All this talk about Sachin Tendulkar being finished is having a big influence on the way i watching cricket. Sachin Tendulkar was diffinatly at his peak from 1996-2003, we saw great batting by him at that time and its fair to say we might not see that level of form from him again in his career.

But when i now see him, he play very differently and it seems he has even more responsibilty on his shoulders then he did in the 1990's, even though we have more batsmen now that are capable of winning a match, i think this is because poeple are expecting too much from him, they want to see the sachin of 'old', and im sorry to say i think it is not going to happen, i wish he proves me worng but at the moment i can't see him hitting another 180 odd runs from only 150 balls.

Even now with his less batting success i still want him to be in the Indian team, i want him to stay there forever because we will only know how much of an importance Sachin is when he is gone.

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