The issue of seniors vs juniors divide in Indian Cricket has really made a big impact, in this competitive world one should never relax on past glories, this is the moral one needs to learn irrespective of his/her stature in society. Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid all 3 batting stalwarts of Indian cricket 19 months ago were indispensable, they were never under any urgency to be shown the exit door (retire from the game), despite mediocre form with rising age, suddenly the summer of 2007, they opted out of 20twenty World cup, this format being so new, they wanted to give it a slip & take rest to be fresh for the next one day series vs visiting Australians at home.
The 20twenty team reached South Africa the venue of the World cup, they were echoed as a hopeless Indian team without the 3 big guns, these underdogs became big game hunters & eventually won the World cup thanks to Mahender Singh Dhoni the wicket keeper captain of India. Whole of India now started seeing Dhoni as the new king, started treating Saurav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid as dead woods due to their dwindling form in the longer versions of the game. Sachin Tendulkar, India's God of cricket escaped due to his larger than life image + performance, one would be telling a lie if he is unaffected one bit due to this one faulty move in his life where he chose rest, instead of going to the 20twenty World cup.
Out of the big 3, now the older two are inching towards early retirement before they are forcibly shown the exit door, only Sachin Tendulkar is likely to play the 2011 World cup to fulfill his long awaited dream of winning the one-day international World cup for his country (which has more significance World over than 20twenty World cup), as a true fan we would only like him to continue even further than the World cup, as a test player at least so that we can watch him wield his magic bat to score more than 100 international centuries, which is quite easy for the supreme batsman of all time.
Now the Australians are following this trend of phasing out seniors to replace upcoming talent, they are phasing out Mathew Hayden the biggest player of Australia. Are we seeing the end of best players due to this seniors vs juniors policy?
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