The great man is a great in every walk of his life
Any human could have slapped the umpires after the three consecutive shocking decisions by the blind Lankan umpires.Infact they would have shown some dissent and attracted fines by match referres.But what a gesture form the great man.....respected the umpires and walked away like a lion with dignity and grace!!
here is an excerept form The Hindu regarding this bad decisions....
No luck for Tendulkar
Colombo: Sachin Tendulkar has gone through the entire gamut of emotions in his long and distinguished career. But never has the maestro been a victim of three umpiring errors in successive innings — all of them leg-before decisions early on.
Tendulkar said informally over lunch the other day, “I want to look back and count the number of bad decisions I have received over the past six years. There have been so many.”
On Tuesday, he was adjudged leg-before to paceman Dilhara Fernando by umpire Gamini Silva when the ball was clearly missing the leg stump. The same umpire had ruled him leg-before to Nuwan Kulasekara in the second ODI. Again the ball was going down the leg-side.
In the opening game of the series at Dambulla, umpire Kumar Dharmasena upheld a leg-before appeal by left-arm paceman Thilan Thushara when the ball pitched outside the leg-stump.
Exemplary conduct
Of course, Tendulkar has accepted all the verdicts with exemplary grace and dignity. He has walked back in disappointment but without showing any dissent. The master batsman talks passionately about respect for the game and wants to set an example.
Are the umpires under extra pressure when a batsman of Tendulkar’s stature is at the crease? Stress could lead to mistakes. Can the third umpire be brought into the picture? Even in those series in which the umpire referral system is not in place, will the game be better off if contentious leg-before appeals are referred?
Colombo: Sachin Tendulkar has gone through the entire gamut of emotions in his long and distinguished career. But never has the maestro been a victim of three umpiring errors in successive innings — all of them leg-before decisions early on.
Tendulkar said informally over lunch the other day, “I want to look back and count the number of bad decisions I have received over the past six years. There have been so many.”
On Tuesday, he was adjudged leg-before to paceman Dilhara Fernando by umpire Gamini Silva when the ball was clearly missing the leg stump. The same umpire had ruled him leg-before to Nuwan Kulasekara in the second ODI. Again the ball was going down the leg-side.
In the opening game of the series at Dambulla, umpire Kumar Dharmasena upheld a leg-before appeal by left-arm paceman Thilan Thushara when the ball pitched outside the leg-stump.
Exemplary conduct
Of course, Tendulkar has accepted all the verdicts with exemplary grace and dignity. He has walked back in disappointment but without showing any dissent. The master batsman talks passionately about respect for the game and wants to set an example.
Are the umpires under extra pressure when a batsman of Tendulkar’s stature is at the crease? Stress could lead to mistakes. Can the third umpire be brought into the picture? Even in those series in which the umpire referral system is not in place, will the game be better off if contentious leg-before appeals are referred?
For instance, when a left-arm paceman — bowling from over-the-wicket to a right-hande
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