The world came to a standstill yesterday morning, Indian Standard Time. No other earth hour could achieve a united shut down of the world as this one was able to. All eyes were on one man, a 40-year old superhero, nay God, who was going to bat for the very last time. The UnReal Times correspondent Atul Baskarbe brings you snapshots from one of the most seminal moments in the history of humankind:
In a rare opportunity, former India captain Rahul Dravid will be exchanging his views with some of country's finest investigators at a CBI function to deliberate on corruption in sports in the backdrop of fixing allegations in cricket.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's announcement to retire from Test cricket today made news here among world leaders and top officials, who assembled for ASEAN and East Asia summits.
The team was in dire straits: the economy rate was in the doldrums and the asking rate was mounting. However, the skipper was nonchalant as ever as he proceeded to take fresh guard. Chants of "MS, hai hai" now reverberated through the air.
Sachin Tendulkar resumed his role as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha as he attended the first day of the monsoon session on Monday. The star batsman was in the spotlight as the parliament started its proceedings. In fact, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that cricket’s loss is the parliament’s gain.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was the cynosure of all eyes in Rajya Sabha on Monday on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
In what can be viewed as a pro-active strategic move to augment its capacity in the clean chits issuing business, the Central Board of Investigation (CBI) has decided to acquire the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for an undisclosed, yet substantial, amount. The move came after the BCCI appointed two-member panel to probe CSK enthusiast Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra gave them the mother of all clean chits: let alone spot-fixing, the committee gave Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra the benefit of the doubt even regarding allegations of betting.
With the Sri Lankans managing to scrape past the West Indians in a rain marred ODI spread over two days, a pall of gloom hangs over the Indian cricket team dressing room: the men in blue find themselves in the thankless position of having to beat Sri Lanka in Tuesday's encounter so that they face them yet again in the finals.
National Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Friday fuelled further speculation on getting back into cricket administration when he said that he may be "in some sports body in the future".
Politics and sports should not get mixed, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday on the spot fixing and betting scandal that has rocked cricket in India.