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Last Post on Sachin's Double
I do not want to dwell here on my own batting, but in the past certain people have said I could have scored 200 in one-day cricket, because of my performances in Tests, where I have got near to a hundred before lunch. But I have had the tendency to take too many risks once I reach the 120 or 130-run mark in ODIs. That is difference between me and Sachin.
via cricinfo.com

There have been a dozen quality posts -- I've read that many good ones at least -- on Sachin Tendulkar's 200. And, I must say, I've enjoyed reading as many tribute articles as I could. However, when you are reading the 5695th post on a man you've grown up watching, a sense of familiarity makes it all sound a bit stale.

An exception to this is when someone like Sehwag speaks up. A really smashing read.

Filed under: Cricket Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag

Sachin's Recent Stats are Scary-Good
Tendulkar's career has seen a revival tremendous revival since the 2007 World Cup. He has made 2779 Test runs in 31 Tests with 12 centuries, at 59.12, while in ODIs he has made 2751 runs in 57 games at 51.2. He has reached at least 50 in 23 out of 54 Test innings, while in ODIs the figure is 21 times in 54 innings. He has made two centuries and a ninety in grand finals, and now, has made an ODI double hundred
via cricketingview.blogspot.com

Read the whole article. A pretty good mini-stat attack on Tendulkar's record.

And if you, like me, missed the double century live, this site (via @vishal_c) has the entire highlights package. Watch it before someone takes it down.

Filed under: Cricket Sachin Tendulkar

Premier League club ready to invest in IPL franchise, claims Lalit Modi | Sport | guardian.co.uk
Lalit Modi, the IPL Commissioner, has called on the ECB to make 'minor adjustments'

The 2011 IPL will feature two new teams, the franchise rights to which are to be sold at action before the forthcoming third IPL season begins on 12 March. Minimum bids are reported to be set at $225m (143m), with final prices expected to top $500m (320m).

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, was quoted in the Times as saying: "There is a football club, a very famous football club in the UK, very interested in bidding.

"[They are] probably one of the most famous football clubs %u2013 that's all I can say. Probably top three. They are interested in taking a stake."

via guardian.co.uk

It's valued at £143m! Goes to show how much more valuable the league has become in a matter of three seasons. The only major barriers to the continued growth of the League can be ever-present threat of terrorism and ICC's characteristic intransigence over scheduling. Even the latter doesn't seem like a big issue for Lalit Modi these days.

Filed under: Cricket IPL Lalit Modi
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