Cricket Special Report: Tendulkar- The Ultimate Hero
The little master proved to the cricket world for yet another time, why is he still the best in the business when it comes to classic batting.
Sachin Tendulkar, who has been blessed with a tremendous shot selection potential was fully charged and ready to debacle Australian bowling line up for the second time in row. Sachin who became the first batsman in the world to score 14,000 runs in test
cricket a day before, continued to bat in his prime form, consolidating India’s first inning total towards a decent possible lead.
India were on a roll since the start of third day’s play with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Vijay-c78035 and Sachin Tendulkar their splendid display of batting and continued with their overnight scores of 42 and 44 respectively. Sachin not only elevated his innings but kept on guiding
and assisting Vijay in throughout the course of innings, helping http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 give a tough time in the field to Ricky Ponting’s men. As many as seven boundaries and two sixes were struck in the opening session of days play. Things did not work out as planned for
leg spinner Nathan Hauritz, whose line was well read by Tendulkar, resulting in gifting couple of boundaries on him off the cover region. He blazed away to his 49th Test century with repeated sixes over the long on region, moving from 93 to 99
and then deliberately scoring a lofted shot in the same realm, getting to 105.
India went on to lunch with 224 on the board with Vijay on 76 and the little master scoring unbeaten 106. The post lunch session went India’s way too, as both well set batsmen continued to disguise and dismantle Australian counterpart, mainly with flicks
and nudges around all corners of the ground. The duo kept on revising their tactics as per the demand of the game and Ricky Ponting’s move of spreading the field gave them the room for gliding ball for singles and two’s.
Young Vijay who is only playing his 7th test match was bordered with much pressure, mainly due to his under performance in the past few matches. He broke all barriers and allegations against his selection and showed the selectors that he indeed was a great
choice. He batted with ease and great temperament and tackled 13 short deliveries from Peter George in his nervous 90’s, but kept his cool to reach maiden test century. Vijay jumped in jubilation to celebrate his success in style and was well appreciated
by the full house crowd. This 100 came in as a gift to Murali Vijay, who performed consistent well in T20 Champions League this session, and has yet to score a century in his first class career. His exalting innings would have surely raise questions in a number
of minds whether to prefer him over injured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 in the remaining tour matches.
The week has turned out to be terrific for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Ramesh-Tendulkar-c87800 who has broken a series of record during this test innings. The first and foremost one being reaching the landmark of 14,000 runs in test match history, the highest ever any players happens
to get to date, followed by his 49th test century, a unique record that he still holds at the age of 36. Tendulkar broke Brian Lara’s record of scoring 150 runs or more for the 20th time in test match history and got to the top of elite
class table. He also went to surpass, scoring 3000 runs or more against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, only to become the third player to do so in limited number of matches.
It was a hard day in the field for Australia who failed to make an impact against a firm Indian batting order. All their bowlers had to suffer and face consequences of poor bowling attack. Wickets however, were shared in the days play by Mitchell Johson
and Micheal http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120. It would be interesting to see how the game shapes up in the remaining two days play.
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