Dear People, especially Sachin fans and those who post Messages against Dravid. Please accept the fact that given the present day standards, Dravid is a cut above Sachin. I think Dravid has been used as a slave. If there are no regular openers, he will open, if a wicket falls early, he will be sent in to steady the innings, will be sent down at Number 6 to stabilize the lower order, will be asked to keep wickets to give an the team an option to include an extra bowler or batsman. What else do you want him to do. He will never cry that he wants only the opening slot or has never said that his captaincy is pressurizing him to perform. Moreover he is just one year old as a captain and this is not the time to compare with other captains. Still, Within this one year, we had victories over Pak, WI in their soil, won 17 consecutive chases, won a test victory against SA which has eluded us from 1992. Guys, it is a known fact that Sachin is great, but given the present day standards, Dravid is definitely the best when compared. He could not be selected as the ICC best test player and captain without performing. and for the past 3 years, he has been the most dependable player for India. Please have some heart when you throw abusive messages against him. SOmeone said sachin won matches for India at the sahara cup, titan cup. Didnt Dravid win matches for us in Aus, Pak, WI, SA, England and SL? Afterall, the players are there in the team to perform. Just giving some statistics and saying that he is best/worst doesnt seem good. If you believe in statistics, well there are many which can prove Dravid is best. We have accepted the fact that Sachin is great, so, please give due respect to Dravid for what he is now. Thanks
RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 07:24 PM Permalink
We should not compare players. I agree completely. We all respect Sachin, Rahul and rest of the team members for their ability to be in the final eleven. And we need each one of them to fire!
RE:RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by srinivas kanna on Mar 05, 2007 08:58 PM Permalink
even i hate comparing players but some offensive messages against Dravid compelled me to compile that post. All i wonder is, why people aren't coming out of their shells to back up another man from the same INDIAN team who is giving his heart out. I hate idol worship among sportsmen and there are so called (note: i am not mentioning all) Fanatics, who, for the sake of supporting their hero, pass on filthy comments on others. They dont accept the reality and live in a dream world. A true cricket lover should support all and he shouldn't be biased. IF they are biased, just let them praise their hero and stop with that. Let them not use some crap language in abusing others' sentiments
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by Abhi on Mar 05, 2007 10:16 PM Permalink
madrasi kanna supporting bangalorean dravid..stone age mentality of supporting people from your own states or neighbouring states..come to mumbai and say this and you will get stoned for uttering against sachin's greatness
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by R Srinivasan on Mar 05, 2007 10:21 PM Permalink
again you!!!the above comment is just for you..you guys live in a dream world and tend to forget that Madras is in India. Because of people like you, India is lagging in all fronts. What does my state has to do here? are you nuts? This is what i call as Idol worship
RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 07:05 PM Permalink
Dravid is definately a very good player,he helped us in winning very crucial matches. don't give importance to people who says he is not good player. but brother don't compare players. every players has it's own game and plus and minus. but sorry you said he was asked to keep wicket there u are wrong, that time his place in the team was in danger, ganguly asked him to kept althought he kept and well and secured his place in the team. but that ploy was to make his place intact in the team. but definately he is our key player and yes he is Indian wall.all the best captain get the WC
RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by karthik on Mar 06, 2007 11:05 AM Permalink
Plz stop comparing players!!! Both the players are great and have served the team in their own ways... All these crap arises due to comparison... So lets stop comparing who s great... And Cheer the team to do well in World Cup
RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by Osho on Mar 06, 2007 06:53 AM Permalink
Doesn't matter..both are Maharashtrians. Its only that Dravids father moved to Karnataka for a transfer from Kissan...Dravid is a Maharashtrian married to a maharashtrian from Nagpur...So all you southies stop claiming him. Next...all the best batsmen from India have maharashtrian origins. tendlya..gavaskar..dravid..vengsarkar..vijay merchant (parsi born in mumbai)..vijay hajare..vijay manjrekar..these are just few..the list goes on and on... Now lets name some south players.. Gundappa..shrikant..chandra..prasanna..full stop..
In fact stop claiming even claim Shivaji Rao Gaekwad as a southie..you call him rajnikant..or rajni..
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by robinson samuel on Mar 06, 2007 11:06 AM Permalink
Abhe Osho......Konse baat ko kahan Connect kar raha hai be......There is only One fact thatis ....We are INDIAN......aur baaki sab baad mein......
RE:RE:RE:No intention to hurt anyone. Please read and think
by Osho on Mar 06, 2007 11:57 AM Permalink
Robinson..true... but this was retaliation to Sachin's criticism.. did you read the first line..Dravid is a cut above Sachin..Typical southie language. I know even I hit below the belt but that was to hurt and divert...
Lot and much more has been said about sachin in this column. Nobody can deny the ability of sachin as a team player, whether he is in form or not in form u can not put the single mark on his attitude. even i cant singled out any player in this generation (i.e. after the world cup 96) whose commitment is less for his team. every player has performs according to his skills. we can say that tendulkar is not on that level on which he was used to be, but it given an another oppurtunity to India. Now Tendulkar is playing in middle order and it is more dangerous to the opposition. Look in this way, earlier when tendulkar was opening main target of the opposition was to getting off the tendulkar as early as possible and to make the planning in smooth after that. but now when he will be playing either at 3 or 4 it is not very easy for opposition to get rid of him quickly. In some cases the damage has been already done at the top before tendulkar either by sehwag or uthhapa. so now opposition has first to remove them and then they have to concentrate on removing tendulkar. This is not so easy job. they have to work hard in compare to prior one when tendulkar was opening. You can judge my comments on this way, Gayle is best batsman of WI, remove him quickly, see the difference, remove gilchrist quickly, see the difference, remove smith (SA) quickly, see the difference, remove jayasurya quickly, see the difference. All of them are the best batsman of thier countries in terms of explosive power. If u want to win the matches u have to get rid off them quickly, otherwise they will score in any situation. Same rules is also apllid on sachin. he is also explosive, not so much what was before but still his strike rate is lying between 80 to 90, which is not bad by any means and dropping him in the batting order he can destroyed better to prove a personal point to team management, that he is still lion and champion. Team management has laso taken very wise and bold move to drop him in the batting order and to maximise his abilities in much better way. My final eleven is hyping only on the fact that what confidence team management is carrying in the bowling abilities of pathan. If they are ok with pathan, then my eleven or may be team india eleven as per thier batting order is as follows: ganguly, sehwag, sachin, yuvraj, dravid, dhoni, pathan, harbhajan, agarkar, zaheer, munaf. in some cases pathan can come at no. 3, but that is too hypothetatical to me. And if they are not going with pathan then first eleven should be as follows: ganguly, utthappa, sehwag, sachin, dravid, yuvraj, dhoni, harbhajan, agarkar, zaheer, munaf. in both cases kartik would be 12th man. 2nd team is looking very sound but in this one our bowling options are limited. four main bowlers have to perform consistenly and thats make a problem, if any bowler is out of colour on a given day india may loose on that account. Thats why pathan gives the flexibility to bowling department. pathan and sehwag form is very criticla to team india, if they can perform around 70 to 80% of thier potential then i am seeing india in last four and from there on it is any body game. at last not forget apart sehwag and pathan 2 out of other top 5 have to be cliked for cover of loss of other guys. We can make it to the semis. just keep faith. we need performance from 2 batters (out of 7) and yeah 1% luck for 99% efforts. semifinal should be between aus/sa/ind and 4th one either sl or nz, eng, wi and pak has weak chances due to lack of depth in thier bowling. keep it up guys and best wishes for india. cheers. Vivek Jain, viv_jain@rediffmail.com
I am not a cricketer or cricketing expert as you guys seem to be, but i am a fan and I do have my own views on Sachin. I simply havent enjoyed watching Sachin after 2003, when he is longer the force he was. His test record is not at all as good as was meant to be, all his test records are soon going to be dust very soon and his tremendous ODI records too, though that will take a longer time, of course I still believe he deserves his place in the Indian side, and I hope he gets a wonderful parting gift of winning WC, but honestly looking at our poor bowling i dont think we can win the WC. I think Sachin would have been better off if he had been born as an Australian or if he had taken up some individual sport. I never am a hero worshipper and never will be. As a parting shot I hope I am wrong about Sachin being a spent force. I hope he proves me wrong. I will keep my fingers crossed :)
RE:Good-bye
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 06:39 PM Permalink
your views are welcome, Now look at Sachin's complete cricket carrier, he started at 16, he proved himself ,people likes his style of playing very attractive. then he started breaking records after records. but because of injuries his cricket hampered and because continious injuries he stop playing all strokes he has. may be because fear of injuries. even Manjrekar said this. now if u say he has he does not deserve place in team, sorry frnds u don't have his replacement. u already burnt your fingers by removing Ganguly. our problem is don't have good new young player, this fact is even accepted by Dilip and Ranjsingh Dungarpur. in the South Afrika when most of our players failed, we asked Ganguly to come and mind u this we did not because Ganguly was playing better but because others were not playing well, this fact was accepted by Ganguly himself that he got selected because of others failuer. Now may be Sachin is not playing well but imapact on other team makes the difference. so don't say we don't need him.
RE:Good-bye
by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 06:27 PM Permalink
Neither we are hero worshippers. But unduly criticism is not correct. thats what i feel. He has performed well earlier and i feel he is still capable(though not what he sued to be some years back). But u can be sure that he will atleast try to prove u wrong. :)
RE:Tendulkar eyes special fifth World Cup
by himanshu mody on Mar 05, 2007 05:30 PM Permalink
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what a shame !! in india people have guts to talk silly about amitabh and sachin. same people who have done nothing in life. why not so easy to move tongue, right ???
RE:do u have it in u
by vinnie n on Mar 05, 2007 05:51 PM Permalink
amitabh ????????????????????????....? lollolol...ol don't compare crap hindi films with sports. there are many actors in the other states and world better than him. keep hindi film and politic (not told) out of sports...don't joke ok!!
RE:do u have it in u
by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:37 PM Permalink
why shud one have guts to talk abt sachin ? if you what u tell is true, we shudnt talk abt anything at all. We cannot criticize anybody even politicians, as after all they have achieved so much more. We can even give up democracy/election/voting, how dare we express our displeasure by not voting for a certain candidate, after all we are not politicians are we ? I can only talk a teeny weeny bit abt software engineering becoz tats wat i am :) last time i checked india was a free country and besides if nobody criticized sachin our brains wouldnt get excercised isnt it ? the fun would be so much less
RE:do u have it in u
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:32 PM Permalink
sorry Anjali u r mistaken, sometime we have to criticise our own heroes like we criticise our own children,it does not mean that we don't like them.
I am Sachin's fan, but sometimes i also felt that sachin played for records, in his last century against srilanka he needed 1 run to complete his century, he could try to send it for six or four, but took single to complete his century, i got angry it was last ball and India was playing 1st in any case for any team normally player try to get 6 or 4 and here sachin didn't take risk and took single. sorry sachin no body liked this. but ok u r also human being on that we can leave u.
RE:i am sachin's fan
by vardhamshetty gautham on Mar 05, 2007 05:31 PM Permalink
u are very clever just by writing the title i am sachins fan u succeeded in avoiding many more scoldings to you if you remember he scored that century in 76 balls.......that itself tells whether he played for records .....or for country........he is a true sportsman ......we dont have any criteria to criticize him......all the best sachin.......may god bless you with peace of mind so that you can rock this world cup as you always do
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Suvendu Sahoo on Mar 05, 2007 05:37 PM Permalink
I am sure you don't have a little bit of knowledge on cricket. What Sachin has done? Highest oneday scores. highest no of centuries, highest no of games etc.But what India has achieved from him? World cup......no, Test victory on abroad.....no. In the most crucial games, he is out of confidence. It look like he surrenders to the pressure.
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by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:42 PM Permalink
Sahoo India is country of human worship,here people likes to see their star . India looses does not make any difference. here even u can not critcise people.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:46 PM Permalink
Really! i thought we should have a reason to criticise. If some one is criticised even if he does well, just because u expect him to do even more, then don't u think that is unfair? why we r discussing so much abt only sachin? why not others?
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by execute on Mar 05, 2007 06:01 PM Permalink
who said he has not done well, but krishna i know u are die hard fan of sachin so i am. agree that he made that century in 76 balls, but my dear frnd last ball frnd last ball. don't put this logic of 338 now a days teams are easily chasing 340 and 350 and 400. and u know Indian flat wickets. you are worlds greatest batsman, but sorry sachin last ball for single not at all acceptble.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 06:34 PM Permalink
Lets hope. afterall we all wish good things for indian cricket. And if we have people who are committed, doing the job for us, it will be nice. :)
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 06:12 PM Permalink
Btw, i am not a die-hard fan of sachin. :) I am a fan of all those who do well, whereever they perform and in whichever field they perform. Here in Sachin's case, i felt that he is a top performer and a great human being. And i feel he is certainly a better judge about cricket than me, atleast. Thats all. I am only responding if any unduly criticism is coming up. We can certainly criticise but if we have a pretty good reason and when we think that the other person did not perform intentionally. :)
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by execute on Mar 05, 2007 06:25 PM Permalink
all your points are correct, try to get that match video. and watch that last ball. I may be wrong. and i will be happy if i proved wrong
RE:RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:43 PM Permalink
Boss, after he has done so much, then don't u think that there are other 10 guys in the team and they also are supposed to do something. Don't say that we did not get WC because of sachin. He did his part. If others don't fire, then u can't hold responsible for it.
RE:i am sachin's fan
by Abhiram Sharma on Mar 05, 2007 05:18 PM Permalink
no I m not agree with you.. have you seen srilanaka team at that time they all want to stop sachins century. and you see the ball. where the bowler pitch that last boll. no one can hit 4 or 6 on that delivery. by the way how many times you hold bat for century. plz check any match in which sachin plays. you can easily check the attitude of him and other players. no mean he is batting bowling or fielding.
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:26 PM Permalink
I don't say that player should not go for century but now days when matches are so keenly contested even 1or 2 runs are vital and he took single. and another thing is A player who aready had world record of century, is still looking for century. it would be understable if a new player trying for his 1st century.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:33 PM Permalink
It depends also on the ball he plays isn't it? how many times have we seen him hitting a boundary to make a 100 or 50? Even in test matches! i am sure if the ball was playable, he himself would have liked to hit a 4 or 6. He is certainly a better judge than u and me. And moreover no team wants to loose a wicket on the last ball. i am not defending him. This is what happened.
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:23 PM Permalink
Well said Sir. Not many people know that any proper batsman plays to the ball's merit. They don't simply swing the bat for everything.
RE:RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:29 PM Permalink
sorry krishna last ball is not the ball u play for merit, and 1 more thing suppose if last ball is good length ball would u play it defensively come on frnds it's one day game, and in any case u can not play ball for single or defensively. and mind u this word is from sachin's big fan. sometime u have to criticise your own hero.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:41 PM Permalink
No need buddy! We don' have to search for reasons to criticise. Do it if it is obvious, not when u think with a suspicious feel. He has done that in 76 balls. if he thought of only century he would have played more safely, considering the fact that he is not in his best form.
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Suvendu Sahoo on Mar 05, 2007 05:31 PM Permalink
You all are behaving like great cricket experts. We know Sachin is feeling so much pressure for the media hype only. Sachin may be one of the best batsman of his era. But he lacks self-confidence. You can check his records, you can know that. But undoubtedly he is our key player. and he should prove that.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:38 PM Permalink
No one in cricket history whether in india or else where has handled the media pressure as gracefully as sachin did. I feel more than his runs and centuries, i feel that is his greatest achievement. For 17 years every cricket fan and sports jounalist in india was after him and he kept his cool and worked hard single mindedly even when expectations were soaring high, and well behaved too. He has set very good example for all.
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by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:50 PM Permalink
True, he handled media and public's pressure very well. he is a person who leave cricket. no doubt about this. my criticism was for that match, because i didn't like that. all the best master blaster
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:59 PM Permalink
i think we should agree to disagree at this point. :) If i had a hint that he has intentionally gone for only single, then may be i wouldn't have liked, but after he made 100 in 76 balls and allowed his century to arrive in the last over, i have very little doubt that though he had century in his mind (like any other person) he did not bother much about it.
RE:i am sachin's fan
by padma k on Mar 05, 2007 05:07 PM Permalink
ru really mad...even sir vivian richards will take a single to get to his hundred....
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:09 PM Permalink
338/3 or something but tats not the point as "execute" said he should have gone for a 4 or 6. Actually I think he was a little nervous on the last bowl. He hadnt scored a ODI century for a long time.
RE:RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:21 PM Permalink
If that is going to help him get back his confidence so that he can perform much better later on, whats the problem? We are pretty safe by then. 338 in all probability is a winning score. And he was the major contributor in that score anyway.
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by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:45 PM Permalink
338 is not a safe score in ODIs anymore, sorry if i have bored by reiterating the same point ;)
RE:RE:i am sachin's fan
by execute on Mar 05, 2007 05:08 PM Permalink
that does not make any difference becuase now a day teams are succesfully chasing 350 400. U know this. even those extra 3 or 5 runs if he would have made could be vital
He's played terrific cricket in all the world cups he's played. This WC 2007 is not going to be different. This time he'll be bowling more also and will be the vital cog in the middle and slog overs while batting. He'll definitely play a majore role in India winning this World Cup.
RE:RE:WAtch out for sachin!
by pavan karimbil on Mar 05, 2007 05:06 PM Permalink
why not mate!
Better than concluding India is losing....let it be a lesson; if is not necessary that we will not succeed if we dream, but no victory comes without first dreaming....so sit back and get more optimistic!!
RE:RE:RE:WAtch out for sachin!
by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:22 PM Permalink
confidence is one thing over confidence is another. I think it is arrogant to claim as if India has already won the WC. Realistically speaking look the ICC ODI ranking of India it is 5th or 6th.
RE:RE:RE:WAtch out for sachin!
by Reform India on Mar 05, 2007 05:22 PM Permalink
We should dream and then get things done with more effort and plans. But we always dream too long.
Well ! Yes as most of us feel that Sachin could have been a better match winner and should have a far better test record than what his statistics show right now but lemme just put some points in front of you - 1) Sachin has been playing for so many years now, 16 years on international cricket and fan's expectation do take a toll. 2) When he was in prime i.e. early or mid-twenties, indian team wasnt that good and they were poor travellers. There was so much of expectations only on one shoulder that all of us (even sachin himself) may have believed that he will be the person who will take the team of out of trouble all the times. Remember the time when people used to vacate the stands when Sachin used to get out. 3) His test record and ODI record is far better that any other indian player (i am talking about both versions) and on the top of that he can be parntership-breaker bowler also at so many times. 4) He went through so many injuries in past 3-4 years that an individual start feeling little circumspect when he is towards the end of his career to take less risks and less chances. Batton needs to be passed to somebody younger in our case people like Sewhag, Kaif, Jaffar, Gambhir etc never could take the responsbility really (even Yuvi in test matches, laxman in ODI) 5) Has a good record against Aussies who are a good bowling side and never faced indian bowlers (since he is also part of indian team!) when indians always used to be poor travellers and teams used to milk them in foreign conditions.
So give poor man a break for somebody who tries giving his best to the team, ia a humble gentleman, praised by Bradman, dreaded by Warne !!
Lets be positive and pray that he keeps on giving his best till he is on field.
RE:Hype and Reality
by santosh rath on Mar 05, 2007 06:16 PM Permalink
It was the best comment i have ever read here. Hat off to you and ofcourse the great living legend Sir Sachin Tendulkar. All The best to all his critics for upcoming World cup. Sachin definately going to make them search for their words. They will hardly get anything.
I still remember the Six Sachin hit's over the point of Akthar, and the reply to Englands Fast Bowler Caddick. Caddick gave a statment that " Sahin is also a batsmen like other's and we dont have any special plan for him", But sachin proved that he is the master by sending his ball out of the ground. That match would have been Caddick's worst performance but luckly he managed to get 3 wickets in the last over. Sachin is the Master. Rajesh
RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 04:56 PM Permalink
do you remember the failures ? How the so called titans of India batting failed in 2 of the 3 tests in SA. India failed despite having Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. All titans. How did they fail India for 2 consecutive matches from a similar position
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by Rocky on Mar 05, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
Chill out man!!! We have just seen World Beaters like Australia loose 5 consecutive one day matches just before the world cup. Arent they confident that they'll win the world cup? There are good and bad times for all cricket teams. Dont be pessimistic.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:13 PM Permalink
U r absolutely right! This Aus team which is so highly rated lost 5 matches. Now, shall we say that Aus team is a team of useless cricketers? Ponting is useless, Hussey don't know batting, Mcgrath bowls for records etc. No. we don't say that. why? because we respect the opposition more than ourselves. Such a Shame! Even when both are equally capable, we tend to do that. That is why we loose against teams like Australia whereas Aus team raises from the ashes and wins most of its matches. Its Time Guys to recognise our talents and start respecting ourselves. if we can't do that, no one will do that.
RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by pavan karimbil on Mar 05, 2007 05:01 PM Permalink
Mr Agarwal,
So you are suggesting that only the 'Indian titans' fail??!! Before you start shooting down the Indian 'stars', lets also get your facts right on the so called 'other stars'??
Even when India won the WC in 1983, Viv Richards (undoubtedly one of the most destructive batsmen of his era) failed! Look at Lara's record, even HE has seen failure...so whats new
RE:RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:07 PM Permalink
If i remember rightly of what i've read it was a stunning catch by Kapil Dev that ended the innings of Viv Richards who was well on his way to blasting India out. It was completely against the run of play. Contrast that to Indians who couldnt survive for less than a day on day five, how can all 4 batsmen fail at the same time. All 4 are very very good bastmens.
RE:RE:RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by Surya on Mar 05, 2007 05:33 PM Permalink
Do you realise how many dubious decisions that sachin has been involved in? and how many stunning catches got him out??
RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by Surya on Mar 05, 2007 05:34 PM Permalink
Just for your satisfaction, almost all nations have bad overseas records or washout tournaments except maybe Austraila.
RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by shekhar thakur on Mar 05, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
This is a game of cricket. One or two tours do not conclude the quality and ability of a batsman. Sachin has shown consistant track record for last 15 years. So please correct ur attitude before writing this.
RE:RE:RE:sanjanacs@rediffmail.com
by pavan karimbil on Mar 05, 2007 05:13 PM Permalink
Hear hear!! To all those who think cricket is a gully-danda game.....first lets spend the next 15 yrs being rated as the world's premier player, then we shall talk!!
