Today, we had to witness yet another century by the man who is considered as ‘God of cricket’ by most fans in India go in vain. It was Sachin Tendulkar’s 99th century in International cricket and was a treat as usual to watch it.
I do not know, what is exactly wrong with the men in blue, but everything seems to be wrong now. The last eight batsmen failed to put together 50-60 odd runs. I was ashamed to watch it wearing the Indian jersey. Even after providing much needed start from both the opening batsmen, the team managed to mess it up towards the end. The younger lot of the bunch would get one or two more chances to play the World Cup, but for one man, it is his last chance to win the World Cup. The rest of the team has to take that into consideration while they step out on the field. For, he is the one who made our nation proud every time he made a record and also for the sheer brilliance he is. More than two decades of cricketing and never has Sachin’s dedication for the sport decreased.
Once, Pakistani World cup winning legend Imran Khan said (I had read in an article), Sachin was never backed with a good bowling attack, which sounds absolutely true even now.
It is high time the #2 ODI team woke up and realised if this is the case, it will be an early exit for us who are apparently the favourites to win World Cup 2011. The bowling so far has been pathetic in the tournament with Piyush chawla, Sreeshant, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan all failing. Now batting has failed miserably too.
As an Indian fan, I can only say that we look ahead to see team India win the World Cup and Sachin score more. J
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