And Some1 thinks Pakistanis and BD wrongly think cricinfo is biased??
Saby, I do not think that sachin will ever be player of <2003 and thats why i said “near the standareds he was in.”
Sachin’s case is a complicated one. To me he still plays better than and Continue to play better than some other great batsman when they (gavaskar, Viv, Javed, Grenidge, Taylor, Steve and Mark and now inzi(hopefully)) retire…gavaskar one can claim that sicne he scored 96 in his last test inning and 100 in his 2nd last ODI, but personally to me he gotten to his expiration date…Sachin can still play better than all these players in their last season…but it is very visible that he is no way near the same <<2003 sachin…to me it is a clear indication of indian board having no faith on rest of the batting line up, and not having the courage to make a decision of even dropping him in one form of the game…May be nobody want to be the guy (running the show ) who drops sachin infront of indian media+people.