Quotes on Sachin

@Hashim Amla: "Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @yaseer hameed: "Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "To Sachin, the man we all want to be" - What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives " BBC on Sachin Batting In second innings myth and truth Test sides second innings averages of some top class batsman in tests Those who bat higher up the order upto one down or two down. Kallis 58.37 SR 43.23 higher avarage poor strike rate. Sachin 43.98 SR 53.95 balanced Ponting 43.58 SR 57.80 balanced Dravid 43.28 SR 40.42 balanced but still low strike rate Lara 38.18 SR 54.09 Balanced with low average Sehwag 30.35 SR 78.33 poorest avarage highest strike rate. Now those bat down the order i.e. at three down or four down. Laxman 50.47 SR 50.93 balanced ( first innings average 45.67 ) Inzamam 46.97 SR 54.67 balanced ( first innings average 51.23 ) Batting lower chances of remaining not out are more and facing new ball and fresh Bowlers is less. But batting in deteriorated pitch are more specially in fourth innings. Logic classes for some masses India always needs Sachin when he fails... so strange logic says Sachin always fails if India needs him ...lol