Sanjay Manjrekar has felt that Sachin Tendulkar should
continue to be a part of the Indian batting line-up at least until the end of
the South African tour in late 2013.
The former middle order batsman has said that Sachin is "not finished as yet" and should be a part of the touring party to South Africa.
Tendulkar, 39 was bowled in all the three innings in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand prompting many to predict an end to his long and illustrious career.
"To me, the way Tendulkar got out in his three innings against New Zealand does not suggest by any stretch of the imagination that he is finished as an international batsman."
"I will stand by what I have said all along about Tendulkar, that his run-making at the international level will stop only when he stops playing. Until then, he may not dominate as he used to but he will still be a good enough batsman to get runs at the highest level, and to add value to the Indian team, especially in Test cricket," Manjrekar wrote in his column for ESPNcricinfo.
Manjrekar argued that Tendulkar is not the first batsman to struggle against full length deliveries and the fighting instincts in him will help in fixing the problem.
"I have seen with great players as they age that it's the full delivery that seems to bother them more than short ones. Short balls land on the pitch well before full-length ones do, so their mystery is revealed to the batsman earlier."
"Watching a ball from the point of release to almost right under your eyes is not easy to do, great batsmen do it as a matter of habit, but with age they have to remind themselves to keep doing it right through their innings."
Manjrekar added that Tendulkar knows about the problems that an ageing batsman faces and he will soon find answers to it.
"There is an important reason why I think Tendulkar is still relevant in Indian Test cricket: it's because of the fierce competitor within him. No one I have seen hates failure more than Tendulkar does, or can make the sacrifices necessary to overcome it," he concluded.
The former middle order batsman has said that Sachin is "not finished as yet" and should be a part of the touring party to South Africa.
Tendulkar, 39 was bowled in all the three innings in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand prompting many to predict an end to his long and illustrious career.
"To me, the way Tendulkar got out in his three innings against New Zealand does not suggest by any stretch of the imagination that he is finished as an international batsman."
"I will stand by what I have said all along about Tendulkar, that his run-making at the international level will stop only when he stops playing. Until then, he may not dominate as he used to but he will still be a good enough batsman to get runs at the highest level, and to add value to the Indian team, especially in Test cricket," Manjrekar wrote in his column for ESPNcricinfo.
Manjrekar argued that Tendulkar is not the first batsman to struggle against full length deliveries and the fighting instincts in him will help in fixing the problem.
"I have seen with great players as they age that it's the full delivery that seems to bother them more than short ones. Short balls land on the pitch well before full-length ones do, so their mystery is revealed to the batsman earlier."
"Watching a ball from the point of release to almost right under your eyes is not easy to do, great batsmen do it as a matter of habit, but with age they have to remind themselves to keep doing it right through their innings."
Manjrekar added that Tendulkar knows about the problems that an ageing batsman faces and he will soon find answers to it.
"There is an important reason why I think Tendulkar is still relevant in Indian Test cricket: it's because of the fierce competitor within him. No one I have seen hates failure more than Tendulkar does, or can make the sacrifices necessary to overcome it," he concluded.
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