Tag: Sachin Tendulkar

New Delhi: The BCCI has briefed its players on the importance of wearing anti-concussion helmet but left the decision to use neck guard on the cricketers despite growing calls to make it mandatory. Compulsory neck guards on helmets for Australian cricketers are “not far away”, the national team’s sports medicine chief said on Monday after […]

Mumbai: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar said that Test cricket will be helped a lot by competitive pitches like the ones that have been on offer at the Ashes, thus far. Tendulkar said that despite the introduction of the World Test Championship, the cricket on offer has to be interesting to keep the fans engaged. “Test […]

Mumbai: Former captain Sourav Ganguly has said that Team India will have to get used to the fact that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not be around for too long. Dhoni’s floundering strike rate and his inability to finish games, something he was renowned for in his prime, came into sharp focus during India’s recent World […]

Mumbai: Ben Stokes’ heroics helped England script an improbable win in the third Ashes Test at Headingley and the International Cricket Council once again started a debate on social media by calling the all-rounder the greatest of all. The move didn’t go down well with Sachin Tendulkar’s fans. ICC’s official Twitter handle had posted a […]

Mumbai: Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday spent some time with the inmates of St. Anthony’s Old Age Home located in Bandra here on the occasion of National Sports Day. In a 45-second video shared on Twitter, Tendulkar can be seen playing carrom and interacting and sharing jokes with the women inmates. “Spent some […]

New Delhi: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday paid tributes to his childhood coach late Ramakant Achrekar on the occasion of Teacher’s Day. Taking to Twitter, Tendulkar went down the memory lane and shared a picture of him learning batting techniques from Achrekar. “Teachers impart not just education but also values. Achrekar Sir taught me […]

New Delhi: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has showered praises on Steve Smith of Australia, who continued his brilliant run of form in the Ashes series by slamming a double century against England in the ongoing fourth Test in Manchester. On Thursday, Smith — who had to miss the third Ashes Test due to concussion — […]

New Delhi: Indian captain Virat Kohli has constantly drawn comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar due to his consistent performances that have broken a number of records over the years. However, he has always tried to stay away from any such talk and maintained that Tendulkar was one of his childhood heroes. Kohli recently revealed that he […]

Mumbai: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed in a LinkedIn video that he had to “beg and plead” for the opener’s slot so that he could play in an aggressive manner, which was not the norm back in those days. “In 1994, when I started opening the batting for India, the strategy used by all […]

New Delhi: Former Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni has defeated the likes of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar in the list of most admired men in India. According to a survey conducted by YouGov, Dhoni is the second most admired man in India, next only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The sample size of the survey […]

New Delhi: Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday extended wishes to veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar on her 90th birthday. In a video posted on his official Twitter handle, Tendulkar said: “I would like to wish you on your 90th birthday. Honestly speaking, I do not remember the first time I listened to one of […]

Visakhapatnam: India captain Virat Kohli has a chance of joining batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid when India begin their three-Test series against South Africa on Wednesday here with the first rubber. Till date, only Tendulkar, Dravid and Sehwag have scored 1000 or more runs against South Africa in Tests, and Kohli […]

Visakhapatnam: After Sachin Tendulkar and M.S Dhoni, Indian captain Virat Kohli is undoubtedly the most followed cricketer and the run-machine’s success on the field has earned him millions of fans globally. Kohli, who recently became India’s most successful captain in Test cricket, met a die-hard fan here. The shirtless fan — Pintu Behra of Odisha, […]

New Delhi: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday conferred the Most Effective Swachhta Ambassador award by President Ram Nath Kovind. According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, he gave the award to Tendulkar at the ‘India Today Safaigiri Summit’ held on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. On the occasion, the president […]

Ghaziabad: Cricket legend and honorary Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday attended the 87th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Hindon Air Force Station. Sachin, who was conferred with the Group Captain rank in September 2010, attended the celebrations where Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria was also present. Sachin attended […]