Bookies delighted at Sachin Tendulkar’s flop show – Cricket News Update
Bookmakers in India have rejoiced over Sachin Tendulkar’s mediocre performances in England, which led them to rack up earnings in the region of Rs 800 crore.
The Little Master was touted to score his hundredth hundred in the 4-Test npower series but failed to deliver, with 91 being his best outing which came in the forth Test, at the Oval.
Many bet on the veteran attaining the coveted hundred, but with him not living up to the bill, it left bookies in three major cities of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, Ahmedabad and Jaipur) to earn large sums of money due to his unexpected slump.
"This is the first time we enjoyed huge returns without losing a single rupee on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607. This has been by far our biggest gain on the Little Master in the last two-three seasons," a bookie revealed.
"The market was bullish as everyone expected that he would do it in England. And with Sachin, usually the confidence is high," he added.
The 38-year-old could have achieved the feat in the One-Dayers but his tour was cut short due to a recurrent toe injury, which effectively ruled him out of the remaining fixtures.
Reportedly Tendulkar was bet upon under three categories, which included a bet on him getting his century through the course of the series, followed by betting on a specific match, and finally, betting on individual innings, which saw the highest returns.
However, many hopes were shattered due to the players inability to score his hundredth ton.
The closest he came to milestone was in final Test match, where he fell in the 90’s to English speedster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711.
The tour saw a complete turnaround in the fortunes of Indian Cricket, as they suffered a humiliating 4-0 whitewash in the five-day format, and are still searching for a win in the ongoing limited-over Internationals.
They lost the One-off T20 by 6 wickets and could not stop the Poms defeating them in the second 50-over fixture, after the first was washed out due to rain.
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