"If we can do our bit for him to fire it is good for the team," said the Indian captain.
Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu won her maiden women's ODI Cricketer of the Year award, becoming the first female cricketer from the country to win an ICC award.
Following the footsteps of his late father who was committed to certain social responsibilities, India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has decided to sponsor the education of 200 children, who are part of Anapalya, a non-governmental organisation in Mumbai.
Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should bat at No 5 in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.
'That was just unbelievable from Glen Maxwell. Footwork is overrated.'
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.
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Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has said Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar was the best player in world cricket and nobody could replace him.
World Cup-winning Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday joined the growing calls to award batting ace Sachin Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna, saying no cricketer deserves it more than him.
Nothing is as painful for an Indian fan than watching Sachin Tendulkar get dismissed cheaply. And watching it happen so regularly is getting unbearable. With the team slipping from bad to worse, one wonders if it's time the game's highest run-getter is dropped or asked to take a call on his future.
Gauri Ghadi speaks with enthusiastic fans just before the iconic Sachin Tendulkar steps out to bat.
A summary of the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Saturday.
The cricketer wanted a plot in suburban Bandra.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of his contribution to the Swachh Bharat campaign.
In Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India, says Haresh Pandya, has a bunch of exciting young batsmen who will go places, individually and collectively.
After his knock of 76 in 70 balls at Adelaide, Yuvraj Singh has now reduced the gap between him and Sachin Tendulkar in the race to be this season's most valuable Indian ODI player.
One shudders to think what could happen if India lose both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli early with such a brittle middle order to follow?
Sachin Tendulkar heaped lavish praise on Virat Kohli after the Indian captain slammed a record-breaking double century in the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
Lakshmipathy Balaji turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes during the Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan in 2004.
India were precariously placed at 213 for eight, with Sachin Tendulkar, unbeaten on 76, waging a lone battle, on Day 1 of the first Test against Bangladesh.
Sachin Tendulkar's much-awaited autobiography Playing It My Way was launched in the presence of some of his former teammates, celebrities and family members at an engrossing ceremony on Wednesday.
Ricky Ponting shot back at Zaheer Khan for finding fault with his batting rhythm on Wednesday, saying what the Indian pace spearhead said about him could also be applied to the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Sri Lanka are no pushovers but they have faltered more often than not in this World Cup after an superlative show in the qualification round.
BCCI doctor Anant Joshi said extra precautions had been taken to ensure that Tendulkar's injury does not recur.
'We are talking about the good health of our nation and clearly in sometime, we are going to have healthier people'
The Indian cricket team think-tank's urge to play more all-rounders in recent years has got a lot to do with the current crop of top-order batters not rolling their arms over unlike some of their illustrious seniors from the bygone era.
Sprint superstar Yohan Blake's love for cricket is quite evident. The Jamaican paid rich tribute to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
'There are greats, there are legends and then there is @sachin_rt.'
Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday revealed that the team think tank hasn't yet decided on who will bat at the No 4 position in the Test team. The slot has been left vacant by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar's retirement last month.
Lauding PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik for winning medals at the Rio Olympic Games, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, on Sunday, said it is the beginning of a wonderful journey for the duo.
Rohit Sharma goes past Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Chris Gayle among others to stamp his class in the ICC World Cup.
Write about your impressions of the batting legend who will turn 40 on Wednesday, April 24.
Sachin Tendulkar will sign off from cricket after 24 glorious years in the second Test against the West Indies, starting at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, on Thursday. Going into the match, his 200th Test, the batting icon has 15,847 runs, the most by a batsman. Rajneesh Gupta looks at his record at the Wankhede stadium.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot submitted his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra Sunday evening after his Congress party was defeated in the assembly polls.
Opening the innings for India Seniors in Mohali, Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed after scoring only 12
Former India skipper Bishan Singh Bedi refuses to join the calls for Sachin Tendulkar to call it a day from Test cricket.
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'.
BCCI's acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary stated that the final call on the new coach will be taken by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.
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