Congratulation to Sachin, the greatest batsman to be the first double centurion in ODI.

Way to go Sachin. We are proud of you.

Hope you win the world cup in 2011 before calling quits.


Ramesh

I certainly think he is a real great sportsman, may be the best sportsman of all times for India, not just best cricketer of all times!

However, I also feel that he had undergone a great, positive change over the last 6 to 7 years! Most of you know what I mean! Unlike earlier, over the last 6 to 7 years, he was playing very very positively and playing more for the team than for himself alone!!!

I do not know whether he had undergone that change on his own or because of criticism from media and public or because of pressure from the likes of Greg Chapell, etc.!!!!


Venkat

Venkat ji,

I fully agree with your first statement.

Not living in India I hardly get to watch any matches live or on TV. I do follow the scores on Internet
I use to be able to watch cricket until 1980 and was a huge fan of Gavaskar, Vishwnath, Engineer,Chandra etc. Some how even without watching I became even a bigger fan of Sachin. I have heard similar comments to the one in your second staement and could never quite understood it. " He scores runs for
himself", " India never wins when he scores", etc.

Some one once posted stats of wins/loss and his scores and none of the comments made any sense.
He is and always was a prolific run scorer. India won when he scored and sometimes not. But as long
as he was at the wicket he was a threat to the other team that was for sure.

One thing that I admired the most is that as great as he is he always came across as simple, sincere and
full of national pride. More so than any other player that I have known since I have followed cricket.

Ramesh

India wins world cup and Sachin finally eleminates any doubt that he is th Greatest batsman in history of
cricket to date. Congratulation to to Team India and Sachin. I am sure he will get his 100th 100 in very
near future.


Ramesh