India kids down Sachin-Kambli feat

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar got into the habit of scripting records right from his school days.

The first such instance came when he and Vinod Kambli amassed an unbeaten 664-run partnership, a world record, playing for Shardashram school in Mumbai 18 years ago.

But two school kids, both 13 years old, from Hyderabad broke the long-standing record with immaculate ease, piling up 721 runs for the first wicket.

Mohammad Shaibaz Tumbi scored 324 not out and B Manoj scored 320 not out.

The openers from St Peter's School piled up the runs against St Phillip's School in an Under-13 championship in Secunderabad.

Tendulkar and Kambli had made the partnership of 664 runs back in 1988 where Tendulkar remained unbeaten on 329 and Kambli scored 349 not out.

Mohammad Shaibaz Tumbi, a Class VIII student, was ecstatic during a chat with CNN-IBN, told that the two thought of playing the full 40 overs and never thought about breaking the record involving two youngsters who went on to represent India.

"Our coordination was also nice and we played all the 40 overs, and we got

the record," Tumbi says.

Tumbi revealed that he and B Manoj Kumar are good friends off the field, too, and his partner was equally happy about the feat.

Manoj says, "We are feeling very happy. We were telling ourselves that we should

score a century. Since we were lagging behind with our scores, we thought at

first of playing the full 40 overs. We did that and we got the runs. On reaching 50, we thought of reching a 100, and so on. After finishing 200, we started playing freely and thus we both were able to score triple centuries."

Manoj reached 320 in just 120 deliveries, hitting 46 boundaries. Tumbi cruised to 324 off just 116 balls with 57 hits to the fence.

"My idol is Sachin Tendulkar, I like his style of play and the way he strikes

the ball. I would like to play like him. I want to meet Sachin Tendulkar and

Vinod Kambli, only if they have the time," Manoj adds.

The two batsmen were not aware of the record while they were playing. Their feat is all the more sweeter because their stand came inside a day's play, unlike Tendulkar and Kambli's, who scored the runs over three days.

With an incredible feat already under their belt, the duo are planning big things. "I practice for four hours during the day, two hours in the morning and two in the evening. My ambition is to play for India and make runs for the country," Manoj says.

"We have the state competitions lined up ahead of us. It's all up to the selectors. If we perform well there, they could select us to play at the zonal level. And after that we can be hopeful of playing the Ranji Trophy, and from then on, maybe India," he adds.

The new world record now stands 97 runs clear of the highest partnership in Test cricket shared between Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, who amassed 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa earlier this year.

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