The main thing is people in India can;t respect their heroes. Why does people talk about Tendulkar when he has done all this for India. Neither his strike rate is low, neither his scoring average is low, then why ???
Why not the author talks about Dravid, whose useless captaincy has made all this in team. He is no good a team leader as he cannot make the team work as one gun.
Just analyse how many games has Dravid won with his century's. How many games has Dravid batted well when in pressure & when the country needed him desperately. Don;t forget the time of 90's when Tendulkar's wicket would give a win to the opponent. Also see the performance of Dravid in this world cup. When did he batted when required.
All the people are with him just because he is a poor fellow with a sad face. Why does;nt anybody sack him out of the team or atleast talks about dropping him off from the captaincy.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Chelliah Srikanth on Apr 05, 2007 11:50 PM Permalink
It seems that Hemang don't follow today's cricket. I think he is only watching the old recorded video of Sachin's game.
I agree that sachin played a lot for the country and we gave (are giving) him more respect, awards, money, titles, fame.....etc.
Just for his old records, we can not keep him in the team till he voluntarily retires.
In the past several years, he never played a good game in the crucial matches and he was not a match winner. He scores century aainst some small teams in a leak matches. But he is not able to stand in the crease for more than 5 overs in the do or die matches. We don't expect this kind of game from him.
He is not playing good. So he should be kicked out from the team irrespective of his old/gold records.
When comapre with Sachin, Dravid is the reliable and responsible batsman.
(I am talking all these based on their performances in the recent year. I don't care about his old records. For his records, we have given him more than enough)
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Shekar on Apr 05, 2007 11:59 PM Permalink
Girish, you stop nonsense. Come out of your dream of centuries. When you could say Sachin has more hundreds against Ausis. Then tell me which numbers were wrong in my quote. Agree facts wherever they come from either crickinfo or something else. Shut you mouth now.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Philo on Apr 05, 2007 10:24 PM Permalink
yes. Enough of it. From ignorants like you. You yourself speak about the 90's. Case closed. TenduCkar is Losekar. Take it to the bank. You will get 100% returns.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by rahul on Apr 05, 2007 10:29 PM Permalink
i think hemang has never watchd cricket thats y he is doubting dravids capability. he is far better than sachin as per d pressure match he has always performnott only than sachin but every1.so hemang pls dnt talk crap
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by carol devon on Apr 05, 2007 11:20 PM Permalink
This is blindly supporting one player and criticising the next..Yes Sachin is a good player y don't u keep him till the 2019 world cup..Now india is in the 6th place in odi's..In 2019 with Sachin leading the team i think it would be somewhere in 15..
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Shekar on Apr 05, 2007 11:35 PM Permalink
Here, the people are just fans to players, not to India. That is the problem.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by goodindian on Apr 06, 2007 07:55 AM Permalink
Shekhar, really correct buddy. People are just fan of a player and a team. Sachin has no excuses and he should be removed from one-day team immeditely along with Ganguly, Bajji(he forgot to out a batsman, he knows only pass comments)
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Kamal Chawla on Apr 05, 2007 10:31 PM Permalink
Yes I agree.... Critics just answer these questions..
1) On last 20 innings of Raina and Shewag whom would you pick based on stats only...if you want to add potential then also whom would you pick... 2) In 3 matches which was played in World cup , there were 9 so called seniors and 3 juniors.... out of which 2 failed in all 3 matches -- Utthappa and Dhoni... Munaf also did not do well in the match against Bermuda.. Going by stats only we could have lost to Bermuda if only "Juniors" would be there. Will that satisfy Sachin's critics. 3) Dhoni came into team with his performances in India 'A' . He was batting at 1,2 or 3. He scored his highest score 180 odd batting at 3. He is currently batting at number 6/7. Who is responsible ? Sachin and seniors or the team management including coach. 4) For those who want to see Sachin bat , where is he best suited no 1 or no4. who is repsonsible for him batting at no 4 just 2 months prior to world cup ????? 5) Who is repsonsible to encourage and make sure Irfan Pathan's dipping performance comes up again ? Seniors or Coach / Management ??????
Its not Sachin vs Dravid vs X Y z. Problem is not also that Sachin does not bat well in pressure games , if that was so we would have not reached so many finals and won so many series.... Is just we remember what we want to ... who can forget Sachin at Sharjah , Chennai test against Paki ., his 241 against Aus.. and most recently his 100 in 70 balls....
or just remeber his failures and keep againsing....
And by the way who all are saying that he should retire apart from Indians ... Mike Atherton (England) and Ian Chappell (Aussie)...
Is it a coincidence that India is suppose to play series with them this year only.... I think all Indians should remember "Divide and Rule" policy and stand united against such people........We should win those series with or without Sachin and X Y Z ...
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Shekar on Apr 05, 2007 10:37 PM Permalink
Hello Hemang bhai, So, you want the team with heroes not with players. As a true fan i choose cricket team with their performance in recent times. I do not wish Kapil and Amernadh to play by looking at their records. Now coming to the point: read this statistics about our players in last 2 years. you will know the facts. Sachin has 55 average in good batting conditions and has just 27 in difficult conditions. And he has average of just 14runs against top bowling attacks Australia and SA. Now, dont tell me the old stories, I know the history as a good follower of cricket. come to reality and accept.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Girish Bartakke on Apr 05, 2007 11:48 PM Permalink
Why do you single out Sachin. Everyone in the Indian team has aweful average in difficult conditions except Kaif. Don't just throw some numbers copied from Cricinfo. Everybody is well informed here. And Sachin has better average against top bowling attacks. than you mentioned. As a matter of fact, he has highest number of century against Aus. Don't open your mouth without proper knowledge. Be fair when you judge.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by sameer naik on Apr 05, 2007 11:05 PM Permalink
How do you define "difficult" batting conditions? What is the yard stick for that?
Will be interesting to see avg of other batsmen in these so called "difficult" conditions.
RE:Why Tendulkar...... ??????
by Shekar on Apr 05, 2007 11:18 PM Permalink
Hey Sameer, Let us take an example of 2003WC final. As cricket follower I can say that was a batting pitch. When your opponent team could score more than 250-300 runs, that is obviously a batting pitch irrespective of whether you loose by 100 runs or 2 runs. Now, see all the players performance.
