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Unlucky by chance? Another howler for Sachin in Lanka

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Posted: Feb 03, 2009 at 1449 hrs IST

Colombo: For the third time in a row, Sachin Tendulkar was done in by poor umpiring in the current one-day cricket series against Sri Lanka, being declared leg before wicket in yet another dubious decision.

Tendulkar was declared leg-before in the first ODI in Dambulla when the ball was clearly pitched outside the leg stump, he fell LBW against in the second ODI when the ball was missing the leg stump and was again ruled out leg-before by Sri Lankan umpire Gamini Silva when the ball was going down the leg side by an even wider margin.

The three umpiring errors have meant that Tendulkar has made scores of 5, 6 and 7 in the series so far. True to his character, Tendulkar has not shown any dissent although his disappointment was palpable.

India's coach Gary Kirsten was seen shaking his head in disbelief after watching television replays of Tendulkar's dismissal in the dressing room.

The champion batsman, who had been in excellent form in the recent series against Australia and England, suddenly finds himself going through a lean patch for no fault of his.

Tendulkar has compiled 16,433 runs in 421 one-day matches at an average of 44.05, while he has an even better average of 54.27 in the longer version of the game in which he has accumulated 12,429 runs in 156 matches.

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sachin and lbw
by keshav ranganath on 2009-02-03 22:26:34.458295+05:30
i think sachin getting out lbw (right or wrong) is a boon in disguise for India. If sachin stayed, he would definitely bring down the run rate. in a one dayer, sachin is NO sehwag or yuvraj. we should make sachin sit and open the spot for a new comer.
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Tendulkar
by Ven Pappu on 2009-02-03 21:55:16.636815+05:30
I don't know why Sachin still opens batting. His reflexes are slower now. Even in ODIs he should go 4 or 5. He also should stop (or be careful) playing that flick shot off the legs. Most of his outs are bowled or LBW because of that. If he plays carefully, he will last another 5 years which is good for India.
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Experienced Sachin
by ikram on 2009-02-04 18:25:10.270911+05:30
What about Jayasuriya? He is older than sachin, by far. If his reflexes are slower how can he hit a magnificiant six in the free hit against a pacerlike farnando. Do you really think he does not play carefully??? huh.
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Objection to be made
by K. Balamurugan. on 2009-02-03 21:38:53.298144+05:30
Sachin Tendulkar is really a gentlemen. But why cant the Team management raise the objection?.
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Umpries are outdated
by Shredder on 2009-02-03 20:50:45.548903+05:30
In my opinion, we dont need umpires at all on field .. the technology can take care of every damn thing ... be it run outs , no ball , wide balls , leg by , lbw ... why the hell we sticking to old school when we have the technology ... there should only be an advisor on field .. for managing player conflict, bad light issues, old ball management , calling drinks , screen adjustment etc. and thats it .. for everything else there is Technology ... come to the Reality and make this game more accurate - foolish decisions like this will cease to exist after that
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Umpires nervous
by Shivane Gowda on 2009-02-03 17:53:05.457758+05:30
Not only Sri Lankan team is afraid of Sachin even the umpires are nervous of Sachin hence they are not at all taking any chance. They just need a ball to hit the legs need not be necessarily right on to the wicket they have decided to declare him out. All incompetent umpires.
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