The interview of Sachin Tendulkar on 5 October 2012 in TimesNow by Arnab Goswami was interesting.
For a change Arnab was less abrasive and keen on Sachin opening up .
On Retirement’- He said he would retire when his heart tells him so and not to oblige anyone.
‘The idea of retirement crossed my mind, I would be lying if I say It did not’
On persistently asked on retirement Sachin said “‘Yes, I am thirty Nine plus,No body expects me to be like 19-year-old…
The talk is on because I failed to score in New Zealand Series…
The same happened in 2002..even then thee talks of my retirement .I believe I was a better player after that …
Had I been 19 or 25 no body would be questioning me for a few low scores..
now I am 39, people are bound to talk , they are right and it is their opinion…
growing old is natural..and I am a normal man…yes, my reflexes are slower than what they were and it is natural because I have aged..
No I don’t think I will play the next World Cup.
I had a Talk with the Don(Don Bradman)-he told me a Batsman changes after 30, yes, I have changed….
I will play till my heart says so and I feel on top of the game…
On Miandad and Imran Khan‘s comment Sachin should retire when he is at his peak , the Master had a fresh, different perspective
‘Why should I retire when I am at my peak?if iam performing well I should contribute more to my Nation’
I will retire when I feel I can not take it any longer.
On the comment by Sunil Gavaskar( On New Zealand Series) that the gap between the Bat and Pad is a cause for concern for a top batsman, Sachin replied.
“He said 100 good things about me ?
Why take some thing a single comment and get worked up?’
‘I was advised by my brother not to read or bother what others say about me, but to concentrate on my game..
That’s what I am doing”
On his reaction to being bowled in the Zealand Match…
If you observe I would have reacted in 20 different ways on Twenty occasions…
If one conveniently takes one instance and makes a comment, well …..
Yes, I am hurt when I get out..Does not make a difference how you get out,,out is out..the damage is done…my job is to focus and fix problems ,get better…
On the charge that he was playing for Commercial endorsement..
” If some on has an Agenda and decide to write some thing …what I can do.. irresponsible journalism”
Sachin came out in the interview for what he was,Honest,Straight Forward and Matured.
