It's selfish to say one should retire when on top: Tendulkar

[AAAA]

Why should Tendulkar rwtire he still has a lot to offer, he still loves playing and has the hunger and passion.

[Needforspeed]

Why should Tendulkar rwtire he still has a lot to offer' date= he still loves playing and has the hunger and passion.

True about Tests...but he should retire from ODIs.

[AAAA]

No he still has it in both forms of the game, he should quit IPL.

[velu]

Why should Tendulkar rwtire he still has a lot to offer' date='[b'] he still loves playing and has the hunger and passion.

what if he loves at the age of 50 ?? :hysterical::hysterical:

[AAAA]

As long as he is scoring then thats fine as long as the passion is there.

[velu]

As long as he is scoring then thats fine as long as the passion is there.

agreed.. but i dont want to see another innings like his latest 100:nervous: but its better to check how he performed in the last 1 year

[akshayxyz]

lol when did i say dravid wasnt selfish ? other then that england series he has been major flop when team needed him most... im not defending any one here.. and i dont think sachin played slowly cos of that 100 i think many people go through form slump.. and play innings like this u cant be at ur best everyday but prob is we dont expect this from sachin and bigger problem is his fans are not even accepting that he was to blame (maybe cos of bad form but u cant deny it was slow batting ) and now people started targeting dravid yesterday...can any one justify that? :cantstop:

This. It is as simple as that. It was just a bad day in the office, and not most disgraceful feet ever. If he was selfish for few deliveries, Dravid has been doing for 2-3 years. I chose Dravid's example, because he has been pushed as the model of integrity/commitment, where its for all to see what Dravid himself has to say about SRT. As for accepting the blame - no one is celebrating the Indian loss, no one is claiming it was best innings ever, no one is saying he was not uncharacteristically slow. Also, it is unfair to put 100% blame to an individual, when it was clear, bowling sucked most, and even Kohli and Gambhir batted slow. srt was known to be going through bad patch, other end should also have compensated - in-form Kohli and Gambhir.

[Old guy]

This. It is as simple as that. It was just a bad day in the office, and not most disgraceful feet ever. If he was selfish for few deliveries, Dravid has been doing for 2-3 years. I chose Dravid's example, because he has been pushed as the model of integrity/commitment, where its for all to see what Dravid himself has to say about SRT. As for accepting the blame - no one is celebrating the Indian loss, no one is claiming it was best innings ever, no one is saying he was not uncharacteristically slow. Also, it is unfair to put 100% blame to an individual, when it was clear, bowling sucked most, and even Kohli and Gambhir batted slow. srt was known to be going through bad patch, other end should also have compensated - in-form Kohli and Gambhir.

agree i always maintained he was part of the reason not the sole reason :)

[master22]

This. It is as simple as that. It was just a bad day in the office, and not most disgraceful feet ever. If he was selfish for few deliveries, Dravid has been doing for 2-3 years. I chose Dravid's example, because he has been pushed as the model of integrity/commitment, where its for all to see what Dravid himself has to say about SRT. As for accepting the blame - no one is celebrating the Indian loss, no one is claiming it was best innings ever, no one is saying he was not uncharacteristically slow. Also, it is unfair to put 100% blame to an individual, when it was clear, bowling sucked most, and even Kohli and Gambhir batted slow. srt was known to be going through bad patch, other end should also have compensated - in-form Kohli and Gambhir.

What has RD being out of form have to do with sachin slowing down for a century intentionally.Even sachin or for that matter any batsman have been out of form for sometime in their career and i dont think anybody called them selfish.Personally i dint find sachin slowing down a big issue,we would have anyway lost with our bowling attack.

[akshayxyz]

What has RD being out of form have to do with sachin slowing down for a century intentionally.Even sachin or for that matter any batsman have been out of form for sometime in their career and i dont think anybody called them selfish.Personally i dint find sachin slowing down a big issue' date=we would have anyway lost with our bowling attack.

where did I disagree? Or where did I say I have problems with Dravid stretching his career a bit too long. on the matters of Dravid being selfish / disgraceful - talk to BB.