Sachin is the utter selfish player. What does he mean by saying that he has given heart and soul to indian cricket.Probably he played as cricketer for first 7 yrs and for last 10 years he played to the tune of advertisers. Sachin is a clear case of an above average player being hyped as world beater by the media and emotional hysterical indian public. In his 10000 test runs you can count the very few timely innings for match saving or winning. Similarly in one days also. He has stooped so low that he is creating sympathy for him. Tendulkar is nowhere compared to Lara, Ponting, Hayden and even Jayasurya. I am also great Sachin fan once. But now it is hightime he announces retirement and stops begging for his place.