I am a big fan of Sachin’s batting. I admire his ability. He is a walking batting encyclopedia.
However, I dislike his inflexibility and inability to recognize failure. In his long test career, he has never batted at 3, he occupies the easiest position to bat @ 4 (relatively speaking). Tendulkar brings with him an attitude that expects the team to conform to his needs. What is the easiest position to bat in ODIs? Guess where Sachin bats?
Comparing him to Rahul Dravid, who was a wicketkeeper, an opener, a number 3, a number 6, the wall, the pinch hitter, the slip catcher, the short leg, the captain, the vice captain and disposable. He was dropped many times, reselected many times, but never complained.
Sachin should have opened in England. He should have recognized the fact that, by not doing so, he is exposing the only inform Indian batsman. Rather than celebrating his 100th 100, he should have recognized that India actually lost to Bangladesh. Besides, why is he even playing ODIs? He should have retired from ODIs the moment India won the world cup.
My question to all the hardcore Sachin fans; when was the last time Sachin when out of his comfort zone to help the team’s cause?
Sachin Tendulkar
posted on 13/4/12
What an innocent piece of article this.
Do you ever think Rahul Dravid has given the Indians as much joy as Tendulkar has?
Ask any normal Indian(ie sane, un-mental, un-saint,etc) and they know who Sachin is, perhaps not so about Rahul.
Also Tendulkar's batting is more flambuoyant and entertaining than Dravid's.
Tendulkar is more like Ponting(even the way they make their face while facing a ball) whereas Dravid is someone like Hussey.
I would watch Tendulkar bat instead of Dravid.
And I am not dis-respecting any player here.
Just my choice.
posted on 13/4/12
What an innocent comment and completely missed the point of the article!
I am talking about the fact that Dravid always made sacrifices for the benefit of the team, whereas the team made sacrifices to give Sachin the best opportunities to score.
posted on 13/4/12
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posted on 13/4/12
SinghSaab
You've created a very good article and put your points across very well.
Chops has no idea what this article even means and Neon is making excuses for his hero yet again.
posted on 13/4/12
Fans such as Neon are partly responsible for the team not being as good as it could be.
When Ganguly was dropped, it was the right decision, but his fans took to the streets. People need to wake up and start seeing the bigger picture.
Neon's only defense is that I can't be certain whether the management didn't force Sachin to bat at the easy positions. Well Neon, do you remember Greg Chappel asking Sachin to bat lower down the order in ODI, because he felt that Sachin's range of shots will help the score board ticking over in the middle overs? What was Sachin's response to that? Did he ever bat lower down the order?
posted on 14/4/12
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posted on 15/4/12
What facts can you offer on this matter?
The fact that Sachin complained when Dravid declared when he was on 195? or the fact that Sachin never batted at number 3 in tests? Or the fact that you can't see the obvious?
posted on 15/4/12
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posted on 15/4/12
To be fair the Indian openers of old weren't exactly great and known to stick around. So ST at 4 made sense.