I dont accept Mr. Ponting's view that Sachin's wicket was the key... although Sachin's innings was a masterpiece... he had played his part in maintaining the run rate at 6 per over....
i thing the wickets of Sehwag and Ganguly were the turning points...Sehwag is sucha person who can bring down the run rate drastically thru his big hits....he was actually doing that before he got out...atleast Ganguly must have takenover the job from Sachinand should have got India through....
anyway...atleast when Sachin was in the middle, there was a fight....
Sachin's innings was a masterpiece .... but the wicket of Virender Sehwag and Ganguly were very crucial...sehwag had started scoring runs at a brisk pace in the last over before he was out....he is such a person who can drastically bring down the run rate with some big hits...
and also Ganguly...Sachin had played his part...he maintained a run rate of 6 per over...its the responsibility of the captain to take over from Sachin and he should have seen India achieve that imposing target....
anyway there was a fight atleast when Sachin was in the middle....
Well....Indian team come on..wrk as a team...and vll do it...v cud hav defeated Aus only if our middle order had clicked....never mind...Best of luck for the match against the Kiwis...
well i really enjoyed the way in which sachin batted and rest the match was fully in aussie favour since the first over was bowled vvs laxman shoiud be given chance only in five days match no way his batting sytle siuts one day game important is that if we compare indian team with aussie team difference can be seen on paper it self .irfan pathen is another young player he shouid be given chance in senoir team in place of vvs laxman. well if it happens indain will improve in cricket regds to indian teams best of luck saini
take a break, chill out for some time then start practicing. and then at the end if they feel that they can still play cricket then go ahead. Otherwise give us a chance to show out talents, who are struggling since a long time. All the Best
leave sachin to do what he knows best.he is too experienced for you or me to make any comments. what he is doing these days is responsible batting for INDIA.
With Sachin Tendulkar scoring runs for himself and his sponsors/produts he endorses , srest of the team just watching him . Whats the worth making 89 in 92 balls ( keeping strike rates as per the contract) when you lose the match handsomely.
One remembers Gavaskar. He too made runs for himself, not for the team. For Sachin, the only motivation remains to score as many runs and centuries for himself so that others can't do it. Forget the team.
