Grit, discipline, & planning: Tendulkar’s mantra for India’s success

By Qaiser Mohammmad Ali New Delhi, Dec 24 : The Indian cricket team can stage a comeback in the Test series against Australia after the first Test reversal by sticking to the golden mantra of “grit, discipline, and planning” and making fine adjustments needed for success, says cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.
India trail 0-1 in the four-match series after losing the day-night opening Test by eight wickets in Adelaide. The second Test starts on December 26 in Melbourne.
“The strategy should be simple: you score more runs and don’t allow them to score more than you. One will have to be gritty in the next three Tests. It’s going to be a combination of grit, discipline, and planning. We have to plan, then we’ve to show grit, and we should be able to execute our plans,” Tendulkar told IANS in an exclusive interview.
Tendulkar, 47, also suggested that the Indian team should they stick to its routine preparation instead of making drastic changes.
“I would say they should stick to their routine, which has brought them to this level and given them a lot of success. Suddenly, you can’t change all those things. It’s just those finer adjustments that are needed to be successful, otherwise it becomes more and more challenging. And that depends on which part of the world you are playing in,” said the master batsman who always meticulously during his 25-year first-class/international career.
Tendulkar said a good performance in the second Test in Melbourne would quickly make the players’ mindset positive.