Oh the humanity.
How do we let people like Karthik on the streets that our children play on.
The man is a monster.
You know what he did, and you are justifiably appalled by it.
Ensuring your team gets a victory ahead of allowing a man with more hundreds than anyone else get another one.
Does it get much lower than that.
Sure the Karthik sympathisers might try and say, the ball was on his pads, all he did was try and get bat on it, why didn’t Sachin really go for his hundred, and why didn’t Sachin run a two the last ball he faced, but these people are low filthy scum that don’t deserve to live in a world with free pornography available for all.
Hanging is too good for Karthik.
The filthy swine.
Some people may say I am overreacting, but they didn’t see how torn up Sachin was.
The poor little guy.
That six he hit was Un-Indian, and anyone who does that is no friend of cricket, or life itself.
He didn’t just stop Sachin from making a hundred, he pretty much reached into his chest, grabbed his heart, pulled it out, threw it on the ground, and kicked dirt onto it. DIRT.
When you deny Sachin a hundred you are essentially defecating on the very essence of the spirit of cricket.
But you like that, don’t you, Dinesh.
Based on Dinesh’s actions I have decided not to bring a child into this world, with people like him around, how could I?
Sunil gavaskar and ravi sastri are babbling on about how sachin going to get his century etc etc…it was funny…when karthik hit that six and sealed it. Big silence on the booth like karthik killed a president or something…i was so happy he hit six.
Still gavaskar is going to quit…he was babbling on how sachin going to hit six to get his century …this and that. Karthik screw that up again by hitting 4.
Karthik is mortal enemy of gavaskar and sashtri now. :p
And also mortal enemy to almost 1.5 billion indians except from bengal ( they like ganguly better) and tamilnadu ( karthilk’s state).
It is unbelievable they even writing article about this in newspapers of how karthik killed hopes of all sachin fans. Indians obsessed with stats because they can’t hold on to anything else because there is no winners in any big time sports.
Field hockey gold used to be the pride…(India won 1980 when most western nation boycotted moscow olympics).
Now let’s wait for the effigies to burn.
The last ball from Malinga was down the leg side and was 5 wides (atleast that’s what cricinfo says). So Karthik didn’t deny Sachin the century, actually. Malinga did. BTW, what’s with Sanga’s tactics of trying to deny Sachin the century by spreading the field for Sachin and denying him a boundary? The game was clearly lost at that point, and that was just mean.
Oh, and you can find other such heinous crimes committed on the cricket field in JRod’s book: “Ashes 2009: When Freddie Became Jesus“.
Deep Cower, I didn’t see the umpire give it wides, and I thought karthik had got bat on it, if it was wides Karthik should have stuck his leg out and stopped it. Obviously. And seriously dude, is the byline really bothering you. I hardly do ads, I don’t have linkage on the posts, I reject 90% of all advertising outright, there are no pop ups, and I make virtually no money on the site, so if I wanna flog my book under each post, what is the problem with that?
It is quiet clear sanga do not like sachin. Sanga is the one told media sachin begged him to play so he complete his century. Sanga do not like stats obsessed sachin. he find it is immature and childish and pathetic.
I am with sanga on that.
Sanga did not like karthik scoring single to make sachin bat. Infact karthik did play few overs try to get single. Sanga noticed it and brought his fielders inside. And sachin scoring singles when he bat instead of 4s. Karthik had enough of this after 5 overs , he said screw this and hit SIX. Infact Sachin had umpteenth chances to score century. if karthik play out last over and sachin keep taking singles india would have lost the game. hahaha.
If anyone want to blame , blame sachin for his inability to take risk and hit 4s.
Every team play india now has two goals. Deny sachin century and beat india. Indians prefer sachin score century that winning. Hahaha.
JRod – I was just kidding. I honestly thought that would be funny, and clearly I was wrong. I appreciate the fact that you maintain a clean site (which is why I visit it so regularly!). I apologize if that came out the wrong way.
@ alex: “Sanga is the one told media sachin begged him to play so he complete his century.”
ha, never let truth stand in the way of a good story, eh, alex?
Deep Cower, No problems mate, hypersensitive when it comes to book.
Uncle J, actually it is not a bad idea to have a byline on your book in all comments. Some chaps seem to come here only to post comments and may not go down upto the end of the post:)
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Leave Gavaskar & Shastri. Sachin didn’t seem to take it too seriously. After the boundary was hit, he shook hands with the umpire standing next to him, couple of sri lankan player & then went straight to Karthik with a genuine ear-to-ear smile (at least I didn’t find it artificial).
He seems to be on a different trip these days. Lot has been spoken about how he never ‘finishes’ the game. Off late he’s been trying to do that.
Do not take things serious in this blog. It is like comedy central where people get news , here we get cricket news courtesy of jrod. :)
jrod,
so where is your book selling in toronro
Alex, Register your email at this page, and you get free postage to Toronto.
It was entirely Sri Lanka’s ploy to deny Sachin a hundred (I must confess I enjoyed the fact that the run machine could not ‘earn’ his century this time :D ). Ok, back to my claim on SL’s disgusting tactics. This game reminded me of yet another similar incident back in 2001/02 when Vaas purposefully denied Ganguly a century in the second Test at Kandy, with India chasing in fourth innings!! (Tests->Away->Successful chase->4th innings->India->100!) With Sourav on 98, the SOB sent one down the leg just like Malinga did yday and robbed poor ole dada of a deserving century! How I hate their negative tactics!!
Here’s more on the other match I was talking about:
Gosh! I wish more and more Sehwag/Gilchrist/MSD onslaught on these wicked bunch of cricketers :P
Big fan of JROD. Never left a comment before. Was watching the match in Doordarshan. Karthik was trying to get Sachin to his hundred and in trying to defend, there was an lbw appeal. Post that delivery,you can hear Sachin telling Karthik, “Its ok. Play normally”.
Next ball he came down the wicket and hit it for a six. Dont think it affected Sachin in anyway. All bullshit media hype. He has got out in the 90s 17 times before.. One more does not matter anymore.
sachin was okay with it? i don’t think so.
i am not an expert on reading faces but that looks like – “seriously wtf?!”
Alex, seriously dude, either proofread what you type in here or at least hire someone to do that for you. If you are going to post lengthy (and mostly inaccurate) posts, at least put in an effort to say something people can comprehend.
On the Topic, Sachin did not seem bothered at all and was not slightest bothered when Dravid declared the innings when he was on 194. It is mostly the media fabricating stories for the “Alexes” of the world. He has already made it clear that he is going to keep playing till 2011 WC and that gives him ample time to get more hundreds. ;-)
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whining abt dinesh and accusing him is pointless, sachin took his own sweet time to try an reach his century……dinesh jus did the instinctive,a loose on the leg will definitely result in a flick or a glance, itspure batsman instinct ….and did any1 notice that maling was tryin to bowl a yokerevery alternate delivery to karthik???? and he failed half the time resultin in full tosses or wide balls……
How an u possibly accuse the bowler, or the captain of the opposite team of so called “negative tactics”….they re human after all…wtf wud u do if u wer in their shoes???? be generous and let som dude whos been raoin ur team all day hit his century???? ofc not!!!!! atleast i wud not, and u claim that u wud,its obvious ur lyin thru ur teeth…..
@Alex, can you stop with the Sachin hate? Clearly you do not like Sachin and we get your point, but stop being such a lowlife. You do not have to spew venom in all of your posts.
And JRod, another top post!
I know I have been seeing this Alex chap around, hahaha the rubbish I have read.
Come on Alex, admit to us that you want us to make fun of you. Because that’s what I’m pretty sure everyone does.
No one, not bowlers, not pitches, a crushing schedule, the BCCI, hostile foreign press or even little Dinesh Kaartttthiiicccckkkk (I think he’ll add a few letters to improve the numerological content of his name) can stop sachin from 100 international centuries by the time he ret…. qu….give..
…still can’t bring myself to say it…
Don’t blame Dinesh karthick. Sachin playing cricket for the past 20 years and still struggle to score when he is in 80′s.
People never compare sachin with anyone or compare with real legends like Lara who never played a single ball for his individual record he will always play for the team.
Why sachin can’t do that? It clearly shows sachin’s inability and shows he only plays for his records.
i agree with FRANKEE. Lara is the real legend play only for his team.
Always sachin get slower when he get close to 100.
@ Alok..
Come on bro….sachin is a god, there is no doubting that, but its hight time he retires!!!all his contemproaries shud be made to retire…..dravid, vvs..the whole lot of em. dravid and sachin can prolly stay ultin WC’11 IF THEY CONTINUE TO IMPRESS but if they dont, i see no point in keepin them…they shud be put 2 pasture. they had a great rn, there is no denying that….
@ Sunny: I dont think a single freeze frame can capture that whole moment. Sachin seemed alright with it. In fact, as someone else mentioned, he had a genuine ear to ear smile on his face. Also, I feel that, if he really wanted his century so bad, with the match situation as it was, he’d have asked Dinesh to slow down and Dinesh would have happily obliged. It’s hard to imagine an Indian intentionally denying Sachin a century. There simply is nothing to be gained by that except the ire of Sachin fanatics, of whom there are many! And also, unlike in tests, where Ponting is hot on his heels, Sachin’s fans seem pretty content with his ODI record. So, I feel it’s a non-issue really.
@JRod: As much as I enjoyed this article, I hope your sarcasm was pointed at the frenetic fans and the hyperbolic Indian media rather than imply at Sachin’s greed for records.
Sunny, Funny how that photo keeps being shown and not the hug and smile that Sachin gave Dinesh straight away.
Sashank, I don’t think Sachin gave one little shit about the hundred, if he did, he would have gone for it. So this is not about how he felt one way or another.
Alok – maybe there are a few Indians slaving away in their labs to robotically replace Sachin’s body parts so that he can keep on scoring runs. Just like they worked on pitches so that they could double batting averages..
HI alex,
The way you say that Karthicks state is TamilNadu, and we will support him,,, i think here you are making a partition of India….Cricket is just a game, enjoy it, dont bring other states into a controversy here.
It is the North Indians who always think we(the south ) are apart.
But we treat everyone equal..
Change your words
Sanga, The pitches help the opponents too. Yes Sachin has been superhuman , in that sense he has robotically made body parts. But what Dinesh did was right too.
Little known secret: Dinesh Karthik and Sanga are very close friends. During the 2007 world cup, after India lost a match, in the evening DK joined Sanga for a dinner.
@Varun
I speak for a generation of cricket lovers in India who have no memories of cricket before Tendulkar. Even Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman, et al came much later into our consciousness but Sachin was Indian cricket and Indian cricket was Sachin.
Maybe, in time, we’ll get to like the Vijays and the Badrinaths and the Gambhirs and who knows, the Kohlis and Rainas as well, but it will be tough getting over the day (inevitable as it is, and it is not far off), when Sachin walks out for India for the fin… las…
still can’t bring myself to say it.
Sunny, Nice photo. Sachin is saying “why were you worried after hitting the boundary. It’s OK”
@jrod / ramki / sashank – i think i need to tag all my posts as sarcasm. of course dinesh is not at fault…it was upto sachin to bring up his ton just as he missed out on the double ton against pakistan a few years back. i don’t really believe sachin cares about personal milestones…but i see it as a missed opportunity especially since it was deserving one.
@frankee – i am big fan of lara but team player? how many days did he take to get his 400?! as for punter, clarke has been in better form over the past couple of seasons.
Confirming what Saj said and putting an end to all random speculation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0PeMT0QG3g (Watch @ 1:22)
That squeaky voice is unmistakable.
He says, “Play normal, play normal”
Kris said Sachin has a squeaky voice, go get him.
hahahha @jrod.
Kris this is blasphemy. Hang the bastard! :)
To all sachin fans, go to hell. :p
I am teflon. So i say lot of things to make sachin fans react , ofcourse you can say anything you want. Nothing wrong. It is all fun. Fire away.
Sachin will mess up any chances of india winning 2011 worldcup by wasting one youngster spot. Sachin will be the sole reason for india’s 2011 exit. 1.5 billion indians will see it in close quarters then they will be convinced sachin is not that great just another media hype and a LOSER.
Media will try to sugarcoat the ouster with pointing to sachin records as he is the greatest ..blah blah and forget completely the 2011 debacle. it happened in 2007. It will happen again in 2011…history repeat itself.
Some people inspire others by delivering when odds are against them, some do not (you know who)..
There is no way in the hell , india winning 2011 worldcup unless sachin breaks his leg 6 months early so youngster has to time to settle in his spot.
Any takers for my theory? I have it nailed! It is the Lankans who hatched this dirty plot to break down the entire nation.
Proof: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63944.html
They have done this before. Oh! Am I a genius or what :)
Its a cruel world after all. Every man for himself
That’s what all matters
Ah sarcasm! the chosen form of humor…you beauty
Get real, guys!
Fact is, Sachin doesn’t care about the little milestones anymore. The man has 93 friggin’ half-centuries… that could easily have been converted to a lot more centuries than he already has.
Karthik needs these runs – helps him stay behind Dhoni in the pecking order. He deserves it, too, he’s a fine batsman.
Let’s just talk about how useful Jadeja is turning out to be.
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I think this thread could do with a link to Jrod’s book.
I mean, his army is even doing it over at King Cricket now.
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Man so many wankers going after Sachin after he got a run a ball 96*. The comments section has well and truly gone to shit UncleJ.
horatius, It’s only one person. The comments went to shit way more last week.
Dm, Should be in shops in the UK, and hoping for India and Australia although not sure when.
CHANDRRASHEK, no more capital letters on every word in your posts. I hate capital letters, and will spam your ass if you do it again.
There is only two thing sachin really wants.
1. Establish Big gap in centuries between him and ponting. ( i say nothing wrong with that).
2. Wants to play in World cup. ( This i do not like).
Sachin is unfit to indian team. He is wasting youngster spot in ODI team. Sachin can’t field , he can’t bowl , he can’t bat when india need him. He is a FREE LOADER.
He had chances in 1996, 2000, 2004,2007. He screw it up all. Now he wants to ride dhoni’s coattail and win the world cup. And all media would say India won the world cup because of sachin battting blah blah.
If india ever going to win world cup , it must be because of dhoni’s captaincy. He need all the right tools. If he do not have that it will be end up like 2009 20/20.
Sachin gives false hope and drag his feet …He must go if india is going to win the world cup. We need few youngster to play one year establish his spot in ODI team. if he broke his foot . elbow or leg just before World cup , india won’t be prepared even if he play he gives false sense of hope and others slack off.
Sachin do not inspire anyone in Indian Team. They may say something similar like sachin is god , it is just escape route , it gives free ticket and indian media won’t bother you after you say that. Hahaha.
I am not throwing venom at sachin , i only want sachin not to play world cup and let youngster start to play from now , so he can get enough experience by that time world cup comes.
I think sachin is extremely selfish about his image , he desperately want that world cup as a FREE LOADER in the indian team and so people say sachin is better than kapil dev etc. etc.
Not happing folks He will destroy any chance of india winning world cup. Mark my words.
Sachin was never a winner and never will be. The main reason is that he can’t inspire everyone around him to play 150% of their level. Instead others slack off and play 50%.
Is it sachin fault. Yes it is. he never been example of team man. Always about how to increase his stats. Great technical batsman but not good for india. Empty pride if you ask me.
hey alex…name one youngster who deserves the spot over sachin? check sachin’s ODI stats over the last couple of years and then sprout your bs about why sachin is not deserving of a spot.
and if there are so many youngsters fighting to get into the ODI squad…why do we still persist with raina + PK? i mean seriously?! that last two promising talent has been rohit sharma and jadeja. i would add ojha to that list but india keep playing that twat bhajji.
Alex, zip it.
Jrod, any chance of your book coming up at bookstores?
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You guys keep forgetting and think only of sachin records etc. How many finals he scored when india needs him. Zilch. Simple. Use Math. Zip.
Sachin does play exceptionally well like great master in meaningless pressureless games.
We all know that. You all will say if sachin get out cheap others should play well. Well , Sachin gives false sense of hope. Others think sachin win the game on his own as media hyping sachin to be this super great so much they believe in sachin like mhatre does here.
Wake up people. He can’t win World cup.
He is the negative energy that pulling india down. He always let others take the pressure spot. Why he do not take first strike in ODI or Open in Test ? He always let other batsman to take a strike so he can see how the pitch behaves. He never leads. He never won anything that matters.
Key player for indian team is Brilliant Dhoni. Not sehwag Not sachin. Indian team do not need sachin. What indian team need is young legs that can field well. Sehwag make the job easy though. Sehwag help is needed only very high pressure game where he can destroy opposition plan until he gets out.
To win a world cup you need above average fielding side. I do not think indian bowlers can field well and also do not bowl well in pressure games. Unless sehwag and dhoni go crazy in every game , india has no chance.
Hope sachin buddies read this and tell sachin and he quit impossible worldcup dream
Let kohli or rohit or another youngster takes his place. Then we will have accountability.
There was no accountability for 2007 debacle. Will be the same same story in 2011. Sad thing is whole nation will mourn another loss in 2011 worldcup because of sachin.
Mark my words on this. It will happen and no other way. Unless sachin call it quits.
Alex – Yawn!! These arguments, bullshit as they are have been heard and discussed countless times. Bring some new one.
FYI I have been a fan of Sachin since he hammered those runs in Harris Shield (heard of this tournament?) when I was six and just learning how to hold a bat. I saw him hit that masterful century at Perth and became a superfan. You must not know of the innings he has played at the age of your darling Kohli. Heck a Kohli cannot match him even now when age is supposed to have caught up with him.
I do not think of him as some God (that privilege is reserved for the One…but the One himself is said to have modelled his game on him). Just a mighty fine batsman who even at this age has the ability of unleashing great displays of batsmanship.
Also, if you want him to be dropped forget about age. If he were going through a bad patch, sure. Right now, he is batting like a dream.
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Yay, Alex, for once, typed something that made sense. Accuracy, although is still in infancy. Whether Sachin should keep playing till WC 2011 pretty much depends on his fitness and form. However, the kind of form he has shown – almost all through his career, but significantly over last 2 years, there is not a single player on bench in the Indian squad can match up to. Alex apparently missed the CB series ODIs India played in Australia. Someone please point Alex to statsguru – probably help figure him out how to use it too. ;-)
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And yes no one can win a game on his own. Cricket is a team game. Even Lara needed an Ambrose at the other end to beat Australia at Barbados (Not a slur against Lara as I was a huge fan of his batting and had stayed up until 3 am to watch that fantastic Barbados innings)
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Alex, dear friend, MSD won a ODI tournament in Australia..thanks to,,er,,some old man scoring a century and a 90 in the 2 finals.
Oh, why am I saying this? This spoils the “sachin never wins tournaments for India” narrative.
You all seems obsessed with his batting stats more than his play when under pressure.
Until he proves himself in crunch situation, he is not that good in my eyes. The problem with sachin is he makes others around him play worse than thier normal level.
Always like that. He do not inspire anyone. I can repeat 1000 times , but it is not getting through sachin fans rock heads. I like people who wants to win the game at any cost.
i do not even care whether sachin bats slow…if he finishes the game in finals or getting close to win at crunch situation. Sachin never done that in any finals.
Sachin is useless for me . I will drop him. What India need is role players who go field like maniac and contribute with bats some. Sachin can anchor and score runs in tons in useless games. Who cares. Only idiots care about stats. You can only bring stats if the guy is a winner like ponting.
India need to learn the WINNING concept. Enough of this empty philosophy of win and loss are same crap. Winning is the only thing. Only thing media should write about is winners. Not loser’s stats.
That is useless win. I only care about champions trophy and world cup. he played in 1996,1999,2003, 2007. Nothing to show. No more proof needed.
Why people obsessed with meaningless win is beyond ….
Let him score century and win the world cup or even champions trophy. Until then zip it sachin fans. :)
I like people with never say die attitude and win the game. Like Kapil did when india were 17 for 5. I want to see that kind of effort when things are going bad around him , kapil single handedly won the game and world cup. Until then sachin is overhyped bozo. Sehwag is million times better than sachin.
hahaha, Alex you are so dumb that you are actually funny.
Now continue the rant..
@alex – How many has Sehwag won? You care about Champions Trophy. Well, India did win one though it was joint.
I see you as a cricket fan wannabe who thinks of only ODIs as the pinnacle of cricket. The real pinnacle is Test cricket and whatever you may call it, ICC rankings currently show India as No.1 in Test cricket. And my dear old ignorant friend, Sachin has played a huge role in the victory.
When one resorts to pure rabble rousing without any substance, it is a sure sign of cluelessness. Go brush up your cricket history esp. about Test cricket.
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People are real fools if they comment on integrity of sachin tendulkar. If sachin was playing for his personal glory he would have crashed the bowlers to all corners of the park. He just did’nt want to lose the match like other players who had thrown their wickets recklessly . Dinesh karthik please don’t be so merciless when a legend is approaching another milestone of 100 international centuries. It is not only glory for himself. It is a glory for mother india and glory for 1 billion people to produce a great son like him. Don’t be selfish, playing along side tendulkar itself is a great honour to any body. I want to tell sangakara that if sachin is begging him to play to get another century, he is well within his rights to do so. The result is immaterial one needs to play 90 overs in a day people think twice before making comments on sachin tendulkar. Sach keep going you are a true bharat ratna
Alex, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
“I only care about Champions Trophy and World Cup.”
Clearly you have no idea that other series count.
Sachin is the highest scorer in World Cups. He played a huge role in getting India to the finals in 2003, while 2007 was a collective team failure. No one says he is a God, and not everyone can play Dravid-esque innings like a man in a burning buildings.
What I’m saying is his innings count, his experience counts – whether him playing fluently gives others confidence about the pitch’s nature, or being at the other end while Sehwag goes berserk, urging him to be patient and play a longer innings.
You just want to be different from the masses who would rightly support Sachin any time of the day.
The day Sachin feels he cannot contribute further to the team, he will retire.
For now, we need him.
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