MIRPUR: Sachin Tendulkar may have had to wait close to a year to achieve the historic feat of scoring 100 international centuries but the delay was certainly not due to any lack of effort, with the star batsman giving himself a mark of “100 out of 100″ in terms of [...]

KARACHI: With less than 24 hours remaining for Asia Cup’s marquee match between Pakistan and India, entrepreneurs are gearing up to cash in on the huge interest surrounding the match.

Most of the private clubs, gymkhanas, restaurant owners and public parks have announced they would be screening the match on [...]

MIRPUR: Stung by the upset defeat against minnows Bangladesh, India will be under immense pressure when they go into their must-win last Asia Cup league match against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday with bowling in the slog overs continuing to be a big worry.

The Indians have no option [...]

MIRPUR: A phenomenal century of hundreds under his belt, iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is in no mood to consider retirement as he feels going out on top is a “selfish thought”.

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Tendulkar struck his 100th international century [...]

NEW DELHI: Australian spin legend Shane Warne pleaded for an end to the talk of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement as he joined the international chorus of appreciation for the iconic Indian cricketer who scripted history by completing a century of international tons.

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NEW DELHI: World and Indian greats on Saturday bowed to Sachin Tendulkar — “the best” — for scoring 100 international centuries, but speculation about his future threatened to overshadow the achievement.

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Fevered Indian media seemed unconcerned that their side [...]

With the greatest of batsmen, weak-nesses are relative and often more public perception than reality. The perceptive RC Robertson-Glasgow once wrote how Don Bradman’s failure to read a googly was less of a shortcoming and more of a “reassurance to mere mortality”.

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NEW DELHI: Given our ever-shortening attention spans, Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th hundred could not have been better timed.

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People had just finished making sense of the revised tax slabs after the Union Budget 2012 was presented, when the Master Blaster [...]

Since his remarkable rise to stardom as a curly-haired, baby-faced 15-year-old, Tendulkar has changed as a player at every step. A look at Tendulkar’s evolution from the first decade, when he started out playing with gay abandon…

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Following are Sachin Tendulkar’s trademark shots, which some other legends too played with aplomb…

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The straight drive

He plays this usually to a ball that’s pitched up. He comes on to the front foot and allows the top hand [...]