Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

[Avada Kedavra]

Should have got about 105 centuries by now really....too many 90s

He needs to make the most of his "second peak".He hasn't got age on his side...one bad run and he may not get there....which is why I was surprised when he opted out of the Asia Cup.

 

[mohammad16]

Funny thing about Tendulkar is that he isnt much of a draw anymore, its Sehwag. If Sehwag had played for West Indies, Lara would still be the draw there. Thats the difference between the Lara at the end of his career and Sachin now.

 

[Sir Alex]

Funny thing about Tendulkar is that he isnt much of a draw anymore, its Sehwag. If Sehwag had played for West Indies, Lara would still be the draw there. Thats the difference between the Lara at the end of his career and Sachin now.

 

[Jono]

Haha that's so false.

Sachin brings in more money and more crowds than Sehwag still.

If anyone is rivalling Sachin as a 'draw', its Dhoni. He's the only Indian cricketer that has come close in the last 2 decades.

 

[vcs]

Funny thing about Tendulkar is that he isnt much of a draw anymore, its Sehwag. If Sehwag had played for West Indies, Lara would still be the draw there. Thats the difference between the Lara at the end of his career and Sachin now.

I understand why you're saying that but there's a fundamental difference in the makeup of Lara and Tendulkar as batsmen as HonestBharani was pointing out a couple of days back.. it's what enables Tendulkar to grind runs out through tough patches and lengthen his career, while Lara dazzled like a supernova when he was on but went through long fallow patches as well. You just have to appreciate them for what they are.

 

[vcs]

Haha that's so false.

Sachin brings in more money and more crowds than Sehwag still.

If anyone is rivalling Sachin as a 'draw', its Dhoni. He's the only Indian cricketer that has come close in the last 2 decades.

Yeah, but then people here appreciate Sachin on so many more levels than just pure stroke-play, I mean you have to watch some of the Indian news channels to realize the amount of worship Sachin receives these days for every century.

 

[Sir Alex]

Haha mohammad16 has simply no clue:

From the Editor | Cricket Blogs | Cricinfo.com

Sachin Tendulkar’s record-breaking didn’t stop on the field on February 24. He shattered many on Cricinfo. We recorded 45 million page views that day, and our highest number of unique users in India and the United States. The match report for the Gwalior ODI became Cricinfo's single most read piece of content.

It has always been so. If evidence was ever needed to confirm Tendulkar’s status as the world’s most-adored cricketer, it can be found in our logs. Month after month, year after year, he remains the most-searched cricketer on Cricinfo; by a huge margin, his profile page is the most visited player page on the site; and in any given month, headlines (often more than one) featuring his name are among the top 10 on the site.

Among other things, he also broke a couple of our servers that day.

Trust me, we make serious contingency plans for peak moments, and certainly we have never underestimated your love for Tendulkar. But obviously, there is no accounting for it. As he stood a couple of runs away from making history, so many of you logged in together that our servers blinked. It was a desperate few minutes, but in a sense, it was also a moment of vindication of your faith in us. Many of you got on Twitter to vent your frustration, and there was one post that stood out: “You know you are large when you crash Cricinfo.”

We hope to be ready for the next peak. We have just ordered some Tendulkar servers.

And this in a country where perhaps 90 out of 100 don't have internet access.

 

[Teja.]

Yeah, but then people here appreciate Sachin on so many more levels than just pure stroke-play, I mean you have to watch some of the Indian news channels to realize the amount of worship Sachin receives these days for every century.

Worst part is, If Tendulkar fails in one series, the same ****ing news channels have 'Endulkar' headlines.

 

[Furball]

Yeah, but then people here appreciate Sachin on so many more levels than just pure stroke-play, I mean you have to watch some of the Indian news channels to realize the amount of worship Sachin receives these days for every century.

Haha, was watching TV with the missus a couple of weeks ago and she just started flicking through the channels, she stopped on one of the Indian channels for about 10 seconds and they managed to mention Tendulkar in that time frame.

 

[honestbharani]

Funny thing about Tendulkar is that he isnt much of a draw anymore, its Sehwag. If Sehwag had played for West Indies, Lara would still be the draw there. Thats the difference between the Lara at the end of his career and Sachin now.

mate, with all due respect, you have no idea what Sachin means to Indians..


And I am surprised at that, coz you should get the idea from a couple of posters here and the way they post when a single negative thing is said about Sachin.

 

[Jezroy]

Hmmm... yes.

 

[mohammad16]

Tendulkar is an icon, that is why the Indian public is still obsessed with him. There is a long developed emotional attachment there, he is also a tremendous role model. But get real, anyone who is half of a real cricket fan would much rather spend 3 hours of their day watching Sehwag as opposed to Tendulkar. Old Tendulkar is a different story though. However if you put Sehwag on the same team as Lara at the end of his career, most would much rather watch Lara score a century than Sehwag. That is the difference between Lara at the end of his career and Tendulkar since a few years ago.

 

[vcs]

Tendulkar is an icon, that is why the Indian public is still obsessed with him. There is a long developed emotional attachment there, he is also a tremendous role model. But get real, anyone who is half of a real cricket fan would much rather spend 3 hours of their day watching Sehwag as opposed to Tendulkar. Old Tendulkar is a different story though. However if you put Sehwag on the same team as Lara at the end of his career, most would much rather watch Lara score a century than Sehwag. That is the difference between Lara at the end of his career and Tendulkar since a few years ago.

Err.. how does it make you not a real cricket fan if you take pleasure in Tendulkar's batting? There are a lot of technical aspects to it that are still very enjoyable even if he doesn't quite have Sehwag's eye anymore.. are people who enjoy Kallis's batting somehow "lesser" cricket fans?

 

[Shri]

Would watch the Tendulkar of 1998 compared to any other batsman.

 

[vcs]

And Lara's career strike-rate is around 60, I'd wager that Tendulkar's is about the same, though I can't find it on cricinfo. So he still gets runs at a decent rate, no matter his changed approach.

 

[mohammad16]

Err.. how does it make you not a real cricket fan if you take pleasure in Tendulkar's batting? There are a lot of technical aspects to it that are still very enjoyable even if he doesn't quite have Sehwag's eye anymore.. are people who enjoy Kallis's batting somehow "lesser" cricket fans?

No not at all, the point is majority of them would rather watch Sehwag, plain and simple. I am not saying one cannot stand Tendulkar at this point in his career, he is still a very good watch but Lara's excitement remained the same throughout his career, he had his lean patches, but his approach hardly changed, he was always out there to dominate the entertain. You would always expect new things from Lara, much of what you see from Tendulkar has been seen a gazillion times over. I mean Tendulkars classical flick doesnt have the same appeal as it used to, neither do his drives down the ground. Part of the reason is that we have been fed such a steady diet of them and the other part is simply Tendulkar's change in approach. Lara's square cuts and flashing pulls never got old. Neither did his approach to dominate. Just look at what he did to Kaneria towards the end of his career, would you expect that from Tendulkar now?

 

[Shri]

Just look at what he did to Kaneria towards the end of his career, would you expect that from Tendulkar now?

Heh. Yes. But thats not saying much, is it?

 

[Sir Alex]

No not at all, the point is majority of them would rather watch Sehwag, plain and simple. I am not saying one cannot stand Tendulkar at this point in his career, he is still a very good watch but Lara's excitement remained the same throughout his career, he had his lean patches, but his approach hardly changed, he was always out there to dominate the entertain. You would always expect new things from Lara, much of what you see from Tendulkar has been seen a gazillion times over. I mean Tendulkars classical flick doesnt have the same appeal as it used to, neither do his drives down the ground. Part of the reason is that we have been fed such a steady diet of them and the other part is simply Tendulkar's change in approach. Lara's square cuts and flashing pulls never got old. Neither did his approach to dominate. Just look at what he did to Kaneria towards the end of his career, would you expect that from Tendulkar now?

Nah he prefers to gobsmack the heavens out of lesser bowlers like Steyn, Morkel etc.

 

[vcs]

Getting back to the thread title topic, 100 international hundreds would probably be a record that might never be broken in the future, if he gets there that is. It's simply ridiculous, like Federer's 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals.

 

[Dissector]

A bit disappointed Sachin has been rested for the tri-series. Would have been a good opportunity to get an ODI hundred or two given his form. If as I suspect he retires from ODI's after the World Cup he may struggle to get those 4 ODI hundreds he needs to hit 50.