Sachin mum-mum, hits and misses

All of India was peeved, but Sachin Tendulkar refused to comment on the umpiring goof-up by Ian Gould that stopped him on 99...

All of India was peeved, but Sachin Tendulkar refused to comment on the umpiring goof-up by Ian Gould that stopped him on 99, a single short of what would have been a majestic century against England on Friday at Bristol.

I guess I have missed four or five hundreds in the last two months. No comments about the umpiring

Tendulkar had been at the receiving end of umpiring bloomers, from the likes of Steve Bucknor and even Simon Taufel. But he seems reconciled to fate.

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There’s nothing one can do about it. I used to feel bad but now things have come to such a state that I just laugh about it and carry on

Meanwhile, Dravid gushed over young leg-spinner Piyush Chawla

He’s a young kid, he’s only 18-year-old. He has a long way to go. But there are great signs. He’s played all his (one-day) cricket outside India in conditions that don’t really suit his sort of spin bowling. He’s got a great attitude, terrific for somebody that age

Dravid had words of praise for his senior teammates —Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly

Sachin and Sourav got us off to a great start and set the tempo

On his own unbeaten innings of 92

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It came off for me today, I had a bit of luck. I was timing the ball well

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