Sachin Tendulkar might be rested for 3rd ODI

Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 10:34 am , filed under Weekend Column by Bowman Michael

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Indian senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar is likely to be rested for the third ODI tri series match against Australia, schedule to play on Sunday 12th February at Adelaide Oval.

38-year-old Sachin Tendulkar, who has been playing from past 22-years in International cricket, India has won only five matches against hosts in Australia. Indian Masters Blasters is likely to be out of the team for third ODI match against Australia at Adelaide Oval on Sunday 12th February. Tendulkar had scored just 2 runs in nine balls in the first ODI match against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground and made 48 runs in 63 balls with 5 boundaries in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, which India have won by 4 wickets with 20 balls remaining.

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has ruled out of the team in the second ODI with Sri Lanka, after aggressive batsmen Virender Sehwag return back into the team. Sehwag has made three tours for Australia and played 10 matches, where his best is no better than 37 runs 180 at an average of 18.00. Sehwag has been struggling to make big knocks, while Gambhir played seven matches with 230 runs with an average of 32.86 against Australia in Australia.

India has clinched victory in straight two finals in 2008 to bag their first one-day international series in Australia. Sachin Tendulkar has banged 117 off 120 balls with 10 fours in the first ODI final and made 91 runs off 121 balls with seven fours in the second final putting opposition team with 258 runs on the board. The former Australian cricket players’ feels Sachin Tendulkar is still crucial player in Indian batting line-up against Australia and Sri Lanka.

Indian Masters Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is aiming to make 100th International century in Australia, where he has not appeared into three figures, since making 111 runs against South Africa at the 2011 ICC World Cup. Indian Skipper MS Dhoni said he wants to rotate openers, as middle order batsmen Rohit Sharma will play as many games for India. He added it’s very important to give a long run to batsmen on a tour, after he failed to make big knocks in his two ODI matches against Australia and Sri Lanka.

India Team:

MS Dhoni(c), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Manoj Tiwary, Umesh Yadav

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