I forgot to mention this early on, but I really want to extend my congratulations and respect to Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the highest run getter in Test Cricket. He surpassed Brian Lara the other day and has now surpassed the 12000 mark.
Critics and more importantly cynics have a negative image for Sachin. Far as I'm concerned, he is the greatest player in the world. People have this thing where they say he does not win any series in the finals for India. And his record does say that. Ponting, people say, is better. Lets not forget that cricket is a sport which is played as a team by 11 men. Ponting has a set of great 11. Sachin on the other hand rarely has had the support of the rest of the team through half his years in the sport. The remaining half was more like Real Madrid; a host of stars bunched together do not necessarily make the best team around. So I would put it differently when saying that Sachin has maybe not won any series for the country, but has damn well managed beyond the limits of a single man to cover the mistakes of 10 others in the team.
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