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Arlo White

India enjoy Heritage Day triumph

Just think, Sachin Tendulkar has been slogging his guts out in the name of Indian cricket since he was a 16-year-old back in 1989, when he made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi.

In that time he’s played 140 Test matches, and 395 ODI’s and scored over 26,000 international runs. So how many ICC tournament winner's medals does he have to show for all that sterling effort? Absolutely none.

Compare that to Yusuf Pathan. He’s played one match in the light blue uniform of India, bowled one over and scored a quick fire 15, and tonight, he’s clutching a winner's medal. That’s sport for you at the top level I suppose.

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Paresh Soni

Twenty20 vision provides great sights

Have you heard the one about the cricket tournament that began in March but is still going on?

Yes, for some of us, the 50-over World Cup seemed interminable, and when we finished our marathon stint in farcical circumstances, we wondered what the future held for that type of cricket.

At the time, I suggested a serious bucking up of ideas was needed to wade off the threat of a bright new kid on the block.

Well, having witnessed the World Twenty20 extravaganza in South Africa, albeit via television, I have to say the dangers for 50-over cricket are clear and present.

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