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Another newbie takes Thalaivar's wicket :sigh2: It was not a wicket taking ball :banghead:
:lol: Pudhusa varavangaluku vaaipu kodukuraaru! 8-) Thalaivar pola varuma!!Quote:
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debutants ball la out aaguradhulayum thalaivar oru record :cool:
:( Sourav can sleep peacefully tonight.
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I have just told my opinion abt our tails.
See wat happened... they have scored just 9 runs after sachin dismissed... :sigh2:
In cricinfo player profile pages you(we) have a facebook option of liking a player profile. I always follow to see the count for Tendulkar and it was in the range of 22-23k before this test match and now it is 27,424.
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html
Guys
We have one more test going to the wire here!
Again, we will be completely dependent on Sachin.
So far, he has stayed to the end in one test against England.
Will he be the messiah again? Remember, we dont have VVS in this game.
One more responsibility for Sachin to guide us home.
This is good learning for every batsman in the team which will come in handy for the World Cup. Everyone will learn how to chase a score.
My gut tells me that Australia will prevail.
Sunny G.
Not again :sigh2:
Unfortunately, Dhoni keeps losing tosses in test matches!
It is that time of the game again!
I am not baiting fellow Sachin fans. Would like to engage in a healthy discussion!
Sunny G. (Sachin's Mentor)
It was Sachin who bailed out India from a difficult position, along with Vijay. And people are putting onus on him again :banghead:
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India v Australia, 2nd Test, Bangalore, 4th day
Tendulkar disappointed despite double
Sidharth Monga in Bangalore
October 12, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar wasn't in his usual cheerful press conference mood, his slightly sombre interaction standing out on a day when he joined Virender Sehwag as the Indian with most double-centuries.
When the day began, Tendulkar was a stroll away from his sixth double, and many hoped for what would have been a maiden triple. Missing out on that elusive landmark, though, was not playing on his mind. "As far as scoring runs is concerned, you try to score as many as you can," he said. "Sometimes you manage them, sometimes you don't. The effort is in my hands, not the result. I have always tried my best to contribute. It is about what I want to do for my team. And I will not compromise on that."
Perhaps his mood had to do with the way the rest of the batting collapsed, not slamming the door on the Australians. The four wickets after him added just nine runs against pretty unspectacular bowling. As a result, India can't be assured of the series win after nine days of gruelling Test cricket during which they have won most of the crucial moments.
"Disappointed to lose five wickets in the span of 45 to 50 runs in the morning but such is the game," Tendulkar said. "I think we have come back very well. Bowlers did a fantastic job. It's going to be a big day for us tomorrow. The Test match is at a critical stage. It's all about how we deal with pressure and apply ourselves."
A special moment during his double-century didn't have much to do with Tendulkar. It was when M Vijay reached his maiden century. Tendulkar looked the happier of the two as he hugged the youngster and had a long chat with him. It was reminiscent of his reaction when Suresh Raina reached his first hundred alongside him against Sri Lanka in July. Being with them reminds Tendulkar of the time he scored his first century. It is a feeling not many know, and Tendulkar of course has gone on to score 48 more. There cannot be a better person to share that feeling with if you are a young upcoming batsman.
"Scoring the first hundred is always special and I am sure the players will never forget that moment," Tendulkar said. "However many more hundreds you score after that, but the first hundred is always special. All these guys have been really working hard, it is wonderful to see the guys working hard in the nets and applying themselves in the big games, and also becoming successful. It is wonderful to our cricket and they deserve it."
Along the way, 11 of those 49 hundreds have come against a side that has dominated world cricket for most of Tendulkar's playing days. "I just got to know that I have got 11 hundreds against Australia," Tendulkar said. "I don't believe in counting. It feels nice. To score runs against a top side is obviously satisfying and it has been a great challenge playing against them."
Tendulkar's focus, though, remains on the final day's play of another Test that has swung this way and that, and neither team holds clear ascendency going into the finale. "We know that if our opposition has scored 470 and it is there on the board, you have to chase it to stay in the game and then at one stage also on the top of the game," Tendulkar said. "These challenges are something we all look forward to, we don't want to take anything for granted. It's going to be exciting and that's what I can say. It's going to be a wonderful day."
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
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http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/481251.html
Getting better never stops, says Sachin Tendulkar
- Maestro dedicates double hundred to daughter Sara, who turned 13 Tuesday
LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI
Sachin Tendulkar in Bangalore, on Tuesday
Bangalore: Sachin Tendulkar, the toast of India, spoke to the media in general, at the Chinnaswamy, on Tuesday evening. Later, at the Royal Gardenia, he took a few questions exclusively from The Telegraph.
The following are excerpts
Mood in the dressing room on the fourth evening
(Enthusiastically) There’s excitement, but don’t take anything for granted... I think it’s going to be a wonderful day of cricket... One is looking forward to tomorrow (Wednesday)... It will be a big day as the Test is at a critical stage.
If there’s an ideal target to chase on the last day
Can’t put a figure, but the smaller it is, the better.
Whether the team is disappointed at having lost five wickets so quickly in the morning
Yes... Those wickets were lost in a space of 40-45 minutes, but we’ve fought back well, thanks to the bowlers.
State of the Chinnaswamy wicket
It has got slower and the cracks have widened.
Innings of 214, his sixth double
One tries to score as many as possible, but one may not always succeed... I’m happy I was able to contribute.
Dedicated to...
Sara, my daughter, who turned 13 today.
If he’d listened to son Arjun’s advice when he reached his hundred with a six, off Nathan Hauritz
That (advice bit) was a joke and should be seen that way.
Having broken records en route to the double
To repeat what I’ve been saying, I don’t play for records, but it’s nice to set them.
Work put in by the support staff
I’m thankful to them... To everybody... (Masseur) Mane Kaka and the rest...
Eleven of his 49 Test hundreds being against Australia
(Grins) I wasn’t aware, don’t count the hundreds that way... It’s good to get runs against top teams and I enjoy playing Australia.
Fans’ demand that he get a triple
Look, I focus on my game and on what I need to do... I don’t worry about what X or Y or Z is saying. Rather, I worry about making a contribution.
Superb run in 2010 and this series in particular
Haven’t done anything different, except that I’m getting many more balls to face (during the throw-downs) from Gary (Kirsten, the coach)... Gary and the bowling machine seem to be competing with each other... Gary doesn’t get tired.
The Sachin Tendulkar approach
Try to get better each day... Getting better never stops. I never compromise on what I need to be doing. Also, I enjoy the game.
If there’s a next level
I can’t say what is the next level, but it’s about raising the bar and trying to consistently contribute.
Sunil Gavaskar’s comment that the secret of his success is actually being a student, not a master
One keeps learning everyday...
Mentoring the Murali Vijays
I like interacting with players... It’s not about being a senior or a junior... It’s by talking to the players that one gets to learn quite a bit.
Vijay’s maiden Test hundred, which came about with him at the other end
The first hundred always remains special... I’m happy for Vijay... The younger players have been working very hard and it’s nice when they get rewarded.
Reservations over the Umpire Decision Review System
I need to be convinced that it will be right... I’d quite liked the hot-spot (instead)... It will be interesting if we get close to 100 per cent of the decisions being correct.
Finally, is he’s been following India’s stellar show in the XIX Commonwealth Games
(Enthusiastically) Know what’s happening, yes... Of course, I’m happy... It’s great news for sport in India... Whatever shows the country in good light delights me... Could be something in sport or an achievement in some other field.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/110101...y_13052306.jsp
India v Australia, 2nd Test, Bangalore, 3rd day
The master decision-maker
Tendulkar's ability to assess risk and stay aware of every little detail are the cornerstones of his art
Sambit Bal
October 11, 2010
For a man who has been blessed with every stroke, Sachin Tendulkar can sometimes reveal his genius while stealing a single. As Australia, in the manner of most contemporary teams, went into boundary-denying mode after the first session today, Tendulkar switched to accumulation gear, with deft nudges and glides, pushes and silent drives. One of these strokes can be used to illustrate his command over his batting faculties.
It came off Ben Hilfenhaus. It was the ideal run-denying ball, just short of a good length, a tad outside off stump, not full enough to drive, not short enough to cut. Tendulkar was in position early - marginally back and fully across - but waited on the ball just that fraction longer and opened the bat face with a last-moment flick of the wrist to send the ball wide of Ricky Ponting, still Australia's best all-position fielder, at shortish cover. Off went Tendulkar.
Singles look easy, but they are not always so. Murali Vijay, Tendulkar's partner in the monstrous third-wicket partnership that lifted India out of potential disaster, nearly ran Virender Sehwag out twice last evening. Today, on two occasions he might have run himself out. The art of the sharp single lies not merely in placing the ball but in also knowing the speed at which it will travel to the fielder. Always knowing where the ball is is one of the vital features of Tendulkar's greatness.
Inextricably linked to this is his nose for risk assessment. In the best and the worst of times, batting boils down to managing risks. Some balls are just too good for even the best batsmen. Beyond that, every ball carries the opportunity of a run, and every stroke the danger of dismissal. Few cricketers have possessed Tendulkar's command over such a wide range of strokes, but mere possession of strokes is never enough; it is the instinct - batsmen have only a millisecond to exercise the option - about the choice of stroke that accounts for success or failure.
Among all the staggering numbers that decorate Tendulkar's career the number of balls faced is an apparently mundane statistic. But it tells you that he has been called upon on over 26,000 occasions to exercise his option, many of those against the world's finest bowlers. And more than anything else, it is the certainty of his mind and a constant awareness of his own strengths and those of his opponents that have carried him to well over 30,000 international runs. In Tests, which can turn upon a single dismissal, Tendulkar has been bested only 140 times.
At the Chinnaswamy Stadium today, all bowlers came a distant second best. Admittedly the pitch was benign and Australia had a debutant and a spinner out of his depth. Still, it was a mighty and masterful innings. It wasn't as much a matter of being chanceless as it was about snuffing out hope for the bowlers.
On one occasion Peter George got Tendulkar to fend off awkwardly a ball that rose from a length, but there wasn't a catching man in sight. And the ball passed the outside edge a couple of times when Tendulkar looked to guide it behind the wicket. But the closest Australia came to earning his wicket was when Mitchell Johnson beat him outside the off stump on 99 and Hilfenhaus produced an inside edge that squeezed past the leg stump. Apart from those moments, the Australians mainly bowled to him in hope.
Earlier in the day it seemed they had a plan for him, but that was given short shrift. Ricky Ponting posted two men in catching position on the leg side - deep backward and forward short legs - and Johnson pounded in purposefully. The first ball was thrown wide, to which Tendulkar considered a stroke before letting it go. But a short ball duly arrived next and Tendulkar swivelled to pull between the wicketkeeper and Michael Clarke. The next one was even shorter and pulled in front of square. One of the catching men was promptly dispatched to the square-leg boundary, and having busted the plan, Tendulkar put away the pull shot for the rest of the day. There were too many fielders in the deep to make it worth his while.
The morning session featured seven fours and two sixes. Six of the fours came in pairs. Hauritz gifted Tendulkar two at the start of day by slipping them down the pad, and Shane Watson was carved either side of cover after a field had been set to choke Tendulkar on the leg side. He got to his hundred with two massive sixes off Hauritz over long-on. These were peculiarly identical shots, powerfully shovelled from within the crease with the right knee bent. The shots would have delighted his son, who had suggested with startling simplicity at a time when Tendulkar was struggling to convert his 90s that he should hit a six when on 94. But the truth is that it was the sixth instance of Tendulkar bringing up his hundred with a six.
More tellingly, these were the only lofted shots he played during the day. Like all great batsmen, Tendulkar not only knows when to seize the moment, but also how to temper his game to the circumstances.
And, so, when Australia spread the field, Tendulkar didn't hit a four till the final over of the second session, when Johnson served up a leg-side offering that he clipped to fine leg. He motored along in the last session, picking gaps in the field and finding opportune boundaries. In the course of his innings he went past 3000 runs against Australia, only the third man to do so, and in the fewest number of Tests.
On his last tour of Australia Tendulkar was given rapturous ovations by an adoring public each time he went in or out. But the Australians might not have seen the last of him. Fifty Test hundreds are but a formality. A hundred international hundreds are there for the taking. Tendulkar, though, endures not in the pursuit of milestones, but because he can't fall out of love with cricket. And above anything else that's the reason why he remains the most-loved cricketer.
Sambit Bal is the editor of Cricinfo
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http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/481074.html
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Originally Posted by sunnyg
Sunng, u seem to be a last day specialist! Why dnt u try ur hand playing for India?
Afterall, a mentor of Sachin can do better than what he had done / capable of doing!
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Originally Posted by sunnyg
Konjam over-a thaan poitrukku!
Sri, namma sunnya kaLathula erakki vuttaa oru 7465 run adichchu match jeikka vechiduvaar! BayamEn :)
Oh avaru Sunil Gavaskar-a solraaru pola. Indha ID vachadhukke ippadiya? Mudiyala! :lol:
Lets not expect anything from Sachin today . Must be physically and mentally drained. There is a limit to one's expectation.
I wish the future Dravid >>>>> Pujara gets the winning runs today.
All the best pujara.
MOM is possible if India wins this today. MOS is a far stretch.
Cricinfo heading
Tendulkar's India cruising in chase
MOM and MOS thalaivar thaan irukkanum. :yes:
sattu buttunu oru 50 ya adinga.. hallf century accountla sendhukkum
On scoring 50, Sachin will have a total of 400 in this series... :clap: MOS vEra yaarku kodukka mudiyungren?
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Nice to see Ponting and Tendulkar sharing a laugh and a handshake.
:). Great sportmanship from both players.
Lord wins MOS! :clap:
Had Australia scored 75 more runs, Sachin would've scored his 50th ton. :-)
Man of the Match and the Man of the Series is Sachin Tendulkar
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Congrats little master. A match to cherish forever for Sachin. Played a key role in victory.
This is the fifth successful chase of 200+ scores in the last three years. And Sachin had been one of the two top scorers in EACH of those innings.
Doubters, please stand in queue to have your share of humble pie.
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