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[AkshayS]

Set 300 target, take out Sehwag and put Sachin into bat. He will start shivering.

The same match Sachin got 200, Sehwag was out for 11. Lame.

which actually is the truth then it turns out to be the silliest post - wow!

I agree to anything in your previous post but this, how the fearsome tweak can you say something so baseless without even providing a reason or whatever.

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players (especially Sehwag)

And don't just add sehwag in every post of yours. Conviction.

 

[AbhishekS]

The same match Sachin got 200, Sehwag was out for 11. Lame.

WC talked about a total being chased and India was batting first when Sachin scored 200.

And the same match Sehwag got 319, Sachin was out for a duck. Lame.

I agree to anything in your previous post but this, how the cricket can you say something so baseless without even providing a reason or whatever.

I remember many instances when Sachin was out, wasn't declared out by the umpire and he didn't walk back. And I guess you have forgotten what Gavaskar used to call Sachin, 'The best bluffer!'.

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And don't just add sehwag in every post of yours. Conviction.

Why, are you jealous?
And I can say anything what I wish to, at least I'm saying what the truth is.

And not just Sehwag, even Dravid was heavily overshadowed by Sachin. As Sachin is from Mumbai, he has a big lobby behind him and so it's obvious that he is bound to get more popular.

I still remember Kapil Dev saying that if Sachin wasn't from Mumbai, he would have never got the spot back in the Indian team after his injury (tennis elbow). He also stated that Laxman and Dravid were unlucky to be from Hyderabad and Bangalore receptively.

I agree with him. Dravid is thousands times better than Sachin in the middle order for India in tests. He may be struggling for form since the past one year, but you can't deny the fact that our test side needs Dravid more than Sachin.

Sachin has all the records one must have, but that is because he was given the opportunities time and again. He is termed as the best batsman ever and I have no problem with that but the reality is that he is unnecessarily overrated.

 

[SaiSrini]

Set 300 target, take out Sehwag and put Sachin into bat. He will start shivering.

Irony of the year that a guy who has Symonds in his signature posts something like this! Couldnt handle the Harbhajan episode and chickened out of the Australian team (or was he thrown out? ha ha ha).

Sachin and shivering? He sends shivers down the opposition's throat.

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And not just Sehwag, even Dravid was heavily overshadowed by Sachin. As Sachin is from Mumbai, he has a big lobby behind him and so it's obvious that he is bound to get more popular.

I still remember Kapil Dev saying that if Sachin wasn't from Mumbai, he would have never got the spot back in the Indian team after his injury (tennis elbow). He also stated that Laxman and Dravid were unlucky to be from Hyderabad and Bangalore receptively.

I agree with him. Dravid is thousands times better than Sachin in the middle order for India in tests. He may be struggling for form since the past one year, but you can't deny the fact that our test side needs Dravid more than Sachin.

Sachin has all the records one must have, but that is because he was given the opportunities time and again. He is termed as the best batsman ever and I have no problem with that but the reality is that he is unnecessarily overrated.

Sehwag is the most overrated FTB. When he has glaring weaknesses, he is praised for having good hand eye co-ordination (people dont want to show that he has big weaknesses when he does have; who cares about hand eye nonsense when the guy cant bat consistently). When he plays well, he is glorious to watch but how consistently does he play well? 3 out 10 times probably. And someone who is a fan of this fellow comments on Sachin? BULL CRAP!

Dravid is a legendary player, but he has not had the ability to bounce back from a big fall in his career. Ever since he gave up captaincy, his career has only gone downhill and hasnt lifted back up. But Sachin fought those "tennis elbow and Endulkar" periods and he is now in his 4th or 5th purple patch of his career. Thats resilence and temperament. SACHIN >>>>>> DRAVID!

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Sachin is the best cricketer India has ever produced! In the world, he should definitely be in the Top 5 minimum (I would put him in the Top 3).

 

[shravi]

Not going to get into the whole Dravid-Sachin debate as everyone knows how I feel about that.

But Yudi is not angry that people are making a big deal about Sachin. He is angry that people aren't making a big deal about Sehwag. Every single one of his posts is directly or indirectly about how great Sehwag is.

 

[AkshayS]

Sehwag is the most overrated FTB. When he has glaring weaknesses, he is praised for having good hand eye co-ordination (people dont want to show that he has big weaknesses when he does have; who cares about hand eye nonsense when the guy cant bat consistently). When he plays well, he is glorious to watch but how consistently does he play well? 3 out 10 times probably. And someone who is a fan of this fellow comments on Sachin? BULL CRAP!

Dravid is a legendary player, but he has not had the ability to bounce back from a big fall in his career. Ever since he gave up captaincy, his career has only gone downhill and hasnt lifted back up. But Sachin fought those "tennis elbow and Endulkar" periods and he is now in his 4th or 5th purple patch of his career. Thats resilence and temperament. SACHIN >>>>>> DRAVID!

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Sachin is the best cricketer India has ever produced! In the world, he should definitely be in the Top 5 minimum (I would put him in the Top 3).
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Those posts just came out of jealousy and shows the immaturity and just what Shravi said. What was WC upto, I don't know??

Also fearsome tweak that he brought Dravid- Tendulkar in it, India need both Dravid and Sachin in our middle order.

 

[AbhishekS]

But Yudi is not angry that people are making a big deal about Sachin. He is angry that people aren't making a big deal about Sehwag. Every single one of his posts is directly or indirectly about how great Sehwag is.

You got it wrong, I am not all angry for people not making a big deal about Sehwag.
Tendulkar is overrated, highly overrated and that pisses me off. You'll realize only when you come to Mumbai, people here are pathetic.

Secondly, Sehwag is great, not the greatest as of now and I am not at all shy or ashamed to accept that.

Sehwag is the most overrated FTB. When he has glaring weaknesses, he is praised for having good hand eye co-ordination (people dont want to show that he has big weaknesses when he does have; who cares about hand eye nonsense when the guy cant bat consistently). When he plays well, he is glorious to watch but how consistently does he play well? 3 out 10 times probably. And someone who is a fan of this fellow comments on Sachin? BULL CRAP!

And why the hell did you raise an issue on Sachin and Sehwag now? The post you quoted was entirely based on the comparisons of Sachin and Dravid. I never compared Sehwag and Sachin, just said that he is always overshadowed by Sachin.

SACHIN >>>>>> DRAVID!

That's your view, for me,
Dravid >>>>>>> Sachin.

Sachin is the best cricketer India has ever produced!

Alright, be with it. Sachin 'The God' Tendulkar is the best cricketer India has ever produced.

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Those posts just came out of jealousy and shows the immaturity and just what Shravi said. What was WC upto, I don't know??

I accepted that earlier too that these posts DO come out of jealousy. I didn't have anything against Sachin, I too respected him like you all do, but the idiotic fans in Mumbai forced me to loathe him.

And did you say immaturity! Well, those who don't support Sachin aren't immature Akshay.

 

[AkshayS]

I accepted that earlier too that these posts DO come out of jealousy. I didn't have anything against Sachin, I too respected him like you all do, but the idiotic fans in Mumbai forced me to loathe him.

And did you say immaturity! Well, those who don't support Sachin aren't immature Akshay.

hahaha, we all can see what you were doing in last few posts.

 

[AbhishekS]

Oh, so I am hated just because I am not a fan of Sachin but of Dravid and Sehwag, loving this!

 

[shravi]

It doesn't matter who's better because they are all in the same team at the same time. India has been so fortunate to have had Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, and Ganguly all playing in the same team at some point.

Either way, neither Dravid, nor Laxman, nor Ganguly are related in any way, shape or form to India's World Cup aspirations.

If India wins, it's a victory for the team and the nation, not for Sachin, or Sehwag or any one player. They win as one, and lose as one. That's the basis of team sports.

 

[AbhishekS]

It doesn't matter who's better because they are all in the same team at the same time. India has been so fortunate to have had Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, and Ganguly all playing in the same team at some point.

Either way, neither Dravid, nor Laxman, nor Ganguly are related in any way, shape or form to India's World Cup aspirations.

If India wins, it's a victory for the team and the nation, not for Sachin, or Sehwag or any one player. They win as one, and lose as one. That's the basis of team sports.

But some don't realize this, they want the team to win the cup for Sachin!

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@All: Let's just end the Sachin-Dravid-Sehwag topic here. It begun as a healthy discussion but now is going nowhere. Everyone's correct from their point view and I respect the views of each and everyone.

 

[icyman]

That's your view, for me,
Dravid >>>>>>> Sachin.

Yes, I agree with you...

Oh, so I am hated just because I am not a fan of Sachin but of Dravid and Sehwag, loving this!

Happens to many people who are not fans of Tendulkar. Don't worry, I do sympathize with you...

 

[Atharv]

You being a fan of Sachin, I didn't expect you to be unaware that he has the record of bluffing the umpires the most number of times when he is actually out.

Sachin and spirit of cricket - a big joke!

Sachin is not responsible for what some of his fans say about him. He cannot help it. But it is quite amusing to see people levelling unwarranted criticiism at Sachin because of the opinion of his fans. Sachin is a hard nosed practical cricket player and nothing wrong about it . Every player at some point in time, in his career will gesture with his bat and will try to escape an lbw decision, be it lara or gilchrist, for the simple reason that inspite of the rules laid down lbw decision is subjective . In case of an lbw decision ,irrespective of wether you have nicked or not, one umpire might send you back to the pavilion while the other may allow you to stay at the crease. So almost all batters raise their bat almost instintively when they are hit on the pads(just to be on the safer side) just as the bowlers appeal knowing fully well that the batter is not out .
As far as caught behind is concerned Sachin Tendulkar has had his share of decisions where he escaped but the number of times he got wrong decisions might be more than that .
So why he walked ? Maybe he walked not to look stupid because he thought UDRS might "see" or "hear" his nick . But UDRS might have not been able to see or hear his nick. This goes to show that this stupid UDRS is over estimated. the keeper,batter and bowler knew there was a nick but the stupid UDRS did not(that is what I read).
May be he walked because it was a dead match and he did not want law of averages to catch up with him in QF's.
Maybe he walked because he just felt like . What the heck .
In your effort to criticise Sachin's fans(he has no control on them) you are levelling unwarranted criticism against Sachin Tendulkar. I mean "he has a record of bluffing the umpire" is quite amusing.

 

[AngryPixel]

Yudi got a boner for Shewag

 

[Sobi]

Lol this is funny. You have to be a flicking dumbass to say that Dravid is better than Sachin. Dravid will never play 20 yrs of cricket in his life like Sachin. When Sachin started at the age of 17, Dravid was probably taking days off from school to watch Sachin batting and scoring century. Sachin without a doubt is a better cricketer than Dravid. Even if we look at the techniques, we can see that. Atleast Sachin knows when to duck the deliveries or lets say, he know which ones are bouncers or other deliveries. Remember the test series against Bangladesh? When Dravid got his jaw broken? I mean who puts their face in front of a normal pitched delivery? Only the great, "better than Sachin", Rahul Dravid can tell.

 

[icyman]

By the law of averages, Ricky Ponting may end up scoring big against India....Stop him, somehow...

Dravid will never play 20 yrs of cricket in his life like Sachin. When Sachin started at the age of 17, Dravid was probably taking days off from school to watch Sachin batting and scoring century. Sachin without a doubt is a better cricketer than Dravid. Even if we look at the techniques, we can see that. Atleast Sachin knows when to duck the deliveries or lets say, he know which ones are bouncers or other deliveries. Remember the test series against Bangladesh? When Dravid got his jaw broken? I mean who puts their face in front of a normal pitched delivery? Only the great, "better than Sachin", Rahul Dravid can tell.

Dravid was dumped- the selectors don't have the balls to drop Tendulakr even if he is not in good form. Else even Dravid,for that matter Ganguly would have carried on for 20 years.

Don't talk about techniques and Dravid and not going hand in hand. You have to be really sloshed to make such a comment. Rahul Dravid-The most technically sound batsman India has ever produced since Vijay Manjrekar.