
Cricket fans offer sweets to poster of cricket player Sachin Tendulkar, depicted as Hanuman, ahead of his 40th birthday in Allahabad. In Kolkata, blind students along with their teachers cut a cake to celebrate Tendulkar's birthday. PTI Photo. ...

11:13 AM, Apr 24, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar turned 40 today and birthday wishes pour in from all round the cricket fraternity for the living legend. ...

11:11 AM, Apr 24, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar turned 40 today and birthday wishes pour in from all round the cricket fraternity for the living legend. ...

11:11 AM, Apr 24, 2013

This is the big one, record after record, and now Sachin Tendulkar turns forty today. For the last two and a half decades, he has symbolised youth, zest and a child like love of his chosen profession. The last couple of years though have made both him and his fans increasingly aware of his mortality, here's Neha Bedi taking a look back at his career. ...

11:01 AM, Apr 24, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar turns 40 on Wednesday, but the iconic batsman has the same eagerness to play and perform as he had when he made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1989. ...

11:00 AM, Apr 24, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar's balance while on the batting crease is the stuff of legend, but even off the field his balance and poise has been incredible. Celebrated and feted everywhere he went, Tendulkar has managed to be an island of clam and dignity. ...

10:28 AM, Apr 24, 2013

The man who has put India in almost every cricket record book once fielded for Pakistan and was a ballboy during the 1987 World Cup in India. That and some of the other interesting facts about the batting legend, who turned 40 on Wednesday. 1. Tendulkar was a ballboy during the 1987 World Cup co-hosted by India. 2. Tendulkar wanted to be a fast bowler but was rejected by Australian...

10:11 AM, Apr 24, 2013

After playing 198 Tests and 463 ODIs in which he scored 100 international centuries, Sachin Tendulkar woke up a quadragenarian on Wednesday, but still with the same eagerness to play and perform as he had when he made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1989. Speculations remain rife about his retirement, as has been the case for the last five years, more so since he lived his dream of winning...

08:15 AM, Apr 24, 2013

London: Former captain Rahul Dravid has said it will be impossible to replace Sachin Tendulkar once the senior India batsman retires from international cricket but added the game will go on. "I don't think you should look to replace him, it will be impossible. There is a lot of talent there and they have to become who they want to be. When Sunil Gavaskar retired people said where would the...

09:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Pune: Even as Sachin Tendulkar is in Kolkata to discharge his IPL duties for Mumbai Indians, a special programme has been planned in his home state where 100 young cricketers will be present with former India captain Chandu Borde and former Maharashtra captain Shantanu Sugwekar. The duo of Borde and Sugwekar, who have had a close association with Tendulkar, will share their experiences with the budding cricketers during the programme...

08:27 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Kolkata: Welcoming batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to the club of 40, former India skipper and Mumbai Indians mentor Anil Kumble on Tuesday said a win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday will be the best way to celebrate April 24 - the maestro's birthday. "I welcome Sachin to the club of cricketers past 40 and wish him all the best. The best way to celebrate his birthday would be a...

07:27 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Kolkata: Fifteen years have passed since Nayan Mongia watched and enjoyed at the other end as Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 25th birthday with a glorious 134 in the Sharjah final against Australia but its momories are as fresh as morning dew ahead of his former teammate's 40th birthday. As the Mumbai Indians batsman turns 40 on Wednesday playing against Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL clash at the Eden Gardens,...

04:39 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Kolkata: With rich tributes pouring in from all quarters for Sachin Tendulkar on his 40th birthday, his childhood coach, Ramakant Achrekar, too conveyed his wishes and said the Indian batsman would live happily as long as he plays. Speaking on behalf of the 80-year-old Dronacharya Award winning coach, who is not keeping well after his hip bone fracture, daughter Kalpana told told PTI, "My blessings are always there with him."...

03:41 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Kolkata: Sachin Tendulkar may want muted celebrations for his 40th birthday on Wednesday but the city of joy is all set to throw a huge party for the veteran Indian batsman. Tendulkar, who will be in the city for his Mumbai Indians' clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday, will begin the day with a customary cake-cutting ceremony at the team hotel. "We have arranged a special programme way ahead...

01:35 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Mohali: Two days ahead of Sachin Tendulkar's 40th birthday, the legendary Adam Gilchrist recalled the veteran Indian's match-winning innings that had knocked the stuffing out of the Australian bowlers way back in 1998 at Sharjah. Chasing a stiff target, Tendulkar single-handedly took India to title triumph by slamming a century on April 24, his birthday. "I remember Sharjah 1998 when he belted us all over the park and won the...

12:19 PM, Apr 22, 2013

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians skipper Ricky Ponting said that Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma "felt" that 161 was a good score on the Feroze Shah Kotla track but poor bowling up front changed the equations in their IPL match against Delhi Daredevils here Sunday. "I don't think we were 30 runs short. When Sachin and Rohit were batting, they felt that 160-165 was a pretty good score on this track....

11:01 PM, Apr 21, 2013

New Delhi: To beat Mumbai Indians and get off a six-match losing streak, it was always going to take something special. That is precisely what Delhi Daredevils got in the form of an unbeaten 95 from Virender Sehwag that helped turn a tough chase of 162 into a cakewalk at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday. Sehwag roared back to form with an innings of superb timing and determination, and...

07:04 PM, Apr 21, 2013

Live updates from Game 28 of IPL 6 between Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. With their confidence severely dented after suffering six consecutive defeats, basement dwellers Delhi take on the star-studded Mumbai Indians side in game 28 of IPL 6 at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday. Mumbai come into this match after being humbled by Rajastan Royals in their previous encounter which pushed them to...

02:53 PM, Apr 21, 2013

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has always been showered with the biggest of compliments but former Australia opener Matthew Hayden took it to a new level as he placed the senior batsman above the game itself while calling him India's Don Bradman and a "movement in himself". "They will write books and do movies on him in the coming years because he has taken Indian cricket to a new level, and...

01:28 PM, Apr 21, 2013