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<strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong> hits back<br />

at John Buchanan<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong> has hit back at John Buchanan for<br />

finding faults in his batting technique against pace<br />

bowling and advised the<br />

former Australian coach to<br />

change his opinion which<br />

"doesn't have to be right all<br />

the time".<br />

SACHINISM INSIDE OUT- E MAGAZINE - AUGUST EDITION<br />

"It is only his opinion. John<br />

Buchanan doesn't have to<br />

be right all the time. If I<br />

couldn't handle short<br />

deliveries, then I wouldn't<br />

still be scoring runs,"<br />

<strong>Tendulkar</strong> said in an<br />

interview to the 'Wisden'.<br />

"Maybe he needs to change his opinion. There must be<br />

something very wrong with all the bowlers around the<br />

world that they have allowed me to score so many<br />

runs," he retorted.<br />

Buchanan had said before India's 2007 tour of<br />

Australia that video analysis of the <strong>Tendulkar</strong> reveals<br />

his footwork has become sluggish, especially early in<br />

his innings, making him vulnerable to short-pitched<br />

deliveries followed by a fuller one<br />

August 15,<br />

2009<br />

.<strong>Sachin</strong> slams Chappell<br />

Well, it was just waiting to happen. Master blaster<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong><br />

finally lost his cool and<br />

reacted sharply to<br />

former cricketer Ian<br />

Chappell’s criticism.<br />

Ian Chappel has been<br />

unfair to <strong>Sachin</strong> on<br />

more than one<br />

occasion. He blasted<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> in several of his<br />

columns.<br />

Milestone man Koertzen lauds <strong>Sachin</strong><br />

Recently Chappell<br />

wrote, "<strong>Sachin</strong> only<br />

plays for records. It’s high time he should realise the<br />

damage he is doing to Indian cricket. Now he should<br />

just retire from cricket".Known for his dignified silence,<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> finally decided to give it back to Ian Chappel.<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> said, "Some people indulge in such remarks<br />

only to gain popularity. Ian Chappel has no knowledge<br />

of cricket"."When I started playing international<br />

cricket, I was 16 and used to play aggressive shots. At<br />

26, my style changed and today at 36, I play according<br />

to the requirement of the team," <strong>Sachin</strong> added.<br />

Rudi Koertzen, who became only the second umpire to officiate in 100 Tests, said <strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong> and Brian Lara are<br />

the two cricketers he has highest regard for.<br />

Looking back on his career, the 60-year-old South African said he was fortunate to have seen <strong>Tendulkar</strong> and Lara bat<br />

from close quarters.<br />

"I have been fortunate and privileged to have seen some of the greatest modern<br />

day cricketers very closely. It would be unfair to pin-point one or two players but I<br />

have to name Brian Lara and <strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong> for whom I have the greatest<br />

respect and I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing them bat," he said.<br />

"They had amazing reflexes and used to pick up the ball as soon as it left the<br />

bowler's hand which helped them make batting look very graceful and elegant due<br />

to their superb timing, excellent footwork, ability to hit the gaps and score runs off<br />

good balls. While <strong>Sachin</strong> continues to delight us with his batting, it was sad to see<br />

retire Brian in 2007," Koertzen said.<br />

"I don't think you can replace batsmen like <strong>Sachin</strong> and Brian in a day or two. The batsmen of these qualities and class<br />

are born in years and we are so fortunate to have seen them when they were at their brilliant best," he added.<br />

<strong>Sachin</strong> <strong>Tendulkar</strong> - “I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know<br />

where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.”<br />

SACHINISM : More Than A Religion<br />

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