'A major chunk of the finances has been donated by the legendary batsman.'
While others have faded somewhat recently, Kohli has been burning brightly, and pulling ahead of his peers.
Sachin Tendulkar has revealed he had to manage the recurrence of a painful, decade-old toe injury during India's tour of Australia.
He would often cross the railway tracks next to the Wankhede stadium just to catch a glimpse of the top Mumbai players. Today, a stand at that very stadium bears his name.
Their campaign is stuttering due to continuous batting failures. But Mumbai Indians received a boost ahead of their IPL tie against kings XI, in Mumbai on Sunday, with Sachin Tendulkar set to play. "Sachin is fit and should play tomorrow," said coach Robin Singh.
Sachin Tendulkar is the closest thing to batting perfection, said Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday
Bumrah leads a competitive field, including South African speedster Kagiso Rabada (856) and Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood (851).
According to a top BCCI official, Tendulkar and Laxman who both had resigned in July will resume their roles in the CAC.
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Virat Kohli has been named in Delhi's 22-member provisional squad for their next Ranji Trophy game against Saurashtra in Rajkot but doubts remain about his participation after it came to light that he is nursing a niggle.
'Give him a couple of seasons, a cool head, and some long-term form, and he won't just be in campaigns -- he'll be the campaign.'
On Wednesday, Tendulkar had posted the message as part of identical tweets on India's unity sent out by celebrities in response to international pop star Rihanna expressing solidarity with the farmers' stir.
'This was that gift from all of those people for him because he kept giving, giving, giving for India and I thought what better way at his home ground to realise his dream and then he gets a lap of honour. So, we felt like this is the ideal thing to do for him, and we went ahead and did it'
Former Australian captain Michael Clarke believes Virat Kohli's hunger for big hundreds is similar to the iconic Sachin Tendulkar, who was the "hardest to get out" with a technique which "didn't have a weakness". Clarke said he can't recall a batsman as complete as Tendulkar during his playing days.
The batting ace is undergoing a rehabilitation programme under BCCI-appointed doctor Anant Joshi and team physio Andrew Leipus.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has said that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar should not play in the Indian Premier League if his name was under consideration for the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna and blamed the IPL for 'ruining' the sport.
Sachin Tendulkar became the highest Test-run scorer on Friday when he passed his target of 15 runs in the first innings of the second Test match against Australia in Mohali.
With the emergence of their battery of fast bowlers, India have turned the tide at Lord's with two of their victories coming from their last three Tests -- in 2014 and 2021.
Jonny Bairstow, who is not even the first choice wicketkeeper in the English team, was picked as the wicketkeeper in Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup all-star XI.
As the nation celebrates its 76th Republic Day, India's sports fraternity took to social media to share their patriotic sentiments and wishes with fans across the country on Sunday.
Senior Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan found places in the ICC's Test squad of the Year, chosen by a specially-appointed selection panel, headed by West Indies legend Clive Lloyd, on Friday. However, Khan made it to the squad only as 12th man. Four countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and Tendulkar made the side for the third year in a row, having appeared in the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2009 and 2010.
Carried on the shoulders of his teammates, Sachin Tendulkar made a lap of honour, shedding tears of joy, after India won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in his home city, Mumbai.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar conducted a special screening of the much-awaited film on his life, 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' for the Indian Armed Forces personnel at the Indian Air Force Auditorium, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
Sachin Tendulkar might be giving retirement a thought after 23 years at the international level but former captain Anil Kumble says he cannot think of Indian cricket without the iconic batsman.
Tributes continued to pour in for Sachin Tendulkar for completing a century of hundreds in international cricket with the legendary Glenn McGrath and tearaway pacer Brett Lee becoming the latest to congratulate the iconic Indian.
Tendulkar scored 119 runs against England in 1990, helping India save the match at Old Trafford.
In 2011 on April 2, India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in the final to lift their second ODI World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar joined legendary Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation Academy on Friday and spent time with the current batch of pace bowling trainees and provided them insights on the game.
The master batsman displayed vintage touch as he smashed 63 from 32 deliveries, inclusive of 11 boundaries, against Delhi Daredevils, in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla on Wednesday.
Johnson, a two-Test veteran for India, passed away tragically on Thursday.
There seems no end to the list of Sachin Tendulkar admirers and the latest to laud the Indian batting icon is West Indian fast bowling great Courtney Walsh.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar attended the 83rd Air Force Day, at the Hindon air base in Ghaziabad, on Thursday.
A couple of days before he led India in the first of the ODIs against Australia at Mohali, Skipper K L Rahul was at Antillia, Nita and Ambani's home, to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi.
In a rebuff to the "Marathi Manoos" plank of Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray's MNS, batting maestro and iconic Maharashtrian Sachin Tendulkar today said, "Mumbai is for all Indians."
It was an image to savour when Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli met during a nets session on Monday, May 8, 2023, ahead of the Mumbai Indians-Royal Challengers Bangalore clash at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Tendulkar, the most prolific international run scorer in cricket history, holds the record for the most runs in the game's longest format with a tally of 15,921.
Kohli's farewell came during a turbulent Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, a place once synonymous with his rise.
Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar says two-time World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's popularity in cricket-crazy India India exceeds that of the great Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Earlier in the day, former India spinner Pragyan Ojha said the country knows how important farmers are and an outsider's opinion is not needed on an internal matter.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and PepsiCo will jointly help Maharashtra government tackle the drought in Marathwada.
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