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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 />
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