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[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar does 'blind' training
Dwaipayan Datta, TNN | Mar 19, 2011, 12.11am IST


CHENNAI: Sachin Tendulkar can get it right even with his eyes wide shut.

The Chennai heat was unbearable, most of the players had wrapped up the practice proceedings, but not Tendulkar. He put a couple of fielders within the net, asked bowling coach Eric Simons to give him throwdowns, and kept finding the gaps with his "eyes closed."

"He asked us to stand at short cover and short point and closed his eyes right at the moment of impact. We were supposed to say 'right' if the shot pierced the gap and 'wrong' if it didn't," one of the fielders who represented Tamil Nadu in the U-16 level and was fielding within the nets, told the TOI after the practice session. The player sounded really amazed when he said that Tendulkar kept getting it right, more often than not. "I don't know how he was doing it...But we couldn't believe our eyes as the ball went between us over and over again," the player added.

The pitch on which Tendulkar was batting was pretty similar to the Chepauk track, on which the match would be played on Sunday. "The ball was stopping and coming...The pace at which he asked the bowling coach to throw the balls, it appeared that he was getting ready to play Kemar Roach. And he is certain that there will be two fielders in short cover and short point to snap him up. That's why he was trying to play the shots along the ground and looked to find the gap with his eyes closed," the young player added.

When Tendulkar had started practising, some of the drives that he tried went into the air, which annoyed the Little Master. He had a talk with Simons and then asked the fielders to stand in those close in positions.

"It's an education watching him from so close. How on earth can a player get the shot right even with his eyes closed? Probably, it was a practice to ensure that he doesn't play a shot in the air on reflex on such tracks where the ball was stopping," the player added.

The 100th international century can very well come here, but the Little Master just doesn't want to talk about that milestone. The instruction was given strictly to all the practice bowlers that no one should ask him about the record for which the whole country is waiting.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...ow/7739777.cms

[ajithfederer]

Peela vuduranugala nnu theriala.

[ajithfederer]

Sachin is ‘grateful’ to fans at Eden
LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI

Chennai: Sachin Tendulkar, The Master, is touched that the 30,000-plus who attended the first World Cup match at the renovated Eden, on Tuesday, kept chanting his name.

“I’m thankful to those who remembered me that day (during the South Africa-Ireland match)... It means a lot to me... In fact, I’m grateful,” Sachin told The Telegraph on Friday.

Speaking at the Sheraton Park, Sachin added: “Through you, I would like to convey my good wishes to each one of them...”

Sachin’s last appearance at the Eden was 13 months ago, when he scored a typically outstanding 106 in India’s innings win over South Africa.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/111031...y_13736256.jsp

[littlemaster1982]

Please d/l and let me know the contents and the running time lm. Thanks.

Ep1 - Old Trafford - ESPN.avi 132 MB
Ep10 - Sydney - Star.avi 388.3 MB
Ep11 - Dhaka - Star.avi 297.2 MB
Ep12 - Benoni - Star.avi 254.2 MB
Ep13 - Hobart - Star.avi 220.9 MB
Ep14 - Harare - Star.avi 305.5 MB
Ep15 - Johannesburg - Star.avi 217.9 MB
Ep17 - Durham - Star.avi 231.5 MB
Ep18 - Bristol - Star.avi 217 MB
Ep2 - Edgbaston - ESPN.avi 300.1 MB
Ep3 - Trentbridge - Star.avi 259.8 MB
Ep4 - Capetown - Star.avi 355.8 MB
Ep5 - Wellington - Star.avi 232.3 MB
Ep6 - Melbourne - Star.avi 231.2 MB
Ep8 - Trentbridge - Star.avi 177.3 MB
Ep9 - Leeds - Star.avi 325.1 MB

16 episodes x 20 mins approx. Should be around 5 hours in total.

These are scores of 90's-99's???. ODI's??? Or Tests?. Looks like ODI's.

Ep1 - Old Trafford - ESPN.avi -117 vs Eng 1990
Ep2 - Edgbaston - ESPN.avi - 122 vs Eng 1996
Ep3 - Trentbridge - Star.avi - 177 vs Eng 1996
Ep4 - Capetown - Star.avi - 169 vs SA 1997
Ep5 - Wellington - Star.avi - 113 vs NZ 1998
Ep6 - Melbourne - Star.avi - 116 vs Aus 1999
Ep8 - Trentbridge - Star.avi - 92 vs Eng 2002
Ep9 - Leeds - Star.avi - 194 vs Eng 2002
Ep10 - Sydney - Star.avi - 241 vs Aus 2004
Ep11 - Dhaka - Star.avi - 248 vs Ban 2004
Ep12 - Benoni - Star.avi - 104 vs Zim 1997
Ep13 - Hobart - Star.avi - 93 vs Pak 2000
Ep14 - Harare - Star.avi - 122 vs WI 2001
Ep15 - Johannesburg - Star.avi - 101 vs SA 2001
Ep17 - Durham - Star.avi - 105 vs Eng 2002
Ep18 - Bristol - Star.avi - 113 vs SL 2002

Episodes 1 to 11 - tests. Below them are ODIs. And we have some of these episodes in better quality dl-ed from BwT.

[ajithfederer]

Thanks lm

[ajithfederer]

Sachin Tendulkar 54* - India vs Pakistan 1992 World Cup at Sydney

[ajithfederer]

Never knew that sachin has taken laras wkt 4 times in ODI's.

[littlemaster1982]

Never knew that sachin has taken laras wkt 4 times in ODI's.

He got Lara bowled in Hero cup final before Kumble ran through WI batting. Most memorable wicket taken by Sachin, for me

[littlemaster1982]

Sachin hitting McGrath all over the place in Nairobi, Champions Trophy 2000. At last Rob uploads it

[raajarasigan]

actually the next video after that was very exciting for me... Sachin Tendulkar 1st runs in ODI vs NZ in 1990.. playing against Hadlee... that too without wearning a helmet..