There's no denying that Sachin is the greatest batsman of the modern era!! Ian Chappel is an idiot who thinks that Lara has been better than Tendulkar and that's the reason why he should retire because in doing so, he's being a douchebag and forgetting Ponting who's been the World's greatest batsman since WC '03. Here's the deal about Sachin, if you've been a loyal fan then you've seen batsmen outscoring him on certain time periods, Jayasurya, Mark Waugh, De Silva, Andy Flower, Hayden, Ponting, Ganguly, Dravid, Lara and co!!! Tara pani, Kati aye, Kati gaye, Tendulkar jasta chahin kaile ni ayenan. Lets not allow us to fall under some senseless illusions by agreeing on what Ian Chappel had to say because he's clearly ignoring the fact that Sachin has missed out on playing fluent cricket due to the nagging injuries that kept him away from the game for quite a bit. His records, statistics and MOST importantly, his consistency can never be bettered!!! I hate it when people give me a crap about certain players playing better under pressure and so on!!! Sachin always scores, is it his fault that his fellow teammates don't score as often as he does? Isn't that the case with the whole australian team? Ponting scores a hundred, then Hayden scores on the next one, Symonds, Langer, Gilchrist do the same!!! The bottom line is, Sachin still has a lot to offer, he's shown his fluency after recovering back from his injuries over the past 7-8 months and he's set to display his array of shots and skills and dominate the cricketing world! I wish that the wankers ( Ian chappel and other douchebags ) got off his back and left him again and let the master do some talking by scoring some hundreds!