- 24
Feb
The former captain and much respected Australia cricket player Ricky Ponting has finally said bye bye to One-Day cricket.
There is no doubt that he is one of the most successful captain of Australia and the second most run getter in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar.
Now, hundreds of cricket fans want to know that should Saching Tendulkar also quit ODI?
As per the study conducted by the TOI online poll, around 57% have said ‘yes’, showing that people are not happy with the Sachin’s ongoing performance in Australia.
Though, the poll was observed online on TOI’s website on, and more than 47,000 has replied to the poll. The question asked in the TOI Poll was, ‘Should Sachin retire from ODIs?’ in reply to this around 19,127 voted ‘no’ (41%), and 26,813 votes were polled in favour of the question.
At the same time, 2% (817) people were not sure about their opinion.
The poll was conducted a day after former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has said in an interview that Sachin Tendulkar should need to reconsider over his ODI future and look for Test cricket only.
While talking to media, Sourav Ganguly sai, “It was up to Tendulkar to decide if he’s still good enough to play in the ODIs.”
He said, “I think Sachin deserves to decide on his own if and when to leave international cricket or one-day cricket… I don’t think the selectors have got the right to ask him to go.”
- Published by Himmat Mehra in: Sports
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