THe best thing about sachin is , his bat speaks to his critics.There are some indian players who could never served Indian team like sachin did, and they just don't want to miss any opportunity against sachin.But sachin's has always sent them to hibernation. And it will go on, i am sure. Now where is Manjrekar or Kapil Dev ?? Lets take example against australia ? Did indian team ever dominated australia without sachin's contribution ?? more than 80% of the matches that india won against australia are when sachin contributed significantly. When he doesn't perform, india doesn't win. Ponting, Gilly, Hayden never got a chance to play against the greats like Brett Lee, Shane Warne, McGrath, Bracken. Did they face them, it would have been an entire different story about their performances. But Sachin not only faced them through out his career, but was successfull as well.Now he is again No.1 ODI batsman in ICC ranking, even after so many injuries, unnecessary criticism from his own country/media/old team mates. Thats truely amazing. Who says he didn't play well in last year or so ? He won the maximum Man of the matches and Man of the series awards for India in the last 1 and half year, both in test and ODIs. And to me, a man of the match award means a match winning performance. And no other player in the world even comes near to his number of man of the match awards. That explains. But u know what ? Dogs bark from the back. So let them bark.
