Tuesday, March 7, 2012

Sydney crowd livid at umpire Taufel's run-out decision which sent back Sachin Tendulkar, who they felt was clearly obstructed by Brett Lee. The master batsman was playing for the last time at his beloved ground

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Within the first few overs of India's run-chase (after Australia had scored 252), there were positive signs. Tendulkar worked his way to 14 which included two thrilling boundaries. Batting with one-drop batsman Gautam Gambhir, Tendulkar was running towards the danger end when David Warner's underarm throw had him short of his crease. However, the Indian great indicated that he was blocked by paceman Brett Lee in his quest to get back to the crease.

Sachin Tendulkar was supposed to bid farewell to a much-loved stadium with an innings to remember, but his 20year love affair with the Sydney Cricket Ground ended on a sour note with a controversial run-out in the CB Series here yesterday.

Pace bowlers of today have stopped employing toe-crushers in the slog, preferring slow bouncers instead

The death of the yorker

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Having said that, Virat is the first to recognise that he has got to establish himself to go another step further. I think we know from the past that by just being the vicecaptain you are not going to be the next captain.