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Thanks LM, for the articles.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryP...3a+Shane+Warne
Sachin Tendulkar my favourite batsman: Warne
Johannesburg, April 30, 2009
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne has named master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar as his all-time favourite batsman.
Speaking at a function hosted here by sponsors Tata Communications Services, Warne, joined by South African captain Graeme Smith and other members of the team, took to the podium to field questions from the floor and share their experiences so far in the Indian Premier League (IPL) series being played out across South Africa until May 25.
"Over all the years there have been a lot of wonderful batsmen, so it is pretty hard to pick between Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar," Warne said in reply to a question about his favourite batsman.
"But I think given the way Sachin handles everything and the expectations that he carries every single time that he walks out to bat, and the way he handles bad decisions and the way he just carries himself; I would have to say Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman that I have played with in my 20 years of playing international cricket.
"My biggest bunny, I suppose, would have to be (South African) Darryl Cullinan," he added.
A "bunny" is one who cannot bat and who often gets out to one bowler, in this case Warne.
"I was once asked who I would like to bowl to for a living. I said I would be a very rich man if I was to bowl to (Cullinan)."
http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/...ry/402258.html
Indian Premier League 2009
Twenty20 isn't a young man's game - Tendulkar
Cricinfo staff
April 30, 2009
Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya are proving that thirty-somethings can excel at Twenty20 as well © Associated Press
After nearly two weeks of the IPL in which veterans like Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have been at their best, Sachin Tendulkar has insisted that age has little relation to a player's performance in Twenty20.
"I don't know who says that it's a young man's game. Clearly, he doesn't know much about cricket," Tendulkar told the IPL's official website. "It's a cricketers' game so it really doesn't matter whether you are young or old. It is a cricketer's match."
Tendulkar, 36, has himself been in fine form, making 164 runs in four games with two half-centuries, but failed during Mumbai Indians' three-run loss to Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday. Mumbai fell short though they were chasing a modest 120, but Tendulkar said it was not a case of complacency.
"We lost three early wickets and that put a lot of pressure on us. It wasn't a flat deck to bat on, there was something happening," he said. "I thought our bowlers did extremely well to restrict them to 120. We knew that it was going to be close. We needed couple of decent partnerships in between which would have taken us to our target. But that didn't happen."
He also said it was more difficult to bat under lights. "The conditions get tougher in the evening, later the ball does a bit. Also the nature of the wicket is such that the ball was not coming onto the bat. And if the ball starts doing that then it's always going to be tough to put it away."
Tendulkar said Mumbai was in control till around the 16th over of the chase but were unable to get the required big hits towards the end. The defeat leaves Mumbai in fourth place, with five points from five matches.
© Cricinfo
Afridi's record knock made with Sachin's bat
By M. Satya Narayan, Senior Reporter
Published: April 29, 2009, 23:08
Abu Dhabi: While it is common knowledge that Pakistan's Shahid Afridi holds the record for a 37-ball one-day century, not many know that it came off the blade of Sachin Tendulkar's bat.
Speaking exclusively to Gulf News yesterday, Afridi said that his 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka in Nairobi, in his very first one-day innings, came off the bat of the modern day's greatest batsman.
"I had just got into the Pakistan team and during nets in Nairobi 'Wicky Bhai' [Waqar Younis] gave me a bat and said, play with this and see. It is Sachin's bat," said the charismatic Pakistan all-rounder, here playing the Chapal Cup series against Australia.
"I tried it out it; it felt good and played with it in my first ever one-dayer. I scored that innings of 100 in 37 balls with the same bat," said Afridi, who was 16 years and 217 days when he entered the record books on October 4, 1996. Afridi, who is one of the most popular players among the Pakistani stars, had belted 11 sixes and six fours in that 37-ball innings which is still the world record for being the fastest ODI century.
Afridi went on to explain how Sachin's bat had landed with Younis.
"It was a great honour for me to play with Sachin's bat for he was a great player. Sachin had given the bat to 'Wicky Bhai' and had asked him to get a similar bat made in Sialkot for him [Sachin]," Afridi said.
"Of course I have also got out on zero with that bat. Now it is with me and sometime back people told me to auction it but I still have kept it with me," said Afridi.
"It will always be one of my treasured possessions as I used it in my very first one-day match playing for my country and also for hitting a world record," said Afridi, feared by bowlers all over the world for his big hitting.
http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Cricket/10308921.html
http://www.orkut.com/Main#Album.aspx...aid=1240523212
Some rare pics of our sachin. LM, please save it to your golden repository :notworthy:.
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Thanks lm :D.
Hope this is not true
Tendulkar set to be named in World Twenty20 team
Gulf News Report
Published: May 01, 2009, 22:13
Durban: Indian cricket fans are bracing themselves for the news that Sachin Tendulkar might be selected for the World Twenty 20 Championships starting next month in England.
It is believed that Indian chief selector Krish Srikkanth has been working on Tendulkar to declare himself available for the tournament.
The ace batsman, captain of the Mumbai Indians, has been in supreme form scoring 200 runs in five games in the ongoing Indian Premier League in South Africa.
Do you think Tendulkar should play in the Twenty/Twenty World Cup? Is he as good in this version of the game as he is in the other versions?
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