To me http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjay-c88566 Jagdale’s response to Shoaib Akhtar’s comments - Cricket News Update
The newly appointed secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjay-Madansingh-Jagdale-c88599, has said that the Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, is a great player.
Jagdale’s statement has come in the wake of Shoaib Akhtar’s comments that the prolific Indian batsman is not a match winner. Replying to a query regarding Shoaib Akhtar’s comments, Jagdale said, "it was his (Shoaib) statement, to me Sachin is a great player."
The BCCI secretary said that the Master Blaster, who has been playing for over 22 years, has not only played the game to its best but has also been fulfilling the expectations of Indian cricket fans.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 pacer, in his autobiography “Controversially Yours” has maintained that the prolific Indian batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are great players, but not match winners.
“I think players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 weren’t exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing a game,” wrote Akhtar in his autobiography.
The Rawalpindi express however, praised http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 saying that these players played to win and not to pile up records.
Tendulkar has recently suggested a variation in the format of One Day cricket. When asked to comment on Little Master’s suggestion, Jagdale said that the veteran is competent enough to give suggestions and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 and the Indian board would consider them.
Jagdale, who has been secretary of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srinivasan-c90829 as the BCCI secretary, the latter being promoted to the coveted role of BCCI president.
Jagdale said that he had never dreamt of being appointed as the Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
"My first passion is cricket coaching, and on this post I will try to be honest. I am just lucky to be on this post, I had no formula to get this post,” confessed Jagdale.
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