After their first loss to the Delhi Giants, the Mumbai Champs team management introduced a bold change in their batting order by promoting a young 20-year-old right hand batsman.
The youngster from Maharashtra, all of 5 feet 2 inches, Raviraj Patil took centre stage in the match against the Kolkata Tigers on Tuesday, when his team [...]

March 20th, 2008
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KOLKATA, March 16: Pepped up by tips from master batsman Sachin Tendulkar in Australia, promising bat Manoj Tiwary has taken his forthcoming assignment with Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League as a ‘challenge’.
Tiwary, bought by the Virender Sehwag-led side for a whopping Rs 2.7 crore in the players’ auction, cannot wait to [...]

March 17th, 2008
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Sachin Tendulkar saw signs that Australia were getting more defensive during his team’s tour that ended in March. Australia, the top-ranked Test and ODI team, clinched the Tests 2-1 but the tourists won the tri-series finals 2-0.

March 13th, 2008
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The gentleman that Sachin is.. prefers to look the other way while the kids get excited!

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Thanks “dnyaneshwar bhagwat” for sending us this picture!

March 12th, 2008
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Sachin Tendulkar has hailed the “fantastic job” done by India’s young players in ensuring the team’s triumph in the tri-series against Australia, but has underlined the contributions of players who have been around for 7 or 8 years.
The master batsman, whose unbeaten 117 and 91 in the two finals against Australia was the key to [...]

March 5th, 2008
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