The long-serving coach pointed out that Indian bowlers were still learning and were not unplayable. "In contrast, our bowlers are match-winners and that gives us the edge in this series."
While the thought of a cricketer better than Tendulkar may border on blasphemy for the international icon's die-hard fans, a film based on the very premise plans to go on the floors this July.
A coach, a physiotherapist and a trainer are three very important people in the Indian team these days. Of course, a doctor and a masseur are also invariably attached to the team whenever and wherever they play.
Strident Hindutva has not been the Shivraj Singh Chouhan's hallmark in his long tenure as chief minister. What has changed?
The Indian team has put up a wonderful show in Australia so far, and come what may, can leave the continent with their heads held high.
'Having failed in the Test series, he could be the most dangerous man in the ODIs', said the Australian captain.
Seeing him (Parthiv), I was often reminded of Sachin tendulkar in 1989. Now it's time to nurture this raw talent and translate it into a successful career.
Sachin's men conquered every cricket lover's heart in Chennai thanks to their grit and tenacity.
Raju Bist from Thane tells us how he spent the last two months of lockdown.
The World Cup winning captain said the players should pay more attention to their fitness in order to prevent injuries.
Over the years, India has developed an uncanny ability to be at the receiving end of the double barrel when it comes to decisions from officials - be it umpires or match referees.
Steve Waugh seems to have watched the World Cup final closely enough to see something odd in Tendulkar's eyes.
'What I saw of the Indian batting effort made me want to get back into action even more,' said Lee.
The two actors have slapped legal notices on Mid-Day -- a tabloid in Mumbai -- demanding an unconditional apology for publishing photographs that showed them kissing.
South African captain Graeme Smith and top model Minki van der Westhuizen became the talk of the country when they admitted to an instant and mutual attraction.
Australia's second-string attack faces another searching examination on Saturday.
'There are 80 million tonnes of foodgrain in our godowns and yet, 200 million people go to bed hungry.' 'So I decided to fight hunger.'
Jacob Oram is no stranger to the Indian subcontinent, and he's expecting his upcoming tour to be one of the toughest of his career.
An FIR has been lodged against the vendor for selling the Urdu daily.
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'The best people are the local groundsmen who understand the nature of the local soil and I feel they can make the right kind of wickets,' said Rahul Dravid.
At a time when several states are making efforts to sell rice at Rs 2 per kg to the poor, the Kozhikode municipal corporation plans to provide the mid-day meal at the same price to make it a hunger-free city. The idea to launch the novel scheme was mooted at a recent meeting of government officials of the health and finance department at Kozhikode.
In a shocking incident, Mumbai's Aarey Colony has lost one of its most beloved residents -- Chandni, a six-year-old female leopard, who was found dead on Saturday afternoon with a wire snare setup by poachers.
Reshammiya filed for a divorce on December 6 at the family court in Bandra, Mumbai.
Sandeep Singh Dhaliwa stopped a vehicle with a man and woman inside and one of them got out and shot him "ambush-style".
Sanjeev Nayyar gets inside a kitchen that's more than just feeding hungry children; it is liberating them -- irrespective of caste, creed, sex or religion -- not just on the physical level but also on a spiritual level.
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Shah said the revocation of the special status has paved the way for development in Jammu and Kashmir and it will be a "final nail in the coffin of terrorism".
Mastercard is keen on being known not as a payments player but a technology company.
Zanjeer 2.0 is slated to release on September 6.
The actor and the tennis star reportedly met in Bangalore.
The star has still not forgotten Vivek's press conference, four years ago.
Sujit Kumar, Upendra Kumar Prasad, Nisha Kumari and Kajal Kumari are some of the many children who fell sick after consuming a meal laced with insecticide in their school at Gandaman village in Bihar's Saran district on July 17.
Fifty girl students of a middle school in Bihar's Sitamarhi district were taken ill on Friday after drinking water from a tubewell, officials said.
Prison superintendent, who has been charged with torturing the underworld don, reveals the perks and privileges the gangster enjoyed behind bars.
Tamil Nadu's decades-old noon meal scheme is a resounding success because it puts health and nutrition in the forefront of its effort, reports A Ganesh Nadar after visiting three schools in Tirunelveli district
The MHRD plans to track various performance parameters of government school teachers and students through tablets and smartphones, reports Sahil Makkar.
Many or sometimes all the teachers are pulled into administrative and other non-teaching duties, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to declare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate at the earliest to ensure a majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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