India will miss Sachin Tendulkar, says Morkel
18 Dec 2013 5:24 AM IST
Morkel said it would be interesting to see how the young Indian batsmen cope with the South African pace battery now that the likes of Tendulkar are not in the visiting team.
‘Sachin was a batsman who could bat for a long time. And he put the bowlers and the opposition under pressure by batting for a long time. He was the rock for their batting. He could bat with the top-order and the middle order both,’ said Morkel two days ahead of the first Test.
‘These young Indian batsmen are quality players, but we can clearly see from the ODI series that they are attacking batsmen who like to come at the bowling. It will be interesting to see how they go about this,’ he added. Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies in Mumbai last month. His departure left a huge void in the Indian team and that will be most visible when the Test series begins.
Like I said, they are all very quality guys. Rohit Sharma has been scoring runs off late and Cheteshwar Pujara can bat for time at number three.
Even R Ashwin averages 40 at the back-end of their line-up. So we need to make use of the early morning conditions with the new ball. We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at Wanderers, sometimes it can be a high scoring game,’ he said.
‘Virat has done well in Australia and scored some runs when India toured there last. He is a quality player. ut he is obviously going to slot into Sachin’s role and he has got some big boots to fill.’
Retirement has not hit me yet, says Sachin
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar might have retired from all forms of cricket last month but the Indian batting legend says the feeling is yet to sink in that he would not playing the sport anymore.
‘It still has not hit me yet that I am not going to play cricket anymore for India. But I manage to play with my son. It has been fun,’ Tendulkar said.
After nearly a quarter of a century of cricket, Tendulkar bade an emotional adieu to international cricket after playing his 200th Test against West Indies in Mumbai last month.
‘It has been hectic. There have been things happening around. Since last month, I have spent a fair amount of time with my family,’ he said.
‘Sachin was a batsman who could bat for a long time. And he put the bowlers and the opposition under pressure by batting for a long time. He was the rock for their batting. He could bat with the top-order and the middle order both,’ said Morkel two days ahead of the first Test.
‘These young Indian batsmen are quality players, but we can clearly see from the ODI series that they are attacking batsmen who like to come at the bowling. It will be interesting to see how they go about this,’ he added. Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies in Mumbai last month. His departure left a huge void in the Indian team and that will be most visible when the Test series begins.
Like I said, they are all very quality guys. Rohit Sharma has been scoring runs off late and Cheteshwar Pujara can bat for time at number three.
Even R Ashwin averages 40 at the back-end of their line-up. So we need to make use of the early morning conditions with the new ball. We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at Wanderers, sometimes it can be a high scoring game,’ he said.
‘Virat has done well in Australia and scored some runs when India toured there last. He is a quality player. ut he is obviously going to slot into Sachin’s role and he has got some big boots to fill.’
Retirement has not hit me yet, says Sachin
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar might have retired from all forms of cricket last month but the Indian batting legend says the feeling is yet to sink in that he would not playing the sport anymore.
‘It still has not hit me yet that I am not going to play cricket anymore for India. But I manage to play with my son. It has been fun,’ Tendulkar said.
After nearly a quarter of a century of cricket, Tendulkar bade an emotional adieu to international cricket after playing his 200th Test against West Indies in Mumbai last month.
‘It has been hectic. There have been things happening around. Since last month, I have spent a fair amount of time with my family,’ he said.
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