what should tendulkar do to get out of this 90's jinx?

Question

he has done it 6 times this year( today too)

Answer 1

Probably not look at the scoreboard at alll, so he will never know when he crosses over the much hyped 100 mark........

Answer 2

As a psychologist, it's not difficult to judge him. He is an excellent player with technique and temper. But he is mentally a nervous person. 'Thinking of importance' brings him down.

1. He is one of the worst captains of Indian cricket. Not that he is not a good thinker, but he can't take decisions quickly that is required on the field. It's becuase of the nervousness.
2. Most of the times when it is required to score, he couldn't score. Look at past matches. When India was in do-or-die situations, he never delivered. That situation itself would make him tense.
3. He plays very well as an opener. He is a good opener because he is a good batsman. He plays well and freely because he knows there is a long line up to follow, so the pressure of 'keeping his wicket' is minimal. However, send him when couple of wickets are already down. He will be bogged down by pressure. So, he has never been a good No.3 batsman.

From his face, his expressions, his language, one could clearly make out that he is timid.

This is the reason why he gets out in 90s because the pressure of 'reaching 100 and setting another milestone' takes him down.

He must play his game without bothering about these records or pressure on his back. Dravid is a good example of playing under pressure.

Answer 3

This is a simple advise. Mostly when sachin reaches 90's people have lot of expectations and he too unknowingly plays with extra care. I wish he should play casually as he has just arrived. After 80 sachin should take some drinks relax and think calmly for a minute that he is not playing for himself but for the country and he should resume the game. I am confident that he will make not only 100 but 200. Remove your fears and play freely without any doubt. Dont say can I? Say why I can't.

Answer 4

I think Sir Tendulkar should continue in the same fashion and not to worry about nineties so that other coming batsmen can at least think of touching the magical figure of 41 centuries. Imagine if he would have converted all those nineties into 100s then no one would have ever thought of even reaching somewhere near by. And on the funny side we cricket and Little Master lover can request ICC to maintain a record of nineties same as of 50s and 100s to pay a tribute to greatness of our Sir Tendulkar.

Answer 5

Sachin always has the 90 jinx with himself all the times, but now only it went noticed. For many years I have seen sachin trembling when he's nearing 100. As told by many folks here, I have seen everytime he knocks to off-side for taking a single for century. Most of times, sachin takes a lot of balls after 90 to reach his century.

We can'nt blame or predict this chap for his tension. Even if we play we could become nervous when 50 people are watching. And when this man is batting, he knew very well that crores of people are gathered around in their tv sets and watching. Even if he gets 99 or 100 it is great indeed !

Answer 6

Sachin is now about 35 years old. Having been in limelight for almost 19 long years, and setting records after records, he has begun to show signs of wear and tear and appears to have been exhausted psychologically too. After all, he is a human being and not a machine in 24 x 7 mould. His physical agility, which is still above par, has never been in question, but of late, his vanishing into the pavilion, on scores of 90s, has become ticklish to some critics of his, disgusting to some, but disappointing to many of his fans and for natural reasons. Never before in his career he seemed to be under severe psychological pressure as has been visible to all and sundry. Naturally, the question arises, what befalls him once he crosses 90. Is he passing through the “nervous 90 syndrome”? In any case, no one can help him in this respect except his own self-confidence, and will power. Both being mental process, can be re-asserted with the help of psychoanalyst counselling. Counselling may get him the DOs and DONOTs while batting.

An independent expert help is the way out because, the following on-field events cannot be stopped / prevented :
01) His habitual monitoring of score-movement (which he is accustomed of since his childhood);
02) Public making special expectant and enthusiastic cheers on his reaching 90s reminding him of the approaching milestone (because it is their way of participative response);
03) His own emotions going wild and getting restless (a result of the above and other inbuilt latent factors which overplays his sense of responsibility and distracts his concentration).

It appears that Sachin himself has begun to assess his performance, which is otherwise unquestionably great ones, in terms of Centuries, probably some one very dear to his heart setting those targets, that is why his priorities have been obligingly set around those not-so-important milestones, when in the process he has already given “Near-Century” scores which in itself is not a mean achievement. How does those 6 or 7 or 8 odd runs make a difference to the career of Master Blaster like Sachin the Great? He must become a ‘Self believer’ first and must look back at the 17000+ runs scored mostly under difficult situations, to his credit till date, and try to recall the circumstances leading to those scores, in which some under-century scores had won prestigious "Man of the match" award for him, and brought victory to his country, and then should reset his priorities. If he gets right counselling to things he must avoid at this juncture, and religiously devote himself to the saner advices, there is no doubt centuries cannot remain a distant possibility for long.
Let us wish he overcomes the jinx, and acts with SELF-DISCIPLINE, DEDICATION, and CONFIDENCE as his sole objectives, and let the world once again see, in disbelief and awe, the beauty that lies in the name of SACHIN TENDULKAR, India’s prodigious son.

Answer 7

As far as Sachin is concerned, there is nothing like 90s jinx though the recent records testify this. It is just a coincidence that of late he is out in 90s several times. Anyway, this allegation cannot be ruled out. Sachin seems to be over-cautious to see another ton through and in the process loses concentration and the wicket too. He should shed this mania and play in his usual style. Probably then, he will make records that cannot be surpassed.

Answer 8

It's more of a psychological reason now. The best thing that Sachin can do is, the moment he scores 90+, he just need to take guard once again as every new batsmen do when they are fresh at the pitch for batting. Have some water just to relax and talk to himself that he is going to stay there for another 10 overs for India to (post a larger target) / (take the responsibility of victory) so that the immediate target of another 10 odd runs is just a minimal objective. I'm sure having made 41 centuries he knows how to make the another one more. We can expect this shortly and all the very best for his success.

Answer 9

May be he should give a ear to his own son's expertise advise of going for the boundary when he is on the verge of a century. Because that's the only way he could get out of this jinx. If you analyse the last two times the way he got out, you can see that he was trying to take singles to reach 3 figures. Now since that plan has backfired he should go for the big shots when he nears the landmark. That's the way to make and break it, hence putting pressure on the opponents.

Answer 10

Actually he has an expert in his own house, his son but he is not taking chances on his son's advice that hit a six at the score of 94 and get his ton.

If he feel nervous around 90s, he should better hit a 4 and a 6 to get his hundred.

Answer 11

You guys don't know what u are talking about. All of you guys have made this serious question into a joke. It's obvious to me that the planet saturn, also known as "sunny" is hindering Mr TONdulkar's century hitting abilities. And I can promise you he will not hit a century until sunny has moved past it's current location and planet pluto and uranus are lined up with his fortune. Either way, to further speed up the ridding process of this sunny, Tondulkar should hold a bhavan on 13 straight saturdays, hang a lemon and chilli garment over his bat for exactly 13 days. That should take care of it. And if this sunny turns out to be harder to get rid of then I expect, the last resort would be to sacrifice 13 goats and sheeps. In the name of Shakuntaladevi, I gurantee that shall take care of it. Tathastu.