Importance of keeping Tendulkar in team.

He is too precious a player to be kept out of any team.

Even if he is going thru a rough patch it makes sense to keep him in team. Why? Well like I said he is too gifted a player. What do I mean by that? Well, do you remember, during a long partnership between Tendulkar and Dravid, in which Tendulkar was showing the world how easy it was to play the most formidable spinner in the world. Following his foot steps Dravid tried playing paddle sweep, and after a few tips from his senior partner, he was not just managing it but enjoying playing the shot.

Tendulkar is richest as a batsmen in terms of shots that he has. You look at Sehwag, we still often talk about him in terms of how many of ‘those all shots’ he has been able to imitate. He flashed and now it seems he is charging his batteries, and while he is doing that, you often hear him telling newsmen how he hasn’t been able to decipher where Tendulkar, gets all his energy from.

While entire team has his shoulders down, is taking a break away from performing, this veteran is looking as fresh and young as ever. Its actually only by looking at Tendulkar that you feel like thinking about the problem that the (rest of the team) team might be facing or otherwise we would all have given it to the conditions in south Africa by now.

I would like to add, like Srinath's presence helped our younger bowlers; Ganguli's presence allowed many Indian batsmen improve upon their timing and rediscover the art of hitting 'safe sixes', Tendulkar's presence plays a huge role and is a critical factor to the teams growth process.