When Sachin Tendulkar got out for 97 in the Gwalior One-Day International against Pakistan, it was the sixth time the Master Blaster fell in the Nervous 90s in 2007.
Is this some kind of a jinx which is following him?
"The person who should be getting worried is Tendulkar. I am not worried. I think he is batting like he is 10-12 years younger. This is the vintage Tendulkar. I have not seen him bat like this in a long, long time. While he might dispute that this is his second wind because he says he never lost the first wind, I think you ask the opposition if they are worried about Tendulkar or not. I think 90s are making a heck of a lot of difference at the top of the order. The Indian team is winning. We lost 3-4 to England but he did a wonderful job there too," says Ayaz Memon of the DNA.
But the batsman in question is Sachin Tendulkar - the best batsman or perhaps the best cricketer who ever took to the field.
If it were any other batsman people would have said that considering the fact that he was scoring those many runs it should be celebrated. But can we deny the fact that over the last few months once he gets to the 90s, he is looking for those streaky shots, which perhaps don't exist and gets out.
"Well, Nervous 90s is a very famous phrase in cricket. I think Tendulkar has really found his rhythm now. Over the last three-four months after a spell of being out of sorts he is really competing," Ayaz counters.
"It is question of bad luck along with some nervousness and this is what the game is all about. Even the greatest batsmen can have failures when they are near a landmark. He has 41 ODI centuries and 37 in the Tests. If he were a nervous sort of guy he would have never ever got those 100s. I don't think he has got nervous overnight. It is a combination of many thing and I hope that he get a 100 in his next innings," Ayaz hopes.
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