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London, Nov 11: Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has paid rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar terming him the “best batsman” of his generation and said that there won’t be another player like the retiring Indian great in years to come. “Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman of my generation and it will be a privilege to be in Mumbai this week to commentate on the first two days of his final

Mumbai, Nov 10: The struggling West Indies cricket team has been dealt a couple of injury blows in its ongoing tour of India with pacer Kemar Roach ruled out of the remainder of the trip and all-rounder Kieron Pollard rendered unavailable for the ODI series. Roach has been ruled out of the second and final Test along with the one-dayers due to a shoulder injury, while Pollard has been rested from

Mumbai, Nov 10: Mumbai Cricket Association chief Sharad Pawar has revealed that it was Sachin Tendulkar who batted for Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain of the Indian team after Rahul Dravid expressed his desire to give up captaincy in 2007. "Sachin loves to lend a helping hand to fellow players, especially the juniors, and believes in team spirit. Humility is his middle name. He gave up captaincy

Kozhikode, Nov 10: Paying glowing tribute in their own way to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is retiring from cricket, around 2,000 students of a school in Palakkad district of Kerala donned Tendulkar masks during the one-hour long assembly. The ground at the BSS Gurukulam Higher Secondary at Alathur virtually turned into 'faces' of Tendulkar as the students, teachers and non-teaching staff

Abu Dabhi, Nov 9: Faced with an ICC inquiry for his alleged role into a dispute with India, Cricket South Africa Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today said that he was "distressed" by the turn of events. Talking to reporters here after signing a MoU with Pakistan for a short tour to fill the gap created by the shortened Indian series, Lorgat said he was distressed on being asked to face a probe by

Kolkata, Nov 8: Right-arm pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday registering the second best figures for India on debut, taking nine for 118 in the first Test match against the West Indies in Kolkata. Shami played a crucial role in India’s win by an innings and 51 runs at the Eden Gardens, taking four for 71 in the first innings while grabbing five for 47 in the second. In the first innings, Shami rocked

Chennai, Nov 8: One of the greatest ever chess players, Garry Kasparov, says five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand "brings honour to the sport and to his nation", but predicts a Magnus Carlsen victory in his World Championship clash against the Indian wizard. The much-anticipated event starts here from tomorrow. Previewing the World Championship, Kasparov was full of praise for the Indian.

Kolkata, Nov 8: Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 150 while R Ashwin, too, scored his second career Test century to put India in a strong position in the first session on Day 3 of the first Test against West Indies at Eden Gardens on Friday. Ashwin reached his century with a single off Tino Best. He took 159 balls overall and struck 11 boundaries to complete his ton. Sharma looked solid with his

Kolkata, Nov 7: Indian openers were looking solid by the end of Day 1 of Kolkata Test. And most of the ticket holders were of the impression that Sachin Tendulkar would come to the crease to play his 199th Test innings somewhere around lunch time. But both the Indian openers failed to live up to the expectations and were back in the hut within the first nine overs of Day 2. After the fall of

Kolkata, Nov 7: Pacer Mohammed Shami announced his arrival on the Test arena by scalping four wickets in a dream spell against the West Indies as a dominant India started Sachin Tendulkar's farewell series by taking early control of the first Test here today. Shami returned impressive figures of 4/71 in 18 overs as India bowled out the visitors for a paltry 234 after they opted to bat at the Eden