Monday, 26 September 2011 Navjot Singh Sidhu slams Shoaib Akhtar for his sensational comments

Former Indian Test cricketer and opening batsman, Navjot Singh Sidhu, has slammed Pakistani fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, for his remarks on Sachin Tendulkar and some other former cricketers of India and Pakistan.

Shoaib recently launched his book ‘Controversially Yours’ and made some sensational comments about Wasim Akram, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan and some other celebrities.  

Sidhu, who has played alongside Sachin for a number of years, said that Tendulkar is one of the finest cricketers of the modern day cricket and he does not require a testimonial from any other cricketer. He rated Shoaib’s allegations as a mere act to gain cheap publicity.

Former Indian cricketer said, “A player (Sachin Tendulkar) who has conquered the whole world and stands tall like the Himalayas, can he be afraid of any bowler? It's just cheap publicity, there was no need for such a gimmick.”

Sidhu made his Test debut in 1983 against the West Indies and played 51 matches in his career. The opening batsman scored more than three thousand runs at an average of 42.13 runs per innings. He scored nine Test hundreds to go with his six in limited overs cricket.

Former cricketer turned politician said that Tendulkar has scored runs against Shoaib Akhtar many times in the past and youngsters all around the world consider the Little Master as their hero.  

“Tendulkar has derailed the Rawalpindi Express (a name given to Akhtar for his fast deliveries) many a time. He is not a mortal but an institution in himself. His name is etched in world history forever,” claimed Sidhu.

While talking about the Indian captains in the last decade, Sidhu hailed both Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He is of the opinion that the former consolidated the Indian cricket team, whereas, the later took it to amazing heights.

Sidhu added, “Both Sourav and Dhoni are remarkable captains. If Dada made a team of exciting youngsters, Dhoni led the team to the number one ranking in the world.”

Shoaib has been heavily criticized in Pakistan as well and many former cricketers have rubbished his allegations as mere publicity gimmicks.

Shoaib Akhtar vs Sachin Tendulkar in 2004

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Lara was better then Tendulkar : analyze by Micheal Holding.

Brain lara & little master Sachin tendulkar no doubt the great batsmen in the world .... that's why about them different analyst rate each of them in a different manner ..
but the ex cricketer of west indies the great fast bowler micheal holding  rate lara better then tendulkar .
micheal holding was the west indies prime fast bowler .. in these days working as analyst for different T.V channels ..
mike said no doubt sachin is way ahead of lara if talking about runs but Lara was better in technique.lara was cunning said by holding. ..
talking about stats lara played the biggest knocks in first class & in tests as well  but tendulkar just reqd 1 more century to complete his international centuries..tendulkar playing for india for almost 23 years where as B.C lara took retirement from international cricket in 2007 .
holding further added that he didn't see any batsmen who played spinners & medium fast bowlers as good as lara played ..he also phrase VIV RICHARDS as all time great batsman ..
imran khan , richard hadlee , kapil dev , beedi & abdul qadir lara was exceptional against those world class bowlers ..
but lara was always shaky while facing express fast bowlers he was always nervous when was facing , legendary wasim akram & rawalpindi express Shoaib akhtar..
holding also rate geoff boycott as good batsman..micheal holding said that Sunil gavaskar technique better then sachin .also gavaskar performance against westindies always upto the mark ..
dilip vengsarkar & mahendar amarnath 1982-83 tour still he didn't forget that .. comparing david gower , greg chappell , & graham gooch he feel this not right to compare them with each other  . miandad & zaheer abbas was also in his list of favourite ... quite amzingly jamacian batsman larnce row was his favourite one..
he think that he got many things from him..his expertise out class others .. perhaps there be any batsmen who can  match him self in his abilities with him.
deniss lillee & andy robert he phrase them as creative one's .. he thinks that both of  them brought new innovations in fast bowling..

Controversial why....

Controversial speedster Shoaib Akhtar, who questioned Sachin Tendulkar's ability to finish matches in his autobiography, Friday sought to play down the remarks by saying that he was only referring to a particular incident when he felt the star Indian batsman "was trying to save himself."
"I never said that Sachin was scared of me. I just said in the context about players not being comfortable on particular occasions. I have also felt that a number of times," Akhtar said at the launch function of his book 'Controversially Yours' here.
"It was one such occasion when Sachin had tennis elbow problem and was unable to hook and pull. On that particular day, I felt that Sachin was trying to save himself. That doesn't mean that he was buzhdil (coward). It's just when you are uncomfortable, whether you are tail-ender or Sachin Tendulkar, you tend to save yourself," he said.
Then lavishing praise on Tendulkar he said, "He has had a fabulous last few years. He is the greatest batsman. Unse humara kya muqabla (How can I be compared with Tendulkar)."
Akhtar also tried to set the record straight about what he actually meant when he said that Rahul Dravid was not a "match-winner".
"Again I would like to mention that I spoke about a particular phase. Dravid was always a nightmare for bowlers in Test matches. But again he transformed his game in the ODIs. So, it was about a particular time."
Shoaib didn't mince words when he said that a lot of fights are on in the Pakistan dressing room.
"But thank God, we atleast fought in the dressing rooms but your Harbhajan Singh slapped someone in the open," he said in jest referring to the off-spinner's infamous slap on Sreesanth.
On the best international batsmen he has bowled to, he said "Brian Lara is the best batsmen I have bowled to but I have enjoyed my duels with Matthew Hayden. He liked taking me on and I liked taking him on. Also Justin Langer would be very irritating as he would slip through me while running between the wickets."



why shaoib akhtar raise finger on wasim akram who is the inspirational of all youngestors ... 


why this auto biography is controversial .. why he choose name like this ..


whether he do all these things for fame or whether he disclosed these things to get more attraction towards his autobiography so each & every one will take interest in his autobiography .... 


the ex cricketers of Pakistan criticize shoiab akhtar with some strict words they said first they don't want to say any thing about this first his autobiography will published then they can say any thing but they said raising finger on world class left arm fast bowler wasim akram . is just a shit..


but the name of auto biography is also controversial like speed star so we can expect how controversial it will be ..

SACHIN & DRAVID NOT THE NAME OF MATCH WINNERS SAID SPEED STAR.

Some key points of Shoaib Akhtar's book "Controversially yours"

- Sachin tendulkar was scared of me. I bowled (Sachin) a particularly fast ball which he, to my amazement didn't even touch. He walked away! That was the first time I saw him walk away from me-that, too, on the slow track at Faisalabad." I was alive when Tendulkar got clean bold by Shoaib akhtar on first ball

- Sachin and Dravid are not match winners
...
- Former Pakistani captain Wasim Akram threatened to pull out of the team with half the side if Shoaib Akhtar found a place in the team. "Wasim Akram threatened to walk out with half the team if I was included in the team. General Tauqir Zia backed Shoaib (Malik) against Wasim." Shoaib Malik doesn't deserve to be captain and was made captain because he was a stooge(Chamcha) of the PCB Chief Naseem Ashraf," states Akhtar.

- Shahrukh Khan and Lalit Modi cheated me in IPL, i should never listen to them, i regret on that.

- Shoaib Akhtar also said that he tampered with the cricket ball in number of times. He claimed that it’s not just him but everyone does it. As a solution he suggested that ball tampering should be legalised in the larger interest of the game.

Shoaib Akhtar interview on News24 about his autobiography