Tendulkar Check
It has to be said that Tendulkar is not the player he was. His aggressive instinct is lost from his batting and that is quite a pity. I am one of those numerous fans who love his aggressive manner and approach to batting. Even today he is a better batsman than most...Yet he is not the great one he can/used to be. There are two ways to take it. Some people including prominent commentators have suggested that it is the effect of age and maturity in batting and must be accepted. They have provided some examples of players from the past who have eventually lost/slowed down their aggressive nature. But, the fact remains i there are equally large amount of examples for aggressive batsman who continued being aggressive and successfully at that(Including Richards and Botham). Anyway, the point is what is best for the Indian team?
I think just as he must attempt to reevoke that aggressive spirit in him, it is important as a team to provide him the natural stage to do so. It might just be a great idea to ask him to open the innings both in one-dayers and Tests. The once-upon a time argument that he is the most valuable player in the team...the most consistent player in the team and that his wicket must not be wasted is not valid anymore...Its not valid because the most consistent player is Dravid. (Some people might want to name Sehwag but i think its too early for that.). Anyways, i am sure he has both the technique and the skill to play at the top of the order. There can be no doubt about it. He is still one of the most correct batsmen in the world. Lets discuss the positives and the negatives that such a move might bring upon.
Positives:
For one, i believe that Kaif, Yuvaraj are much more talented players than Gautham Gambhir (no offense to Gambhir). They deserve a place in the team and they will now have the opportunity. Moreover, they will be playing low down the order, so the young guys can rally with the tail. I am sure they are much better at it than Laxman is.
Secondly, this will push Laxman up the order to number 4. It will turn out a great move because as we all know Laxman is the kind of player who needs time to score his humungous innings. We just simply dont provide him that kind of time by letting him bat at number 6.
Thirdly, if both Sachin and Sehwag do get going, then without any doubt the match is ours. Period.
Within a day they would have demoralized/and massacred the entire attack.
Moreover, assuming the first wicket falls in the 10th over, we would have already made about 50 runs by then. So Dravid when he comes in is not in undue pressure like the early half of his carreer when he came in consistently when the score read 2/1.
There are several other positives that i am not going to elaborate on...
Negatives:
Honestly, i have to think hard to come up with any.
If both Sachin and Sehwag get out early then we have a problem. But i personally wouldnt worry much because the rest of the batting lineup is good too...
Sachin might not like the idea of opening in Tests.---Well thats one thing. If he doesnt i dont know what to say...But i think its highly unlikely. I am sure hell welcome the challenge. In fact this might just be the challenge that propels his slowly slumbering career.
If such a change does occur: I hope it does but i am sure the Indian team management is not sensible enough to see that such a change exists...
1.Sachin
2.Sehwag
3.Dravid
4.Laxman
5.Ganguly/Kaif
6.Yuvraj
7.Dinesh Karthik
8.Pathan
9.Balaji
10.Bhajji
11.Kumble.
I am sure this looks a much better team....
I think just as he must attempt to reevoke that aggressive spirit in him, it is important as a team to provide him the natural stage to do so. It might just be a great idea to ask him to open the innings both in one-dayers and Tests. The once-upon a time argument that he is the most valuable player in the team...the most consistent player in the team and that his wicket must not be wasted is not valid anymore...Its not valid because the most consistent player is Dravid. (Some people might want to name Sehwag but i think its too early for that.). Anyways, i am sure he has both the technique and the skill to play at the top of the order. There can be no doubt about it. He is still one of the most correct batsmen in the world. Lets discuss the positives and the negatives that such a move might bring upon.
Positives:
For one, i believe that Kaif, Yuvaraj are much more talented players than Gautham Gambhir (no offense to Gambhir). They deserve a place in the team and they will now have the opportunity. Moreover, they will be playing low down the order, so the young guys can rally with the tail. I am sure they are much better at it than Laxman is.
Secondly, this will push Laxman up the order to number 4. It will turn out a great move because as we all know Laxman is the kind of player who needs time to score his humungous innings. We just simply dont provide him that kind of time by letting him bat at number 6.
Thirdly, if both Sachin and Sehwag do get going, then without any doubt the match is ours. Period.
Within a day they would have demoralized/and massacred the entire attack.
Moreover, assuming the first wicket falls in the 10th over, we would have already made about 50 runs by then. So Dravid when he comes in is not in undue pressure like the early half of his carreer when he came in consistently when the score read 2/1.
There are several other positives that i am not going to elaborate on...
Negatives:
Honestly, i have to think hard to come up with any.
If both Sachin and Sehwag get out early then we have a problem. But i personally wouldnt worry much because the rest of the batting lineup is good too...
Sachin might not like the idea of opening in Tests.---Well thats one thing. If he doesnt i dont know what to say...But i think its highly unlikely. I am sure hell welcome the challenge. In fact this might just be the challenge that propels his slowly slumbering career.
If such a change does occur: I hope it does but i am sure the Indian team management is not sensible enough to see that such a change exists...
1.Sachin
2.Sehwag
3.Dravid
4.Laxman
5.Ganguly/Kaif
6.Yuvraj
7.Dinesh Karthik
8.Pathan
9.Balaji
10.Bhajji
11.Kumble.
I am sure this looks a much better team....
posted by vashok | 3:39 PM
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2 Comments:
Sachin has been in News for quite sometime .To be honest debate on Tendulkar 's form is over shadowed thanks to Ganguly 's supreme form. Tendulkar has always been on headlines because he had been performing consistently quite some time , ( yes,thats unlike of Indian Players).Now that few young players have come and have rightfully taken the their places.They have begun to perform on a fairly consistent level.I personally feel thats too much to expect from Tendulkar.I have got my own reasons to beleive it . Lets look at any successful batsmen 's career
1) Debut
2) Hungry for runs
3) Scoring at consistently level
4) Bad patch
5) Back to basics
6) Come back ( Not as hungry as his younger days )
7) Saturation Point
8) Retirement
Of course with an expection to Bradman ,every one has gone through the kind of same lean patch like what Sachin Tendulkar 's going through .It is during the 2 and 3 level that a batsman amasses most of his runs in their career .Going by the stages , Sachin is somewhere in 5th stage .Probably thats when they get back to the basics to regain their lost touch .Looking at Sachin he has always performed to his potential in fact even more since he was playing for country like India ,where cricket is a relegion and the fans are extremists.He is always been a player who had his share in the team's victory .It is unfair to expect him to perform as well as he was doing in his younger days .He will comeback in style, all you Sachin fans just wait and watch ....
I dont think Tendulkar to open in Tests is a good idea at all. First because Sehwag and Gambhir are doing pretty well - of we put Sachin up there, it will be more of a case of trying to help Sachin out than be of benefit to the team. Besides it is wrong to say that if the 2 get off to a flyer the match is ours. So many times in the recent past we have seen Sehwag getting the team off to a flyer only for the middle order to waste the momentum.
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