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Sachin
Tendulkar's life mantra:
Father
taught me honesty and toughness and wife how to
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These
gems of wisdom were largely ignored when Sachin
Tendulkar uttered them last June in a press
conference in London. This press conference was
organised by Opus, a unique publisher who
specialise in publishing over sized, overweight
and over priced pictorial books on some of the
biggest iconic names of our age. Tendulkar said,
" At home nobody got carried away with the
success and the adulation... My family have
always been balanced and that has helped me to
maintain my balance." He said his father
taught me honesty, sincerity and
toughness, “There will be tough times
but if your foundations are strong you will be
able to overcome each and every obstacle".
For the first time listen to the main extracts
of Tendulkar's presser.
To listen Click
here 
(English)
Related sites
Tendulkar
Opus Book
Sachin Tendulkar's Opus photo shoot
Sachin Tendulkar Site |
Thanks
God I have done it
Tendulkar
prays after his record 35th Century
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before he had betrayed such emotions on
the ground. After breaking Sunil
Gavaskars' record of 34 Test centuries at
Delhi's Pherozshah Kotla ground an
ecstatic Tendulkar jumped with joy,
thanked his stars and publicly prayed to
his god. After the play he expressed his
gratitude to his coach Ramakant Achrekar,
his late father Ramesh Tendulkar, his
brother Ajit Tendulkar. |
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To listen click
here (English)
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Sachin's
35th Test century in pictures |
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Raj Singh
Dungarpur passes away: He tells the full story
on Indian Cricket
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Raj
Singh Dungarpur, the former
BCCI President passed away
this morning, 12 September
2009, in Mumbai after
losing a long bout with
illness. As a young cricketer he played with
legendary CK Naidu and watched him cracking
sixes. He played with Vinoo Mankad and saw the
great cricketer struggling in poverty.
Himself a first class cricketer he later grew as one of the
country's most successful cricket
administrators. But one of his toughest
assignments was to manage the rivalry between
Kapil Dev and Gavaskar. NRIfm editor Vijay Rana
first interviewed him in
1986 and in many friendly
meetings frequently listened
his rich memories of Indian
cricket. Here Raj Singh Dundarpur tells
the full story of Indian cricket.
To listen
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here
(English)
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How
India won the World Cup in 1983
A rare interview with Kapil Dev after India's World Cup
victory
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In
this rare interview India's legendary captain
Kapil Dev talks about how India progressed to
World Cup victory in 1983. The interview was
done by BBC's veteran broadcaster Krishna Gould.
India gave a hint of determination by
winning its first match against West Indies at
Old Trafford. Kapil Dev says from that
moment he was sure of reaching the semi-finals.
He says victory in the finals was a joint team
effort. In the match Kapil took a dramatic catch
of Viv Richards that changed the course of the
match. Richards later said about this catch:
"Kapil changed everything with one
brilliant catch... I
only know that at the end of the game, there
were a lot of sick people in our dressing room.
We felt sick that we could not win that
game." Here is the
story of the golden moment of Indian cricket in
the words of Indian captain.
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here
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Cricket story of Rana
Naved-ul-Hasan
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The
man who destroyed India's top batting
order at Jamshedpur talks about his
strengths and weaknesses. Initially, he
wanted to become a hockey player, then he
thought of being a batsman and eventually
ended up as a pace bowler. Continuously
ignored by selectors he almost quit the
game and then made a remarkable comeback
into the Pakistani team. Here is the story
of Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.
To listen Click
here
(Hindi)
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Danish
Kaneria: My early years
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Legspinner
Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria, with his
disguised googly mastered his art
looking at his childhood inspiration
Abdul Qadir. And now in Pakistani team
he fills the space vacated by Mushtaq
Ahmed. He told History Talking.com about
his early inspirations
To listen Click
here
(Hindi)
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Being
Hindu is no problem |
Kaneria is only
the second Hindu to play Test cricket for
Pakistan (the first, his cousin Anil Dalpat,
was briefly their wicketkeeper). He says being
Hindu is no problem in Pakistani cricket team.
To listen Click
here
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Winning
against India is important |
A winning spell
against India was one of his great dreams. He
said he wanted to emulate Kumble's record of
10 wickets in an innings.
To listen Click
here
(Hindi)
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Hussain: Making Papa's dream come
true
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The
former England captain Nasser Hussain, in an
interview with the History Tallking,com editor
Vijay Rana, talks about his early life in Madras.
He candidly recalls of his father's passionate dream of making him
a
great cricketer and the influence of guru Graham Gooch.
To listen Click
here
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Journey from Essex to India
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This long interview was done after the recent
publication of his autobiography: 'Playing
with Fire'. In this second part Hussain
talks about his rise at the Essex county and talks about
his disappointment at the British born Asians who never
adopted England and always supported India and Pakistan.
Hussain talks about his fiery temperament and how he
transformed the English team.
To listen Click
here
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Frustrating
Sachin Tendulkar |
Hussain was often
compared with one of England's outstanding captains,
Mike Brearley. He talks about his man management and
also about his careful planning to contain the Master
Blaster: "I wanted Hoggard to bowl a yard outside
off-stump... I wanted Flintoff to hit him on the head
and ...Giles to bowl over the wicket...Sachin was really
taken aback by this and didn't really seem sure what to
do."
To listen
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here
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Full Story of Indian Cricket
Dungarpur's
oral history of Indian Cricket
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As a young cricketer he played with
legendary CK Naidu and watched him cracking
sixes. He played with Vinoo Mankad and saw the
great cricketer struggling in poverty.
Himself a first class cricketer he later managed
Indian sides and later as one of the
country's most successful cricket
administrators he was closely associated with the
rise of Indian cricket. But one of his toughest
assignments was to manage the rivalry between
Kapil Dev and Gavaskar. Raj Singh Dundarpur tells
the full story of Indian cricket.
To listen
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here
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