Let us Hope, India wraps up Aussies 2morrow for a meagre total. India should B vigiliant on the last days match especially in the morning one hour by making Aussies all out.
If everything goes in Indias favour, Nothing like that in white washing the Aussies & in turn the Aussies will go into the 5th place not only that it will B a victory of Cricket & India, since Aussies R one of the best team absolutely no doubt.
All this happened because of Sachins knock, who rocks from the day 1 he entered into the cricketing arena to tiall date.
He is man of Hercules & Atlas, who shoulders the responsibility of Cricket.
Let us Have a Good Dream 2day of India winning 2morrows match.
@Hashim Amla: "Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @yaseer hameed: "Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "To Sachin, the man we all want to be" - What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives " BBC on Sachin
Re: BBC on sachin
by Oomshik Tooshik on Oct 12, 2010 05:19 PM
so important, these BBC endorsements. Cos 'fans' here are insecure in their blind adulation.
When ever Sachin scores a ton India losses ? FACT:India has won 33 matches out of 46 when Sachin has scored a ton which is a whopping 71%
Myth: 2)oh is it ? but this useless player should have scored all his 32 match winning centuries against weaker teams like bangla/kenya/zim? FACT: His tons have helped india win 9 times against australia.list is as follows - australia-9, new zealand -5, srilanks-5, kenya-4, zimbabwe-4, west indies-3, south africa-3, pakistan-1 & namibia-1
Myth 3) : All most all of his match winning centuries were scored batting 2nd this choker cant score a run while chasing under pressure ?
Fact: Sachin has scored 17 tons while chasing a huge score & India has won 15 times (unbelievable 88 %).some of his most popular innings while chasing , the one against aus in WB series downunder & the one in sharjah, the innings against pakistan in wc
MYTH 4)May be this was long time back ,BUt in recent times whenever he has scored a ton we have lost ? FACT:India has won last 4 matches out of 5 when he has scored a century (80%)
Myth5) All his Man of the match awards are useless? we have lost those matches like we did against aus recently !
FACT: Sachin has won 62 MOM's out of which in india has won 56 times (90%), & 8 times he got MOM award in the finals (Hold ur breath 100 % success rate, all were won) . All other so called indian greats combined have played close to 1000 ma
Re: sachin facts
by anshuman bagla on Oct 12, 2010 05:29 PM
Ok fine i ll give u another stat..as u are good with it.. Ricky Ponting captained Aus in 22 world cup matches ..and won all..go beat that...
Re: Re: sachin facts
by R Jagannathan on Oct 12, 2010 05:37 PM
Anshuman, Aus had won 3 WCs under just bcos their match winning bowlers. India had never been a match winning bowling team. Understand that difference. I rememeber Chris Cairns of NZ once commented that "even my mom can captain this Australian team". So captaining Australian team with players like warne, mcgrath, lee, hayden, hussey, langer was not a great deal.
Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Sunil Vaidya on Oct 12, 2010 05:50 PM
jagannathan we are aloso winning because of our match winning bowlers. 11 test win out of 17 for dhoni you think it was sacin who took all those wickets?
Re: Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Sameer on Oct 12, 2010 09:36 PM
no , but i think there is something called a 90 run average in tests, that did a big difference
you knew that right ? Oh wait, you aint smart to know that
Re: sachin facts
by Giridhar on Oct 12, 2010 05:21 PM
Records are fine buddy, but he fails in situations when we need him to play like 2nd innings of last match. Since you are good at stats, please search for such occasions where he failed and you find that there were some important matches
Re: Re: sachin facts
by R Jagannathan on Oct 12, 2010 05:31 PM
Idiot, Giridhar, the above statistics prove that how many of Sachin's knocks have paved way for India's victory.
Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Sunil Vaidya on Oct 12, 2010 05:54 PM
idiot, jagnnathan the above stats dont prove what you are saying but it proves how everybody contributed to that win.
Re: Re: sachin facts
by amit koli on Oct 12, 2010 05:31 PM
dear in the last match , it was sachin tendulkar who paved the way for laxman. as he tired all the bowlers, and forced doug bolinger to retire hurt...eventually aussies where left with only 3 bowlers...so his innings of 38 runs waz very special one.
Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Sunil Vaidya on Oct 12, 2010 05:49 PM
amit what you said only proves that sachin did not pave the way for indian win. he should have forced all bowlers to retire and made them tired. he could do that only to one bowler. laxman did it to everybody. as i said laxman plays in pressure/crunch situations not sachin.
Re: Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Abhishek Sadhwani on Oct 12, 2010 05:48 PM
Some idiot people dont left sachin criticising because they know that they can only do this they cannot thanks sachin for doing so much for the country ,a special comment for him it will be for 1000 years "HE WAS THE BEST",HE IS THE BEST and HE WILL BE THE BEST
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: sachin facts
by Sunil Vaidya on Oct 12, 2010 05:52 PM
abhishek it is because of people like you who cannot thanks other players for doing so much for the country that sachin is getting all this flak.
Re: sachin facts
by Rekha Gopalan on Oct 12, 2010 05:47 PM
Great stats but as usual selective ones.
Can you give the following stats? Consider the following factors 1. Its an agreed fact that performance outside home or in opponent's countries are far tuogher. 2. Rather than take stats per se, stronger ones in the era would be more reasonable. Meaning - SA, AUS, WI, Eng, NZ. 3. In factor 2, SL and Pak have been overlooked cos it partically contradicts factor 1 familarity of surfaces. 4. Value of performance should be evaluated directly to the end result of the game.
Now considering the above 4 factors, please give the readers "The number of times SAchin has scored a century in AUS, WI, NZ, SA or Eng against any of these opponents, and resultantly his team winning"
I will tell you the numbers:
And collate the number of matches he has played to get these nrs and give the percentages.
I see some guys(who are in a 0.5 pc minority), claim that sachin not good as Ponting. But Ponting had 5 good years from 2002 to 2007.And tendulkar?? 21 and going strong!! Even Bradman,viv richards,gavaskar have said that tendulkar is the greatest, so why should a few crib?? The remaining 99 pc of us worship him, as hes the greatest living Indian, and he has managed to stay humble after all these achievements, unlike complaining to umpires,claiming catches like ponting. Lara was better than ponting, but he ahd neither the technique and longevity of tendulkar. And did Bradman play anyother attack other than English mainly? Did he have to contend with 3 forms of the game?or pressure from 1 billion? Even great bowlers like Mcgrath,donald,warne have at various times said that tendulkar and then daylight! When all these legends speak, lets be unanimous. India is the worlds best team, and we have the greatest ever batsman.
Re: Tendulkar beats Ponting,Lara anyday!
by Nikhil Mandavgane on Oct 12, 2010 05:17 PM
Madam, you have stolen my words. Very rightly put statement, which can not not be edited (by rediff)
Re: Tendulkar beats Ponting,Lara anyday!
by Tera Baap on Oct 12, 2010 05:13 PM
if sachin can't be called SIR Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar then I call all authorities to take "SIR" back from all cricket legends like gary Sobers, Don Bradman, Ian Botham, Vivian Richards...so on...
Re: Tendulkar beats Ponting,Lara anyday!
by Prasad DS on Oct 12, 2010 05:18 PM
even obama says he is scared of india. but v r growing country for the last 50 yrs . Wake up its time to use brains...jsut someone appreciates we doesnt becos best...
Ponting is not only a match finisher and winner, but also has been captain of Australia for several years. he can handle pressure well - captain's responsibility, plus all these years he's had the Australia team be way at the top He also fields brilliantly and bats in response to urgent situations. Of course he too has over 11000 runs.
Compare to Tendulkar, who could barely bat as captain (oh too much pressure, stress!) and also was a lousy leader. Same when capn of MI. Tendulkar is best when the going is good, stress free and no leadership required.
Other than the million blind Tendulkar fans, the rest of the cricketing world knows this. The rest of the world does not who he is anyway.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by dharmendra jadoun on Oct 12, 2010 05:01 PM
Ponting is an Australian not an Indian , an Indian can not have an Australian mindset due to different culture, attitude , fan following , expectations and so on ...
and sachin is not a captain material for sure but he is a great batsman
Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than T
by Prasad DS on Oct 12, 2010 05:05 PM
he is not a second innings material also..he is just record material ..he plays for his livelihood and interest not for the team. Point here is play for the team and country not for ur records and ur better living. We work in office for our salary but we will work according to the company guidelines and deadlines the same applies here to selfish sach r useless sach
Re: Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better th
by Against Pseudos on Oct 13, 2010 04:58 AM
Prasad DS:
How do you propose Team India overcome the stiff 400 plus target staring at us in this Bangalore test? Will Dhoni score a triple century? Will Ojha again take help from Billy Bowden? Will Sreesanth hit 15 consecutive sixes? Please let us know... :)
Re: Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better th
by dharmendra jadoun on Oct 12, 2010 05:09 PM
disagree - pressure only comes with responsibility if comes under pressure means he is not selfish
Remember no expectation = no pressure = better play
Re: Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better th
by C Kr on Oct 12, 2010 05:21 PM
well said. he's abt himself at all times. Like SMG Shastri
Re: Re: Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is bette
by Against Pseudos on Oct 13, 2010 04:59 AM
C Kr
Okie... then kindly tell us how will India square up the series after the Mohali loss and more importantly how do you propose we try to overcome the 400 plus target set by Australia on this difficult pitch? :)
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by Against Pseudos on Oct 13, 2010 04:56 AM
C Kr
Whilst I am prepared to accept that both Ponting and Sachin are great players, some strange quirk in your mind which prohibits you from ever learning the game always has you shout out that ONLY Ponting is a great player...
Maybe its becoz you are learning cricket from a Chess player? I suggest you change your coach... :)
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by opinionfugitive@rediffmail.com on Oct 12, 2010 05:03 PM
We are Proud that scores of records has be made by an indian which is very difficult to break by any one. His no. of records is itself a record. I am not his fan but i respect him for his records. Even ponting respect him for his records. as far as pressure is concerned world will have to wait for a long long time to see unpressurized cricketer to break the scores of record. Breaking miror for our own ugly face is not the solution. let us be proud of our country man all together friend.
Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than T
by Oomshik Tooshik on Oct 12, 2010 05:04 PM
can I ask what is the point of so many records, when the team rarely wins as result of such records?
Re: Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better th
by Against Pseudos on Oct 13, 2010 05:00 AM
Oomshik Tooshik
you are right... we must follow your system of deducting his totals out from Team India, which no doubt resulted in our Mohali test match loss.. and which will again result in a resounding loss at Bangalore too... right? :)
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by Oomshik Tooshik on Oct 12, 2010 05:03 PM
brilliant observation. we forget that Ponting scores even as captain, and he's kept Australia right at the top.
Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than T
by vaibhav patil on Oct 12, 2010 05:41 PM
This is not TRUE.
It is in the ponting ear that Australia is slipping to no. 5 spot in ranking. He was able to keep Autralia at top because he had handful of guys as maximum/consistent contributor.
Now the contributors are gone and so is ponting struggling. In his case too he cannot manufacture a win even though he scores.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by jack d on Oct 12, 2010 05:53 PM
agreed,tendulkar is not captain material,but he is something that ur pontings and laras put together cannot become. sachin is and always will be the greatest
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by sanjeev arvindaksan on Oct 12, 2010 05:05 PM
then where were he in first test, in second innings got out not even getting double figure score,while sachin contribution was 35 second higest,so whites slaves stop barking
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by Prasad DS on Oct 12, 2010 04:59 PM
hmm well said...he cant handle anything man ...he can play and create few more records. Its like he plays when he wants ...every sachin record is fixed........He is not good as dada or dravid forget the grts of australia ..punter is 10 times better then sachin
Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than T
by jithu on Oct 12, 2010 05:03 PM
Yeah true. Ponting is much better batsman and main thing is he will play to win, where as almost all indians will play for a draw.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by siddhartha xx on Oct 12, 2010 05:05 PM
is he ?
tendulkar is still the highest scorer in series...and his contributions will take india to victory in both games.
what pressure exactly did pointing play under, has he won australia the match ?..dint he fall for 8 runs in last match when his team needed it ? Tendulkar was the 2nd highest scorer for india then also...tendulkar made his 200 when the team had lost 2 wickets and needed it the most.
Tendulkar has performed many times under pressure, specially in ODIs..also the fact is that when he plays well the pressure goes off india..that is why it may seem like he is not plating under pressure.
I agree he isnt probably a great astute captain...but no one said he is...
btw pointing has a very strong team to back him up in last few years..just view his record in last one year since the greats in his team have retired...he lost to england , india ..
Re: Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than T
by siddhartha xx on Oct 12, 2010 05:07 PM
in test matches both player are probably at par, with tendulkar marginally better.
In ODIs tendulkar is far far ahead of pointing and anyone else..he has 60 man of matches, which is a clear indicator of him being a great match winner.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by Nikhil Mandavgane on Oct 12, 2010 05:27 PM
ou think and learn, cronie. Sachin is the most civilised among others. He simply does not brag like "you". He performs and does not behave like a brat like yuvraj does. That is character, which perhaps, you would not understand.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by vaibhav patil on Oct 12, 2010 05:37 PM
1. Pointing has Warne/Mcgrath/Bret Lee. 2. Pointing had Gilchrist/Symonds/Hayden
Look today what pointing is without them. He is scoring but that is not helping Australia to win.
Re: Ponting is hi-class, maybe arrogant, but is better than Tendu
by sanjeev arvindaksan on Oct 12, 2010 05:05 PM
then where were he in first test, in second innings got out not even getting double figure score,while sachin contribution was 35 second higest,so whites slaves stop barking
Re: Need some tips for dinner date with my team lead
by Hakuna Matata on Oct 12, 2010 04:43 PM
You are on the wrong page. Get smart. Disclose your scret ambitions some where else.
Re: Re: Need some tips for dinner date with my team lead
by Biju perangattu on Oct 12, 2010 05:30 PM
hey stop barking ...u r mad go for mental treatment
