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Sachin Tendulkar offers tips to youngsters

Tendulkar took Uthappa, Raina and Rohit Sharma aside and spoke at length about the conditions and pitches which they would come up against in the coming weeks.

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MELBOURNE: Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar offered tips to younger members of the Indian team in the first outdoor session which the players managed here on Thursday evening after a long lay-off due to rains.

Struck by persistent rain in the last one week in Melbourne and Brisbane which restricted them to unfinished games and indoor nets, the visitors had their first full-blown nets at the MCG with Tendulkar having ears of star-struck youngsters of the team.

No sooner than the trainer John Gloster had made the squad go through their stretching exercises, Tendulkar took Robin Uthappa and Suresh Raina aside and spoke at length about the conditions and pitches which they would come up against in the coming weeks.

Tendulkar then reserved a good part of his discourse for Rohit Sharma who seemed eager to latch on to the pearls of wisdom from the great man.

Indeed Sharma made sure that he was tackling the deliveries in the desired manner by having his batting video-taped by team's computer analyst Dhananjay.

Lalchand Rajput, assistant manager of the team, said "Sachin has so much of experience and he is eager to share it with the youngsters. They would benefit greatly by his advice."

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni appeared to enjoy himself in bowling to Raina and later spoke at length to a few youngsters on how to play short-pitched deliveries on these surfaces.

The youngsters, by the looks of it, appeared relaxed and after an extensive session of nets, headed for the middle of the MCG and did some practice in the field.

Yuvraj Singh, despite his failure, too looked relaxed and eagerly participated in the nets.

"Yuvraj and Dhoni have played important roles for India in one-dayers. Yuvraj, I am sure, would soon be displaying his best form," said Rajput.

Rajput was almost grateful for the first outdoor nets which his team could have at the MCG today.

"Before the nets, I spoke to the team members and wanted them to make the most of the first outdoor nets which were now available to them."

India team will practice on Friday morning and would want to be in the best shape for the game on Sunday when they take on Australia in the fourth tri-series match at the MCG.

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