Sachin Tendulkar: I take lot of pride in playing for India – Cricket News Update
India’s iconic batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, has said that the return series against England at home will not be a matter of taking revenge rather it will be about giving their best performance and meeting the expectations associated
with them.
Tendulkar on Friday, said that taking revenge is not his idea and he takes a lot of pride in playing for the Indian team.
“It's not about revenge (the home series against England). It (revenge) can be against any other nation but I take lot of pride in playing for India. That's what matters to me. It doesn't matter with whom we play. As long as we
produce quality performance expected from us, that is important,” Tendulkar said in an interview to a news channel.
Indian cricket team received a beating at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were at the top of International Cricket Council Test rankings before the start of
the tournament but slipped to third place by the time the tour came to an end.
Tendulkar urged his side to get back to their winning ways and reclaim their number one spot.
He said, “For four years, we played quality cricket and got to No 1 ranking. No. 1 ranking does not happen overnight. It takes some time and only when you produce good cricket for number of years. We were able to get there but
slipped down. It's important to again get back there.”
India had a disastrous end to 2011, after getting thumped by England 4-0; the Men in Blue were also whitewashed in the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which saw them slip further, to the to fourth place.
Tendulkar admitted that team India had a lean patch right after the 2011 World Cup, losing back-to-back away series. However, the batting Maestro iterated that there was no lack of commitment from any player and everyone gave their
best.
The aging cricketer said that suffering eight defeats in a row is something hard to digest and held that failure to comply plans led to their debacle.
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