The Outsider Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Look it's time to accept that Tendulkar is no Bradman or Hobbs.
Ultimate_Game Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 and sachin vs bradman starts .. :fight: Sachin Vs Bradman :omg: At the moment it will be tough to argue in favor of Tendulkar in Tendulkar Vs Kallis debate
Manny_Pacquiao Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 he would have got it on this tour if some of the other batsmen built partnerships with him...its hard to score runs when your team is collapsing
Ultimate_Game Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 he would have got it on this tour if some of the other batsmen built partnerships with him...its hard to score runs when your team is collapsing He had plenty of chances. At Melbourne he got out while trying to see off the day. At Sydney he got out to Clarke of all people while playing for the new ball, at Perth he didn't last long to build a partnership. If anyone, Dhoni in 1st innings Sydney, and Kohli today at Perth were the only ones who were left high and dry. Tendulkar can't use this excuse.
India-KXIP fan Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 I hope Tendulkar retires after the ODIs. Hopefully he will get his 100th 100 but if it doesnt happen its good for Indias long term future he retires. I know he will be thinking this as well.
Ultimate_Game Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 I hope Tendulkar retires after the ODIs. Hopefully he will get his 100th 100 but if it doesnt happen its good for Indias long term future he retires. I know he will be thinking this as well. He shouldn't make a joke of himself trying to score a 100 in the odi series and should not be selected for the odis. Period.
deathmonger Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Sachin Vs Bradman :omg: At the moment it will be tough to argue in favor of Tendulkar in Tendulkar Vs Kallis debate kallis sucks man. has never won anything of note. no world cup. world no 1 for only 4 months. no wonder ppl don't rate him.
deathmonger Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Look it's time to accept that Tendulkar is no Bradman or Hobbs. tendulkar better than hobbs.
Deleted_User_1 Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 For the sake of cricket, SRT should not get his 100th ton! For God's sake, Tendulkar, just go Jamie Alter I have a confession to make. I do not want Sachin Tendulkar to make his 100th international century. For too long this meaningless pursuit of three figures has affected Tendulkar's batting, consumed the media and public and, most importantly, distracted the Indian team. I want to see Tendulkar leave the game respectfully, not turn out in random ODI matches on some bogus rotation policy which does nothing for the future of Indian cricket while he singularly pursues a number. The player has become greater than the game and that's not doing anyone any good. With each venture to the crease and another almost inevitable failure during the ongoing CB Series, falling to the likes of Mitchell Starc, Angelo Mathews and Nuwan Kulasekara, the image of an outstanding cricketer, a player who was part of my cricketing awakening and no doubt millions of others, takes a beating. Instead of the memory of Tendulkar being hoisted on the shoulders of his much younger team-mates after India won the World Cup last year, it is a dejected, often isolated Tendulkar hanging his head while walking back to the dressing room that is threatening to be the lasting image. This wasn't the way it was supposed to be. Tendulkar's bid for an unprecedented century of international centuries has been the talking point since he hit his 99th hundred against South Africa at the World Cup in March 2011. He has now gone 21 Test innings and seven one-day matches without a century despite twice entering the nineties. This relentless pursuit of a century has spanned India's two most devastating Test series defeats for as far back as one can remember, four in England and four in Australia. For too long this chase for 100 centuries has possessed a nation and the man himself. It shrouded and clouded India's preparations for the tour of Australia which they ended up losing 4-0. Including Tendulkar for the CB Series was a decision aimed at solely at giving him further rope to score that three-figure knock. And therein lies the problem. Why have we become so obsessed with a number? Is 99 no less of an achievement than 100? Think about it 99 international centuries. That is an epic achievement, unlikely to be surpassed. Tendulkar already holds four batting world records - most runs in Tests (15,409) and one-day internationals (18,111) and most hundreds in Tests (51) and one-dayers (48). What will 100 give him? As Suresh Menon so aptly wrote in these pages, "perhaps it is Tendulkar who 'educated' a generation into thinking that statistics are more important than anything else." Has the number 100 really become more important than the journey? What will scoring that 100th century get Tendulkar? What will it get Indian cricket? Will he reach three figures and then leave the next day, or will he play the Asia Cup? Going by the way he put his IPL team ahead of his country last year, the answer is rather evident. When a man chooses not to play one single ODI for almost 11 months, and then suddenly slips back into the format after failing to achieve his goal in Tests, it reeks of selfishness. Tendulkar has become larger than the game, choosing when and where he plays, and that has hurt Indian cricket. All this could have been avoided had Tendulkar gone on the tour of the West Indies last summer. Instead, the anticipation of the 100th hundred weighed down on India in England. It showed in Tendulkar's batting. Something was wrong. Injury ruled him out of the ODIs against England, and when Tendulkar failed to get to the landmark in the three-Test series against West Indies in India, he should have played the five ODIs that followed. But no, he wanted to score it in a Test match, and so he conveniently skipped the ODIs and prepared for Australia. What happened? Eight innings without that damn century in four defeats that took India's winless streak away from home to eight straight matches. And now we see him choosing, out of the blue, to play the CB Series. He did not play one single ODI since the World Cup final, which shows how much he thinks he can contribute to India's cause. Making himself available for the CB Series was all about getting that 100th century, and that is perverse. It is not helping India, it is not helping the future. It is all about scoring that 100th hundred. You are not greater than the game, Tendulkar, and that's why I hope you don't get that 100th century. http://cricketnext.in.com/news/for-gods-sake-tendulkar-just-go/63848-13.html
CSK Fan Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Sachin Vs Bradman :omg: At the moment it will be tough to argue in favor of Tendulkar in Tendulkar Vs Kallis debate Yep, just like Bradman is remembered only for his last match duck, Sachin will be remembered only for his last two series
SachDan Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 Yep' date=' just like Bradman is remembered only for his last match duck, Sachin will be remembered only for his last two series[/quote'] :cantstop:
SachDan Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 ^ same old media rant. That was some ranting :haha: Writer is the son of Tom Alter, first person to interview Sachin on TV.
Lurker Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Yep' date=' just like Bradman is remembered only for his last match duck, Sachin will be remembered only for his last two series[/quote'] Even you think this is gonna be Sachin's last series! Man you finally saw the light :winky: Of course even in his last series DB scored at 70 plus and had one of 8 Test series where he scored more than 500 runs. Sachin? Well lets not go there. Afterall he faced the modern day tough bowlers, surely no reason why he should have scored 500 runs in his 30 or so plus Test series. Interesting to see how it has increasingly become less criticism of Sachin's age and performance and more scathing personal attack (read playing for selfish reasons, being selective on which games he wants to play and which attacks he wants to face). Part of me feels bad for Sachin, part of me also feels he brought it on himself. xxx
CG Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Looks like he is all set for 2015 world cup,Otherwise he would have retired ,Regarding form he will score tons of runs after the 100th hundred.
The Dark Horse Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Yep' date=' just like Bradman is remembered only for his last match duck, Sachin will be remembered only for his last two series[/quote'] Only difference being Bradman didn't lose respect
CSK Fan Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Even you think this is gonna be Sachin's last series! Man you finally saw the light :winky: Of course even in his last series DB scored at 70 plus and had one of 8 Test series where he scored more than 500 runs. Sachin? Well lets not go there. Afterall he faced the modern day tough bowlers, surely no reason why he should have scored 500 runs in his 30 or so plus Test series. Int hose 30 test series how many were 1-2 test match series? How many were 5 test series? I do agree that despite that he had chances to score more than 500 but not to the extent you are potraying Interesting to see how it has increasingly become less criticism of Sachin's age and performance and more scathing personal attack (read playing for selfish reasons, being selective on which games he wants to play and which attacks he wants to face). Part of me feels bad for Sachin, part of me also feels he brought it on himself. xxx How did he bring it on himself? Please explain
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