While he praises Lara for his "wise" decision he doesn't apply the same yardstick for Tendulkar. Tendulkar should retire and should have done it long time ago.
There are couple of platitudes that has been thrown around by ex-cricketers like Gaekwad, Kumble and BCCI folks, and even Sachin himself regarding Sachin's retirement. a) He has done a huge service to India for the past 17 years and he has given his life and soul for Indian Cricket - Service !, give me a break, Tendulkar should feel lucky that he got spotted and selected for the team in the first place, where countless are gone unnoticed because of the lack of connections or not being from a top-tier city. You can count just a few in the history of Indian Cricket, players coming from smaller towns or villages, or even cricketers that can't converse in English ( Well one exception, Kapil learned through Rapidex:))
2. A genius, much less a great player like Sachin knows when to retire. What if he doesn't know ? Don't we have selectors for exactly the same purpose - to pick the best team possible- and not non-performing ex-greats.
Its really a travesty that it has come to this. Sachin of yesteryears would be embarassed of Sachin of now.
