WHETHER SACHIN TENDULKAR QUITTING TEST CRICKET BECAUSE OF COMPULSION?
Sachin come down the pitch many a time but this time round it is an ultimatum from the selectors to quit after the 200th test of his in India. BCCI tried all the tricks up the sleeves to have the climax match in India so that Sachin can retire peacefully and that too in front of his home fans. Having played for records and created many records, Sachi is now set for another record of sort by playing his 200th Test Match in a career spanning from 1989 Karachi Test against Pakistan under Krishnamachari Srikkanth's captaincy. He has come around a big circle with ups and downs and it is time to hand his boot. BCCI's plan to ask Sachin Tendulkar to retire after the 200th test in November this year is a right step in the right direction. Ironically, Tendulkar did not play T-20 International and he was asked to quit one day cricket to pave way for young legs to take his place. Now, the turn is coming for the Test Match cricket. Board played all the Board Game to almost cancel South African tour and made elaborate arrangements to have the final fixture in India, so that the franchise can reap a rich harvest of money and the same does not go to South African Board. Had he played the last innings against South Africa against the likes of Steyn and scored a half century or even less in a winning cause would have mattered much rather than making a century against weak West Indies and bid farewell. Already we are not playing much of the conventional game against Zimbabwe, Pakistan, New Zeland for a long time in their land and now add to that South Africa is also included. Despite all the news going round the media, Sachin is sitting pretty and ready for the record. He is a living legend and should quit in style rather than going overboard before doing so on compulsion.
Sachin come down the pitch many a time but this time round it is an ultimatum from the selectors to quit after the 200th test of his in India. BCCI tried all the tricks up the sleeves to have the climax match in India so that Sachin can retire peacefully and that too in front of his home fans. Having played for records and created many records, Sachi is now set for another record of sort by playing his 200th Test Match in a career spanning from 1989 Karachi Test against Pakistan under Krishnamachari Srikkanth's captaincy. He has come around a big circle with ups and downs and it is time to hand his boot. BCCI's plan to ask Sachin Tendulkar to retire after the 200th test in November this year is a right step in the right direction. Ironically, Tendulkar did not play T-20 International and he was asked to quit one day cricket to pave way for young legs to take his place. Now, the turn is coming for the Test Match cricket. Board played all the Board Game to almost cancel South African tour and made elaborate arrangements to have the final fixture in India, so that the franchise can reap a rich harvest of money and the same does not go to South African Board. Had he played the last innings against South Africa against the likes of Steyn and scored a half century or even less in a winning cause would have mattered much rather than making a century against weak West Indies and bid farewell. Already we are not playing much of the conventional game against Zimbabwe, Pakistan, New Zeland for a long time in their land and now add to that South Africa is also included. Despite all the news going round the media, Sachin is sitting pretty and ready for the record. He is a living legend and should quit in style rather than going overboard before doing so on compulsion.
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