Things going downhill. Review on Sachin Tendulkar

Happy 32nd B'day to Sachin Tendulkar.

How many of you people playing cricket are front foot players ?

Well the question seems to be highly unrelative of the topic but yeah just for the sake of curiosity it emerged in my mind, Well whatever knowledge I have of the cricketing jargon I think , the players who as there natural tendency who plant there front foot out while playing every delivery are called front foot players, Well the moment I type this there will be cricket experts getting ready to agree/disagree for that, all it proves that India knows its game well and Cricket is actually observed also along with the passion that it already is.

So cricketers are demi gods and we know whats wrong and right with them, Sachin is a demi god, a brand in himself, perhaps the most money making player in the Indian Cricket team history. Out here when we write a review we look at a player and not a person who sells us Bike, Tarrrif Plans of a particular cellular operator or even a soft drink for that matter. Be objective guys that’s it, Infact you can purchase a product on its merit rather than seeing Sachin in the Ads than you are objective.

Well for me a player that is going down hill has no place in this side, its all about staying and keeping the fire alive.

A review a day prior to his Birthday is unintentional, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar started at 16 now he is turning 32. 10k plus runs in Tests at an avg. of 57 and 13+k runs in ODIs at an avg. of 44.43, Well if those stats are anything to go by he can very well play till he turns 40 and MS dedicates another 1000 reviews on him,But they don't give you the true picture.

3 years from now Sachin might have had 3 stars from me, but now they are only 2. Well there have to be some reasons for that matter, lets look at them one by one

Perhaps Sachin is a Match Winner???????, Well saying it correctly what is being a match winner, If Dhoni hammered 147 in one match does that make him a match winner, Well No , Thanks to our media which always goes overboard into everything whether crticizing or encouraging. A consistent performer in everything and playing a say what 75% role in winning the side a match is a match winner, your views might ofcourse differ but its that way. For me to my mind the real knocks that he did play were 2 consec 100s against Aussies in Sharjah, 98 against Pakistan and thats it. Do count it but you might only end up thinking that how many times has he won us matches?

He Cramps, every player does but we are here to discuss Sachin, I think there are many cases where Sachin has raised the game and then nosedived.

In Chennai in 1998 against Pakistan, 25 runs to get and Sachin started cramping, clearly he playing to get out of there, He could have been great if he would have stayed there, India Lost the match by 16 runs , Sachin made something 150+.

Recently Sachin got cramped after scoring a good 123, Well why is he the only one cramping....Where are the highly paid doctors??.

98 against Pakistan in WC 2003 and we found Sachin Cramp again, Few...

We hope to find that answers sooner or later.

Once he gets to 85 or so runs his average strike rate slumps, why for is it the nervous nineties or something, Well it has been a trend of sorts and I have seen this happening in many matches with the recent example being 123 against Pakistan in Ahmedabad.

He has lost his best shots in 98 he played straight over the head shots for six, 2005- hardly seen him playing that, 98-Pull shots were like breeze,2005 - The great sachin fends the ball which is short, 98-We saw sweeps of everyone and down the track approach for bowlers bowling a negative line, 2005-He pads and paddles the ball.

This proves he is unfit for the Great cricket but fit for Good Cricket.

He does bowl well but how many times he's successfull, come on guys 98- 5wickets against Aussies and 2005 against Pakistan thats it 7 years for that,But yeah he turns the ball well then any other Indian Spinner. He's a good fielder but hey age catches everyone.

For me the real Sachin if you want to see then watch 1998 where he smashed 1834 runs in one calendar year but since then its been downhill, Many a time how do you manage to runs is more important than How much do you get, The shots that made him a great player are things of past, he is playing in a routine manner and thats what is turning him down from Great to Good and downhill..

He's bound to stay in the side for another 4 years despite my non recco of him it better be good.

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