Sunday, December 07, 2003

And it happens again.......


Everytime Tendulkar gets a rough decision, I don't go seething with anger, but I take pride in his post-dismissal reaction. I haven't seen many cricketers walk out these days when u know for certain that u have nicked the ball.. well nobody asks u to until the umpire does... but almost all the players(barring a priveleged few) do that..... tendulkar didn't speak about that and never showed dissent of any kind, except for a look of mild shock which I'm sure would haunt Bucknore for the rest of his life... Steve Bucknore is a wonderful umpire, lively cheerful and takes his time deciding the fate of the batsman ... infintely more accurate than S.K Bansal but so far he's had a poor match.. I cud recall vividly the 99-00 tour where the Indians lost the first test due to shocker from Harper who isn't far away from Bansal in that regard. The manner Tendulkar has taken the good with the ugly has often surprised me and the one man I idolise beyond belief... not that I wud play for India any day... but the way I wud conduct myself any given time.... and here's some others who felt the same way ....in Australia!!!!!
The west
The Australian
The daily telegraph
The Sydney morning hearld
The Age