No Twenty20 for Tendulkar

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More... No Twenty20 for Tendulkar G S Vivek Posted: Feb 09, 2009 at 0015 hrs IST Right after the presentation ceremony on Sunday, Sachin Tendulkar’s metal Cricket kit was carried downstairs and loaded into a waiting van. Never too keen on the Twenty20 format, Tendulkar — who didn’t play in the last two one-dayers — took special permission from board officials and returned early from Colombo, taking a midnight flight straight to Mumbai. The rest of the contingent will stay back for the one-off Twenty20 match on February 10. Meanwhile, there were plenty of check-ins and check-outs at the team hotel on Sunday night, with Sri Lanka’s T20 specialists taking over from the jaded one-day team. Missed record Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke the Indian record for consecutive ODI wins on Thursday night. On Sunday, he had the chance to break another one set by Sourav Ganguly, but let it go by. Dhoni used nine bowlers as he looked to slow down the marauding Lankans — only the second instance in Indian cricket after Sourav used that many against the West Indies in Baroda seven years ago. This was the ninth instance in one-day cricket that a team has used nine bowlers, the record so far. Interestingly, Dhoni’s other two options in the kitty, himself and Gautam Gambhir, have both bowled in international cricket before. Mixed bag Ravindra Jadeja will never forget the moment Mahendra Singh Dhoni ‘officially’ welcomed him into the Indian team and Sachin Tendulkar handed over his debut cap, with team mates cheering loudly in a small presentation ceremony before start of play. Fortunately, he salvaged some happy memories of his debut despite ending up on the losing side. Jadeja’s half-century towards the end of the day did just enough to compensate for dropping a sitter off Sanath Jayasuriya at point and conceding 40 runs in the six overs he bowled. Comeback man Laxmipathy Balaji didn’t have any such luck though, finishing with a none too impressive 5-0-32-0. What’s under the cap? The cap has never been such so much in fashion for Virender Sehwag. The opener has been wearing it all the time in Sri Lanka, right from the breakfast table to training sessions — in fact, he hasn’t even been taking it off when he bowls. While batting, he wears a helmet, and already there are whispers about a new look that is being kept under wraps.

[Vignesh]

Tendulkar Not Playing T20???? Hell it is good news for Srilanka....... As far as the Indian T20 Side goes.. It Doesn't matter whether God Plays or Not coz the Second String team is good enough to Kick Srilanka's A**

[cowboysfan]

:omg::omg::omg: sehwag is having hair transplants-that explains the whole cap thing.

[EnterTheVoid]

Tendulkar's got his priorities right Tests first Meaningful ODI's next T20'S last -> IPL

[fineleg]

Anyway it is better Tendu focusses on Tests. Good decision :thumbs_up:

[amits]

i dont care about 20/20 & wont give a **** if india loses

[fineleg]

amits, remember: Tests >> T20 >> ODIs

[DomainK]

amits, remember: Tests >> T20 >> ODIs

Is that opinion? Interesting. I think Tendulkar can easily stay away from T20s if he wishes so.

[Desi Cartman]

I think SRT is running away from the challenge and should be dropped from all teams asap .. at the same time M$D should also be sacked for not being able to force SRT to play the T20

[Dirty_South]

hahaha...Sachin chickened out of T20,he cant handle pressure.R Dravid shud be his replacement

[Shane]

Irrelevant game !!!

[Anakin]

hahaha...Sachin chickened out of T20' date='he cant handle pressure.R Dravid shud be his replacement[/quote']:--D:--D

[Sachinism]

I think SRT is running away from the challenge and should be dropped from all teams asap .. at the same time M should also be sacked for not being able to force SRT to play the T20

hahaha...Sachin chickened out of T20' date='he cant handle pressure.R Dravid shud be his replacement[/quote'] :D:D:D:D

[Lord]

Wen Is It Starting?

[Sachinism]

Wen Is It Starting?

13:30 GMT 10th Feb

[SachDan]

Wen Is It Starting?

one off match ! Tomorrow 5 pm IST

[amits]

amits, remember: Tests >> T20 >> ODIs

@fineleg, u r a domestic cricket illiterate it is tests > odis >>>>>>>......>>>>>>> 20/20 i am not even planning to watch the 20/20 intl

[graphic23]

Hey, domestic literate, Sri Lanka is an international team. :P

[Ram]

Its so nice to hear Sachin giving a miss to these inconsequential matches. He needs to conserve his body for the mother of all battles; Overall, its quite clear that the team is looking at gradually phasing out Sachin from LOI cricket altogether. Painful as it may sound, its probably the best thing that can happen to Sachin.

[Guest whineleg]

@fineleg, u r a domestic cricket illiterate it is tests > odis >>>>>>>......>>>>>>> 20/20 i am not even planning to watch the 20/20 intl

modz, why is @mit$ allowed to abuse like this? is this an anti-southie bias? how come the delhiites like @mit$ and that peabrain mod get away with abuse all the time?