Dec 27th, 2006
Another solid show by Sachin. Can he continue this run tomorrow ? There was a specatular cover drive of Shaun Pollock and few more sweetly times throught the off side today.
Dec16th,2o06
Sachin looked great out in the middle, with those piecrcing off side strokes. His last 2 hundreds were around the same time and he looked good to make it 36.
I think this is a kind of wicket in which no batter will think he is in. Will get confirmed when SA bats.
Sep 15th,2006
Vintage Sachin ; God is back ; When the Going Gets Tough Sachin Gets Going; I guess the headlines will keep coming. This piece from Dileep Premchandran sums it up well
A senior correspondent who had watched him since he was a precocious teenager likened his batting to Zakir Hussain's tabla-playing. "Even if he's playing on a cupboard door, he can still make beautiful music. And Tendulkar's the same, no matter what the conditions." After this particular epic, you could only nod in awestruck agreement.
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/dlfcup/content/current/story/259587.html
March 23rd
One of Sachin's worst series comes to an end. The media seems to be in a frenzy and hurry to write him off. The Booing epsisode of Mumbai has blown out of proportion too.
So what's wrong with Sachin if anything ? He looked solid in the 2nd innings in Nagpur and in the 2nd innings inMumbai (till his tame dismissal). Gavaskar feels it's the ability to concentrate which has diminished but will come back. I subscribe to that since his ODI form looks good ; and requires a shorter duration for concentrating.
There was this article in Cricinfo (magazine) that in the 3rd Pak ODI : Sachin made Dravid look like a novice : the way he judeged the length and swing. Dravid was all at sea in that match. Boycott has also been writing that his timing and footwork look fine (unlike Ganguly and Laxman). So there is no erosion of ability.
Feb13th,
Sachin plays one of his greatest knocks . With the series tied at 1-1 and India chasing an imposing 290 to win under seaming conditions (to start with atleast), Sachin came up with a classy knock. How good the knock was can be judged from the fact that Imran (normally a reluctant Sachin admirer) could not praise him enough. He missed a hundred but considering that the last three hundreds against Pak saw India losing maybe it was a good omen that he was dismissed in the 90's.
Dec 10th
Hundred 35 comes. Sachin's play from 50 to 100 was a treat to watch : three boundaries of Murli and a huge 6 to boot. Got a bad descision in the second innings.
Dec 6th
Sachins 5th / 15th and 25th hundreds have been at Chennai. Numbers suggest strongly that his 35th also should be there ...
4th Oct,
Naseer Hussain declares no World XI is complete without Sachin (agree 100%)
3rd Oct
Sachin blasts the media. Guess the media is slowly specializing in generating 'masala' news out of nothing and no where. Sachin had reportedly said he felt some jaring pain in his elbow which was part of the recovery process. The media promptly forgot the recovery part and sensationlized it as Sachin feels pain in the elbow.
