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Sachin will fire against Eng, Aus: Sourav Ganguly

Mumbai: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, on Friday, said that Sachin Tendulkar will stand tall against England and Australia later in the season.

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Mumbai: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, on Friday, said that Sachin Tendulkar will stand tall against England and Australia later in the season.

Tendulkar’s dismissals in three successive Test innings — all bowled — against New Zealand have set tongues wagging but Ganguly insisted the maestro wasn’t done.

“Although he did not get runs against New Zealand, he was not seen to have any slowness in the way he got out. This was not the only time he was bowled in successive innings. He was out bowled in the peak of his career too. But Sachin is a big match player, a big team player. He will stand up against England and Australia. People talking about his retirement will hurt him. But a player as big as him knows. Having played with him, you tend to believe that it is still not over with him. Whenever he goes, he will go on a high. It should be the way for any player and more so for the great man,” Ganguly said after delivering the Dilip Sardesai lecture here.

When it comes to Tendulkar, Ganguly knows a lot better than most. The Mumbai maestro has, of late, been picking and choosing tournaments. He skipped the tour of the West Indies last year, and chose to sit out of the ODI series in Sri Lanka recently. Prior to the Test in Hyderabad, Tendulkar last played for India in Adelaide at the start of the year.

Asked if the gap between Tests was too long, Ganguly said, “It depends on him. He knows his game more than all of us. Also, he is not getting any younger. He cannot play all the formats of the game. Maybe at the start of the season, he could play one-dayers, he has the liberty to pick and choose. It is about the right tournament at the right time.”


 

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