Tendulkar gears up for England Tests
27 Oct 2012 7:13 AM IST
Record-breaking Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar will make a rare appearance in domestic four-day cricket next week to gain match practice ahead of the home Test series against England.
The 39-year-old, the world’s leading scorer in both Test and one-day cricket, was named Friday in a 13-man Mumbai squad for a four-day Ranji Trophy match against Railways starting in Mumbai on November 2.
Tendulkar, whose last Ranji appearance was in 2009, struggled in a home Test series against New Zealand in August-September when he scored just 63 runs in three innings.
Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar even suggested during the second Test against New Zealand in Bangalore that Tendulkar’s reflexes were on the slide after the batsman was bowled in all three innings.
Tendulkar has made a record 51 Test centuries but has now gone 25 innings without a hundred in the five-day game since making 146 against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2011.
The selectors also named India’s left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan in the Mumbai side.
PUJARA, DHAWAN TO PLAY WARM-UP
Middle order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra and in-form Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan were included in the Mumbai ‘A’ squad to play against England team in the visitors’ second warm-up game at the D Y Patil Stadium from November 3-5.
‘These two players would play as special invitees in the team,’ said Nitin Dalal, joint secretary of the MCA and selection meeting convenor.
Pujara is certain to be part of the Indian Test squad and will look to make this chance count.
The 39-year-old, the world’s leading scorer in both Test and one-day cricket, was named Friday in a 13-man Mumbai squad for a four-day Ranji Trophy match against Railways starting in Mumbai on November 2.
Tendulkar, whose last Ranji appearance was in 2009, struggled in a home Test series against New Zealand in August-September when he scored just 63 runs in three innings.
Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar even suggested during the second Test against New Zealand in Bangalore that Tendulkar’s reflexes were on the slide after the batsman was bowled in all three innings.
Tendulkar has made a record 51 Test centuries but has now gone 25 innings without a hundred in the five-day game since making 146 against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2011.
The selectors also named India’s left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan in the Mumbai side.
PUJARA, DHAWAN TO PLAY WARM-UP
Middle order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra and in-form Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan were included in the Mumbai ‘A’ squad to play against England team in the visitors’ second warm-up game at the D Y Patil Stadium from November 3-5.
‘These two players would play as special invitees in the team,’ said Nitin Dalal, joint secretary of the MCA and selection meeting convenor.
Pujara is certain to be part of the Indian Test squad and will look to make this chance count.
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