Dear Harshad,

Let me share my views to what you call "...not only sachin, no one is spared in cricket."

Before that let me ask few questions -

Q1- Who is criticising Sachin?

Q2- Have you seen any protest by cricket loving people against Sachin's recent form in Cricket?

Q3- Are we the kind of fanatic cricket lovers who believe in statistics before forming some perception?

I am sure that none of them is the common people who love cricket. So, the question is from where we get this idea of "Endulakar" in our mind. It's the damn media friend on which we rely so much these days. They are the one who decide on what we should eat, wear, and what should we see. So, at the end of the day when Ranatunga said that "Indians must learn to respect their hero" - I feel, we should rephrase it as "Media must learn to restrain itself from tarnishing image of a self-made national Hero/icon"

Having said that, I would like to add that there is something more than this which drives the force behind all this kind of faming - defaming movements. There are well paid agencies who plan the move and just wait for the right time.

Would you disagree with me when I point out the timing of this Anti - Tendulkar move -

a) Tendulkar contract (portfolio management) for the next term is pending. If his image as a national brand would tarnish, the competing companies would be the one to gain maximum from that. I mean to say, the situation would force him to sign the contracts in lesser money. That's a good deal.

b) I don't want to comment over it but the timing of Tendulkar to take two months off from the active international cricket and all in the name of injury must have something to take with it. Public memory is very small and once he come back and plays a good knock, he would be back with a bang.

In the end, it's not about an icon, or not about a hero or how does he play or who is defaming whom - Its all business.

I am sure that you would love to read this thread Sachin Tendulkar vs Expectations


Disclaimer - This is all my personal opinion and is not intended to hurt others feelings or tarnish one's image.