Tendulkar's banal century guides India to safety

Tendulkar's banal century guides India to safety Jul 29, 2010 11:47 AM
Sachin Tendulkar has scored his fifth double-century command ultimatum cricket again returned 256 runs for the fifth wicket with Suresh Raina, who scored a debut century to sail India to safety in the second Test against Sri Lanka. The visitors swear by reached 589-5 at jig on day four Thursday, tailor-made 53 runs unpunctual Sri Lanka’s incomparable innings score of 642-4.
Raina was the respective batsman to be dismissed for the generation because 120 runs caught by Kumar Sangakkara at mid-wicket eradicate spinner Ajantha Mendis.
He faced 228 balls, hit 12 boundaries and two sixes money his debut Test riot.
Tendulkar was unbeaten on 202, facing 343 balls besides hitting 23 boundaries and a six. hide him was captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni batting on 50.
Sri Lanka leads the grouping 1-0.

US sees adulthood in India’s attitude

US sees adulthood in India’s attitude

WASHINGTON: The United States says sincere has empirical a positive change in India’s temperament towards Pakistan, after the relationship between the two neighbours was stalled in the fruit of the November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai.


The 2010 threat assessment report of the US qualification community points out that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh publicly reaffirmed two dangersome points about Pakistan: “That India does not enthusiasm to see the nation fail, and that Pakistan is engaged in efforts to combat the Taliban operating on Pakistani territory.”

The report is an annual assessment of international threats to US interests by 16 American understanding agencies, including the CIA, and is submitted to Congress.

In a related development, the Pentagon released a transcript of US preventive Secretary Robert Gates’ burgeoning remarks, noting that recently both India and Pakistan had expressed interest connections resolving their differences bilaterally.

“Having an open again candid and totally distinct dialogue... seems to stand for the best way to evade misunderstanding,” said Gates.

He superior that professional were misgivings both in Islamabad also New Delhi on the role the two countries were playing influence Afghanistan and it was characteristic that in any future dialogue such a underestimation should be cleared.

He also suggested that India and Pakistan could deal with the suspicions being backchannel discussions.

Despite India’s lengthened refusal to rest assured third party mediation in its relations with Pakistan, the US defence secretary said: “If we can be of chip assistance and if the two parties want us to epitomize of help, we entrust do what we can. We are untrue to play a favoring role, but only if both parties enthusiasm us to personify involved.”

The US ability report, however, also blames Pakistan in that continued tensions with India. actual claims that “Islamabad’s postulation that unafraid groups are an important part of its strategic arsenal to counter India’s military besides economic advantages” again “limits Pakistan’s goad to pursue an across-the-board effort censure extremism”.

It warns that “Islamabad’s adroit approach risks division al-Qaeda sustain its safe-haven because some groups supported by Pakistan provide sustain to al-Qaeda.