Sachin Tendulkar who got bowled thrice in as many innings in the recently concluded India-New Zealand series is not yet finished feels former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar, says a report in The Times of India.
“To me, the way Tendulkar got out in his three innings against New Zealand does not suggest by any stretch of the imagination that he is finished as an international batsman. I will stand by what I have said all along about Tendulkar: that his run-making at the international level will stop only when he stops playing. Until then, he may not dominate as he used to but he will still be a good enough batsman to get runs at the highest level, and to add value to the Indian team, especially in Test cricket," Manjrekar in his column for Cricinfo rom which he was quoted in a report in TOI.
"I have seen with great players as they age that it's the full delivery that seems to bother them more than short ones. Short balls land on the pitch well before full-length ones do, so their mystery is revealed to the batsman earlier. Tendulkar is not the first great ageing player who is finding the full ball a bit of a handful. Otheroutstanding batsmen have had the same problems - Javed Miandad and Gundappa Viswanath, and more recently Dravid and VVS Laxman among them”, wrote Manjrekar in an article.
Meanwhile, India’s U-19 captain, Unmukt Chand visited St Stephen's College, says a report in Deccan Herald.
“Chand should play for the college cricket team also”, said Valson Thampu, principal of the college.
The sports head of the college said, “It is not our college principal’s fault. The university does not give any such powers to the principals to act in such emergencies.”