AN ANSWER TO ALL WHO HATE SACHIN

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THIS IS AN ANSWER TO ALL WHO HATE SACHIN TENDULKAR

This is what we hear from most of SACHIN'S CRITICS (The ones who don’t know cricket or are very busy in breeding their own biases, whatever they might be)
1.Selfish
2.Scoring Against weaker Oppositions
3.Failing in pressure situations
Let’s have a lesson shall we?

1.SELFISH

TEST CRICKET

Records are meant to be broken, and if Sachin is breaking them, critics[haters more rightly] can't digest them.. One of the incidents people mention is regarding his 194 knock against Pakistan..Some said it was slow knock..Agreed it was a slow knock by Sachin's standards, but if it is compared wid one of the knocks wid Dravid...this will not look as bad it seems.. Tendulkar- 194 runs in multan with a strike rate of 54 Dravid- 217 runs in oval with a strike rate of 46 I m just taking one example to tell that Dravid's natural game is to hold the one end and let the others to dominate..In multan Sachin changed his gears and held one end and he let Sehwag dominate..Played Rahul's role in that innings. Now this is called team game.. but people call it slow batting and selfish... Sachin always said that the Team's win is more important than personal landmarks..He proved this statement in that very test by taking Moin Khan's wicket off the last ball of the 3rd day..That Ball was beauty!!Weren't you happy at that moment???I guess not, coz you were busy sulking in your hatred and jealousy. Since Sachin is the most senior player of the team so he can't throw his wicket just to prove critics that he is still a master blaster...[he is still scoring at brisk rate in one days]..People forget his fast scroing Centuries against world class bowling
169 [201 balls] against South Africa in 1997 at Capetown 92
[120 balls] against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown
155 [191 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Chennai
79 [ 85 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Kolkata
100 in 123 balls against NewZealand in 1999 at Wellington[he scored 113 runs in that inning] 155 [183 balls] against South Africa in 2001 in Bloemfontein
These are just some examples. There are many other breath taking innings in tests from Tendulkar.

NOTE THIS DOWN!!.Sachin is the Only Batsman in Test Cricket who scored 3 Centuries wid a SIX !!
179 - 6 off Walsh[I remember it was a hook shot] against West Indies in 1994 at Nagpur
124 - 6 off Min Patel[off spinner, straight down the ground] against England in 1996 at Birmingham
113 - 6 off Wiseman[off spinner, straight down the ground] against New Zealand in 1999 at Wellington

Not Satisfied are we? Here’s some more exercise for your utensil brain.

ONE DAY Centuries- 41 [out of 41 centuries India Won 30 times and lost 10 times,1 century in a rain affected match ] 10 centuries gone in Vain.. It’s a team game isn’t it? Or is it your JOB to criticize him no matter what?

Half Centuries- 73 Now here is more interesting news. Out of these 73 half-centuries Sachin got 29 scores of 80 and above. Of these 29 scores if we take out the innings in which he was not out [coz of over completed or target chased ] he was 5 times not out in such innings. So now lets talk about remaining innings. Can u believe he has 10 scores of 90's??? If these 90's were converted in 100's the stats looks likes this Centuries-51 , 51 ODI centuries!!!... And look he missed another record for those who make so much fuss about playing for records. I’m sure you would feel happy, coz you hate him so much na.Getting out highest numbers of times in 90's in ODI's ..just coz he wanted to score for the team and not for the his personal records. But NO, he’s still selfish, and you are the Lord Almighty of criticism, who knows it all.

Test Centuries- 35 [12 in which India won,15 in dead tests,8 in lost tests ] lone warrior in tests which India lost Half Centuries- 41
Intresting Part 12 scores of 80 6 scores of 90's convert them in 100s..he will pass 40 centuries in Test Cricket..sad for critics he played for team and thats why couldn't converted these 90's into 100's

2.Scoring Against weaker Oppostions

IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA. Such ignorance, foolishness, just blurt out whatever crap comes to your mind without even knowing it.

People remember 152 against Namibia and forget 98 against Pakistan in WorldCup. People remember 248 against Bangladesh and forget his 7 centuries against World Champions Australia [4 in their own den].. Only one century against Bangladesh and share the honour of scoring test centuries against each test playing nation wid Dravid,Ponting and Garry Kristen...No one talks about the other 3 batsmen scoring centuries against Bangladesh..then why the fuss for Sachin?? Take a look at this all you ignorant people!!!! (And this is his test record). Scoring against weaker oppositions my foot!!

Test
Australia - 7 Centuries [4 in Australia], 2 of them at the age of 18 in 1992
Bangladesh- 1 Century [Unfortunately his highest score in Test Cricket]
England- 6 Centuries [4 in England],
NewZealand- 3 Centuries [1 in NewZealand]
Pakistan- 2 Centuries [1 in Pakistan]
SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries [ all three in South Africa]
Srilanka- 7 Centuries [4 in Srilanka]
WestIndies- 3 Centuries [ 1 in WestIndies]
Zimbabwe- 3 Centuries [ none in Zimbabwe]

90s

96 against Srilanka at Banglore in 1994
92 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1997
97 against South Africa at Mumbai in 2000
90 against England at Banglore in 2001
92 against England at Nottingham in 2002
94 against Pakistan at Mohali in 2005

Intresting Part
He scored runs in all parts of world. There are three types of wickets u generally find in Cricket..Fast and bouncy Pitches like in Australia, South-Africa, NewZealand, WestIndies, Spin tracks in India, Srilanka, Pakistan,and seaming tracks in England. Today people talk about Ricky Ponting...now check this out. Sachin's and Ponting's average on their own home soil is above 55 so nothing to discuss here, but the real part starts now

Sachin's average in Australia 54.15 , 4 centuries
Ponting's average in India,12.28 , no centuries
Sachin's average in England 71.60 , 4 centuries
Ponting's average in England 42.63 , 3 centuries

I am taking records for these countries only bcoz.. right now, best fast bowlers are from Australia, best spinners are from India, Best Seamers from England[as there is no choice bcoz only England has such pitches] Anyone can easily tell who played good cricket against best attacks on all kind of pitches...

One Day
Australia - 7 Centuries 1 score of 90's
Bangladesh- 1 Century
England- 1 Centuries 1 score of 90's
Kenya- 4 Centuries
Namibia- 1 Century
NewZealand 4 Centuries
Pakistan- 5 Centuries 4 scores of 90's
SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries 1 score of 90's
Srilanka- 7 Centuries 3 score of 90's
WestIndies- 3 Centuries
Zimbabwe- 5 Centuries

90s
90 against Australia in 1996 at Mumbai
91 against England in 1997 at Sharjah
95 against Pakistan in 1998 at Dhaka
93 against Pakistan in 2000 at Hobart
93 against SouthAfrica in 2000 at Nagpur
93 against Srilanka in 2000 at Dhaka
98 against Pakistan in 2003 at Centurion
97 against Srilanka in 2003 at Johannesburg
93 against Srilanka in 2005 at Nagpur
95 against Pakistan in 2006 at Lahore

Scoring against weaker oppositions, is he??Only 5 Centuries against minnows like Kenya ,Namibia[non test playing nation]...and Kenya was the semi-finalist of the world cup'03. 10 scores of above 90 against only test playing nations...now can anyone tell me how is he selfish?? 34 times he scored more than 80 and couldn't reach 100..If he played for his records..he could have easily scored 100's all of those scores above 80's ...




3. Failing under pressure situations

ODI


Won Chasing Target M R H AVG 100s 50s
Sachin- 101 4397 134 58.62 13 23
Dravid- 72 2124 109* 49.39 2 19
Ponting- 77 2670 124* 53.40 4 17

Can you see it yourself? Or are you still blindfolded by your hatred and jealousy? Or should I explain?
In Series Won
Sachin- 127 5548 186* 51.37 19 26
Dravid- 76 2645 153 42.66 2 22
Ponting- 177 7245 145 47.98 18 45

Autralia is the greatest team. Wins 7 out of 10 matches it plays. It’s understood that most runs scored by their best batsman will be in winning games. But you see Sachin still beats Ponting’s Average by a huge margin. He has more centuries, has almost double the half centuries of Ponting, and he has played 50 matches less than him!!

Test 100's in Tests India Won - 12
100's in Tests India Lost - 8
100's in Test Drawn - 15
Holds the record of maxium number of 100's for loosing team...That means a lone warrior. That’s why once, the Indian Cricket Team was known as ONE MAN ARMY!!!! Kya chaahte ho bhai aap log? I think you people will only be happy if Sachin were to bat for 50 overs and make 400 runs, then bowl for 50 overs and take ten wickets, keep the wicket for 50 overs, field in the slips, gully, mid wicket, short leg, sweeper cover..blah blah blah and then WIN the game for India. That will satisfy you no?

Poor guy holds the innings, makes a century, unfortunately he gets out. The rest of the FIVE!!!! batsmen cannot make 16 more runs, and you say because of Sachin we lost. Let me remind you again..IT’S A TEAM!!!!! GAME.Sachin gets out and you go crying..boo hoo. Now who will win the match for us??Dravid ?? or Sehwag?? or Yuvraj?? Or Ganguly?? Or Dhoni?? No one is sure who will win match for them... are you?

That’s why teams targeted Sachin as the most precious wicket...

Nasser Hussain introduced Negative lines for Sachin Tendulkar to stop the flow of runs when he is on crease!!!

Local umpires are also involved some times to help their team against Sachin Tendulkar, especially Australians!

Some incidents come my mind...I think Sachin is the player who got out maximum numbers of times bcoz of bad or wrong decisions by Umpires..I’m producing those incidents which I remember, there may be many more.

1. 92 - out of a NO ball from Frankline Rose against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown..Remember India lost the test just by 38 runs. Again, Sachin goes and we lose..it’s a team game for God’s sake.
2. 83 - Out of a NO ball again..[don't remember the bowler] last test in WestIndies in 1997.Draw Test.
3. 67- LBW off Cains..last test against NewZealand in 1999, was not out coz the ball pitched outside the legstump.Match Drawn
4. 61 - caught at forward shortleg,bowler Shane Warne.against Australia at Adelaide in 1999.. the ball touched the thigh pads and Umpire Darel Harper gave him out.. India were 107 for 4 when Ganguly joined Sachin and they put on 108 runs for the 5th wicket..
5. 0 - LBW bowler Macgrath..against Australia at Adelaide in 1999,same test, nothing more to say..Everyone remembers that FOOLISH decision
6. 52 - LBW bowler Shane Warne,Umpire David Shepherd,against Australia at Melbourne in 1999, were chasing 356 as a target on the fourth day.
7. 45 - LBW bowler Macgrath,UmpireIan Robinson,against Australia at Sydney in 2000, the ball seemed to hit him too high and was going on leg stump, In that very over,Tendulkar had pulled a short one from Macgrath for two,and hooked the next two for boundaries,and a ball later punched the fast bowler back past him for the 3rd four of the over
8. 16 - caught behind off Waqar Younis,against Pakistan at Perth in 2000, it was must win situation for India to qualify in the final , scored 16 runs of 9 balls,hit 3 fours in one over of Waqar Younis and 1 off Wasim Akram on the fastest pitch of the world,India were chasing 260 odd runs...
9. 0 - LBW bowler Gillespie,Umpire Bucknor,against Australia at Brisbane in 2003 funny thing is that the bowler did not even appeal!! for the LBW... MR.Bucknor gave the decision of his own 10. 0 - caught behind off Lee,against Australia at Melbourne in 2003,ball touched the thigh pads and umpire gave him out.
11. 54 - caught behind,Umpire Bucknor,against Pakistan at Kolkata in 2005, I think we all saw that decison, the ball was not near his pad, gloves, helmet, arm.. no where...

There may be so many other incidents like this...Teams like Australia taking help from the umpires to stop Tendulkar... the 1999-2000 tour of Australia proves it..

And the last thing is that Sachin played 11 years [1989-2000] in the era where his own team mates were involved in match fixing.. So despite of his brilliant knocks we failed to win the match just bcoz others were not contributing. You can win ODI's jwid ur own batting but u can't win test matches wid one innings bcoz tests are played for 5 days, its a 4 inning game. Still, Tendulkar's record in that era is Awesome.. and remember the awe of opponents was as great as that of the crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds - or a game - until Tendulkar was out.

“Sachin is a genius, I’m a mere mortal”
- Brian Lara

“Tendulkar is the best batsman in the World”
- Glenn McGrath

“I think there are some in this world who would find fault even with the best. This guy has scored over 25,000 runs or thereabouts in both forms of cricket but he is still criticised. It just amazes me.”
-Kapil Dev

“You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have.”
- Rahul Dravid

“After being in the game for so long, he still has the same desire to do well for India in any international match. I tell you what, this man is a legend.”
-Sourav Ganguly

“His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world... [When he goes out to bat], it is beyond chaos - it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. The people see him as a God... “
–Mathew Hayden

Beyond doubt, a living legend and a great title holder.
– Bhushan Parulekar

“If I had to bowl to Sachin I would bowl with a helmet on. He hits the ball so hard”
- Dennis Lillie

(After being defeated in the Coca-Cola Cup finals in Sharjah) "It was the greatest inning I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don''.
- Steve Waugh

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel!
- Sir Don Bradman


"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."
- Michael Kasprowicz

“I have never seen Bradman but heard people talk about him. But I tell you what, if Bradman could bat like this man does then he was dynamite. Players like Sachin deserve to be preserved in cotton wool. “
-Viv Richards

"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player."
- Shane Warne


Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman in the world. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.
Wasim Akram, after game at Hobart, CUB series, 1999

You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it's a toothpick.
Brett Lee

I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that’s going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he’s 99.5% perfect.
Viv Richards

Consensus is that Sir Donald Bradman was the best batsman ever to play Cricket. Sir Don did not play One-Day Cricket but if he did, he could easily be Sachin Tendulkar.
Barry Richards

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 television sets and switch off their lives.
--BBC Sports, on Sachin Tendulkar.

Do you think you know more than these men? I bet you do! You’re so soaked up in your own inferiority complex or whatever flimsy reason you have, you’ll still go ahead and deny all that’s been discussed above and criticize Sachin. So be it, be happy.