One suggestion to Kumble and to the BCCI selectors: Make (request) SR Tendulkar an test opener for the sake of India. My gut feeling s he will be a great success. couple of advantages: India will get a well established player of Sachin's calibre as an opener which the selectors could not find after Sunny. (2) We can accomodate Laxman/Yuvi/Ganguly/Sehwag higher in the order (Its pity when Laxman has to take care of both the tailenders and the opponents at the same time always). (3) Tendulaker can take the pressure of good fast bowlers around the world which he has been doing through out in his 18 years of cricket career in Onedayer's. What you all think about this. Looking at his expeience , his stature, his mental strength and his maturity tendulkar can be the best opener after Sunny.
RE:Tendulkar the Genius
by sumit bepari on Nov 26, 2007 05:25 AM Permalink
You Dumb head, opening in test is a specialist job. The job of the opener is to stay at the wicket, make the ball old, so that the middle over batsmen can capitalise on it. Even if the opener stays at the wicket for two hours and doesn't make any runs, he has done the job for the team
