Tendulkar wasted more than 70 balls to score 79.. This is about 12 overs. Normally great batsmen in One-day cricket do not waste more than 20% of the balls they face. But this guy wasted more than 50%...
Further, he always tries to score a century whenever he come out of break or someone call him a failure...This shows the attitude of the fellow who has become greedy for the crores and still want to continue...
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Durga Prasad on Oct 09, 2007 05:31 PM
For few he has wasted balls....but he had the balls to stay in the crease for so long...and see off Brett..who would have been a danger not only to tendulkar but also to any other batsmen in the team... if there was no tendulkar there was no win yesterday, as we would have trailed at a score of say 30/3 or 40/4 and then we would have reached a maximum total of 240 or 250....Indians will only develop when they give up their complaining habit...you me and all....
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by V S on Oct 09, 2007 05:42 PM
I dont think any other batsman was struggling as much as Sachin. He was all at sea against Brett Lee. Its a sorry state of affairs but cannot be denied that he played without much confidence.
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Watchman on Oct 09, 2007 06:17 PM
I agree. It was sad to see him struggling againtst Lee. And lets agree Sachin was also lucky.
RE:RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Watchman on Oct 09, 2007 06:23 PM
HE WAS LUCKY ALSO and lets agree he got away with at least umpiringg decisions. Indians will also develop when they stop this "god worship" of old gods !
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by vasanth on Oct 09, 2007 05:15 PM
Please just remember the 2003 India vs Pakistan match.we have a record in world cup against pakistan you know.
Without his 98 we cant won the match against pakistan in 2003 world cup.
RE:RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Venkata Subramani on Oct 09, 2007 05:25 PM
My dear Friend..
Kapildev saved India from 17 for 5 to a win against Zimbabwe by scoring 175 in 1983 WC...No other batsman in the history of one-day international had made his team to win in such a situation..
BUT WE CANNOT MAKE KAPILDEV TO PLAY FOR INDIA NOW...BECAUSE HE HAS BECOME OLD AND HE KNOWS HIS ABILITY..
The record you say was in 2003..now it is 2007..in 2007, India failed badly in WC..But no one took responsibility for this and resigned..Look Inzy and Brian Lara...They resigned from Cricket itself....
RE:RE:RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by BHUSHAN PARAB on Oct 09, 2007 05:48 PM
No you have not made it clear... you have confused it more... The debacle of 2003 worldcup is not only because of Sachin..there were 11 players in team.. Remember he was highest scorer in two & Second highest in one World cup he has played so far.. thats a great achivement.. & Sure nobody can achive that ever.... HE is the greatest batsmen ever & He will remain... Now it is clear
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by cebujonas on Oct 09, 2007 05:25 PM
is winning pakistan greater than world cup mate, see without any big hero we won a world cup in september 2007
RE:RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Watchman on Oct 09, 2007 06:21 PM
that world cup can also be called "gulli cricket" which we all Indians and Pakis are brought up on ! Tennis ball cricket, rememeber? Lets see the next WC, we'll get the WC definitely....but with a flush !
RE:RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Watchman on Oct 09, 2007 06:25 PM
U know this debate will end when they use technology to show his reaction time to Lee's super bowling at 152.4 kmph ! And I am only talking about a bowler and a (sic) great batsman, no more.
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by V S on Oct 09, 2007 06:26 PM
No one is saying anything please. If you saw the game you would have realized the difference in fluency between Sachin and Saurav. Yuvraj, Dhoni, Robin too proved there was no demon in the pitch.
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by vinayak nadkarni on Oct 09, 2007 07:22 PM
When others came on to bat.. the ball was old and also conditions were better. Saurav I agree he played a good cricket
RE:Once I was a great fan of Sachin..but not now.....
by Venkata Subramani on Oct 09, 2007 05:53 PM
I never knew that Bushan's father had discussed with him on how many he used to bring him here...
RE:Need Aggressiveness
by Vinay Joshi on Oct 09, 2007 05:59 PM
Aggressivenes dsnt mean making faces and humping here and there...you have to be aggressive by your performance..like bowling some bouncers...some quick yorkers..some high fulltoses..remember Wasim Akram..!!
Indian selectors should chose players according to their recent form rather than past glory. The form of Parthiv Patel with the bat should make him to the test side to replace Jaffer who is out of form. Similarly Badrinath Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary should be included in the Test Team to give them ample time to show their batting skill than forcing them on sitting on the bench for ODI and then just vanish for ever. Batsmen like Uthapa, Yuvraj and Gambhir should be used exclusively for limited over versions than in Tests.
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by Gijoy Abraham on Oct 09, 2007 05:05 PM
Indian cricket team selection is NOT an election process to have members from all states. Stop crying...players should be chosen on merit, and not by virtue of being from a certain state.
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by yogi goli on Oct 09, 2007 05:40 PM
You know the UPA goverment and Sharad pawar will introduce polytics into the game of cricket. Future of indian cricket.
20% Reserve for Shedule Cast and Tribe 40% Reserve for muslims 40% Others
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by Sorab Murthy on Oct 09, 2007 05:52 PM
In order to make best team selection Our HRDM Arjun singh must also be consulted! Thank God!He is still unaware of Team India reservation lot?
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by kalyan ram on Oct 09, 2007 05:07 PM
we need representaion to indian cricket from jarawa tribes and other tribes from andaman and nicobar islands.......
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by Dhaval Dave on Oct 09, 2007 05:48 PM
my indian team for ODI GAMBHIR UTHAPPA DRAVID YUVRAJ R.SHARMA DHONI PATHAN HARBHAJAN / PIYUSH CHAWALA ZAHEER RPSINGH KARTIK /JOGINDER SINGH
RE:INDIAN TEAM - State representation
by ag on Oct 09, 2007 07:13 PM
murali karthik is from chennai and started with TN. Then he moved to Delhi and made it big with Railways!
I think it won't be a bad idea to play him straight away in the next ODI against Australia in place of Harbhajan. The reason I say is because; 1) He is of course a better batsman than Harbhajan, 2) He is a better fielder than Harbhajan, 3) Being a useful bowler after seeing his performance against South Africa 'A' team, India can afford to play with 4 frontline bowlers and use Badrinath alongwith the likes of Ganguly, Yuvraj etc. to fill up the 5th bowler. Moreover, Australians have played Harbhajan many times and they know what type of bowler he is, whereas Badrinath is completely new to them which in fact can surprise them. We may even win the series by playing Badrinath.
RE:Badrinath
by prakash mohanasundaram on Oct 09, 2007 05:25 PM
Mr. Subramanian Honestly i am not denying Badrinath's potential, but your views are too optimistic to be realistic. If we apply the same logic elsewhere then we should have a brand new team everytime we play Australia. It would not only surprise Australians but also our own people. I appreciate your eagerness to see Badrinath play, but please dont back it up with such fickle logic
RE:RE:Badrinath
by P K SUBRAMANIAN on Oct 09, 2007 05:29 PM
My Dear Prakash Mohansundaram. My arguement is very simple. To beat this Australian side, you need to surprise them. Did anyone ever dreamt India had 1% chance of even qualifying in Super 8 in the T20 world cup. They surprised us by winning the cup, isn't it. My point is the Australians have played Harbhajan many times and to surprise them they can play Badrinath instead of Harbhajan. Who knows; we may even win the series.
