Sachin Tendulkar should take a call on his career, says Wasim Akram

Sachin Tendulkar should take a call on his career, says Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has described that it is hard for the Indian selectors to ask a legend like Sachin Tendulkar to take retirement, so the Little Master should make a decision himself.

Tendulkar is going through a bad spell these days. Apart from his half-century in the third Test, the senior batsman has done nothing special so far in the series against England.

Tendulkar has not scored a ton for almost two years, and Wasim believes that if the senior most player does not perform, the critics have the right to raise questions.

"When your most experienced batsman hasn’t scored a Test century in almost two years, questions are bound to rise. It finally boils down to your own assessment as (Australia’s Ricky) Ponting did,” Akram told espnstar.com.

"The question is who will bell the cat? Who will pop the question? Today, former cricketers are openly asking for Dhoni’s head. Can you do the same with a Tendulkar?"

"A lot of people, like Sourav Ganguly, feel he should retire, but Sachin himself might still want to continue for another six months or so. It’s difficult to give any advice to a legend like Sachin."

The Men in Blue are currently 2-1 down in the series. Hence, the fourth and final contest is a do-or-die for the home side. No one is sure about the time when the maestro will hang his boots, and Akram feels a definite call from Tendulkar will give the selectors
a chance to find a suitable replacement.

"The changes have to be made carefully. One shouldn’t tamper too much with the team line-up. But the middle order needs a few new faces. And somebody needs to ask Sachin on what is his future plan and for how long does he want to continue," insisted Akram.

Giving full credit to the legendary batsman, Wasim explained that if he had been at Tendulkar’s place, he would have retired, because there is hardly anything left to achieve at the international level.

"When Sachin first stepped into international cricket, nobody would have thought that this lad would go on to score 100 tons and smash all batting records. If I was in his shoes I would have stepped down by now," he added.

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Posted by Rana Nasir Ghafoor on Dec 12 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry