India’s 400th ODI victory was significant not just for the statistical weight that the number represents, but also because it sealed their third bilateral series win on Sri Lankan soil. It took India 23 years to win its first bilateral series in Sri Lanka. Read more...(260 words, 1 image, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)
Cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has simple advice to offer India’s medal hopefuls at the London Olympics – embrace pressure, don’t fight it.
The record-breaking batsman, who has himself shouldered the burden of expectations from cricket-crazy fans for more than two decades, said top sportspersons needed to get used to the pressure. Read more...(212 words, 1 image, estimated 51 secs reading time)
In a bid to resume bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has put forward three proposals to their Indian counterparts.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has proposed that India can tour Pakistan, play them at a neutral venue or allow PCB to host their home series in India. Read more...(212 words, 1 image, estimated 51 secs reading time)
It’s easy to pick up a guitar and twang the cords, easy to sit down at a piano and pound on the keys. Both instruments will produce sounds, but to produce the composition you desire, a lyrical tune, is something else. For that, the right key needs to be pressed and the right chords strummed at the right time. And that only comes with having a sense for music, combined with training and thorough practice. Indian cricket needs a similar train of thought to find its next captain. Read more...(169 words, 1 image, estimated 41 secs reading time)
Sachin Tendulkar remained static at ninth in the batting list, while Zaheer Khan fell a rung to occupy the same position in the bowling charts in the latest ICC Test rankings released on Friday.
The duo are the only Indians inside top 10 of the batting and bowling lists. Read more...(152 words, 1 image, estimated 36 secs reading time)
After a lot of anticipation, Sachin Tendulkar has been recalled to the 17-member one-day international (ODI) squad for the triangular series in Australia, also involving Sri Lanka, which gets underway on February 5.
Tendulkar’s last ODI came in April 2011, the World Cup final against Sri Lanka. Read more...(142 words, 1 image, estimated 34 secs reading time)
Indian veteran duo, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid dropped a place in the new ICC Test rankings for batsman. Read more...(294 words, 1 image, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)
Brett Lee, the ace Australian pace bowler, has said that Brian Lara of West Indies and India’s Sachin Tendulkar are the two batsmen in contemporary cricket whom he found toughest to bowl to during his 12-year-long cricketing career. Read more...(360 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)