it was the same old story repeating itself as india were nine down and were all set to loose the match but for the first time weather gods intervened in indias favour and match was saved and series still all square this thanks to lightweights like dhoni,karthik and rp  to some extent  despite having  four batting superstars and  a supposed greatest batsman on the face of earth among them  who goes by name of sachin tendulkar
            
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bsp;      sachin tendulkar has been playing cricket for sixteen years now through which he has won  millions of fans ,awards and rupees but alas has failed to do what is most required of him win matches for india no doubt he has thousands of runs in both forms of the games but hasnt got them when they are required  like in fourth innings of test match and his rescue efforts for india  are  less  then that of rahul dravid and even yuvraj singh which is sad. i dont think you can call anyone great by quantity of runs scored but it should be by quality of runs scored like those by ricky pointing,kevin pietersen and lara who have scored when neede and put their teams to victory path which was clearly seen in the last test match where kp grinded out for many hours and guided england to safe position while sachin was out prodding to a harmless straight ball. know that he is human and bound to fail  but that doesnt happen always you definately win once not desert team in crisis like in world cup or test match.i also want to know whether you achieve greatness by bullying teams like bangladesh or saving matches when team is in doldrums which tendulkar fails most of time even turning harmless position into a lost ground like test match in south africa where he got bamboozled by paul harris and thus got stuck on one end and india lost the match it is high time he retires and hands over baton to a  younger batsman as it is clearly evident he is burnt out after so many years of cricket and to think of it there is more money and rest in commentary which he can always become but please retire gracefully than getting embarresed by likes of monty

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