Tendulkar has shone as the one man gladiator for India. SOMEONE once said "an expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing". The same applies to those experts who have conferred upon themselves the right to come hard upon someone who I would term a national asset. Tendulkar outweighs statistics and numbers. That is reflected in his altruistic and dedicated batting which thoroughly impresses the cricket experts. Tendulkar is a match-winner, although in a team of 11 when everyone gives his best it would be an overstatement, but the number of times that Sachin has put India within sniffing distance of a victory is a sign of his class and commitment. Many criticize him for he has not won some one-day finals in the last few years? But how many of these finals would we have reached but for Sachin? Does it not take a match-winner to win the matches which take us to the final?
RE:Sachin - A genuine match winner
by sunil vyas on Mar 12, 2008 05:54 PM
Sachin is a match winner in his own right. It is not just because of his cricketing brilliance. Its because of his sheer presence, which motivates the players and also sends shock waves into the opposition. I still remember Shane Warne in Channel 9 recollecting his duels with Sachin. Nothing can unsettle this genius. He goes on and says for a player like Sachin "we need to work out many strategies to get him out". This is where Sachin becomes a match-winner. He always keeps the opposition guessing. Kapil Dev, Gavaskar, Vengsarkar, Azhar, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly are match-winners, but Sachin is greater than them because whether he scores or not, he keeps the opposition on their toes. The very fear of the rival bowlers makes Sachin a match-winner. Tendulkar holds the record for winning the maximum `Man of the Match' awards in one-day internationals. India has won almost 80 per cent of the one-dayers in which Sachin has scored a century. Sachin is an emperor in world cricket
RE:Lying is Aussie trademark!
by Himalay on Mar 11, 2008 07:48 PM
As the sayin goes that "Dogs tail can be straightened somehow, but Aussies can never stop lying and cheating"
RE:Lying is Aussie trademark!
by Concerned Indian on Mar 11, 2008 08:43 PM
There is another saying on the other part of the world, mate, you know what... "Dogs tail can be straightened somehow, but Lazy Indians can never stop lying and cheating"
Aussies were never a great cricket team, like the great West Indies team of the 80s. What was great about Aussies was their preparation, planning & man-management aspects, i.e. the non-cricket aspects, unlike the great westindian who excelled only in their on field cricket. Aussies were all this while dependent only on Mcgrath & Shane Warne for their winning, as has been exemplified by the aussie loses after these two have retired. If ever there was a cricket match between the great westindies team & the great aussie team, i bet westindies team would have beaten the aussies handsdown easily, even if the aussie team had both Mcgrath & Shane warne playing for them.
RE:Lying is Aussie trademark.
by Himalay on Mar 11, 2008 10:50 AM
You see...Shane Warne had even lied to his own wife(about his string of affairs) it had become a huge scandal some time back & to think that he is their most respected cricketer & a role model, this is the culture these aussies are brought up in, how can you expect something good from them. As the saying goes "Dogs tail can be anyhow straightened, but aussies can never stop lying"
RE:Dhoni, Yuvraj, Robin and Raina would be left out...!
by R A on Mar 12, 2008 11:38 PM
Glad your not in cricketing position,,...such biased views will get you nowhere....
Dhoni should be reprimended for opening his mouth too much against the senior players.I am sure now he must have realised that without Sachin's innings in bioth finals against Australia he would have landed back in India and not even the ordinary Bus driver would have recognised him.He slammed sachin for his bad scores in one day matches before the finals.Mr Dhoni should not open his mouth unnecessarily without thinking just because he is a captain.It will take him few more rebirths to reach the level of seniors like sachin/dravid/Ganguly. Shut up Dhoni and try to do consistent wicket keeping.
RE:Dhoni should say Sorry to Seniors!
by R A on Mar 12, 2008 11:39 PM
Sachins previous score in the series prior to Dhoni's comments proved that Dhoni did the right thing.
RE:Dhoni should say Sorry to Seniors!
by Milind on Mar 10, 2008 02:08 PM
he should be tought to hold the bat properly, he holds it like 'Gada'... then he looks like 'Gada dhari Bhim'....
RE:RE:Dhoni should say Sorry to Seniors!
by R A on Mar 12, 2008 11:40 PM
And how do you hold your L...As long as you get the job done it should not matter how you hold objects
RE:sachin is a self-ish incompeetent person
by ganguly dada on Mar 09, 2008 04:33 PM
hi m .f su..a..r paki.how are you?sa..a..le, kahan gutter saf kar raha hai?
some more aussie spin from another brain-dead aussie. "He had only Michael Clarke not walking on a certain dismissal to back it up but that mattered little." hee hee, these guys simply dont know how stupid they look when they make statements like this!!
