I still remember the Six Sachin hit's over the point of Akthar, and the reply to Englands Fast Bowler Caddick. Caddick gave a statment that " Sahin is also a batsmen like other's and we dont have any special plan for him", But sachin proved that he is the master by sending his ball out of the ground. That match would have been Caddick's worst performance but luckly he managed to get 3 wickets in the last over. Sachin is the Master. Rajesh
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by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 04:56 PM Permalink
do you remember the failures ? How the so called titans of India batting failed in 2 of the 3 tests in SA. India failed despite having Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. All titans. How did they fail India for 2 consecutive matches from a similar position
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by Rocky on Mar 05, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
Chill out man!!! We have just seen World Beaters like Australia loose 5 consecutive one day matches just before the world cup. Arent they confident that they'll win the world cup? There are good and bad times for all cricket teams. Dont be pessimistic.
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by Krishna on Mar 05, 2007 05:13 PM Permalink
U r absolutely right! This Aus team which is so highly rated lost 5 matches. Now, shall we say that Aus team is a team of useless cricketers? Ponting is useless, Hussey don't know batting, Mcgrath bowls for records etc. No. we don't say that. why? because we respect the opposition more than ourselves. Such a Shame! Even when both are equally capable, we tend to do that. That is why we loose against teams like Australia whereas Aus team raises from the ashes and wins most of its matches. Its Time Guys to recognise our talents and start respecting ourselves. if we can't do that, no one will do that.
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by pavan karimbil on Mar 05, 2007 05:01 PM Permalink
Mr Agarwal,
So you are suggesting that only the 'Indian titans' fail??!! Before you start shooting down the Indian 'stars', lets also get your facts right on the so called 'other stars'??
Even when India won the WC in 1983, Viv Richards (undoubtedly one of the most destructive batsmen of his era) failed! Look at Lara's record, even HE has seen failure...so whats new
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by Prashant Agarwal on Mar 05, 2007 05:07 PM Permalink
If i remember rightly of what i've read it was a stunning catch by Kapil Dev that ended the innings of Viv Richards who was well on his way to blasting India out. It was completely against the run of play. Contrast that to Indians who couldnt survive for less than a day on day five, how can all 4 batsmen fail at the same time. All 4 are very very good bastmens.
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by Surya on Mar 05, 2007 05:33 PM Permalink
Do you realise how many dubious decisions that sachin has been involved in? and how many stunning catches got him out??
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by Surya on Mar 05, 2007 05:34 PM Permalink
Just for your satisfaction, almost all nations have bad overseas records or washout tournaments except maybe Austraila.
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by shekhar thakur on Mar 05, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
This is a game of cricket. One or two tours do not conclude the quality and ability of a batsman. Sachin has shown consistant track record for last 15 years. So please correct ur attitude before writing this.
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by pavan karimbil on Mar 05, 2007 05:13 PM Permalink
Hear hear!! To all those who think cricket is a gully-danda game.....first lets spend the next 15 yrs being rated as the world's premier player, then we shall talk!!
