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Today was probably one of those exciting day when Legends from different field met and shared their time with each other.

Sachin Tendulkar, the cricketing legend, whose record might perhaps never be broken if even by Sachin himself, was one among the cheerful crowd at the Wimbledon Championships match. We also had Former Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova present at the crowd watching the match.

Roger Federer, the tennis legend, who has more number of grand slams in his belt than any other tennis  player, whose record of winning straight six tournament is perhaps will remain unbroken for decades to come, was at the center of the court  preparing for the match with David Nalbandian.

When Sachin Tendulkar presence was felt by the fans with his introduction , the crowd went crazy and started cheering for him.

Is it said that when too Icons met, the air goes tense and cold. However, Roger Federer kept himself patient and secured an easy win over David Nalbandian.

It is reported that both Sachin and Federer had dinner together after the match

Lets hear what Sachin and Federer has to say on their meeting

Sachin tweeted, “Spent an hour with Roger Federer chatting on the balcony of Wimbledon Royal box. What a humble guy! And by the way he knows a lot about cricket!!”

Federer  talked about his meeting with Tendulkar on his facebook page.

“Today was a special day, played a good match and had the chance to catch up with the great indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar,” read the status message on his facebook page.

The cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar seems to have sold his 360 Modena Ferrari, which was a presented to him by F1 legend Michael Schumacher. This sure has attracted a lot of negative publicity towards Sachin Tendulkar. This sports car that was gifted to Tendulkar is expected to be worth £103,000.

A Surat businessman has purchased this car and came out to the media about this.

Jayesh Desai, Chairman of Raj Hans group, said he purchased the car a fortnight ago.

“I have bought the 360 Modena Ferrari car directly from Sachin Tendulkar with all legal documents,” Desai told PTI, but declined to reveal the price.

“It was my dream to drive a Ferrari and now my dream has come true,” Desai, who has a passion for driving luxury cars, said.

“Kindly ask me only about the car and nothing about Sachin,” he said when asked if he and Tendulkar were friends or had known each other.

In August 2003, the finance ministry had exempted Tendulkar from paying around Rs 1.13 crore (approximately USD 245,000) towards import duty for the vehicle, valued at Rs 75 lakh (approximately USD 162,600).

The car was gifted to him by FIAT, which manufactures the premium Ferrari cars and endorsed by Tendulkar, after the Indian batting legend equalled Don Bradman”s tally of 29 Test centuries.

Ferrari”s Formula One driver Schumacher presented the car on behalf of the company to Tendulkar when the two met in 2002 at Silverstone, England.

Quoting the quotes for Sachin Tendulkar is never too easy when you have millions all around the globe praising the Indian Legend Sachin Tendulkar.

In the process of bringing out the best quotes from the famous sportsperson, we have listed few of the most exceptional comments from the exceptional people in their own fields.

Here we go!
I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes. – Sir Don Bradman

He is 99.5% Perfect.. I’ll pay to watch him play. I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that’s going to be. He can play in any era and at any level.  - Former West Indies captain and batting great Vivian Richards

We did not lose to a team called India…we lost to a man called Sachin. – Mark Taylor

His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world… (When he goes out to bat), it is beyond chaos – it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. – Matthew Hayden

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. “I want him to walk off thinking ‘that Flintoff, he’s all right isn’t he? I feel privileged to have played against him. – Andrew Flintoff

In the recently concluded IPL when Sachin drove Ishant Sharma to a straight drive, he said- “Open the text book..turn to page no. 32″ – Harsha Bhogle

“His biggest strength as a batsman is his adaptability. And that is something really. really amazing, something so special.” – Former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

“It can be said that he is the Bradman of our times and I do feel privileged to have played a lot of cricket against him.” – Former Australian captain Steve Waugh.

Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it. – Hashim Amla

“Tujhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?” (Do you know who you’ve dropped) – Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq during a match.

“In an over I can bowl six different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a sort of gentle arrogance down the pitch as if to say ‘Can you bowl me another one?’” – Adam Hollioke

“He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire. For the team he is the best available coaching manual.” – Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

“He is a great human being, a great player and I have been very lucky to have a friend like Sachin Tendulkar. I want to wish him all the luck. I want to congratulate him for finishing his 20 years in international cricket. He has dominated world cricket for 20 years and I hope that he will continue to dominate it.” – Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

“Over the years Sachin has remained remarkably consistent and has more records than anybody I can remember. His talent and versatility are unquestioned which is why the only question that rankles is why he did not win enough games for his team?” – Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan.

“…when he is in full flow, the mild-mannered boyish cricketer can look extremely intimidating. If there is a resonance, I find of myself in his batting, it is in that intent that he communicates.” – Former West Indies captain and batting great Vivian Richards.

The Second quarter final between India Vs Australia was an absolute fans delight. After what we witnessed today, it is beyond doubt that the match was a world cup classic among the matches played so far.

India defeated 4 times world champion Australia thereby halting their world cup dominance.

The match begin with Ricky Pointing winning the toss and electing to bat first. The Aussie openers provided the steady and solid start for the country. At the end of  9th over, Australia loss their first wicket in the form of shane watson.

The Australia Captain Ricky Ponting who joined the crease with brad haddin was an absolute beauty to watch. He managed his innings so cleverly that he ended up hitting a century under his name.

Australia ended up 260 for 6 in the so called bowling pitch. One would predict that Australia would easily win the match  as the pitch was unfair for batman.

When India came to batting, it was well understood by the way they batted that the Indian batsman had done their home work. Sehwag was first to go out for 15 runs with Kohli joining him later for 24 runs.

India’s Sachin tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir provided the crucial partnership with both the batsman hitting half centuries.

No matter  how much one could say about the partnership between Sachin and Gambhir, still the runs didnt matter as India need more 100 runs to win.

Captain M S Dhoni then  joined the crease with Yuvraj Singh. Dhoni once again failed to score runs for the team as he got himself out for 7.

It was the same dhoni who gave an surprise criticizing interview at a post match conference held after the match between India and South Africa. Dhoni said ” Batsman should play for the country and not for crowd” .

However, Mr. Cool doesn’t follow the rule for himself when he got out trying to hit the bowl of Bret Lee for four.

The match was then interesting as Australia looked dangerous to stop. you can imagine nearly 50,000 people sitting in the stands watching you all around the corner. More importantly with a faith that India will win.

I think the motivation and cheer up given by the Indian fans helped India to win the match.

The new batsman Suresh Raina looked as though he was the man for the task. There was no doubt that he is the star of the match today.

If you ask me, i would rate Suresh Raina innings as the best ever of his career. Along with Yuvraj singh, the batsmen made sure India win the match.

During an interview with the commentator, Suresh Raina said ” During my time at the dressing room, Sachin came to me and told me ‘this might be the innings of my career’”.

Raina further added, Sachin gave him a good pep talk that increased my confidence.

We all know, Sachin is a team man, so there is no surprise here. Sachin Tendulkar is known for his helping hands towards the young cricketers.

Yuvraj Singh was awarded man of the match for his all round performance with bat and bowl. He remained unbeaten with 57 runs and also took 2 wickets giving 44 runs for 10 overs.

India, today, defeated Netherlands in the world cup match held at Delhi. With this win, India is now virtually into the quater-finals of the ICC World Cup 2011.

The result of the match held today was not surprising as world no 1 test team India was predicted to win convincingly against the Netherlands.

However, Netherlands gave India the upset scare when they took 4 Indian wickets in quick succession.  That was the time of the match where each member of the audience were on the edge of the seats.

Netherlands made the fans believe that they can also win the match. Their dreaming of winning against India was however halted by Indian Star batsman Yuvraj Singh who scored his back to back half century along with a solid bowling contribution  that made him man of the match once again.

The match begin today with Netherlands batting first.  Although Netherlands fought against India, they could not hold against the Indian attack as they crumble their wickets. Netherlands at the end of their innings scored 190 .

When India started their batting, the local fans prayed to see India hit the runs in boundaries.

Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar didnt disappoint the fans as they batted through the overs hitting boundaries all over the field.

The slopping of Indian Innings began after the first wicket fall. India lost 4 quick wickets all of a sudden that made the match very thrilling.

At the end though, the partnership of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, took the team home. Yuvraj singh was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant half century and wickets with the bowl.

Indian Opening Batsman Virender Sehwag has kick started the ICC Cricket world cup 2011 with a bang by scoring 175 runs against Bangladesh.

India and Bangladesh begin the world cup 2011 opening match in Mirpur, Bangladesh this saturday. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first. Indian opening pair Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag played a sensible innings before Sachin was run out for 28 .

Later Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag played well by scoring 1′s and 2′s with the odd boundary. After Gambhir was bowled out for 38 runs, the young Kohli joined the thunderous Sehwag.

Both Batsman completed the century. Sehwag got out at the 48th over with a score of  175. Kohli, however, remained unbeaten with 100*.

India scored 370-4 for 50 overs. The match is currently live with Bangladesh to begin their batting.

Did i mention Sehwag got his revenge?

Yes, Sehwag said on friday, i will take revenge against Bangladesh for the embarrassment which we (Indian team) suffered in the  2007  world cup.

The readers should note, India failed to qualify for the super six  at 2007 world cup after losing their league matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

I must say Sehwag is a man of his words.

Sachin Tendulkar has shocked the cricketing world by accepting the very fact  a cricketer hates to speak.

Sachin Tendulkar, the Legend in the cricketing world, has accepted the fact that he sledged Australia’s fast bowler Glen McGrath to keep the momentum in the cricket match and to give India a chance to win the match with the then-powerful Australian attack.

According to the book SACH by Gautam Bhattacharya as reported in Yahoo, Tendulkar says

“I have never sledged  merely for the sake of sledging. I did that only once as a part of team strategy. This was at the Kenya Champions Trophy. We were playing Australia.”

Tendulkar describes how he irked McGrath with a cheeky line.

“The match was played under overcast conditions. The wicket was also very damp. I had told Sourav before that I would do something to upset McGrath’s rhythm. So, in the very first over, I stepped out to him. The first thing I said to him was ‘Today I will hit you out of the ground.’ He got really angry and started spraying the ball around. This was exactly what we wanted. As on that surface, he may have been very dangerous.”

“We did win that match ultimately and I felt very happy. My sledging did work for the team.”

“My own experience of sledging came very early on my first tour to Australia. I remember having blocked a delivery and the ball landed near my foot. I tried picking it up when Allan Border shouted from gully, ‘Don’t touch the ball.’ So I stopped immediately.”

Gosh, this changes things isnt it. Sachin is known as a gentleman in the game but even the Cricketing gentleman has sledged.

Lol!  How can a game be competitive without sledging. The sledging done by Sachin created good competition between India and Australia. I guess it must have been a treat to watch.

In the meanwhile, what is your reaction on Sachin Tendulkar comments on his own sledging.