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Beautiful innings Sachin :clap:
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Beautiful innings Sachin :clap:
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Time has come, for a few people to hide their sorry faces..
Well Pllayed sachin. :clap: :clap: :clap:
Would have been much happy if he was not out. Ganguly and Dhoni should lead the charge. Hope atleast one of them make a century.
Orkut member Madhusudhan. He is a terrific fan of sachin who always named his profile as Hundred 100's is a reality or something similar to that lines :D.
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For the record its the 10th Ton by the Master against the Aussies. The affair continues. :thumbsup:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...-Tendulkar.php
Sachin Tendulkar hits 40th test ton for India
The Associated Press
Published: November 6, 2008
NAGPUR, India: Sachin Tendulkar broke through a frustrating 10-month period without a century Thursday to set up India's 311-5 on the first day of the fourth and final test against Australia.
Tendulkar had not reached three figures since the final match against Australia in Adelaide in January before bringing up his 40th test century — and 10th against the Australians — with 109 from 188 deliveries.
"After Adelaide, I have played around six or seven matches," Tendulkar said. "I know I am batting well, but I was not getting to the three-figure landmark. But I don't think that is everything.
"Each ton is a different one and has its own importance. Today was a little different, I tried to get it in a different style."
Tendulkar struggled in the series against Sri Lanka earlier this year but has been one of India's key batsmen against Australia, scoring 384 runs at 64.00.
"As you have seen in this test series, I have gone in at crucial moments almost four or five times and I have been able to play," he said. "That is very satisfying when you deliver when the team needs you the most, and that is what I have been able to do in this series."
Tendulkar came out to bat with India 99-2, and the situation worsened when Virender Sehwag departed 17 runs later for 66.
The world's leading run-scorer didn't look troubled until he neared his century and was dropped twice — on 85 and 96 — at mid-off by Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee from the bowling of rookie offspinner Jason Krejza.
"I can say that he was a bit unlucky," Tendulkar said of Krejza, who took 3-138 off 28 overs.
Tendulkar, who is now four hundreds ahead of Australia captain Ricky Ponting in second place, said he isn't driven by records.
"I am not playing for these targets," Tendulkar said. "I am just playing for the team and, while contributing towards the team's cause, if it happens it is a great satisfaction."
Tendulkar described the pitch at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as a "perfect track" that would suit the spinners over the rest of the match. Australia is likely to have to bat last after India, which leads the series 1-0, won the toss.
"Batting first is definitely an advantage," Tendulkar said. "But it is important to bat well when you get that chance and build up a big score. The momentum that builds up during the game happens when you bat first."[/tscii]
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indv...ry/377195.html
India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur, 1st day
Losing five was too many - Tendulkar
Cricinfo staff
November 6, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar: "It was important that I got going because we had lost a couple of wickets and even Sehwag got out after that" © Getty Images
Sachin Tendulkar has said India were in a decent, but not brilliant, position after ending the first day of the final Test in Nagpur on 311 for 5. Tendulkar, who stabilised the Indian innings with his 40th Test hundred, felt losing five wickets was too many and "three would have been okay".
The situation when he began his innings was reminiscent of India's first innings in Mohali where a terrific start had been eroded by quick wickets. Today India went from 98 for 0 to 116 for 3 and were in danger of allowing Australia to bounce back after Virender Sehwag's half-century forced them on the defensive.
"It was important that I got going because we had lost a couple of wickets and even Sehwag got out after that," Tendulkar said. "I think it was just about keeping the head cool initially because when I walked in it was a critical stage. We had to make sure that we [VVS Laxman and I] had a good partnership and took the game away from Australia because the momentum was with them [Australia] initially."
Tendulkar and Laxman's efforts succeeded and they regained the advantage by adding 146 for the fourth wicket. Tendulkar went after the debutant offspinner Jason Krejza, slogging him over midwicket and lifting over mid-on. He fed off the deliveries that Mitchell Johnson bowled on his pads, flicking with impeccable timing towards the square-leg boundary. The shot of the day, however, was a trademark on-drive against Lee which bisected the gap between the bowler and mid-on.
Tendulkar, however, was fortunate to get a century. On 74 he survived a run-out chance; on 85 he mis-hit Krejza to mid-off where Johnson dropped the catch; on 96 he lofted Krejza once again to long-off where Brett Lee couldn't hang on. Tendulkar played out 11 dot balls on 99 before reaching his hundred by cutting Krejza to the point boundary.
"I can say he [Krejza] was a bit unlucky," Tendulkar said. "He had a first wonderful day. Today I can also thank God [for reaching the hundred] . I am delighted at getting the century."
The 40th century eluded Tendulkar twice in this series. He was out for 88 in Mohali and 68 in Delhi and on both occasions he was batting with fluency before falling against the run of play. Tendulkar, however, said although he missed out on hundreds, he had made vital contributions, such as the patient 49 in Bangalore which helped India save the Test.
"I know I am batting well, but I was not getting to the three-figure landmark. But I don't think that is everything. I have gone in at crucial [stages] at almost four or five times and I have been able to play. That is very satisfying, when you deliver when the team needs the most."
Tendulkar was dismissed in the last half-hour of the day, playing across the line to Johnson, who was bowling with the second new ball. That lapse, and the catches that were offered before his century, seemed to indicate a drop in concentration, but Tendulkar did not agree.
"I don't think I lost my concentration," he said. "Yes there was a patch in between but later on I felt I had sort of again changed the momentum and I just wanted to be there till the end today."
Tendulkar said that the pitch was a "perfect track" but what was noticeable, even in the first hour of play, was how quickly the bowlers' follow-throughs left their mark on the surface. Krejza got a few deliveries to spin and turn on day one and Tendulkar said it will definitely help the spinners more.
"The wicket is playing good. It is on the harder side and it is quite good. The spinners are getting bounce so I think in a day or two it will be difficult to play the spinners." When play ended on the first day, Harbhajan Singh made his way out to the middle, possibly to inspect the surface on which he hopes to fulfil the responsibility passed on to him by Anil Kumble.
© Cricinfo[/tscii]
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Prabhu ram or sridar, Could you please enable this pic. Thanks !.
http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatim...ow/3682788.cms
Tendulkar need to continue for another 3 years: Wadekar
PANCHKULA (Haryana): Former captain Ajit Wadekar hailed Sachin Tendulkar
as a "run machine" and said India need him for at least another three
years, especially in the absence of senior players like Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly.
Heaping praise on Tendulkar, who got his 40th Test century against Australia in Nagpur, Wadekar said, "I cannot describe in words this latest milestone of the batting genius. I would say Sachin is simply a run machine. I think team will need him to be around for the next three years at least, especially when some senior players are taking retirement.
"I think he is the greatest batsman and it is so easy for him (to achieve this milestone)," he said on the sidelines of an ICL Twenty20 match.
Tendulkar recently surpassed West Indian batting legend Brian Lara's record to become the highest run-getter in Test cricket and also crossed the 12,000 run mark in the second Test against Australia in Mohali.
Asked how India would find it in the absence of senior players like Kumble and Ganguly, Wadekar said, "Their replacement will be difficult to find. In near future, we will also see Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman's exit and the team will feel their void."
On MS Dhoni taking over as Test captain from Kumble, Wadekar said, "As they say, luck favours the brave. Dhoni is a brave and a lucky man. He has got good leadership qualities and is a very good player who carries the entire team along,"
http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/inte...lkar-praises-/
Tendulkar praises 'focused' India
Sachin Tendulkar hailed India's focus to keep their emotions in check, finishing the fourth Test with a slight advantage over Australia.
In the build-up to the game, the final contest of a series which the home side lead 1-0, Australia captain Ricky Ponting claimed India would be distracted by Sourav Ganguly's imminent retirement, VVS Laxman playing in his 100th Test and the controversial ban on Gautam Gambhir.
But there seemed no loss in concentration as India, led by Tendulkar's brilliant 109, moved on to 311 for five at stumps.
Laxman and Ganguly also starred, the former chipping in with 64 and the latter, in his final Test, closing on 27 not out.
"Emotions were in control," Tendulkar said. "Even Sourav wasn't thinking of all those things when he walked out.
"It was probably on his mind before he came out to bat but once you cross the rope, your thought process changes and you concentrate on the game and nothing else.
"He was focused today and so were the rest of us.
"I don't think I lost my concentration except for a brief while but once I got past that stage I wanted to stay till the end."
Tendulkar's last century also came against Australia - in Adelaide in January - but he insisted reaching three figures for the 40th time in Test matches did not present a mental obstacle.
"I've reached those critical stages several times after Adelaide and even in this series I was two or three times close to the three-figure mark," he said.
"But I don't think that is everything.
"What is important is that I have been able to bat well although I have walked in to bat at crucial stages in an innings.
"It has happened three or four times in this series already.
"To be able to contribute to the team's cause is far more satisfying than achieving milestones and that is what I have been able to do in this series."
Tendulkar, who was dropped on 85 and 98 and had another escape after surviving a run-out chance just after reaching his half-century, was pleased to have taken the momentum away from Australia, who were starting to threaten through debutant off-spinner Jason Krejza.
"Each century is a different one and it has its own importance," added Tendulkar.
"Today I tried to get it in a little different style. I thought it was just about keeping cool and calm initially.
"I walked in at a critical stage and we had to make sure there was a good partnership.
"The momentum was with Australia at that stage and we had to make sure we took it away from them.
"You have to play the ball on its merits and each surface is different so you have to play accordingly."
Krejza finished day one with figures of three for 138 and Tendulkar admitted there was no plan to target the most inexperienced member of the visitors' line-up.
"No, we did not have a specific plan for him," Tendulkar said. "I was just trying out shots."
Although the home side have played themselves into a strong position, Tendulkar insisted there was still plenty of work to be done to assure them of the draw they require to win the series.
"I think it's a good total, but there are four more days to go and we would want to be on our toes.
"The wicket is playing well, it's a perfect track.
"There is a little help for the spinners and it has a bit of bounce, but I think it's a good track."