Time for Tendulkar to call it a day

Time for Tendulkar to call it a day

Tendulkar has defied age and injury at every stage of his career. Whenever injuries threatened to stall his career, he pushed his body to the limit, and sometimes even beyond.

Even the most threatening of all his injuries —- the painful tennis elbow (in 2004) —- couldn’t break him. He cried out in agony, waited with hope for almost a year, tackled it with determination and ultimately conquered it like only he can. Wisden, regarded as the bible of cricket, named Tendulkar as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010.

Tendulkar, who realised his long-cherished dream when India won the World Cup in April 2011, was also named in Wisden’s 2009 Test XI at his accustomed number four position. His passion for the game not only keeps him going but also gives him the opportunity to reinvent himself. Each time he goes out on to the field he seems to be raising the bar for himself.

Tendulkar was tested, tried and tormented by bowlers all over the world but he came out with flying colours. He achieved the 100th hundred landmark by working out overtime on the day before the match against Bangladesh. Now, he should consider retirement at least from one form of the game and pave way for youngsters to step into his shoes.
—CK Ramani

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The 100th hundred took its own time to come. Now that Sachin Tendulkar has got there, his body and mind will relax. He has set a record that will not be emulated in a hurry or it may never even be surpassed. The best thing for him now will be to think of the future of Indian cricket and allow some space for young legs. There is no better time than this for him to give his tired body some well deserved rest. It is now that he must spend some quality time with his son at the nets as we need another Tendulkar.
—Llewellyn Ferreira

EPF interest rate
This is in reference to the news that EPF interest rate has been cut by 1.25%, which is going to affect over 4.7 crore subscribers in our country. Already the aam aadmi, especially the middle income salaried classes, are reeling under the escalation of prices of day-to-day items.

The Railway budget too has increased the fares. Now we are not aware what is in store for us in the Union Budget. Even before that the aam aadmi has been hit under the belt by this reduction in interest rate on their hard-earned money under EPF. Now we have to see what Mamata didi and other opposition leaders are going to do for this drastic cut. Token protests are not going to set things right. What we need is a united fight by the opposition parties.
—N Mahadevan