while the debate over the venue for Sachin Tendulkar's milestone Test has sent the cricket frenzy nation in a tizzy, the BCCI seems to have assessed that India's greatest cricketer has outlived his usefulness in the new-look team - comprised of Gen Next cricketers.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) - currently embroiled in the Srinivasan saga - will ask the country's prized possession to throw in the towel after playing his 200th Test in November.
According to Mumbai Mirror, the top officials in the Board have confirmed that Tendulkar will be asked to step down and make way for the young guns. While axing the country's legendary sports icon is no joke, BCCI has already narrowed down on the individual who will convey the message to Tendulkar.
The BCCI, during their recent Annual General Meeting(AGM), have established that the master blaster's recent failures against Australia and England are indications of his end of days.
The reports also suggest that the BCCI have arranged the two-Test series against the West Indies next month in lieu to Tendulkar's milestone. Though the BCCI is yet to announce the formal decision, but Tendulkar's 200th Test is likely to take place in Mumbai - in front of his home crowd.
But, the biggest problem for the BCCI is the fact that as long as Tendulkar keeps himself available for selection, no selection committee dare drop him. However, the Board cannot ignore his batting failures either.
Neither a senior administrator nor any of the selectors will approach the Indian batsman as far as convincing him for the retirement is concerned. Simply because, neither of them can match the stature of the Indian batting maestro - who has over18,000 ODI runs and just under 16,000 Test runs to his name.
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