Sachin Tendulkar
Alt. Title : It's supposed to be a team game
I agree the kid plays well. He's 32 or 33 or something. He's made a lot of runs , I guess over ten thousand and has also scored 35 centuries. He's also played the maximum number of games, probably more than anybody else. He's earned billions. Every aspect of his life, both on the field and off it has been documented. People worship him (I still dont know if theres a place of worship in his name anywhere yet).
His hard core fans (many crores of them) have all claimed that the kid would hammer out 50 centuries or 75 and some over enthusisatic die-hard fans even have said he'd hit 100 centuries. (Bradman did hit those many in first class cricket. But then he was the Don.)
But .. keep in mind that the machine is getting old by the day. Earlier it used to be the back that gave problems, later on we heard something called the "tennis elbow" was giving problems. (Shouldnt the guy be playing cricket, instead of tennis, especially since "state" money is being pumped into the machine). He's also been in and out due to these "injuries". Injuries by the way are a part and parcel of any physically demanding sport - no one can escape the injuries, except the selection board people.
So how many more "tons" will Sachin score ? My over-optimistic and realistic guess is that his total tally of test cricket centuries wont go beyond 40. (Unless our BCCI decides that we play only against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for the next 5 years).
I havent said or written that he's a bad player. He is indeed a good cricketer.
Forty.
By the way how many matches did India lose when Sachin scored centuries ? Or how many matches did we win when he didnt score the centuries ? Or for that matter any other player. Cricket is a team game and the team should always come first. In earlier years we'd heard that old Kapil Dev was given more overs to bowl so that he could get his record of taking maximum wickets and later on too Anil Kumble was given the chance of taking "10 wickets" against some team. In the process some players "dropped" catches off the bowling of someone else, just so that old Anil could bag them later on and complete his record. If records come along the way then its fine but dont get onto the field just to play for them.
(This post will be offensive to most persons.)
I agree the kid plays well. He's 32 or 33 or something. He's made a lot of runs , I guess over ten thousand and has also scored 35 centuries. He's also played the maximum number of games, probably more than anybody else. He's earned billions. Every aspect of his life, both on the field and off it has been documented. People worship him (I still dont know if theres a place of worship in his name anywhere yet).
His hard core fans (many crores of them) have all claimed that the kid would hammer out 50 centuries or 75 and some over enthusisatic die-hard fans even have said he'd hit 100 centuries. (Bradman did hit those many in first class cricket. But then he was the Don.)
But .. keep in mind that the machine is getting old by the day. Earlier it used to be the back that gave problems, later on we heard something called the "tennis elbow" was giving problems. (Shouldnt the guy be playing cricket, instead of tennis, especially since "state" money is being pumped into the machine). He's also been in and out due to these "injuries". Injuries by the way are a part and parcel of any physically demanding sport - no one can escape the injuries, except the selection board people.
So how many more "tons" will Sachin score ? My over-optimistic and realistic guess is that his total tally of test cricket centuries wont go beyond 40. (Unless our BCCI decides that we play only against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for the next 5 years).
I havent said or written that he's a bad player. He is indeed a good cricketer.
Forty.
By the way how many matches did India lose when Sachin scored centuries ? Or how many matches did we win when he didnt score the centuries ? Or for that matter any other player. Cricket is a team game and the team should always come first. In earlier years we'd heard that old Kapil Dev was given more overs to bowl so that he could get his record of taking maximum wickets and later on too Anil Kumble was given the chance of taking "10 wickets" against some team. In the process some players "dropped" catches off the bowling of someone else, just so that old Anil could bag them later on and complete his record. If records come along the way then its fine but dont get onto the field just to play for them.
(This post will be offensive to most persons.)
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