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Open Letter to Sachin Tendulkar: Must Read!
Mainak Dhar is an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad whose career in the corporate sector has spanned almost a dozen years across Mumbai, Bangkok and now Singapore. In this new and exclusive series, Mainak writes open letters to people in the news, commenting on the state of affairs in today’s Indian society. Today’s column is an open letter to cricket star, Sachin Tendulkar.
Dear Sachin,
Eighteen years ago, a sixteen year-old boy took his guard before a hostile Pakistani bowling attack and entered the annals of Indian cricketing history, and the hearts and minds of Indian cricket fans. Many miles away in Delhi, another 16 year-old boy watched his new hero bat with the courage of a lion, and began recording his scores in a small notebook.
The first boy obviously is you, and over the years, you grew to be one of the all time greats of the sport. The second boy is yours truly, and for close to a dozen years, I would assiduously record each and every score of yours in a notebook, with details of the opponent, and key statistics of the inning. That tattered notebook is now lost, but over the years, I have come to admire you for more than just your cricketing prowess.
Every once in a while, people crawl out of the woodworks, either armchair cricketers or have-been players who never came anywhere close to your talent or success. Displaying that most Indian of traits, the willingness to drag down anyone who shines, they proclaim your demise and ask for you to retire.
You maintain a dignified silence, and then shut these idiots up in the best possible way, by letting your bat do the talking. The most recent example being the tour of Australia, where more than one former cricketer wrote articles saying you had lost your edge. In doing so, they miss the point that you probably hold yourself to standards higher than they could ever set for you, and one day, when you do choose to hang up your pads, it will be on your own terms.
But perhaps what they miss is the even more important fact that you mean so much more than the number of runs or centuries you have scored. In today’s Indian society, the slightest whiff of success is assumed to synonymous with excesses and imbalance. From Bollywood actors to politicians to business leaders and yes, Cricket stars, drug and alcohol abuse, corruption or sex scandals are often seen as inevitable accompaniments to success. In our campuses, the only metric of success is salary, and in our boardrooms, creeping up the corporate ladder is all that counts, at the cost of dysfunctional marriages and personal lives.
In this morass of brats, scandals and shenanigans, you stand head and shoulders apart by sheer dint of your personality. No affairs, no scandals, no drug overdoses — you are a God on the Cricket field, blessed with talent that none of us can aspire to, but off it, you are a decent, humble family man who tries to keep his personal life apart from his professional in a very dignified way — the sort each of us can become if we wanted to. The fact that you have managed to maintain this balance despite your dizzying success makes you even more of a hero than your cricketing success alone.
One day, you will step off the playing field, and your contribution to the record books will stop, but these lessons that you impart by just being the person you are should be heeded by all of us, even those who aren’t cricket fans. 12 Mar Tendulkar
In a few months, I am going to be a father, and my one regret is that my son will never be able to see you play. However, I am an inveterate storyteller, and among the hundreds of stories I cook up for him will be the fairy tale story of a cherubic little boy who grew to be a giant among men, and along the way showed us that greatness comes from not one’s material success or achievements, but from remaining a decent, balanced person despite any success one achieves.
Thanks for all the memories, and for that story.
Warm regards.
Mainak
Dhoni good captain coz of good team- Sachin
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership earned him accolades from his senior teammate Sachin Tendulkar, who said he was obviously a "good
captain" but had a good team at his disposal to bring about the desired result.
Tendulkar, who came here for a vacation with wife Anjali and two children, told reporters that apart from Dhoni's captaincy, it was a great team effort which saw India finish the year on a high.
"Dhoni is obviously a good captain. But a good captain needs a good team. Obviously his captaincy is good but the team's performance, its collective effort, is essential for a captain. A team never wins by the performance of one or two players only. When the entire team performs, we get good results," Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership earned him accolades from his senior teammate Sachin Tendulkar, who said he was obviously a "good captain" but had a good team at his disposal to bring about the desired result.
Tendulkar, who came here for a vacation with wife Anjali and two children, told reporters that apart from Dhoni's captaincy, it was a great team effort which saw India finish the year on a high.
"Dhoni is obviously a good captain. But a good captain needs a good team. Obviously his captaincy is good but the team's performance, its collective effort, is essential for a captain. A team never wins by the performance of one or two players only. When the entire team performs, we get good results," Tendulkar said.
Early in his captaincy, Dhoni already enjoys some stellar success in all three formats of the game.
The star stumper-batsman led India to Twenty20 World Cup triumph, a ODI tri-series victory in Australia and is yet to lose a Test match as a captain. Dhoni has won four out of the five Tests he led India in, the last of which was against England in Mohali earlier this week which ended in a draw.
Tendulkar said both good leadership and some sterling performance by the team made it a memorable year for Indian cricket.
"Throughout the year, our players have performed. It has been a good team effort and good leadership," he said.
Looking ahead, Tendulkar said the team would now strive to maintain the high standard it set this year.
"We had a great series against England when all players performed very well. We will try to maintain the form we have displayed throughout the year. The team has set some targets which we shall try to achieve," he said.
Tendulkar lavished praise on opener Gautam Gambhir and said the left-hander has proved himself as a key member of the side.
"Gambhir has batted very well throughout the year. He has shown the kind of form that gives nightmares to the opposition. He has shown great consistency, he attacked when attack was required, defended when defence was required.
"He has displayed solid technique and capacity for making big runs. His teammates knew his capability, now the whole world knows about it," Tendulkar said.
The 27-year-old Gambhir had a stupendous year that saw him breaking into the top 10 in the ICC Test Rankings for batsman.
The diminutive Delhi batsman scored more than 1000 runs this calendar year, including three hundreds in his last five Tests.
Asked about cancellation of India's Pakistan tour following the Mumbai terror attacks, Tendulkar said on such occasions, cricket should take a backseat.
"It is a decision by the government and we respect that decision. The attack on Mumbai was very unfortunate, so many people lost their lives in it. This tragedy is far bigger than any cricket tour or sports. Those who have lost their loved ones can never be compensated," Tendulkar said.
http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatim...ow/3890543.cms
Cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, the soft-spoken and kind-hearted man that he is, has gifted a tricycle to a local differently abled child, thereby fulfilling a promise he had made to the child during his previous visit to Mussoorie.
Guddu, a youngster from Kolti village near Mussoorie, is a fan of Tendulkar and had met the master blaster during his previous visit to Mussoorie in March. At that time, Tendulkar had thought of helping his young fan who cannot walk. He had therefore promised to give him a tricycle.
Guddu was thrilled yesterday when Tendulkar presented him with a tricycle and chatted with him for some time. Guddu said, “This is like a dream come true and I am perhaps the luckiest child in the world.”
Meanwhile, a large number of fans thronged the Lal Tibba area to get a glimpse of the champion batsman. The fans were disappointed in the morning today as Tendulkar and his family had gone sightseeing to Tehri and Dhanolti.
Tendulkar did not disappoint his fans yesterday and a number of people were lucky to get his autograph or a picture with him.
Shobhit, a ten-year-old boy from New Delhi, who along with his parents has come to Mussoorie, was overjoyed after meeting Tendulkar. “I am a great fan of Sachin and it was a proud moment to speak to him and get a picture with him.”
Abhinav Mathur, a doctor from Meerut, was completely oblivious of the fact that Tendulkar was in Mussoorie. The young doctor took a long time to recognise Tendulkar as he walked past him. “I saw Sachin and thought that this person resembles Tendulkar. Only when he came near did I realise that it was actually the great man himself and I rushed to get an autograph.”
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081228/dun.htm#4
Tendulkar scores 41st Ton
http://in.reuters.com/news/pictures/...st%20Ton&sl=10
Great link(s) sourav :clap:
Reproduced the same in orkut community :thumbsup: .
Stats No:30
Sachin's favourite hunting grounds in tests
Priority based on total no. of runs
1)MA Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai(IND)
Matches : 9
Innings : 14
Runs : 876
Not outs : 4
Top score : 165
Batting avg : 87.60
100s/50s : 5/1
Ducks : 2
Overs : 42.0
Maidens : 4
Runs given : 132
Wkts : 3
Best bowling(innings) : 2/35
Best bowling(match) : 3/45
Bowling avg : 44.00
Economy : 3.14
Catches : 9
2)Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai(IND)
Matches : 8
Innings : 14
Runs : 734
Not outs : 0
Top score : 148
Batting avg : 52.42
100s/50s : 1/6
Ducks : 0
Overs : 19.0
Maidens : 4
Runs given : 60
Wkts : 3
Best bowling(innings) : 3/10
Best bowling(match) : 3/14
Bowling avg : 20.00
Economy : 3.15
Catches : 9
3)Vidarbha C.A. Ground,Nagpur(IND)
Matches : 6
Innings : 9
Runs : 679
Not outs : 2
Top score : 201*
Batting avg : 97.00
100s/50s : 3/1
Ducks : 0
Overs : 34.0
Maidens : 7
Runs given : 89
Wkts : 0
Economy : 2.61
Catches : 5
4)Sydney Cricket Ground(AUS)
Matches : 4
Innings : 7
Runs : 664
Not outs : 4
Top score : 241*
Batting avg : 221.33
100s/50s : 3/1
Ducks : 0
Overs : 21.0
Maidens : 0
Runs given : 92
Wkts : 2
Best bowling(innings) : 1/2
Best bowling(match) : 1/2
Bowling avg : 46.00
Economy : 4.38
Catches : 5
5)Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi(IND)
Matches : 8
Innings : 15
Runs : 643
Not outs : 1
Top score : 122
Batting avg : 45.92
100s/50s : 2/3
Ducks : 1
Overs : 36.0
Maidens : 7
Runs given : 94
Wkts : 1
Best bowling(innings) : 1/51
Best bowling(match) : 1/61
Bowling avg : 94.00
Economy : 2.61
Catches : 2
6)Eden Gardens,Kolkata(IND)
Matches : 9
Innings : 16
Runs : 637
Not outs : 2
Top score : 176
Batting avg : 45.50
100s/50s : 1/5
Ducks : 1
Overs : 40.0
Maidens : 5
Runs given : 142
Wkts : 4
Best bowling(innings) : 3/31
Best bowling(match) : 3/38
Bowling avg : 35.50
Economy : 3.55
Catches : 3
7)Punjab C.A. Stadium,Chandigarh(IND)
Matches : 9
Innings : 14
Runs : 573
Not outs : 2
Top score : 126
Batting avg : 47.75
100s/50s : 1/4
Ducks : 0
Overs : 41.0
Maidens : 8
Runs given : 110
Wkts : 1
Best bowling(innings) : 1/55
Best bowling(match) : 1/55
Bowling avg : 110.00
Economy : 2.68
Catches : 2
8)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore(IND)
Matches : 7
Innings : 12
Runs : 558
Not outs : 1
Top score : 177
Batting avg : 50.72
100s/50s : 1/2
Ducks : 0
Overs : 42.2
Maidens : 4
Runs given : 169
Wkts : 2
Best bowling(innings) : 1/41
Best bowling(match) : 1/41
Bowling avg : 84.50
Economy : 3.99
Catches : 9
9)Sinhalese Sports Club Ground,Colombo(SRI)
Matches : 4
Innings : 8
Runs : 495
Not outs : 2
Top score : 139
Batting avg : 82.50
100s/50s : 3/1
Ducks : 0
Overs : 5
Maidens : 0
Runs given : 16
Wkts : 0
Economy : 3.20
Catches : 1
10)Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium,Ahmedabad(IND)
Matches : 6
Innings : 11
Runs : 473
Not outs : 0
Top score : 217
Batting avg : 43.00
100s/50s : 2/0
Ducks : 0
Overs : 33.0
Maidens : 5
Runs given : 111
Wkts : 1
Best bowling(innings) : 1/27
Best bowling(match) : 1/27
Bowling avg : 111.00
Economy : 3.36
Catches : 3
Sachin, Zaheer to play for Mumbai in semis
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...1701&AppName=1
Semifinal is happening in Chennai.Quote:
Originally Posted by sourav
BCCI-yin pERarivukku oru eduththukkAttu:
Mumbai Saurashtra SF is happening in Chennai
TN-UP semifinal is happening in Nagpur
kettadhulayum nalladhu....namma makkaL Sachin viLayAduradhai pAkkalAm.
Ayyo paavam Saurashtra..summAvE Mumbai kitta udhai vaangaNum. idhula Chepauk-la Sachin vErayA.
adi enRu kEtkAdheergaL....dharma adi enRu kEttu vaangungaL.
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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
Jan 4-7 match-a :| Naan Bangalore-la iruppene :cry2:
PR :lol:
Vivek uses that line in some film :-)
Seriously, I don't think Mumbai needs Sachin for this match. But hopefully it will draw crowds in Chennai. I was quite annoyed that TN vs UP match is in Nagpur. They should have had that match in Chennai. But now I think some will come to watch this match because of Sachin.
btw Sachin SF viLayAduradhOda niruththikkaNum - finals ellAm viLayAdakkoodAdhu. :roll:
Puriudhu :lol: :)
With Pak tour being called off there is all probability that he may play the finals :huh:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
Sottu neelam endru kettu vangadheergal, REGAL sottu neelam endru kettu vaangungal :lol:Quote:
Vivek uses that line in some film
If sachin plays in Semis and not in finals, Saurashtra will feel hard done by... and that is what we want :twisted:
26.12.2008
The second test between Australia and South Africa at the MCG saw yet another stunning performance from Ricky Ponting - his 37th Test hundred and it puts the 34-year-old just four centuries behind the man he's always been chasing Sachin Tendulkar.
When Ponting comes to the end of his barnstorming career, in perhaps three years time, he will almost certainly finish with a better set of statistics than his Indian rival. And more than any other game - apart from baseball - cricket IS about statistics. You are judged by armchair fans, the media, and your peers, on your average, your strike-rate, your ratio of fifties to hundreds, the list goes on.
But even if Ponting scores a hundred in every test for the rest of his career he will forever be regarded as second best to Tendulkar. "Yes", everyone will say, "Ricky Ponting was a brilliant batsman who could devastate any bowling attack, but Sachin was the best of his generation."
That might be true but those all-important statistics disagree.
Ponting Tendulkar
Age 34 & 7 days
35 & 246 days
Tests 127 156
Centuries 37 41
Centuries per innings ratio
5.70 6.24
Average 58.98 54.27
The above figures are proof that Ponting is a more consistently brilliant performer, or put more simply, a more prolific compiler of runs, which is, after all what batting is all about.
But when you leave the world of cold hard stats and enter the realms of strengths and weaknesses that's where Sachin starts to bite back.
Every bowler knows that they have a good chance of getting 'Punter' early in his innings. That forward press, which is his strength later on is a real weakness early on.
Ponting also has those hard hands which make him vulnerable to spinners - especially the Indian variety.
And that brings me on to his great failing which is of course India. Great batsmen are supposed to be consistently great against every team in the world but Ponting's figures IN India of 12 tests, 438 runs, with one century, at an average of 20.85 is very poor.
Sachin has no such blot on his stats landscape - in fact he has excelled in Ponting's Australia with an average of 58.53 in 16 tests.
When it comes to technique the little man is close to flawless - He does have a habit of cutting the ball into his stumps but it has not blighted his career.
And I'll throw one more fact into the pot. Sachin has scored 10 centuries against an Australia that contained Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. In contrast when Ponting has needed to step up to the plate against the best bowling attacks in the world he's failed - against England in 2005 and against India just a few weeks ago.
That's why Tendulkar is a better batsman. But I don't think either will lose any sleep over their legacy in cricket. Both men are head and shoulders above their peers. (now that Brian Lara has retired!!)
http://www.espnstar.com/opinion/colu...ns/item175833/
Sachin Tendulkar - The God Of Big Things
### I first visited the Tendulkar residence when Sachin was still creating waves as a schoolboy. The visit was to get inputs for what was among the first feature articles written on Sachin. The abiding memory of that visit was the image of the family remaining completely unaffected and showing no visible trace of excitement that parents normally betray when they see a media person wanting to write about their young child.
### The Tendulkars have remained conscious of their middle class values and their middle class friends who have been friends long before Sachin became “Richie Rich”. Though the family opted for a very private wedding ceremony for Sachin (the reception was a public affair), they ensured that there was an exclusive celebration reserved for the Sahawas inhabitants and close friends. These were the people with whom they bonded emotionally when they fame and fortune was still to knock at their doors and they decided to treat them in a special manner.
### I cannot recollect a single instance when he hurt a kid by refusing an autograph asked at an appropriate time. In fact, I recall an instance when we were both talking while awaiting a flight when a father butted in with his child and interrupted us. Any other person would have expressed his displeasure at the intruding gentleman, but Tendulkar shook hands with the child, gave his autograph and genuinely made him feel good by telling him to study well and obey his parents. It was a humbling moment. His love for kids has meant they have often left his room with cakes, pastries and fruits.
### I had once requested Tendulkar for an interview after he had returned from a long tour. The request was made at night while the following morning he was heading for a spending some quiet couple of days with his wife outside the state before heading to play a benefit match. Yet, he was gracious enough to say that he would do a long-distance telephone interview for me. I just did not have the heart to take advantage of his niceness. I told him that he deserved his rest and the little moment of privacy he got with his wife and decided not to trouble him. Was I unprofessional? Maybe. But I felt good that I was able to project a human face to a good gesture.
### Former ICC panel umpire VK Ramaswamy told me a story which underlines Tendulkar’s commitment. Sometime in the early 90s, the organisers of a tournament in Meerut were worried that Tendulkar may not turn up as he was playing a benefit match the previous day at Silchar. “But he took a flight from Silchar to Delhi, covered the two and half hour distance from Delhi to Agra by road, reached around 3.00 am and was there at the match, looking as fresh and enthusiastic as ever to play for his office (Sun-Grace Mafatlal)!”
### Hemant Kenkre, a dear friend of mine, recollects the time Tendulkar refused to accept money for an ad he did for Anja San. The exclusive men’s boutique in Mumbai is owned by singer Asha Bhosle' s son, who wanted to pay Tendulkar his price. But Tendulkar would not accept it. Says Kenkre: ``Frankly I would have taken money in Sachin's place. I can understand him refusing the money today, but at that early point of his career he was not making the kind of money he is making today. It truly showed the character in him.”
http://www.thewisdencricketer.com/it...=3&item_id=436
The Poster Boy Untouched By Fame
December 2008
Sachin Tendulkar has scored more Test runs than anyone. To Greg Baum, who has seen him stop trains in their tracks in India, he is the game’s secular saint
Main picture by Patrick Eagar
The two keenest appreciations of Sachin Tendulkar were made from vantage points that could not have been more opposite and together serve as an incontrovertible cross-reference to his greatness.
The first was Sir Donald Bradman’s famous remark to his wife during the 1996 World Cup that Tendulkar put him in mind of how he himself batted. The second is the widespread understanding in the cricket community that match-fixers did not bother to get on with their crooked business until Tendulkar was out; there is an anecdotal account of how Tendulkar once unknowingly ruined a fix by batting too blissfully well. It must be understood that neither reflection would have been made lightly. Sir Donald was not given to hyperbole or glibness. Nor would the fixers have bothered with throwaway lines.
Together, these tributes convey immutable impressions of Tendulkar that accord with less quantifiable, more aesthetic understandings of the glory of his batsmanship. Here is a man capable of changing the course of any game.
Here is a man incorruptible in the face of the temptations that so many of his peers could not resist. Outside the laws or outside the off stump he could not be lured. Here is a man not susceptible to human failing in any endeavour; a man not so much invincible as invulnerable.
Here is a man whose name is synonymous with purity, of technique, philosophy and image. If Ian Botham was the Errol Flynn of cricket, or Viv Richards the Martin Luther King, or Shane Warne the Marilyn Monroe, or Muttiah Muralitharan the Hobbit, Tendulkar is surely the game’s secular saint.
Right from the beginning, he appeared to be touched by divinity. He came among us as a boy-god, unannounced. He was 16 and was hit on the head in his first appearance but neither flinched nor retreated a step. Nothing thenceforth could harm him, temporal or otherwise. He was short and stocky like all the best and mop-topped and guileless to behold. He has scarcely changed since.
Tendulkar was born with extravagant natural talent but he was also driven and indefatigable. He came not from another dimension, nor the mystical east, but like all greats from the nets. When a boy he would bat from dawn to dusk and even a little beyond. By such dedication he came to understand intimately his own gift and at length to lavish it upon others.
His movements at the crease are small but exact. He said once that he did not believe in footwork for its conventional purpose because the tempo of Test cricket did not permit a batsman the textbook indulgence of getting to the pitch of the ball. Rather he thought of footwork as a means of balancing himself up at the crease so that each shot was hit just as he meant it. He scores predominantly through the off side, unusual for such a heavy run-maker, but of course he can play every shot.
Tendulkar’s method promotes an air of calm, reassurance and poise at the crease. Brian Lara’s batting was characterised by explosion and violence, Steve Waugh’s by grim resolve, Ricky Ponting’s now by his energetic purpose; but Tendulkar’s ways are timeless. His battles with Shane Warne, genius versus genius, were for the ages. It is said that the common element to concepts of beauty among all peoples and races is symmetry, a balance between all the parts. So it is with Tendulkar’s batting.
How easily he carries the hopes and takes responsibility for the well-being of untold millions on that impossible subcontinent; in this, too, he is divine. All eyes are upon him, day and night, but no scandal has attached itself in his private life or in his cricket endeavours. Across the land he is the little man on the big posters and hoardings, creating a kind of reverse Big Brother effect; he is not watching them but they are watching him. Still he stands tall.
Sometimes petty criticism is made that he fails India in its hours of need but it is not borne out by the figures. He has made more than 80 international centuries and is not done yet.
When called upon, he also bowls intelligently, if sparingly. He is sure in the field. There is even about him, as there was about many saints, something of the ingenu. He was not a natural captain for the modern era because he can lead only by example. He does not have a charismatic presence in a cricket stadium but fills it in a different way, as the one certainty in a sea of doubt. Batting is the most fraught of sporting pursuits because even for the best the end is only ever one ball away. Tendulkar seems to turn that verity upon itself.
As Tendulkar put Bradman in mind of himself, so he puts others in mind of Bradman. Once I was on a night train winding down from Simla to Kalka that stopped halfway for refreshments at a station lit by flaming torches. On a small television screen wreathed in cigarette smoke Tendulkar was batting in a match in Mumbai. No one moved or spoke or looked away. The train was delayed by 20 minutes. Not until Tendulkar was done could the world resume its normal timetables and rhythms.
One of the best articles on Sachin :notworthy: Thanks a lot AF for bringing this :ty:
Tendulkar as effective as ever: Boycott
December 16, 2008 15:57 IST
Last Updated: December 16, 2008 16:01 IST
The unbridled aggression may have paved way for a sedate approach but Sachin Tendulkar [Images], even after the wears and tears of 18 years of international cricket, remains as effective as ever, according to former England [Images] captain Geoffrey Boycott.
The former England opener said ageing is a natural process but what is unique about Tendulkar is the fact that he is still able to score those runs when required.
* British media laud Tendulkar
"As a batsman it is not how many runs you make but whether you do it when it matters. Tendulkar showed all his experience, skill and ability," Boycott wrote in his column for The Daily Telegraph.
* Images: India triumphant at Chepauk
"As he gets older he does not dominate bowling as he did in his younger days. He does not have the same range of shots and has to use his brain instead. It makes no difference because he is just as effective as he ever was," said the cricketer-turned-commentator, known for forthright views.
According to him, Tendulkar's sublime century in the Chennai Test could be a lesson for all other batsmen.
"This year alone he has made over 1,000 runs in Test cricket at an average of over 50. As they age all batsmen and bowlers must be able to fall back on what they have learned so that when that little bit of youthfulness has gone, you make up for it with experience and knowledge," he said.
Upset with Monty Panesar's [Images] average show in the match, Boycott said the England spinner should learn from Tendulkar.
"Panesar and Tendulkar are two opposites. Panesar has talent but has learned nothing. Tendulkar is brilliant and has learned everything," he observed.
According to Boycott, the Sikh spinner still has a long way to go in Test cricket.
"Shane Warne's [Images] comment is very appropriate. He basically said Panesar has not learned a thing in Test cricket. To be a great spin bowler, it is not enough to spin the ball and bowl it on a length ball after ball. That is only the simple basics. You have to think batsmen out by subtlety and variation. You have to be able to cope with pressure. It
demands a different mindset when you bowl in the fourth innings and have to get a team out to win the match.
"For a spinner there is no bigger pressure than bowling at Indian and Sri Lankan batsmen, because they are brought up with spin and are very, very good at playing it. Monty simply has a lot to learn," Boycott said.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.a...211&na=1&nst=1
HAS SACHIN SLOWED DOWN -- Oh Really
Plenty of people we come across today, say things like Sachin is good but not as positive as he used to be before, his reflexes has slowed down ............he doesnt dominate these days is it really the case.
I dont like to talk abt the glorious past of the master as i feel that the present is just as mesmerizing as it has ever been.
Lets take a look at all 50+ innings of Sachin during the last one year, as its pointless to talk about Strike rates for low scores.
Point to note here is, apar from the lanka series and the one off inning against SA Sachin has scored a fifty in all the matches he has played ........except perhaps missing it by 1 in bangalore.
56 vs Pak Delhi Strike rate 50.50
82 vs Pakistan Kolkatta Strike Rate 75.22
62 vs Australia Melbourne Strike rate 80.51
153 vs Australia Sydney Strike rate 63.37
71 vs Australia Perth Strike rate 55.46
153 vs Australia adelaide Strike rate 74.63
62 vs Australia Melbourne of 77 balls Strike rate 80.51
88 vs Australia Mohali Strike rate 79.27
If you are still wondering what that means .
here's a head to head with a player presumed to be perpetually attacking
Last one year 50+ scores
Ponting : 7 innings --------------650 runs --------------Strike rate --58.45
Sachin : 7 innings --------------666 runs ------------Strike rate -----67.75
Talk about Slowing down..............????
Not Dominating ???????????????
If you notice the only 2 innings where the SR is in 50s are in
Delhi test against pak
4th inning deteriorating pitch .............and a reasonable score to chase, considering that India has faltered many times in doing that
Perth Test
Well that 77 was a masterpiece, maybe at strike rate of 55 .................but boy wasnt it a genius .
Moral: Sachin only slows down when the situation really demands it .........or the opposition resort to negative line tactics
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All Blame on Sachin???????Is it
I always see people raising this question,Sachins century never ends up with Indian wins..is it true..yea it has a bit of truth..but let us just see those centuries at a glance and see...is the general remark true..
Out of 41 centuries he has scored it has resulted in an Indian win for 15 matches and 17 were drawn and 9 ended up in loosing cause.
He avgs a staggering 64.88 for all the matches India has not lost.
Centuries against Australia which has gone vain
Now let us look into matches where his century has resulted in an Indian Loss.
Lets take the 4 centuries he has scored against Australia,which has ended in loss
1.Played against Australia,Ground, Perth, on 1,-5 February 1992
Sachins score==>114
India Losses by 300 Runs.Sachin scores 114, rated many as the best innings seen.The notable point is the second highest scorere was Kiran More 43 runs.
MOM:Mike Whitney
2.Played against Australia,Ground Bangalore, on 25-29March 1998
Sachin Scores ==>177 &31 in second innings
India lose by 9 wickets.Sachins highest score for a losing cause.After helping the team score 424 in the first innings,if we still lose the match is it this mans fault.u decide.by the way the second highest scorer was sidhu with 74.
MOM Kasparoviz,MOS:sachin
3.Played against Australia Ground melbourne on 26-30 December 1999
Sachin Scores==> 116 in first innings and 52 in second innings
India Lose by 180 runs
Sachin as captain does all he could,the next top scorere for india was H.kanithkar the debutant with 45.This loss is also because of sachin.pity pity
MOM :Sachin Tendulkar
4.Played against Australia Ground Sydney 2-6 January 2008
Sachin scores 154 not out and 12
India lose by 122 runs
Many can blame on the poor umpiring and all others,but i would put the blame squarely on India,2 overs to go 3 wickets in hand score 210 for 7,Indian tail collapses to part time spinner Michael clarke and end the innings with the same score 210 all out....this match is also lost because of sachin..what can one do more than this.
MOM:Andrew Symonds
Against ENGLAND
5.Played against England, Birmingham, from-6-10 June match)
Sachin Scores ==>24 in the first inningss and 122 in the second innings
India Lose by 8 wickets.
The second highest scorer in that second innings when sachin scored 122 was 18 by sanjay manajrekar.How in the world can he be blamed for such pathetic performance from the team.
MOM :Nasser Hussain
Against New Zealand
6.Played against New Zealand, Wellington, 26-30 December
Sachin scores==> 47 in the first innings,113 in the second innings and take 2 wickets for the cost of 8 runs
What more can a batsman do more than this in low scoring match..yet all the blame on sachin..he never wins you matches..The only other player who did contribute was Azhar with a fighting century in the first innings
Against South Africa
7.Played against SA, Cape Town, from 2-6 January 1997
SA win by 282 runs
Sachin scores ==> 169 ,a flamboyant fighting century only to be dismissed as the last batman by an adam Bacher magic at the ropes.All other batsmen capitulated like 9 pins apart from Azhar and India lost the match with ease.
Blame it on sachin...He is no good..he should have scored 300 batting with the tail..
8.Played against SA, Bloemfontein, 3-7 November 2001
SA win by 9 wickets
Sachin scores ==>155 in the first innings and along with century from sehwag takes india to 378...But what followed was great display of fast bowling and great fielding and India lost by 9 wickets...put the blame again on this man...easiest thing in the cricket world...
Against Pakistan
9.Played agaisnt Pakistan Chepauk, Chennai, from 28-31 January 1999
Sachin scores ==>136 runs chasing a modest 271 in the last innings.The second highest run scorere for india was Mongia with 52..Sachin departs when India need 15 runs more with score on 256..the great Indian tail wagged and score 2 runs...we lost the match by 14 runs..this is called team effort...But at the end of the day..again the blame falls on sachin...pathetic player..no good in finsihing the match..
This is to all sachin fans who at some instance had to face this blame game...."Sachin never makes india win"..this questions will come across again and many a time...
Happy new year...
And to all sachin fans who are putting threads to degrade other stars...please stop as that in hand is just like degrading this community as a whole.
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Meera: "this really isn't even a challenge for Sachin. it's just a question of whether or not he gets bored out there. i think he'll collar domestic attacks when he is 65 also. i can't remember a time when he hasn't scored while playing for mumbai."
456 for 2. Kotak applauds Tendulkar's effort as they walk back to the pavilion. Meanwhile, TN are 375 for 7 (Balaji 10*, Ganapathy 13*)
That comment by Meera about a 65-year old Tendulkar reminds me of a lovely story told by Jeff Thomson about Bradman.
Thommo: "On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, 'Why isn't this b!@@rd playing with us tomorrow?' That's how good I thought he was."
Btw it's a super interview of Thommo by Nagraj. Do read it .. http://content-www.cricinfo.com/maga...ry/330770.html
131.6 Makvana to Tendulkar, SIX, He usually slog sweeps these days in international cricket but here today he has been charging down the track like the good old days. Another dash down the wicket, another big heave and another six over long-on.
Thalaivan Irukiran !!! :D
133.4 Dhurv to Tendulkar, FOUR
133.3 Dhurv to Tendulkar, SIX, The little big man is hammering the Saurashtrians. He charged down the track to lift the flighted delivery over long-off and into the stands. Pity about the lack of the crowd.
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Karthik: "Tendulkar's love affair with Chepauk continues. He has made 5 Test hundreds on this very same ground. 4 of which helped India win the Test 1 of which almost helped India win. "
Cricinfo commentary :)
SR Tendulkar retired hurt 122 0 160 9 5 76.25 :D :clap: :bow:
Retired hurt? What happened?
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Originally Posted by Ramakrishna
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Tendulkar has decided to retire for the innings here. Apparently' he's running a temperature.
oh ok...
Tendulkar,Dancing Down The Track @ Chepauk
Another Dazzling Ton By The Master.
I am Just out of words to describe what I witnessed today !!
The same old Tendulkar dancing down the track and firing those huge sixes over
bowler's head. a majestic Hunderd with 5 Massive Big hits and Sachinistic Boundaries.
We were Overwhelmed....I was just more than satisfied....
i can't help myself adding another incident...It was during the drinks break...Sachin took His Helmet off and crowd strated cheering....He suddenly turned back to us and acknowledged us with his bat...It was unbelievable...
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Did LM or any other chennai hubbers saw the match today? :huh: :roll:
chummA additail-nu ninaikkiREn :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by sourav
http://www.daylife.com/topic/Sachin_...r/photos/all/1
Some good collection of pics on Sachin Tendulkar.
I was ready to go to stadium yesterday, but this Jaffer batted for a whole day and I didn't go :evil: Innaikku kaalailadhan Bangalore vandhen. Paartha Thalaivar century :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
England matchkkum ippadi dhan soneenga :lol2: :oops: :P.
Neenga pogalainaale sachin century adikuraar :yessir:
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
That's what matters 8-) Atleast highlights-aachum paakkalam-na night shift :banghead: Yaaravadhu youtube-la upload panna nalla irukkum :|
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer