This is what we hear from most of SACHIN’S CRITICS -
1. Selfish
2. Scoring Against weaker Oppostions
3. Failing in pressure situation
Little Info about this
1. Selfish - Well 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 stature, but if it is compared wid one of the knock wid Dravid...this will not look as bad it seems..
Tendulkar- 194 runs in multan with a strike rate of around 54
Dravid- 217 runs in oval with a strike rate of around 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 holded one end and he let sehwag to 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 Team’s win is more important than personal landmark..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!!Wasn’t he happy at that moment??? 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 onedays]..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
There are many other breath taking innings in tests from 10dulkar.
But everyone please 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 WestIndies 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 Newzealnad in 1999 at Wellington
Critics says he plays for his records and centuries..Now just look to this..
One Day
Centuries- 39 [out of 39 centuries India Won 28 times and lost 10 times, 1 century in a rain affected match]
10 centuries gone in Vain..
Half Centuries- 72
Now here is that intresting part ......
Out of these 72 centuries, Sachin got 28 scores of 80 and above. In these 28 scores if we take out the innings in which he was not out, he was 5 times not out in such innings, so now lets talk about remaining 23 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-49 just one short of 50 ODI centuries... and look he missed another record for those who have so much fuss about playing for records...
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 he got out 10times in 90’s.
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 - This can happen in India only. People remember 152 against Namibia and forgets 98 against Pakistan in WorldCup, people remembers 248 against Bangladesh and forgets his 7 centuries against World Champions Australia [4 in their own den]..
Only one century against Bangladesh and share the honour of scoring test century against each test playing nation wid Dravid, Ponting and Garry Kristen...No one talk about other 3 batsman scored centuries against Bangladesh..then why the fuss for Sachin??
Test matches -
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]
90+
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 found in Cricket..Fast and bouncy Pitches like in Australia, South-Africa, NewZealand, WestIndies, Spin tracks in India, Srilanka, Pakistan, and seeming tracks like in England. Today people talk about Ricky Ponting..... Now check this out
Sachin’s and Ponting’s average at their own home soil is above 55 so nothing to discuss this 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.. rightnow, best fast bowlers are from Australia, best spinners are from India, Best Seamers from england[as there is no choice bcoz only england have such pitches]
Anyone can take easily tell who played gud cricket against best attack on all kind of pitches...
One Day
Australia - 7 Centuries + 1 score of 90’s
Bangladesh- 0 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- 2 Centuries
Zimbabwe- 5 Centuries
90+
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
Intresting Part .......
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 reached 100..If he played for his records..he could easily scored 100’s all of those scores above 80’s ...