Selectors should talk to Sachin: Gavaskar



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 ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar's continued poor performance with the bat has drawn severe criticism from the critics of cricket indicating it is perhaps time to call a day.Tendulkar scored  just 29 in the last two test played against England.

In the last 10 innings he has scored only 153 with an average of 15.3, the lowest average of any Indian top-order batsman over the last 10 knocks.

On Sachin's repeated failure, the legendry Sunil Gavaskar said that the selectors should have a word with him about his future plans.

"Tendulkar has been playing for so long and he has been so consistent. This little period of lack of runs or lack of half centuries will give the critics chance to ask questions," Gavaskar said.

"At the end of the day, it is the selectors who will take the call. I think the selectors will probably have a word with Tendulkar about what his future plans are and then take a call," he said.

On the other hand,  playing down  questions over Tendulkar's retirement, the BCCI chief Rajiv Shukla said that one should not overanalysis his performance in haste.

"According to me, he is one person who is of the nature that whenever he thinks that he should hang up his boots, he will hang it. He doesn't require anybody's advice to hang up his boots. He will immediately walk away from the ground the moment he feels that he can't give 100%. But judging someone by one series or two series is not appropriate. He has got a colossal record behind him and while analysing his performance one should always keep in mind his past record also," said Shukla.

The last test hundred hit by Sachin was against South Africa (146)  in Jan, 2011.

(with inputs from Agencies)