Sachin Tendulkar won bid for Kochi team in Indian Super league Foot ball

Sachin’s both five wicket hauls were in Kochi. There is a Sachin Tendulkar Pavalion in Kochi Stadium. and Now!!! Sachin Tendulkar bought Kochi team in Indian Super League football.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly bagged Kolkata franchise in ISL. Sachin got the ownership of Kochi team with PVP ventures. On winning the bid for Kochi franchise, Tendulkar said: "I will always remain a sportsman at heart who is keen to positively impact the sporting fabric of the nation. The Indian Super League presents a great opportunity to develop a platform for the youngsters to learn and enhance their talent to develop into outstanding players."

"With the Kochi club, we will strive to 'score our goals' and play a part in developing the game of football across the country," the batting maestro added.

Sources said that the organisers received positive response from more than 30 interested parties to its 'Invitation To Bid' tender notice, which closed on March 27.
It is learnt that around 18 to 20 bidders had put in their money on ISL either through forming a consortium or individually. This is for the first time that a franchise property in sports in India has elicit such a response from the business as well as sports and Bollywood community.

Here is the full list of eight franchises in ISL:
BENGALURU - The Sun Group
DELHI - Sameer Manchanda led Den Network
GOA - Venugopal Dhoot (Videocon), Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas V. Dempo
GUWAHATI - John Abraham & Shillong Lajong
KOCHI - Sachin Tendulkar & PVP Ventures
KOLKATA - Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Atletico Madrid, Sanjeev Goenka, Utsav Parekh
MUMBAI - Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh
PUNE - Salman Khan together with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group
Courtesy IBNlive

Sachin Tendulkar's 49th century (214) with two sixes! [Video]

Sachin hit 214 during the second innings of the banglore Test. While chasing Australia's first innings score of 478. When Sachin was dismissed, India had a lead of 8 runs. He hit an unbeaten 53 in the fourth innings also to win the Test match for India. He was the man of the match and man of the series for his superb performances throughout the series.

Post by Sachinandcritics.com.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman in cricket history to hit 6 centuries with a SIXER! Reaching his 49th ton (214) with 2 big sixes!

Century 14 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 100th ton,114 vs Bangladesh

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

14 of 14;  100th 100 vs Bangladesh, Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field.  Sachin hit his 100th 100 in this innings. Sachin was blamed for the loss for his strike rate of 78 in this innings. And those who blame him please note these points...

1. Bangladesh has sucessfully chased a score of 275+ only 3 times in the entire cricket history! including this one!

2. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field. It was difficult to bat in the middle of the innings. and it was Sachin and Kohli's planned partnership helped Indian innings.

3. Virat kohli  scored 66 at a strike rate of 80 in this match! Virat hit blistering 183 in the very next match after this one and Sachin scored 52 from 47

4. The great Indian bowling line up's performance was like this Irfan Pathan - 61 in 9 overs, Ashok Dinda 38 in 5.2 Overs, Praveen Kumar 56 in 10 overs

Bangladesh was in great form in the series, bowling was their highlight. They were the runners up in the tournament.

Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 13 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 111 vs South Africa

Sachin destroying Steyn n Co.

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

13 of 14;  ODI vs South Africa. Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

India won the toss and chose to bat.  Sachin was on fire! Scored a blistering knock of 111 from 101, When Sachin was dismissed the Indian score was 267/2 and in the next 10 overs India were all out for 297runs.

Only Sehwag and Gambhir gave Sachin  support with their half tons. The other scores were, Y Pathan 0, Dhoni 12, Yuvraj 12, Kohli 1, Harbhajan 3, Patel Zaheer and Nehara for ducks!

Only 29 runs in the final 10 overs!!! and some people blame Sachin for the lose!!

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a blistering ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 12 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 175 vs Australia

Sachin scored the half of the target of 351, but others failed. Yet another ONEMAN SHOW!

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

12 of 14;  ODI vs Australia. Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Australia won the toss and batted first. India used 6 bowlers, All others except Yuvraj and Irfan Pathan went for 8 runs per over. Australia set a huge target of 351.

Tendulkar almost chased 351 on his own but, with the target in sight, he got out and the rest choked, falling short by three runs with two balls still to go. In Chennai in 1998-99, Tendulkar, having played an innings as incredible as this, left the last three wickets 17 to get; tonight he left them 19 off 17. -cricinfo

sachin didnt get support from his team mates. only Suresh Raina helped sachin a bit with his half century.
What is the job of an opener in an ODI? Play 300 balls and take total runs needed? Anyway, Sachin took 141 balls and scored half of the target! 175!

Only Suresh Raina gave Sachin a bit support. The other scores were like this Sehwag 38, Gambhir, 8, Yuvraj 9, Dhoni 6, Harbhajan 0, Jadeja 23

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a huge ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 11 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 141vs West Indies

Sachin during his 141* vs West indies on a pitch with uneven bounce!

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

11 of 14;  DLF cup vs West Indies, Played at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur

India won the toss and batted first. Sachin Tendulkar was the back bone of the indian Innings, yet another time.

Indian score was 309 and Sachin scored 141 out of this. and he was unbeaten on 141. Only one other batsman in the team scored a fifty plus.

This video posted by robelinda will give you the idea of that pitch! See this 1:40 mins video!




Tony Greig said after Dhoni's wicket, "I think this sort of thing gives you some idea of how well Tendulkar has played"

It was a pitch which was not at all god for batting and it had un even bounce as well. But the bowlers could not dismiss him almost 25 overs were bowled to Sachin.

Sachin's performance in the last overs gave India this score. He scored 32 runs in the last 15 balls he played! Including 4 Sixers!

West Indies won the match by chasing 141 (D/L) It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 10 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 100 vs Pakistan

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

10 of 14;  ODI series vs Pakistan, Played at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Pakistan won the toss and fielded first. Sachin Tendulkar was the back bone of the indian innings yet another time. Irfan Pathan and MS Dhoni gave Sachin good support with their blistering knocks 65 and 68!

India were allout in 49.4 overs for a score of 328. When Sachin was dismissed, the Indian score was 305 in 45 overs, with 5 overs remaining, and the rest of the team managed to score only 28 runs in the last 5 overs and they were all out!

By D/L method, the target was revised to 305 in 47 overs, and the 'Great' Indian bowlers gave it away very easily, the best Indian bowling figure was I Pathan's 52 runs in 10 overs, all other went for plenty! 6.00 plus for each n every other bowlers!

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 9 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 123 vs Pakistan

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

9 of 14;  ODI series vs Pakistan, Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

India won the toss and batted first. It was a 48 over match.  Sachin gave a blistering start. Scored at a strike rate of 6.00 plus from 3rd to 20th over. He scored 123 runs out of India's 315. No one other than Sachin in the lineup scored atleast a 50. The next best was MS Dhoni's 47 from 64 balls. and the third best was  extras 39.

India's front line bowlers Zaheer khan, Balaji, n Nehra gave away 188 runs in their 26 overs. Sachin took 1 wicket for 36 runs and took a catch also!

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 8 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 141 vs Pakistan

Another century while chasing a huge score! Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

8 of 14;  ODI series vs Pakistan, Played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Pakistan won the toss and batted first. They made a huge score of 329 in 50 overs. Thanks to Zaheer khan's 72 runs in 7 overs.

No one other than Sachin in the team scored even a 40+,  the next best score in indian innings was Dravid’s 36 with a strike rate of 80. Pakistan won by 12 runs! and some people blames him for the loss!!! See the scorecard attached below.

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!