by Andhraite » Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:45 am
I\'m looking at this boards for days, but i didn\'t reply b\'coz , one who has even a little bit of common sense & cricketing knowledge, then they will never think of this ...
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<br>Neeraja, i donot know how much knowledge u have in cricket ... it is utter foolishness to drop him ...
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<br>SACHIN is the first player in INDIAN team to have an INDIAN flag on his helmet ... When u say sachin never performs when needed, why don\'t take the situation when INDIA is batting first and won the match after scoring more than 250 even 275 ... out of which sachin scoring 140 odd runs as match winning innings ... does match winning performance implies only to the sides who r chasing ...
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<br><u><b>TEST CRICKET</u></b>
<br>Total: 107 173 16 8882 217 201* 193 56.57 31 36 10
<br>Didn\'t lose: 76 111 16 6445 217 201* 193 67.84 23 27 4
<br>(Situation: Mat Inn NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100\'s 50\'s 0\'s)
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<br><u><b>ODI CRICKET</u></b>
<br>Total: 317 308 31 12435 186* 152 146 44.89 35 63 14
<br>Didn\'t lose: 177 168 30 8207 186* 152 146 59.47 28 39 5
<br>(Situation: Mat Inn NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100\'s 50\'s 0\'s)
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<br>If u see the stats above out of his 31 test 100\'s & 36 50\'s - 23 100\'s & 27 50\'s came when INDIA didn\'t lose.
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<br>Out of his 35 ODI 100\'s & 63 50\'s - 28 100\'s & 39 50\'s came when INDIA didn\'t lose.
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<br>SO, how can u say that he played for himself when INDIA didn\'t lose almost every time he performed ... if u r not satisfied with his performance, for sure u will not be satisified with any other cricketer\'s performance in the world. 12,500 runs in ODI, out of which more than 8200 came when INDIA didn\'t lose ... and out of almost 9000 runs in Tests 6500 runs came when INDIA didn\'t lose ... 70% of his runs came when INDIA didn\'t lose ...
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<br>All the player r paid equally, CRICKET is not a individual game, its a team game, all 11 players have to contribute equally ... why blaming sachin alone, sourav didn\'t perform well for past 2 yrs, sehwag duck twice in arow in on-going series, rahul too- didn\'t help for any better,but i\'m not blaming them b\'coz they r not machines, to perform every time they play.they r also humans. Without sachin INDIA had no chance of getting into finals of WC2003 ...
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<br>BTW, BCCI is implementing contract system, that goes like this, they take 12-14 players under contract for 1yr... and at the end of the year, they will grade them for that year long performance(A,B or C)... and they r paid accoring to that, around Rs.65000 for match for grade A, Rs40,000 for B & Rs.25,000 for C (This r not exact figures, but sure around that numbers) So, for all those who feel sachin plays for self, nothing to worry, if he wants more money he has to perform, performance in that particular year matters, not wheather he is the best last year, nothing like that....
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<br><b><u>PLEASE NOTE:</u></b>INDIA is playing 6 & 7 batsmen in Tests & ODIs respectively ... So, anyone who thinks that sachin must be dropped from the team, must first see wheather other 5-6 batsmen r performing better than him or not ... if not, then first think abt dropping them before dropping sachin !!!