Virat Kohli scaled 'Mount 50' on Wednesday, and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had little doubt that the batting star has many more miles to traverse in his career.
Vijender Singh, India's first ever Olympic medal winner in boxing, speaks about his plans for the mega event, and why he thinks he can win a gold medal this time.
'It was tough to give up cricket. But I received very good guidance from my mother. She told me to become a nice human being, whether I am a good cricketer or not.'
Tendulkar and Warne planned to recruit 28 players to play 15 matches.
Sachin Tendulkar wants his budding cricketer son to find 'reasons to wake up every morning and chase his dreams' irrespective of the circumstances.
Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh backed senior teammate Sachin Tendulkar, insisting that he remains a phenomenon despite being off-colour in the just-concluded Test series against New Zealand.
Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar heaved a sigh of relief when he was named in the team of his long-time rival Sachin Tendulkar for an inaugural three-match series in the US and said he's done bowling against the Indian batting legend whom he considers a 'brutal force' and the 'greatest player history has ever seen'.
With this win, Rajasthan Royals have now moved to sixth place in the points table with 10 points while Mumbai Indians are still in the top spot with 14 points.
Rohit Sharma notched up another milestone in his career as he became only the second opener to go past the landmark of 300 sixes in One-Day Internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar was there to bring a capacity crowd on its feet and the cultural splendour was there for all to see as the 35th National Games were declared open here today with a colourful opening ceremony even as organisational chaos continued to take sheen off the event.
This is the third case of conflict of interest allegation being filed after former skipper Sourav Ganguly had to appear before Justice (retd.) Jain for deposition for his triple role as CAB president, CAC member as well as advisor of Delhi Capitals.
Tendulkar, unarguably the greatest batsman in modern cricket, was coached by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai's Dadar as a child.
Lambasted by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Australian pacer Brett Lee has asserted that he did not block Sachin Tendulkar 'on purpose' during the Indian batsman's controversial run-out in the crucial tri-series ODI in Sydney.
Just a day after claiming that he saw Sachin Tendulkar's legs trembling while facing Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan's former captain Shahid Afridi has now stated that he did not intend to question the Indian batting icon's greatness and was only talking about one incident.
The Indian batting ace said the former England captain was a great tactician and one of the best captains he played against.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar said he noticed the aggressive 'spark' in Virat Kohli when he made his India debut and that characteristic has rubbed off on the entire team.
Having conceded a 0-3 lead to Australia in the four-Test series so far, the Indian cricket team is all set to lose its second place in the ICC Test ranking to South Africa.
'By God's grace, everything is okay and we are back as friends.'
It was a day to remember for 30-odd unprivileged children, from different Mumbai-based NGOs, as they rubbed shoulders with Mumbai Indians' heroes, including Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and team mentor Anil Kumble in Mumbai on Thursday.
Fiercely protective of his privacy despite becoming a public figure in his teenage years, Tendulkar's response when he was approached for a biopic was: 'But I am not going to act'.
The master batsman stressed that India are still in the match even though they were bowled out for 196, handing Australia a first innings lead of 147 runs.
The ICC, which has since toughened helmet standards, was not immediately available for comment on Tendulkar's suggestion.
Tendulkar pointed out that Mumbai's success percentage in Ranji games was 47 per cent. 'If I say it's unbelievable it's an understatement.'
On his fourth, and perhaps the last, visit Down Under, the media mobbed batting legend Sachin Tendulkar no sooner than the Indian cricket team arrived in Melbourne to begin its tough Australian tour to take on Ricky Ponting's men.
England might claim they have sorted out Sachin Tendulkar as the iconic batsman initially prefers onside run-making but former Indian great Sunil Gavaskar sees no great science behind such a discovery.
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.
Sachin Tendulkar benefited from the review system he has consistently opposed while his opening partner Virender Sehwag, a huge admirer of the DRS, did not, in the World Cup semi-final against Pakistan at Mohali on Wednesday.
Most commentators and former players would rank Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman after Don Bradman but former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has rated the Indian icon as the best of all time, even above the legendary Australian.
Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday received throwdowns from Mumbai Indians' video analyst, raising hopes of returning to action ahead of the team's Indian Premier League match against Delhi Daredevils on April 16.
South African greats Shaun Pollock and Jonty Rhodes are in awe of Sachin Tendulkar and said despite his wealth of experience, the Mumbai Indians skipper is a keen learner.
Delhi Daredevils' pacer Morne Morkel is relishing the prospect of another bowling duel with Sachin Tendulkar when his side takes on Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League in New Delhi on Sunday.
'Having failed in the Test series, he could be the most dangerous man in the ODIs', said the Australian captain.
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar watch the men's semi-final match between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic from the Royal Box on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Mumbai Indians, who have qualified for the IPL play-offs, could miss the services of Sachin Tendulkar for Wednesday's last home game against Rajasthan Royals if he fails to recover sufficiently from the injury to his left hand.
Sachin Tendulkar is unlikely to play in Sunday's IPL tie against Delhi Daredevils but a final decision on the matter will be taken only before the match, said Mumbai Indians' stand-in skipper Shaun Pollock on Saturday.
Sachin Tendulkar told a eight-year-old Prithvi Shaw that no coach should change his natural technique.
Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar, Vijender Singh along with India's top cricketers including Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Anil Kumble paid tribute to former President Pranab Mukherjee, who passed away on Monday.
In one of his early battles with Sachin Tendulkar during the Sahara Cup in Canada, Saqlain Mushtaq thought it would be a good idea to sledge the champion batsman. As it panned out, the wily off-spinner sledged to never sledge the then Indian captain again. Many failed to read Saqlain's Doosra but he feels Tendulkar was probably the best when it came to reading from hands.
The Sachin Tendulkar fan club keeps getting bigger with West Indies batting legend Brian Lara describing him as the best batsman in the world right now and former England captain Alec Stewart calling him 'the modern day Don Bradman'.
After attending the pran pratishtha ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, film folk were spotted at the Mumbai airport, as they made their way home.
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