I still remember the 1999 world cup, where he was out cheaply against Aus, whereas he scored a 100 against Kenya, in 2003 world cup, ponting scored 150 whereas sachin was out on 30 or 40, in 2002 natwest final, sachin was out playing a bizare stroke, he plays only for himself.
Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by anand kumar on Oct 11, 2010 06:47 PM
I still remember in one Finals, way back to the same time that the commentator refers, aganist the same Ausis, sachin won the match for India. After all he made runs ONLY BY playing for India.
Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by zindaa hoon on Oct 11, 2010 06:42 PM
32 runs which Raina made today were far more interesting and entertaining. I wish he could last longer... He would have livened up the match...
Re: Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by Against Pseudos on Oct 12, 2010 05:12 AM
Mar Gaya:
I like to play IFFY games too....
Here goes... IF Australia were all out within 10 runs, and IF Raina had scored 532 within 26 overs and IF Australian second innings was even worse than the first innings and they scored 2 runs then we could have won the match easily thanx to the excellent bowling of Chiranth Prasad (IF he learnt to play cricket and was in the Indian team)... ;-)
Re: Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by sweet sexy on Oct 11, 2010 06:48 PM
To last longer he should have quality and patients of sachin, sorry he can not neverfill your wish
Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by anand kumar on Oct 11, 2010 06:53 PM
Guys, remember how westeners boast their icons, be it Bradman, Ponting, etc. Why then we are always so cheep to critisize our own icon. It may be a persional achievement, but could be done only by a player of his caliber. First be self respect before you guys critisize others.
Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by comm_indian@rediffmail.com on Oct 11, 2010 06:46 PM
looks like your analysis is based on some few innings I guess. In that case if we take up sharjah cup and same world cupe where he was Man of the series played incredible innings against pakis and first evr tri series victoory against aussies palyed in all both finals a century and ninety odd knoock in that case your analysis is lil short dude... your only aim is to hate sachin... jalnewalo ko jalne ka bahana chaahiye.. aaj kaa nahi to puraanaa nikaalooo.. hahahaha
Re: Sachin plays only for himself
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 07:01 PM
Cool.. he was highest scorer in 2 of the world cups he played... then what other players were doing? Is sachin only the player to play and win the matches..???/
Why are you hiding now? Come out and critisize Sachin for taking India to past 400 from 38 for 2 and guiding Vijay for achieving his maiden century. He is a team man and does not play for his records you fools!
Re: Where are those Sachin bashers on Rediff now?
by zindaa hoon on Oct 11, 2010 06:39 PM
I am here..., its boring to watch Sachin, to say the least...
Re: Boring to see an oldie
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 06:36 PM
first u need to know that this is not T20 or ODI.... in this test match also his strike rate is better than many.. so far he played chanceless innings... do not understand what u were lookings for.. but one advice, do not watch or follow test cricket, u cannot understand it...
SACHIN BORN ... ONLY AFTER GOD PRAYED FOR HIM FOR CENTURIES TO GO DOWN ON EARTH AND PLAY CRICKET .... AT LAST SACHIN FULFILLED GODS WISH ... WITH SACHIN'S MIDAS TOUCH ... VERY ORDINARY PLAYER LIKE MURALI VIJAY ALSO TURN GOLD ... SACHIN IS BEYOND GOD ...
But not a Single Run out this 14000 runs has ever given an Indian Victory in any one of the Test matches he has played, Like VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid,Virendra Sehwag.
All those Runs are only dedicated to self glorification.
Re: 14000 Runs
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 06:41 PM
let's not go too far.... 138 runs in last test match is enough... where we won, just one wicket to spare.. Again lack of knowledge..:)-
Re: 14000 Runs
by Lallu Yadav on Oct 11, 2010 06:39 PM
If he had scored 14000 runs...India would have lost 140 test matches. We people will never understand the worth of the legend. We just take him for granted.
Re: 14000 Runs
by zindaa hoon on Oct 11, 2010 06:32 PM
He did win one match for India. That was in 2008, when India chased 387 in Chennai against England.
Re: Re: 14000 Runs
by Sameer on Oct 11, 2010 06:35 PM
so your definition is someone playing in the 4th inning and scoring the winning runs rather than anything else ?
Re: Re: Re: Re: 14000 Runs
by Sameer on Oct 11, 2010 06:38 PM
so ? the 4th innings count and 1,2,3 don't . AAAAAh i forgot ICC came up with a new rule stating that 4th innings don't count.
Re: Re: Re: Re: 14000 Runs
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 06:44 PM
then definitely he must be greatest if u consider 1st innings only.. having overall average of 57 with under 40 average in second innings means, he has been doing greatly all these years... what u need to realize is Test cricket is of 2 innings each for the team... u get duck out in the first innings then score some runs in the second will not make one great.
Re: 14000 Runs
by kapil siddhu on Oct 11, 2010 06:31 PM
u r right. all the runs scored by sachin r nt included in team's total. actually he takes these runs to his home.
Re: 14000 Runs
by sanjib nag on Oct 11, 2010 06:36 PM
Bisen Bedi once told " That short man(Gavaskar) Plays for himself, but if other 10 players also play for themselves only then also India will do much better in the matches. The same thing apply here. So donot see these 14000 runs as you have seen it.
Re: Re: 14000 Runs
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 06:48 PM
can u imagine somebody scoring 14 centuries against WI.. most of the time facing famous pace Quartet in test cricket without helmet..... Its a team game, and doesn't depend on a single performance all the time... if one keeps failing continuously, he will be out of the team.
Tendulkar is playing for India? I dont think so. Neither is he playing for himself. He plays because of the passion for the game. He is playing just because of that. He may benefit and India may benefit, but those do not seem to be the concern. And we enjoy because we also love the game.. Cricket is not a war, so that we talk about patriotism.. nationalism and all those.. I dont think there was ever a man who was half as passionate as Tendulkar is for the game of cricket.
Re: Tendulkar is playing for whom?
by wizardo id on Oct 11, 2010 06:37 PM
no he's said that playing for India is his greatest privilege. there are idiots who will say that he's too selfish if he scores, and say he's done and dusted if he does not score enough. damn if you do, damned if you dont!
with this knock Tendulkar has proved that no batsman can do like him. he is the best cricketer ever in the history of cricket though bradman was exception. go ahead tendulkar, 400 is waiting for you.
Re: tendulkar is the best
by wizardo id on Oct 11, 2010 06:38 PM
he's not the kind of guy who will do 400. but he surely is the guy who scores regularly, prolific batsman. he probably is the most studied batsman in the world, and they'd try and attack his weakness in every single tour. what a pressure to handle! and he's also received more bad decisions than any others i presume!
is reported to you that you should pay your dues to your Creative Team who hobnob with Media correspondents and put you on front page of Newspaper and TV whethter there is good knock or not of yours. Cricketers are good actors . Post their retirement they can act in Bollywood movies. Doors are open for you. All actors enact a good display of their acting to attract fooool cricket buffs
Re: Make India Win and Fool India through Concocted Story
by Skewed on Oct 11, 2010 06:12 PM
And I m very much Indian by character and nature. So don't be fooled to say me Paki.
Cricket win is woven to divert the minds of coommmoon men from main issues.
Re: Re: Make India Win and Fool India through Concocted Story
by Mr Infinity on Oct 11, 2010 06:24 PM
So does CWG, Olympics, Asian games, soccer and any other game that make it to front page. Or any other news that is a good news in any way and not related to common man's life.
Go and get some life dude, you can't blame media for not showing problems on first page. They are not charity anymore. If we feel something has to be done about an issue, we have to take action and not wait for system to make move. Stop blaming and start to act.
Re: Make India Win and Fool India through Concocted Story
by Faltu on Oct 11, 2010 06:21 PM
do u know ABC about cricket, if not then first learn about it, then comment. I bet your life will be short.
Re: Make India Win and Fool India through Concocted Story
by Skewed on Oct 11, 2010 06:14 PM
let Cricket be played in true spirit and not made a betting ground-That what concerns to me. I have nothing about Sachin except his silence over the issue.
Re: Re: Make India Win and Fool India through Concocted Story
by miviu on Oct 11, 2010 06:28 PM
why do u want him to make comments... he is doing his job let it happen... if ur wish is to be taken seriously, let all other players talk about it.. We have enough around to take 1000 abuses from one word he utters... he is doing ominous service to Indian cricket.. just let it go on, and do not side track him.
