I’ll always feel safe in my homeland: Tendulkar

WELLINGTON: Terming the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team as "unfortunate", Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said he always felt safe when it comes to playing at home.

Expressing sorrow at the incident that left a number of Sri Lanka players injured, Tendulkar said, "More or less all of them are good friends. It`s very sad what has happened."

"But I`ll always feel safe in my homeland," he was quoted as saying.

Seven Sri Lankan players and an assistant coach were injured, while eight person, including six policemen died on Tuesday when 12 masked gunmen opened fire at the team convoy while it was heading towards the Gaddafi stadium for the third day`s play in the second Test.

The attack has placed future tours to Pakistan in doubt. India have best balanced Test batting line-up

As India prepares to slug it out in New Zealand, the original ’Little Master’ of Indian cricket team, Sunil Gavaskar termed the Indian batting line-up as one of the best in world. We at Zeecric bring to you the excerpts:

"The balance of our Test batting line-up is very good. It`s the best balanced batting line-up in the whole world. The team is also very flexible and adaptable and I`m confident they would do well in New Zealand," Gavaskar said.

The former India captain was speaking to reporters after Rahul Dravid, who is part of the Test team to play the series in New Zealand, released his biography "SMG", penned by Devendra Prabhudesai and published by Rupa and Co., at the Cricket Club of India here.