Fair enough, but can I ask Anil, had a player replacing Tendulkar in the team done the exact same thing as Sachin, would you have been critical of him and his slow scoring rate?ok no point in taking this further, we agree to disagree...
Was thinking the same thing earlier, I blame myself for not nominating it.
I don't think that question is contextually correct. Because Badrinath, if he was selected, would not have been one of the top batsmen in the country at the time of his selection. He is expected to perform, but he's not supposed to perform as Tendulkar is--because he doesn't have the experience or the runs behind him.
But If we talk about the Bangladesh Innings, it was a positive inning. Wasn't it ? I mean you would take it If it were scored by a debutant, wouldn't you ? I still want to know the 'Fair' part in the criticism. Sachin is coming off of rough patch, scores at decent rate against BD, still gets criticized. What is fair in that
Whether or not Sachin is useful for the team with this style is upto the team management to decide. I think team management will be pleased if tendulkar can bat like that.
Would you take it If Yuvraj/Sehwag/Laxman/Ganguly/Jaffer etc scored a century like that ?
No one is thinking you were singling out Tendulkar.. and no one is targeting you. So just chill.
ok one more post, no one thought of these points before that article came out, one of the main reasons it did was because the guy was the most experienced player in the team and the most exceptional and yet had done that, if the guy replacing him had been of the same or similar calibre, maybe the same questions might have been raised, i don't know, if not the questions even if raised would be mostly irrelevant...
Should have nominated (as Gelman said).
HB, the question was not really for you.
But anyways appreciate your response.
Yuvraj - no, he's a strokemaker in his prime
It was not a positive innings. It would have been a good innings for a debutant because of the runs scored and not the manner in which the runs were scored. And the criticism isn't based solidly on the Bangladesh series, but his new batting style over the last few series he has played in.
We here obviously have no clue what the team management has in store for Sachin. I am only speculating, obviously, that Sachin would be more useful with a different style. Any hypothetical situation such as this obviously cannot be backed up until it happens.
Looks like one of the canned Tendulkar defense slogans. He did score a couple of centuries in two games and that is good from a statistical point of view. But I still don't think he gave himself the best preparation for the England series because the Bangla series gave him a chance to be more positive without taking too many risks (like the batsmen around him did).
He hasn't been playing 'these types of innings' in Test matches, he's been batting above his career strike rate since his comeback.
Then tell me what would give him the best preparation for the England series ? I feel he and the rest did the right thing as they knew what total to put up in order to win the game. Besides it's a test game, why should he take un-needed risks ?!
Hmm..."India were press home the advantage by trying to get quick runs" Take a look at the strike rates of all the players...Seems like Dhoni was the only one who was smashing. I feel Dravid layed out a plan. I don't see why he needed to swing his bat.