Perhaps the only Pakistani player to have shared a dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar, former Test captain Rashid Latif says the Indian batting maestro, who completes 20 years in international cricket today, will score at least 100 centuries before calling it a day. “I see him continuing until more landmarks like 50 hundreds. 100 centuries [...]
November 15th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: Admin . Comments: No Comments
NEW DELHI: Paying rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, who completes 20 glorious years in international cricket on Sunday, noted columnist Peter Roebuck described the champion Indian batsman as the “most satisfying cricketer of his generation”. Roebuck said along with retired spin wizard Shane Warne, Tendulkar has been the cricketer who has given enormous pleasure to [...]
November 15th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: Admin . Comments: No Comments
Source: The New Indian Express Sachin Tendulkar’s feat in lasting 20 years at the top of international cricket is unprecedented in modern-day sport. The intense scrutiny from the media, the massive pressure of expectations from India’s huge fan base and the wear and tear on both body and mind over the last two decades makes [...]
November 15th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: Admin . Comments: No Comments
“I read in the newspapers somewhere recently that a boy in Mumbai scored 400-odd runs. The papers said he’s going to be the next Sachin. How can anyone say that? There’ll never be another Sachin!” This was world’s highest wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan’s immediate reaction when asked what he thought of Sachin Tendulkar completing 20 wonder [...]
November 15th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: Admin . Comments: No Comments
Courtesy: The Hindu Some time in the future, neuroscientists will perhaps have the answer. But right now it is impossible to say why there are distinctly different kinds of emotional reactions among Indian cricket fans while watching a) Sachin Tendulkar and, b) Other players. The effect produced by a Sachin masterpiece — such as the [...]
November 15th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: Admin . Comments: No Comments