Sachin as never been my great cricketer of all times.All these years,I some how felt he is the most selffish cricketer on this earth. I admired his style and technic. But whenever a debate popped up , "Is Sachin the Greatest Cricketer"... I was against it, and supported the Lara and the Ponting as the best. But I argued with just one point ..is he a match winner ?? even though he was.. but every time we(India) had to chase a big target , he would fail and that made me so upset...was just against Sachin.
When Manjrekar criticized sachin for his selfishness... I supported Manjerakar with his comments.It possibly hurts you a lot , when you have big expectations on a player and then they fail.He has been around for 17 long years and there have been five world cups during his time and we have not won any of them.
Is it right to expect to win a world cup .. just because we have the greatest player ?? No..Cricket is a team game and you expect a team to excel when everybody performs and not just one.In all this world cups , he has been one of the leading scorers for India.
But , what really impressed me , was his (most likely) last series in Australia and winning the VB series and he being the reason for winning. The kind of innings he produced in the finals is just amazing. It was not a typical master blaster innings .. but really mature innings from a great cricketer.I would rate this innings better than the one in Sharjah in 1998 against the same opponents, just because it had all the class.
During this australian series , people were keen to know the performance of Yuvi,Dhoni and Sehwag.But , all these players are good but definetly cannot match Sachin in technic. There consistency will no were be closer to sachin. Take Yuvi career as an example.. he has been for around 6 years , he has been a great match winner .. but has had frequent failures too.. and in Test cricket . he would take years to get established.
It makes u feel for him... being the best ..but still being doubted by few(like me) for his creditability.I am really happy that he proved me wrong with his majestic innings in the first finals.That too chasing against Aussies and being unbeaten...really marvelous.....
Not just is his cricket so great .. but he is the most humble and calm person in the Indian cricket team.It is great to have a player like him in our country and hope he produces few more innings like the final(typical Indian attitude-- never satisfied) before he retires !!!!
When Manjrekar criticized sachin for his selfishness... I supported Manjerakar with his comments.It possibly hurts you a lot , when you have big expectations on a player and then they fail.He has been around for 17 long years and there have been five world cups during his time and we have not won any of them.
Is it right to expect to win a world cup .. just because we have the greatest player ?? No..Cricket is a team game and you expect a team to excel when everybody performs and not just one.In all this world cups , he has been one of the leading scorers for India.
But , what really impressed me , was his (most likely) last series in Australia and winning the VB series and he being the reason for winning. The kind of innings he produced in the finals is just amazing. It was not a typical master blaster innings .. but really mature innings from a great cricketer.I would rate this innings better than the one in Sharjah in 1998 against the same opponents, just because it had all the class.
During this australian series , people were keen to know the performance of Yuvi,Dhoni and Sehwag.But , all these players are good but definetly cannot match Sachin in technic. There consistency will no were be closer to sachin. Take Yuvi career as an example.. he has been for around 6 years , he has been a great match winner .. but has had frequent failures too.. and in Test cricket . he would take years to get established.
It makes u feel for him... being the best ..but still being doubted by few(like me) for his creditability.I am really happy that he proved me wrong with his majestic innings in the first finals.That too chasing against Aussies and being unbeaten...really marvelous.....
Not just is his cricket so great .. but he is the most humble and calm person in the Indian cricket team.It is great to have a player like him in our country and hope he produces few more innings like the final(typical Indian attitude-- never satisfied) before he retires !!!!
