Absolutely. It's not his job to retire when he doesn't think he has more to offer; it's his job to retire when he doesn't want to play anymore. Of course, not contributing to the side in the way you'd like will dampen most people's enthusiasm for playing but if other factors outweighed that then there's nothing wrong with that, and if the selectors are too spineless to drop him when they know he's not good enough for fear of supporter backlash then that's not his fault or his problem. Tendulkar made himself available for selection because he wanted to play, whether or not he's good enough anymore is a matter for the selectors after that.
His staying on would be justified even if he thought he'd average 15 with the bat for the rest of his career. He's not a selector; he made himself available because he wanted to play.
Sachin should have retired because he knew the BCCI would shorten the SA series if he didn't?
That's not the point anyway. Point is that Tendulkar timed it as badly as possible... If he'd retired after the Australian series it wouldn't have caused this BS of the SA tour being shortened just to allow him to retire at home. If he'd retired after the SA series everything would be been perfect. But the BCCI wanted him to have a swansong at home.
Tendulkar timed it absolutely perfectly; he retired when he didn't want to play anymore.
Of course he didn't know that. But you do admit it's a direct result if him delaying his announcement don't you.
Yep, but that's not on Sachin at all. The BCCI are milking their greatest asset for $$$. Sachin shouldn't be held ransom by the fact that his retirement is worth a lot of money. Plus he wanted to retire in Mumbai - hardly the last person who has tried to retire at home.
Yes but how many people got their wish with a home series scheduled at the last moment at the expense of an eagerly awaited series against a top team. And that's the whole problem: Tendulkar wanted to retire at home... You said it yourself. This one fact became more important than everything else
Never even said it was. You guys need to decide if it's Tendulkar's decision to retire at home or BCCIs decision to schedule a series at home for him to retire.
Meant that in the scenario which is the most unlikely one, in which he hadn't made up his mind about retirement and the BCCI essentially forced him into a farewell home series, he had to have known the consequences of such a decision... The shortening of the SA tour. When he was apparently made this offer, he would've had two options : 1) Retire with immediate effect, realising that the international schedule was more important to cricket than him getting a farewell on home turf and thus triggering a wave of tributes
Another hypothetical.
Everyone knows Tendulkar refuses to bat 3, don't be silly.
Everyone knows Tendulkar refuses to bat 3, don't be silly.
