Coming from Australia, it did
not come as a surprise when world number one snooker player Neil Robertson
talked about his country’s great cricketing rivalry with India and Sachin
Tendulkar’s retirement from Test cricket.
Robertson surely knows a thing or
two about Australian cricket despite getting little time to follow the game due
to his hectic professional schedule and always loves to watch an
India-Australia contest.
“It’s sad day for Indian cricket
that Tendulkar is retiring from the game. He is an exceptional player. Everyone
knows about the great rivalry between the two finest cricketers – Shane
Warne and Tendulkar. It was a treat to watch both of them contest,” said
Robertson.
The ‘Thunder from Down Under’ opened
his innings in the 300,000 pound World Snooker Indian Open with a dominating
show against Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham today. Robertson displayed an
attacking style of snooker to outclass his opponent 4-1 in the first round.
The 31-year-old felt that there were
no more rivalries on display in cricket due to the advent of T20 format.
“Earlier, there used to be a fierce
rivalry between the two sides but nowadays, you hardly see any rivalry. The two
sides don’t compete that fiercely but that’s how it has become. Everyone is
playing the T20 game; everyone is going the T20 way. For me, Test cricket is
always important.”
Talking more about cricket, the
left-handed cueist informed the select gathering that he himself was a
right-arm medium fast bowler and batsman during his school and college days…
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