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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the inaugural Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit here Saturday.
“We did it,” Vettel screamed on the team radio as he took the victory lap after Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar waved the chequered flag.
McLaren-Mercedes’ Jenson Button finished second followed by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Force India’ Adrian Sutil was ninth while the only Indian driver in the race, Narain Karthikeyan, finished 17th for Hispania.
India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, revered by millions of fans in his home country and across the world, has joined the ranks of the “Twitterati” on microblogging site Twitter.
The 37-year-old opened his account sachin_rt on Tuesday with the post: “Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I’d like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the windies.”
Tendulkar, nicknamed the “Master Blaster”, is recovering from injury and not part of India’s squad taking part in the World Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean, which began last week.
But the record-breaking cricketer, considered one of the sport’s greatest ever players, said he was struggling with the new technology, although he managed to post a photograph of himself.
“My kids r happy that I m finally on twitter.They hv been tryin 2 get me 2 join twitter or facebook for ages.I m still gettin the hang of it,” he added.
In a sign of his popularity, Tendulkar had more than 41,000 followers by mid-afternoon Wednesday, including leading Bollywood stars, just 16 hours after his first “tweet”.
Last week the sporting icon had a new variety of mango named after him.
A number of people said they had specifically joined Twitter to follow Tendulkar’s posts.
One, using the name shine82h, commented: “GOD IS ON TWITTER,cant ask for more ! BIG FAN ! Wish you all the best ! You sir are truly THE GREATEST!”
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.
Shikhar Dhawan run out (Kohli) 12 (9b, 2×4)
Sachin Tendulkar c Taylor b Steyn 9 (9b, 2×4)
Abhishek Nayar c Kumar b Pietersen 22 (18b, 2×4)
Ambati Rayudu c Kallis b Steyn 40 (38b, 4×4)
JP Duminy c Pietersen b Kumble 3 (4b)
Saurabh Tiwary not out 52 (31b, 3×4, 4×6)
Kieron Pollard not out 33 (13b, 1×4, 3×6)
Extras (lb 2, w 9, nb 2) 13
Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 184
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Tendulkar, 1.5 overs), 2-29 (Dhawan, 3.4), 3-68 (Nayar, 8.2), 4-77 (Duminy, 9.3), 5-144 (Rayudu, 17.4)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 3 0 29 0
Dale Steyn 4 0 43 2
R Vinay Kumar 2 0 25 0
Jacques Kallis 2 0 25 0
Anil Kumble 4 0 30 1
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 20 1
Virat Kohli 1 0 10 0
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Jacques Kallis c Rayudu b Malinga 11 (9b, 2×4)
Rahul Dravid run out (Nayar/Pollard) 23 (22b, 3×4)
Kevin Pietersen st Rayudu b Harbhajan Singh 19 (14b, 2×4)
Robin Uthappa c Dhawan b Pollard 26 (13b, 2×4, 2×6)
Ross Taylor not out 31 (30b, 1×4, 1×6)
Vrat Kohli c Rayudu b Pollard 9 (7b, 1×6)
Manish Pandey c Duminy b Pollard 5 (9b)
Praveen Kumar b Harbhajan Singh 1 (2b)
R Vinay Kumar b Malinga 8 (8b)
Dale Steyn b Fernando 5 (5b, 1×4)
Anil Kumble not out 1 (2b)
Extras (lb 2, w 7, nb 1) 10
Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs)
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Kallis, 2.4 overs), 2-47 (Pietersen, 6.1), 3-81 (Uthappa, 9.3), 4-81 (Dravid, 9.4), 5-97 (Kohli, 11.3), 6-108 (Pandey, 13.4), 7-118 (Kumar, 14.6), 8-134 (Vinay Kumar, 17.6), 9-146 (Steyn, 19.3)
Bowling :
Zaheer Khan 4 0 34 0
Dilhara Fernando 4 0 28 1
Lasith Malinga 4 0 24 2
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 44 2
Kieron Pollard 4 0 17 3
Islamabad, Mar. 29 (ANI): Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has said that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s absence from the next month’s Twenty20 World Cup will prove to be a big relief for other teams.
Tendulkar, who quit T20 international cricket along with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in 2007, is in a great form at the IPL-3 but he has ruled out the possibility of returning to the format.
“The way he has blossomed in the last few years, he is only getting better and better as a batsman. If he is not playing for India in the Twenty20 World Cup, it is certainly a big advantage for other teams,” the Daily Times quoted Afridi, as saying.
“If Tendulkar had played in this World Cup, I am sure he would have made a big impact for India,” he added.
Afridi feels that Tendulkar’s batting style is getting better day-by-day.
“With every match he seems to be growing as a batsman and getting better. He is playing like a teenager. There is no sign of age affecting his game at all,” he said.
“The biggest thing that he still enjoys playing the sport and his hunger for runs has not died at all,” he added. (ANI)
An unbeaten 71 by Indian veteran Sachin Tendulkar has led Mumbai to a seven-wicket win over Kolkata in Monday’s sole Indian Premier League fixture.
Tendulkar smashed 71 off just 48 deliveries, as Mumbai chased down the target of 156 with nine balls remaining in the match.
The Indian great’s innings overshadowed Chris Gayle’s 75 for the Knight Riders as the visitors made 3 for 155 in their 20 overs.
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Sachin Tendulkar has inspired Mumbai Indians to a crushing 98-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.
Tendulkar cracked 63 off 32 balls as Mumbai scored 7 for 218 off its 20 overs.
Australian paceman Dirk Nannes was the most economical of the beleaguered Delhi bowlers, finishing with figures of 0 for 35 off his four overs.
Delhi struggled to keep up with the required run rate thanks largely to some tight bowling from West Indian pair Kieron Pollard (1 for 24) and Dwayne Bravo (2 for 11) as well as Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who took 2 for 17.
A quick-fire 24 from Virender Sehwag was the highlight of the Daredevils’ innings as they lost their last six wickets for 41 runs to slump to 120 all out with 21 balls remaining.
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Mumbai, Sep. 16 (ANI): Condoling the death of former BCCI chairmen Raj Singh Dungarpur, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar dedicated his 44th ODI century to the man who selected him for international cricket in 1989.
“Wherever Rajbhai is he was definitely watching us yesterday and feeling happy for Indian team for having won yesterday. I’d like to take this opportunity to say that yesterday’s 100 was for Raj Bhai. We miss you Rajbhai,” Tendulkar said.
Dungarpur, 73, was suffering from Alzheimer’s and had died on Saturday.
Dugarpur belonged to the Dungarpur royal family and also played first class cricket for Rajasthan.
Tendulkar urged officials of Cricket Club of India, where Dungarpur played and also presided as president for almost a decade and a half, to name one of its gate after him.
“I know that here, CCI have named rooms after the ex-cricketers, the library is also named after a cricketer. Just like Prof. Shetty, I would like to request the management of CCI, I think the appropriate thing to do would be to name the main gate after Rajbhai because that is where I think is the right place for Rajbhai and I would strongly urge that,” said Tendulkar.
Veteran cricketers, Bapu Nadkarni, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Karsan Ghavri, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Milind Rege and Ajit Agarkar were also present at the condolence meeting. (ANI)
Colombo, Sep.14 (ANI): India’s Sachin Tendulkar scored his 44th ton in one-day internationals on Monday.
The new landmark came off 91 balls against Sri Lanka in the finals of the Compaq trilateral series being held at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The ton came in the 33rd over of the Indian innings. At the time of the filing of this report, India had scored 195 for the loss of Rahul Dravid’s wicket. Dravid was caught of the bowling of left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya for his individual score of 39. Tendulkar and Dhoni have completed a century partnership of 104 balls. (ANI)
Sydney, Sep.13 (ANI): Out of favour Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes had lunch and a long one-hour chat with Sachin Tendulkar when he was in India. He also spent some time in Nagpur with his coach Neil D’ Costa, who is contracted to the Vidarbha Cricket Association academy.
“The first thing Phillip said when he arrived was ‘I can’t change the past, but I can prepare for the future’,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted D’Costa, as saying from Nagpur.
“He got dropped and it was upsetting, but Phillip knows that in the Australian cricket team there are no apprenticeships. At that moment in time the selectors thought it was best he was not in the team and so be it. Phillip has already moved on from that,” he added.
“He was extremely mature about his work over here,” D’Costa said.
Hughes’s next assignment will be the shortest form of the game, the Champions League in South Africa. (ANI)
Sydney, Sep.13 (ANI): Out of favour Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes had lunch and a long one-hour chat with Sachin Tendulkar when he was in India. He also spent some time in Nagpur with his coach Neil D’ Costa, who is contracted to the Vidarbha Cricket Association academy.
“The first thing Phillip said when he arrived was ‘I can’t change the past, but I can prepare for the future’,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted D’Costa, as saying from Nagpur.
“He got dropped and it was upsetting, but Phillip knows that in the Australian cricket team there are no apprenticeships. At that moment in time the selectors thought it was best he was not in the team and so be it. Phillip has already moved on from that,” he added.
“He was extremely mature about his work over here,” D’Costa said.
Hughes’s next assignment will be the shortest form of the game, the Champions League in South Africa. (ANI)
Bangalore, Sep 5 (ANI): Cricketer Rahul Dravid graced a weeklong fund raising campaign called ‘Joy of Giving Week’ for the poor and downtrodden in Bangalore.
The scheme has been conceptualised by ‘Give India’ an organization, which works with voluntary groups all over the country.
The stars and celebrities from all walks of life including Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, former badminton player Prakash Padukone and corporate bigwigs have extended support to the cause.
“It is a great concept to get so many people together. It is not necessarily just about celebrities and the well known figures. It is really about each one of us, every one of us, in our own small way contributing during that week and just getting a movement together which is something that can grow into something really big in the years to come,” said Dravid.
The weeklong scheme would include giving clothes to the needy, helping orphanages, providing school bags, health aid and educational support to the downtrodden. (ANI)
Bangalore, Sep 1 (ANI): Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has said that the upcoming One Day tri-series in Sri Lanka would see a tough competition.
The series in Sri Lanka, which also involves New Zealand and India, will be held from September 8-14.
The hosts are upbeat after clinching a recent two match test series over Kiwis 2-0.
“Well I think Sri Lanka is a decent side…this series is going to be great…India is of course a good one day side, New Zealand have been in one day format. So, Kiwis are the underdogs…” Fleming told reporters here on Monday.
India earlier this month declared the squad for the Sri Lanka tri-series followed by the Champions Trophy, recalling Rahul Dravid and leaving out explosive batsman Virender Sehwag due to his shoulder surgery.
The former captain, Dravid’s last one-day international appearance came in October 2007 before selectors opted for a more youthful side with an eye on the 2011 World Cup.
Indian selectors hope Dravid will bolster the batting in the Champions Trophy on pacy South African pitches. A young Indian batting unit struggled against short-pitched bowling at the Twenty20 World Cup in England in June.
Sachin Tendulkar returned to the frame after opting out of the one-day series in the West Indies, which the tourists won 2-1 last month. (ANI)
Bangalore, Aug 30 (ANI): The Indian cricket team was seen sweating hard on the practice ground in Bangalore for the tri-series in Sri Lanka, featuring New Zealand from September 8-14.
It was the third day of the four-day conditioning camp on Saturday, which was held under the vigilant eyes of coach Gary Kirsten, fielding coach Robin Singh and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.
Apart from the regular exercise sessions, the players played football, which is also a part of their fitness regime.
India has recalled Rahul Dravid to the one-day team for the first time in almost two years to bolster their batting in Lanka and on pacy South African pitches during the September 22-October 5 Champions Trophy.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has also returned after opting out of the one-day series in the West Indies, which India won 2-1 last month.
Ishant Sharma will spearhead the five-man pace attack in the absence of experienced left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan, who has been ruled out of action until the end of the year after surgery on an injured shoulder.
The selected team for Sri Lankan series includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra and Abhishek Nayar. (ANI)
Bangalore, Aug 28(ANI): The Indian cricket team sweated hard on Friday, the second day of a four day conditioning camp that is being held at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here.
The conditioning camp before team’s trip to Sri Lanka is being held under the watchful eyes of coach Gary Kirsten, fielding coach Robin Singh and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.
Apart from regular exercise sessions, the players played football as part of their fitness regime.
India will participate in a tri-series in Sri Lanka that features New Zealand from Sept. 8-14. It has not lost a one-day series in the past year following a surprise tri-series victory in Australia last February.
India has recalled Rahul Dravid to the one-day team for the first time in almost two years to bolster their batting in Lanka and on pacy South African pitches at the Sept. 22-Oct. 5 Champions Trophy.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has also returned after opting out of the one-day series in the West Indies, which India had won 2-1.
Ishant Sharma will spearhead the five-man pace attack in the absence of experienced left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan, who has been ruled out of action until the end of the year following surgery on an injured shoulder.
The selected team for Sri Lankan series includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra and Abhishek Nayar. (ANI)
Bangalore, Aug 27(ANI): The Indian cricket team got down to business on Thursday after an almost two-month long break and began the four-day conditioning camp being held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The conditioning camp is being held under the watchful eyes of Coach Gary Kirsten and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.
Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar were seen at the ground toiling hard ahead of the tri-series which will be played between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand from Sept 8 to14, 2009. (ANI)
Indian Team for Champions Trophy 2009 to be announced today | Indian Cricket Team Squad for 2009 ICC Champions Trophy | Rahul Dravid ODI Comeback for Champions Trophy 2009
Selectors will today announce the Indian Cricket Team for ICC Champions Trophy 2009. Rahul Dravid is all set to make a comeback. The same squad will tour Sri Lanka for ODI Tri series.
Probable 15 member Squad is as follows :
* Sachin Tendulkar
* Gautam Gambhir
* Rahul Dravid
* Yuvraj Singh
* MS Dhoni
* Suresh Raina
* Yusuf Pathan
* Harbhajan Singh
* RP Singh
* Ishant Sharma
* Ashish Nehra
* Amit Mishra (Pragyan Ojha)
* Praveen Kumar (Munaf Patel)
* Dinesh Karthik
* Abhishek Nayar
Rahul Dravid | Rahul Dravid ODI Comeback | Rahul Dravid all set for ODI comeback | Dravid in Line for Tri Series in Sri Lanka
The Indian selectors are looking to pick a common 15-member squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy, when they meet to pick the side on Sunday.
Rahul Dravid is all set to make a comeback to the ODI team after a gap of nearly two years. He is likely to replace struggling Rohit Sharma in the middle-order, which has been India’s major cause of concern in recent times.
Dravid has not played an ODI for India since October 2007 but rather than any particular brilliance on the part of a man who has already amassed over 10,000 runs, necessity will perhaps dictate this decision.
Another boost will the presence of Sachin Tendulkar.
Virender Sehwag will still require a long recovery process which not only means that he is ruled out for the tri series but also, has cast a shadow of doubt on his participation in the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Suresh Raina will come back from injury and Rohit Sharma has suffered a serious slump for team India which means that India will be low on experience. Zaheer Khan’s injury will also weaken the bowling attack and will require Ishant Sharma to pick his game after the lacklustre performance in England as well as in the ODI series in the West Indies.
Ashish Nehra is likely to be a part of a squad as also, R.P. Singh.
UP pacer Sudeep Tyagi may be the dark horse after his superb performance in IPL-II and recently concluded Emerging Players’ tournament Down Under.
In the spin department Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha are the likely choice. However, leg-spinner Amit Mishra may get a look-in in place of Pragyan Ojha.
Islamabad, July 14 (ANI): Pakistani all rounder Shahid Afridi, who is on a new high after helping his team win the Twenty20 World Cup, has said that he wants to be remembered as the country’s craziest cricketer.
In an interview with DawnNews, Afridi said: “I would like them to remember me as the craziest cricketer that ever played for Pakistan,” Afridi said.
Replying to a question about his idol, he said: “I think Viv Richards is every cricketer’s idol. But there are so many cricketers that I admire like, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Saeed Anwar.”
When asked about playing for New South Wales in Australian T20 league, Afridi said that he has not been contacted by the NSW yet, but will decide on joining the team once an offer is made.
Afridi also has plans to coach players in Karachi and is in talks with the City District Government Karachi to acquire a plot where he can have a cricket ground and practice pitches.
“I think it is my responsibility to share my experience and knowledge with young cricketers. Hopefully, I will start something soon.”
Commenting on taking on the captaincy of Pakistan T20 and ODI team, he said: “Obviously, I will be very happy to accept it. It will be a big responsibility but I am ready to take it, if offered. I will have to take it if Younis doesn’t continue.” (ANI)
Dubai, July 13 (ANI): Australia’s batsmen are on the move in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen with three of them achieving career-best rankings after a nail-biting finish in the first Ashes Test against England at Cardiff.
pener Simon Katich, middle-order batsmen Marcus North and wicket-keeper Brad Haddin all scored centuries to help Australia declare its first innings at 674-6 in reply to England’s first innings score of 435. And for these efforts, all the three batsmen have been rewarded with big jumps in the rankings which are updated after every Test.
Katich, who scored 122, has gone up by four places and now sits in 14th position alongside India great Sachin Tendulkar. Marcus North, who struck an unbeaten 125, has rocketed 23 places to 43rd position while Haddin, who scored 121, has climbed six places to 30th spot.
Besides the trio, captain Ricky Ponting has also inched towards the top five after scoring an elegant 150 and is now in sixth place after swapping positions with Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena, vice-captain Michael Clarke has replaced South Africa captain Graeme Smith in eighth place and opener Phillip Hughes has lifted himself two places to 33rd position.
Australia’s only disappointment is the fall of Mike Hussey whose first innings contribution of three has resulted in him dropping of the top 20 for the first time since his rapid rise up the table at the start of his international career.
England’s only batsman to make an upward movement is Paul Collingwood who has returned to the top 20 by climbing five places to 19th position after scoring two half-centuries in the match, including a gritty 74 in the second innings that spanned almost six hours of batting.
Three of the top four England batsmen – Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara – have dropped in the latest rankings while Kevin Pietersen has managed to hang on to his 10th place.
England captain Strauss, who scored 30 and 17, has dropped out of the top 20 after falling three places to 22nd place, Cook has slipped three places to 24th position after a match contribution of 26 runs and Bopara has dropped eight places to 59th position after scores of 35 and one.
Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan lead a Pakistan 1-2 in the batting table with India’s Gautam Gambhir in third place.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, the only change in the top 20 is England fast bowler Andrew Flintoff who has slipped two places to 19th position.
The bowling list is headed by Sri Lanka’s iconic spinner Muttiah Muralidaran who is likely to concede his number-one spot to South Africa’s Dale Steyn when the latest rankings are released at the end of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders, Flintoff has dropped one place to fifth after figures of 1-128 with the ball and contributions of 37 and 26 with the bat.
Jacques Kallis continues to lead the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders with Mitchell Johnson of Australia in second and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori third. (ANI)
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Oz opener Hughes seeks out his guru and Tendulkar in India
Nagpur, Aug.29 (ANI): Out of favour Australian opener Phil Hughes is in Nagpur working on his apparent weaknesses against the short ball with his coach Neil D’Costa.
D’Costa is looking after a cricket academy here and raves about the facilities and future.
Hughes could have come home with his other New South Wales teammates this week, but has stopped off at Nagpur to work on his cricket with D’Costa and catch up with Sachin Tendulkar.
According to The Australian, Hughes is happy and unbroken despite suffering the disappointment of being dropped during the Ashes series and insists he was coming to Nagpur to work on his batting.
“The goal is to always get better. I had always planned to catch up with Neil no matter what happened. I wanted to get in the nets with him and keep working on my game,” Hughes said.
D’Costa is evasive when pressed about what the pair are working on.
“I speak to Michael Clarke and all my students at regular intervals and work with them when I can,” he said.
“It’s about mechanics, your biomechanics things are always changing. The world will think the key is to put Phil in front of a bowling machine and bowl bouncers all day. The mechanics of cricket are a little more advanced than that, despite what you hear from commentators,” he added.
“We aren’t working on specifics, but one thing I know from working with kids, through adolescence and into their early adulthood, is that your technique does change and you need to keep addressing the biomechanics of it to understand how you are playing,” he said.
Pushed further he admits he saw something in England. I won’t tell you and I won’t tell anyone else, but I did think there was something in his (Hughes) mechanics that he needed working on, 100 per cent,” D’Costa said.
The little opener is also turning to the Little Master. He intends to fly to Mumbai on Monday and hopes to have dinner with Tendulkar. Hughes promises to gorge himself on cricket. (ANI)