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Editing

This page could do with a bit of editing I think. It's not very encylopaedic (referring to Tendulkar by his given name throughout, for example), has a lot of repetition of information and some conflicting information. I'll have a stab at tightening it up myself, but if someone else wants to go ahead and do it first then that would be cool! --Lancevortex 11:43, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Why don't we segregate the career into two parts viz. Tests and ODI's? Then we would be able to add more information and it would also be better for the readers. Please give your opinions abt this.Illidan reules 08:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

SACHIN IN FINAL MATCHES

Many people hold the opinion against Sachin that he does not perform well in Final Matches.Let me present some statistics regarding his performance in Finals :

M - 47 Runs - 1954 HS - 141 Avge. - 46.52 Centuries - 5 Half-Centuries - 11 Wickets - 30 Best - 4/38 bowling. Avge. - 34.83

What else does he need to prove ????

Besides, even if we accept this that he fails in Final Matches for a moment then let us recall who is the person who leads our Team to final......

--

 Hedonistic Vny

Stats as on 16th September 2006

Ramesh or Romesh

I think his middle name is Romesh and not Ramesh. Please confirm even though it is given as Ramesh in Cricinfo Doctor Bruno 15:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Ramesh should be the spelling as he hails from Maharashtra - it is the most widely used spelling for the word in India. The spelling Romesh would be used by people in Bengal. --Gurubrahma 17:50, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

The Name is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. His father's name is Ramesh Tendulkar. He hails from Maharashtra, where the name is Ramesh and not Romesh.sachin is the best batsman india has ever seen,or we can say world has ever seen.his footwork is wonderful.he manages the bat just like atooth brush.he is a nightmare for most of the ballers.

Family Life

Why was the following line removed. It was a love marriage, despite his wife being a few years older than Sachin. What is wrong in telling that it is a love marriage and also his wife's age Doctor Bruno 06:38, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

• I might have been the one that removed it. I thought it was unnecessary and a pov - "despite his wife being older than him". That makes it appear as if it is wrong for a man to marry someone older than him. And most marriages do happen when the couple involved are in love - or so I think... Cribananda 20:42, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Can we use different words and convey the meaning Doctor Bruno 06:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Now it already says he married his childhood friend. If you want to add that she is a few years older than him, that's fine (will be better if you know exactly how many). Go ahead. - Cribananda 06:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Achievements

Since Man of the Series is a notable achievement (only one player per world cup), that has been added in the Achievement Doctor Bruno 19:45, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Biased opening paragraph

The opening para is again not informative but casting aspersions on Tendulkar. It is wrong to make biased judgements like mumbai players being favoured under Tendulkar's captaincy with no proof. The statement about Tendulkar not winning matches for India is another example of skewed statistical analysis.

        RazumihinThe opening paragraph needs to clearly state that he is at least one of the greatest batsman of all-time to    
           differentiate him from ordinary players. When his career is done he is definitely going to be regarded as the greatest 
           batsman of his time, so the article MUST state that clearly

Eulogical Opening Paragraph

I think the opening para is heavily biased, hardly encyclopedic and not informative. All this glorification should probably go to the end. Couple of highlights or records he holds might not be out of place. Changed it to sound better. - Cribananda -J

Much better, thank you. Stephen Turner 10:09, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

The article about Sachin Tendulkar

I thought that the article was excellent, I'm a huge fan of Sachin and there isn't much I don't know about him, however this article I found to be very informative and laid out very well. The best thing of all was of how recent it is, many of these sites 'dedicated' to him are rarley kept current. Very good! I have added his 241 not out in Sydney to the list of important test innings, but there should be some sort of discussion provided in the article; I'm too tired to do it right now. I would also like to add on his recent 194 n.o. vs Pakistan at Pakistan where innings was declared before his double century and there were lot of cries against it. Then only few months ago Sachin was suffering from tennis elbow which almost brought his career to an end.

Captaincy

I changed 'Saurav Ganguly' to Sourav Ganguly, I'm not even sure why so many people insist on spelling it 'Saurav', but they might be the same group who insist on spelling on Sehwag as Shewag. I'm not sure if there are different interpretations in terms of name spelling within India, since I'm not Indian, but cricinfo uses Sourav so I would assume that is the official spelling of the name.

Post Surgery

Dwells mainly on the past and doesnt deal with Tendulkar's match winning potential vis-a-vis his record breaking one This article on Tendulkar dwells mainly on Tendulkar's past performances and doesn't have much about his performances post surgery. Tendulkar these days is a mere shadow of his own self from past days. He seems to have gone into a defensive mode and lost his flamboyance these days. Perhaps Tendulkar can take a cue from West Indian batsman Brian Lara and concentrate more on Tests than on one dayers and leave the slot for deserving youngsters. He also tried his hands at captaincy albeit for two breif periods. He was not quite successfull with the captaincy but during his tenure talentless players from mumbai like Abey Kuruvilla, Nilesh Kulkarni Sairaj Bahutule and Vinod Kambli got an extended run in the Indian team. He finally gave up the captaincy after repeated failures to concentrate on his batting. Though Tendulkar has a lot of records to his name it still remains a fact that not many of his high scores barring a few have helped India win those games. His distractors have often pointed out that he is unable to score in crunch situations and can't handle pressure, a theory that remains debatable. Having said all these there is no denying the fact that he is one of the greatest batsmen of all times, however how he fits into the schema of todays Indian team and contributes to the Team cause is yet to be seen.

Sachin talks with his bat

Answers for the previous post

Post Surgery

• He led the team to victory in the first two one dayers and the second test at Delhi. See what happened as soon as Sachin got out in the first innings. It was Kumble who "bowled" the team to victory, but it was Sachin who batted the team to victory

Score in Crunch Situation

What is a Cruch Situation, mate...... For Example, if India had lost the game against Pakistan in World Cup 2003, that would have been the crunch game. If India had lost in the super six, that would be the crunch. If India lost in the Semi Finals, that would have become the crunch game. Just because SACHIN WON ALL THE games, they did not become the crunch game and when he lost, that becomes a crunch game.

India Winning Games.

• India won a test in England in 2002. Who was the top scorer
• India won a test in Multan in 2002. Sachin scored 194
• India won a test in Dhaka in 2004. Who was the top scorer

He is the God of the cricket

Again the problem is you do not count the games he has won, but you just count the games India has lost

Doctor Bruno 02:16, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Tendulkar has been performing consistently, even if not as good as he has done before, but he's there, and he's coming back. There is no reason why the page should not attribute to his reat feats. This is like telling Einstein didn't find any new theory in the last years of his life. Go see the Einstein article, it will tell you all about how great he was, even though he didnt achieve much post.E=mc^2. Arjunm 15:42, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Link to cricinfo

I have linked Sachin's 90 to the cricinfo scorecard...will do for the others later... Cheers, KalluMama

I think, instead of linking to cricinfo, we should develop a template for cricket-players' statistics. Painful task, but great. utcursch 11:53, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

Suggestions for edit :

>> # To go with this he has more than eight thousand runs in Test cricket and 34 hundreds, at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes a batsman as an all time great.

Out of date and doesn't look elegant. May be deleted.

>> Only the last of the innings listed above led to an Indian victory abroad.

Incorrect. There are three among the Tests (193, 194*, 248*) and quite a few among the ODI innings listed. Tintin January 22, 2005

Sachin's form

This is to whoever put up that last paragraph in the article... What u say is true, Sachin is going through a bit of a rough patch. But it's not really that bad (this refers especially to the 'sheer failure' term). He still maintains a healthy average, and, more importantly, he still bats for India and not for himself, though he's the most senior member in the team. He may not be the flashy batsman that he was a few years ago, but there's no arguing that he is still the batsman everybody would want on their team. He stays in the team not only because of his ability (or his past performances as the critics would say...) but also because he's a valuable asset to the team. And even if he continues to bat badly (which is unlikely considering his resolve), he will not go into an ordinary retirement... Because he's not only a hero... he's a proven fighter. Fighters are never forgotten.Jam2k 13:36, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Doctorbruno's latest edits

I think the article's balance has shifted from one end to the other in the POV scales - someone may want to review it. --Gurubrahma 17:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC) All my edits are supported with references from Wisden or Cricinfo (a part of Wisden). Nothing is my personal opinion. I have just told "Sachin scored runs" when he had scored runsDoctor Bruno 18:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Gurubrahma. Your selection of facts and your emotive language are both far from neutral, both in this article and even more so in Rahul Dravid. I'm sorry to criticise you, but I think it's true. Citing sources is good, but it doesn't automatically ensure neutral point of view. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

But was not the selection of facts and language from from neutral (on the other end) before it was edited by me. About the Dravid Article, the words are NOT mine. They are from reputed cricket writers (from leading newspapers and also from Cricinfo, the site associated with Wisden). If Wisden is considered as a reliable source when it criticises Sachin, why not wisden be a reliable source when it praises sachin and criticises DravidDoctor Bruno 14:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I was in no way trying to defend the article before your contribution. I think it was poor. In fact, I think almost every Indian and Pakistani cricketer suffers from NPOV problems. It seems impossible for people to write objectively about them.

Quoting professional writers on one side of the argument or the other is certainly better than just writing your own opinions, but it emphatically does not make an article NPOV.

Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't consider it as an argument. It is just a fact that Mr.X scored Runs. It is also a fact that Mr.X got wickets. What is the NPOV problem here. I do not understand. Please don't ask me to read the NPOV pages. What is the problem with this page. Just tell the lines which you find gives to this NPOV problem. Please point out and we can correct that. Doctor Bruno 17:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Golden Arm

The sentence I most objected to was "He is reckoned as the man with the Golden arm who breaks partnerships". Even if some people have said that, I don't believe it's a universally held view, although the article talks as if it is.

However, NPOV is more subtle than you think. It's not primarily about specific sentences that are not accurate. Even if every sentence in an article is true and verifiable and properly sourced, an article can still have NPOV problems, by the selection of some facts and the omission of others, by failing to represent all legitimate points of view.

Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:44, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

"Man with a golden arm" is a description. When he has broken more than one partnership, any bowler can be called with that term. I don't think that it is a NPOV problem. If the sentence had been "he is a bowler who always breaks partnership" that is a different story. If there is atleast ONE Source which say that "Sachin is not a man with a golden arm" we can bring a NPOV issue over here. At present it is a fact.

I found that the player's achievements were not recorded and only failures recorded and hence corrected it. OK... tell us what points are omitted and what are selected, which you feel gives rise to a NPOV issue. Let us discuss and edit accordingly. Doctor Bruno 17:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. "Man with a golden arm" is a description. But it is a description which violates NPOV. Consider a situation in which a complete stranger to the game views this page. The impression he will get upon reading this particular statement will be that Tendulkar is a great bowler. The fact that he is a part-time bowler will completely evade him. To prevent that statements like that are avoided. NPOV is basically adhered to because of such instances.

Hope that clears it up

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 18:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Golden Arm Explained

Sorry for being inquistive. THe description "with golden arm" is usually applied to "part time bowlers" who get wickets of well settled batsmen. The term is not used for the regular bowlers. You can read the old literature and will find that Srilanka's man with golden arm was De Silva (and Not Vaas or Murali) and Australians used that term for Mark Waugh (and not McGrath and Warne) and Mike Clarke [1](he has so far taken 8 wickets in 20 matches) and in Windies it will be Viv Richards and not Walsh. Hence this is just a FACT. Only if we tell that "Mr.Tendulkar is a bowler who breaks partnerships as soon as he is called to bowl" that will be not be a Neutral Point of View. You cannot ordinarily write this term (golden arm) on the article of Murali or Warne or Walsh. They are bowlers who can get any batsman out. I am sure that now the confusion is cleared.

Please read the line I have given "Inspite of his bowling average....." IF someone gets an impression that a person with just 37 wickets in 132 matches (that is one wicket every 8 innings) with a bowling average of over 40 "is a great bowler", it is the fault of the reader. If the term golden arm had been in the first stanza of the article without the other details (which very well tell that the person described is a part time bowler), that can cause some confusion. But in the present scenario, it is just a fact and has no NPOV problems. Doctor Bruno 20:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the contentious line from the achievement list and moved it into the description part, with added remarks. I presume that the NPOV issue is settled (for this point) Doctor Bruno 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

No, I still object to it. It implies that he is particularly good at breaking stubborn partnerships, better than other part-time bowlers at least. Do you have any statistics to support that assertion? Stephen Turner (Talk) 21:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I beg your pardon. With due respects to you, that he is particularly good at breaking stubborn partnerships, better than other part-time bowlers' is probably your point of view. As I have mentioned, He has more wickets than Michael Clarke (for example). As I have told repeatedly, this is a phrase used for part time bowlers. By the way, how do you say that the present phrase objectively implies better than other part-time bowlersDoctor Bruno 03:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

No Stephen is saying that this is what you are implying. He has more wickets than Michael Clarke - this would imply that Ajit Agarkar or Ashish Nehra is a golden arm. You need to verify that he has a higher rate of taking wickets that break 100, 200+ partnerships than other bowlers.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Sachin tendulkar does not have a higher rate of taking wickets that break partnerships when you compare him with Muralitharan or Agarkar who are bowlers. If he has something like that, he will be termed as an allrounder and not a batsman with a golden arm. Is that clear. The NPOV issue arises only if we say that Sachin is a genuine test bowler or an allrounder (then only we can compare him with Courtney Walsh or Imran Khan. The term "golden arm" is not limited to ONLY ONE PLAYER (that is the person with maximum wickets or minimum average etc). It is a much general term

I think that the real problem is not with Sachin. The problem seems to be that many people do not know the term golden arm. Doctor Bruno 13:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The only bowler with whom I have heard the term associated with some amount of regularity is Mudassar Nazar. Tintin (talk) 13:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Of late it is also used with many batsmen, who are not regular bowlers, but get wickets. For eg Clarke (he has played in 20 matches, but got wickets in ONLY one match and was immediately called with this term) Doctor Bruno 13:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

We need facts here. Can you produce any statistics that show he deserves the description "golden arm"? Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

First of all, the description "golden arm" is not a rigid description that can be "proved" with statistics. As I have repeatedly told you, there is no "criteria" that exists to tell a player as "someone with a golden arm". The term is used for batsman who occasionally bowl and break partnerships. THis is the most I can explain. Other facts (including citations) have been already given by me. I guess that you are not a clear idea about the term.

Let me come to your way. Sachin is called as the man with the golden arm by a lot of cricket magazines and this is a FACT. What other facts do you need to term, say Clarke as the one with the golden arm. Are you telling me that there is a criteria to call some one with the description. I am new to Wikipedia, but I think that one of the policies is that we have to report facts (as given in reputed sources) and NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH (as to the criteria behind the term). Please enlighten me and correct my mistakes, if any Doctor Bruno 12:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I understand it to mean someone who is particularly good at breaking stubborn partnerships. We need some evidence that this is the case. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

It does not exactly mean "someone who is particularly good" . It means that a batsman, who is not a regular bowler, occasionally breaks partnership. Sachin is definitely inferior to Kapil and Kumble at breaking partnership. That is a fact. But Kapil and Kumble are not called with the term because Kapil is an allrounder and Kumble a bowler. On the other hand, Sachin is better than Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, Sadagopan Ramesh, Kambli, Gavaskar etc at breaking partnership, and that is the reason cricket wrtiers (not me and you) have given this term to him. The same is true about Clarke, who is an inferior bowler compared to McGrath and Warne. Yet Warne and McGrath are not called as men with golden arm, because they are bowlers. On the other hand Clarke is better than, (for example) Hayden and Ponting and hence called with the term. Is this clear. Please understand the difference between someone (as you say) and batsman, the reality. I guess I have given enough citations and explanations regarding this. Doctor Bruno 18:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I understand that it's for occasional bowlers, but it still refers to someone who is better than other occasional bowlers at breaking stubborn partnerships, otherwise every occasional bowler could be given this title. Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for coming to terms. Please understand that the title is NOT restricted to ONLY ONE BOWLER in the entire cricketing world. As you have rightly told

still refers to someone who is better than other occasional bowlers at breaking stubborn partnerships, otherwise every occasional bowler could be given this title.

Please see my reply above. I have already given the answer for this question. This term is not used for Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman etc. Sachin is a better bowlers than other part time bowlers in the same way Clarke is better than other part time bowlers. Sachin and Clarke are NOT better than Kapil and McGrath. That is why they are being called with these terms. Every occasional bowler CANNOT be given this title. They have the title of "occasionall bowler". That is for them. If they break partnership, better than other "occasional bowlers" they can also be referd with the term.

Right now, there is no rigid criteria to call a batsman with this term i.e. You can call Mr.X as some on e with a godlen arm only if he taks 50 wickets, or only if his average is below 20 runs etcDoctor Bruno 19:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I never said there was only one, and I never said there was a defined criterion. But you still haven't given any evidence to show that he deserves the title. Is he better at breaking partnerships than most other bowlers who bowl a similar number of overs per match as him? We need evidence. We need some sort of numbers. Stephen Turner (Talk) 22:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

You yourself accept (at last) that there is no defined criteria. Then why are you asking for an evidence. How can we give evidence, when there is NO CRITERIA. Please explain. Doctor Bruno 12:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

One direction to look into was an article I saw a few days back (either during India's tour of Pakistan, or just after). It showed the number of top-order batsmen that have been dismissed by Tendulkar. I think the bowler who's Inzamam Ul Haq was the most is Tendulkar. Brian Lara also seemed to be in the list. Maybe that could be a criteria - number of times top-order batsmen have been dismissed by a part-timer, or the percentage of top-order batsmen dismissed by him? If you guys have the time, and the necessary googling skills, you could try searching for the original article.Cricket Crazy 08:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Is he better at breaking partnerships than most other bowlers who bowl a similar number of overs per match as him?..... He is perhaps equal to all those are called by the term "golden arm"......

No Original Research

A question to every one. Sachin, Clarke and few other batsman have been called as the persons with Golden Arm by leading cricketing writers. As per the policy of Wikipedia, why can't we just reporduce it after the customary VERIFIABILITY. Why are we trying for ORIGINAL RESEARCH as to whether he has taken this much wickets etc..... Is ORIGINAL RESEARCH or NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH the policy of Wikipedia. Doctor Bruno 12:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Can some one tell me why this was removed Though his bowling averages are above 50, he is reckoned as the man with the Golden arm who breaks partnerships. [2] [3] [4]

When there are NO JUSTIFIABLE Explanations to the above question, why can't the term be again added Doctor Bruno 03:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

But as much as we explain it, the term golden arm is a term that upsets the POV balance. And as I have said above [5] when this term appears before a stranger to the game, regardless of all your arguments, it is going to appear as though he is a great bowler; which undoubtedly is misleading & thus disrupts NPOV. And I think that if one term is causing such dispute, I think it will be better if it is not included.

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 05:57, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I find this a very hollow argument. WHy can't you apply this same "strager criteria" to the third test at Mumbai, where you given only the first innings picture and ignore the second innings. Inspite of Sachinahving top socred in the second innings, IT MAY APPEAR TO A STRANGER as if he is a poor batsman who scores only one run per match.

The same with the 2001 series, where it is given that Rahul and Laxman only scored. WHy don't the NPOV issues go there. Why can't you remove the remark for Rahul also. Why are you removing Achiements, and keeping the failures only. Please explain Doctor Bruno 13:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

In the Mumbai test, the score in the first innings is important as it was the first time Sachin was booed off the ground & that too by his home crowd. This will most definitely not show that he his a poor batsman as the rest of the article clearly points out that he is one of the best batsmen in cricket. The introduction of the article points this out that he is "...acknowledged as one of the best batsmen of the modern era." But when a batsman is not a great bowler we do not write that he is bad. So if you add the golden arm part it will show as though he is a great bowler. And I have removed the edits of the 2001 series as they are not relevant to the article.

Hope that clears it up

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 13:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

(P.S Please look over your posts as they have many typos & are a bit difficult to understand. Thanks)

In my opinion, as long as you mention that he was booed off by a section of the crowd in the first innings for a poor innings, you should also mention that he was cheered to the crease in the second innings and also top-scored for the side. Cricket Crazy 10:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

This is also my opinion Doctor Bruno 13:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

More about the Golden Arm

There is no doubt that Various reputed cricket writers have called Sachin as the man with the Golden Arm. This is an accepted fact and can be verified and is also from reputed sources.

Now I see an objection to adding the term in this page. The objection says that "a person who does not know may mis understand". I find that this argument is very shallow. For example, when you mention that Imran Khan is an allrounder, a person who is new to cricket may think used to run round the ground. Similarly, a person who is new to cricket may think that Fine leg means Aiswarya Rai.

Rejecting a well known and well established fact with a hypothetical theory that a newbie may misunderstand seems very awkward to me. (If you go like this, then when you say caught at mid wicket, some one new to cricket may think that the batsman was caught between the stumps and hence mid wicket violates NPOV etc etc .)

An encyclopedia should report terms and facts as it is used and should not avoid giving credit to a person in a hypothetical imaginary fear that some one who does not know may misunderstand.

Sorry for the sarcastic post Doctor Bruno 13:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

As I have mentioned in my previous post, this article has plenty of statements that show that tendulkar is a great batsman, but no description of him as a bowler. Adding the term "golden arm" will insinuate that he is an exceptional bowler. Unless you can elaborate about his bowling this statement will be out of place. And terms you have mentioned like "allrounder" & "fine leg" are official cricketing terms which have specified definitions & can be looked up whereas golden arm is an unofficial description based on the opinion of commentators & cricket analysts. Anyway I feel that this argument can continue forever & you seem very determined to add this controversial term to the article. So you may do as you please. I'm very tired of this argument as it is keeping me from making contributions to Wikipedia & I do not want to take any further part in it .

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 17:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I am just highlighting a point that a well established fact with verifiability should not be deleted jsut because a "newbie may misunderstand this". Doctor Bruno 12:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

Tell about the other issues and we can sort one by one Doctor Bruno 20:52, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

If you don't have patience to read WP:NPOV and understand the policies of Wikipedia as you state above, is it fair for you to expect us to engage in discussion with you on each of the points? --Gurubrahma 07:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I did not tell that I do not have the patience. I just want you to indicate the exact sentence, which is not NPOV so that it can be corrected. And not merely tell that this article has NPOV issues. I am sorry, if my words confused you Doctor Bruno 13:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it may be easier and better if someone copyedits it once to lessen the POV, rather than point it one by one. Tintin (talk) 13:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Before some one tries to "lessen the POV", let us identify the POVDoctor Bruno 13:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the following sentence as Sachin did not perform very well in Champions Trophy in October 2006. "Continuing his comeback, Sachin performed creditably in the Champions Trophy in October 2006, although India failed to advance beyond the first round."

His scores were 35, 29 and 10 in this tournament. How can this be termed as a creditable performance? This is a POV.

Miss Tendulkar

It's said that Sachin named his daughter Sara after the Sahara Cup victory over Pakistan in Toronto, one of his firsts after becoming the captain of the Indian cricket team. - Need a reference for this line. I have heard other explanations - like it was from SAchin and RAni (Anjali Tendulkar's nickname) and so on. Tintin (talk) 11:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Recent edits

Recent edits to criticism & recent performance by Doctor Bruno are off NPOV & unnecessary. Adding statements like "...and there by dismissing the myth that Sachin plays in the initial matches and not in the deciding matches in a series." are not only uncited but also tilt the NPOV balance. Also the edit about being the second innings high scorer in the recent India vs England test is unnecessary.

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 19:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I can understand the myth part.

But can you explain why it is wrong to tell that the player was the top scorer in the second innings, when it as already given that the player scored one run in the first innings. When you give only the first innings part, a first time reader may wrongly assume that the batsman played no part at all in the match. That disrupts the neutrality. When you give both innings, it has a neutral imageDoctor Bruno 02:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

• I don't think the 1 run thing there is necessary- ducks, 1, 2, etc are a natural part of cricket. It seems negative, but I tried to tone it down a bit, but because it is claimed that this was the first time Tendulkar got booed off, it may be notable in the sense of the crowd but not his form slump. To be honest, cricket matches occur each week, and because this is an encyclopedia, not a news/magazine, I think we should not micro-analyze every new test match and try to crystal-ball who is on the rise/decline every week depending on if they have a bad Test or suddenly a good one. There was a similar thing about Harbhajan Singh being in a form slump for the last 5 games, and it got deleted. I don't think there have been enough "defining" moments such as in the Sourav Ganguly saga, but even in that case, we restricted ourselves to noting the sequence
  • Argument with Chappell and email affair and the "peace treaty"
  • Gets injured and axed from ODI team
  • Ignored upon regaining fitness
  • In Test team, then dropped for Yuvraj Singh
  • Gautam Gambhir and Mohammad Kaif dropped to bring back Ganguly
  • Dropped again for Kaif, Wasim Jaffer
• Our only speculation is restricted to comments made by chairman of selectors, Kiran More. Probably not too much short-term analysis should be used unless we quote the coach or selectors, who have a say in selection and policy, rather than pundits, who change their minds frequently, and do not have a say in the policies.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:56, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:56, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

2001 Australia Series

In the discussion about the 2001 Australia Series, it is given that Sachin did not do anything in the secodn test while Dravid, Laxman and Harbhajan did.

What is wrong in mentioning that Sachin was TE ONLY Player to score a century in the third test.

Can some one tell why that has been edited.

When you say that Mr.X did not do in the second test and Mr.Y did, what is wrong in telling that Mr.X did in the third test and Mr.Y did not do there.

Can any one give a justifiable reason for not including the word "only player"... Doctor Bruno 03:51, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

One of the greatest of all time

Tendulkar is not just one of the "best batsmen of the modern era". He is generally acknowldged as one of the greatest of all time. I have made this correction in the opening paragraph. Cricket Crazy 09:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Changed by me to include a citation. -- —Moondyne 01:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

spin on batting ranking

The use of acknowledged in "acknowledged by Wisden in 2002 as being the second greatest Test batsman ever" makes a subjective statement sound proven and indisputably true.--Harold holt 09:02, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Got to agree. The original article, which I have read but can't find to link, is not the eulogy to Sachin that the 2 linked articles that refer to it would have you believe. The original source should be linked not the poor second hand sources we currently have. The original article used very specific non standard criteria and under those Sachin came out second (a LONG way) behind Bradman. Other criteria would produce very different results. In any case, it was ONE Wisden article. Many others have different claims. --LiamE 17:55, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

We have also listed another Wisden article in the Criticism section. I am wondering as to why that (Criticism) is not debated like this, but achievements (of Sachin) are always debated, inspite of few failures, all of which are mentioned in this page Doctor BrunoTalk 18:17, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Hyperbole

As per the revers and a nice suggestion of let's stick to facts not hyperbole, even if someone else said it) [6] by User:Stephen_Turner, I have removed few quotes. I am sure that it is in accordance with the previous edits of removing hyperboles. Doctor BrunoTalk 13:14, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The article needs more of a concrete chronological account, rather than random anecdotes and generalistations. I'm trying to fixup User:Blnguyen/Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar will go the same way I hope. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 00:26, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Man of the Match Awards in ODI

Can some one update the Man of the Match Awards http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=1934;class=odiplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=1989-12-18;start=1989-12-18;enddefault=2006-08-19;end=2006-08-19;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=aro_awards;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype

I can put my hands on this, as and when I get some time.

A thought: As there will be atleast 52 rows(plus the header row) in that table, would it not be a good idea to number it?

In other words, shall we have a dedicated column for numbering? So here goes my proposal for that table.

#	Date	Against	Venue
1	1990-91	Srilanka	Pune
2	1991-92	West Indies	Sharjah
50	March 16 2004	Pakistan	Rawalpindi
51	July 21 2004	Bangladesh	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
52	September 14 2006	West Indies	Kuala Lumpur

- KNM ^{Talk - Contribs} 23:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Done !!!

Hyperbole

I removed "golden arm" and "single-handedly" from teh bowling section. In particular in the "single-handed", the game in which you refer Doctorbruno, Sehwag was named MotM and there were other strong Indian contribs also.Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 03:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. The single handed has been modified to another match. I am sure that every one agrees with the contribution in this match. Please don't ask a question as if no one else fielded in the match and whether he was the only person in the stadium.

By the way, I am not able to understand as to your edits regarding Golden Arm. It is a term used by reputed Cricket Writers and it was well quoted. I had given more than one citation for that also. Why was that removed. Any sensible explanation ????.

One explanation that is damn stupid is telling that "it may mislead those who don't know anything about cricket and they may think that he is a great bowler". Please don't give that explanation... PLEASE..... Rejecting a well known and well established fact with a hypothetical theory that a newbie may misunderstand seems very awkward. If you go like this, then when you say caught at mid wicket, some one new to cricket may think that the batsman was caught between the stumps and hence mid wicket violates NPOV etc. Similarly, a person who is new to cricket may think that Fine leg means Aiswarya Rai. If you think carefully, every (or most) term in cricket has another meaning outside cricket. Citing POV telling that those not knowing cricket my misunderstand is a very bad argument.

If you have any other opinion tell us. Or else, please revert yourself. As a respect for you, I am not reverting this edit (Golden Arm) myself. Doctor BrunoTalk 13:55, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

It is misleading - it is a piece of hyperbole even if it is used by cricket writers. News articles in sport frequently user hyperbole (unlike news about war, religion, etc, etc,) else we would lace all these bios with words like "scintillating strokeplay" "savage cutting", "unbelievable destruction" etc, and secondly your comparison of fine leg to Aishwarya Rai is a joke, because we would say something like Irfan Pathan fields at fine leg, not some random bollywood actress out of context. Feel free to revert me. I am no sacred cow. Secondly, I'd prefer that words like "single-handedly" not be used at all as it is hyperbole - in the game you cited Tendulkar scored 45% of the runs and took 40% of the wickets, so wasn't a majority contributor in his own right. Also Jadeja scored 71 from 65, whilst Tendulkar scored 141 - so he scored twice as much as the next guy. Then, if you look at the 2001 Border Gavaskar series Harbhajan took 32 wickets while the next guy took 3 - do we say that "Harbhajan single-handedly won the BG series, doing much more than the rest of the bowlers who were very poor?" - No because Laxman also scored 281, Dravid 181 batting for a whole day in 45o heat on a pitch which was turning square with Warne deliberately bowling 3 feet outside leg stump and they were driving him out of the rough past mid-on all day, and when Steve Waugh went and and blocked off the leg side they went inside out through cover which is very dangerous to back away, expose the stumps, and hit across a ball which has turned 60 degrees. Point is that Tendulkar did 40-40% in bowling and batting and Harbhajan did 80-0 bowling batting and it is wrong to say that it was single-handed because if Dravid and Laxman didn't put on 376 in what some think as one of the greatest epic batting performances of the modern era, then Harbhajan would have had no target to defned on day 5. The same applies to Tendulkar - if he had stupid battting partners like me, then he would have made 10 not out and carried his bat before his partners got out. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 01:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

No Original research

If you are giving a new meaning to a term used by reputed cricket writers, I am afraid that it is ORIGINAL RESEARCH. (Articles may not contain any previously unpublished arguments, concepts, data, ideas, statements, or theories. Moreover, articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published arguments, concepts, data, ideas, or statements that serves to advance a position.)

And single-handedly does not mean that you have to bat without partners or bowl without fielders. You should note that terms used in cricket have their own meanings. Removing certain terms (especially terms which are crediting Sachin here and terms which are criticising other players at their pages) is not good for Wikipedia.

inexorably - what about this term

It the term is used by Cricket writers, we have to use that. As clearly stated this is not a place for OUR NEW IDEAS and dissecting what one term means. Doctor BrunoTalk 01:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Please settle this here, before changing that in teh Main Article. Can you DO ORIGINAL RESEARCH OVER HERE Doctor BrunoTalk 01:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

An example of Unimportant Record

Recently there has been a discussion regarding important records in cricket and useless records. One example of a useless record is

1. He has the record for least number of innings required to score 1000 runs against West Indies by an Indian (26)

• The only person who has got it in less innings in international cricket is Jacques Kallis (25)

Note that it is just the second least not even the least (and that too against only ONE country). So technically we have 100 players with equal or better records

1. Least number of innings to score 1000 against West Indies
2. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against West Indies
3. Least number of innings to score 1000 against Australia
4. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against Australia
5. Least number of innings to score 1000 against UAE
6. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against UAE

On the other hand, records like highest score in One Innings (Lara), Highest Career Average (Bradman), Highest Number of Centuries, Highest Number of Career Runs etc are important records  Doctor Bruno Talk 18:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Inexorable (see wiktionary) is the same as inevitable - so I'm wrote in the article that Tendulkar's DLF performance shows that he is not ineveietably and monotonically declining, totally washed up as some would predict. I never said that Tendulkar's records were "useless" - you decided to insert POV by saying that his records included the "most important" - the reason I objected is people disagree on what is the most important record. Certainly some of the ones that you cited from the DRavid article are useless and I intend to not keep them once User:Blnguyen/Rahul Dravid, although your edit summaries and talk page arguments seem to imply that you suspect that I am Dravid's moutpiece or something. I would not say that "most runs and centuries" is "most important", as that implies that a person who scores less is not so good - eg, Bradman only scored 6994 runs as there were less matches in the old days - does that mean he is worse than Justin Langer? Do you have any other OR to be pointed out? Thanks, Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 03:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I have already mentioned the Highest Average as the important record. It is generally accepted that the key batting records are highest score in One Innings, Highest Career Average, Highest Number of Centuries, Highest Number of Career Runs and Key Bowling records are Highest Career Wickets, Best Innings performance, Best Match performance, Best Average and Best Strike Rate. I was just highlighting this fact. Of course, you are not Dravid's marketing agent. (And I am not Sachin's mouthpiece). I just want to treat all cricketers as equal.  Doctor Bruno Talk 02:20, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Bowling

Bowling section starts with "While not a regular bowler", and the next sentence says "he regularly bowls". I believe this is inconsistent. He is not a regular bowler (ie, not among mainstream bowlers), so it would be better if the phrase "he regularly bowls" is removed. Any thoughts/suggestions? - KNM ^{Talk - Contribs} 03:18, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Done  Doctor Bruno  17:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

"Hamilton" match

A table in this article refers to a 1990-91 ODI match vs. Zimbabwe at "Hamilton". Is this perhaps Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, Bermuda, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, or one of several places in Australia named Hamilton? If anyone has a reference to the actual venue of the match, it would be appreciated if you could update the article. --Russ (talk) 10:58, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

It was Hamilton, New Zealand. Sarvagnya 11:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Failure in Big matches and failure to bail out

(Almost consistent) Failure at Big matches should find place in criticism section. Also him not being able to bail out his team from difficult situations (both regular / big matches and very consistent here as well) unlike Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, Inzamam, Abdul Razzak etc should also find a place in criticism section.
My POV: Recently I read his interview in The Indian Express with Shekhar Gupta (Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express) where he said he detest/hate losing in cricket and frankly I found it laughable/ironical. Vjdchauhan 06:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC).

What is the definition of a big match. If Sachin performs well in a quarter final it becomes a "small match". If he does not perform well, it becomes a big match. But you should also remember who takes the team to the big match after winning some 6 to 7 matches on the way.  Doctor Bruno  13:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Please See the messages above. The fact is that he has performed in more matches than he failed. Compared with Spineless cricketers who take instruction (and are shameless enough to admit that also) from other players who are not in the team and follow the ideas of coach without even using their brains themselves and not trying anything , but lamely accepting defeat from the 30th over, Sachin is someone who fights till the end and not some one who backs tabs a colleague  Doctor Bruno  13:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Big matches means elimination round matches / elimination matches. I think Sharjah Cup years back was his last notable performance in big matches. And then there is another thing called bailing out and I hope you will agree that players like Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, Inzamam, Abdul Razzak etc have/had that attribute in them which Tendulkar seems unaware of. Last good batting performance in crisis situation by Indian team in ODI, I remember is that in NatWest finals where Yuvraj and Kaif palyed well. Hope this clarifies. Vjdchauhan 07:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC).

What you say seems to be mainly referring to One Day Internationals. My opinion of Sachin (note that "my" opinion cannot be written about in the article) is that he does perform well in crucial Test matches. In the famous 2001 Laxman/Harbhajan India-Australia series, he got a century in the last test match, which India needed to win to win the trophy. Also his double century against Australia in India's last tour made sure India drew and retain the Gavaskar-Border trophy. I not entirely sure about this, but I also think that he has scored centuries at important times in India's last tour of England where India famously drew 1-1 and also against Pakistan when India went there about two or three years ago.

Also I should point out that he performed well in the last Cricket World Cup where every match is big (except matches against Bangladesh, Holland, Zimbabwe, Kenya etc). He scored 94 against Pakistan and India vs Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup are considered to be very big matches. Gizza^{Chat ©} 08:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, we can cite the pundits, we aren't allowed to do our own analysis. As for just the general stuff, I feel that almost every Indian vicotry in Tests in Away games (BANG and ZIM aside) has been due to Dravid's epic innings and his skill on foreign conditions. the 4th Test against WI2006, he made 81 and 68 when everyone else <20. In Adelaide03, 232 and 72*. In Lahore04, 270?, in England02, another 200? - The Multan04 was Sehwag 309 and Kumble.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, look at the India at the Cricket World Cup - I wrote the account of the 96 tournament - when Tendulkar was stumped off M Waugh's wide, India collapesd. When he was stumped in the SF against SL at Eden Gardens, Indian lost 7/20 and there was a riot. In the QF against Pakistan in 96 Jadeja and Sidhu did the damage I think. So I don't really think he is at either end of the extreme. He may not be at the exact middle, but not the extrema. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

• See, another feather (2'nd ODI loss to South Africa on 22-Nov-2006) in a long series of failure to bail out. Vjdchauhan 21:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC).
• Failure in 3'rd ODI as well (against South Africa on 26-Nov-2006). Why not have a ODI series with Kenya (Bangladesh would be tough).

Everyone in the Indian cricket team is playing bad now (I think it is because of Greg Chappell). While I will admit Sachin's very recent form has been far below par, every batsman, including Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting have never been in good form for their whole career. I don't see where this criticism of Tendulkar is leading to. If you dare to make such claims on the article, make sure to adhere to some Wikipedian policies, namely WP:NPOV, WP:OR and WP:RS. Cheers Gizza^{Chat ©} 10:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Repeat performance in 4'th ODI (South Africa, 29 Nov 2006) ;-).
Other players who are considered good/great typically gets back to form within a season or two and Tendulkar failure in ODI is spanning season/years. Vjdchauhan 05:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC).

Well, perhaps try your hand on the article and see what happens....I can't take it seriously when you put on the Dravid and Tendulkar pages that they are worse than Razzaq. Do any journos say this? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC).

Compare their average ODI score in current calendar year with Razzaq (even if he goes lower down the batting order as compared to Dravid/Tendualkar/Sehwag), and pls don't include 'Best Before Use' data. Vjdchauhan 12:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC).

In the 2006 - 2007 season, Sachin has played 21 Matches scored 699 Runs with a highest score of 141* Average 41.11 2 Centuries 5 fifties. In the same period, Rahul Dravid Averages 36.75, Sehwag averages 24.31 Dhoni averages 34.66 Yuvraj Singh averages 39.50. The only person with better average is Ganguly with 63.62). An almost god-like stature makes him impossible to drop even if his cricket is dismal. He is not dropped from the team because India needs 11 players for the cricket team and based on current performance, if Sachin has to be dropped, then Indian Cricket team can have ONLY ONE Player

Now I am not able to understand that he is out of form while Dravid, Sehwag etc are in form.....  Doctor Bruno  19:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

So title of this section still holds true. Vjdchauhan 15:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

ICC Rankings

First of all, some of the "facts" you present are simply false. Although Tendulkar's average against South Africa in South Africa in ODIs is a (relatively) 36.10 his average against Australia in Australia in ODIs is in fact 34.33. Secondly, the reason why the ICC Rankings for 2006 are not up is because they represent pretty much the lowest ICC Rankings he has achieved in his career, as the 2005-2006 period was one of the greatest form slumps Tendulkar has suffered. It would not be in any way indicative of his overall performance throughout his career. Furthermore, suggesting that SRT is not even in the top 20 ODI players of all time nor the top 100 Test players of all time not only goes against the bulk of statistical evidence (Top run scorer and century getter in both forms, 19th highest career average in Tests, 12th highest career average in ODIs) but also contradicts the wisdom of the vast majority of cricketers and cricket writers out there. Lastly, to respond to your comments regarding the minnows, recall that there have always been minnows (in Viv's time, it was Sri Lanka) and that they have always represented a fairly small portion of the total games played (365 of Tendulkar's 425 ODIs have taken place against Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan or Sri Lanka) and that Zimbabwe was in fact quite a respectable team from the late 1990s up until the 2003 world cup. Notice also that even if all the minnows are ignored, Tendulkar's average in ODIs is still 42.43, and he still has 13960 runs and 33 centuries in ODIs which means even if you ignore all the runs he's made against the minnows he's still the top run scorer and century getter. Similar results ensue if you carry out a similar analysis in Tests. Elostirion (talk) 01:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Padma Vibhushan

I feel all persons who got Padma Bhushan, padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Bharat Ratna should be named as respective honours that they've got i.e. we should write ''Italic text''Padma Vibhushan''Italic text'' Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar instead of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and also there should be a page named medals of merit by Indian government, Thank You

Agreed. But the title should be italicized to imply clearly that its a title and not part of the name. Wiki5d (talk) 07:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Translation into hindi

I am trying to translate this help will be appreciated. I apologize if this is inappropriate place to ask for help. I will be happy to post this request at the appropriate forum if someone points me to it Truetyper (talk) 01:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Bowling

I think Mr S Tendulkar is a moderately effective bowler. Dont you think so? He can bowl a ball by crcling his arm. Sometimes batesman misjudge strokes. I havent seen batsmen stroking to well. Even if they were it produces no effective outcome. The frequency of stroking also decreases. This indicates Mr Tendulkar is good wih his hands to prevent others from stroking, For his leg breaks does he bowl right or left handed? Because of BLIC2005 it says Left handed but I wanna know.

He bowls all of his styles right-handed. It would be very freaky for someone to able to bowl with either hand. It would be incredibly handy to have such an ability. Gizza^{Chat ©} 06:18, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

u'll be freaked, that Sachin does!! yes, he is omnidexter~blah blah, u know what i mean. he has said that in many interviews. he can bat and bowl with both hands. sometimes in the field, he even throws with his left. however, at international level he always bowls and bats with his right hand. he writes with his left Quork 20:54, 20 Januar

I think criticism and controversy should be merged

Controversy leads to criticism and criticism is often caused by conotroversy hence they are related. Any other thoughts? Gizza^{Chat ©} 00:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Photos

The two photos are exact same (one of them is zoomed and cropped). One is described to be from 2005 at Chepauk Stadium, and the other from 2006 at Chidambaram Stadium. deeptrivia (talk) 15:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

removed Kalyan 13:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a close shot as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.58.70 (talk) 05:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Cake Incident

There is this very recent incident-him being photographed cutting a cake which looked like an indian tricolour. controversial. I've added a line about that in the controversies section-can someone elaborate. Wildpixs 05:39, 12 April 2007 (UTC) What about choice of Icecream? Is it quality or some foreign brand? All natiolasitic indians should consume kwality icecream made from indian cow milk as also amul butter. thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.68.30.2 (talk) 22:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Is this incident of any significance? Does this need mention? The case was a result of the anguish from recent world cup exit and need for publicity from social activists. Unless there is some development which implicate Tendulkar and FIR is filed, i suggest that this sentence be removed. Kalyan 15:33, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

What is POV

I would like to know whether South Africa being the number 2 team is a reliable fact or a Point of View.  Doctor Bruno  02:19, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know exactly what you are talking about. If, however, there is a claim of SA being the number 2 team in ODI cricket that is in fact fully supportable and not POV. [7] --LiamE 03:45, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Formatting of the article

I feel that it would be better if we split up the international career part into Tests and ODI's like the records section. That would make it a lot better to present to the readers. Plz give your opinions abt this. Illidan reules 10:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

2nd best ever test batsman?

KNM - The lead claim of Sachin as the 2nd greatest Test batsman ever atributed to Wisden, as opposed to a Wisden article is massively overstating the case. It was one article using very specific criteria, giving lots of weight to high aggregates denied most cricketers of yesteryear, and throwing up some very idiosyncratic results. To claim that the source says Wisden and and not a Wisden article is silly. The source quoted is not a primary reference and should not be treated as such. To state it as "Wisden" as opposed to an article would suggest that there are no articles in Wisden that disagree.... and there are a great many articles in Wisden that do disagree. It isnt really for me to prove it was one article, it is for you to prove that that is the Wisden consensus which you are trying to validate from one second hand source. In a quick look I've found a Wisden article putting Dravid ahead of him so its questionable whether Wisden thinks he is the best batsman in the current Indian team let alone the second best ever. Other articles put solid cases for Hobbs, Hammond, Lara, Richards, Headley, Ponting and several others. Just for the record, although Sachin got second place in that list he was nowhere near Bradman. Bradman came in with a score of 1349, Sachin in second with 921.5, with several close behind him led by Richards with 913.9. If the same calculation were run again today, Sachin would most likey not make the top 5 as his average has dropped while the others in the top 5 would all get the same scores again. In addition Dravid and Ponting would no doubt be pushing for a place with their impressive form over recent years. --LiamE 03:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Please see No Original Research. The entire case made by you above, just sounds like Original Research, and it doesn't help the debate here. The sentence in the article is supported with a citation. Thanks. - KNM ^Talk 03:25, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Only the last sentence is OR, the rest clearly is not. Do you think I pulled those numbers or names out of the air? As it stands I feel the article is overstating a second hand source. --LiamE 03:27, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually I'll give you OR on the last 2 sentences but the rest should be addressed. --LiamE 03:29, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

That's actually a good analysis, LiamE. Although I might agree on you, all your claims still remain personal opinions of two amateurs unless you can find some solid references backing them. I would be glad to see more Wisden articles analyzing Sachin's career and compared with other contemporaries. Gnanapiti 06:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Well the Wisden 5 cricketers of the century had 100 pundits on the voting panel. 4 of the 5 winners were batsmen and Tendulkar was not one of them. So I think we can say that Wisden's panel does not think he is definitively second. Since Bradman and Sobers were on 100 and 90 and Sobers might be classed as an allrounder but Hobbs and Richards were at least ahead of Tendulkar on that count. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to read it. My concern is simply that the article overstates Wisden's position. It is unfortunate that the original article seems to be not available online. I have read it, and I have also read several other second hand sources referring to it. To my mind [8] is a far less partisan reading of the Wisden source. The cite given is clearly not neutral. Bradman heads a list by a sunday mile and the headline reads "Sachin the second best ever" Do you really need me to link other wisden/cricinfo artcles where cases for the others are put? I think that relying on partisan second hand source to back up an extravagant claim does a Sachin a mis-service and detracts from his article. "Exceptional claims require exceptional sources" is wiki policy. The second best ever batsman a big claim. As it stands it suggests that there is no dissent to that position at Wisden when their other articles prove otherwise. All I suggest is it is noted it was a particular article that is being referred to but KNM disputes that for what I can only assume are reasons of personnal bias on the matter. --LiamE 16:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

It does seem to be giving WP:UNDUE weight to one article. To prove that it is only one Wisden article and not Wisden as a whole, I hope you can cite the other articles from Wisden which say otherwise. Gizza^{Discuss ©} 02:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

tendulkar has played full 50 overs in a game???

has sachin tendulkar ever played full 50 overs starting from the first over till the last ball of the innings. if yes how many times has it been achieved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.122.18 (talk) 05:35, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

yes ,sachin has played full 50 overs ,against south africa he had made 200* not out.

Even in a Test Match, he does not open, so he cannot play from the first over (unless 2 wickets fall in the very first over), but then the Indian innings would not last long enough for him to play 50 overs (that means the other 8 people have to play around 50 overs from the other end. Jokes apart, may be he means Carrying the Bat in ODI - I guess he has done that may be more than once at that, but I am not sure.167.131.0.194 (talk) 22:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

he has carried his bat during his 186* and 141* although i would not think that the 141* would need special mention. All these are useless in front of the massive 200* against South Africa with a back-ache in the later part of the innings. He is the Greatest Batsman to have ever born on this Planet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.200.229.35 (talk) 13:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC) Shanbhag.rohan 06:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

HE IS GOD MY DREAM WAS THAT HE SHOULD SCORE 200 AND HE DID IT EASILY HE ID GREAT   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.238.137.109 (talk) 14:17, 25 February 2010 (UTC) 

POV Pushing by BInguyen

User BInguyen selectively removes references to good performance by Sachin. I request him to stop this POC pushing. All my edits are cited. Yet this user removes all valid points. Doctor Bruno  08:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC) BInguyen.. When you are selectively removing Sachin's good scores, why are you persisting with the poor scores.. and why are you removing the poor performance of Dravid. Your edits, especially with regard to Sachin and Dravid are totally biased. You remove sentences regarding the good performances of Sachin and poor performance of Dravid and you have been doing this repeatedly.  Doctor Bruno  08:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Tendulkar has played many games for full 50 overs one of which was against zimbawe in which he demolished olanga,s carrer

FA?

This shld be made into FA. Just use the standard set on Bhajjis page. Darrowen (talk) 01:24, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

First I'm going to go through and get rid of all the unnecessary stuff and weasel words etc. Then I'll add stuff. Darrowen (talk) 05:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion

Will it be wise to move all the records and achievements to Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar or Records and Awards held by Sachin Tendulkar and to simply summarize the most notable ones here? Darrowen (talk) 06:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Please add a line. Only batsman in the history of ODI to score 200 runs in an innings —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbspune (talk • contribs) 13:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Photo?

There must be a better photo somewhere! If anyone is friendly with him or a fan club of sorts please request a photo be donated. Benjiboi 20:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

people are that lazy to not even look in Flickr? look what i found.. Sai2020 10:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

References

It would be helpful if a reference overhaul took place to format them all in the same style. Benjiboi 20:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

new pics

how are they? Sai2020 10:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Numbers

Sachin's Career Aggregate and No. of Innings. As of January 17th 2008, Sachin's aggreagate was 11603 in 145 matches(and not 11606 in 144 matches). The average will of course change accordingly. Can someone fix that, this article is protected and I cannot change it.167.131.0.194 (talk) 22:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

: Looks like no one saw this until now - now it is 11616 runs in 145 matches and 235 innings at 55.31.71.236.190.42 (talk) 18:24, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Done.DesiStrider (talk) 22:40, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Test centuries

Hi - i noticed that the information in the Test Centuries section of the article is a subset & pale comparison to the List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar page. I think the Test centuries table is redundant. I think it should be removed

My 2 cents is that a different table - summarizing Sachin's test centuries against opponents would be a better fit for the main page because it would give an overview.

--Kalyan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.8.222.82 (talk) 10:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed for removal of the centuries table, given that those details now has its own page, which in itself is a featured list. Anyone has any oppositions? - KNM ^Talk 07:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Since there was no opposition, I have gone ahead and removed the list of centuries, and added List of International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar link in See Also section. - KNM ^Talk 18:40, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Last ODI?

Its rather presumptuous to list the last ODI as being 4 March 2008, the match isnt over yet and if Australia win it will be incorrect. Editing to show he is still active in this form of the game, for a few hours at least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.217.13.50 (talk) 06:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I presume, you are referring to the Last ODI in the infobox. Well, there it actually means, the latest ODI and not as the last / final ODI of his career. IMO, his "last ODI" is still far away from now. - KNM ^Talk 07:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

UNSUPPORTED CLAIM OF GREATEST ODI PLAYER

I want to see the exact official article that states that Tendulkar was ranked the best ODI bat ever ahead of the incomparable King Viv. Till very recently, the 'great' Tendulkar averaged a tremendous 26 and 28 etc in Australia and South Africa and had a grand total of zero centuries on their soil and his only three centuries outside the dream-batting tracks of Asia came against formidable attacks like Zimbabwe and Kenya.

King Viv and many others played on much more difficult tracks, against much better bowlers, with no protective gear, and hardly any batsman-friendly rules. King Viv averaged around 50 all over Australia and other places and with a SR of 90+ when 30 and 70 were the hallmark of greatness. How then can Tendulkar with 40+ and 86 in an era where 90 seems to be the norm be ranked one? I shall tag the statement in the article if I do not see a valid reference (NOT another Wikipedia article) to it within the next two days.

I had said that I wanted a valid citation for Tendulkar being ranked 1 and King Viv at 2 in ODIs. King Viv was ranked 1 and still is by MOST non-Indian fans and many Indians as well, with Bevan at 2. Tendulkar has fattened his ODI stats with huge scores against weak attacks and on the great batting tracks of Asia. His averages are in the range of 26-28 against McGrath and Warne in Aus, while against Lillee, Thommo, Pascoe, Hogg, etc Viv averaged 48 with sr above 90.

This is not a site to write falsities and lies according to personal bias and 'patriotic' feelings.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:Anup RamakrishnanAnup Ramakrishnan (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)|Anup RamakrishnanAnup Ramakrishnan (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)]] ([[User talk:Anup RamakrishnanAnup Ramakrishnan (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Anup RamakrishnanAnup Ramakrishnan (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)|contribs]])

Yes, all those pressure of a poor batting line-up and of expectations from 1 billion+ people of the country blah blah blah blah .... Hear it so often from biased Tendulkar fans.

Tendulkar batting on good batting tracks has been hit by Waqar, Aaqib, Donald, Shoaib, Lee, Jones so on and on. On treacherous, uncovered tracks, King Viv battled the fastest and best ever bowlers like Thommo, Lillee, Pascoe, Hogg, Gilmour, Walker, Malone, Prior, Snow, Willis, Dilley, Botham, Imran, Nawaz, Kapil, Hadlee in both the unofficial Packer Series and otherwise. In the Packer Series he took on Procter and LeRoux of South Africa in addition to those above, and dismantled all these men in the toughest batting conditions without even a helmet. Tendulkar would not have lasted even two deliveries in those conditions. Even the biggest moron alive will tell you whether batting was more difficult in the 70s/80s and earlier or after 1990.

In the '90 and after period, Tendulkar had one to all of Azharuddin, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag etc to support him - the second best lineups of the 90s after those of Australia, and much better than those from West Indies, England, New Zealand, and superior to South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan as well.

And speaking of the 1 billion+ population, half of them do not get to eat two square meals a day, and his 'care' for the nation was well illustrated during the Ferrari Car Tax concession....

This page is quite easily the most C-grade and substandard page I have ever visited on this site. I have read and posted on quite a few topics and on many more pages, but have not seen any even remotely as cheap, biased, sullying and pathetic as this.

Though I am Indian, my sense of 'patriotism' stretches far beyond adoring a scumbag who at worth over 200 crores INR shows his true bloodlines and class by seeking a rebate of 1.12 crores of tax on a free gift. FACT remains - and this is for ALL Tendulkar fans to know that this man is not a matchwinner one of the most essential qualities for a batsman to be among the greatest ever. Despite playing all his career on good batting pitches, with loads of protective gear, so many batsmen-protecting rules, and inferior bowlers.

His averages and SR in ODIs are still inferior to Vivian Richards', who had figures of 48 and 90+ across all cricket-playing nations, when 30 and 70 respectively were great figures, and was neither a home-bully nor a flat-track bully like Tendulkar. He played in an era of uncovered, difficult pitches, without even a helmet, no batsman-friendly rules and against far better attacks. His era saw Australia, England, India and New Zealand all have superior attacks to those they had in the 90s and this decade. Even Pakistan had a better attack, while South Africa were not playing, and Sri Lanka hardly played or figured. Look up how many Tendulkar has plundered against weak attacks like Zimbabwe and Kenya etc.

Till now I was civil in my posting but I shall rip this page apart if wrongful assertions are forced down anybody's throat without valid citations ever ever ever again only to glorify this most overrated batsman, player and person in the history of Modern Sport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anup Ramakrishnan (talk • contribs) 00:30, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

20 : 20 statistics

i think his 20:20 statistics need to be added too.also what about creating a template : infobox for all cricketers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsjustajoy (talk • contribs) 07:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Come pn man,you just cannot be rude and crticise a man who is n times a btter human being than u..ur thoughts r mud in front of his gr8ness and achievments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacktanu (talk • contribs) 22:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Article Style

I think the article style is less encyclopaedic and more like that of a fan site. Take a look at the subheadings:

• Rise through the ranks
• injuries and decline
• return to form.

Also there are many unreferenced credits . The very second paragraph is on "Playing style" whereas the general tendecy is to have a sportsman's life history after the introduction. Can someone please look into this? --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 07:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I need to point out an obvious error. Also, why has the ability to edit thie main article been taken away?

The part where it states that Sachin "Would often get bored of practice" is utter rubbish. A slap to whoever put that. There have been accounts by several coaches and team-mates recalling instances when Sachin would be up at midnight batting alone in the nets. I am not being biased towards him, but it is overwhelmingly clear that as a child, he couldn't get enough out of cricket.

Coach Acharekar (I believe) would only place a coin on the stumps when Sachin was near exhausted, to try and spur him on to keep fighting. If anyone can, please edit out the current mistake and add my above revision. My source is the biography of Sachin by Vaibhav Purandare.

A Prodigy (talk) 13:36, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to go ahead and modify/delete the line. If you are modifying it, it would help if you add the source - book, author, page number, ISBN etc. I hope you know the format, if not just leave a message here and one of us can show you how. Tintin 13:48, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

The thing is I CAN'T edit the page and I don't know why that ability is gone, any help anyone? A Prodigy (talk) 18:32, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

The reason for that is, the article is semi-protected, meaning unregistered and new users cannot edit the article. - KNM ^Talk 14:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I've removed "Would often get bored of practice" sentence from the article. Cheers - KNM ^Talk 14:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

OK I was able to edit the main article some time ago, this problem has been resolved :). A Prodigy ^(t•c•m) 19:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Vighnaharta Shri Siddhivinayak movie

Look at this article. His cameo role in the movie (his debut movie) can be mentioned somewhere in the article. Dock^Hi 14:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

The name as written in hindi, सिचन, is pronounced 'sichan', and not Sachin. The correct way of writing it is 'सचिन'. I cannot edit the page from here, some problem with my IP, I suppose. Can somebody please correct it rightaway?

128.42.163.73 (talk) 16:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC) Charu. 14th August 2008. 11.15 am. Houston.

About Sachin's background:

Even though he is from born up in a middle class SARASWATH BRAHMIN family. why is it not put up in the article? Can you please add that information in the article.somebody has deleted it from the article. (SHIVANANADA (talk) 01:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC)ShivanandaSHIVANANADA (talk) 01:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC))

SACHIN did nt play bangladesh series after 2007 WC...It is wrongly return in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.8.121 (talk) 16:23, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

.I Love To Sachin Tendurkar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.96.71.213 (talk) 07:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Better Front looking Photo

I think we can have a better looking front face photo of Sachin. kindly upload and update if any one has Kkoolpatz (talk) 18:45, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

What is exactly wrong with the current image? The quality is good, and it shows enough of Sachin's face to pass for me. Blooded Edge ^Sign/_Talk 19:40, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

His face is in the shadow of his hat - surely someone can whistle up a better photo that this. One of him playing cricket perhaps ? Far Canal (talk) 02:44, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

adding site to answer sachin's critics

I found an excellent, may be the best ever site on Sachin Tendulkar. www.sachinandcritics.com and added it in the external link. but it got deleted thrice. What is this... the official site is not working... if it is working, it is not so great when compared with sachinandcritics.com it is to silence the critics. Check it... why it has been removed? --218.248.68.63 (talk) 07:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Did you add it to the External links section? If not, that may have been why. But if you did, I personally cannot think of a reason as by which someone would delete it by -_-. Blooded Edge ^Sign/_Talk 22:05, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Then any one add the link of the site... www.sachinandcritics.com on external links... with this quote- 'site for answering the critics of Sachin Tendulkar' --Harimaheswar (talk) 13:31, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

{{Sachin-stats}}

Apart from being a horrific abuse of the template syntax (!), this template is redundant in the infobox on this page as Sambot now updates statistics weekly. Sambot thinks the template is a reference or suchlike and so ignores it, leaving a mess. I removed the template before, but someone (I don't know who) re-added it. It would be great if people could avoid changing this again.

Thanks,

Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 10:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

List of leading run-scorers in test cricket

Would someone like to make the article with the list? Couple of helps - [9][10] 62.64.213.206 (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I have expressed surprose on this at Talk:List of cricket batting averages.--Peter cohen (talk) 20:58, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually looking at things, there are navigation boxes at the bottom of bowler pages for >=400 wickets and >=700 wickets. Shouldn't there be one for >= 10K test runs?--Peter cohen (talk) 08:05, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Small correction in 'Career Achievements'

On surpassing the highest number of test runs, Tendulkar said "It is definitely the biggest achievement as it has taken me 19 years to get the record” which is different from what is written on this page (“It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career”) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kvpradeep689 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Split up the article

The article is massive and there are multiple references to some of his records (across the article). So maybe I will start cleaning up the introduction and then move out some of his records to the other related articles like Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar. ajoy (talk) 08:18, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

The article is not long at all. YellowMonkey (click here to choose Australia's next top model!) 01:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

c60K including all the gunk that doesn't count towards recommended limits means there's no pressure to split yet.--Peter cohen (talk) 10:08, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Small Information change needed.

In the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar#Early_years_and_personal_life page the line "Tendulkar was born in Mumbai (now Mumbai)." has to be "Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai)."

Small Information change needed.

In the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar#Early_years_and_personal_life page the line "Tendulkar was born in Mumbai (now Mumbai)." has to be "Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivekthangaswamy (talk • contribs) 05:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Editsemiprotected

Sharad Pawar had mentioned that when Tendulkar was asked if wanted Captaincy after Rahul Dravid resigned in 2007, Sachin simnply refused and said that Dhoni be made captain.Rishiravani (talk) 20:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Tendlya

{{editsemiprotected}} Sachin is also nick named "Tendlya".

 Not done at the moment, please provide a source for that nickname to reference it. ~ mazca ^t|c 20:33, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Source

• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1292583.cms
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/636291.cms

Sachin's nick name is Tendlya.BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 10:46, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Updated Test Century

Sachin Just completed 1 more century . That now makes 41 test century. BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 10:36, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Wrong External Link title at the end of the article.

The link in the external links section at the bottom of the article saying 'Sachin Tendulkar Official Site' links to a site which is not by any means official. It is just a site maintained by a fan (Refer: http://tendulkar.co.in/index.php/about/). To suggest that the site is by any way promoted or sanctioned by Sachin Tendulkar by terming it official is wrong. It needs to be corrected right away. Thanks.

(Maulikt (talk) 22:38, 30 January 2009 (UTC))

Another editor has removed that link altogether. So no lasting harm done? Blooded Edge ^Contact 17:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Career achievements

This section could be added to, particularly when stating that Sachin's efforts have been a major part of Indian victories. % of team runs scored by Sachin during victories, or during any games, and number of centuries scored in a winning cause over a losing one - stats like that could be useful here. SGGH ^ping! 14:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Tendulkar's achievements has its own article: Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar. Dapi89 (talk) 23:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

adaptibilty

there's not anything mentioned about sachin's new innovations, like the fours he hit over Gilly's head off Brett Lee in the 2008 CB Series Finals. Or the the way he curved his bat in IPL 2009 to direct a fullish ball through the vacatn fourth-slip to gully area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.124.247.56 (talk) 10:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)