Warne Wishes Many More Cricketing Years for Tendulkar!

"He is a great player. We may have to wait for many-many years to have another player like him. He should be allowed continue till he wants to," said Warne while his stay in the city for a recent Indian Premier League match.

Warne, who is captaining and coaching the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League, said Tendulkar was "the best" batsman in the recent times.

"I feel West Indian Brian Lara and Sachin are the best batsmen of the recent times but I rate Sachin "the best" not only because of his amazing cricketing ability but also because of the exemplary manner in which he conducts himself on and off the field.

"He is a wonderful guy. Naturally and exceptionally talented, affectionate and always smiling. There may be other good batsmen in the world but I feel that the word 'great' has been used most often for him. I feel Sachin is truly 'great' because of the manner in which he conducts himself. He is disciplined, co-operative, naturally talented and dedicated player," he said.

Of course, who is the master batsman in this era? He is a role model for so many of us not only in Cricket, but also in the way he conducts himself on and off the field. He is a real good ambassador of Cricket and also India!

Tendulkar is out of 3rd Test Too!

Sad news for India! Tendulkar is not yet fully fit to play the 3rd and final test in Kanpur. He is still suffering from groin injury.

The Indian board confirmed this in a release and added that he would continue with his rehabilitation program. "This decision has been taken to give Sachin the opportunity to make a full recovery from this injury," the release said. "Sachin has a rehabilitation program to continue with and will be monitored closely."

Tendulkar didn't appear fully fit during the first Test in Chennai and missed part of the action on the first, second, fourth days. He didn't take the field on the fifth day and was rested for the next Test.

There was an injury concern over Tendulkar even before the start of the series. Tendulkar was advised two-weeks rest after the Australia tour and the then physio, John Gloster, in his fitness report, warned against the injury entering a chronic phase.

We have to wait and see whether he will be fit before the IPL which starts on April 18, 2008.

He has another 172 runs to get to go past Lara who has scored 11953 runs and become the highest run getter in test cricket history. Everyone thought that he would create it during the South Africa series, but his injury has prevented it. Has to wait one more series to create this record!