Everyone, each & every media is gloating over the victory of India by praising Tendulkar as if he was the sole person who was responsible for the victory. Remember, if Sehwag had not set the pace by his blitzkrieg & if Yuvaraj had continued hitting boundaries or sixers, Tendulkar would not have been able to score the 41st century. After all Yuvaraj was also in his eighties & he could have easily scored a century. I'm not underestimating the ability of Tendulkar but the fact remains that he was ably assisted by others by their inspiration (Sehwag) and sacrifice (Yuvi).
Re: India's Victory Against England
by vikas singh raghuvanshi on Dec 18, 2008 10:40 AM Permalink
sachin was ably supported because he has that class to stay on the wicket,where people can support him once in a blue moon.where was yuvraj in the first inning.these idiota dont even understand what a player sachin is.they just cant do anything in their life,but can sit and critisize the legends.
Re: India's Victory Against England
by asad shaikh on Dec 18, 2008 11:16 AM Permalink
Sachin is a great & classic player. He can still play very aggressively like Sehwag & Yuvraaj but he is playing a different role. Mind you yuvi & sehwag play aggressive cricket becoz they know Sachin Is There!
Re: India's Victory Against England
by PRASHANT VAIDYA on Dec 18, 2008 09:42 AM Permalink
Is Sachin responsible for the praise he gets from people, newspaper or media. Does he pay them to talk about him and say good things about him. The answer is no, then why blame him.
Re: India's Victory Against England
by james martin on Dec 18, 2008 10:24 AM Permalink
We shud thank to Dravid for hid timely wicket.Otherwise test wud hav gone for a draw
Re: India's Victory Against England
by bharat on Dec 18, 2008 09:37 AM Permalink
Tendulkar is often blamed more than the other players for "not winning matches for India". There are other batsmen who may have failed but Tendulkar has to bear the brunt of criticism. If he has to share bulk of the blame when India don't win, he also deserves the lion share of praise if he is instrumental in India winning.
Re: Re: India's Victory Against England
by venkat ramana on Dec 18, 2008 09:22 AM Permalink
If it is team effort why only sachin is praised and sachins century is projected,no where yuvraj and shewag effort is mentioned.
Re: Re: Re: Re: India's Victory Against England
by maverick on Dec 18, 2008 09:33 AM Permalink
guys.. chill..
every whr all around the world, all the papers have mentioned the efforts of sachin, sehwag and yuvraj..
check www.theage.com.au for the australian reports.. check the herald in UK and cricinfo articles..
its just rediff that maybe focussing on sachin.. well, u urself are to blame for putting weight into rediff sports articles (or for that matter any article)..
check out the proper sports websites and you can see what im talkig about..
Re: Re: Re: India's Victory Against England
by richa on Dec 18, 2008 09:36 AM Permalink
Yes right it was purely team effort, and our media and we too always try to make our cricketers more bigger than cricket just due to one of the good wins under their belt....and also dont forget its a sub-continent wickets where ball is not swinging and no movement at all so batsmen can play without any problem specially indians who are playing continiously on flat indian pitches so just wait and watch ....
Re: Re: Re: India's Victory Against England
by pawan mishra on Dec 18, 2008 09:43 AM Permalink
Mr Venkat & Anand,
its not like that only sachin is praised...remember dat MOM award was given to Sehwag.......nd u know 387 is nt an easy target to achieve even after getting a blistering start frm sehwag......To win this kind of match we needed 1 person who stand there till the end nd not let the english bowlers to dominate them and that role was perfectly done by Sachin........Eve Peterson told in an interview that Sehwag swung the match but it was Sachin who took the match away frm them....
Re: Re: Re: India's Victory Against England
by Brave Indian on Dec 18, 2008 09:32 AM Permalink
venkat sir!!! then why they gave man of the match to shewag not to sachin!!!!!
Yes... england team is bazigar.... they might have lost the game (1st test..) but they have won the hearts of many indians.. by playing even in the times where other teams would have bagged out... I am sure australia would have never played if the same conditions prevalled that time...
India has achieved a remarkable vistory in Chennai. But it is foolhardy to gloat over the victory. One more Test still to go. Better to wait till the last ball in the last Test is bowled. Remember, one day you may be the dog, but on another day you may end up being the lamp post!
Re: England stunned......
by Faltu on Dec 18, 2008 09:19 AM Permalink
So according to you, we will enjoy and show our happiness after the last ball of the 2nd test.
what kind of people you are. I do not know when to you plan to celebrate your bday.
England are a far more interesting team than Australia. The Chennai test could hv gone either way and England did great job. Great display of batting & bowling. England also deserve the love and respect of all Indians for just being here and playing some excellent cricket.
England would like to take it easy, have good sight seeing near Chandigarh. They know that they do not have capability to stand up to Team India. So, have a good time pass in beautiful PCA stadium and return with the bags full of Cash and Gift given by BCCI as part of the deal for their appearance in 2 test matches.
Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by Uday Kulkarni on Dec 18, 2008 03:00 AM Permalink
Mr S. Srikanth; Your remarks are in extreme poor taste and insult a team/country who could have cancelled the tour and nothing could ahve been done. The country England; the ECB ; the players- all came against the norm just to defeat terrorism and not allow terror to win. Such poor remarks show how scant respect you have for humanity.
Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by Indo Maratha on Dec 18, 2008 12:11 AM Permalink
If you cannot respect the sheer grit of this english team, then keep ur mouth shut. This match is not between india england anymore its between pakistan based jihadis and India.
Re: Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by Nihit Saxena on Dec 18, 2008 08:04 AM Permalink
its between pakistan based jehadis and marathas ( some others)
Re: Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by Jai Babu on Dec 18, 2008 02:27 AM Permalink
@Indo Maratha-Well Said! This is a sport and one cannot but help ad,ire the English Team's guts and spirits. We, Indians would of courde be happy to see Team India defeat the English Team but we do respect and cheer them when they do well! That is the spirit of SPORTS! Hats off to the gutsy ENGLISH team. Mark my words-They are no pushovers
Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by Tommy Cat on Dec 18, 2008 01:46 AM Permalink
Stop talking like an idiot.......they will ruin our party in Mohali...Monty will be hero in front of 10000 adoring Pappajis......all Buchadas will support Monty and ignore Harbhajan...
Re: England are Tourist, not rivals
by saravanan on Dec 18, 2008 02:14 AM Permalink
This shrikanth is probably a bihari. Thinking along the lines of Laloo and Mulayam.
Well, what would help would be if Flintoff stops making faces and starts doing what he does best: perform. Some of the english players behave like they evolved out of a circus. The rest of the players behave like they are still in the circus.
6 months back i heard that ganguly has lost his touch,he came back strongly and retired,The same is the case with dravid,let hom perform and decide on his own.I am sad that persons like jadeja,maninder singh,vengsalkar are commenting,who was never a great player themselves.first look into your performance and then speak.you can raise doubts on the abilities of players ask the current opposition players and ask whom they really fear bowling to the answers are unique it will be tdulkar,dravid,sehwag and laxman.so please allow them to play there game than ur mind game
Re: give Some time man
by Guest on Dec 17, 2008 08:58 PM Permalink
The past performance of Dravid is never in doubt. I am the greatest fan of Dravid and would be very happy if he comes back to his old self. But Indians have to learn that it is only current performance that should count. Australia have been the best team for years because of this attitude. Their media or fans will never make a hue and cry if a player is dropped because of current perfomance. Any player who has class will fight his way back in to team. Though Dravid may be a better player than Vengsarkar, the current role of Vengarsarkar is give a team where players are in form
Re: Re: Re: give Some time man
by Varun Kumar Chintakindi on Dec 18, 2008 04:17 AM Permalink
y do u bring in aussie thinking into India. we hv already seen wht tht BS greg has done n plz, if u r talkin abt current form, wht abt hayden? even his aussie team-mates n selectors r supporting him!
Re: give Some time man
by harish kumar on Dec 18, 2008 10:40 AM Permalink
hi sathya: only if these member u mentioned speaks on TV like, would they be called again for the show. They are being paid for commenting the odds.
Re: Re: give Some time man
by Hemant on Dec 17, 2008 08:39 PM Permalink
Hey Sudipta..can you call me for Insurance, I have learn that Birla's plan are very good.
Re: SANIA MIRZA HAS REPLACED DRAVID FOR MOHALI
by floyd floyd on Dec 17, 2008 07:45 PM Permalink
Sania Mirza would make a sexy pin up girl if he appears in a bikini.
Re: Re: Re: SANIA MIRZA HAS REPLACED DRAVID FOR MOHALI
by Durga Prasad on Dec 17, 2008 08:27 PM Permalink
you mean or meant not "men" SHE...hehehehe..what a snowball
