Sachin the genius! Gets 40th ton

[SachDan]

After 3 dropped catches and a run out chance - you call it genius... you must be kidding

sorry ! I thought cricket was a game where catches are dropped,run out chances are missed still people appreciates the talent if the batsman scores a hundred to bring his team out of the hole in an important test match. Pardon me for calling him a 'Genius'.

[gs]

Top knock regardless of the chances. Form has been good throughout the series. SRT, please play another decisive knock in the 2nd innings and seal the series.

[King Tendulkar]

25% of his tons have been against the mighty aussies. Unbeliavable

[vadodaravictor]

:adore::adore::adore::adore::adore::adore::adore: Hail the God ! Brilliant ..awesome stuff..True Champion.. Aussies haz been pwned

[DomainK]

He owned Border's Australia.:adore: He owned Taylor's Australia.:adore: He owned Waugh's Australia.:adore: Now he owns Ponting's Australia.:adore: Four generations, one warrior. Sachin Tendulkar.:adore:

[King Tendulkar]

He owned Border's Australia.:adore: He owned Taylor's Australia.:adore: He owned Waugh's Australia.:adore: Now he owns Ponting's Australia.:adore: Four generations, one warrior. Sachin Tendulkar.:adore:

ALL HAIL KING SACHIN:adore::adore:

[SachDan]

He owned Border's Australia.:adore: He owned Taylor's Australia.:adore: He owned Waugh's Australia.:adore: Now he owns Ponting's Australia.:adore: Four generations, one warrior. Sachin Tendulkar.:adore:

ALL HAIL KING SACHIN:adore::adore:

:hail::hail:

[punjabi_khota]

***s

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

He almost threw it away but the it seems the Aussies really wanted to see him get his 40th ton in this match. Deserved that bit of luck IMO but I can't understand why he changed gears in the second part of his innings.

[bharat297]

After 3 dropped catches and a run out chance - you call it genius... you must be kidding

Well everyone called Ponting's hundred in the first Test one of the great hundreds despite the fact that he had several umpiring decisions go his way. These are part of the game. It doesnt detract from the hundred. Its not Tendulkars fault that those catches got dropped. You move on with the game. To Sachin's credit even though he got dropped on 85 ... when he got to 96 even though he could have dealt in singles he still tried to get the hundred quickly and move on. It was only when he got dropped again that he decided ... ok ... It must be my day ... Let me capitalise.

[SachDan]

My body doing fine, no immediate plans to retire: Tendulkar NEW DELHI: Two of his celebrated peers, Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly have decided to walk into the sunset after glorious careers but Sachin Tendulkar says his body is "doing fine" and he has no plans to retire in the immediate future. "My body is doing fine and at the moment I am not thinking of any plans to retire. Normally I prefer to think of the present, not of what I am going to do in the next four, five of six years of my life," he said. "If I think it is time to hang up I will let everybody know. There is nothing to hide in it. I know it will make news but that I don't think it is a negative news that I have to hide from everyone," he added. Tendulkar was non-committal when asked if he was thinking of playing in the 2011 World Cup which will be held in the sub-continent. "I normally prefer to think of which match I am going to play next and what sort of planning I should do and which bowling attack would be used on me. "Even if I have to play in 2011 World Cup it is 700 days to go. For now my focus is on the next four days against Australia," he told a news channel. Tendulkar, who hit his 40th Test hundred in Nagpur, said he will miss Sourav Ganguly with whom he shared a special understanding on the filed while batting. "I will definitely miss him. It happened many a times with Sourav that when we were on the wicket and between the overs we used to know looking at each other's face that there is a lot a of stress and the situation is important or whether it is necessary to relax. "When you go to play the next ball then it is important to have 100 per cent concentration. But when you do not need 100 per cent concentration it is important to relax. So at that time I use to try to speak to him in Bengali whether it was correct or not. So the atmosphere gets relaxed and we play our natural game," he said of his 12-year association with Ganguly. Talking about the captains under whom he has played in the 19 years of his international career, Tendulkar said Rahul Dravid was different from a Ganguly or a Krishnamachari Srikkanth in that he was a serious sort who wants to maintain peace in the dressing room. "Rahul is a serious sort of a player. He is focused and he likes to maintain peace in the dressing room. So he was a different captain. There is a Srikkanth who used to crack jokes and laugh and there is Rahul who is focused and serious. "Srikkanth used to joke with me then (when I first played under him) and also when I became 35-year-old. When there is tension in the dressing room he would crack some jokes to try to make a relaxed atmosphere and prepare everyone for the game. He used to prepare in a different way. "Like Srikkanth, Sourav also used to entertain teammates. He used to crack different jokes and try to ease off pressure."

[King Tendulkar]

Now up to 41 Tons. **** you ponting you ain't gonna catch him, especially as you will retire before the great Tendulkar

[Ram]

With this knock, I think he's once and for all settled the debate about who's the greatest batsman of his era, irrespective of what happens from here on.

[satishg]

Now up to 41 Tons. **** you ponting you ain't gonna catch him, especially as you will retire before the great Tendulkar

haha good one DSR..Punter will never come close to the master :yay:

[Holysmoke]

With this knock' date=' I think he's once and for all settled the debate about who's the greatest batsman of his era, irrespective of what happens from here on.[/quote'] Dravid is a greater batsman than Tendulkar :blink:

[Ram]

And he just keeps just on and on and on...... Year of debut: 1989 Today's date: 2008. And he comes up with an innings like this, after nearly 20 years of his debut. Is he Human?

[Holysmoke]

And he just keeps just on and on and on...... Year of debut: 1989 Today's date: 2008. And he comes up with an innings like this, after nearly 20 years of his debut. Is he Human?

U think?

[zubinpepsi]

Dravid is a greater batsman than Tendulkar :blink:

i agree with tht.... Dravid is the best batsman india have ever produced.... how do u feel to b in the elite thinking group of Fineleg, holy?? i feel very proud...

[punjabi_khota]

And he just keeps just on and on and on...... Year of debut: 1989 Today's date: 2008. And he comes up with an innings like this, after nearly 20 years of his debut. Is he Human?

Seriously dude, Dravid,Ganguly and so many others made their debut SO much later after him, and they are finished. But this mother tucker goes on and on and on and produces gems on demand. 2 hundreds in tests down under, then CB series gems, then that last inning cracker against Pakistan, then hundred in decider against Aus in India and now ****ing THIS MONSTROUS KNOCK. :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:

[Sachinism]

And he just keeps just on and on and on...... Year of debut: 1989 Today's date: 2008. And he comes up with an innings like this, after nearly 20 years of his debut. Is he Human?

Haven't this already been resolved? He is a god