Sachin unhappy with IPL move

 Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar reacted to the Indian Premier League (video)

(IPL) being shifted out of India. Tendulkar, who is also the  skipper of the Mumbai  Indians, said that the cash-rich tournament could have been played in India.

"Obviously Indian public would have liked to have IPL matches played in India but due to certain circumstances its difficult I know. I am sure the authorities must have tried but it’s not workable. You have no other choice," said Tendulkar. 

Sachin Tendulkar went on to add that the IPL organisers will not be able to duplicate the similar atmosphere that the frenzy created last year, anywhere in the world apart from India. "Yeah its obviously going to be different because in India we used to have home and away matches," added Tendulkar. 

The batting maestro went on to say that, now that there are talks of hosting the tournament in South Africa or England, all matches will be away from home. He said, "Right now looking at the itinerary whether it’s going to be in South Africa or England everything will be an away game for us. You don't know which is a home or an away game," said Tendulkar. 

However, pointing out a positive in shifting the IPL matches, Sachin said that Indian cricket fans outside the country will be in huge numbers. 

"Its always fantastic to have Indian fans away from country, we always appreciate it. Nowadays virtually wherever we go we have a lot of Indian supporters cheering us, it is a big strength and support for us," added the batting maestro.

Imran bowls Vishy(Magic Moments Of Cricket)

Karachi, 25 December 1982
Pakistan's captain sends a chill down Indian spines in Karachi

Around the time that the government of Pakistan persuaded the United States to give it the F-16, Pakistan's adoring cricket fans began to refer to their captain Imran Khan by the name of the fighter-jet. This was after he had led the way to a 3-0 series victory against India, taking as many as 40 wickets.

Imran was at his fast-bowling peak then, and at that express pace got the ball to swing late and seam disconcertingly. There were even whispers from the Indian camp that the ball had been doctored, a suggestion Imran angrily denied, asking the visiting team to get their own umpires.

In the 1st Karachi test India were 283 behind on the first innings and battling to avoid defeat. Sunl Gavaskar (42) and Dilip Vengsarkar (79) had been involved in a second-wicket association of 74 when Imran struck, bowling the Indian captain, the best opening batsman in the game, with one that did him for sheer pace.

Enter Gundappa Viswanath, with the score at 102. Six runs later he was gone, bowled by Imran for nought. A chill pierced every Indian heart at the National Stadium.

Vishy had let the delivery go, never believing it would come back so much. But it, quite incredibly, did. It was a season when Imran could do no wrong. Here he was magnificent. Vishy rates this delivery, along with the legcutter from Vanburn Holder that bowled him in Bombay in 1975, as the two best that got him out.

For the record, Imran finished with 8 for 60 from 20.1 overs in that second innings.

Dhoni wants to win series for Tendulkar, Dravid

Winning the first Test is just the beginning and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni now wants to clinch the three-match series against New Zealand as a gift for senior members Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

Under Dhoni, India ended a 33-year drought on Saturday by winning their first Test here since the eight-wicket victory by the Sunil Gavaskar-led side in 1976.

Another history beckons Dhoni's team which remains on course to record India's first Test series win here since 1968 when Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and his men achieved the feat.

Dhoni said he wants to do it for Tendulkar and Dravid. "One of the first milestones we have achieved in this series is to win a game and take the lead. But now it is important to play the same kind of cricket in the second and third Tests," Dhoni said.

"If we can win the series that will be the best gift the team gives to Sachin and Rahul," said the Indian skipper.

Dwelling on Saturday's 10-wicket victory - his fifth Test win as captain in six matches - Dhoni attributed it to a great team and a set of great players who have contributed consistently with the bat and ball.

"I have got a great team, more than anything else. Each and every individual is doing his job. We enjoy each others' success. We help each other a lot when it comes to cricket, on and off the field.

"We create an environment where every individual feels comfortable. We give the best facilities so that the cricketer can perform and that is what is the asset to the side," Dhoni said at the post-match briefing.

Dhoni said the team had the perfect blend of youth and experience and if they manage to maintain the same standards, they would continue scaling new heights.

"We have played consistent cricket over a period of time and that is what is helping the side. We have a good mixture of guys who have plenty of experience, guys who are youngsters, who want to perform and who are very talented. That is what is helping the side. We take pride in whatever we do. If we continue to that, there will be plenty of good things which will happen to us," Dhoni said.

According to him, India played session by session and their 241-run first innings lead made all the difference in the match.

"It is all about winning session after session and not about winning a day's play or a few sessions. When it came to bowling or batting, we were right there on top of our game. The batsmen who got in made it a point to score runs. Sachin played a big, long innings and the rest of the batsmen played around him which helped us to get a big score and get a big lead.

"We had the opportunity to put pressure on the New Zealand batsmen. It is always difficult in Test matches if the opposition gets a 200 or 250-run lead with three days of play on. It is tough to tackle the mental aspect more than anything else," Dhoni said.

Dhoni said winning was the mantra of the team, irrespective of who was in the squad or not in it.

"You want to win, whether Sachin is a part of it or Sachin is not a part of it. Of course, it is great to play with Sachin. And if he can contribute to wins, that will be more important for us," he said.

Lavishing praise on Tendulkar, Dhoni said, "It's a pleasure to see him bat. Whenever he scores those big hundreds, you can't see anything better. The way he paced his innings, there was a phase when the New Zealand bowlers were bowling well. He didn't take too many risks at that point of time and later on he capitalised on that. Once he was over that 80-run mark, he was getting boundaries at will. I don't think there was any bad delivery that wasn't hit for a four."

But more than Tendulkar's sublime ton, Dhoni was happy with the fact that everybody contributed to the win.

"Three batsmen got fifties and lower down the order Zaheer Khan also chipped in. Harbhajan (Singh) proved a point why he is among the best and got us those important wickets at the right time," he said.

The Indian bowlers came up with a vastly superior show than their New Zealand counterparts and the Dhoni said he was not surprised.

"It was just a great effort combined with grit and determination. They bowled in the right areas and created the right opportunities. I feel if they can do it game after game, it will be very good for us," he said.

Commending Harbhajan Singh, who claimed six for 63 in the second innings, Dhoni said, "Once he starts getting wickets, he gets into the right frame. And if there is anything in the wicket, he makes it a point to grab wickets. It cannot get better than that for the team."

No First Test Blues for aggressive India

Briefly, in the last two away series, in Sri Lanka and Australia, India
seemed to revert to type as poor travellers, losing the opening Tests in
Colombo and Melbourne respectively. By winning in Hamilton they have
arrested that brief trend, and got back on track with their record in the
five years before that where they won first Tests in Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Zimbabwe and South Africa and drew the opener in Pakistan, West Indies,
Bangladesh and England.

For decades, India suffered from the First Test Blues where, after losing
the first Test they found it impossible to get back into the series. In
this decade, they have reversed that record to a large extent, and shaken
off their reputation as poor starters. Hamilton, therefore, is important
both for itself, and for what it says about the recent Indian teams.
Perhaps in the past, apart from the problems of acclimatisation, there was
also the mindset which was happy to settle for a draw at best. Captains
were reluctant to take risks, and in cricket, as in life, fortune tends to
favour the brave.

MS Dhoni is an attacking captain, New Zealand have one of the
weakest bowling attacks in international cricket while India have one of
the strongest batting line-ups. If Hamilton is any indication, anything
less than a 3-0 win for India would count as unsatisfactory. New Zealand's
best bet is to prepare seaming tracks that suit their bowlers, and hope
their batsmen fare better against India's medium-pacers.

In 1967, India lost 4-0 to Australia, and skipper Tiger Pataudi said at the
end of that series that "just as we were beginning to find our feet, the
series was over." A 2-2 finish might have been a fairer result, but by the
time the team arrived in New Zealand, India had found their bearings. They
won 3-1, the last time they won a series in New Zealand. Statistically, it
is still India's best performance abroad; it was also the first time
India had won the first Test of an away series.

One bad afternoon's cricket has spelt the end of India's dreams in the
first Test of many series. Even in the 1990s, a decade by when
professionalism in attitude and physical fitness is supposed to have
finally arrived in India, they continued to lose the first Test with
alarming regularity. Only twice in the decade, in Bangladesh and
Zimbabwe did they win the first Test. In 22 series abroad, they lost the
first Test 12 times. Before that, first-Test wins in Auckland in 1976 and
Lord's in 1986, merely served to show up the overall poor record.

Sourav Ganguly first began to reverse the trend, and now Dhoni has carried
it forward. If one decade's positive cricket has served to erase more than
half a century's uncertainty before that, then that might be the real
significance of the Hamilton win.  

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