Few things have to be considered here If his Current Avg Til Oct 2009 S/R is greater than(>)Avg From Oct2009-end of world cup still agile in D field then he's a worth candidate in D Team 4 fewmore yrs provided he improves his Avg S/R all time & provided his majority of his contributions R in the winning stride(Till 2011 WC& EvenAfter)
Also to be considered is his age factor so would be fair enough to say that he only plays few (ODI's/Tests) only against top form 2-5 teams of that season (AUS/SA/SRI/NZ/PAK)
Rest is in the hands of the selectors to accomodate him so that it wouldn't be too much for him Also expect him to bring home the WC2011 with a balanced team of Hitters/Allrounders/Bowlers
Watch out for Sachin with 10 others Indian Players/ Indian Squad to bring 2011WC not Sachin plus 10 more Sachin from the playing 11 which was the way some years ago
He is a Humble Human Being who has made india proud playing for 20 years. Give some respect
Sachin inODI's with 19749Runs Avg44.29 S/R85.68 75-80% of his 44(100's) are match winning ones 50-60% of his 91(50's) are match winning ones
has always been& continuing to be a Good Fielder& excellent runner not like Ganguly, Laxman,Dravid which is Y they r no more in ODI's
So if Tendulkar's Presence in the field concedes extra runs(instead of saving runs) without him contributing with the bat along with all these if Indian Loses against top teams in a embarassing fashion consistently (which i believe will not happen)then its fair enough to Pinpoint Sachin & drop him & say Hi Sachin "guess Indian Team Could Do Without you"
If his performance in no way affecting Indian Victories as long as he tries to top it up with a good knock every now then against top teams of the season without reducing his career Avg S/R he can remain in the team for as long as he feels is correct to do so
Agreed that he is not palying as a player who has almost played majority of the ground in the world, knows all the run scoring shots for any ball except for a beamer. Also agreed that he gets out these days in silly fashion which makes my blood boil, when u think is the player who has scored these many runs.
To Err is Human To Forgive is humane He is a human who has made every Indian Proud by playing & winning for his country
Talking about retirement my guess is that he will retire after 2011 world cup
Sachin is a liability to and no more an asset to the team.
Wish, Indian selectors and the board too have similar guts like their Srilankan counterparts to inform Sachin that, he needs to perform to hold his place. Of late, he has become such a liability to the team and he denies youngsters like Dinesh Karthick, Rohit Sharma their well deserved place in the team. In India it seems like the corporates and MNCs who have invested on these multi billionaire cricketers have a say in the matters concerning selection than the selection committee itself. After every poor showing, the hunt is always on to find the scape goats and the lesser mortals like Prasad, Robin who do not have any lobbies suffer ultimately. Sachin! if you really love India and if you're a patriot, retire from all forms of cricket as we have seen enough of u and would love to see a young hero performing... There's no need for any sympathy here and he didn't do any free service to the nation. He played for India for a price. Place in Indian team is not anyone's birth right and it should be eaned on the basis of performance.
