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 Nottingham,
July 31: Describing the win in the second cricket Test against
England as "special", Sachin Tendulkar today said it was
important to keep the winning momentum going when they go into
the third Test. "The third test is getting more importance now.
That's what every one is eyeing," Tendulkar said.
On the fiery Indian batting performance, he
said it was a conscious effort by the frontline batsmen to
establish big partnerships after what happened in Lord's.
"We'd planned not to lose early wickets and
get very good partnerships. There was a lot of seam movement,
which we knew would last for 15-20 overs. There was swing but
less movement off the stump. "We knew, if we would last that it
would make the difference," said Tendulkar, who himself had a
97-run partnership with Rahul Dravid and 96-run stand with
Sourav Ganguly. Openers Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Kaarthick made
147 runs together.
Tendulkar, who was denied a hundred due to
erroneous umpiring decision by Simon Taufel, described the win
as very special especially since it came after a long gap and
series of lows. "It is extremely special and important,
especially after what had happened in World Cup," he said and
rated it alongside the Headingly win five years ago and the
Adelaide win in 2004. Tendulkar said the third and final match
of the rubber had assumed a lot of significance after the win as
it had drawn them closer to an overseas series win. He singled
out Sourav Ganguly's innings of 79 as solid and described the
player as "terrific".
"He looked very solid. To me he is a terrific
player. It is a treat to watch him. So many times I talk to him
in Bengali which takes pressure off us," he said. On the last
day's game, Tendulkar said "it was a bit of inconsistent bounce
and pace on the wicket" but added "that was expected on a Test
wicket. England had nothing to lose, they also did not appear to
have a plan," he said. (Agencies)
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