Maybe he has got more critics than fans....but he remains the undisputed master of world cricket.
Almost 600 international appearances and 30K international runs later, a man who will celebrate his 20 years in international cricket on november the 15th 2009 perhaps won't regret anything in life more than the fact that after a splendid act of scoring 175 against australia at 36 years at a strike rate greater than what he did against the same opposition at sharjah when he was just 25, could not make his team win the match and eventually the series from a very commanding position.
Seeing Sachin Tendulkar play on the 5th of november 2009 at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium, Hyderabad was something everybody would compare with his act against the aussies at sharjah more than 11 years ago, where the same man took his team from a position where they were even thinking if they'd qualify for the finals to winning the series.The only difference in the two acts were that on the former occasion Sachin made his team win, but on the later one his heroics went in vain as the Indian team once again proved that there is no resurrection of them without the little master.
To me, as a fan of indian cricket, it was a more heartening loss than the WC'07, T20WC'09, or CT'09 exits, and will continue to hurt me as long as i watch the indian team play.
Lets hope that the master decides not to retire from international cricket for quite some time now, otherwise god save the Indian cricket team.
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After reading this post of yours I am getting a strong feeling that you are a igger fan of The little master than the Indian Cricket team! It was indeed a splendid knock. Alas! he couldn't manage his team to get home. I have observed that it has been a taboo for the Indian time that whenever Sachin Tendulkar scores a big hundred Team India looses. I still fathom the reason behind it!
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