Sachin's Admission

So often we hear his name in so many different contexts. That’s probably because he’s been playing cricket at the top most level for nearly a score years. If he’s been playing that long, he must be good.

Of late people, many significant people as well have been wondering as to how long Tendulkar can stay at the top. He has not been in the best of form in the past 2-3 years owing to injuries and many other problems. Ridiculously, people have actually questioned his place in the team.

Some said, Tendulkar was just playing for the money and no longer cared for the performance of the team. This is trash. Tendulkar is the kind of man who would do (or sometimes not do) as much as he can for the team’s success. Recently, many things he has said and done are just making things a little better.

There was a report on the proceedings of one of the tem meetings after India lost the fourth ODI in a very disappointing manner. Reports said that Tendulkar was very disappointed and believed that some members of the team had not given hundred percent. When Dinesh Kaarthick commended the performance of Broad and Bopara in the crunch situation and said that they had played well, Tendulkar reportedly retorted by asking why that always happened to the Indian team and not Australia.

If all these reports are to be believed then I don’t think there can be any doubt or ambiguity on the issue regarding Tendulkar’s commitment to the game. Also, he said that the one day internationals are getting tougher to play owing to insufficient recovery time between games. He said that a 22 or 23 year old would be able to recover much faster than he would be able to. It was nice to hear this as it gives us the assurance that Tendulkar is completely aware of what he was doing and did not – as some said – believe that he can go on for a long time what with the security of his p[lace in the side. Cricket Opinions had pointed out earlier that Tendulkar had a little kid inside him which gave him the aggression and commitment that he had. Tendulkar confirmed this himself by saying that regardless of his age, he ‘has a little boy inside him’ who kept him going. Millions around the world will pray that that one little boy will not grow old too soon.

He started at 16 and is now 34. The story goes on…..-BS

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