Sachin - a gentleman? a role model??
You see and hear Sachin Tendulkar all around? Its more bcos the media decided to use that thread now, for lack of anything else spicy..we all know their regular 'news deprivation syndrome', don’t we?
Why is 20 years any special? Especially when every outing, every century, every move of his has been celebrated..
I accept some of his strokes and innings are the best you can get to see in cricket. For me the back foot punch screaming to cover boundary splitting the fielders is an unbelievable stroke..and it has been produced too many times and so is the best shot of his.
But I do have lotsa questions esp now that they are ‘over glorifying’ this demi-god..
-has he ever delivered some sensible sentence, even on cricket except the mundane- bowlers didn’t bowl well, batsmen didn’t bat well or such like..
-has he ever stood up to any nonsense diktat of the selectors. Mind you, if he didn’t (or cant) none can..for he is the god of ticket sales all over the world even today. So in his prime he shud have stood up to them..but did he?
-Actually one hears his voice only when he is endorsing some rubbish product for some crores..
-Remember Pulela Gopichand? He refused to endorse pepsi or any cola just after his All England win. He said he wouldn’t endorse any wrong/unhealthy product to next gen!
-Will sachin ever do something like that? Oh! Well, we hear he wudnt drink the competitior’s product..how nice?
-Oh yeah! Remember how he used his clout and pull to avoid paying the tax for a Ferrari? Oops that Ferrari itself came free and he wanted to avoid the tax too..hmm what a standard to set aint for the youngsters?
-Has he ever voiced something politically correct or more so against something (politically) wrong?
-I remember reading (in Madhavan’s report or some such 100+ page document) that almost all bookies attended his marriage! If true what a sham! Esp when so much noise was made that it was very personal and none including the press and big wigs were invited. (I accept that part of not welcoming press and others..but the presence of all bookies, hmm?)
-If many incidents like that of Azhars, prabhakar’s siddu’s, Cronje’s etc
happened so close to your room or right under your nose, what should your reaction be? what do u expect from some star like this? A role model, eh?
I still accept that he is a class act. I do accept some of his innings are fantastic to watch even today. Also his conduct as a player in & off the field, his matured way of carrying his head well in tact above his shoulder all through. There are so many pluses.
I do accept his slips especially in the recent past and I do (almost) endorse every word of Prem’s thoughts on this recently (and do check the link to his earlier take).
But what I cant stand the most is his failure to stand up and set an example..
So I really object to this inundation of adulation. I will question his stand and stature outside the arena..I feel we have every right to question that..He is a great in this game, but not a gentleman and definetly not the god or role model the mass media is trying to portray him to be.
Why is 20 years any special? Especially when every outing, every century, every move of his has been celebrated..
I accept some of his strokes and innings are the best you can get to see in cricket. For me the back foot punch screaming to cover boundary splitting the fielders is an unbelievable stroke..and it has been produced too many times and so is the best shot of his.
But I do have lotsa questions esp now that they are ‘over glorifying’ this demi-god..
-has he ever delivered some sensible sentence, even on cricket except the mundane- bowlers didn’t bowl well, batsmen didn’t bat well or such like..
-has he ever stood up to any nonsense diktat of the selectors. Mind you, if he didn’t (or cant) none can..for he is the god of ticket sales all over the world even today. So in his prime he shud have stood up to them..but did he?
-Actually one hears his voice only when he is endorsing some rubbish product for some crores..
-Remember Pulela Gopichand? He refused to endorse pepsi or any cola just after his All England win. He said he wouldn’t endorse any wrong/unhealthy product to next gen!
-Will sachin ever do something like that? Oh! Well, we hear he wudnt drink the competitior’s product..how nice?
-Oh yeah! Remember how he used his clout and pull to avoid paying the tax for a Ferrari? Oops that Ferrari itself came free and he wanted to avoid the tax too..hmm what a standard to set aint for the youngsters?
-Has he ever voiced something politically correct or more so against something (politically) wrong?
-I remember reading (in Madhavan’s report or some such 100+ page document) that almost all bookies attended his marriage! If true what a sham! Esp when so much noise was made that it was very personal and none including the press and big wigs were invited. (I accept that part of not welcoming press and others..but the presence of all bookies, hmm?)
-If many incidents like that of Azhars, prabhakar’s siddu’s, Cronje’s etc
happened so close to your room or right under your nose, what should your reaction be? what do u expect from some star like this? A role model, eh?
I still accept that he is a class act. I do accept some of his innings are fantastic to watch even today. Also his conduct as a player in & off the field, his matured way of carrying his head well in tact above his shoulder all through. There are so many pluses.
I do accept his slips especially in the recent past and I do (almost) endorse every word of Prem’s thoughts on this recently (and do check the link to his earlier take).
But what I cant stand the most is his failure to stand up and set an example..
So I really object to this inundation of adulation. I will question his stand and stature outside the arena..I feel we have every right to question that..He is a great in this game, but not a gentleman and definetly not the god or role model the mass media is trying to portray him to be.
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9 Comments:
At November 16, 2009 10:20 AM, Anonymous said…
Yes. Sachin is a great player. The fact that he could play for 20 years of competitive cricket stands testimony to that. He has been "one man army" for India for many matches. But as you said, there is a bit of over glorification in the media that his negatives are being overlooked
Many times, he has placed his personal milestones, targets above the larger interests of the team. Go through this beautiful article written about that. He gets bogged down by records, statistics. http://cricket.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/06/slide-show-1-sachin-tendulkar-the-god-of-large-things.htm
There are many instances to infer that.
1. In the recent series, he has played slowly (very) till he reached 17,000 runs. (in spite of the reqd., runrate, team's interest). Only after achieving that insipid target, he played that 175 innings.
2. I still remember in a test match (Ind vs Pak played in India), he played well till some 60 and then started pushing and prodding wanting a century wasting precious time & balls . (again some stupid no. of test centuries record)
India was in a very comfortable situation at that point and with rains forecast for the next day, a quick fire cameo would have served the team interest.
That match was drawn by Pak. Ind missed the win.
One could quote many such examples
…,
And he is not of the captaincy material and may not be that tough mentally. That could explain why he has not stood up to those people or why he has not fared that well in chasing or in second innings when compared to batting first or first innings.
All said and done, he is a very modest, well disciplined, gifted batsman.
But according God status, pouring these many accolades are definitely flattery.
Jai.
At November 17, 2009 12:46 AM, Unknown said…
Ananth, Gooood to see a post like this by a cricket-lover!
At November 17, 2009 9:10 AM, Deepak said…
Nice post indeed!
There is no easy classification for Sachin :)
At November 20, 2009 10:30 PM, Ananthoo said…
@jai- bang on jai..captaincy was a joke..esp bcos he cud have done what he wanted for what he was for Indian cricket then!
@ Anu- hmm..was always a fan and never fanactic:-)i still like cricket and maintain its a disease and am afflicted by it;-)
@deepak..thx and thx for ur visit too.
At December 07, 2009 5:40 AM, saty said…
sachin always does his work
he does nt indulge in ny work irrelevant to him.He is a role model because he set new standards in cricket.When u mentioned that he asked for tax exemption, y dont u mention his charity work???
y should a cricketer indulge in some political activites.His work is to play cricket for india and he does it with perfection.do u have any proofs that many bookies attended his marriage??
just think before blindly writing anything.
yaa that link u mentioned contains many examples where he played very slow
if he played sloww in all his innings his strike rate would be around 88 in ODIs???
you mentioned the instances he failed what about the matches where he turned out to be a hero??
DO you think all the people like bradman,shane warne, gavaskar.....
are fools to praise him?
grow up man
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