Two decades in sport is more than a generation and Sachin Tendulkar carries on and on - not wanting to think about the day he would have to stop playing the game. He is one of the greatest cricketers and in modern day parlance an entertainer par excellence with the highest TRP rating because he scores runs by tons with relentless brilliance.
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“T20 is not a young man’s game,” Claude Henderson (37) bellows. “It’s a fantastic format, I enjoy every moment of it. Also, I need to bowl only four overs. So as long as you can run around the park and enjoy yourself it’s good.”
A leading expert is checking signatures by Donald Bradman sold by ex-England player Dermot Reeve which are said to be too messy to be genuine, the Bradman Foundation said.
Jaffer showed that he still had the will to succeed at the limited-overs stage, one from where most have written him off forever. G. Krishnan reports.
Virender Sehwag is slowly but surely getting back to complete fitness. Here, he talks about his return. Pradeep Magazine has more...
The only advantage that 50-overs each has is that it gives me that precious time to order, eat and put that bloody plate of chilli chicken away between the 21st and 42nd overs, writes Indrajit Hazra.
A billboard asking people to buy a detergent that ‘gives people the whiteness to shine’ is insensitive to say the least, writes Anand Vasu.
For the first time in 15 years, Australia is no longer the top team in the world. As the Champions Trophy begins in South Africa on Tuesday, we look at cricket’s new world order, and explore where India might fit into it.
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The quality of Sachin's strokeplay was uniformly high and the manner in which he pressed on even after reaching his hundred showed how focussed he was, writes Anand Vasu.
Holding the bat is the beginning of batting and holding it correctly marks a good beginning. Ideally, one should hold the bat from the middle of the handle with both hands quite close to each other, speaks Aakash Chopra.
Harbhajan Singh was challaned by the Chandigarh Traffic Police for plying his recently-imported Hummer vehicle without a registration number.
They may have trained hard to counter the short-pitched deliveries in their preparatory camp but it's a cyber bouncer that has left India's top cricketers a worried lot.
At a time when banks have stopped recruiting cricketers and pros are looking for openings in the corporate world, Manish Pandey should consider himself lucky, writes G. Krishnan.
Even if they are looking at the IPL as a long-term business proposition, anticipated losses from the second IPL season because of the move to South Africa, have some of the teams worried. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi though, says it's much too early to be gloomy about this season. In a chat with the Hindustan Times, he says why.
Perhaps for the first time, a tailoring shop will be set up next to the pavilions during the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. The reason being the International Cricket Council will present a winner’s jacket to each of the players of the winning team.