IPL-4 Photos:Sachin Telndulkar during his match against Banglore.

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Sachin lifts the World Cup trophy, again!

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Bangalore: The owner of a city-based gold jewellery outlet had his glitterati moment when he presented a gold coated replica of the World Cup trophy to Sachin Tendulkar yesterday.

T A Sharavana, owner of Sai Gold Palace and ardent cricket fan presented Tendulkar with a bat, ball, and a trophy weighing 5.1 kg made of 4.5 kg silver and 600 gm gold.

Tendulkar and other members of Mumbai Indians were in the city for the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and obliged to meet this special fan at the hotel where the team is staying. The little master was however taken aback by the gift Sharavana offered.

"I have received many gifts from fans after winning the World Cup. All reflect on their love and affection, but this is quite special," said Tendulkar.

Sharavana said, "Sachin is the golden man of cricket. The gift, through small considering his stature, is from my heart." He also celebrated India's win by offering a holy bath to the idol of Lord Ganesha at the Dodda Ganapathi temple at Basavanagudi.

Quite an effort
According to a beaming Sharavana, 15 goldsmiths toiled for two months to prepare the trophy.

Sharavana said, "I had pledged that I would present this special gift to Sachin after India wins the World Cup. Although several people asked me what if we lost the tournament, but I was sure that we would win, and kept the gift ready."

Sharavana even convened a cricket homa at which JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda offered pooja on behalf of the Indian team just before the final match.

He had also taken Harbhajan Singh to the famous Shani temple in Thyagaraja Nagar when the turbanator was in the city for practice matches before the start of the World Cup tournament
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Sachin asks Mumbai players to guard against complacency.

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Bangalore: Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar has cautioned his players to guard against complacency after they thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets to continue their winning run in the Indian Premier League.

"We have had a good beginning and we have to maintain the consistency as there is still a long way to go," he said. Tendulkar said that they had discussed about restricting the opposition to 140 and he was happy that they were able to achieve that on Tuesday.

"When we started to bowl, we had hoped the target to be a maximum of 140. Malinga again provided us a great start. We also fielded well and it was another superb team effort. The idea was to bowl as straight as possible and we did just that."

The iconic batsman also praised young Ambati Rayudu for his aggressive half-century.

"It was a brilliant innings from the young man Rayudu. It was a special stuff," the maestro said.

Rival skipper Daniel Vettori said that opener Mayank Agarwal's first-ball dismissal made things difficult for the team.

"It obviously didn't help. We had to almost rebuild from the start and we just couldn't get any momentum going till near the end. But it's always tough facing (Lasith) Malinga for the first time in your life, and when he's bowling so well.

The New Zealander was also critical of his bowlers. "I thought 140 wasn't too bad a score because the wicket was a little bit difficult. I just don't think we bowled well enough tonight."

Asked about the injury (side strain) to Dirk Nannes he said, "We're going to assess him tonight and see if he can travel."

Vettori admitted the players let the fans down but added that it was their first home game.

"It was only the second game of the season. For a lot of us, it was our first game in f.ront of the Bangalore crowd and we feel we let them down, but we've got to pick ourselves up quickly. We've got a couple of quick games in a row and it's important that we play well."

Rayudu felt the wicket improved as the game progressed.

"To be honest, the wicket was slow up front and improved as the game went on. But I'm really happy today. I would like to thank Sachin sir and Robin Singh. Sachin sir just told me to have patience. I am glad we ended up winning the game.

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Bharat Ratna not for Sachin Tendulkar: Om Puri

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Renowned actor Om Puri said the country's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, should be given to those whose achievements had benefited the society at large, rather than for mere 'personal achievements'.

Puri, here to promote his film `Teen They Bhai', said Bharat Ratna should be given posthumously to Mahatma Gandhi.

"Bharat Ratna should be conferred on the great person like Gandhiji who dedicated his whole life for the country."

The award should be given to social workers or scientists, whose work benefits the society, rather than to those with "personal achievement", the 60-year-old Bollywood actor said.

"It is my personal achievement if I have excelled in acting... Similarly, if a boxer had become a Mohammad Ali by the dint of his excellent performance what has the society got out of it?" he asked.

When asked whether cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar should get the award, he said that Tendulkar was the best batsman in the world and all Indians were proud of him.

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‘Dada wants to bowl to Sachin’

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Says Shrikant’s younger brother Sujit, who is studying in a city college. The paceman’s parents are planning to catch his upcoming matches in Mumbai When the Pune Warriors descended on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, anxiety was felt in Buldhana and Pune. Man of the Match Shrikant Wagh’s parents stay in Buldhana, while his younger brother is studying in our city. Mirror spoke to Shrikant’s brother Sujit after the match and he admitted that he was nervous when his brother was on the field. Sujit is pursuing an engineering course from JSPM College and on Sunday, he watched the match at his friend’s house. “I had finished my studies early so that I could watch the match. I was quite nervous when I came to know that my brot“I was overjoyed to see dada take three wickets against Kings XI Punjab. I’m proud to be known as Shrikant’s brother,” Sujit said. The condition was not very different at Buldhana either. Shrikant’s father Bhaskar Wagh works as a supervisor in the State Transport department, while his mother Kamal is a housewife. Bhaskar Wagh said, “Fifteen minutes before the game began, we had no clue that he would be part of the playing eleven. But since he ventured on to the field, we were glued to the TV set. After the match was over, we felt like we should have been there to share his happiness with him.” Shrikant started his cricketing career in Buldhana. Since Class VIII, he started playing for his school Bharat Vidyalaya. Despite having no cricketing background, his parents supported him. He has played for the Vidarbha Ranji team also. Sujit said, “Dada wanted to be a fast bowler and he even spent some time from 2006-2009 at the MRF Pace Academy where he got some tips from former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee. He also met Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth in the same academy.” Sujit added, “The turning point in his career came in 2007, when he got a call from Australia to play club cricket there. During that tour, he played lot of T20 cricket along with Australian cricket stars such as Michael Bevan, Simon Katich and others.” Shrikant got his first big break when he was selected by the Rajasthan Royals to play during the third season of IPL. “He was very excited when he got a call to play for the Rajasthan Royals. He even got a chance to play in the match against Chennai Super Kings where he got Matthew Hayden’s wicket,” Sujit added. Speaking about Shrikant’s reaction when he was selected for Pune Warriors, Sujit said, “He was very excited to play with Yuvraj Singh and his dream came true in the very first match. Now his next dream is to bowl at Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin is his role model and he has told me that he will give his 100 per cent if he gets a chance to bowl at him.” Shrikant’s parents have decided to catch his upcoming matches in Mumbai. her is playing.”

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