Buy ticket for Sachin Tendulkar's 200th and get a free copy of The Journey of Tendulkar to Centurykar

October 27, 2013

Tendulkar_to_CenturykarMumbai, Oct 27: Get hold of a ticket (or a complimentary pass!) to Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th and final Test at the Wankhede next month, and you will receive a free copy of The Journey of Tendulkar to Centurykar, a 125-page compilation of the batting legend’s 100 international hundreds.

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar recently announced that a Nagpur-based publishing was keen on printing and distributing 40,000 copies of the book during the second Test between India and the West Indies from November 14-18. A few days ago, the association requested Kiran Mahadeokar, the proprietor of Kavita Enterprises and the brains behind the book, to go ahead with the project.

Mahadeokar, a 60-year-old cricket fanatic from the Orange City, is not charging the MCA a single penny. “I am doing this for Sachin,” Mahadeokar, 60, says. “A few corporate houses have agreed to help. If all goes well, I will supply the MCA with 40,000 copies a few days before the start of the Test.”

“I want the cricket-loving public to read about Tendulkar’s achievements. In the book, I have provided a detailed account of each of his 100 centuries for India. The book is also peppered with quotes and comments from several legendary cricketers like Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Graeme Pollock and Tendulkar himself.

So what inspired Mahadeokar? Here’s the story. The year was 1998 and Tendulkar was at the peak of his powers. The maestro’s haul 2,541 international runs and 12 centuries in a calendar year convinced Mahadeokar that the little man would set some “unbreakable records”.

And soon after Tendulkar’s twin hundreds in Sharjah, he started collecting newspaper and magazine cuttings.

That hundred in the final against Australia was Tendulkar’s 31st. But Mahadeokar was sure Tendulkar would scale the Mount Everest of cricket. “Once he scored his 99th hundred in the 2011 World Cup, I decided it was time. The 100th hundred was a given,” he says.

Tendulkar took a little more than a year to scored the landmark ton. “Three months later, I released my book in Nagpur. I distributed nearly 25,000 copies for free. Recently, I met Mr Sharad Pawar and he was delighted to see the book. And I am glad he has allowed me to distribute the book to the Wankhede crowd,” Mahadeokar adds.

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are aiming to set up their preparatory camp for the 13th edition of the tournament from early August.

This year's IPL was slated to commence from March 29 but the tournament was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Recently, the IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed that the 13th edition of the mega event will commence on September 19 in the UAE.

As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, CSK players have been asked to report to Chennai first, following which they will leave for Dubai via a charter flight only after approval from the Indian government.

The IPL Governing Council will meet on August 2 to finalise the schedule and other key arrangements for the tournament. Also, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around securing eight teams for 51 days across three venues will be formally established in that meeting.

CSK, who has the oldest squad in the IPL, are looking for a month's preparation before ahead of the tournament.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the side was the first team to start their training camp in March. Senior players like Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu had begun training their training in December 2019.

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News Network
March 2,2020

Mar 2: Indian captain Virat Kohli was left frustrated and deflated as New Zealand won the second Test inside three days in Christchurch on Monday to sweep the series.

India started the day at 90 for six and were all out for 124, before New Zealand chased down the required 132 to win for the loss of three wickets in 36 overs.

It ended a disappointing tour for India and Kohli as New Zealand, who won the first Test by 10 wickets early on day four, wrapped up the series with ease.

New Zealand are now unbeaten in their last 13 home Tests, winning nine of them, and in the past decade their record as hosts is played 39, won 20, drawn 13 and lost five.

In the latest series, on traditional New Zealand green wickets, India managed scores of 165, 191, 242 and 124, reflecting the low contributions from Kohli of 2, 19, 3 and 14.

Kohli came to New Zealand as the world's top Test batsman and oozing charm as he described New Zealand as the “nice guys” of cricket.

But during the series he lost his top ranking to Australian Steve Smith and when Kane Williamson went for three in the first innings of the second Test the pressure showed when he gave the New Zealand skipper a very animated send-off.

There was further evidence of frustration when he was caught on camera yelling an obscenity at a group of New Zealand supporters on Sunday.

The end came quickly for India on day three as Tim Southee and Trent Boult tormented the batsmen with their variety of inswing and outswing deliveries targeting both sides of the stumps.

Hanuma Vihari was the first to fall, in Southee's second over, when he turned a legside delivery too fine and was caught by BJ Watling diving to his left.

Five balls later and with no addition to the score, India's other overnight batsman Rishabh Pant was caught behind off a Boult delivery that swung away.

Mohammed Shami was caught for five by Tom Blundell at deep mid-wicket and Jasprit Bumrah was run out when trying to give the strike to Ravindra Jadeja, who was unbeaten on 16.

Boult and Southee signed for most of the dismissals with Boult taking four for 28 and Southee three for 36. The swing pair accounted for 25 of the 40 Indian wickets in the series.

There was enough seam and swing available for India to keep the New Zealand batsmen guessing but Bumrah and Umesh Yadav were unable to apply consistent pressure and Mohammed Shami was troubled by a sore shoulder.

New Zealand coasted through a century opening stand by Tom Latham and Blundell before losing three quick wickets.

Latham notched his 18th half-century and second of the Test before he was caught behind off Yadav for 52, Kane Williamson had a short stay for five, and Blundell went for 55.

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March 25,2020

New Delhi, Mar 25: Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen appealed to Indian citizens to stay home during the 21-day lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain coronavirus.

"Namaste India! I have heard that your situation is like ours, PM Modi has announced a nation-wide lockdown for 21 days. I request you to follow this instruction. We will fight coronavirus together and come out to this situation. Please stay at your home and stay safe, " he tweeted in Hindi.
At the end of the message, Pietersen gave credit to his "Hindi teacher" Shreevats Goswami, who is an Indian domestic cricketer.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the nationwide total lockdown will be in place for three weeks to combat the coronavirus menace.

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