Australian Tour of India, October 2010/11

[ZoraxDoom]

This is a really good innings from Sachin. Especially given the pitch and the way Hilfenhaus and Haurtiz are bowling.

Lovely shot from VVS too.

 

[SaiSrini]

Hauritz is being caned here! Go Sachin/VVS!!!

 

[Prithvi]

Congratulations Tendulkar:hpraise!
6 times 1000 (odd) runs in an year for Sachin.!

 

[sohum]

By the way, AngryPixel, here are the Dravid v Tendulkar stats, since I feel compelled to destroy your argument now itself.

2000: Dravid 78 vs. Tendulkar 64
2001: Dravid 47 vs. Tendulkar 63
2002: Dravid 59 vs. Tendulkar 56
2003: Dravid 100 vs. Tendulkar 17
2004: Dravid 63 vs. Tendulkar 92
2005: Dravid 53 vs. Tendulkar 44
2006: Dravid 61 vs. Tendulkar 24
2007: Dravid 36 vs. Tendulkar 55
2008: Dravid 31 vs. Tendulkar 48
2009: Dravid 83 vs. Tendulkar 68
2010: Dravid 36 vs. Tendulkar 90

So the total breakdown is:

Dravid -- 6 years
Tendulkar - 5 years

Furthermore, if you take a look at the following periods:

2000-2003: Dravid 63, Sachin 52
2000-2004: Dravid 63, Sachin 59

So essentially in the first 5 years of the last decade, Dravid outscored Tendulkar by as much as 11 runs an innings to as little as 4 runs per inning over a 5-year period.

If you don't see how Dravid was easily the best batsman in our team for a large part of the last decade, you are just one more of a number of Indians who think the buck stops at Sachin.

 

[SaiSrini]

Sachin - WHAT A PLAYER! 1000 runs in 8 tests in the year at an average of 90.91 with 5 hundreds and 3 fifties. AWESOME to the core!

 

[angryangy]

I think the wicket of Zaheer was enough, time to get Hauritz off and try another bowler. He's overpitching a fair bit and then overcompensating dropping short. With the attack options and also the runs on the board, there's no reason to hang around.

 

[sohum]

Yup you was. His only century was 233 at adilaide. In India he hasn't scored a single one against them

AngryPixel, you should pack up your bag of toys now, while you still have some respect. I don't know how a true Indian cricket fan can forget the 2001 India-Australia series. Bhajji's hat-trick, Dravid and Laxman's epic partnership--these were things that would be ingrained in your head if you watched the games.

 

[Prithvi]

Nice bit of fielding from Marcus North here!

 

[sohum]

K, I'm done talking about Dravid v. Sachin. Time to grab a beer and hope that these two stick around.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Gotta love VVS. Walks out, flurry of shots, and he causes both Hauritz and Hilfenhaus to lose their lines. Sachin is playing beautifully as well.

Bollinger now. This could be dangerous.

 

[angryangy]

All happening for Doug

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Ooof. Beauty.

An another through the slips. Ponting should be a lot more attacking on this wicket.

 

[Cricketman]

I like Dougie better when he plays for CSK

 

[sohum]

Bollinger unlucky in that over. Could've had both Sachin and Dravid.

 

[angryangy]

Might have needed the anti-corruption unit to take a look if he'd gotten Dravid...