Articles on Tendulkar in the British media

[SachDan]

With the great man touring England for the final time, expect plenty of column inches (in sports section) dedicated to praising him. If you comes across any such article please share here...:--D http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/8631247/Sachin-Tendulkar-determined-to-enjoy-pursuit-of-100th-100-at-Lords-in-England-v-India-Test-series.html

[punjabi_khota]

He keeps touring and these mo'fers keep falling into the trap. Didn't we see something similar in 07-08 tour to OZ He got standing ovations and all that. And he's gonna be there again in december

[SachDan]

^ true that :haha: But I can't see him touring England again.

[Sachinism]

The article says

the man who collects endorsement deals and honorary doctorates

He turned down the honorary doctorate, bloody gora

[Trichromatic]

The article says He turned down the honorary doctorate, bloody gora

Journalist is disappointed that Sachin is collecting endorsements and he is just writing about it. :haha:

[kooljatt]

Sachin Tendulkar determined to enjoy pursuit of 100th 100 at Lord's in England v India Test series

What strikes you first about Sachin Tendulkar is the serenity. Gentle, imperturbable, with a moonlike face unruffled by worry, he radiates a degree of charm to sit perfectly with his elegance at the crease. It is not in the Long Room at Lord’s, or in a gilded suite in his native Mumbai, that the most cultivated batsman of his age holds court. Instead, he is struggling to make himself comfortable inside the quotidian confines of Kenton Cricket Club, where the bar serves mainly orange squash as a hard rain sluices against the pavilion walls. Tendulkar, let loose on any subject from his pursuit of a 100th international hundred to the mounting parallels with Sir Donald Bradman, is endlessly accommodating. But to secure access to one so feted seldom proves easy. Upon arrival, the club’s peeling green gate is padlocked, watched closely by a uniformed security guard. Residents of Indian descent account for over a fifth of the population in Kenton, where Tendulkar hopes to augment his role in grassroots cricket, and to most his reputation is of mythic proportions. The beatific visage of the ‘Little Master’, the man who collects endorsement deals and honorary doctorates with almost the same alacrity as he stockpiles runs, is nothing less than a symbol of the subcontinent. The merest sighting could mean he is mobbed. RELATED ARTICLES Five key Indians 09 Jul 2011 Wisden honours Tendulkar 13 Apr 2011 Tendulkar: I will not retire 04 Apr 2011 Tendulkar hails proudest moment 03 Apr 2011 As such, he must take measures for his own protection. Plus, he is compelled to modulate his language with the utmost care. This might seem like a convivial, no-limits conversation on the extremities of north-west London, yet he grasps that one infelicitous phrase could be seized upon by a billion disciples following his every word. Nine days from now, Tendulkar is primed to open his assault on a barely conceivable landmark. One hundred hundreds: it is poetic, fanciful, perhaps Bollywood-esque. To perceive its true magnitude, we need reminding that Ricky Ponting, the next most gluttonous accumulator in the middle, is still 30 centuries behind him on 69. Mindful of Bradman’s perfectly imperfect Test average of 99.94, Tendulkar can seize an invitation at Lord’s to register a record that will, almost certainly, never be emulated. That his quest should take place on a ground where he is yet to score above 37 scarcely obtrudes in his thinking. He needs little tutoring as to the significance of the moment that could define India's four-match series against England - the scoreboard here has, already, been mischievously turned over to read ‘99’. “I’m not thinking of records,†he says, ever so quietly. “I’m just thinking of enjoying this tour. The secret to any performance is not in chasing records. I think about, ‘What is the best way to enjoy the game, and how can I enhance that enjoyment factor?’ "If I enhance the enjoyment then, naturally, the standard of play becomes higher. To me, that is more important. If I’m playing well, things can happen. I don’t need to go around chasing them. It’s a process. You construct a solid foundation and build on it.†The voice is mellifluous, the enunciation beautifully crisp. Tendulkar provides riveting company not because he seeks to drain his statements of any controversy but because he affects to care about their expression. Do not suppose for a second, either, that he is unbothered by his looming milestone. In March, prior to reaching 85 during a febrile World Cup semi-final against Pakistan in Mohali, he was almost caught twice as the tension bit. “The only easy chance was where I looked to chip the ball over midwicket, and I mistimed it!†he claims, making light of the lapses. “The other one was deflected and went to third man.†Not even he could downplay, though, the remorseless pressure he endured during that tournament or the glorious catharsis of India’s ultimate triumph. Reaching for the superlatives, Tendulkar admits: “I was extremely delighted. It was something I had always dreamt about. You start playing cricket, and one day you walk away as part of a world champion team. "I took up playing serious cricket because in 1983, we won the World Cup, and that was a big turning point in terms of considering cricket a full-time profession. That moment was a decisive one. I felt, ‘I want to play for India one day’. It was a huge boost. From then I started working hard.†Tendulkar was a mere 10 in 1983, but a talent of staggering precocity. The son of Ramesh, a celebrated novelist in his local Marathi dialect, he spent most days in his uncle’s garden as he began fashioning an immaculate batting technique. His school mentor, Ramakant Achrekar, would place a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps if he could survive a practice session without dismissal. The 13 coins he earned remain integral to his vast trophy collection. Murmurs of the young Sachin’s prodigious abilities soon rippled across the Mumbai metropolis. At 16, this slender soul was stepping out at Karachi’s National Stadium, primed to confront a fearsome Pakistani seam attack of Imran Khan and Wasim Akram. So to ask Tendulkar about the notion of pressure, about the burden of not letting down countless besotted admirers, is to receive a quizzical look. “I’m used to it,†shrugs the man whose face has since launched a thousand Pepsi billboards. “It’s the kind of lifestyle that I lead in India. It began around the age of 16, at the time I would start going out and mixing with friends. But I don’t feel suffocated. I feel extremely comfortable back home in whatever I do. That’s how my life has been, so I believe it’s normal.†Even so, Tendulkar is forced to live for much of the year in his flat in St John’s Wood, to escape the maelstrom of hysteria that attends his every appearance in India. Never, however, will you hear a word of resentment pass his lips. He explains: “I have been rewarded, and God has been kind to me. I have no complaints. I am very grateful to all the people who have appreciated and supported me over the years, and who have accepted me in the manner that I am. “When I spend time in England, it’s different. I get to do certain things that I wouldn’t be able to do in India: to go into the park with my children, to do whatever they want to do, whether it be a game of soccer or cricket. I enjoy the best of both. The idea is to balance life in India with life away from India, to get the best of both and to be a happy man.†If you dare interpret these remarks by Tendulkar - among the game’s elders at 38 - as a sign of imminent retirement, forget it. Even once he clutches his century of centuries, he has no plan to take his leave of the stage he has graced so magnificently for 22 years. Asked if he has even contemplated the end of his playing career, he replies: “I haven’t. I’m enjoying every moment. It has been fun. In fact, I’m looking at how to enjoy the game more and how to improve the standard of play. It’s about getting better. :yay: Nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow. At least today I know that I want to enjoy cricket, to enjoy the moment.†Sacrilegious as it might sound to Australians, a debate is running on whether Tendulkar should be acclaimed as the greatest batsman, better even than Bradman for his adaptability whatever the bowling, and for his sheer longevity. All that matters to him is that the Don was alive to watch him when he reached his peak. India’s Test in Adelaide in 1992 yielded a searing memory, as he paid Bradman a visit in the lounge of the family home. Bradman, often outspoken about unbearable ordeal of living every minute under public scrutiny, confided to wife Jessie that Tendulkar was the batsman who, by an ingrained, insatiable appetite for runs, reminded him most of himself. “At possibly the best time in my career, when I was doing well at international level, it was a notch higher to have the statement from Sir Don that my batting resembled his, that my style was exactly like his,†Tendulkar says. “Coming from Sir Don himself, it meant a lot. It was perfect that it happened to me at that stage. I needed to take my game to a different level, and I really felt proud.†Once the thunder of this series passes, Tendulkar is convinced he has a vivid imprint still to leave. “For me, it’s not about breaking records or creating new ones. It’s about adding value to my team. Records will be set by me, they might be broken by someone else. "They’re not going to stay permanently. But the impression that I leave on people will last forever, I feel. The impression that I leave behind - to me that is important. If I can motivate the next young cricketers, that will be a big contribution.†By his devotion, his achievements and his sheer, ineffable dignity, Tendulkar has bequeathed a motivation fit to last a generation. This much will be evident from the reception that washes over him at Lord’s next Thursday. Best of all, we console ourselves, he is not going anywhere yet. Sachin Tendulkar is supporting the NatWest Cricket Club, having visited Kenton Cricket Club in Harrow. Launched in partnership with the ECB, the club aims to highlight a number of ongoing challenges surrounding funding, facilities and participation at grassroots level and seeks to galvanise the support of fans across the country to generate £20 million worth of support for grassroots cricket.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/8631247/Sachin-Tendulkar-determined-to-enjoy-pursuit-of-100th-100-at-Lords-in-England-v-India-Test-series.html

[Cricket Tragic]

^ true that :haha: But I can't see him touring England again.

World Test Championship in 2013 is an outside possibility.

[gaurav92]

One article will be coming soon from an Indian and not English

[Indian Pride]

Interesting article.. Bradman, often outspoken about unbearable ordeal of living every minute under public scrutiny, confided to wife Jessie that Tendulkar was the batsman who, by an ingrained, insatiable appetite for runs, reminded him most of himself. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I have read about the now famous quote from Sir Don Bradman whilst watching Tendulkar bat, was along the lines of, (i'm not quoting) "that chap reminds me of how I used to bat" in reference to style, stature, poise, balance, technique etc.. Something to which his wife agreed. How has this author interpreted that purely as an ingrained, insatiable appetite for runs? Sounds like a backhanded compliment. Can he not accept the fact that someone(an Indian) could be as good as or better than his beloved Don. (and he's an englishman as well) Is he trying to say that the only way Tendulkar matches Bradman is in a greed for runs?

[punjabi_khota]

One article will be coming soon from an Indian and not English

[Cricket Tragic]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Crookbond]

Sachin Tendulkar not thinking of 100th hundred ESPN Cricinfo http://es.pn/pvTwe3 Sachin Tendulkar is one century away from reaching 100 international tons and has an opportunity to achieve that on a historic occasion at Lord's, where India and England will play the 2000th Test later this month. Tendulkar, who has 51 centuries in Tests and 48 in ODIs, however, said the landmark wasn't preoccupying his build-up to the game. "I am not thinking of records," Tendulkar told the Daily Telegraph. "I am just thinking of enjoying this tour. The secret to any performance is not in chasing records. I think about, 'What is the best way to enjoy the game, and how can I enhance that enjoyment factor?' "If I enhance the enjoyment then, naturally, the standard of play becomes higher. To me, that is more important. If I am playing well, things can happen. I don't need to go around chasing them. It is a process. You construct a solid foundation and build on it." Tendulkar opted out of India's tour of the West Indies, where they won the ODI series 3-2 and the Tests 1-0. It was India's first international assignment after their World Cup win, of which Tendulkar was an integral part. "I was extremely delighted. It was something I had always dreamt about," Tendulkar said of India's triumph in his sixth World Cup. "You start playing cricket, and one day you walk away as part of a world champion team. "I took up playing serious cricket because in 1983, we won the World Cup, and that was a big turning point in terms of considering cricket a full-time profession. That moment was a decisive one. I felt, 'I want to play for India one day'. It was a huge boost. From then I started working hard." When asked of his plans for the future, Tendulkar said it was important he left behind a good legacy whenever he chose to leave the game. "For me, it's not about breaking records or creating new ones. It's about adding value to my team. Records will be set by me, they might be broken by someone else. "They're not going to stay permanently. But the impression that I leave on people will last forever, I feel. The impression that I leave behind - to me that is important. If I can motivate the next young cricketers, that will be a big contribution."

[Dravid]

:hysterical::hysterical:

[SachDan]

Please make it a point to search at least first page of 'cricket talk' before starting new threads..this is for the third time same article has been posted here.

[SachDan]

:hysterical::hysterical:

I iz disappointed. No words of 'encouragement' from you for our most promising, budding cricket writer? :((

[Yoda-esque]

It would be great to get century # 100 at England's most hallowed ground :two_thumbs_up:

[gaurav92]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

:hysterical::hysterical:

I iz disappointed. No words of 'encouragement' from you for our most promising' date=' budding cricket writer? :(([/quote'] I do write non-humorous articles well. And this one is for my GOD, so it has to be good, no ? :icflove:

[gaurav92]

The last few articles that I wrote on Goddy were my best. So don't worry guys, it will be another gem for my GOD This This and This as well :icflove:

[Roshanrocks]

After a long time :canabis: I am high again

[Cricket Tragic]

Former England captains Michael Vaughan, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton and Graham Gooch have paid tribute to the outstanding career of Sachin Tendulkar. The master batsman has featured on the cover of the world’s best-selling cricket magazine, 'The Cricketer'. In a special feature devoted to international cricket’s heaviest run scorer, Michael Vaughan, who captained England against India in 2007, says that Tendulkar is a different player from that last tour four years ago. “Sachin’s a different player now from 2007; the best players in the world change little things about themselves to keep themselves in the game. In the last two years, he’s become more aggressive, he’s gone back to his old way of trying to score when for a period he tried to survive. “Chris Tremlett bowled well against him in 2007 and he’s a miles better bowler now. But Sachin doesn’t have any weaknesses although every batsman is vulnerable on and around the off stump early on. England might go aggressive at him, test him with a few short balls – I’ve seen people do that over the last two years and it hasn’t affected him,†said Vaughan. Nasser Hussain agrees that Tendulkar has rediscovered his aggressive instincts in recent years: “Technically and mentally, Sachin has changed little over the years but he has changed his game plan. He began as a flamboyant, extravagant stroke-maker who had all the shots and simply loved the game. “Once the records and the hundreds started to be racked up, he turned into a run-machine. The Indian public became driven by his stats and consumed by a Sachin infatuation. His priority was his wicket. Once Sehwag arrived, he was happy to let him tee off. In the last couple of years he has rediscovered his flamboyance and is playing shots again,†Nasser feels. Mike Atherton says: “I dropped him in the gully at Trent Bridge, in 1996, and he went on to get a big hundred. He’s not a man you want to put down early on. He was calm at the crease, difficult to get out of his bubble. There weren’t any flaws. He was just a very solid, orthodox player. "One of the most remarkable things is that he has hardly changed at all – exactly the same set-up, very few changes to his method. He’s trusted in his technique and power all this time. He’s stayed true to his game.†And Graham Gooch writes: “No one had ever seen him in 1990. As a 17-year-old, it was evident that the lad had great skill, great balance, great timing, an eye for the ball. You could see he had all the attributes to make a top player. For one so young he had a poise and composure about his batting. You don’t often get that in young players; you get the talent and the stroke-making but poise, authority and composure normally come.â€