Mr. Wicket Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 A bloke plays almost non-stop ODI and test cricket for yet another long season. At the end of two exhausting test series, where he produced a couple of fabulous innings, he asks the board if they can schedule the quarterfinals of the Ranjis so that they're not *two* days after his two back to back tests. They don't. So he sits that match out, then shows up for the semis despite having a fever and headaches. Bats and scores a hundred. Then plays the final, despite a viral illness that keeps him from fielding at points. Still takes the field on the fifth day as Bombay win. Totally unnecessary, given the depth and other guys like Kukreja and Amol Muzumdar who could have played in his place while he put his feet up and relaxed after a tiring season and recovered from illnesses. Not for Tendulkar. Zurely not zelfish.
DomainK Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 C'mon, he always plays for himself. He played the season to better his personal records. Then he played Ranji to better his domestic records. So what if he had fever and other problems? He played for his own interest. That 100 against England was only to improve his 4th innings record. I even heard that he has asked the Ranji authorities to pack all his runs and send over to him. Hoe selfish!!
Mr. Wicket Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 Let's not forget that the selfish git scored a hundred v. Saurashtra at a fast pace just to boost his first class strike rate, then refused to get out, batted until he felt ill and retired so that his average would go up.
Ram Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 :omg: That is selfish! Whats more he even failed in the 4th innings of the Ranji finals and didnt score too many runs. It doesnt really matter that it was UP that batted 4th, the point is Sachin didnt score runs in the 4th innings and that is what I am trying to get at. P.S; Dravid is better than Sachin in tests. Yuvraj is better than Sachin in ODIs. Sehwag is a better opener than Sachin. Dhoni is a better wicket-keepr than Sachin. Zaheer Khan bowls better left-arm bowling than Sachin. Sachin is not as tall as Ishant Sharma, he doesnt have the snazzy hair-style of Robin Uthappa or niether does keep diving for every ball but ends up stopping nothing like Dinesh Karthik. My word, how in the world do you keep a player with so many faults in the team! :omg:
Anakin Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 The "selfishest" cricketer never ever played a winning knock and never dominating any bowling attack ever
Anakin Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Also he is missing a pair according to some doctors
Fontaine Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 He hasn't called the selectors about playing the Duleep Trophy yet. What a selfish *****!!!!
Dravid Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 ROFL, u guys gotta stop.. some poor newbie will join ICF, read this thread, and then just log out if he didnt get the sarcasm :haha:
Lord Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 ROFL' date=' u guys gotta stop.. some poor newbie will join ICF, read this thread, and then just log out if he didnt get the sarcasm :haha:[/quote'] yeah he would think hes logged onto P*********:cantstop:
King Tendulkar Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 To be fair most of the sachin critics have been silenced. They dont take so many pot shots now, he has proved he is not geriatric as one esteemed poster labelled him along with rest of our legendary middle order:--D
ludhianvi Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 so he didnt perform in a final again it seems. To make matters worse, Chawla got Tendulkar out............ Bunny anyone :D
satishg Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 hehe nowadays i dont see many Sachin bashers here in ICF..all those suckers have been tight lipped for a long time now
Mr. Wicket Posted January 17, 2009 Author Posted January 17, 2009 Yup, and then we'll start hearing about how the great youth heroes Pujara and Badri should perhaps replace him if he's getting too old and inconsistent to make runs against NZ and SL...
Anakin Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 And not very surprisingly all of them have been very considerate about other player's slump, except couple of one-liners here and there.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now