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Monday, August 16, 2010
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Momentum key to success in World Cup
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UBAI:Master blaster is optimistic about India's chances at next year's world cup and said pre-tournament recovery and maintaining the momentum will be the key to success.
"We've been performing well as a side and I think it's important that the Indian team carry its momentum into the tournament next year," Tendulkar said.
"I think our pre-tournament preparation will be key and at the same time pre-tournament recovery is also important so that we're raring to go once the event has started," he added.
The 37-year-old Mumbaikar said reputation won't count in the World Cup and the best team on a given day will win.
"I think it's difficult to say which team will do well in the tournament next year as it's about who performs well on that given day," he said.
"Whoever does well will carry the confidence with them through the tournament once they've won a few matches. It (World Cup) makes it a totally different ball game," said Tendulkar, who has played in five ICC Cricket World Cups.
The 50-overs cricket World Cup will be hosted in the sub-continent by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh starting in February next year.
"We've been performing well as a side and I think it's important that the Indian team carry its momentum into the tournament next year," Tendulkar said.
"I think our pre-tournament preparation will be key and at the same time pre-tournament recovery is also important so that we're raring to go once the event has started," he added.
The 37-year-old Mumbaikar said reputation won't count in the World Cup and the best team on a given day will win.
"I think it's difficult to say which team will do well in the tournament next year as it's about who performs well on that given day," he said.
"Whoever does well will carry the confidence with them through the tournament once they've won a few matches. It (World Cup) makes it a totally different ball game," said Tendulkar, who has played in five ICC Cricket World Cups.
The 50-overs cricket World Cup will be hosted in the sub-continent by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh starting in February next year.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Sehwag-Sachin take India past 150
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Colombo: The second day’s play of the final Test ended with India registering 180/2 in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 425 runs.
The duo of Virender Sehwag (97) and Sachin Tendulkar (39) was on the crease and looked set to make a game out of the crucial tie as they trail 1-0 in the series. It was a day of hard work for both the outfits where the first half was dominated by the hosts while Dhoni’s men came back strongly in the latter part.
The visitors are also wary of the dubious distinction of the venue, where the fourth innings average total is a paltry 215.
Scorecard: India Vs Sri Lanka»
Thilan Samaraweera had stood out of the crowd at P Sara Oval with an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka registered 425 runs on the board at the end of their first innings.
Rahul Dravid continued with his dismal form in the series and was the second cog to fall as he was done in by a length ball that got him plumb in front of the wickets, a form of dismissal that has stuck with him for sometime now.
Murali Vijay was the first Indian batsman to fall, getting out to a slower length delivery outside off stump at a score of 14 runs.
On the Sri Lankan innings front, the penultimate wicket fell to Ishant Sharma as the speedster got Ajantha Mendis for a score of 3 runs. Chanaka Welegedara followed suit and Sri Lanka were wrapped-up for a solid first innings score.
If the morning was a grueling battle, the post lunch session had yielded new strength into the Indian bowlers and the spinners took charge of claiming wickets. Virender Sehwag was the first reaper of benefits with his wicket of Suraj Randiv. Amit Mishra spun into action too and got Lasith Malinga as Sri Lanka crossed the 400-run mark.
Even as a couple of wickets went down to the Indian bowlers in a hard morning session for both the teams, Samaraweera had kept his cool to slam a solid century, his twelfth in Test cricket. His efforts took the Lankans to 369/6 at lunch.
Prasanna Jayawardene became Pragyan Ojha’s fourth victim of the innings as he was rightly adjudged LBW at a score of 9 runs. The wicket came in close to the lunch of Day 2 and was a bolt out of the blues for the hosts as they inched towards the 400-run mark.
Ojha had claimed the first wicket of the morning as he got Angelo Mathews plumb in front of the wickets at 45. Ojha’s third wicket of the innings came via a flatter delivery on the off stump that pushed through the line.
The first session of play had started with Indian bowlers trying to make in-roads into the Sri Lankan batting line-up early on. Angelo was lucky on a couple of occasions, almost flirting with danger as he was a whisker away from being adjudged LBW at a score of 37 runs. He however, could not be second time lucky and went just before he could materialize another fifty.
With a lot depending on the Indian batsmen’s grit and scoring rate on the third day, it would be interesting to see the strategy adopted by both the captains tomorrow.
Colombo: The second day’s play of the final Test ended with India registering 180/2 in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 425 runs.
The duo of Virender Sehwag (97) and Sachin Tendulkar (39) was on the crease and looked set to make a game out of the crucial tie as they trail 1-0 in the series. It was a day of hard work for both the outfits where the first half was dominated by the hosts while Dhoni’s men came back strongly in the latter part.
The visitors are also wary of the dubious distinction of the venue, where the fourth innings average total is a paltry 215.
Scorecard: India Vs Sri Lanka»
Thilan Samaraweera had stood out of the crowd at P Sara Oval with an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka registered 425 runs on the board at the end of their first innings.
Rahul Dravid continued with his dismal form in the series and was the second cog to fall as he was done in by a length ball that got him plumb in front of the wickets, a form of dismissal that has stuck with him for sometime now.
Murali Vijay was the first Indian batsman to fall, getting out to a slower length delivery outside off stump at a score of 14 runs.
On the Sri Lankan innings front, the penultimate wicket fell to Ishant Sharma as the speedster got Ajantha Mendis for a score of 3 runs. Chanaka Welegedara followed suit and Sri Lanka were wrapped-up for a solid first innings score.
If the morning was a grueling battle, the post lunch session had yielded new strength into the Indian bowlers and the spinners took charge of claiming wickets. Virender Sehwag was the first reaper of benefits with his wicket of Suraj Randiv. Amit Mishra spun into action too and got Lasith Malinga as Sri Lanka crossed the 400-run mark.
Even as a couple of wickets went down to the Indian bowlers in a hard morning session for both the teams, Samaraweera had kept his cool to slam a solid century, his twelfth in Test cricket. His efforts took the Lankans to 369/6 at lunch.
Prasanna Jayawardene became Pragyan Ojha’s fourth victim of the innings as he was rightly adjudged LBW at a score of 9 runs. The wicket came in close to the lunch of Day 2 and was a bolt out of the blues for the hosts as they inched towards the 400-run mark.
Ojha had claimed the first wicket of the morning as he got Angelo Mathews plumb in front of the wickets at 45. Ojha’s third wicket of the innings came via a flatter delivery on the off stump that pushed through the line.
The first session of play had started with Indian bowlers trying to make in-roads into the Sri Lankan batting line-up early on. Angelo was lucky on a couple of occasions, almost flirting with danger as he was a whisker away from being adjudged LBW at a score of 37 runs. He however, could not be second time lucky and went just before he could materialize another fifty.
With a lot depending on the Indian batsmen’s grit and scoring rate on the third day, it would be interesting to see the strategy adopted by both the captains tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
World Cup is the ultimate competition says Tendulkar
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Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is looking forward to next year's ICC cricket World Cup which will be staged in the Indian sub-continent after a span of one and a half decades.
"The Cricket World Cup is the ultimate limited overs competition for a cricketer as it happens only once in four years. The entire cricketing fraternity eagerly waits for this event and when it starts, everyone gets deeply involved," said Tendulkar, who will become the most capped Test batsman when he plays against Sri Lanka in his 169th match tomorrow.
"It's a completely different feeling to be part of a Cricket World Cup where the atmosphere and the buzz is very special and to be staged in the sub-continent for the first time in 15 years is a magnificent feeling," added the Indian batting maestro.
With the World Cup to be co-hosted by India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said winning the the show-piece event on home soil is his biggest dream.
"It can't get any bigger than the ICC Cricket World Cup in which the best of the best enter with just one objective - to take home the Cup that counts," the Indian skipper said.
"It's not only my dream to be a Cricket World Cup winner but it's the wish of every member of Team India to put his hand on the Cricket World Cup trophy. We'll work as hard as possible to turn our dreams into reality," Dhoni said.
"This trophy has been eluding us for the past 27 years and I think we have a very good chance at home to break the drought," he added.
With 200 days to go before the first ball is bowled in the World Cup, the ICC announced the event mascot's name as 'Stumpy' at the P Sara stadium here ahead of the third Test between India and Sri Lanka starting tomorrow.
The mascot, an elephant, has been named 'Stumpy' after an online selection process that drew proposals from thousands of cricket fans around the world.
The lucky winner will receive a cricket bat signed by the all-star quartet of Dhoni, Tendulkar, Sri Lanka' captain Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena.
"This is another milestone in the build-up to our flagship event and it's great to see the game's best players like Mahendra, Kumar, Sachin and Mahela looking forward to the ICC Cricket World Cup with such enthusiasm," ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.
"As the excitement builds over the coming 200 days, we will see Stumpy throughout the cricket world, promoting the event and generating enthusiasm," he said.
"The Cricket World Cup is the ultimate limited overs competition for a cricketer as it happens only once in four years. The entire cricketing fraternity eagerly waits for this event and when it starts, everyone gets deeply involved," said Tendulkar, who will become the most capped Test batsman when he plays against Sri Lanka in his 169th match tomorrow.
"It's a completely different feeling to be part of a Cricket World Cup where the atmosphere and the buzz is very special and to be staged in the sub-continent for the first time in 15 years is a magnificent feeling," added the Indian batting maestro.
With the World Cup to be co-hosted by India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said winning the the show-piece event on home soil is his biggest dream.
"It can't get any bigger than the ICC Cricket World Cup in which the best of the best enter with just one objective - to take home the Cup that counts," the Indian skipper said.
"It's not only my dream to be a Cricket World Cup winner but it's the wish of every member of Team India to put his hand on the Cricket World Cup trophy. We'll work as hard as possible to turn our dreams into reality," Dhoni said.
"This trophy has been eluding us for the past 27 years and I think we have a very good chance at home to break the drought," he added.
With 200 days to go before the first ball is bowled in the World Cup, the ICC announced the event mascot's name as 'Stumpy' at the P Sara stadium here ahead of the third Test between India and Sri Lanka starting tomorrow.
The mascot, an elephant, has been named 'Stumpy' after an online selection process that drew proposals from thousands of cricket fans around the world.
The lucky winner will receive a cricket bat signed by the all-star quartet of Dhoni, Tendulkar, Sri Lanka' captain Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena.
"This is another milestone in the build-up to our flagship event and it's great to see the game's best players like Mahendra, Kumar, Sachin and Mahela looking forward to the ICC Cricket World Cup with such enthusiasm," ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.
"As the excitement builds over the coming 200 days, we will see Stumpy throughout the cricket world, promoting the event and generating enthusiasm," he said.
Expectations are not a burden says Tendulkar
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All set to become the most-capped Test player, batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar said the sky-high expectations of his cricket-mad nation are not a burden as he considers them a "god's gift".
"It is not a burden. It is god's gift ... the passion which I had (to play cricket) I got to work on it for 20 years. I enjoy every moment. I don't think it as a burden. It was my desire in life that has happened," Tendulkar said.
Tendulkar will play his 169th Test when he takes the field against Sri Lanka in the third game of the three-match series, surpassing the 168 played by former Australian captain Steve Waugh.
The 37-year-old said touching the milestone is like a dream realised sooner than expected in his two-decade-old cricket career.
"It has been a long journey. I still remember the first Test match that I played in Pakistan. The 1989 Test was completely different feeling altogether compared to the other forms of cricket that I played," he told reporters.
"I am very happy that I have had the privilege of having had such a long journey at international level and this was my dream. To play for India was my dream and getting to play 169 Test matches is fantastic. Really pleased with that."
"The journey has gone by very quickly. Quicker than I expected. The time flies and you just need to enjoy it. It is a circle," he added.
The champion batsman said he has had his rough times but has managed to cope with them by working hard.
"Sometimes there are rough patches. But the simple formula that I have followed is that whenever I have gone through such phases, I have found the reason to work hard."
"I have tried and spent all my energy at what I have been trying to get better at and trying to keep things simple. If you keep things simple they are simple to manage."
"Cricket is simple but everything around it ... if you keep it simple then it becomes relatively easy. And then the huge support that whatever I have had over the years motivated me to go out and live upto expectations," he added.
Tendulkar said he still prepares hard for matches and that has helped him evolve with the changing times.
"I think the pre-match preparations are extremely important. I feel that I have always been prepared. Sometimes I have been able to achieve results and sometimes I have not but my preparations are always there. I am really proud of this," Tendulkar said.
Asked which contemporary of his has it in him to break his records, Tendulkar said he hopes that player is an Indian.
"All I can say is that whoever breaks my record should be an Indian," he said.
Tendulkar said he is happy that the milestone has come after spending 20 years in international cricket.
"To achieve this, you need x number of years, the x number of tours and that is when these things happen. I am quite pleased that it has taken 20 plus years to get here. It is wonderful," he said.
"In the last few years, we have played a reasonable amount of Test cricket and it is good. I felt, in early 90s I hardly got any Test matches. There were a couple of occasions when there were two or three Test matches in a year which was a little disappointing. But that is not the case now," he said.
Asked if he had any advice for the younger lot of players, Tendulkar said, "It is important to dream. The second thing is that you chase your dreams. Be sincere and honest and chase your dreams.. they do come true."
All set to become the most-capped Test player, batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar said the sky-high expectations of his cricket-mad nation are not a burden as he considers them a "god's gift".
"It is not a burden. It is god's gift ... the passion which I had (to play cricket) I got to work on it for 20 years. I enjoy every moment. I don't think it as a burden. It was my desire in life that has happened," Tendulkar said.
Tendulkar will play his 169th Test when he takes the field against Sri Lanka in the third game of the three-match series, surpassing the 168 played by former Australian captain Steve Waugh.
The 37-year-old said touching the milestone is like a dream realised sooner than expected in his two-decade-old cricket career.
"It has been a long journey. I still remember the first Test match that I played in Pakistan. The 1989 Test was completely different feeling altogether compared to the other forms of cricket that I played," he told reporters.
"I am very happy that I have had the privilege of having had such a long journey at international level and this was my dream. To play for India was my dream and getting to play 169 Test matches is fantastic. Really pleased with that."
"The journey has gone by very quickly. Quicker than I expected. The time flies and you just need to enjoy it. It is a circle," he added.
The champion batsman said he has had his rough times but has managed to cope with them by working hard.
"Sometimes there are rough patches. But the simple formula that I have followed is that whenever I have gone through such phases, I have found the reason to work hard."
"I have tried and spent all my energy at what I have been trying to get better at and trying to keep things simple. If you keep things simple they are simple to manage."
"Cricket is simple but everything around it ... if you keep it simple then it becomes relatively easy. And then the huge support that whatever I have had over the years motivated me to go out and live upto expectations," he added.
Tendulkar said he still prepares hard for matches and that has helped him evolve with the changing times.
"I think the pre-match preparations are extremely important. I feel that I have always been prepared. Sometimes I have been able to achieve results and sometimes I have not but my preparations are always there. I am really proud of this," Tendulkar said.
Asked which contemporary of his has it in him to break his records, Tendulkar said he hopes that player is an Indian.
"All I can say is that whoever breaks my record should be an Indian," he said.
Tendulkar said he is happy that the milestone has come after spending 20 years in international cricket.
"To achieve this, you need x number of years, the x number of tours and that is when these things happen. I am quite pleased that it has taken 20 plus years to get here. It is wonderful," he said.
"In the last few years, we have played a reasonable amount of Test cricket and it is good. I felt, in early 90s I hardly got any Test matches. There were a couple of occasions when there were two or three Test matches in a year which was a little disappointing. But that is not the case now," he said.
Asked if he had any advice for the younger lot of players, Tendulkar said, "It is important to dream. The second thing is that you chase your dreams. Be sincere and honest and chase your dreams.. they do come true."
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sachin tendulkar fond of boxing
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achin Tendulkar is fond of Sports since his childhood till date. One of those sports is Boxing, too.
Even today, when he is at home with his son Arjun, he loves to play fight-fight or WWE with him. This is now but lets see how much he was fond of fights in his childhood days.
Sachin was a hyperactive child. An unusual mix of school-yard bully & sensitive soul. He stood out among his Friend even at the young age. The unit of 11 buildings in the sahitya sahwas housing complex ( is called "Ushakkal") had by the standards of the crowded metropolis large Playground, all of 30yardby 30 yards. This for Sachin and his close companions constituted the great outdoors.
Childhood photos of sachin, show him with a mass of curly long hair, exuberant & playful. The early neighborhood gang consisted of Avinash Govarikar(Now a Photographer)&Sunil Harse(A Contractor)while Atul Rande(Mumbai Ranji trophy Player)was a friend from playgroup.
The most abiding memory of those childhood days appears to be sachin’s strengths & his fondness for 'FIGHTS". whenever there was a new boy in housing society or school sachin would challenge him physically. And he rarely come out on the losing side.
By the time Sachin reached the second Grade, he had achieved the "NOT SMALL" feat for a six-year-old of beating up another boy all of two years older than him. "bashing them up for no reason” was his own Unique way of getting his message across to his peer group, According to Atul Ranade.
But he showed sympathy too, though his quality was reserved for animals.Gowarikar summed up the paradox: ‘He was a very kindhearted person. but he was always fascinated with power, speed & things like that."
Though, Sachin is small in height, his built up is really strong. It was evident when recently sachin hit an unbeaten match winning century in Chennai against England and after winning the match Yuvraj Singh tried to lift Sachin but could hold him for hardly 2 seconds.
achin Tendulkar is fond of Sports since his childhood till date. One of those sports is Boxing, too.
Even today, when he is at home with his son Arjun, he loves to play fight-fight or WWE with him. This is now but lets see how much he was fond of fights in his childhood days.
Sachin was a hyperactive child. An unusual mix of school-yard bully & sensitive soul. He stood out among his Friend even at the young age. The unit of 11 buildings in the sahitya sahwas housing complex ( is called "Ushakkal") had by the standards of the crowded metropolis large Playground, all of 30yardby 30 yards. This for Sachin and his close companions constituted the great outdoors.
Childhood photos of sachin, show him with a mass of curly long hair, exuberant & playful. The early neighborhood gang consisted of Avinash Govarikar(Now a Photographer)&Sunil Harse(A Contractor)while Atul Rande(Mumbai Ranji trophy Player)was a friend from playgroup.
The most abiding memory of those childhood days appears to be sachin’s strengths & his fondness for 'FIGHTS". whenever there was a new boy in housing society or school sachin would challenge him physically. And he rarely come out on the losing side.
By the time Sachin reached the second Grade, he had achieved the "NOT SMALL" feat for a six-year-old of beating up another boy all of two years older than him. "bashing them up for no reason” was his own Unique way of getting his message across to his peer group, According to Atul Ranade.
But he showed sympathy too, though his quality was reserved for animals.Gowarikar summed up the paradox: ‘He was a very kindhearted person. but he was always fascinated with power, speed & things like that."
Though, Sachin is small in height, his built up is really strong. It was evident when recently sachin hit an unbeaten match winning century in Chennai against England and after winning the match Yuvraj Singh tried to lift Sachin but could hold him for hardly 2 seconds.
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