Sachin likely to be rested against Australia - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to be played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, February 12, 2012.
The 38-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 batsman is still awaiting his historic hundredth international ton and resting him for Sunday’s match would mean extending the master blaster’s long wait for his elusive century.
The Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has not confirmed whether the veteran batsman would be rested for Sunday’s tri-series match against Australia, but he did hint at continuing the rotation policy at the top of the order.
"You will have to wait and watch," said Dhoni when asked about the probable XI for the next match.
"I will look to rotate as I want Rohit to play as many games as possible. It gives him an opportunity to get set into the side. As of now, we will still look to rotate the openers," he added further.
In the series opener against Australia at Melbourne, it was Sehwag who made way for young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 will make way this time.
Tendulkar, the veteran right-handed batsman, holds the record for the most number of centuries, as well as the highest number of runs in both Test and One Day Internationals. However, he has been stagnant at 99 international centuries since March last year,
when he scored 111 in a world cup group match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Since his last century in March last year, Sachin has batted a combined 27 times in Tests and ODIs. In these 27 innings, he has come close to the elusive 100th century but so far he has failed to reach the target.
However, the veteran India batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863 has urged the team management and selectors to let Tendulkar play in every match. Gavaskar insisted that players should be replaced only on the basis of poor performance.
"I think Sachin should be playing in all matches," Gavaskar told a news channel. "If you want to use a rotation policy, then it should be used for all the players."
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