Sachin tendulkar

An award with customs duty Ramu Sharma Sachin Tendulkar makes news whether it is for performance on the cricket field or for awards received off it. He, however, would be the last person to have wished to be involved in the controversy raging over gift of Ferrari-360 Modeno given to him by Fiat Motors last year. He received it last year on the occasion of his scoring his 29th Test hundred and drawing level with …

…is to be welcomed. One hopes it will lead to raising of many other issues, including the frequent trips abroad by cricketers with injury problems. Surely India has enough doctors with sufficient knowledge to attend to these cases at home itself? It is also surprising that only cricketers with injury problems want to go abroad. Sportsmen and women from other disciplines, some of which are more injury-oriented, are quite happy to be treated at home.