"To be honest, to play well and win the World Cup is our long cherished dream. Not only mine, but it's the team's dream," said Tendulkar, who will play in his fifth World Cup.
In an essay of records, Sachin Tendulkar also holds the World Record of scoring maximum runs in the World Cups. He has so far scored over 1730 runs in the World Cup tournaments. And with most of the people seeing this as his last World Cup, we cannot imagine what the Master Blaster has on his mind. Along with Sourav Ganguly and Mark Waugh , Sachin also holds the record for maximum number of centuries, 4 each, in the World Cups.
"I have to admit that the huge stage of the World Cup motivates me to showcase my talent. The best will play against the best. That's something which excites any player. I, too, am ready for the challenge."Vice captain Tendulkar said he was confident that the team would do well at the showpiece event.In this cup Mumbai maestro will have to relinquish a thriving opener’s role for a middle order batsman’s job.The decision, coming close on the heels of a disastrous season for the Indians.The seasoned campaigner that he is, Tendulkar settled down nicely to the task at hand, and in the seven matches that followed, logged 246 runs, which included one hundred and two fifties. In fact, he averaged (49.20) better than his career average (44.12). Importantly, the Indians are back to winning ways, with five victories in seven matches.
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