Two opinions over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556’s retirement – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, where the Little Master failed to make an impression and looked completely out of sorts.
The Little Master could only manage 63 runs in three innings of the two-match series at an average of 21 runs per innings, which is way below the great batsman’s usual standards.
Tendulkar, 39, is considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of the game’s rich history, and has been an amazing servant of Indian cricket in the previous two decades. With more than 33 thousand runs at the sport’s ultimate level, there is no other player
who even comes close to the legend’s statistics.
However, the Mumbai-born cricketer’s performance has deteriorated over the last 18 months and there is a strong school of thought which believes that the Master Blaster should call it a day now.
Former Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863, feels that Tendulkar looked completely out of sorts against the Black Caps, which he believes, is quite natural because of his age.
"The dismissal that was most disturbing was that of the 'master' when he was bowled through the gate. With age, the feet don't come to the pitch of the ball, the eyes don't pick up the ball early," said Gavaskar.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 however, still has complete faith in Tendulkar’s abilities and thinks that the great cricketer struggled in the just-finished series due to lack of match-practice. The former captain believes that Sachin can still represent India for another
year or two.
"His ability has not declined, he just has not had enough time out in the middle," the former batsman expressed. "The problem is with his shot selection and that is because he has not played for the last few months."
The man who matters the most, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, is confident that Tendulkar will come good sooner or later, because he has a habit of silencing his critics with performance on the field.
"The good thing is that whenever people talk about his form, he comes up with a brilliant performance. I’m waiting for that," stated Dhoni.
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