400 just a number, says Tendulkar

RE:sachin is next to GOD in cricket by AP on Oct 12, 2007 02:07 PM Common yaar chill....gone are those days...u have gone 10 years back.... aaj ki baat karo..    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Sachin-The LEGEND by on Oct 11, 2007 01:00 PM He is great player as well as great person, what he did for indian cricket and doing, we never forget this person. We are proud that we are having Sachin-The Legend LS    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Send Sachin to Australia! He'll be more respected here! by Karthik M on Oct 11, 2007 06:34 AM But...why don't you like being true Indian rather lying to be an Australian!!! he he!!    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Good realization! by Mr San Jose on Oct 11, 2007 04:39 AM Hehehehe thats a very good question... hope some asks this question face to face.. and I really want to see how he reacts.. you made my day :-)    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Ben T on Oct 11, 2007 04:52 AM dear frnd Kittappa...u hav so vehemontly accused Sachin of slowing down on 40s & 90s...can u tell me how many times he has done that.....do u know how many times Sachin has scored a 100 by hitting a 6..? do u know how many times he has been out on 90s ? 80s ? i am pretty sure u dont ..coz u r one among those 100s of ignorant snobs who jus go blindly with the media..who hardly knows how much Sachin has contributed for our country ...first spend some time in exploring b4 lamenting out on somethng which u hardly know .    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Kittappa on Oct 11, 2007 06:20 AM Mr. Ben T, I am not as ignorant as you think. I used to be a big fan of Sachin when he was young and used to play just his natural cricket without really bothering what his score was. Do you remeber? he first became a opener in New Zealand and scored 80 odd runs of 47 balls ( actually 22 consecutive scoring balls)...he used to be too good then just not caring about anything else in the world. As he became older, he developed a "greed" for statistics; may be he feels he should break most of the records before retiring. Subequently, I used to have very high expectation but he just kept disappointing me. I am not biased by the media because I just watch game but do not read the so called reports on the games. I think it is you who has to do some research before commenting. Invariably he got out in 80s/90s trying to be over cautious!! His worst ever slow down came in a test match when Dravid was the captain. India had to declare to have enough time to bowl out the opponents but Sachin was so slow that Dravid ended up declaring when Sachin was on 194...that was the greatest day of my life! You play for 20 years and you have highest number of 100s/50s and you still slow down near a 100/200/50/150....too bad. check this page: it even mentions about his 194 not out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by SherSingh Maanju on Oct 12, 2007 01:49 PM its ture but not on 40s/80s. these day sachin really slow down from starting. its seems that he afraid from the australian bowlers...... he is best for test no more one.....................    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Shreyash Shukla on Oct 12, 2007 07:25 AM Apna Apna Dhanda hai sarkar sabko rozi roti ki padi hai. To answer you in the crude way. No one remembers a victory but he fails everyone abuse him. You have to agree that for a decade Indian Team was relied on Tendulkar to win matches. I think the scenario did not change now either. Sachin may not be our asset as he use to be in our past but surely he is a big moral strength. Come on guys its a games and it takes 11 players to play it. You expect a man to open the innings for you in a blasting way then you expect him to slow down in the middle and finally you expect him to give you a perfect finish. Its criminal injustice. What are the other 10 for. Sachin would have been a great player if he was not in Indian Team. I dont like this USE n ABUSE policy of my fellow country men.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Rajpal Yadav on Oct 11, 2007 03:03 PM u fool, don u c his carreer strike rate, wht u expect from a player, runs or blind hit. don u want to achieve anything in ur life, don u wan to hit milestone or u may b unworthy of that. first have guts and then dare to speak...its so easy to criticize anybody, but just try to get into their shoes and realize the immense pressure, then probably u can realize but u wont coz I well kno that u must be defnitely a blo-o-dy looser.....    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Santosh Raghavan on Oct 11, 2007 06:31 AM Kittappa nice Name. Do u have stats to prove what you said, else pls Why the Hell do u scribble such stuffs. INDIA has never produced a greater batsman as Tendulkar. His stats speak Louder then ur comments. Good day Pal    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Kittappa on Oct 11, 2007 06:59 AM He is a great batsman I do not argue with that and he does not need any body's certificate for that....but his record as a match winner is sloppy. Do you know that none of his innings figures in wisdens top 100 innings although he has got so many 100s in tests. This is because he played well so many times but he just didnt manage to take India to victory...as a contrast Brian Lara figures thrice: http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2001/jul/30bat100.htm My point is: Tendulkar is a great batsman but not a match winner slows down near a century has "greed" for statistics tried to avoid duties on ferrari car ( which was given to him for advertising) which really speaks a bit about his character    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:RE:Good realization! by durgesh sukhtankar on Oct 14, 2007 12:12 PM For ur information...Sachin has been ranked by Wisden as No.2 in alltime one day player only viv richards ahead of him..and they have also given him the same status in test.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Ben T on Oct 11, 2007 07:21 AM kittappa...i dont deny that Sachin was slow in that match...but the irony is that u and all these anti-tendulkers will hav only that one innings to point out...but he was slow through out the match which does not emphasis ur point on he slowing down at 50s/90s or 190s .    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Ben T on Oct 11, 2007 07:37 AM haha...r u talking of that wisden's top 100 innings which is full of flaws and controversies....dont b so naive to post such rubbish remarks...lemme xplain why........Kapil dev's 129 v South Africa at durban is included while Sachin's 137 v pakisthan at chennai is not included..in both test India lost..the other criterions wisden has followed is pitch conditions & opponent bowling attack...for which on both occasions it was bowling track..and the opponent bowling attack..when Kapil played SA had only Alan donald as a world class bowler but when Sachin played Pakisthan had Waqar younis,wasim akram & saqlain Mushtaq ...despite all this wisden has included kapil's innings and ignored Sachin's...why ??? do u hav an answer ?...and lara's 375 apart from that it broke a record..that innings has no relevance to b included in top 100 according to wisden criterions...that was a drawn test and heavy batting track both windies & english scored 593 which proves it ...and the english bowling line up had no world class bowlers....u hav proved that u r jus another ignorant snob who goes with teh media    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Kittappa on Oct 11, 2007 07:46 AM Why did you speak about only 375 of Lara? Do you know how he got 153* and won the match? He had long partnerships with tail enders....even his 211 was superb match winning innings. Do you know that Tendulkar got a life in his 137??? Anyway, how much ever we argue nothing will change. Sachin is a great batsman, no second thoughts but I REPEAT he is greedy he is not a match winner like Lara or Steve Waugh he slows down near century even now Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Kittappa on Oct 11, 2007 07:52 AM you think you are smater than wisden guys.... that shows who is an ignorant snob...no point arguing with you. Anyway, how much ever we argue nothing will change. Sachin is a great batsman, no second thoughts but I REPEAT he is greedy he is not a match winner like Lara or Steve Waugh he slows down near century even now he tried to avoid duty; speaks of his character Good Bye Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:RE:Good realization! by Kittappa on Oct 11, 2007 07:39 AM unfortunately people who just see the scoreboards in the end do not realize. I had been a big fan and I know how many times I have been disappointed by his slow batting near a century. I can not pull out the statisitcs because no body writes down how many balls one took to score first 10, next 10 and so on.... I am not anti tendulkar, I do agree that he has very good batting skills and I do agree he has played some very good innings but he is not a spotless guy either.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Rajpal Yadav on Oct 11, 2007 03:15 PM mr chutappa wisden is just another magzine like cricket samrat or sportsstar. n u slaves are still running behind ur english fathers...it doesn't matter that whether u agree or not abt tendulkar being a grt or "all time best" n u r nobody to pinpoint either....just spent some more time to stick to basics of cricket...have u ever holded a ball or bat, if no then get lost n stop scribbing worthless comments... Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Rajan Mushrif on Oct 11, 2007 08:55 AM Mr. Kitappa, stop cursing the master. Without Sachin the Indian cricket team would have been another Zimbabwe or a kenyan team. It is now that we have some good batsman like Yuvraj,Dhoni etc. But if u have a look at the history for 15 years the Indian batting revolved only around Sachin. Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Ben T on Oct 11, 2007 07:58 AM dear frnd...what do u mean by match wining performances...do u know one thng..no lara or a stewe waugh can win a match if the other end is collapsing...lara's 153 for example ...windies wudnt hav won if walsh or adams or ambrose hadnt given that stand to lara...then y u talk of only Lara..!! there is nothng called individual match winning performance...its a team effort..and Sachin is helpless as any one else if others r not scoring ...and th reason why i pointed out kapil's 129 & lara's 375 is bcoz u were so higly eloquent in saying wisden top 100 doesnt hav any sachin's innings. even that wisden top 100 has flaws and is not the perfect refrence book for saying sachin is selfish Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Good realization! by Aussie Aussie Aussie on Oct 11, 2007 05:13 AM Thanks Mate! If people in India don't like Sachin playing anymore, send him to Australia. His value would be considered here as has been for 18 odd years. The day Steve Waugh retired, was the saddest day of most Aussie cricket lovers' life coz he is larger than life character here. Sachin is, I hope the same for India and Indians. I hope a similar sad day doesn't come into your life soon for it has to come one day. Let it be pushed further away. Trust me India, u'll miss the man when he's not playing anymore. It's an honour to watch this man do what he does best, give his 1000....% for his country. I love cricket, n Sachin is one of the reasons why this game is so beautiful. Good on you mate, keep going.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:When is this guy retiring? by anir on Oct 11, 2007 04:21 AM As it is cricket is a british legacy - even now India generates most money but ICC controls it. All local Indian sports are getting killed due to lack of money. Talk about slavery...its in the genes of Indians I guess.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by Ben T on Oct 11, 2007 05:07 AM Anir...u seem to be disgusted and disoriented with the burden of life...why dont u retire from posting ur unsolicited remarks in rediff ..that wud bring more zest and enthusiasm than Sachin retiring from cricket    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by Santosh Raghavan on Oct 11, 2007 06:33 AM When is this Guy ANIR retiring? Its better nobody replies to his senseless comments.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by Saravanan Subramanian on Oct 11, 2007 07:09 AM I don't understand what is in Anir's post so senseless. It is true that all other games are ignored because of non-athletic sports like Cricket. In hockey, we won bigger countries like China and Australia but no one bothered about it. In tennis, the individual had to appoint their own coach and monetarily struggle in the International platform. All other games are facing the same fate because we don't have enough money to spend for coaching real athletic sports and continuously get humiliated in Olympics, Asian games etc. But, think about Cricket - they are getting more than double of what even IT professionals are getting money from advertisement etc etc despite they continue to fail consistently. If India lose in Cricket, we go to the extreme of burning effigies and attach players properties and if India wins we worship the players like God. We don't even bother about achievements in other sports. Cricket should die in India for the sake of other real sports    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by Rajan Mushrif on Oct 11, 2007 08:57 AM It will happen when you die.Fool    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by Rajpal Yadav on Oct 11, 2007 03:24 PM well said beta Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:When is this guy retiring? by SherSingh Maanju on Oct 12, 2007 01:53 PM kyon ise umar bhar khelna hai kya???? apne time main kaafi acha kiya isne. or bhi bahut youngster ho jo sirf one chance ke liye try kar rahe hai.... unka number kab aayegaa jab woh retiree honge tab kya? Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:India Won 20-20 because of Sachin by Aussie Aussie Aussie on Oct 11, 2007 05:15 AM Thanks Mate! If people in India don't like Sachin playing anymore, send him to Australia. His value would be considered here as has been for 18 odd years. The day Steve Waugh retired, was the saddest day of most Aussie cricket lovers' life coz he is larger than life character here. Sachin is, I hope the same for India and Indians. I hope a similar sad day doesn't come into your life soon for it has to come one day. Let it be pushed further away. Trust me India, u'll miss the man when he's not playing anymore. It's an honour to watch this man do what he does best, give his 1000....% for his country. I love cricket, n Sachin is one of the reasons why this game is so beautiful. Good on you mate, keep going.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:India Won 20-20 because of Sachin by atul gupta on Oct 11, 2007 04:04 AM absolutely true.people criticizers of sachin dont know what depth of cricket .    Forward   |   Report abuse