The Legend Continues...

Sachin is the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket.
Sir Don Bradman had said that Sachin plays the way he used to in his prime.
Sunny Gavaskar believes Sachin was the best player in Bombay when he was just thirteen and hadn't played a single domestic match.
Shane Warne feels that the little man is better than world record holder Brian Lara as he has absolutely no weakness.
Greg Chappel feels that Sachin doesn't need a bat out in the middle; a single stump would be more than enough.
The entire cricket world is convinced of one thing : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the world's best batsman. Not just for his extraordinary skill, not just for his ability to destroy even the most terrible bowling attacks; but also for a rare never-say-die spirit, an insatiable hunger for runs and victory, a desire to dominate the opponent ; commitment, dedication ... these are what the little champion has built his reputation on.

Lets talk from the critics point of view..
This is what we hear from most of SACHIN’S CRITICS

1. Selfish
2. Scoring Against weaker Oppostions
3. Failing in pressure situation

Little Info about this
1. Selfish ::
Well Records are meant to be broken and if Sachin is breaking them critics can’t digest them..One of the incidents people mention is regarding his 194 knock against pakistan..some said it was slow knock..agreed it was a slow knock by Sachin’s stature,but if it is compared wid one of the knock wid Dravid…this will not look as bad it seems..Tendulkar- 194 runs in multan with a strike rate of around 54 Dravid- 217 runs in oval with a strike rate of around 46. I m just taking one example to tell that Dravid’s natural game is to hold the one end and let the others to dominate..in multan Sachin changed his gears and holded one end and he let sehwag to dominate..played Rahul’s role in that innings. Now this is called team game.. but people call it slow batting and selfish… Sachin always said Team’s win is more important than personal landmark..He proved this statement in that very test by taking Moin Khan’s wicket off the last ball of the 3rd day..That Ball was beauty!!Wasn’t he happy at that moment??? Since Sachin is the most senior player of the team so he can’t throw his wicket just to prove critics that he is still a master blaster…

Most of the times people forget his fast scroing Centuries against world class bowling
169 [201 balls] against South Africa in 1997 at Capetown
92 [120 balls] against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown
155 [191 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Chennai
79 [ 85 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Kolkata
100 in 123 balls against NewZealand in 1999 at Wellington[he scored 113runs in that inning]
155 [183 balls] against South Africa in 2001 in Bloemfontein

There are many other breath taking innings in tests from our god. But everyone please note this down..Sachin is the Only Batsman in Test Cricket who scored 3 Centuries wid a SIX

179 - 6 off Walsh[I think it was a hook shot] against WestIndies in 1994 at Nagpur
124 - 6 off Min Patel[off spinner,straight down the ground] against Englandin 1996 at Birmingham
113 - 6 off Wiseman[off spinner,straight down the ground] against Newzeland in 1999 at Wellington

2. Scoring Against weaker Oppostions ::

This can happen in India only..People remember 152 against Namibia and forget 98 against Pakistan in WorldCup. People remember 248 against Bangladesh and forget his 7 centuries against World Champions Australia [4 in their own country]..Only one century against Bangladesh and share the honour of scoring test century against each test playing nation wid Dravid,Ponting and Garry Kristen…No one talks about other 3 batsman scored centuries against Bangladesh.. then why bother about Sachin??

in Tests
Australia - 7 Centuries [4 in Australia], 2 of them at the age of 18 in 1992
Bangladesh- 1 Century [Unfortunately his highest score in Test Cricket]
England- 6 Centuries [4 in England],
NewZealand- 3 Centuries [1 in NewZealand]
Pakistan- 2 Centuries [1 in Pakistan]
SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries [ all three in South Africa]
Srilanka- 7 Centuries [4 in Srilanka]
WestIndies- 3 Centuries [ 1 in WestIndies]
Zimbabwe- 3 Centuries [ none in Zimbabwe]

Now the interesting part comes:

Sachin scored runs in all parts of world..There are three types of wickets u generally found in Cricket..
Fast and bouncy Pitches like in Australia,South- Africa,NewZealan d,WestIndies,Spin tracks in India,Srilanka, Pakistan, and Seeming tracks like in England.

Today people compare Ricky ponting with Sachin…for those check this info once...
Sachin’s and Ponting’s average at their own home soil is above 55 so nothing to discuss this here,
but the real part starts now
Sachin’s average in Australia 54.15 , including 4 centuries
whereas Ponting’s average in India,12.28 , with no centuries.. I agree that Ricky Ponting is the best captain in the international cricket (as some say).. but it is not fair to compare a gud batsman with batting maestro..

3. Failing in pressure situation

Lets look at some statistics where India were chasing targets...jus check sachin's average..

Matches - Runs - Highest score - AVG - 100s - 50s
Sachin- 101 - 4397 - 134 - 58.62 - 13 - 23
Dravid- 72 - 2124 - 109* - 49.39 - 2 - 19
Ponting- 77 - 2670 - 124* - 53.40 - 4 17

In Quater Finals
Sachin- 3 - 210 - 141 - 70.00 - 1 - 0
Dravid- 2 - 57 - 48 - 28.50 - 0 - 0
Ponting- 3 - 118 - 46 - 39.33 - 0 - 0

In Semi Finals
Sachin- 7 - 232 - 83 - 33.14 - 0 - 2
Dravid- 4 - 28 - 58 - 42.66 - 0 - 1
Ponting- 5 - 71 - 37 - 14.20 - 0 - 0

In Finals
Sachin - 36 - 1487 - 134 - 47.96 - 4 - 9
Dravid- 23 - 690 - 103* - 34.50 - 1 - 3
Ponting- 33 - 1217 - 140* - 45.07 - 2 - 6

All Finals
Sachin- 47 - 1954 - 141 - 46.52 - 5 - 11
Dravid- 30 - 943 - 103* - 37.72 - 1 - 5
Ponting- 41 - 1406 - 140* - 40.17 - 2 - 6

In Series Won by INDIA
Sachin- 127 - 5548 - 186* - 51.37 - 19 - 26
Dravid- 76 - 2645 - 153 - 42.66 - 2 - 22
Ponting- 177 - 7245 - 145 - 47.98 - 18 - 45

Sachin’s average in England 71.60 with 4 centuries
Ponting’s average in England 42.63 with 3 centuries

In Test
100’s in Tests India Won - 12
100’s in Tests India Lost - 8
100’s in Test Drawn - 15

Holds the record of maxium number of 100’s for loosing team…That means a lone warrior..Thats why once Indian Cricket Team was called as ONE MAN ARMY!!!!

I am taking records for these countries only bcoz.. rightnow, best fast bowlers are from Australia, best spinners are from India,Best Seamers from england, newzealand[as the cricket geeks or gurus say]...after luking at those figures all the critics have to shut their mouth and realize sachin is the best in the bussiness..