Cevno
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Parvinder Awana Conquering against all odds Uttar Pradesh Videos IBNLive - YouTube
Parwinder Awana's story is really inspiring.
Parwinder Awana's story is really inspiring.
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harsh.ag
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Well, well, Awana has had some life already and he couldn't be much worse than Ishant Sharma, to be cynical. I guess the value of having Jadeja in the side is that he can provide variation and depth to the Ashwin-Ojha pairing. But I really don't see him justifying his place too well because we really do not need another lower order batsman, just better upper-order functioning. The changes I really want to see will not be happening I guess. First, I wanted Rohit Sharma in the side. Since that will not happen, I would really like to see Rahane open with Gambhir, and Sehwag play in the middle order, preferably at number 4. He has wanted to do so for so long, and it might be the ideal change. Sachin can be pushed down to number 5 and Kohli at number 6.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
think he wud move down if told to. he's batted at 5 a number of times.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Maybe it should be presented to him as a final frontier kind of a thing. Tell him how past masters like Viv Richards moved down the order in their twilight years.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Yeah, and since he's such a sticky sort and unlikely to go by himself, maybe we can keep presenting him with new final frontiers down the order until he's 12th man 
smash84
The Tiger King
Yeah, and since he's such a sticky sort and unlikely to go by himself, maybe we can keep presenting him with new final frontiers down the order until he's 12th man
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Tendulkar will bat where he's asked. I'm sure he'll say he feels more comfortable at four but I'm equally sure that if Dhoni said "we're not travelling too well so I'd really like to try something different", he wouldn't have a tantrum over it.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, agreed. Though at the same time not sure what's the benefit of playing Sehwag at 4.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah I think it'd be a pointless move too, but if Dhoni and the team management said they wanted it to happen, Tendulkar would not cause a fuss over it.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well, Sehwag will be better off down the order since his hand-eye co-ordination is deteriorating. Plus, ideally, the number 4 slot should be filled by either Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
^^
not in indian conditions
not in indian conditions
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Call him over the night before, and tell him he's coming in at five. If he doesn't like it, he can go stuff it.
What's this about choice?
Now obviously you woudn't handle it like that. He has a tremendous amount of international experience so it makes sense to get his thoughts about the situation beforehand - you wouldn't be a good manager or a leader if you didn't listen to your teammates, especially ones with a lot more experience than you. But you listen to him, and he either changes your mind (if he tries),or he doesn't. Then you make a decision and he goes wherever you tell him. In the end, as long as you have the job, you have to do what you think is best to win.
FTR, I don't really see the value in this particular change, but your primarily responsibility isn't to any one player.
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Nice story. People don't understand that about India - the population is huge but a vast percentage of it is not really part of the 'pool' of potential atheletes. For the longest time, the Indian test team was pretty much the Mumbai XI and maybe a few other cities. It's going to change very slowly.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Sachin has to play at 4 if he has to play at all. Don't see much sense in moving him around.
smash84
The Tiger King
haha...dude, you know things don't work like that with Tendulkar. You can't say that to him. The man is influential.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Rob Steen has come up with a very cool mock, first-person article on the Sachin situation.