Tendulkar to captain both Test, ODI teams!!

[Prudent]

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar will take over as the skipper of both the Test and the One-Day team. According to sources, Tendulkar has already been spoken to by the selection committee and the Little Master has agreed to lead the Indian team. India Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be Tendulkar's deputy in both the teams. The post of the Indian Test and One-Day skipper fell vacant after Rahul Dravid decided to call it quits. In a press release issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday, Dravid was quoted as saying that he now "wanted to concentrate on his game and did not want to take the additional pressure of leading the side". http://www.cricketnext.com/news/tendulkar-to-captain-both-test-odi-teams/26917-13.html

[Cricketics]

though i don't want to over react.. but he shouldn't captain odi side.. anyone remembers what he did in 1997? i will not forget that through out my life..

[Dirty_South]

what ???!?!?!?!! :cry_smile:

[Chandan]

This is a disastrous news for India!! Why Sachin?? Why do you want to sour your last few years in cricket???? :mad:

[varun]

Hmm.. Oh well, lets see if his attitude has changed

[yoda]

doesn't make a difference who leads the team. it all comes down to performance of the boyz.

[kumble_rocks]

Good to see Team India move forward !:haha:

[Bumper]

Retarded decision by the selectors. That will truly & surely finish Tendu's career as a batsman. Why the heck would u want to put any extra pressure on a man, past his prime, when he is not known to handle pressure well ? I'd much rather have had Ganguly as captain. If not atleast Dhoni was a much better choice. Besides captaincy would mean, Tendu cannot be choosy about which ODIs to play. Thats only gonna tax his fragile body even more. If i were Sachin i wouldnt even have considered captaincy as an option. I take this as a sign that Sachin has begun to wonder if this is the best way to secure his place in the side.

[zubinpepsi]

WHY O WHY? Im sad at this news.. this is gonna be dooms day for both india and sachin.. ps. I dont see this news on any other site....

[suraj]

Munaf Patel should be the captain of test, ODI & 20-20 sides

[Ram]

One day - Romesh Powar Tests - Wasim Jaffer.

[King Tendulkar]

doesn't make a difference who leads the team. it all comes down to performance of the boyz.

Agree. He would only be a stop gap for 6 months any way. No big deal. Captaincy is overrated any way

[Bandobast]

Tendulkar should not take on the captaincy. Not now, FFS. He's too valuable to us.

[King Tendulkar]

Agree. Lets just give it to YUVRAJ

[King]

Waste of time. Investing in someone that just couldn't handle the team well. Someone like Noel David replaced Srinath on WI tour and the then captain Tendulkar sided with the selectors to hang on to captaincy. During his tenure likes of Nilesh Kulkarni were picked to play for India. Expect captain Tendulkar egging his players to draw every test. Tendulkar will try and teach the likes of Kumble how to bowl or set field every ball standing at mid off. Expect India to bowl atleast 10-15 overs short every day during the test match. Tendulkar's selection should be drawn parallel to Brian Lara's many reselection as captain. Vengsarkar, Sharad Pawar and the likes have taken a stance to screw up Indian cricket big time. I'm very disappointed with this decision. The old farts in the Indian cricket board yet again have tried their best to screw up a winning test team.

[Bandobast]

Kaif for captain! Just my opinion, obviously.:embaressed_smile:

[Gambit]

Oh dear.

[Anakin]

Poor decision

[living]

Waste of time. Investing in someone that just couldn't handle the team well. Someone like Noel David replaced Srinath on WI tour and the then captain Tendulkar sided with the selectors to hang on to captaincy. During his tenure likes of Nilesh Kulkarni were picked to play for India. Expect captain Tendulkar egging his players to draw every test. Tendulkar will try and teach the likes of Kumble how to bowl or set field every ball standing at mid off. Expect India to bowl atleast 10-15 overs short every day during the test match. Tendulkar's selection should be drawn parallel to Brian Lara's many reselection as captain. Vengsarkar, Sharad Pawar and the likes have taken a stance to screw up Indian cricket big time. I'm very disappointed with this decision. The old farts in the Indian cricket board yet again have tried their best to screw up a winning test team.

Do you think any Indian Captain has ever gotten his way with selection? Its correct to compare Lara and Tendulkar. Don't you think Lara did a great job, getting the WI team back on to the map?

[Sooda]

Facked No other word for it. SRT should have refsued -idiot But yes- its not on any other site...so lets wait and see Hopefully itll be VVSL and MSD