Sachin's birthday bash will be a low-key affair

Sachin's birthday bash will be a low-key affair

Sachin Tendulkar is 39 today, but there will no big celebration.


He and his wife Anjali are in Chandigarh, where his team Mumbai Indians takes on Kings XI Punjab in Wednesday's only Indian Premier League match.

While the five-star hotel where Tendulkar and his team-mates are staying have made arrangements for a party to celebrate the birthday, his first since scoring his 100th international ton, Mumbai Indians sources said the bash will be a low-key affair.

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'IPL is going to help me a lot'

'IPL is going to help me a lot'

India all-rounder Irfan Pathan described his comeback to competitive cricket as a God's gift and said he wanted to utilise IPL's fifth season to get better and better.

The seamer said he was happy with whatever he is getting since his comeback.

"I'm really happy with my performance. The number of wickets I took in Australia... Yes Bangladesh has not been good for me. But so far I'm really happy. The ball is moving, the seam position is really good. I might be going for runs a few times. But in death overs, or at the powerplays, you are bound to go for runs, but it's important to keep taking wickets."

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IPL V: Does age really matter in Twenty20?

IPL V: Does age really matter in Twenty20?

Twenty20 cricket is essentially a young game.Well, quite literally. In a format where agility, 

reflexes and brute force more often than not ensures a favourable result, one expects a team to comprise 11 young players, in their 20s or early 30s, at most.

In fact, the game's shortest format has given rise to a new bunch of cricketers, players who possess all the required attributes and rightly labeled the 'T20 specialists.'

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