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‘SACHIN GREATER THAN DON’
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A Day After
Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would said he was not surprised that Tendulkar Pak hockey star hopes for a meeting
even say better than Don Bradman him- had become the first man to breach the Pakistan’s veteran striker Rehan Butt,
Record Knock,
self. Now that he has the first double 200-run barrier. “I can’t say I’m sur- in India for the World Cup, said he was
hundred in a One-day International he prised. He’s probably the greatest bats- “desperate’’ to meet Tendulkar as the
has swung it for me.” man I’ve ever seen play live,” Clarke told batsman was a source of inspiration
Cricketing World
Hussain said Sachin’s undiminished the Age. “We’re blessed to still have such for sportspersons across the globe.
enthusiasm for the game even after two a great player playing this game.” “Players like Sachin come once in a cen-
tury. There is no dearth of his fans in
PROUD OF THIS: School children in Amritsar Salutes Master
decades of top-flight cricket was re-
markable. “That extraordinary drive British media goes gaga Pakistan as well. I did not get a chance
celebrate Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 200 and enthusiasm are what make Ten- The British media too hailed Tendulkar to meet him till date. I hope that this
against South Africa on Gwalior, on TIMES NEWS NETWORK dulkar so special,” he wrote. “He has as the finest batsman ever, with the BBC time my dream comes true. We are here
Thursday been playing international cricket for saying the double was another exhibi- for the World Cup and he is also in the
New Delhi: Even as accolades poured 20 years under the intense scrutiny be- tion of the batsman’s “sensational country,’’ Rehan said. “He is a source
Ganguly has showdown
in from all quarters for Sachin Ten- ing an Indian superstar brings, so it is class”. It added: “(The knock) adds to of inspiration not only for the crick-
dulkar after his historic double hun- remarkable he still loves holding a bat the legacy that surrounds arguably the eters but also for every sportsman,’’ said
with umpire
dred in Gwalior on Wednesday, former as much as ever.” finest batsman to have played the game.” the poster boy of Pakistan hockey.
England skipper Nasser Hussain said Hussain added: “Tendulkar has gone The Times went a step further, trying
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, known the knock — the first-ever 200 in the 50- back to being the fluent, almost flam- to anticipate whether Tendulkar could ‘Sachin can do anything’
for his fiery temper, was at it again on over game — should settle the debate boyant, batsman he used to be. In re- complete a century of centuries in in- “Phenomenal,’’ affirmed Sourav Gan-
Thursday when he had a heated altercation on who is the greatest of all time, Ten- cent years his innings had become a bit ternational cricket by the end of the guly. “He is the greatest player I have
with umpire Sudhir Asnani during the dulkar or Don Bradman. mechanical, but I think he has remem- year. “All kneel down and praise what- ever seen. He can do just about any-
quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare One-Day “I have never liked comparisons be- bered what made him great. It (is) no- ever god you fancy for the mighty thing. Motivating himself while play-
Trophy, reports Tushar Tere from Vadodara. tween great players, but after Wednes- ticeable that he is not driven by money. Sachin Tendulkar. ing for the country has been never been
Sourav Ganguly lost his cool when some day’s incredible game it must be said He has become a very wealthy man, but This could just be turning into the an issue with Sachin,’’ Sourav said in
decisions went in favour of Saurashtra. The Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest of all that has been as a result of doing what Cup final against Australia or maybe greatest year of his international ca- Vadodara. “I have never seen Don Brad-
incidents were reported to match referee time,” Hussain wrote in Daily Mail. he does best and enjoying it. It has not even England on home soil next year. reer, more than 20 years after it began,’’ man play, but among the cricketers I
Amar Petiwale by the umpire. The first tiff “Better than Brian Lara and Ricky been the be all and end all for him.” the report said, adding: “Tendulkar now have seen play, Sachin is by far the great-
happened when square-leg umpire Asnani Ponting, the other two great players of Hussain said he now expected Ten- Clarke not surprised has 93 hundreds, 25 more than the next est player amongst his contemporaries,’’
declared a no-ball call when Saurashtra my era. Better than Viv Richards, Sunil dulkar to score a hundred in the World Australia’s Michael Clarke, meanwhile, best man, Ricky Ponting.” Sourav added.
captain Jaydev Shah edged a delivery to the
wicket-keeper off Ashok Dinda. Asnani’s
argument was it was Dinda’s second bouncer
for the over. The decision however didn’t go
down well with Ganguly. In the 18th over,
Viv’s 189 pales in comparison
Injured Irfan out of probables’ list
Ganguly again lost his cool when Asnani Dwaipayan Datta I TNN weeks. But the selectors felt
didn’t uphold a caught behind appeal of Sagar Gundappa Viswanath termed poor when in fact they have some really good WORLD T20 PRABABLES that they have enough cover
Jogiyani off Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s bowling. bowlers. But on the day, to a man, all the bowlers Chennai: It’s going from bad MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gau- for the allrounder’s spot and
Ganguly, fielding at third man, walked to the SOME people they say are born with a silver spoon, seemed to be in a daze and simply didn’t know what to worse for Ir- tam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Yu- that there was no need to in-
umpire and had another showdown. The but Sachin Tendulkar, I am convinced, to do to stop Sachin. fan Pathan. vraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf clude an injured player in the
matter was reported to Petiwale later but no was born with a bat in hand. What a ter- Jacques Kallis is by nature a quiet man and as he The all- Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harb- probables’ list.
official complaint was lodged. rific knock it was, the first double hun- never shows any emotions, you don’t really get to rounder, who hajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Unless things go drastical-
dred in ODIs. It is not usual to go ga-ga know what he’s thinking but he was probably sim- won the man Kumar, Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi, ly wrong in the next one
IPL tickets for opening match on sale: The over limited overs innings —- that is nor- ply enjoying the knock so much that he didn’t get of the match Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Is- month, Yusuf Pathan and
Indian Premier League on Thursday mally reserved for great Test innings — around to tell his men how to stop the carnage. award in the fi- hant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ravindra Jadeja are the two
announced sale of tickets for the inaugural - but in this case we
match of third edition of the twenty20
tournament to be played at DY Patil stadium _.
The full might of nal of India’s Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, allrounders who will be on
must make an ex-
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the Indian batting T20 World Cup Piyush Chawla, Abhimanyu Mithun, that flight to West Indies. If the
ception. I watched was on view and win in 2007, doesn’t feature in Manish Pandey, RP Singh, Munaf selectors decide on having an-
in Navi Mumbai on March 12. the great Viv
. .,
from both ends, it the 30-member probables’ list Patel, Murali Vijay, Vinay Kumar, other allrounder, Abhishek
Richards blast his must be said. If for the 2010 edition to be held Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Virat Nayar can come into the fray.
MCC confirm interest in IPL franchise: way to that famous
English cricket chiefs at the MCC confirmed
I
cL ya4 Sachin for World Record 200 Runs Sachin and Dinesh in the West Indies from April Kohli and R Ashwin.
189 and while to this Karthik showed the 30-May 16. Tendulkar, Sehwag rested
on Thursday that they could join a day I think it was value of a big part- Though there has been no for ICC events, the last being Meanwhile, the selectors de-
consortium looking to buy an IPL franchise. one of the most de- nership, a lesson official initimation, it’s un- Virender Sehwag for Cham- cided to give Sachin Tendulkar
The MCC club, based at Lord’s, has held structive innings learnt from the last derstood that the allrounder pions Trophy, and it’s under- and Virender Sehwag rest for
discussions with a group of investors who ever, even that has to somewhat pale after Wednesday. game when wickets fell at regular intervals, MS Dhoni has a back injury that has stood that the five wise men, the final ODI against South
are interested in buying one of the two Sachin seemed to know where exactly the next displayed what can be achieved towards the end if made the selectors drop him who met here on Thursday, de- Africa in Ahmedabad on Sat-
franchises due to be added to the IPL on ball would be bowled or perhaps the South African there are wickets in hand. from the list of 30. cided to tread the safe path. urday, which opened the door
March 8. MCC chief executive Keith bowlers knew where he was going and were drawn As far as batting till the end goes, Sachin was a Even though Pathan is like- Irfan, who got a five-wick- for Tamil Nadu’s M Vijay.
Bradshaw and club trustee Anthony Wreford into bowling there! Such was Sachin’s prowess. The shining example. It was only towards the last bit of ly to be fit for the IPL, the se- et haul in the Duleep Trophy Squad for final ODI: M Vijay, Dinesh
travelled to India last weekend to meet way he took off after his century was simply amaz- the innings that he seemed a bit tired but even that lectors didn’t want to take any final recently, had missed the Karthik, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (cap-
consortium members and IPL officials and ing. And it was not as if there was anything wrong didn’t prevent him from taking the field after the in- chances. There have been Vijay Hazare Trophy follow- tain), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf
have set up a working committee to consider with the first hundred as it contained some really terval. He is a man possessed. For the South Africans many controversies in the re- ing the back spasm and the Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sudeep Tya-
the findings. Bradshaw said: “Undeniably, the gracefully struck boundaries. it is now a question of going back to the drawing cent past for including injured doctors had advised him to gi, S Sreesanth, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra,
game is changing. MCC, as an innovative, By no means can this South African attack be board and finding some answers. PMG players in the probables’ list start bowling after a couple of Abhimanyu Mithun, Ashish Nehra.
independent cricket club, wants to be at the
heart of that change. The concept of MCC
involvement in the IPL is something I believe
is worthy of thorough investigation, and
2300% valuation hike stumps potential franchisees
Badrinath stars
something that we’ll take to our committee
for their deliberation.’’ K Shriniwas Rao & already reeling under the mind- Interestingly, within 48 hours $250m (Rs 1300 cr). sulting in an annual loss of in-
in Mumbai’s
Indranil Basu | TNN boggling rise. of having procured a franchise, Compare this to the first auc- terest to the tune of Rs 120 crore
Bridge turns his back on England: Here’s why. Section 7.1 of the the bidder will have to shell out tion held in 2007-08, when the floor (@12% p.a.) per year or Rs 1200
Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge has Mumbai: The Indian Premier IPL’s tender document which is the bank guarantee. In case, price to bid for the franchise was crore for 10 years. Add to it the
huge defeat
turned his back on England after deciding the League (IPL) has toughened the related to ‘requirement of ten- he/she fails, the bid performance $50m and successful bidders were minimum investment of Rs 1000
fall-out from John Terry’s alleged affair with rules of the game for prospective der bid performance guarantee’, guarantee money of Rs 460 crore asked to submit a demand draft crore that the successful bidder Peter Nazareth I TNN
his ex-girlfriend has made his position in the bidders in race to buy the two says “a bank guarantee valid un- will be forfeited. “Failure to sup- of Rs 20 crore as bid performance pays for franchise ownership,
team untenable. Bridge released a statement new franchisees. So much so that til April 6, 2010 in the amount of ply such a bank guarantee with- guarantee (see section 7.1 above). and the investment in 10 years Rajkot: Tamil Nadu showed
through his lawyers on Thursday confirming the whole process could witness Rs 460 crore ($10m; bid per- in 48 hours will result in the bid After the franchise was allotted, totals to Rs 2200 crore. All this why they are defending cham-
that he did not wish to be selected for Fabio a 2300% increase in overall val- formance guarantee)’’ will be re- being terminated.’’ the bidder was required to pay assuming that the bid is suc- pions, while Mumbai showed
Capello’s squad for this year’s World Cup in uation of the new franchise. quired with the bid. 10% of bidding amount—equiva- cessful at a reserve price of $225 no stomach for a fight as they
South Africa because his presence would be It should be noted that such Supposing the bid is success-
IPL 4 BIDS
lent of one year’s instalment—as million, which is quite improb- crashed to a humiliating 174-
potentially “divisive”. a hike in percentage is most like- ful, the bidder will have to fur-
NEW TEAMS, NEW CHALLENGES
an annual rolling bank guaran- able,’’ a BCCI source said. run defeat in their quarterfi-
ly to increase the overall valua- ther produce a bank guarantee tee. According to sources, the en- It seems like interested enti- nal tie of the Vijay Hazare Tro-
Webber sets fast pace: Red Bull’s Mark tion of the existing teams like which includes the approximate The floor price of the new tire process is being evaluated at ties only with the deepest pock- phy at the Madhavrao Scindia
Webber set a blistering pace on the first day Rajashtan Royals, Kings XI Pun- amount bid for the franchise. Sec- teams is $225m (approx Rs 1200 around 2300% more than last time. ets can be in fray here. ground here on Thursday.
of Formula One’s final pre-season test on jab, Knight Riders which were tion 4.4 of the tender document crore). The new bidders expect Bidders further believe that When asked for reactions, a They will now take on MP at
Thursday. The Australian topped the time among the cheapest in the first emphasises it saying “The win- the final amount to be in excess if IPL chooses to ask for a bank senior IPL official said. “We have the same venue in the semifi-
sheets in Barcelona with a lap of one minute auction. ning bidder needs to produce a of $300m (approx Rs 1500 cr) at guarantee of the total winning taken everything into account nal on Saturday.
21.487 seconds during a very quick session. The tender document for the bank guarantee or other non which the franchises will be fi- bid amount, the money will be while doing the valuations of the
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso suffered an early new teams is a summary of such monetary security or undertak- nally bought. This means, ac- blocked for 10 years. “For ex- two new teams,” he said and
VIJAY HAZARE TROPHY
problem with his car while Mercedes excessive monetary demands on ing that IPL considers to be ap- cording to the terms set by the ample if Rs 1000 crore is the added that the tender is not be-
QUARTERFINALS
announced their final diffuser for the season part of IPL. A couple of inter- propriate for any amount up to IPL, a bank guarantee amount amount, it will remain pledged ing documented to suit any par-
would be unveiled only at the first race of the ested parties who bought it are and including the total bid.’’ is likely to be nothing less than with the bank for 10 years re- ticular bidder. India discard S Badrinath
year in Bahrain on March 14. made the most of a dropped
catch on 33 as he smashed 105
ACTION TODAY
Karun’s F1 Campos deal today?
Singh, Khan join
off 91 balls with nine fours and
four sixes. With Abhinav
Mukund (80 runs off 98 balls),
LOCAL he lifted Tamil Nadu to post a
HOCKEY: Division One, MHA League, 3 pm Hari Hara Nandanan I TNN Karun was ule that he has been following for total of 302 runs. Badrinath’s
SNOOKER: Open Handicap Tournament, not available many years to keep himself fit be-
hands to claim gold
lucky escape came courtesy
Catholic Gymkhana, 2 pm onwards Chennai: Karun Chandhok’s long for comment fore the beginning of a new sea- Murtuza Hussain, who grassed
INTERNATIONAL wait seems to be over. The 26-year- as he is on his son. This year it may become more Ruhi Batra I TNN Arozepal Singh and Mairaj a simple catch at long-on off
BASKETBALL: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston old Chennai-based racing driver one-month significant because in Formula Ahmed Khan (185) was tri- Iqbal Abdulla’s bowling. Badri
Celtics, NBA Regular Season (Live on Star is all set to become the second In- training in One fitness, especially weight, is New Delhi: The day brought umphant. India’s medal tally was finally out in the penulti-
Sports, 6.30 am) dian to drive in Formula One as Italy and his a crucial factor. more cheers for home shoot- after Thursday stood at 17 mate over caught by Rahane
CRICKET: New Zealand vs Australia, 1st T20, he will most likely ink his deal father Vicky Karun, who raced in the GP2 ers on Day 8 of the VIII Com- gold, 12 silver and six bronze, at long-on while trying to de-
Wellington (Live on Set Max 11.15 am) with Campos on Friday for the Chandhok category last year, is likely to part- monwealth Shooting Federa- way ahead of the competition. posit Raut over the ropes.
FOOTBALL: FC Shalke vs Borussia Dortmund, forthcoming F1 season starting told TOI that ner Brazilian Bruno Senna in tion Championships on Thurs- Arti S Rao carried the In- SCOREBOARD
Bundesliga (Live on Star Sports, 1 am, next month. Campos is a Spanish the final position would be clear Campos, a new team in the F1 fray day. Indian women missed the dian team on her able shoul- Tamil Nadu: S Anirudha c Malvi b Ab-
Saturday) team owned by Adrian Campos only by Friday afternoon. “Right this year along with US F1. Bruno, gold by a whisker, read point, ders after an inexperienced dulla 43, M Vijay c Rahane b Agarkar
TENNIS: Dubai Open (Live on Ten Suner. Narain Karthikeyan was now, we can’t say anything,” he the nephew of the late F1 legend in the skeet pairs event while Rashmee Rathore shot a 23, A Mukund c Marathe b Agarkar 80,
Sports 3.30 pm) the first Indian to drive in Formula said. Karun’s one-month training Ayrton Senna, signed for Campos the men won the yellow medal nervous 17 in the second S Badrinath c Rahane b Raut 105, K
WINTER OLYMPICS: Vancouver 2010 Games One in 2005 when he signed for Jor- includes mountain-biking and cy- last year. Karun has won two GP2 in the men’s skeet team event. round in the women’s skeet Vasudevadas run out (Abdulla/Marathe)
(Live on ESPN, 1.15 am and 11.30 pm onwards) dan. cling for eight hours a day, a sched- races in the last three years. The men’s team of pairs. 23, S Kumar not out 4, C Ganapathy
run out (Jaffer) 1, H Gopinath not out
6. Extras: (lb 2, w 13, nb 2) 17.
We will try to make up for Olympic failure, promises Adrian
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 302.
Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-87, 3-214, 4-
291, 5-291, 6-294.
Ashish Raje
Bowling: A Agarkar 10-0-55-2 (1w), U
Biswajyoti Brahma I TNN TOI. India will be playing in dia hockey academy for a tri- Malvi 10-0-67-0 (1w), M Hussain 8-0-
Despite snags, FIH chief a happy man
the World Cup, the Common- al and I got selected. Then I 50-0 (2nb, 8w), Iqbal Abdulla 10-0-
New Delhi: The Indian hock- wealth Games and the Asian turned my attention to hock- 55-1 (2w), P Khanapurkar 3-0-22-0, A
New Delhi: The International “It’s sort of balancing act. ey team would be going to the Games this year. ey. I was in Delhi then and Raut 6-0-32-1 (1w), R Sharma 3-0-19-
Hockey Federation (FIH) has You can’t ignore the security World Cup not only looking for “We are well prepared and once while playing at the Na- 0.
had a torrid trying to keep aspect. But at the same time I an impressive show but also it’s a much more stronger team tional Stadium I first thought Mumbai: S Marathe c & b Prabhu 64,
things organised here in the am happy with the way to redeem some pride. The fail- than what it was in the 2006 of playing for India. A lot of A Rahane c Vijay b Balaji 3, W Jaffer c
Capital in the run-up to the things are heading at the ure to qualify for 2008 Beijing special memories are associ- Gopinath b Mahesh 9, R Sharma b Bal-
World Cup. Extra-tight moment,” the Spaniard said Olympics is fresh in the minds WORLD CUP HOCKEY ated with the stadium,” the aji 1, P Khanapurkar lbw Kumar 2, S
security, poor coordination after his arrival in the Capital and the players are keen to INDIANS OPTIMISTIC 26-year-old said. Yadav c Mahesh b Prabhu 9, A Raut c
between various agencies, on Thursday. “There may be make up for it at the mega D’Souza, who pioneered Balaji b Prabhu 12, A Agarkar b Balaji
bad media handling... its issues here and there, but it event which begins on Feb 28. World Cup (where the team fin- the rushing technique to 0, Iqbal Abdulla not out 18, U Malvi c
been a demanding few days would get sorted out as the “We did not qualify for the ished 11th out of 12 teams).” counter the drag-flicks of the Ganapathy b Vijay 6, M Hussain c Ku-
for the world body. But FIH days progressed.” Beijing Olympics, and that’s D’Souza said the stage for likes of Sohail Abbas, said mar b Prabhu 1. Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3.
president Leandro Negre is Negre said the security a regret not only for me, but the World Cup, the National the team has devised strate- Total (all out; 35 overs) 128.
not complaining. He’s arrangements were more for the entire team. But that Stadium, holds a special place gies to counter the drag-flick- Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-40, 3-43, 4-59,
satisfied with the security stringent than he had is past. What we can do now in his heart since it was on ers. “I can’t reveal whether I 5-84, 6-94, 7-96, 8-109, 9-123, 10-128
arrangements in place as well expected. “Players’ security is to ensure that the team at this ground that he first will be using that technique. Bowling: L Balaji 7-1-27-3 (1w), C Gana-
as happy about the boost the is of paramount importance. least finishes on the podium thought of wearing the India But it was quite effective five- GOOD START: The Indian team before a practice match against pathy 5-0-20-0, Y Mahesh 4-1-17-1, S
event was going to give to We could not have in big events,” Adrian D’- cap. “I was more serious six years back as it was tak- Holland at the Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi on Kumar 6-0-20-1, M Prabhu 10-1-34-4,
the game in India. compromised on that.” TNN Souza, one of the top goal- about football but one day my ing the drag-flickers by sur- Thursday. India won 2-1. Prabhjot Singh & Deepak Thakur scored M Vijay 2-0-7-1, A Mukund 1-0-2-0
keepers in the world, told coach took me to the Air In- prise,” he said. in the third and 26th minute respectively. Cup Countdown | Pg 26 (1w).
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