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Tendulkar Compares Coronavirus Battle To Test Cricket

2020-06-25T22:56:12Z

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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar has offered an unusual take on the coronavirus fight by comparing it to Test cricket, urging patience and teamwork, and warning "we have to defend well". "While the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, this is probably the time for of us to draw lessons from the grand old format of the game," Tendulkar wrote in a commentary for The Times of India newspaper. The world record-holding batsman said the virus was "beyond our collective comprehension" but could be beaten with tactics used in cricket's five-day format. "Test cricket rewards you for respecting what you don't understand. It makes you value the virtue of patience," he wrote. "When you don't understand the pitch conditions or the bowler, defence becomes the best form of attack. Patience is what we require now, if we have to defend well." India has reported only three virus deaths and 169 cases but the country is increasingly fearful of the spread of the disease that has killed nearly 9,000 people around the world. Like many countries, it has imposed draconian travel restrictions. Tendulkar, [https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history] 46, retired in 2013 after scoring 15,921 runs from 200 Tests, and has considerable influence in Indian society. He said all countries must work together against the virus. "To use a cricketing metaphor; while individual brilliance can help a team in shorter formats of the game, in Test cricket it is all about partnerships and teamwork," he said. "Test cricket is about staging comebacks. There is always a second innings, if you've missed the first one." "Different countries are at different stages of their fight against coronavirus," he added. "All nations should consider themselves part of one team." "We shall take this battle session by session, and eventually emerge victorious."

Disguised Boy To Girl Wonder: India apos;s Verma Eyes World Cup Glory

2020-06-24T11:52:50Z

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Teenage India cricket sensation Shafali Verma stands in front of a picture of her idol Sachin Tendulkar in Rohtak Shafali Verma once disguised herself as her brother to play cricket, and went on to win "man of the match and series". Now the teen sensation wants to help India win the women's Twenty20 World Cup. Verma, who turned 16 on Tuesday, made her India debut last year in a Twenty20 against South Africa but turning up in her elder brother Sahil's jersey is her most cherished memory. "I told my father that I will go and play disguised as my brother (who was sick) and even had his name on my back," Verma told AFP. "I played and became man of the match and series. "Organisers complained to my dad that you made your daughter play instead of your son and he replied that 'you were lucky, if my daughter can hit so hard, imagine what my boy would have done'." Verma, an attacking opener, is now in Australia for a Twenty20 tri-series warm-up for next month's World Cup -- a trophy that has eluded India's women. But the prodigy's ambitions were almost ended by the lack of opportunities for aspiring female players where she grew up. World ambition: Shafali Verma, 16, wants to help India win next month's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia When she was nine, she decided to cut her hair short to play with the boys in her home town, Rohtak. Her cricket-obsessed father went along with the plan. "Whenever I went out to play, boys would not take a small girl in their team, fearing I would get hurt," she said. "After cutting my hair I went to play with the boys and they did not even realise that I am a girl. But they got it after a few days and felt happy." - Torn gloves, broken bat - Verma grew up in conservative northern Haryana state, where women are not encouraged to play sport. But she shared her father's mad passion for cricket and India legend Sachin Tendulkar. A visit by her idol to Lahli village near Rohtak for his final domestic Ranji Trophy match in 2013 inspired her. "That motivated me and I became serious for cricket and began to work hard to emulate my idol," Verma said as she sat in the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli. But Verma found there was only one academy for girls in the region despite the sport's overwhelming popularity in India. But her prodigious talent was spotted by coaches and she was picked to play in the boys' team. There were also struggles off the field, after her father Sanjeev was conned out of all his family's money to a imposter who had promised him a job. Breaking down in tears, Sanjeev told AFP in his humble one-room house where he runs a small jewellery repair shop, that they became so poor Verma played with torn gloves and a broken bat for several months. Batting prodigy: Shafali Verma hones her skills at net practice in Rohtak The setbacks only made Verma work harder. Backed by her father, who also dreamt of being a professional cricketer, she established herself in state cricket. "My father has been a huge pillar of support. I wouldn't have been here had it been because of his efforts. He made me practise hard," Verma said. - 'Next superstar' - Last year she was picked for the Velocity team in the women's T20 Challenge, which was played alongside the men's lucrative Indian Premier League, and walked onto the field with women's cricket great Mithali Raj. She shared the dressing room with international stars including England's World Cup-winning all-rounder Danielle Wyatt, who called her the next "superstar" of Indian cricket. Verma made her India Twenty20 debut in September and became the youngest Indian to score an international half-century in her fifth outing against the West Indies -- surpassing a 30-year-old record held by Tendulkar, who was 16 when he made his maiden Test fifty. Shafali Verma, then 15 years old, warms up last year with the India team in Surat, ahead of a Twenty20 match against South Africa Her proud father -- who kept the torn gloves and broken bat as a reminder of the hardships they went through -- is confident her fearless approach will encourage others including her seven-year-old sister Nancy, who bats left-handed. "(Shafali) will take women's cricket to greater heights and [https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history] get India the women's World Cup -- T20 and ODI," Sanjeev said as he watched Nancy practising her batting in the house's small verandah, which doubles up as a makeshift cricket pitch.

Apos;God Of Cricket apos; Tendulkar Looms Over India Prodigy Shaw

2020-06-24T02:17:32Z

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Prithvi Shaw is regarded as one of Indian cricket's biggest talents Comparisons to India's "god of cricket" Sachin Tendulkar have not always helped Prithvi Shaw as he seeks to put a doping ban and injury worries behind him and cement his place in the national side. Shaw, now 20, was instantly linked with Tendulkar when he matched the feat of the 'Little Master' by scoring centuries for [https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history https://footballncrickethub.bookmark.com/sachin-tendulkar-family-history] Mumbai on his debuts in the domestic Ranchi and Duleep tournaments in 2017. He then led India to victory at the Under-19 World Cup, and burst into the Test team in 2018 with a match-winning 134 against West Indies, becoming the youngest Indian to score a century on debut at 18 years, 10 months and 25 days. But since then, the boyish batsman has followed a rocky path. An ankle injury ruled him out of India's historic first Test series triumph in Australia last year, and he was then slapped with a back-dated eight-month ban for taking a prohibited anti-asthma drug. "He is a special talent and I am a little disappointed with the way things have taken its course after his ankle injury and then his ban for using the banned substance," former Test opener Wasim Jaffer told AFP. "Seeing all this troubles me, because he is very, very talented. But he needs to be disciplined if he wants to achieve great things. "He is living in that Indian circle where he has got role models like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan who are so disciplined." - Schoolboy sensation - Jaffer, who played 31 Tests for India, added: "There is much competition and he missed so many Tests and internationals and does not need to do that because this is his time to fulfil his potential." Record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar is worshipped by Indian cricket fans Shaw, who has played four Tests and three ODIs, made headlines around the world as a 14-year-old when he smashed a record 546 off 330 balls in a 2013 school competition. That evoked memories of Tendulkar's 326 not out in his 664-run partnership with Vinod Kambli in the same tournament, the Harris Shield, in 1988. Comparisons have been made ever since. Shaw has admitted there is a downside to being constantly likened to Tendulkar, a hero among cricket fans who holds the record for runs in Tests and one-day internationals. "There is pressure when people compare me to him. But I take it as a challenge. I try to play like him. He is the god of cricket," Shaw told an online discussion with the Delhi Capitals, his Indian Premier League franchise. Jaffer said Shaw has to be mentally equipped to deal with the pressures, like any international star. "Whenever you perform at the top level, the media and the people hype you so much, but it is an individual's responsibility to learn," said Jaffer. "Virat keeps himself grounded. Every rising batsman in Mumbai circles is right away compared to Tendulkar. Everything boils down to performance." Shaw has been compared with Tendulkar since he was a schoolboy Shaw, who was only eight when he first met Tendulkar, said he regards the batting legend as a mentor and sometimes speaks to him about the mental challenges of the game. "Now also whenever I go for practice, if Sachin Sir is there to watch me, he will talk, not much technically but mentally more," Shaw said, during a live chat on Instagram. Veteran commentator Charu Sharma believes Shaw has lived up to the intense hype. "Because when you play school cricket or local league cricket, the leap from there to international cricket is a Grand Canyon. He has taken that leap and has landed on the right side because of all the early work he did," Sharma told AFP. "Prithvi, like Rohit Sharma and Tendulkar, can adjust very well despite his aggressive stance and can assess the ball quicker than many other cricketers. He added: "If he keeps himself physically well, mentally he is a very strong kid, he will be able to play for India for a very long time".

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2020-06-24T00:23:40Z

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