Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday overtook Australian great Allan Border to become the second highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket. Tendulkar, who is unbeaten on 32 in the second innings of India's first Test against Pakistan at Ferozeshah Kotla, now tallies 11,183 runs in 141 Tests and only former West Indian captain Brian Lara, who retired earlier in 2007, lies ahead of the Mumbai batsman. Lara scored 11,953 run in 131 Tests while Border had amassed 11,174 runs in 156 clashes during his career. Interestingly, Tendulkar has played fewer innings (228) than Lara (232), who tops the list while Border's tally came in 265 innings.
Tendulkar reached the milestone in style with a boundary off a Mohammad Sami delivery. He stroked a lovely on drive off the back foot between mid-on and midwicket. The 34-year-old needs a further 771 runs to eclipse Lara's total. Tendulkar also has over 15,000 runs in the one-day cricket. (PTI)
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India's unheralded G N Gopal continued to torment former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdhzanov with a second draw sending their first round match of the World Cup into a tie-breaker. Gopal, playing with black, held on for 96 moves before the game was drawn on Sunday. Four of the five Indians will have to go through the tie-breaker to earn a place in the second round. For almost 60 moves from the time the last pair of rooks was exchanged, Gopal and Kasimdzhanov waited for the other to make a mistake with both continuing to have four pawns and a queen. No more pieces were taken from the 36th move onwards.Gopal, rated 2520, as compared to his rivals 2690, will now meet the Ukrainian in two games over the tie-breaker. Abhijit Kunte also held Vadim Zvjaginsev to a draw with black pieces, while Pentala Harikrishna was held to a draw by China's lower rated Zhao Jun. Krishnan Sasikiran was unable to put it past Serge Zhigalko of Russia.
The only Indian to be eliminated was Surya Sekhar Ganguly, who after losing the first game to Sergei Tiviakov of Netherlands was unable to do better than a draw in the next and lost 0.5 to 1.5. There were quite a few unexpected results. After losing their opening games, fancied players like Evegeny Alekseev and Ruslan Ponomariov had to win their White games in order to reach tie-breaks. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov became the first player to advance to the next stage after just an hour of play, beating Khaled Abdel Razik of Egypt 2-0. Alecander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Lev Aronian, Peter Svidler, and the majority of favourites followed him soon.
However, 40 players will have to continue their matches. They include Alekseev and Ponomariov, who managed to win their games in demand. Landa (rated 2676) is leaving the World Cup, just like Eljanov (2691), who drew the first game and lost the second to IM Hossain Enamulu (2514) from Bangladesh. (IANS)
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Sachin Tendulkar, scored an unbeaten half-century as India registered a six-wicket win on the fifth and final day of the first Test against Pakistan here on Monday, and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Along with Tendulkar (56, 109 balls, 168 minutes, 9x4s), who hit the winning boundary off fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, V V S Laxman (6 not out, 13 balls, 18 minutes, 1x4) was at the crease when the victory was sealed at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium. Tendulkar, looked in ominous form from the start of the day as he middled the ball confidently. Continuing his previous day's form, he pulled Akhtar's first ball for a boundary. In the next over he played an almost identical shot for as many runs off Mohammed Sami. But Ganguly, at the other end, succumbed to his overnight score of 48 (64 balls, 8x4s) as he hooked Akhtar but top edged the ball. Sohail Tanvir at long leg took an easy catch.
Both Akhtar and Sami, relied heavily on bouncers and Tendulkar pulled the short balls most of the times. V V S Laxman, who preferred to leave the short-pitched deliveries alone, also struck a boundary off Sami. Tendulkar, looking aggressive, then reached his career's 46th half-century off a powerful cover drive off leg-spinner Danish Kaneria. The maestro sealed the win with another stinging four, a square cut off Akhtar, which gave India a 1-0 lead in the series.
Earlier Pakistan, won the toss and put 231 runs on board to which India replied with 276 and took a lead of 45 runs. Pakistan, in their second inning, made 247 and India scored the 203 necessary for the loss of four wickets.
India's last Test win against Pakistan had come in March 2005, when they won the second match to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series, which was eventually drawn 1-1. Pakistan, have not lost a Test series in India for last 28 years. Their previous defeat was in 1979 under the captaincy of Asif Iqbal.(IANS)
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Viswanathan Anand may have skipped the World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia beginning on Saturday evening, but there will be five other Indians in the fray in the premier tournament sanctioned by the world's governing body for chess (FIDE). There are 128 players who will be playing in the event to be conducted on a knock out format. The five Indians are Pentala Harikrishna (rated 2668), Krishnan Sasikiran (2661), Surya Sekhar Ganguly (2585), Abhijit Kunte (2547) and GN Gopal (2520). In the opening round, 32nd seed Harikrishna meets Zhao Jun of China (rated 2552), while 35th seed Sasikiran runs into Serge Zhiglako of Belarus (2562). Seeded 79th, Surya Sekhar ganguly (2585) meets Sergei Tiviakov of Netherlands (2643), Kunte meets Russian Vadim Zvjaginsev, the 30th seed, and G N Gopal has the toughest first round against 22nd seed Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan, rated 2690.
With Anand skipping the event, the top seed is Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, who is currently No 2 in elo ratings. Also skipping the event are Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko and some others. Ivanchuk, who won the World Blitz Championships this week, meets Pedro Aderito of Angola in the first round. Each mini match will comprise two games, one each with white and black. The winner proceeds to the next round and the loser is eliminated. The tournament runs till December 18. (IANS)
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