MUMBAI: After brickbats, it is now
bouquets for cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar from Shiv
Sena.

Sachin’s double-hundred against South Africa in Gwalior has not
only silenced his critics, but clean bowled the Shiv Sena, which had taken on
the iconic batsman over his “Mumbai for all” remark.

“Hundred crore
people of this country have already crowned Sachin as Bharat Ratna,” Sena chief
Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece
‘Saamana’.

“Shivaji Maharaj used to vanquish Moghuls on battlefield.
Similarly, Sachin is a warrior on cricket battlefield. Such warriors are born
only in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said.

“Shivaji wielded the sword.
Similarly, Sachin wields the bat,” the editorial said.

“Sachin does
not need anyone’s recommendation to be awarded Bharat Ratna. He is already one,”
it said.

The Shiv Sena leadership had last year questioned
Tendulkar’s loyalty to Maharashtra following his Mumbai for all remark.

MUMBAI: After brickbats, it is now
bouquets for cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar from Shiv
Sena.

Sachin’s double-hundred against South Africa in Gwalior has not
only silenced his critics, but clean bowled the Shiv Sena, which had taken on
the iconic batsman over his “Mumbai for all” remark.

“Hundred crore
people of this country have already crowned Sachin as Bharat Ratna,” Sena chief
Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece
‘Saamana’.

“Shivaji Maharaj used to vanquish Moghuls on battlefield.
Similarly, Sachin is a warrior on cricket battlefield. Such warriors are born
only in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said.

“Shivaji wielded the sword.
Similarly, Sachin wields the bat,” the editorial said.

“Sachin does
not need anyone’s recommendation to be awarded Bharat Ratna. He is already one,”
it said.

The Shiv Sena leadership had last year questioned
Tendulkar’s loyalty to Maharashtra following his Mumbai for all remark.

MUMBAI: After brickbats, it is now
bouquets for cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar from Shiv
Sena.

Sachin’s double-hundred against South Africa in Gwalior has not
only silenced his critics, but clean bowled the Shiv Sena, which had taken on
the iconic batsman over his “Mumbai for all” remark.

“Hundred crore
people of this country have already crowned Sachin as Bharat Ratna,” Sena chief
Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece
‘Saamana’.

“Shivaji Maharaj used to vanquish Moghuls on battlefield.
Similarly, Sachin is a warrior on cricket battlefield. Such warriors are born
only in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said.

“Shivaji wielded the sword.
Similarly, Sachin wields the bat,” the editorial said.

“Sachin does
not need anyone’s recommendation to be awarded Bharat Ratna. He is already one,”
it said.

The Shiv Sena leadership had last year questioned
Tendulkar’s loyalty to Maharashtra following his Mumbai for all remark.

MUMBAI: After brickbats, it is now
bouquets for cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar from Shiv
Sena.

Sachin’s double-hundred against South Africa in Gwalior has not
only silenced his critics, but clean bowled the Shiv Sena, which had taken on
the iconic batsman over his “Mumbai for all” remark.

“Hundred crore
people of this country have already crowned Sachin as Bharat Ratna,” Sena chief
Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece
‘Saamana’.

“Shivaji Maharaj used to vanquish Moghuls on battlefield.
Similarly, Sachin is a warrior on cricket battlefield. Such warriors are born
only in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said.

“Shivaji wielded the sword.
Similarly, Sachin wields the bat,” the editorial said.

“Sachin does
not need anyone’s recommendation to be awarded Bharat Ratna. He is already one,”
it said.

The Shiv Sena leadership had last year questioned
Tendulkar’s loyalty to Maharashtra following his Mumbai for all remark.

MUMBAI: Union Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar on Sunday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray to urge him not to
oppose the participation of Australian cricketers in the forthcoming Indian
Premier League (IPL).

Specially flying down to Mumbai from
Aurangabad, Pawar called on Thackeray at the latter’s residence Matoshri, where
they were closeted for over two hours.

While Pawar was accompanied
by Indian cricket board chief Shashank Manohar, Thackeray was joined by son
Uddhav who drove down from Pune for the meeting.

Over a fortnight
ago, the Shiv Sena had made it clear that it would not permit Australian players
to play in Maharashtra for the ongoing attacks on Indians in that country.

Though Pawar declined to comment about the meeting, there were
indications that the mission may have failed to bear the desired results.

Interacting with mediapersons, Manohar said that “we presented our
viewpoint before Thackeray on this critical issue”.

“We also
explained to them the format of the IPL teams and matches and how there were one
or two Australian players in each team. He agreed to consider the issue in a
couple of days,” Manohar said.

The IPL will also make a presentation
on the issue before Thackeray, after which he would clarify whether the Sena
would permit the Australians to take part.

Earlier on Sunday, Pawar
had said that sports and politics must not be mixed and also announced his plans
to meet Thackeray over the issue.