By any yardstick, Sachin Tendulkar is one of the all time greats of the game, perhaps one of the best 3 batsmen to ever play the game. Let us put that in context - international cricket has now been played for almost 140 years. Thousands of cricketers have played at the international level, and millions others have played at various levels with aspirations to play at the highest level. To be one of the best 3 batsmen ever is a mind-boggling achievement.
It is almost painful to watch a pale shadow of this genius, struggle through international games, with many silently asking - Why?
Make no mistake about it - Sachin is still good enough to walk into any international side, including India's. In fact he is so good that even after 20 years at this level, he still comes up with decent performances regularly, and the occassional brilliant one. But it is time for the genius to walk away to a standing applause. If he carries on for much longer, I am afraid his farewell applause will be somewhat muted.
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