GOD of Cricket -Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians -Edition 2

[Plum]

Even ICL had best-of-3 finals. Modi maapLa ellAm nallA paNNittu idhula kOttai vuttutiyE. I think a best of 3 would have favoured the stronger team Mumbai.
Also, this business of beating Mumbai in their own den being a great achievement - I don't agree. The pitch suited CSK squad more than MI's strenghts. Bangalorela vechurundhA advantage mumbainu thONaradhu.
Goes to show how trivial points are taken as highlights by media and fans - in this case, more than the stadium advantage, pitch advantage mattered. But history will record this as mumbai's home advantage nullified. Even chennai's patta pitch would have been better for mumbai..

[kid-glove]

I disagree Plum.

In 2010, CSK lead 2-1 in Head-to-heads vs Mumbai. Incl. league..

[Plum]

Yesterday itself I wrote that sachin shouldn't play if there was risk. Indha trophy avLO mukkiyam illaiyE compared to world cup, test records, beating oz in oz.
As an opponent, I'd credit luck foremost if I happen to win against an injured Tendulkar. Wasim Akram in '99 had the same luck.

To some extent one feels like railing against destiny a la pachan in deewar

[littlemaster1982]

Ane he is going to play IPL 4 ! Logathula sila vishayangaLai purinjikkavE mudiyalai. "I rule even this format"-nu adichu solli orange cap vANgiyAchu (not that he has anything to prove to anyone). It stumps me why he'd persist with this.

kadavuLai uNarathaan mudiyum, purinjikka mudiyAdhu-nu idhai dhaan solraanga pOla.

I guess he would have said good bye to IPL, had MI won the match yesterday. May be he wants to give another shot.

[viraajan]

Did you see his reaction when Nayar got out? Last time he reacted like this was in that famous Sharjah match when Laxman didn't respond for a run. Btw, he doesn't take any game lightly and we all know that

This is the first time I'm seeing Sachin, with such a reaction. I just couldn't believe my eyes.

romba paavam... vEdhanaiyA irukkum sachin'ku....
veLilayum kaayam, ippa, uLLaiyum kaayam

[kid-glove]

Well thats because Nayyar kept looking for runs in dangerous situations. Should have got Sachin out twice or thrice already. Especially Murali and Jakati throws were inches away

[littlemaster1982]

when i mentioned "sachin-a nenachaa dhaan paavamaa irukku", one of my colleagues remarked "Indiavukkaaga injury vechu velayaada sollunga, paakkalaam" and a couple of others joined teh sachin bashing bandwagon...i got irritated and replied "dont know whether u guys started watching cricket due to ipl, but beware when u open ur mouth against a man who returned to play for India in a crucial match against Kenya just the day after his father's death!" kroop dismiss!

These days I want to slap those guys really hard. Bunch of useless fellows

Sachin played with fractured toe for the whole of WC 2003 for Christ's sake

[P_R]

One of the charms of cricket is that it is not always the better team that wins.

I don't understand what the point is of a best of n final. If you want the better team to win then don't have finals at all, just use points table and decide. We have finals for thrills and pay a price.

Best of n, is wanting both porridge and moustache.

[Plum]

Although I am ok with CSK winning(as opposed to punjap or rajasthan or deccan), sachin's pain has sort of nullified that happiness.
I guess if mumbai had won and media went ballast against chennai, it would have been similar for me(in varying degree). So the final I envisaged as win-win has become lose-lose

[viraajan]

when i mentioned "sachin-a nenachaa dhaan paavamaa irukku", one of my colleagues remarked "Indiavukkaaga injury vechu velayaada sollunga, paakkalaam" and a couple of others joined teh sachin bashing bandwagon...i got irritated and replied "dont know whether u guys started watching cricket due to ipl, but beware when u open ur mouth against a man who returned to play for India in a crucial match against Kenya just the day after his father's death!" kroop dismiss!

These days I want to slap those guys really hard. Bunch of useless fellows

Sachin played with fractured toe for the whole of WC 2003 for Christ's sake

I'm sick of it. When Sachin did not play well in Semis, there were criticisms that sachin cannot play under pressure.! WTH!

As you say, useless fellows!