Do you think Sachin Tendulkar was slightly vulnerable under pressure?

[Ted123]

Try bringing in some statistical figures to make a case. Performance in World Cups, performance in tournament finals, average while chasing, number of centuries while chasing, performance away from home and Asia in Tests, performance in Australia and South Africa in Tests, etc. Those are the challenging and demanding conditions. Try bringing them up and see what are the results.

As for his record in 4th innings, it's better than Brian Lara and Allan Border's average in 4th innings. Also, Steve Waugh averages 25 odd in 4th innings. And kindly have a look at Imran Khan's bowling average and strike rate in 4th innings.

Like I said, try bringing in statistical data to make a case. Opinions might be wrong, numbers and data aren't.

I always felt when the back was against wall, he would leave the job done to Dravid and Laxman and would go missing. This is why those two are regarded as better pressure player than SRT. Not everything is stats.

 

[Ted123]

When was he ever not under pressure?

I felt he loved batting but went missing in some of the precarious situations when the chips were down.

 

[Sidilicious]

There is no doubt he was the most complete player the world has ever seen. But I believe his vulnerability under pressure was what stopped him from becoming the greatest odi batsmen of all-time as well as the greatest test batsmen of all-time.

This is not some random hamming but there has been quite a few of instances supporting it.

1) His failures in both the WC final and his mediocre record in World Cup knockouts.

2) His poor record in 4th inning in tests.

3) His failure stint as captaincy and not being able to lead his side.

4) His vulnerability while getting into nervous 90s as well as the pressure of records and achievements like 100th ton.

Aside his brilliant ability with the bat, dont you think he had mental weakness in his game or he wasn't the same when heat was absolutely on?

Just a quick analysis of your points

1. In WC Semifinals - Tendulkar has played 3 matches and has scores a 50 in all 3 of them. (96,03,11)
In WC QF - Tendulkar has played 2 QFs, with 1 50 (96,11)
In Finals - He has not scored a 50 in 2 matches.

So a total of 4 50+ scores in 7 innings. So a 50+ score in more than 50% of matches. Also in WC QFs + SF + Final he averages 48. Not the stuff of players who fail under pressure.

Add to this his performance in tournament finals in general, where he averages 54. The only blemish would be his failure in 2 the WC finals.

2. 4th innings scores hardly means much, as great batsmen take control in the 1st and 2nd innings.

3. Could this is be pressure or that fact that he had a weak team. No one is saying he was a great captain, but you cannot associate his captaincy failures to Pressure.

4. There have been a total of 5768 centuries in International Cricket. In addition to that there have been 1305 instances of batsmen getting out in the 90s. So, batsmen at an average get out in the 90s 18% of the times they reach 90. Batsmen reach 100, 82% on the occasions they reach 90.

Tendulkar has 100 100s and has been out 27 times in the 90s. The same percentage for Sachin is 21%. Its not significantly higher. So that quashes this point.

All in all, Tendulkar was not a failure under pressure. He was not the best batsman under pressure, but suggesting that he failed under pressure is not correct.

 

[Princejain191]

Umm, yes everyone is susceptible, but if you use that logic then how on Earth would you rate one sports person better than the other for a particular skill or ability? Can't use that excuse.

Why do some people rate one person as highly capable of handling pressure but the other not as much? It's because there's a difference in ability in that aspect.

Nobody would choose SRT over Kohli when the scenario you put them in is when chips are down or a high pressure match situation.

You have the answer.

My point was that he was always under ridiculous pressure. And to average that and score that much means he did well under it. If you judging his career or ability to handle pressure over 24 years by 9-10 matches, you are doing it wrong.

And I would take Virat over SRT, but many would take SRT over Virat too. Both are good.

 

[MenInG]

Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has filed a civil lawsuit against an Australian bat manufacturer, accusing it of using his name and image to promote products and then failing to pay him 2 million Australian dollars in royalties. In Federal Court papers filed this month and reviewed by Reuters, Tendulkar said Sydney-based Spartan Sports International agreed in 2016 to pay him at least 1 million Australian dollars a year to use his image, logo and promotional services to sell "Sachin by Spartan" sporting goods and clothing.

The retired star batsman soon went to work promoting the products, and appeared at a range of promotional events in places such as London and the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, the documents showed. However, by September 2018, Spartan had failed to make a single payment owed, Tendulkar said, and he made a formal request for payment.

When none came, he ended the agreement, asking the company to stop using his name and likeness. Yet Spartan continued to do so, according to the documents.

Spartan, whose legal representative was not listed on the Federal Court website, did not respond to an email request from Reuters for comment. Les Galbraith, listed by the court documents as its chief operating officer, did not respond to a private message sent to his LinkedIn page.

The law firm listed as representing Tendulkar, Gilbert + Tobin, declined comment. Tendulkar's civil claim accused the Australian company of misleading or deceptive conduct, "passing off", or suggesting an official endorsement when none existed, and breach of contract.

It did not say what damages were sought. Tendulkar became the world's leading run-scorer in Tests and One-day Internationals, with more than 34,000 runs and 100 centuries, in a 24-year career that ended in 2013.

In 2012, he was made an honorary member of the Order of Australia, one of the country's highest civil awards.

The court website showed the lawsuit was filed on June 5, with the first court date in Sydney on June 26.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sac...llion-australian-dollars-in-royalties-2053097

 

[MenInG]

Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batting legend has played 200 Test matches and scored 100 international hundreds during his 24-year-long cricket career. While Sachin Tendulkar has majority of the batting records to his name, initially in his career, Sachin Tendulkar had to beg and plead to get a chance to bat at the top of the order. Sachin Tendulkar took to LinkedIn to share a video, in which the former India cricketer recalled an incident from 1994. In the video, Sachin Tendulkar revealed that ahead of an One-Day International in Auckland back in 1994, he had to beg and plead to open the innings.

"I thought I could go up front and take the opposition bowlers on. But I had to beg and plead to please give me a chance. If I fail, I won't come after you again," he added.

Sachin Tendulkar started his career as a middle-order batsman but later turned one of the best opening batsman in the limited overs cricket.

Tendulkar went on to score 49 ODI centuries, which is a world record in the 50-over format till date.

Tendulkar also emphasised that his approach up front was slightly out of the box as teams used to send openers who could save wickets initially. However, Tendulkar's approach was to attack to the bowlers from the first ball.

"In 1994, when I started opening the batting for India, the strategy used by all teams was to save wickets. What I tried to do was slightly out of the box," Tendulkar said.

Using that move as an example, the prolific former batsman urged his fans to never shy away from taking risks because of the fear of failure.

"In that first match (against New Zealand at Auckland), I scored 82 off 49 balls, so I didn't have to ask again if I would get another chance. They were keen for me to open. But what I'm trying to say here is, don't be afraid of failure," the 46-year-old Tendulkar said.

After moving from middle-order to the opener's slot, Sachin Tendulkar had to wait for five innings before he managed to cross the three-figure mark.

He recorded scores of 82, 63, 40, 63 and 73 in his first five innings as an opening batsman. The former opening batsman scored his maiden hundred against Australia in Colombo.

Sachin Tendulkar ended his ODI career with 18,426 runs in 463 matches at an average of 44.83.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-says-had-to-beg-and-plead-for-opening-slot-2107418

 

[shantanu]

He was amazingly consistent but he was fragile. He was not good at handlong pressure at all. Lara was better in this regard. When he played in a free spirited way he was a joy to watch but he dod not have nerves of steel. But we grew up with . He was an inspiration. A fragile demi god. Infact until dravid and yuvi came along we would regularly lose crunch moments. Things started turnjng around with the coming of raina too. And then the maverick dhoni sacrificed his aggression for the greater good of the team and became a friggin rock in the middle order. Kohli blossomed over time and then these two were the cornerstones of Indian domination. Now only if its a really bad day do we lose matches from ann evenly matched position. Tendulkar gave us joy. Dada gave us belief. Yuvi was the x factor and dhoni was the baba yaga of the 2000s.
Blessed we have been to have had such heroes. But the domination for this next decade will be driven by the bowling resources in my opinion. Wonderful times. A wonderful game.

 

[Ab Fan]

I don't think his game had any weakness under pressure situation.

His only problem in test cricket was that he wasn't ruthless enough at any point of his career as Lara or Steve Smith have been.

 

[Realromeo]

Tendulkar took his chances, he'd play "rash" shorts here and there all the time. He was willing to take risks, .Higher the risk is, higher the reward is and ofcourse higher the chance of failure. He occassionally looked dumb when it didn't pan out but that is what made Sachin who he is.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Tendualkar was unlucky to have a crap batting team for most of his career ... he had jadeja, azhar-ud-din (past his prime) and few other side shows .... his stats would have been even better if he had some better battsmen with him

 

[Justcrazy]

Every one is vulnerable under pressure.