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[honestbharani]

I am talking from a marketing perspective as to how mouth-watering deal it is for them to have Sachin as MoS

What's right or wrong is a different discussion. You are giving your opinion based on your understanding of how a MoS should be chosen. To see why they chose Sachin, I would have to look in to how they arrived at that conclusion. But I wouldn't give too much weightage to the performances in the dead rubber to give MoS. More weighage should be placed on performances in the first two games

yeah.. I got what you meant.. I was just frustrated at the way it is done because I like to keep the cricket seperate from the marketing. As I said, if you want Tendulkar to be associated with your brand, sign an endorsement deal... I feel being MoS in a series is a pretty prestigious thing and it should go to someone who has had "some" performances throughout the series, including the dead rubber, esp. if the series is juz 3 matches long..


And on topic, for me, the real MoS is Jadeja.. Some runs but his bowling seemed to really stand out in very good batting conditions...

 

[G.I.Joe]

If it was the auto company deciding the MOTS, that is plumbing new depths.

 

[honestbharani]

tbh, there are a no. of times when we such cheap awards being given in India... I am not sure why the need to play to the gallery is seen so much here.


OTOH, I wonder if there are comparable instances around the world where the player is seen as greater than the game itself... Sachin probably stands out there... I know for sure in certain discussions at my household where my cousins (one works for the media and other who works for a MNC in the IT side) think Bradman was a lucky **** who got all the runs coz the umps never gave him out and the fielders never bothered to chase the ball....


I am pretty sure in terms of real appreciation of cricket, we rank in the middle inspite of being such a cricket crazy nation... My dad often hates that term... As a nation, we are more player crazy than cricket crazy, IMHO..

 

[Sir Alex]

If it was the auto company deciding the MOTS, that is plumbing new depths.

Personally never really cared about MoS and MoMs much because of the fact that both involved a lot of subjectivity and a very few people as adjudicators whose credentials were debatable.

 

[honestbharani]

I prefer it when the commentary team or the match ref. decides, tbh.

 

[0RI0N]

I prefer it when the commentary team or the match ref. decides, tbh.

In SA M0S Award is usually decided by a seasoned journo's and the TV commentary team.
Best way imo