@TheHawksEye I totally agree with every single word of yours. Indact, it was a slap on every Indian's face, who think that accumulating heaps of runs on flat dead track makes LEGENDS, no - they only make selfish, self-conceited individuals.
Michael Clarke made an excellent statement after declaring once he reached 329, saying that your 100s are useless if your team is not winning and what a slap was that on Sachin's face ???
Re: He is True
by BANTWAL BHAT on Jan 11, 2012 08:49 AM
Nothing great!He was only copying what Sachin himself has been saying all along!MC can not in his lifetime can come anywhere close to Sachin leave alone slapping him.He made a 300 on a homeground which was not assisting our bowlers. Nevertheless let us give him credit for a triple.
Re: Re: He is True
by silver mani on Jan 11, 2012 09:13 AM
Bantwal not sure whether MC can come closer to Sachin or not but his innings of 329 has put AUS 2-0 in the series!
Re: Re: He is True
by Indian on Jan 11, 2012 10:25 AM
bantwal: if clarke had the privilege to play most of his career on the dead flat pitches of sub-continent he would have easily crossed tendus records.
Re: He is True
by ANIL SINGH on Jan 11, 2012 09:27 AM
Sachin is also saying that 100th 100 is mere number. when he said he want to achieve that only? Media and people are more worried about that.
As this guys will never be a part of the team Which will win series (some day)in Australia and South Africa.Particularly Sachin after playing 22 years ,never been a part of Series Winning Team in AUS and SA.
Re: Feeling Sorry for Sachin,Dravid and Laxman
by Ramesh bharat on Jan 11, 2012 08:37 AM
In some ways thats better.. imagine the hype sorrounding him if we had won a series in Aus.. even if he had not contributed anything the press adn the fans wud hype as if Tendullar single-handedly won us a series in Aus.. without giving others due credit
Re: Re: Feeling Sorry for Sachin,Dravid and Laxman
by silver mani on Jan 11, 2012 08:42 AM
Ramesh Agree with u.There is nothing more satisfying than Winning Overseas but we are having consecutive WhiteWashes.
Re: Feeling Sorry for Sachin,Dravid and Laxman
by silver mani on Jan 11, 2012 08:39 AM
On the other hand players like Hayden,Langer,gilchrist,ponting,Damien Martyn,Mcgrath etc have defeated every country in their backyard!Australia defeated India in India in 2004-05 by 2-1.
Without first delivering! Only when this tendency of one upping stops will the Indian cricket prosper.. such statements are to be made when you are upping the curve not when the performance / results are at the nadir.
Re: Another bloke to open out to press
by saad khan on Jan 11, 2012 07:18 AM
Forget taking 20 wickets... i bet he won't get a wicket also... and he will declare himself injured... so to save his... you better know what... so stop talking bullshit... and concentrate only on cricket...
How come on the same wicket the Aus were able to take wickets consistently? I am pretty sure that even if India had batted on 2nd and 3rd day they would still have not scored 500. The fact is that India bowling is sub standard and cannot bowl out top quality sides on decent batting wickets. India has conceded 500 plus runs 3 times in last 16 tests while the batsmen crossed 300 2 times in last 16 innings abroad.While bowling has always been India's weak link, India's batting in the past would post big totals and enabled India to draw many games and win some. However recently they have lost that edge in the batting and that should tell the story that the team will not be able to compete consistently well abroad (unless something dramatically changes)
