Everybody is talking about Sachin's retirement.

Dear Bigearner! Unfortunately for Indians Cricket is not a simple sport! since 1983 when India got its first World Cup, the cricket fever gripped almost all Indians. There after people have started enjoying the cricket on the TV and then the Cricket has become a religion in India. Having won 20-20 World Cup and second Time the World cup, people have given the Cricketers a special status in their lives! Their expectations have increased a lot from the players 1 they want that the Indian players must perform every time and they should make their county proud every time! They can't tolerate that their heroes are getting defeated like under dogs! Now loosing eight test matches out side the country in a row, they have practically gone mad! Eight times defeat that too in a very insulting manner is not easily digested by an average Indian cricket Fan! This is hard for him to accept the fact! In the frustration the common Cricket fans want that the bad performers should get retired from the team! Adding to the existing situation and making the situation worst the media people are blowing the defeat beyond the proportion to enrage the fans! So people in the fit of anger and rage against the team , they are not even ready to spare Sachin Tendulkar, in spite knowing the fact that he is a exceptional player and thee can't be another Tendulkar! In my opinion Sachin should not be disturbed till the time he doesn't completes his super Hundredth Century and there after I think he will take retirement all by himself! Sachin has been already subjected to injustice by not awarding him the much deserved and awaited Bharat Ratna award this year and on top of it if people ask him to take retirement, personally I feel that this will be a gross injustice to the great player! I wish him all the best! Thanks for the interesting discussion! Thanks !

Well I think this is the main problem with us, the indian cricket fans. Whenever it is about sachin, we become so much emotional that we try to escape from the reality. It is not about a series, it is about four matches, 8 inings, in which he had failed consecutively. India needed him so much and he failed. Not just failed he actually struggled in the last match against nathan lyon. It is not about what sehwag or gambhir has done. It is about what sachin has done. Even if BCCI axes sehwag and gambhir ( according you which is needed more), that wont mean that there is no need to axe sachin. Why has he failed? Definitely he is a great batsman but I think it is the time for him to think seriously about when to stop. If BCCI axes him before he quits, I think that wont be a great feeling. Isn't it?

I thing Sachin must play next world cup, as till date there fitness level is very well as compare to rahul and luxman, and these 2 gays luxman and rahul must retire from test and give chance to young player who waiting and waiting their position untill these player retire but sachin must continuous to play in Test as well as One day for india. No doubt the sachin is great batsman but when his mind is goes on her individual performance and specially for making 100 in any match then its seems they play some wrong short and get here wicket. So sachin must thinking about this inability.

more than 2 years at mylot and only now i really see sachin-haters in this discussion.i wonder why they didn't say anything in the last couple of years. first of all,lets be clear about Dravid and Laxman.these players gave up their spot for youngsters for the inaugural T20 tournament. they stopped playing ODI cricket long time ago and gave youngsters chance to perform. nobody asked them retire from both the above mentioned formats.infact dravid was surprised when he was picked for an odi series last year. now they are playing only test cricket and even they knew that their retirement is near. dravid admitted that too. so after more than a decade long service,is giving them the choice of hanging their boots at their own will such a tough thing to do? all of you who are rooting for their heads,if you are honest with yourself and think of yourself as one of those cricketer,would you want to retire in such a humiliating manner after 10-15 years of service? i would like to hear atleast one yes from the crowd. for one i feel pity for the youngsters who think they are gonna fill up their shoes. while seniors get retirement,they get dropped after a poor series or two. and what this i hear about sachin not scoring runs? ever since his century last jan,he scored almost 800 runs in 12 matches and you cal that poor form? i wonder what you can say about the guy who scored 580 runs in as many matches with 3 ducks to boot? shall we axe him? about sachin being praised above the rest.well he earned it. even the adamant aussies says sachin is god of cricket.may be they were some india fans in the disguise of hayden and hussey? no one can say anything wrong about the fab four. the players didn't have any heirarchy. its the press and fans who believe sachin as number 1,then dravid,then laxman,then ganguly. funny enough even selectors think that way. so eventualy if there is talk of retirement,it starts from ganguly to sachin. its not sachin's fault. ever since Sachin came into limelight,many youngsters including the bunch in the present test,odi and t20 squads think sachin as their inspiration for coming to cricket. few of them made it and thousands of them still working on it. whether he likes it or not,he is the brand of cricket. because he lives as an inspiration in pretty much every young cricketer,indian or abroad,he will be considered as God of cricket ,whether you like or not. personally i dont care about those Tv pundits.if need TRP,they wouldn't even mind digging Gandhi's grave. final thought.there is no 'if' only 'when' in cricketer's dictionary.let them chose the when while the rest of you just go and watch IPL and cheerleaders.

sachin is a god for cricket.and i'm not worrying his performance in this series.but don't forget he is also a human like us.it's not good to expect anything more from the god.from his teen age he is serving india entertaining the world.think about his age. assume any of your family member is working hard at the age of 60 and he is not able to spend the time with family also..how hard it is.it's sme for sachin also. his dream is to give world cup to india.he done it.that's all we finally expect from him. i hope it's good for sachin to give his retirement soon and stay in our hearts forever.

Bharat Ratna award must be given to sachin only because he offer nation more than what other did. why you don't like him so much. he desreve this awrads and many more.

Hi bigearner, I think this is just a kneejerk reaction from the frustration of whitewashes! Well, I think Sachin, Dravid, Laxman should retire and I hope they will do that soon. But asking them to retire right away may not be right. What were all doing since last couple of years? It shows there is no planning in Indian Cricket. Why some losses come they suddenly wake up! And start asking for heads of some players. It has been like that since years and it is a pity that it is the same even now. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail is a saying and this applies perfectly to Indian Cricket. And they are famous for temporary patches and not going for permanent solutions. Worshipping, regionalism, politics, favor-ism, bias etc are integrated in Indian system so much that they will go any length to justify what they do. Sachin still can play and contribute but I guess he should retire when he is on high rather than when he starts to fail. So he knows exactly how he is feeling about his play, he should judge about the time to retire. It also applies to Dravid and Laxman. I guess, Dravid ll retire this year may be after another series. Laxman may try to play another year but his form is the problem.

Sachin's retirement who the hell talking like tnis for him. I will cut the throat, might he had failed to deliver his performances in this test it doesn't mean that he should go down. He still have more potentials then other players in India. I love to see his cenutury and i want to celebrate the historic even. He must play more and prove other's wrong. As in past alot of people told much for him but what he did he speak with his bat and shown the world what he is capable of. You are right if some one should go down because of bad performance in a single then whole team need the punishment. Eveyone who played worst must go down.

Hey there big earner, For me I believe that a player should be retired by his fans or anyone else in there thoughts when he has not proven himself for a long time and he is no longer a contributor to the team and by your words is just one game and all of the players failed so we should not put the blame on one everyone had a chance to make the team win but they didn't.