles too. Which is the more breathtakingly beautiful sight to behold: Ranji's leg glance or G. R. Visvanath's square cut? Walter Hammond's cover drive or Viv Richards' on-drive? Pete Sampras' running forehand up the line or Stefan Edberg's crisp-as-chips volleys? Ayrton Senna's waltz in the rain in a Formula One car or Michael Jordan's gravity-defying leap for a slam dunk?

Yet, sport is an activity where comparisons are unavoidable. In fact, much of sport's fascination has to do with the fact that we enjoy the largely unscientific exercise of trying to establish who the greatest of all time is. Is it Don Bradman or Gary Sobers? Rod Laver or Pete Sampras? Pele or Maradona? Senna or Michael Schumacher?

While this may be a wonderfully exciting coffee-shop pastime, it can never be much more than that. You can say as much about performances, too, when they involve something that was enacted in the early 20th century and another that was authored last year. There are far too many things that cannot be factored in scientifically to make for a meaningful comparison.

On the other hand, when the time span is just over a quarter of a century, and the game itself, at the international level, has existed only as long as that, it becomes possible with the help of a computer to come up with a list that seeks to rate the 100 best individual performances in that time span.

And this is precisely why Wisden.com's Top 100 One-day international batting and bowling lists released recently would appear to be lot less controversial than the Test match lists - which dealt with data that went back more than 120 years - that came out last year.

What is more, when you saw the first two entries in the Batting Top 100, you knew that, for once, computer analysis of a pair of sporting masterpieces that might have seemed beyond the powers of a machine to analyse and interpret, is very much on target.

Sport - particularly something as ubiquitous as limited overs cricket - rarely makes you want to exclaim, "That's it, I will never see anything like this again in my life." For, every other day, the thrill-a-minute version of the great game throws up some exciting batting performance or the other and a professional sportswriter is always wary of saying anything as definitive as that.

But, if this writer did say exactly that after watching Vivian Richards' incomparable 189 not out against England at Old Trafford in 1984 on tape a few months after that epic had been authored, then, 18 years on, I know I have not seen anything quite like it since.

After one of his great dance performances that left the audience in a state of thrall, Nijinsky said, "I am God in a body."

Anyone who had been lucky enough to have watched the great West Indian master bat on that day at Old Trafford would have been sure that the man was God in cricketing whites. If batting is a batsman's form of self-expression, then few men on a cricket field could ever have expressed themselves quite as lucidly as did Richards that day.

Supremely confident, oblivious to the precarious situation in which his team found itself, his magnificent arms drunk with their own power and striking up a partnership with his eyes like a sitar maestro's fingers and the strings of the instrument, Richards came up with a tour de theatre that would never be matched in the sport.

Those were not days when the English bowling was made up of Whites and Hoggards. Leading the attack were Ian Botham and Bob Willis, with Neil Foster and Derek Pringle for support. And West Indies, at 102 for seven, were staring down the barrel when the great man seized his moment. Of the 106 he added for the last wicket with Michael Holding, the bowler made 12.

Richards hit five sixes and 21 fours in that innings of incomparable majesty which surpassed even his own outstanding 138 not out in the 1979 World Cup final against England, an innings whose climax was incredible, to say the least. Dancing his way down and across to the left, Richards nonchalantly lifted a perfect leg stump yorker from Mike Hendrick into the Mound Stand at Lord's.

Over the last few years, ever since much was made of Don Bradman's remarks about Sachin Tendulkar - that the little genius from Mumbai reminded the game's greatest ever batsman of his own style of play - I have wondered if it is right to say that India's greatest cricketer and its most popular sportsman of all time is, innings for innings, stroke for stroke, a greater batsman than Viv Richards.

Four of Tendulkar's great innings are in the Top 100 in the One-day list, making up perhaps for the fact that not one of his centuries made it to the Test Top 100 - a sure travesty - but the point of this essay is not about how many times either man has been mentioned by Wisden.com in its lists. As interesting as lists are, beyond a point, they are as useless as yesterday's weather charts.

An intriguing point is how influential Richards might have been if he had played all his cricket in the 1990s and 2000s instead of the 1970s and 1980s. Surely, many of his innings - both in Test cricket and in limited overs internationals - would have found a much, much greater audience and would have been celebrated that much more everywhere as has happened in Tendulkar's case today.

As batsmen, as personalities, and in the context of the teams in which they have played, there is a vast difference between Richards and Tendulkar and the one big thing they have in common is their status as two of the finest batsmen the sport has produced.

But as batting geniuses, the one obvious difference between the two, in my mind, is this: While bowlers everywhere, from Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne down to Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald look at Tendulkar with a great deal of respect, sometimes even awe, the Bothams and Willises and every man who ever had to turn his arm around in front of Sir Vivian might have felt a cold shiver run down their spine the moment they saw the batting Emperor with the famous Roman nose walk out to his seat of power.

Richards' body language was enough to make even battle hardened bowlers feel butterflies in their stomachs and want to visit the dressing room toilet to relieve themselves urgently and nervously. The touch of arrogance was unmistakable - it defined the man, it was a statement of his pride as a destroyer of bowling, mediocre, good and great.

Like a handful of extraordinary sportsmen over the last 100 years and more, men whose natural talents were so phenomenal that they could get away with murder, so to say, on the field of play, Richards was a sure one-off in cricket.

How many batsmen, however gifted, could have got away with sticking their front foot out and swinging the bat across the pad to whip the ball through mid-wicket as many times as Richards did in his career? It's like trying to beat someone as intimidating and powerful as George Foreman at his peak with rope-a-dope tactics as did Muhammad Ali in Zaire in 1974. It's futile. It just doesn't work for others.

Oh, well, Richards' detractors would say. There you are - he was far too unorthodox to be a purist's delight, far too flashy to be dependable, by far too imperious to be a team-man.

Now, let's take guard, and face up to this business of orthodoxy. Why are a handful of purists so much in love with what they term orthodoxy? And what is orthodoxy if it is not another name for the familiar, the time-tested, the conservative and the conformist? Stripped to its essentials, orthodoxy - when it is not practised by someone as gifted as Sachin Tendulkar - means a boring sameness.

What the purist seems to demand is that everybody should bat the same way, along the classical lines of batsmanship, scientific batsmanship. Three Boycotts and three Dravids would fit the purist's bill perfectly. But not that of the lay fan. He knows best, after all.

Let's get this straight: batting is more than just an art of survival at the crease, more than even an art of accumulating runs. It is about surpassing heroics, smoulderingly brave heroics, soul-stirring heroics of the brand symbolised by Richards.

From the mid-70s right up to the late 80s when his powers waned, Richards did not have a peer as a people's batting hero all over the cricket playing world. The nerve-tingling excitement, the heart-racing feeling you experienced when the gum-chewing genius was at the crease... these just could not be matched.

Of course, Richards' batting often seemed risky business. A Tendulkar would never have played the sort of stroke that Richards did when he had things in control in the World Cup final against India in 1983.

In this, the Indian maestro, who has managed to please both the lay fan and the connoisseur alike with his batting, is very much Richards' superior. He has managed his gifts so much better than did the West Indian. His technique is water tight and he combines the finest virtues of Asian batsmanship and the old-style English batsmanship.

And, quite the most amazing aspect of Tendulkar's batting is how logic blends wonderfully well with instinct at the crease. He is like a virtuoso Formula One driver on a race track - logic rules the start but quickly instinct takes over when all thought ceases. It is unadulterated cricketing talent on show, pure and simple. And by nature he is not as carefree a risk-taker as was Richards.

When Tendulkar walks out to the middle, bowlers simply sigh, a sure sign of resignation. If at all he is intimidating, it is because he is as supremely gifted a batsman as he is, it has nothing to do with body language.

And, in comparison with Richards, Tendulkar has suffered simply because he has never been part of a great team. He has had a greater burden placed on his shoulders than Richards ever had to carry with India struggling to hold its own on the international stage - especially outside the country - for the most part of Tendulkar's career.

Then again, on the flip side, to look as good as Richards did in the elite company of Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge and Clive Lloyd, it took exceptional talent, to say the least.

In the event, where does that leave Tendulkar vis a vis Richards? Who is the greater batsman?

As great batsmen, these two are as close as any other two batsmen could have been, right up there, just below the Don.

Where Richards scores is in this: not even Tendulkar can dominate the bowling and destroy bowling attacks quite as amazingly as did Richards time after time. And it is precisely because of this the West Indian genius was a greater match-winner than Tendulkar.

This is the reason why Richards has played more innings that had a great influence on his team's fortunes than has Tendulkar - match-winning innings, pure and simple.

Where does that leave us? Well, Tendulkar is Beethoven; Richards is Mozart. The choice is yours.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2509/25090080.htm

[ajithfederer]

http://www.timesnow.tv/Dada-Sachin-is-the-King-of--Cricket/videoshow/4331468.cms

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[tscii:1630f1e631]Sachin and 10 other dudes
Posted by: jrodon Nov 5, 2009in categories indiansYears ago I saw Michael Jordan’s last ever 40 point game. It was when he was with the Wizards. By halfway through the 3rd term it became obvious that no one in the stadium gave a shit about the result of the game.

They were all there for Jordan, and since he was putting on a vintage display, the game just faded away.

I have no idea what the result of the game was. I do remember some of Jordan’s reverse lay ups, some fade aways, and him pick pocketing Jason Kidd. After the game we got back to our Hostel and there were about 40 people with Jordan singlets on.

I can only image that is what people will feel like today. Some people might remember the game, but even with Australia winning this becomes Sachin’s game.

When Sachin caught White off the last ball of the innings, he threw the ball into the ground in a very pissed off manner. He knew India had played pretty ordinary to let Australia score 350.

Sachin wasn’t the only one, Dhoni ran off the ground without his team mates, Yuvraj and Praveen Kumar were still in conversation about a piece of lazy assed fielding. The senior players knew that they had been gifted a weak Australian side and they were in danger of losing.

Sehwag batted as he always does. Gautam City looked in an odd mood. Neither Dhoni or Yuvraj seemed quite on it. Raina had a lot of luck, but eventually went out to an ugly shot. Bhajji never got started. Jadeja kept pusihing the limits of sensible running. Praveen tried his hardest. Ashish and Patel were never going to get it done.

Those were the ten dudes. A collection of shit hot batsmen who were made to look like dribbling fools compared to Sachin.

He scored over half the runs, passed some unimportant milestone, seemed to be dragging Raina and Jadeja by the neck like kittens, and then eventually went out to a shot that wasn’t even thought of when he started playing.

India didn’t deserve to win, but Sachin did. I wanted him to make 200 and win the game, but he came up short and had pretty much no help at all.

I could go on about his innings, but he said it best.

“I was striking the ball pretty well”.
Yes, you were.

http://www.cricketwithballs.com/2009/11/05/sachin-and-10-other-dudes/[/tscii:1630f1e631]

[Bala (Karthik)]

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It can't be said better :notworthy:


India didn’t deserve to win, but Sachin did.
This is the mantra in cricket for me for a long time now. I mean, its not about India deserving or not, its just that i don't care....
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First batsman to 17,000 ODI runs

Tendulkar scales another peak

It's almost 20 years since Sachin Tendulkar played his first one-day international, but his latest innings - his 435th in this format - showed he hasn't lost any appetite for this format

Cricinfo staff

November 6, 2009

It's almost 20 years since Sachin Tendulkar played his first one-day international, but his latest innings - his 435th in this format - showed he hasn't lost any appetite for the 50-over game. His stunning 175 did everything apart from win India the match - it equalled the highest by any batsman against Australia (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=2;or derby=batted_score;qualmin1=100;qualval1=batted_sc ore;template=results;type=batting;view=innings), and was his ninth ODI hundred against them, the most by a player against a single team (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=hundred s;template=results;type=batting;view=opposition).

Early in this innings, he also entered another exclusive club of one, becoming the first batsman to reach the mark of 17,000 ODI runs. Next in line (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/83548.html), in terms of ODI runs, is Sanath Jayasuriya almost 3800 runs behind. The 175 Tendulkar scored was his 45th ODI century (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282935.html), 17 more than the second-placed Ricky Ponting and Jayasuriya.

Apart from the sheer number of runs, what's amazing about Tendulkar is his consistency. Leave aside his first 3000, and he has averaged more than 40 in each of his 3000-run intervals. And for those who were predicting a drop in form and motivation, Tendulkar's recent numbers show none of that - he has averaged more than 47 for his last 2000 runs, and has averaged 53.28 at a strike rate of 94.43 in his 15 innings in 2009 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;v iew=innings;year=2009).

Tendulkar's progress to 17,000 runs Runs Innings Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
0-3000 93 36.93 80.98 4/ 21
3000-6000 77 41.95 85.62 8/ 18
6000-9000 65 50.72 94.17 13/ 7
9000-12,000 65 52.14 86.92 9/ 14
12,000-15,000 77 43.25 81.74 7/ 19
15,000-17,000 47 47.22 87.23 4/ 12


Some of his best innings have been against the top team of his generation, which speaks volumes about his class. Tendulkar has scored 2995 runs against Australia, which is his highest aggregate against a single team and the most that any batsman has scored against them. Among the 19 batsmen who've scored 1000 or more ODI runs against Australia, Tendulkar's average is fourth. His conversion rate, though, is the best - out of 23 fifty-plus scores, nine have been centuries.


Top batsmen in ODIs against Australia (best averages, cut-off 1000 runs) Batsman ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Viv Richards 54 2187 50.86 84.63 3/ 20
Aravinda de Silva 36 1451 48.36 83.96 2/ 10
Hansie Cronje 39 1364 47.03 73.05 2/ 9
Sachin Tendulkar 66 2995 46.79 85.25 9/ 14
Graham Gooch 32 1395 46.50 61.78 4/ 9
Kumar Sangakkara 28 1134 43.62 74.80 1/ 8
Desmond Haynes 64 2262 40.39 65.14 6/ 13
Jonty Rhodes 55 1610 40.25 77.92 0/ 10


Over these years, Tendulkar has been key to Indian fortunes - he averages almost 57 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;result=1;template=results;type= batting;view=innings) in matches that India win, but the slumps to 33 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;result=2;template=results;type= batting;view=innings) in games India lose. His 32 centuries in wins is more than any other batsman has scored in his entire career, which is a telling statistic of how far ahead of the pack Tendulkar is.

Tendulkar has also scored more than 19% of the runs that India have scored in the games which he has played. It's more than the corresponding percentage for all batsmen who've scored more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. Among the other prominent openers who haven't touched 10,000, Desmond Haynes has a slightly higher percentage - 19.58, to Tendulkar's 19.34.


Percentage of runs scored Batsman ODI runs Team runs Percentage
Sachin Tendulkar 17,168 88,765 19.34
Sanath Jayasuriya 13,377 85,829 15.59
Ricky Ponting 12,286 72,683 16.90
Inzamam-ul-Haq 11,739 76,991 15.25
Sourv Ganguly 11,363 63,702 17.84
Rahul Dravid 10,765 68,996 15.60
Brian Lara 10,405 56,047 18.56
Jacques Kallis 10,328 60,518 17.06
Adam Gilchrist 9619 62,716 15.34
Saeed Anwar 8824 48,502 18.19
Desmond Haynes 8648 44,167 19.58


Tendulkar's overall average is an impressive 44.59, but it gets even better in games in which he has opened the innings. In 312 such matches, he averages 48.28 at a strike rate of 87.68, with 41 centuries and 70 fifties - that's a 50-plus score every 2.8 innings. The average is the highest among openers who've scored 3000 runs, but the strike rate is exceptional as well - only Virender Sehwag, Shahid Afridi, Adam Gilchrist and Sanath Jayasuriya have scored faster, but none of them average more than 37.


Highest ODI averages for openers (Qual: 3000 runs) Batsman ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Sachin Tendulkar 316 14052 48.28 87.68 41/ 70
Gordon Greenidge 120 4993 45.39 64.65 11/ 31
Matthew Hayden 148 5892 44.30 78.70 10/ 33
Mark Waugh 141 5729 44.06 76.74 15/ 32
Chris Gayle 187 7181 42.24 83.77 19/ 38
Gary Kirsten 175 6647 41.80 72.25 13/ 45
Sourav Ganguly 242 9146 41.57 73.59 19/ 58
Desmond Haynes 238 8648 41.37 63.09 17/ 57
Graeme Smith 143 5442 41.22 82.99 8/ 39
Nick Knight 92 3345 40.30 73.16 5/ 23



http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/433228.html

[ajithfederer]

[tscii:dbd076de2f]India v Australia, 5th ODI, Hyderabad

'One of my best' - Tendulkar

Cricinfo staff

November 6, 2009

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Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to score 17,000 ODI runs © Getty Images

Sachin Tendulkar has rated his dazzling 141-ball 175 in the fifth one-dayer against Australia as "one of his best" innings. While orchestrating a stiff chase of 351, Tendulkar looked on course to break the record for the highest individual score in an ODI innings but was undone by a slower ball from debutant Clint McKay in the 48th over, after which India ended four runs short.

"It was one of my best innings, I was striking the ball very well and we were chasing 351 so there was constant pressure," Tendulkar said. "We maintained the run rate and brought the game close, but in the end it was very disappointing."

After sliding to 162 for 4, India were put back on track for what would have been the second highest target achieved in one-dayers by a 137-run stand between Tendulkar and Suresh Raina. India were favourites after 42 overs, needing only 52 runs with a Powerplay still in hand and Raina and Tendulkar in top gear. However, a combination of clever bowling and tigerish fielding from Australia, and some inept running from India handed the visitors a 3-2 series lead.

One bright spot for Tendulkar was that on 7, he became the first to reach the 17,000-run mark in one-dayers. When asked how he stayed motivated over the course of an international career which is days short of being two decades long, he said: "The passion - I care about playing for India. It's always been a dream and I'm absolutely honoured that I've been able to do that for the past 20 years."

Sourav Ganguly, with whom Tendulkar formed the most prolific opening partnership in one-dayers, lauded Tendulkar for reaching the milestone and hoped there was more to come. "It's really a remarkable achievement", Ganguly said. "I wish he scores another 2000 runs by 2011 World Cup. Sachin knows best how to accumulate runs. Once he gets going he becomes unstoppable."

http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/433191.html
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[ajithfederer]

I have some feeling that Tendulkar will smash again in the next 2 matches. 8-)

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For Tendulkar, the mind is still willing

Ian Chappell, Agencies
November 07, 2009
First Published: 22:42 IST(7/11/2009)
Last Updated: 22:45 IST(7/11/2009)

On a couple of balmy nights in Sharjah in 1998, Sachin Tendulkar carved out successive scintillating centuries against Australia to convince the men in gold who weren’t believers, he was the best batsman in the world.

More than a decade later, Tendulkar has converted a whole new set of Australian non-believers with a mercurial ODI century in Hyderabad. That’s actually not quite true; Ricky Ponting was in attendance in Sharjah and for him Tendulkar just re-confirmed his great skill and tenacity.

As opposing skipper, Ponting was constantly plotting Tendulkar’s downfall in Hyderabad and it came just in the nick of time to preserve an Australian victory that for a time looked like it would be snatched away by one man. As the third man, along with West Indies champion Brian Lara, in what was a three-way battle for the batting crown, Ponting would’ve appreciated, if not welcomed, Tendulkar’s mastery.

One of the more amazing things about Lara was his remarkable feat in recapturing the world record 10 years after he first established the high-water mark. Longevity isn’t the hallmark of greatness but it’s a requirement.

Not that Tendulkar needed another century to convince anyone of his prowess but a masterful knock like the one in Hyderabad was a timely reminder that he still has a few great innings left. That’s the main difference between Tendulkar of today and a decade ago.

In Sharjah, he belted the Australian bowlers all over the park to get his team into the final and then followed it up two days later with an equally dynamic showing to win the big prize. Now, the hard part will be reprising his starring role in Guwahati when his body is still recovering from Hyderabad.

Tendulkar did prove one thing in Hyderabad; the mind is still willing. He displayed the same fighting spirit that was evident in Sharjah, the same desire to trump the opposition and amazingly, his strike rate was better than in both of those 1998 gems.

I recall Greg Chappell saying near the end of his illustrious career; “I can’t concentrate like I used to. I can still apply myself occasionally,” sighed the strong-minded batsman, “but other days it’s just a battle.”

Tendulkar is a strong-minded person but that isn’t what defines his batting. His is more a mercurial attitude that allows him to sense the moment when to let loose his full array of shots and leave the bowlers clutching at straws. Straws that in his pomp were constantly whisked away by a whirlwind of shots.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/columnscricket/For-Tendulkar-the-mind-is-still-willing/Article1-473967.aspx
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Hall of Fame: Sachin Tendulkar

In the opinion of many former cricketers and critics, Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman of his generation.

By Rajesh Kumar

An aggressive, right-handed opening batsman in One Day Internationals with every shot in the book, he is, in fact, a cricketing legend. The record books are studded with his superb performances in Tests as well as ODIs during the last two decades.

Over the years, Sachin has played several outstanding innings in Tests and ODIs, the latest being 175 off 141 balls - an innings embellished with four sixes and nineteen fours - at a strike rate of 124.11 against Australia at Hyderabad on November 5, 2009. He had reached his hundred off 81 balls, establishing in the process an Indian record for the fastest hundred against Australia.

During his 45th hundred, Sachin became the first batsman to complete 17,000 runs in ODIs apart from establishing several records in the process. His run-aggregate of 2995 (ave.46.79) in 66 ODIs against Australia is now the highest by any batsman against any opponent.

Although Sachin finished on the losing side while posting his 45th century, he became the first player to post nine hundreds against Australia, which is a record for most hundreds against any opponent in ODIs.

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Justifiably, he was adjudged the Man of the Match, extending his record for most Man of the Match awards (60)
in ODIs. Apart from one award as batsman of the series in the Singer World Series in Sri Lanka in 1994, he got 14 Player of the series awards, which is also a record.

In the course of his 175 against Australia, Sachin became the first batsman to complete 6,000 runs in India - 6092 at an average of 46.15, including 17 hundreds and 34 fifties, in 149 matches. No other batsman has even managed to reach 3,500 on Indian soil.

Thirty two of his 45 hundreds have resulted in the Indian victories, which is also a world record. He also holds a world record for most number of fifties (91).

Apart from setting a record for the highest run-aggregate - 17168 runs at an average of 44.59 in 435 ODIs, Sachin holds a world record for amassing most runs in a calendar year - 1894 (ave.65.31) in 34 matches in 1998.

He could accomplish the aforesaid run-aggregate during 1998, thanks only to his nine hundreds, which is also a record for most hundreds in a calendar year. Overall, Sachin has achieved the distinction of registering 1,000 runs or more in seven calendar years, another record held by him.

His career-best, an unbeaten 186 off 150 balls at Hyderabad, Deccan on November 8, 1999 is a record for the highest individual innings against New Zealand.

Sachin is the only batsman in the history of ODIs to have made 2000 runs or more against three opponents - Australia (2995), Sri Lanka (2749) and Pakistan (2389).

Another important record held by him is for making most hundreds (6) in the Tournament finals, enabling India to register victories in all the finals while making
hundreds.

Sachin's aggregate of 1335 (ave.41.71) in 36 matches is a record in India-England ODIs. Also his aggregate of 1750 (ave.46.05) in 42 matches is a record in India-New Zealand ODIs.

Apart from his 45 hundreds, Sachin has narrowly missed recording centuries seventeen times between 90 and 99, including three innings in the 'Nervous Ninety Nine' - one each against South Africa, England and Pakistan. No other batsman has recorded ten scores in the nervous nineties.

With 175, Sachin has equalled Herschelle Gibbs' record for making most runs in an innings against Australia in ODIs. Gibbs had made 175 off 111 balls at Johannesburg on March 12, 2006.

His 154 wickets (ave.44.19) in ODIs include two five-wicket hauls. His feat of becoming the first all-rounder in the history of ODIs to post a hundred and capture five wickets in an innings against Australia is unknown - 141 off 128 balls and 4 for 38 at Dhaka on October 28, 1998.

As in ODIs, Sachin holds both the records i.e. highest run-aggregate (12,773) and centuries (42) in Tests. His tally of ten hundreds in 29 matches against Australia is bettered only by England's Sir Jack Hobbs - 12 in 41 Tests.

http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/international-cricket/news/detail/item349180/Hall-of-Fame:-Sachin-Tendulkar/

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http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64631.html

Ten Years ago Sachin made 186* today.

[ajithfederer]

Listened to that same part 4 of the highlights with full volume. Such Sight and adulation are reserved only for the GODS.

:A new emoticon is yet to be found:

http://cricket-online.tv/india-vs-australia-5th-odi-highlights/

[ajithfederer]

Un phheeling ae thooki odappula poda.

I have some feeling that Tendulkar will smash again in the next 2 matches. 8-)

[Vivasaayi]

why why?

Un phheeling ae thooki odappula poda.

I have some feeling that Tendulkar will smash again in the next 2 matches. 8-)

[Vivasaayi]

aahaa...match arambichacha?...

[19thmay]

Un phheeling ae thooki odappula poda.

I have some feeling that Tendulkar will smash again in the next 2 matches. 8-)

Its ok af! That was not a bad dismissal at all.

[ajithfederer]

Sangakkara hails Tendulkar as best player of modern era

STAFF WRITER 20:18 HRS IST
Mumbai, Nov 8 (PTI) Visiting Sri Lankan team skipper Kumar Sangakkara today lavished praise on Sachin Tendulkar, who would be completing 20 years in international cricket on November 15, calling the Indian the "greatest player of the modern era".

"He (Tendulkar) has been brilliant. To have survived the tough test of public expectation in India is something, which should be commended. The runs (he has scored) are an added bonus. He's probably the greatest player to play the game in the modern era and compares with the (Donald) Bradmans and all the legends of the past," Sangakkara said.

"We run out of superlatives when talking about Sachin. He keeps getting better and better. Being that consistent under such pressure (from fans), especially at home is a wonderful thing," the Lankan captain and one-down batsman gushed.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/367875_Sangakkara-hails-Tendulkar-as-best-player-of-modern-era

[littlemaster1982]

[tscii:8fb8a9a475]Sachin Tendulkar – 20 years of batting like this is just astonishing (http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/sachin-tendulkar-20-years-of-batting-like-this-is-just-astonishing/2009/11/06/)

Did you know that it took 78 one-day internationals for Sachin Tendulkar to score a hundred? It’s an odd fact, that, considering he’s squeezed in another 44 since then, including a whopping 175 against Australia today.

It’s sometimes difficult to appreciate Sachin Tendulkar properly. It’s like thinking about the vast emptiness of space or the vast emptiness of the modern urban lifestyle. It’s all too much to comprehend.

What has Sachin actually achieved?

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 17,000th run today. That’s a stupid number that’s seemingly of no consequence at all. But then think to yourself that scoring just a thousand one-day international runs is actually quite an achievement. Ricky Ponting’s only just passed 12,000 and he’s the third-highest one-day run-scorer of all time. Sanath Jayasuriya’s second on about 13,000. These guys are a long, long way behind.

Two whole decades of being pretty damn exceptional

Tendulkar’s not some fly-by-night like Mike Hussey; he’s not some short-lived overachiever like Ricky Ponting or Brian Lara. Tendulkar’s in it for the long haul. As impressive as all the runs and all the hundreds are, the most jaw-dropping achievement of all is that Sachin Tendulkar has managed to be good enough to play for his country for 20 years.

Bet he’s ace at frisbee

He’s not a Nepali Ultimate Frisbee player either – he’s an Indian cricketer. And not just any kind of Indian cricketer – an Indian batsman. This is a country where if you wander down to the Oval Maidan in Mumbai of an afternoon and grab the six nearest people, you’ll probably have a Test standard batting line-up. Sachin Tendulkar has been pretty much the best batsman in this country for 20 years. That’s astonishing.

A tree falling in the woods may or may not make a sound

But a Sachin Tendulkar hundred in a packed stadium makes a kind of searing white noise that sets the hairs on the back of your neck on end even when you’re sat in England watching it on Sky Plus when you already know the result.

Towards the end of this match, Suresh Raina hit a cracking six and got all pumped-up and pleased with himself. He went for another big swing and spazzed it. Sachin Tendulkar hit two sixes in a row at one point. We can’t remember what he did with the next delivery, but he didn’t get out. He passed 17,000 runs and didn’t get out next ball. He got his hundred and still ploughed on.

But get it wrong and the white noise becomes blue murder. There’s that too.

And what have you got?

You get batsmen who are exceptional when they’re 16. You get batsmen with adamantium wrists. You get batsmen who choose their shots well.

You get cricketers who are fit and dedicated to their sport. You get cricketers who can cope with the downs and who come back stronger. You get get cricketers who can last for 20 years.

You never get all of this.

On the slide

There were people four years ago saying that Sachin Tendulkar was ‘past it’. They said his reflexes had gone. People often say this about batsmen once they get past 30. It’s such utter, utter bullshit.

Oh and by the way, Australia won.

P.S: There is an unwanted remark on Brian Lara. That aside, a very good article.

P.P.S: The comments are interesting too.
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[littlemaster1982]

To Tendulkar's critics (http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/columnscricket/Wanted-Kindred-spirit-for-the-great-Tendulkar/473675/Article1-473661.aspx)

This was one of Sachin Tendulkar's best and, in many ways, the saddest innings. How could the Gods allow this; how could his mates not be inspired when thousands in stands and millions on telly were ready to step on the field and bat for him? This isn't time to coldly dissect the game. Instead, the story-writers must pick up their pens; the film-makers get behind their cameras; the playwrights roll out musicals in an ode to this heroism in an era when vested interests, thuggery and betrayals dominate our lives. It was as if Tendulkar wanted to cover up for all the mess of his mates: dropped catches, ordinary bowling and batting.

It's miraculous how his genius survived the mediocrity around him. Dare one club the timidity of some of his team mates, with the ingenuity of this champion. This stuff was beyond mortals; don't forget he is 36. After yesterday it was as if he is 16 going on 17.

Everyone else failed him. There is no point venting your ire on Jadeja or the tail. One is still finding his feet and the rest are bowlers. That they didn't do their known stuff either is a different matter. This column has lately been questioning the mental strength of this Indian team. It has now received a fresh coat of scepticism.

India failed to cross over the line in last overs of two games; in the third it messed up with a lowly target. The tail too can't hide behind the unfamiliarity with batting. They are not there just to make up the numbers. If not Tendulkar, then Australia ought to have inspired the rest.

The world champions are in an alien land. Midway through the series, injuries have completely forced them to field a new team. Yet they are the ones crossing the winning line. Just replay the catch of Dhoni and run-out of Praveen Kumar in your mind.

Or how a youngster in Clint McKay, making his debut within hours of flying in as replacement, chips in with the best figures, including Tendulkar's wicket. Or how a near-century alone isn't enough to satisfy Shane Watson. He must have a good clutch of wickets to round up his feast.

For Australia, everyone is standing up for the other. In India, even a Tendulkar can't find a kindred spirit.

A legislation is now due to put Tendulkar's critics-dare they raise their voice again-behind bars. This man is a timeless classic. He is an inspiration for millions of Indians. He will need another special effort if India were to stay alive in this series.

- Ravi Shastri

[ajithfederer]

Tendulkar can go on till 2015, says Dhoni (http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_tendulkar-can-go-on-till-2015-says-dhoni_1309526)


Mumbai: MS Dhoni has one conviction and one doubt about the World Cup. The conviction is about Sachin Tendulkar and the doubt is about himself. He revealed the two things occupying his mind at the 2011 World Cup draw ceremony here on Monday night.
Dhoni felt Tendulkar will not only play the next World Cup but also the one next to it.

"The way he is batting," Dhoni remarked, "Sachin will not only play in 2011 but also in 2015. He has the fitness and hunger."

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[tscii:d415eca464]Sachin is perfect: VVS Laxman (http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricketnews/Sachin-is-perfect-VVS-Laxman/474653/H1-Article1-474665.aspx)


My favourite Sachin innings

In ODIs, I’d choose the Sharjah century against Australia in 1998; I was the non-striker and watched it from up close. In Tests, the 1996-97 Cape Town hundred is a personal favourite, and for different reasons the double-hundred in Sydney, where he was so much in control of his game plan. For emotional reasons, two Chennai tons: Pakistan in 1999 and recently against England, where he hit the winning runs.

His greatest strength

From a batting point of view: balance. This helps him pick the length and get in position quickly. Then there’s the hunger for runs. Most importantly, even after so many years, he prepares with such intensity for each match, each situation. The work he puts in, the attention to detail, sets him apart.

Sachin and me

What stands out is the person. The achievements , the laurels, the expectations, everyone wants a piece of him ... the way he carries himself is a lesson. His respect for elders, how he encourages youngsters, his family values.

A weakness?

I can’t think of one. He’s perfect. He was born and made to play cricket.

My message for Sachin

I just wish him all the best and hope he carries on for as long as possible. The longer he carries on, the better it is for Indian cricket.

The encouragement, input and help he brings to the dressing-room are things that make a huge difference.
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[tscii:3856bbb21d]100 orphaned kids to watch Lanka-India test for free in Kanpur


The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) has decided to invite 100 orphaned children to watch the India-Sri Lanka Test cricket match here on November 24 free of cost — in line with a suggestion by cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.



“Tendulkar had pointed out that stadiums are not fully occupied during test matches, so school children can come here and watch the matches free of cost. In this way, they will become interested in the game,” UPCA Director Jyoti Vajpayee said on Sunday.



Apart from providing pick and drop facility to Green Park stadium on the day of the match, the UPCA will also provide snacks to these children.



“After discussions, it was decided that 50 children from a Muslim orphanage will watch the match on the first day. Another 50 from a Hindu orphanage will come to watch on the second day,” Vajpayee said.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/100-orphaned-kids-to-watch-lankaindia-test-for-free-in-kanpur/539085/
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Happy Birthday to Bhabhiji Anjali Tendulkar

http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=23803&tid=5402190829914925866