Time for Tendulkar to introspect
Ian Chappell, writing in Mid-Day , says as India's tour of Australia wore on, Tendulkar's form deteriorated; the Australian bowlers eventually got inside his mind and along with thoughts of his century this was too much for him to process.
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
Ian Chappell, writing in Mid-Day, says as India's tour of Australia wore on, Tendulkar's form deteriorated; the Australian bowlers eventually got inside his mind and along with thoughts of his century this was too much for him to process.
What could've been a glorious farewell tour of Australia for Sachin Tendulkar has turned into an ongoing tale of missed opportunities leading to frustration all round. With each failure to score his coveted one-hundredth international century Tendulkar's become more desperate to the point where, when he was run out at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he gestured in Brett Lee's direction as if to say: "It was his fault I was caught short of my crease." When a player of Tendulkar's renowned ability starts blaming other people for his failure to deliver, it's time he took a look in the mirror and asked himself: "Am I playing this game for the right reason?"
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo