Watched the Mumbai test match between India and SL. What you see on the ground is the body language of the team and how players carry themselves. I must admit that of all the people, Tendulkar was the one who impressed me the most. He fielded well and protected the boundary very well. He was perfectly fit. stayed during the entire day, never took a break and asked for substitute. I think he will play atleast for another 3/4 years the least.
OTOH, Yuvi, Bajji and new comers like Sreesanth and Murali Vijay took break. Sreesanth behaved like a problem child. He was on the boundary of 3rd man and deep square leg and he was constantly asking for water, towels etc and in between few autographs. He missed few boundaries focusing on himself. Dhoni had tough job of managing him and at one point he asked him to come 10 feet inside the boundary. new comers has to learn a lot from Tendulkar.
I believe Yuvi called Tendulkar as grandpa. May be he is grandpa of cricket, but the Yuvi grand child will retire before his grandpa.
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