×

Sachin Tendulkar retirement from Tests

Sachin Tendulkar retirement: How the Indian media reacted to the ‘cricket quake’

Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement news set the digital world ablaze. Within seconds of BCCI’s Tweet, the television and digital media were flooded with endless news and tributes. And there was not much guesses that newspapers too would be carrying the same news the next morning.

Continue Reading

Brand Sachin Tendulkar and what it signified

Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement is bound to affect how money rolls in and out of the Indian cricket board. There hasn’t been a bigger brand in the game of cricket than Tendulkar. Aayush Puthran analyses what makes him such a commercial hot property.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar and the memories of a photojournalist

DNA photo-journalist Anantha Subramanyam K shares his experience of clicking a  picture of Sachin Tendulkar which gave him immense professional satisfaction.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar and the argumentative Indian — Part 1 of 2

I once had the opportunity to travel from Mumbai to Singapore with Raj Singh Dungarpur. He was on his way to New Zealand as a representative of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at a meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar used to practice in dressing room, says Chandu Borde

Sachin Tendulkar played Test cricket for India at the tender age of 16 against Pakistan. His manager on that tour was Chandu Borde who talks about Tendulkar's obsession with the game.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Shane Warne pays tribute on Twitter

Legendary spinner Shane Warne has described his one time nemesis and later friend Sachin Tendulkar, who has announced retirement from Test cricket, as the greatest batsman of his generation.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Celebrity reactions make a big splash on Facebook

From Kandy to Karachi, Kanpur to Kingstown, people were agog with the news of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement announcement that he would be hanging up his boots after playing in his 200th Test. Even as Tendulkar fans and devotees braced themselves for the inevitable deluge of tributes, many took to Facebook to express their reactions.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Australian media hail little master as greatest contemporary cricketer

Sachin Tendulkar's impending retirement from Test cricket evoked unreserved admiration for the batting icon from the Australian media which described him the "deity of cricket" and one of the history's two greatest batsmen along with Don Bradman.

Continue Reading

Sachin Tendulkar’s humility sets him apart from other cricketers, says Lalchand Rajput

Sachin Tendulkar burst on to the scene as a 15-year old in Indian domestic cricket and hit a ton on his Ranji Trophy debut for Bombay (As Mumbai was called then). Lalchand Rajput, the former India batsman was the captain of that Bombay team and watched the teenaged Tendulkar complete his first milestone in official cricket.

Continue Reading

trending this week