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Hyderabad|Nov 16
Vinod Kambli, the former Indian middle-order batsman whose 664-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar in school cricket was recently bettered by a Hyderabad duo, has hailed the "incredible" feat, adding that he was "shocked" at the run-rate achieved by the two batsmen.
B Manoj Kumar and Mohammed Shaibaaz Tumbi, opening for St Peter's School in Hyderabad, rattled off 721 runs in just 40 overs, thereby putting several records in the shade. "It's good to see that the boys were hungry to score big," Kambli told Cricinfo. "They seem to have been told about the record and how to get there, but they deserve all the credit. We created our record in the late '80s and it stood for so long. Sri Lanka's two batsmen [Jayawardene and Sangakkara] came close but couldn't get it."
What saddened Kambli, though, was the step-motherly treatment given to schools cricket these days, once a training ground for several promising careers. "Almost all the Test legends have excelled cricket at the school level. Sunil Gavaskar, one of my cricketing idols, always ued to stress the importance of schools cricket. That's where you start to learn and build your basics. When I was playing for my school, I started gaining so much confidence. Your level improves every day and it makes your more competitive."
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