Talk:Sachin Tendulkar

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Edit request on 04th October 2013

Please add Sachin last match score also. He finished his 50000666666 at 5th april , 2013. He is run continued.

Edit request on 011th November 2013

Please recheck Sachin's early domestic carrer. http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/-lsquo-Sachin-Tendulkar-was-convinced-by-Sunil-Gavaskar-to-play-for-Yorkshire-rsquo/32510 Kindly elaborate that it was actually Craig who was supposed to be first overseas player for yorkshire but he suffered groin injury a month before his propose debut which made for Sachin.

Edits required in 'Injuries and decline amid surpassing Bradman's haul'

Some of the statements presented here are too general and unsupported by facts:

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During this period from about 2002 to 2006–7, Sendulkar's batting often seemed to be a shadow of its former self. He was inconsistent, and his big knocks mostly came in sedate, accumulative, uncharacteristic fashion. He seemed to have either cut out or lost the ability to play many shots, including the hook and pull and many other aerial strokes. He also developed a tendency to go without scoring much for long periods and become overtly defensive. While players such as Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis were at the peak of their careers, Sachin's seemed to be in terminal decline

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Debate over Tendulkar's decline in form during 2003-2007:

2003- 2007 is perceived as a period where Sachin Tendulkar's career was in a slow decline. This is largely attributed to few important reasons.One of the major reasons for this decline were the career threatening Tennis elbow and Shoulder injury Tendulkar faced in 2005 and 2006 respectively.In Reality Tendulkar continued to a top performer in ODI's during this period(except for 2005) but faced few set backs in tests in 2005 and 2006.However, Tendulkar's changing style and scoring disruption due to injuries coupled with his increasing age, gave the perception that his career was on the decline. In some ways, Tendulkar fell victim to the extraordinary standards he set.

ODI form during 2003-2007

Tendulkar's perceived ODI decline during 2002 to 2007 is something that is totally disproved by statistics. Sachin's average and Strike rate dipped below 40 and 80 respectively only in 2005 and 2006 which were the Tennis Elbow, Shoulder Injury years. In fact in 2006, Tendulkar played a few stellar knocks including 2 hundreds against Pakistan and West Indies. 2007 In fact was one of the most productive years in Tendulkar's ODI Career as a batsman. Tendulkar's performance in the 2003 World Cup is rated as one of his best ever and is a record in the World Cup format for highest runs scored by a Batsman

Test form during 2003-2007

Tendulkar's form dipped in tests only in 2005 and 2006 contrary to popular perception that 2003-2007 were decline years. From 2007 Tendulkar caught a second wind in his career and his 2007 average was 55.42 higher than his career average. The year 2003 too witnessed a low average but can only be seen as an aberration as he played only 5 tests including the highly pressurized India-Australia Series.2003 Australia Tour was a major psychological hurdle for Sachin when leading publications and critics criticized him over his failure in the initial tests. Tendulkar came back with a 241 not out in Sydney which is rated by Brian Lara as the greatest innings from Tendulkar he had seen. The innings is famous for Tendulkar not playing a cover drive, one of the most frequent strokes used by a batsman, till he crossed 200 since this shot led to his downfall in the previous 3 innings.

Change of Style and Role :

The era witnessed a cooling down of the explosive tendulkar post the 2003 world cup with the rise of young aggressive batsmen such as Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh,MS Dhoni,gavaskar. Sachin transitioned his gaming style into more of a sheet anchor role which was a phase of self denial for his fans and critics. This also coincided with the rise of the big 3 -Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman which also contributed to a perception of lower contribution from Sachin as a player. The career threatening injuries- Tennis Elbow-2005, shoulder surgery 2006 also contributed significantly to the change in playing style from an aggressor to an Adapter. However this too would change in the years to come.

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In 2009-2010 period when sachin got on 5,6,7 with lbw decisions. all these decision was wrong decision given by the umpires.Kindly make the note of that on the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.99.186.58 (talk)

I don't understand what you'd like us to change. Could you explain? --Dweller (talk) 13:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

'Widely regarded as the greatest batsmen of all time'

Please reword this. This is completely ridiculous. How can this page possibly suggest that Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of all time when Bradman's average of 99.94 is 'often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport'. Just change the sentence to 'widely considered ONE of the greatest batsman of all time'. The 'sources' used to support the claim of Tendulkar's #1 status are also completely worthless (how can an opinion piece in a newspaper be considered authoritative?).

A few weeks, ago, before I changed it, yet again, to "widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time", it said he was widely regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time! Now it has been changed, yet again, to once again claim - erroneously - that he is widely considered to be the greatest batsman of all time. I have updated it, yet again, to say "one of the greatest batsmen of all time". Obviously he was a great batsman, and it's wonderful that he has so many fans, but it's doing a disservice to him, to cricket, and to Wikipedia, when people keep updating the article to make outrageous, completely unsupported claims. Those of us who 'work' on Wikipedia want it to be respected and regarded as a reliable source of information. However there are still many people out there who don't trust it and this issue with the Tendulkar lede is exactly the reason why. We're not here to push our own agendas and opinions; we're here to try to present the truth. Can people please stop updating this article with unsupported claims? At least have the courage and courtesy to come here and debate the topic before making sweeping claims in future... FillsHerTease (talk) 06:29, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The article was modified to once again claim that he is widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. I undid the edit as it is not supported by the sources and messaged the user who made the change as follows:

"Please stop vandalizing the Sachin Tendulkar page. He is not widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time but - much more importantly - even if he was, the sources do not support the claim. Statements made in Wikipedia articles need to have sources to back them up. There is no source quoted which states that Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. If you want the article to say that then you need to find some reliable sources to quote. A section on the Sachin Tendulkar Talk Page was started where you can go to discuss this issue. Please respond to me there; this message is simply to let you know that your unsupported edit was undone. Thanks and Regards," FillsHerTease (talk) 07:31, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Severe English Grammar Issue

Hello,

At the start of the page, it is mentioned that Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as one of the greatest BATSMAN of all time. The word BATSMAN is absolutely illogical is this context as current context suggests more than a few BATSMEN who are considered to be included in greatest category.

The word BATSMAN must be replaced with BATSMEN.

Thank you!!

Good pickup! Thank you. I have updated the article accordingly. FillsHerTease (talk) 07:32, 16 January 2016 (UTC)