Today, in india Sachin Tendulkar Aka Little Master is treated as a demi god... But unfortunately the demi god has not helped india lift a single World Cup which is every indians Dream....Why this dint happen ??? Now all supporters will come back and say that its a team game and everyone has to contribute and stuff like that.... But he is a demi god so cant he do this for his country...Did he ??? Can he ??? Will he ????
RE:Demi God ???
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Oct 31, 2007 11:20 PM
Beleive it or not!!It was Sachin, who took India to the finals of 2003 WC. Rest of the team could have atleast won that one match for India, which they did not!!
RE:Demi God ???
by on Oct 31, 2007 04:59 PM
Cricket is not a one man show. India required good alrounder to win the world cup. However, suchin did his maximum best in S/A there india reached final (suchin scored more than 600 hundrs runs) in india world cup there he scored more than 500 runs.
RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 03:49 PM
I don't think anybody (other than media) really treats him like a demi god anyway. Most people purely love him for his merit. As you yourself mentioned, its a team game and at the end of the day batsmen have to make more than their bowlers concede. We did actually come very close to winning WC in 2003. There is no such thing called demi-gods!Everyone is human and fans must understand this. With Lara as one of the greatest player on its side, WI sinked to the bottom list. This happened because "ITS A TEAM GAME!". The consistancy can only be seen by AUS players. Gilchrist, Ponting, Hayden, Symonds, Clark don't have their best days in every match. But they manage to have atleast 3 batsmen and 3 bowlers playing good cricket in every match. It doesn't matter even if 5 players had worst day! With more wins their morale remains high and other 5 players can agian bounce back in another game. This makes lot of difference. India doesn't have this felxibilty. For example, Ganguly and Dravid are great players but poor strike rate. Ganguly relies on 4s and 6s, but has poor running between the wickets. This offsets his scoring rate! Bowlers are not much economical or really threatening either. So, even medicore batsmen from other teams find it easy to make runs.
RE:Demi God ???
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 04:31 PM
Dude if u accept it%u2019s a team game then why do u want an old man in the one day side. He alone cant win u matches right? Cricket has changed rapidly it%u2019s the time where u need to field well run well etc etc and oldies cant do that. Its better they play test matches.
RE:RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 04:57 PM
Simply because he is better than any other players. He can atleast take us to some respectable position. India has more chances of winning if there are more Sachins in the team! Spit out all your venom and you will see that he stands their because of his merit. No need to consider him demi god! But as a fine cricketer and a human being. He may have bad days like all of us. But on his his day he threatens best bowlers around the world. Ask any youngster in the team and he will tell you Sachin helps him on and off the field. Even his experience and presence boosts players moral.
RE:RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 04:56 PM
Simply because he is better than any other players. He can atleast take us to some respectable position. India has more chances of winning if there are more Sachins in the team! Spit out all your venom and you will see that he stands their because of his merit. No need to consider him demi god! But as a fine cricketer and a human being. He may have bad days like all of us. But on his his day he threatens best bowlers around the world. Ask any youngster in the team and he will tell you Sachin helps him on and off the field. Even his experience and presence boosts players moral.
RE:Demi God ???
by Mahendra Parab on Oct 31, 2007 04:57 PM
Good Work Abhay. Keep it up. You are fighting like one man army. All other in this room r showing only hatred towards Sachin. It seems that they dont know the single word of CRICKET.
RE:Demi God ???
by ROHIT on Oct 31, 2007 03:13 PM
RE:Gr8 Sachin by ROHIT on Oct 31, 2007 03:03 PM Mr imran every thing we dream does not get into reality. Hve u achieved everything what u dreamt off. In sachin case , it is his dream to win world cup for inida n twice india came close 2 win 1996 n 2003 primarily because of sachin's batting. But unfortunately both times inida could not got past the final hurdle. Infact great steve waugh always had the dream of beating inida in india in a test series. It was his dream. Infact he tearmed 2001 series as Final Frontiar but that dream never realised off. So is this mean that steve waugh was not a great captian or player.?
RE:Demi God ???
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 03:22 PM
I cant understand y we Indians make gods out of ordinary people. Yes Sachin was a great player and he has got a lot of money and fame due to that. But time moves on and we also have to move on from sachin. Let him play test matches no problem but for one day team we need a young team for next world cup.
RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 03:32 PM
Who are you to let him or someone else to play world cup? Sachin is there because of his merit and he has proved his one day form in England and again against Aus. Lara, Steve Waugh, Gavaskar, Jaysuriya all played till late. As long as he is performing noone should have any problems. If he runs into problem, he will surely be rested like Dravid and Ganguly. But he is still better than other indian players. I don't see any problem if he plays 2011 WC for India.
RE:Demi God ???
by koushik vedaraman on Oct 31, 2007 03:55 PM
Abhay...I dont know what to say to you. For 2011 WC you want Sachin in the team...Well i think he has contributed a lot to indian cricket and i think its time for him to give chance to young playes to play...I dont know if you know this fact or not...Robin singh got a chance to play only in his early thirties and i beleive that you would agree that robin is a great player but could not play more cricket...lets not make mistakes again and again man... i dont have any grudges towards the little master but then there is a limit boss....
RE:RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 04:09 PM
Whom are you comparing with? No doubt Robin was a good player but you can't just compare him with Sachin. Sachin is still top performer in the team. He is just 34 and youngest among India's big 3. Lara retired at 38! What's ur problem? Youngsters still have lot more places to prove themselves. The truth is he is performing well and asking for his retirement when he is performing well is ridiculous! In fact he himself said, he will retire from ODI before retiring from test matches. So, he might retire at suitable time anyway! Who are you to decide his limits?
RE:Demi God ???
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 03:41 PM
Man u are unbelievable y sachin get agarkar, gavaskar, vengsarkar all of them to play 2011 world cup. They are still young and India will surely win the world cup.
RE:Demi God ???
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 03:58 PM
Good that you got it now! The truth is our youngsters are only good enough for 20-20. They just don't have enough talent play longer version games. Sachin is only 34 and Lara retired at 38. As long as Sachin is performing, there is no question of his replacement. He will retire when he wants to.
The dropping of dravid has cleary shown that a mumbai lobby exists. Agrakar who has got so many chanes inspite of not performing proves it. Tendulkar has never been dropped inspite playing badly in so mnay matches. Dravid has been a selfless player and his dropping is a sad moment in Indian cricket.
RE:Lobby exists
by Reza Arif on Oct 31, 2007 03:12 PM
I dont think so .. but even if it did I wud not be surprised ..
Regarding Agarkar .. he got chances due to his excellent start .. he was the bowler who scalped 50 wickets in the least number of matches (in the world) .. He had a good yorker .. decent pace and he could swing the ball ..
Thr hv seldom been consistent bowlers in our team .. Srinath / Kapil being the only probable exceptions .. Even Srinath / Prasad had several off days ..
Tendulkar has always had his bat talking for him .. Form is temporary .. but Class is permanent .. Its not the Lobby but Tendulkar's class which has kept him in the team...
Meanwhile, there hv been several mumbai players who hv been picked and dropped .. Kambli, Amre etc. Its not that Mumbai players get special treatment! Lets stop this talk of regional lobbies .. might be some truth in it .. but it hurts and we should not blame things unless we know the truth ..
Having said that ... DRAVID BEING DROPPED IS A SAD MOMENT FOR INDIAN CRICKET .. He indeed is a selfless player and deserves his place in the side .. I am relatively sure he will get his place back in the sider after a good match in the Ranji Trophy against Mumbai!
RE:Lobby exists
by Abhay T on Oct 31, 2007 04:17 PM
Thanks Reza! Good comment! Imran is talking rubbish and this comment should shut his mouth. As far as Dravid is concerned, Vengserkar already commented that he is rested and not dropped!
RE:Lobby exists
by amit gheji on Oct 31, 2007 02:22 PM
please see, think and talk facts before you speak. Tendulkar has the best average in the last 20 ODIs in this same ODI cricket team. Unfortunately our Indian public memory is short. One twenty20 world cup win and you forgot that Tendulkar and Ganguly won you the England ODI series before that. Not these jumping teenagers.
RE:Lobby exists
by Ramil Mukherjee on Oct 31, 2007 03:12 PM
When Tendulkar is in news in areas other than cricket, persons like Imran must understand they are trying to trespass a zone not built for people of their merit. There are pages where this comment could go. The news as it appears here exposes the human heart of Tendulkar distinctly different from the domain of legendary cricket performance
I am almost double the age of Sachin - his respect for his father touches me. Please Imran! go and graze in the field that suits you and your kind.
RE:Lobby exists
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 03:35 PM
Dude u make a statue of tendulkar and pray to him daily. Indians are known to be emotional fools and it is proved easily.I%u2019m not against sachin but I%u2019m against politics why different rules for players. If dravid was dropped why wasn%u2019t sachin it is just bcoz of Mumbai lobby we all know that.
RE:Lobby exists
by Mahendra Parab on Oct 31, 2007 05:05 PM
Hi Imran. Actually Sachin is so consistent and performing that nobody can drop him. About, u telling when Sachin was out of form (Must be for very few matches that was also avg around 40),BCCI was heading by Bengalies.
RE:Lobby exists
by Ramil Mukherjee on Oct 31, 2007 03:57 PM
I understand your problem - there is no area in which you can represent even in your own locality - so you try to spit slur on some one who has made himself a legend! Speak more nonsense and shake off some of your frustration. good luck
RE:Lobby exists
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 04:29 PM
Dude sachin is a selfish player and plays for records. His talent couldn%u2019t win India any world cup. But people like u will want him to play the next world cup too. U should learn from the aussies how they have built a strong team even though they have lost so many great players. A guy like Hayden was not even in their regular one day side. The team is bigger than the player better u realize that.
RE:Lobby exists
by rajat das on Oct 31, 2007 05:03 PM
hey u fool...don't tell that sachin is a selfish player.If he had been selfish he would noot have come to the field after his father's demise and score a century..For him team comes first..as far as his records are concerned,it just happens for him,he doesn't play for that... This is the mark of a great player...
RE:RE:Lobby exists
by abhishek singh on Oct 31, 2007 04:47 PM
woh amazing..isn't it imran...... g8.. u r superb... don't know anyhting just keep writing.. well first of all its not a badmintion or tennis, u can't alone win the world cup. ok tell me who won the 20-20 world cup for india... name any single player.... it was a team effort.. isn' it... then why r u against sachin.. mind you he is still the best fielder from outside the circle in india... can u compare.... zaheer/munaf/romesh or even rp, srresanth's throw from deep with sachin. i believe sachin is far better fielder then these guys.... I m not against youngster, but the whole point is do we have replacements... i can't imagine any young player in england could have faced swinging 145 bowling of james anderson.....
RE:Mumbai lobby
by vinod mojar on Oct 31, 2007 01:00 PM
U idiot should be proud on his mother & national toung. I hope U r breed of some PAKI's that's why u r not getting this simple concept.
RE:Mumbai lobby
by ramesh on Oct 31, 2007 01:05 PM
I'm an Indian and I hate regional politics,something which these Mumbai cricketers have perfected to an art form. I hope India loses all matches against Pak as they gave unfair treatement to three cricketers from South,though they have been playing much better cricket than the players selected. Anybody who plays politics in my mind is a sicko and a traitor and that includes your entire Mumbai lobby.
RE:RE:RE:Mumbai lobby
by on Oct 31, 2007 03:00 PM
Ironically Rahul Dravid is a Marathi boy! And so-called Mumbai lobby has given Indian cricket what none other team has given.
RE:Mumbai lobby
by Reza Arif on Oct 31, 2007 02:00 PM
Ramesh,
You say u hate regional politics and then go onto cry for 3 players who were not selected from south?? You shouldnt hv used those words .. if u were truly not concerned about regional politics in cricket...
I am also from South India but will never vouch for any player or laud him just because he is doing well for the region.. In a National Side .. only the nation should matter .. I thought after SRK harped about it in Chak De .. all this should come to a rest .. but no ... few people like Ramesh, Atul Patil will continue to trade insults based on regions!
I am an Indian .. and I want India to compete well in all matches and win most of them! I am not bothered if all the players are from Mumbai or even Assam... provided they are the best among the lot!
RE:Mumbai lobby
by Vikram Patil on Oct 31, 2007 01:25 PM
who the hell are u ?? u damn looser .who care sabout your openion .u guys can only eat idli dosa and sit at home with your big fat tummies u neither have beauty nor brains so u speak out of jealousy
RE:Mumbai lobby
by ramesh on Oct 31, 2007 02:40 PM
Looks like all the slum dwellers in Mumbai are pissed about my comments about their brainless ilk and have come out in full force. Let's see how this over rated dwarf faces up to Shoaib Akthar in the coming series. I'm sure he'll be pissing his pants along with the rest of you loyal 'Slum'baikars. We'll see who'll be laughing then.
RE:RE:Mumbai lobby
by ROHIT on Oct 31, 2007 03:08 PM
Mr ramesh with all due respect for comments against sachin , i will recomend u 2 watch 2003 world cup match against pak , 2004 pakistan tour, chennai test , multan test. Frankly speaking he has played only this much against shoib akhtair.
RE:Mumbai lobby
by Atul Patil on Oct 31, 2007 01:42 PM
tum log aaj tak jo politics karte aya ho uska kya?? Sab saale yahaa mumbai, pune me kaam dhandha dhoondte aate hai. Itna guts hai to udhar hi raho na.
The bottom line is SACHINE IS GREAT. No immediate replacement. Will retire voluntarily , once real replacement comes. We mumbaites are proud of our MUMBAIKAR (TENDULKAR)
Hey friends all the people who really know cricket or have played some time even for their local colony team know how blessed our generation is that we have seen such a gr8 batsman named Sachin Tendulkar playing. His Straight Drives, Cover Drives, Backfoot punches, Pull, flick of the wrist, Pedal Sweep(inventor of pedal sweep) awesome. His Sixes at Sharjah, his batting in WC 2003 against Shoaib Akhtar, the first batsman to have Tricolor flag on his Helmet,his Valiant effort at Chennai test against Pakistan, his 200 against aussies in Melbourne, his 152 agains Aussies in their own cuntry against McGrath, Warne n Gillespie n there are lots more he has inspired the whole generation. Even his botom hand grip which changed the batting style of present days youngsters Batsman like Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj if u ask them who had inspired them n their batting
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by ramesh on Oct 31, 2007 12:37 PM
If someone can have a lobby like him and ensure his place in the side always and gets to open in every match on flat Indian tracks,even a little child can make 50 centuries. The guy is an over rated moron,fit to have a pav bhaji shop on the sidewalks of Mumbai.
RE:RE:Gr8 Sachin
by anish on Oct 31, 2007 01:07 PM
mr ramesh....if a little child can also score 50 centuries as opener, how come it has never happenned for the past 30 years...hmmmm...please think before u write...and get ur head examined by a good psychiatrist
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by ROHIT on Oct 31, 2007 12:46 PM
Then why not other indian opners have not scored that many centuries. And by the way he has scored 19 of 41 centuries on foriegn land n almost same ratio is in test cricket too.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Subba Rao on Oct 31, 2007 05:42 PM
Mr brainless Ramesh,
Is selling pav bhaji on the roads your family business? Is this business not running ? Please ask your family menmbers and particularly you also help them in this task of begging in front of Mr. Sachin's residence for some help. You seem to be totally jealous about this great players fame and wealth.Though it is proved beyond doubt that you and the other nut Imran have NO cricketing sense, at least you will be kept busy on the streets in the hope of getting some relief from that great cricketer. Dont worry. Sachin helps everyone especially brainstarved people.This is what I read recently. So stop writing nonsense and pack your bags sorry bowls!!
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 01:37 PM
Sachin is only interested in making records just like his guru gavaskar. Gavaskar was interested in drawing matches not winning them as said by kapil dev. Sachin is over rated he should retire now for the benefir of Indian cricket.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Reza Arif on Oct 31, 2007 02:04 PM
Ramesh / Imran,
Sachin doesnt need to have a lobby to ensure that he has a place in the side .. He lets his bat do the talking instead of the lobby...
Look at his stats ...
In the last 100 ODI's he has played .. his average is 45.19 which is slightly above his career average of 44.23! So stop complaining that he has not done anything significant recently ... His centuries in this period have come against Paki's, Windies, Aussies, NZ etc.
CRAZY PUBLIC AND CRAZY ADMINISTRATORS ...
We dont know how to treat these greats! I question myself many a time .. Whether we really deserve to have such a great player in our team ..
IF SACHIN IS DROPPED .. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL PROTEST ALL OVER ..
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 02:39 PM
So what if he has scored so many runs he is not going to play the next world cup isn%u2019t it so y play him in one day team . Its time to build the team for next world cup. Our great sachinn has not won us a world cup hope u guys don%u2019t pick him for next world cup too.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by abhijithdev sagar on Oct 31, 2007 02:51 PM
@imran - dont you remember the 2003 pak india match? No one can play shots like sachin. His one coverdrive is enough for us to celebrate and make us happy.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 03:01 PM
We Indians will remain emotional fools for ever I guess. Sachins time is over lets give chance to others so that they also can become sachins and dravids.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Reza Arif on Nov 01, 2007 10:49 AM
Imran,
Do u watch only World Cup matches? World cup isnt everything for cricket .. It is just an important tournament .. and as u wud know Sachin alone cant win u the world cup u need a few consistent performers ...
He has been playing well in all world cups especially the 2003 and the 1996 world cup .. In 2003 we were just a whisker away .. but bowlers like Zaheer Khan gave away the advantage ... and the match ...
World Cup is almost 4 years away .. why are you worrying about that and wanting to drop a great player like Sachin ... The matches over the next two-three years are also important ..
Stop worrying about Sachin and worry about the other players in the side ... Sachin is a certainty at least for a year or two ...unless something goes drastically wrong with his form/fitness.
When u worry about the other players and get them performing well .. the Indian side will automatically become a good team .. and Sachin can have a graceful exit too !
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Hemant Naik on Oct 31, 2007 03:20 PM
Abe sale Imran, when india looses you suckers will only cry to drop everyone. You don't want to loose a game and also don't want to play a good player who can help in winning the game. you are all suckers.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by Imran on Oct 31, 2007 03:37 PM
Dude Dravid has been as much a great player like sachin so y different rules for both. The Mumbai lobby will not drop sahcin that%u2019s all I want to say.
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by ROHIT on Oct 31, 2007 03:03 PM
Mr imran every thing we dream does not get into reality. Hve u achieved everything what u dreamt off. In sachin case , it is his dream to win world cup for inida n twice india came close 2 win 1996 n 2003 primarily because of sachin's batting. But unfortunately both times inida could not got past the final hurdle. Infact great steve waugh always had the dream of beating inida in india in a test series. It was his dream. Infact he tearmed 2001 series as Final Frontiar but that dream never realised off. So is this mean that steve waugh was not a great captian or player.?
RE:Gr8 Sachin
by on Nov 01, 2007 07:56 AM
Mr..Imran...only World Cup is not the life man..It is a clear fact that Sachin almost won the WC twice..but he is not a machine..Mind u India can win some extraordinary matches by completely depending on their batting..but they cant win a WC without saome good contributions from their bowlers..if u really wants to see India as Champs..they must find some quality bowlers who can support their great batsmen..Just see the last Oz series..in the last match AUS scores just 120 ..but still their bolwers lamost won the match 4 them..which we never can expect (even in our dreams..)from our Indian Bowlers..plz stop blaming Sachin 4 everything..Plz understand Cricket..
