2nd test. 4th was at Oval - Master's 100th test where he scored 54 - Drawn match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
2nd test, Dravid, Sachin and Ganguly played their skins to save the match.
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2nd test. 4th was at Oval - Master's 100th test where he scored 54 - Drawn match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
2nd test, Dravid, Sachin and Ganguly played their skins to save the match.
My bad... it was the second test....
Bed la irukarathu Manoj Prabahar ah ???
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'I've never wanted to prove anything to anyone'
Sachin Tendulkar talks about the year ahead for India, and the need to stay in love with the game
Interview by Sai Mohapatra
July 11, 2012
You are not part of the squad that is going to Sri Lanka. Are you at a stage where you can actually pick and choose between series, looking at the kind of workload you are in for - big series coming up next, England and Australia?
No. I basically requested the BCCI that I wanted to spend some time with my family. That's the only reason I'm not going. This is school holiday time for my children. I don't get to spend much time with them. Looking at the rest of the calendar, it becomes difficult, and to match that with them bunking school to spend time with me… And after this for about next ten months they will not be able to spend enough time with me. So I made a request for a break.
After the World Cup you said you don't have any batting aspirations anymore. Don't you want to prove anything to anyone?
I never wanted to prove anything to anyone ever. Not that it is only post-World Cup, because that would send wrong signals. I never thought I am out here to prove anything to anyone, but yes, one big target was winning the World Cup. Other than that my only aim was to enjoy the game of cricket. I have grown up playing cricket. I haven't done anything else in my life from a professional point of view. Cricket has been my life, my passion. I just want that to continue.
You have pretty much ticked all the boxes - part of a World Cup-winning squad, India winning series abroad... A phase for you to now go out and just enjoy yourself and nothing else?
Yes. Even while doing that - playing cricket in various countries - I had fun, but when you win it gets even sweeter.
You take a lot of pride in playing for your nation. I have that terrific feeling and privilege of playing for India for the last 23 years and it's been a fantastic journey. I have no complaints at all. There have been ups and downs, and it makes you a better and strong person, it teaches you so many things in life around cricket, just as a person.
There has been an evolution in your batting, from an ultra-aggressive batsman to controlled aggression. Are there times when you think of possibly going back to some of your best years - 1998 etc - and telling yourself "I want to live that life all over again"? Deep down is there an internal competition there?
Yes, every season you always feel towards the start of the season: How do I approach the season? What is it that I can bring to the team? And this year it's no different. Always I want to do something special with the bat and to do something which I look back at after a few years and say, "Yes the season was a great one."
For any player who has played for 23 years, there are several impediments - injury, loss of form, lack of motivation, fatigue. What do you reckon you need, to be able to be at the top of your game? What is that you need to guard against?
In my case, lack of motivation was never a problem. I can't speak for anyone else. From a cricketer's point of view, you've got to be madly in love with cricket. Once cricket has started from your heart - for first it needs to have a solid foundation in your heart - and gradually from that solid foundation I believe you start building as you grow up, start playing more matches, play better standard of cricket; then gradually it finds its way to your brain and you start figuring out how to score runs and how to take wickets. But if cricket is not in your heart then results are not that great.
Rahul Dravid quit recently, and before that some of your contemporaries like Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly quit too, leaving you in a situation where you play with a number of youngsters. How important is it for you to invest in relationships, to get partnerships going with them?
It's important to know each other's nature, each other's personality, how they react to various situations, and it only helps when you have made an understanding in guiding each other when you are batting. You need that guidance, good communication, to build partnerships. And it is there. I have played with the current lot for some time, and there was one stage when I was already a part of the Indian team for six years when Rahul and Sourav joined me. So in every generation this process has to take place. I can say that I have played with all of them, so that understanding is very much there.
VVS Laxman and you are perhaps the last two remaining of that old school, for whom Test cricket is top priority. When you look at the current lot, who do you reckon the responsibility lies on to take your legacy forward?
To make someone like Test cricket, it has to [come from] within. There is no set formula that you have to do certain things and then you start liking Test cricket. I grew up dreaming about playing for India - that was the biggest thing I wanted to achieve: to play Test cricket for India and to do well. Every practice session I went out, I was prepared to work as hard as any of my coaches wanted me to; the only thing I wanted was an India cap. If anyone is prepared to do that, I would love to have him in my team.
"Always I want to do something special with the bat and to do something which I look back at after a few years and say, "Yes the season was a great one"
Yes, maybe there are individuals around who feel, "If I don't play Test cricket I don't miss much." You need not force them into [something] they don't want to be. If someone wants to be [in Test cricket] then he will find his way, will be ready to push himself as hard as anyone to realise his dreams. I don't like to push someone to like Test cricket and make him like Test cricket forcibly. I would just keep those two individuals separate.
More than the talk about having a batting vacuum once you and Laxman eventually quit, possibly a bigger problem for India is not having a great bowling combination. You need a pack of bowlers who can consistently take 20 wickets to win you matches. Isn't that the bigger challenge for India?
Yes, to win matches outside, you need an all-round good side. You need to, for sure, pick up 20 wickets. You might not have to use 20 wickets while batting to win matches but you have to pick up 20 wickets while bowling - there is no short cut, no option. All I can say is that it just can't be good batting and bad bowling and vice versa. Also, backed by good fielding.
I remember we played a Test match in Zimbabwe in 2001-02, and we won, in Bulawayo, where not a single hundred was scored, not a single five-wicket haul was taken by any of our bowlers, so that was a clear-cut indication of good team work. So in all departments you need to make sure you have done your job.
Everybody is waiting for another debut for you - as a Member of Parliament. How are you looking at that responsibility? You have always stayed away from controversy - no distractions, only focused on your cricket. But if at all it comes to taking up a stand, be it political or otherwise, are you in a position to do that?
I look at it as an honour - it's a nomination; I have not fought an election. When your name gets nominated by the president of India… I have been nominated because of my contribution to cricket for the last 22 years, which has brought me here. I cannot ignore that all of a sudden. I am an active cricketer, I will be focused on cricket. But when the time is right I will look into all those things.
This is something new to me. It's not that I will overnight bring in a lot of changes and be involved in various things. I don't want to give that impression to anyone. I will be focused on cricket for sure.
Up next are two big-ticket series - England's and Australia's tours of India, and New Zealand's tour of India before that. With a good show at home, India realistically has a great chance of regaining the No. 1 ranking. How much does becoming No. 1 again mean to you?
We can't get that far ahead and start thinking of being No. 1 again. Yes, everyone wants to be No. 1 but there are certain steps that you need to take. You can't forget the process. First we play New Zealand, so we are going to be focusing only on New Zealand and nothing else. And then the England and Australia series. We can't jump to the month of March; that way you lose your focus.
To be focused on the present is the most important factor, and that is what not only me but the entire team would want - to achieve those results which will make us smile. Everyone is expecting that we will give our best, entertain everyone with good competitive cricket.
This interview was conducted in Herzogenaurach, Germany, at the headquarters of Adidas, where Tendulkar placed the shoes he wore during his 100th century in the Adidas walk of fame
Sai Mohapatra works with ESPN Sportscenter in India
© ESPN EMEA Ltd.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/571796.html
A street in TN named after SRT...Got this from FB...Never seen this before....
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...39165875_n.jpg
Guys. I've finished collecting the set of Sachin hundreds available in the net and would like to post them in commemoration of the great man's achievement of 100 hundreds. There are around 12 hundreds of his which are completely unavailable. Hopefully we get to see them in quick time.
To start with- His first international hundred. The famous 119* vs England in Manchester. A match saving ton and his first in the 4th innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_sdYPh71I
Continuing with the SRT century series with his second international hundred. An unbeaten 148* vs Australia in Sydney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEdtSngkahY.
Century No. 3- 114 vs Australia, Perth. A century that actually reaffirmed the emergence of an all time great. A knock that is rated his best by SRT himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9v8y-jypU
Century no.4- 111 vs South Africa, Johannesburg : Another wonderful innings where he had to face likes of Allan Donald on a fast paced wicket. The master also passed 1000 runs in test cricket in this innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjcsYYMeiQI
Century no. 5: 165 vs England, Chennai- The great man's first international ton on home soil and the first of many scintillating knocks he got to play at Chennai.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlst0LO2bo0
Century No. 6 : - 104* vs SL, SSC-Colombo and Century No.7- 142 vs SL, Lucknow are one of the few Sachin hundreds that are not available in the net. I've sent requests to many video uploaders regarding the availability of these two innings. But am yet to get a positive response.
So we move on to Century No. 8- 110 vs Australia, Colombo- Sachin's first ODI hundred.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Yr0ZUqie0
Well there was a 7 minute video available earlier. But due to copyrights violation, the only one left is this.
Century No. 10- 179 vs WI, Nagpur- Another case of a truncated video. There is no other version of the innings available in the net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNZEYFSmZM
Small correction's been made...This is actually Sachin's 10th ton instead of 9th
Arvind thambikku Mount Roadla oru silai pilees
Platinum GOLD. Never before seen stuff. LM, D/l this please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMyG8pyTRjU&feature=g-u-u
Sachin Tendulkar 68 Vs Australia Mumbai 2003 1
Sach is on a interview spree..two part series with HT's Pradeep Magazine
Art of batting http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-F...e1-886070.aspx
Mastermind http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-F...e1-886674.aspx
thalaivar vara vara romba pEsaraarE, I mean too many interviews. kammi paNNunga saar
Century No. 9- 115 vs New Zealand , Baroda- The video quality is a little poor. But nevertheless another great innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-skH...eature=related
Century No. 11- 105 vs West Indies, Jaipur and Century No.11 - 112* vs Srilanka, Sharjah ( Sachin's first sharjah century) are again unavailable.
So coming to Century No. 13 - 127* vs Kenya, Cuttack- Sachin's first WC century. Helped in India getting a resounding win and also started out a great tournament for the master
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZF-7s0SgKo
Century No. 14- 137 vs Srilanka, Delhi- A wonderful innings which went in vain because of some great batting from the SL openers and some poor bowling from the Indians. It was Sachin's second ton of the 1996 World Cup , a tourney in which Sachin had a staggering aggregate of 523 runs at an average 87.16....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WeZf9fFPMA
Century No. 15- 100 vs Pakistan, Singapore- This was Sachin's first ton against Pakistan, which unfortunately wasn't enough to see India cross the line. A meager total of just 226 was posted which was easily chased off by the Pakistanis batsmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO8AXtz84q0
Century No. 16- 118 vs Pakistan, Sharjah - A match winning hundred from Sachin which also helped India post its first 300 + score in ODIs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYe11rzPU9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5FtB2aKIg&feature=relmfu
Extended H/L LM, Sachin Tendulkar 82 Vs England 3rd Test The Oval 2007. This is also quite rare.
This is already available but this one's a longer version of 15 mins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG8th_SiAwE&feature=channel&list=UL
Sachin Tendulkar 99 vs England 2nd ODI Bristol 2007
AF...Wasn't there was a video that contained all the innings of Sachins from the tour of england.....Can you post that video if you find it...
The ODI Version has been pulled out due to copyrights. The Test version is still there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIahGDymknM&feature=related
Thanks , AF...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Century No. 17: 122 vs England, Edgbaston : A test hundred that is rated one of his best. This was what cricinfo said about the innings...
Quote:
Faced with the task of setting England a testing fourth-innings target, India collapsed to 219. Tendulkar alone stood between them and defeat inside three days. As the European football championships kicked off at Wembley on that Saturday afternoon, the little master from Bombay tried to distract attention by making his ninth Test hundred with a scintillating display of strokes all round the wicket. Before he skied Lewis to Thorpe he scored 122 from 176 balls. The next-best score was Manjrekar's 18 - made with the help of a runner, after he sprained his ankle in the first innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssLVAZ7IIcE
Guys...just found the video for Century No. 11- 112 vs Srilanka- The man's first ton at Sharjah....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s3jfxueSNM
Century No. 18- 177 vs England, Trentbridge- Sachin's second ton in the tour. Amazing shots especially the cover drives against Cork. And his form continued to the second innings as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkH5f...feature=relmfu
#RARE# 22 MINUTE VIDEO OF THE INNINGS
Century No. 19 - 110 vs Srilanka, Colombo - This was sachin's first match as captain and he sparkles with a great knock. But unfortunately apart from him nobody else contributed and the match was eventually lost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exkRr38hpcA
The video is a tad short, but I guess it has all the boundaries...
Century No. 20- 114 vs South Africa: Sachin's first century against South Africa, a team against which Sachin doesn't boast his best average but has some great innings to speak of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0GGgWGHbME
Century No. 21- 169 vs South Africa:- Another great century against South Africa. The innings was so great that ,Allan Donald couldn't stop applauding. This was what he had to tell about the innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ40mTqVtcgQuote:
The best knock I can remember him playing was at Newlands in 1997, when he was just unstoppable. We only got him thanks to a blinding catch by Adam Bacher off a hook shot, otherwise he would have gone on and on. Under Hansie Cronje we studied hard for a Tendulkar weakness. We thought he might be vulnerable, especially early in his innings, to the ball that is bowled from wide of the crease, coming back in off a good length. He might then be bowled through the gate, or be lbw, especially on English wickets. We also tried peppering him with short balls - not many top-class batters like that - but it didn't really seem to bother him.
Century No. 22- 104 vs Zimbabwe, Benoni:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2lJcg5-5xM
Century No. 23: 117 vs New Zealand, Bangalore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBDqpTnWlQ
The video is the only available on the net. It's just for a minute though. Quite a rare one i guess...
Century No. 24: 143 vs Srilanka and Century No. 25: 139 vs Srilanka are unavailable ( these are the innings from the infamous 1996/97 series where Srilanka scored a mammoth 952 runs)
Century No. 26: 148 vs Srilanka , Mumbai: Sachin made it 3 in a row against the Srilankans albeit this time in his home ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKXnOKon0vQ
#RARE# VIDEO this. But again the quality is horrendous.
The next five centuries from Sachin were all against one opposition, the aussies. No one dominated the side like he did in those three months and each of the five innings were classics in their own right
Starting off Century No. 27: 155* vs Australia, Chennai: A classic case of a rampaging champion winning his side the game. It was the battle of wits between Sachin and Warne and in the end it was the latter who was outwitted
This was what Ian Chappell had to say of the innings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH9Efkt4D-0Quote:
It's rare enough that in the middle of the fourth day a Test match is evenly poised. To then have one team's champion facing his opposite number with the game hanging by a thread is heaven for a cricket fan. That's the way it happened in Chennai in 1998. Sachin Tendulkar was facing Shane Warne with India and Australia both battling for supremacy. The defining moment came just after lunch, when Warne went round the wicket with Tendulkar having just passed his fifty. In the lead up to the Test, Tendulkar had approached former Indian allrounder Ravi Shastri and asked for advice on what to do when Warne adopted this ploy. Shastri told Tendulkar: "You must find an attacking method to combat Warne when he comes round the wicket." Tendulkar then spent four days in the nets with a spot outside leg stump scuffed and former Indian leggie L Sivaramakrishnan bowling round the wicket into the footmarks. When Warne made his move round the wicket, Tendulkar took to his offerings like a kid offered a lolly-shop gift voucher. A brace of sixes and fours from lofted sweep/pull shots to the midwicket region convinced Warne to abort this tactic. Tendulkar's preparatory work had proved to be a masterstroke. Tendulkar won the battle and India went on to win the war by 179, just a few runs in excess of the maestro's second innings contribution of 155 not out. This was a battle of the champions to savour.
Century No. 28: 177 vs Australia, Bangalore: Sachin notched up another ton in the third test of BG Trophy. Sachin scored 177 of 281 balls, an innings which contained 29 fours and 3 sixes. On the second day morning especially he was impossible to contain, when he scored 60 off 64 balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8kxtG0A6M
Sachin's overall stats for the series read - 446 runs in 5 innings with a staggering average of 111.50