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Isn’t it amazing? Nearly one of out every nine times, Sachin Tendulkar goes out to bat in ODIs, he scores a century (9.36 times if you want it to be accurate). His record is even better in Tests – he …...
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar Quotes…
I got this sent to me by a friend. ———————————————————————— “I have seen god, he bats at no. 4 for India.”- Mathew Hayden “Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin...
View ArticleSachin – the next big celeb on Twitter
Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) is now on Twitter, and if you haven’t already heard about it, where have you been hiding? There are tweets, blogs, text messages, news paper articles, etc that have been...
View ArticleI was wrong…
There are many things I am constantly wrong about. No. I am not at Church, it is not Sunday today, and this is not a confession! But yes, there are many things I am wrong about. Take this recently...
View ArticleThe UDRS: An UnDesirable Review System
The last week of 2010 saw two interesting Test matches being played. Both of these ended in amazing results — for England and for India. England retained the Ashes with a stunning victory at the MCG...
View ArticleAn Architect, a Few Builders and a Decade…
On 22 March 2001, India made a compelling statement to the world of cricket. On that day, on a dusty track in Chennai’s M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a week after that match in Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly’s...
View ArticleClutch Redux
A few months ago, Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) wrote an excellent article titled “Tendulkar and the ‘clutch’ question”. This was an exquisite essay, which recognized Tendulkar’s many virtues: his...
View ArticleTop 10 reasons why Sachin Tendulkar hasn’t scored a century of centuries…
10. What? Another hundred? Aren’t you satisfied with ninety nine? Hundreds just get boring after a while… Maybe to you Sachin, but not to the nation. Did you know that Jack Hobbs has 199 centuries to...
View ArticleLast Chance Saloon
[by Sunny Mishra (@sehwagology) and Mohan Krishnamoorthy (@mohank)] The promotions for the forthcoming full tour to Australia by India have been on in full force on TV in India. These promos are a...
View ArticleWho’s more ‘clutch’? Tendulkar, Lara or Ponting?
By Ajit Bhaskar (@ajit_bhaskar) Who is the most clutch among these three legends from our generation? The Stage Given the somewhat sensitive title of the post, I tried to think of a lot of emotional,...
View ArticleGod and the Argumentative Indian
This article first appeared in DNA on 11 Oct 2013 in two parts: Part-1 and Part-2 I once had the opportunity to travel from Mumbai to Singapore with Raj Singh Dungarpur. He was on his way to New...
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar and the Bharat Ratna Arguments
This article first appeared in the DNA Digital on 18 November 2013 Last Saturday, November 16, on the day that Sachin Tendulkar retired from international cricket, the Government of India announced...
View ArticleSachin – the next big celeb on Twitter
Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) is now on Twitter, and if you haven’t already heard about it, where have you been hiding? There are tweets, blogs, text messages, news paper articles, etc that have been...
View ArticleTop 10 reasons why Sachin Tendulkar hasn’t scored a century of centuries…
10. What? Another hundred? Aren’t you satisfied with ninety nine? Hundreds just get boring after a while… Maybe to you Sachin, but not to the nation. Did you know that Jack Hobbs has 199 centuries to...
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