What others feel about Sachin

DON BRADMAN: "I was very very struck with his technique and I asked my wife to come and have a look at him because, I said, I never saw myself play but I feel that this fellow is playing much the same I used to play by looking at him. I can’t explain it in detail, but it’s just his compactness, and his stroke production and his technique, it all seemed to gel as far as I was concerned and that was how I felt."

SHANE WARNE: "I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable.I don't think anyone , apart from Don Bradman , is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player."
"You have to decide for yourself whether you are bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway."

RAHUL DRAVID: "Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgement, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero."

Navjot Singh Sidhu: "India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.."

Steve Waugh: "You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon."

Asif Iqbal: "He has given a new dimension to batting. Such dominance can break the heart of the best of bowlers. I was never tired of watching this wonderful batsman."

Steve Waugh: "we won with ten, but lost to one."


Matthew Hayden: "I have seen God. He bats at number 4 for India."

Gavaskar: "whenever Sachin fins himself under criticism , he always comes up with his own Sachinism."

I hate Dravid(no comparison between Sachin and Dravid)

I think there is no comparison between Sachin and Dravid.Dravid can never reach where Sachin has reached and can never set such high standards.Dravid is like a cunning fox and what has taken him so far is crab like behaviour,that is step on others and then climb the ladder.If not then why would he prevent sachin from completing his 200 runs.I think the reason is obvious,he doesn't want him to overtake him as far as double centuries are concerned(only record Sachin is behind him).He doesnt want to loose his record of sunny hundreds.Well Dravid is tring together with yuvraj to take over the spot occupied by Dada and Sachin.I think he will never succeed,everybody will get to know that shortly when either Sachin or Dada would be captain of the team again.When sachin makes an odd 80 runs he is termed to have "lost the touch"and when mr. dravid makes 50 runs in 100 balls he is said to be providing "stability" to the batting line up(talk of double standards)!!

Third Consecutive World Cup win for the Aussies

Australia's record breaking players proved it to the world that they are the greatest one-day team in history by winning their third consecutive World Cup.A smashing knock of 149 from Adam Gilchrist which is the highest score in a final in the 32-year history of the World Cup lifted Australia to a 53-run victory over Srilanka.Australia has now won 23 World Cup matches in succession,stretching back to the tied 1999 semi-final against South Africa at Edgbaston.
"We've dominated this tournament probably like no other cricket World Cup has been dominated before,"said Ponting.
Adam Gilchrist was declared man of the match and McGrath who played his last international match was declared outstanding player of the tounament.

Sachin and Saurav dropped from ODIs(New Indian Team)

I think this a start to an ending era of players like Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly after they have been dropped yesterday by selectors.The slectors were at a pain to say that they have been rested and wont play ODIs against Bangladesh.While Sehwag loses his Test spot,Bhaji,Agarkar and Irfan are out of both versions of game.Dravid will remain as captain in both forms of the game(one thing he does not deserve).

One day Squad-Gautam gambhir,Robin Uthappa,Virendra Sehwag,Rahul Dravid(captain),Yuvraj Singh,M.S.Dhoni(wk),Dinesh Karthik,Manoj Tiwary,Dinesh Mongia,Piyush Chawla,Sreesanth,Munaf Patel,Zaheer Khan,R.P.Singh.

Test Squad- Wasim Jaffer,Dinesh Karthik,Rahul Dravid(captain),V.V.S.Laxman,Sachin Tendulkar,Saurav Ganguly,Yuvraj Singh,M.S.Dhoni(wk),Anil Kumble,Sreesanth,Zaheer Khan,V.R.V.Singh,Ramesh Powar,Rajesh Pawar,Munaf Patel.

Sachin speaks out

England beats Ireland by 48 runs

England won over Ireland by 48 runs,thanks to Paul Collingwood's 90 off 82 balls which allowed them to reach 266 for seven and a four wicket hall for Flintoff.This was their third consecutive match against minnows as they cashed their first foothold in the super eights.But they still have to beat a test playing nation and that chance will come on wednesday when they play Srilanka.

South Africa victorious despite Malinga's late four in four

Malinga became the first bowler to take wickets with four consecutive balls in an international match.Malinga removed Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall on the last two balls of his eighth over(the 45th) and Jacques Kallis caught behind and Makhaya Ntini bowled on the first two balls of his ninth.
South Africa at that time needed three runs from 21 balls.Robin Peterson edged Malinga for four down to third man to take South Africa to victory with 10 balls to spare. Peterson jumped jubilantly as he ran down the pitch in celebration and then smashed the stumps at the non-striker's end with his bat.
"It was a good opportunity to win the game,we needed only one more wicket. I bowled the next ball to take a wicket,it missed," said Malinga. "I'm just happy to take my first international hat-trick."