Sir Sachin Tendulkar - The Greatest Cricketer Ever

[ajithfederer]

Dhoni lauds Tendulkar for his amazing batting display

Christchurch, March 08, 2009
First Published: 16:59 IST(8/3/2009)
Last Updated: 17:06 IST(8/3/2009)

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised Sachin Tendulkar for his “amazing” display of shots but lamented that his team could not shave off the New Zealand tail, which wagged in the third one-dayer in Christchurch on Sunday.

“He (Tendulkar) is an amazing batsman. The kind of shots he plays is amazing,” Dhoni said about Tendulkar, who retired hurt at the score of 163 in India’s 58-run win.

“Even Yuvraj (Singh) is a difficult batsman when he is in form. The way they both were playing we could easily predict that our total would be past 390,” he said after the match.

Dhoni said he had great faith in his batsmen which encourages him to play with a bowler less sometimes.

“That’s our strength. We rely on our batting. If we have a bowler less than we have a good total on the board and put the opposition under pressure.

“We play with four bowlers and a few part-timers but then also we can put the opposition under pressure,” he said.

Dhoni said he and his team had few things to learn from today’s match and pointed out that they should have polished off the Kiwi tail sooner than later.

“They had a big second-last wicket partnership. We were not up-to-the-mark in shaving off the last few batsmen. But we are learning from each and every mistake which we commit.”

Tim Southee and Kyle Mills shared an 83-run ninth wicket partnership for New Zealand to delay the inevitable.

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[ajithfederer]

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Tendulkar smashes records aplenty

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Posted on Mar 08, 2009 at 13:14 | Updated Mar 08, 2009 at 13:43

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar broke and established many records during his innings of 163 on Sunday against New Zealand in the third ODI.

On 69, he achieved the highest score by an Indian at Christchurch, surpassing Ajay Jadeja’s 68 in 1993-94 (Yuvraj Singh surpassed him but for only a while on Sunday).

On 85, he achieved his highest score against New Zealand in New Zealand, surpassing his 84 at Dunedin in 1992 World Cup.

On 100, he scored 43rd hundred of his ODI career – his fifth against New Zealand and his first on the New Zealand soil.

On 124, he achieved the highest score by an Indian on New Zealand soil, surpassing Rahul Dravid’s 123* against New Zealand at Taupo in 1998-99.

On 134, he registered the highest individual score on this ground beating West Indian Gordon Greenidge’s 133* in 1986-87.

On 150, he became first Indian to notch-up three scores of 150 or more. Tendulkar had made 186* also against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-00 and 152 against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg in 2002-03. Before this, Tendulkar was at level with Sourav Ganguly with two scores of 150 or more.

On 157, he achieved the second highest individual score on New Zealand soil, surpassing Australia’s Andrew Symonds’ 156 against New Zealand at Wellington in 2005-06. Only Matthew Hayden- with 181* at Hamilton in 2006-07 – is ahead of Tendulkar.

On 163, he registered the highest score by a batsman who got retired hurt. The previous highest such score was 129* by Pakistan’s Salman Butt against India at Mirpur last year.

[littlemaster1982]

Matter over. Straight from horse's mouth. Its what I have been saying for quite some time .

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/E26C02EE6315AB10652575730043B305?OpenDocument

It's the best batting line-up I have been a part of: Tendulkar

[ajithfederer]

10,000 winning runs should have come 3-5 years back if he had been a part of a much better BCCI team.

Matter over. Straight from horse's mouth. Its what I have been saying for quite some time .

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/E26C02EE6315AB10652575730043B305?OpenDocument

It's the best batting line-up I have been a part of: Tendulkar

[littlemaster1982]

Yeah. But that was a blessing in disguise, I would say. Don't know how to explain it

10,000 winning runs should have come 3-5 years back if he had been a part of a much better BCCI team.

Matter over. Straight from horse's mouth. Its what I have been saying for quite some time .

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/E26C02EE6315AB10652575730043B305?OpenDocument

It's the best batting line-up I have been a part of: Tendulkar

[ajithfederer]

Yeah may be .

Yeah. But that was a blessing in disguise, I would say. Don't know how to explain it

10,000 winning runs should have come 3-5 years back if he had been a part of a much better BCCI team.

Matter over. Straight from horse's mouth. Its what I have been saying for quite some time .

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/E26C02EE6315AB10652575730043B305?OpenDocument

It's the best batting line-up I have been a part of: Tendulkar

[crajkumar_be]

Watched till Sashin was about 84 and then fell asleep as i'd stayed up through the night. Very gratifying knock but nowhere near his league of best innings. IMO, cricket as we know it is finished. Watching it only for Sashin

[ajithfederer]

[littlemaster1982]

Is it only me or does anyone else find Sachin's followthrough a little awkward sometimes. Not picture perfect as it used to be

[thamizhvaanan]

Me too.. I feel he is trying to reduce the followthrough to avoid extravagant swings and muscle pull ups... even with his coverdrive(TM) ...but the timing and placement is always there