SCG is Sachin's favourite ground overseas

It is his “favourite ground” outside India and Sachin Tendulkar is determined to continue this love affair with the SCG, where he averages a staggering 221, during the second Test against Australia starting on January 3. Tendulkar has two centuries and a double century from just four Tests at the SCG, with a highest score of an unbeaten 241. “The SCG has obviously been my favourite ground away from India,” Tendulkar said. “It's a terrific ground,...

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India's chances almost over

The ongoing rubber against Australia was seen as India's best chance of winning a series Down Under, but former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that the visitor should forget about such a possibility after the humiliating loss in the first Test in Melbourne. Asked whether the defeat has virtually ended India's chances of winning the four-match series, Gavaskar responded in the affirmative. “Yes, I think so (about India not winning the series). I will be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't see that happening,” he told NDTV. “In both the innings...

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India's bowlers should stir the batsmen

Virender Sehwag was asked during the first Test in Melbourne if Gautam Gambhir's lack of runs was worrying. Fixing the questioner in an unblinking gaze, Sehwag said: “One innings, man. Long tour.” This, of course, was before India's second innings. It was another of those moments between reporter and cricketer, a question inadequately articulated and thus intriguingly answered. The question was about long-term form, Sehwag's answer, about the...

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