Criticising Tendulkar the in thing

[Manee]

Nope. Actually his innings today was pretty slow esp the first 50, where his strike rate was about 50. Not trying to criticize him but just pointing out the facts.

I just stated fact. I never said whether the justification was just

 

[honestbharani]

tbh, I don't have a problem with the way he started or finished his innings yesterday.


But he was 35 off 55 at one point and then he crawled to 50 off 95. I thought that was a little inexplicable, given that it was the middle overs and even the powerplays were off.

But the most perplexing thing abt the game yesterday was Dravid seeing Yuvraj as a better bowling bet than Sachin.

 

[sohummisra]

Haven't read the last few pages of the discussion but would like to make one point. Playing slower in tests, curtailing risks isn't bad if you can score more runs. While strike rate's importance has increased in modern day test cricket, making more runs is still the more vital aspect of test cricket more often than not. Players change their styles over the years. That does not necessarily mean that they will contribute less.

More runs is definitely better but the priorities scale depending on opposition. For example, I would have taken Tendulkar's century against Australia or England because the opposition is of a far higher caliber. Tendulkar has been the one batsman over the last few years who has given enormous amounts of respect to rookies and minnows. Of course they deserve respect, but it seems he goes out of his way to go into his shell.

 

[sohummisra]

Tendulkar doesn't need to proven anything to anyone at this stage of his career he has achieved everything a batsman can possibly dream of achieving through their career.

Well, he does have to prove that he is still good enough for the national team. His experience is definitely very useful but if he's still one of the best in the country will come to light in England.

 

[SightForTheGods]

Today, Tendulkar and his shots were a sight for the gods.