Cricket God Sachin Tendulkar with his precocious talent broke many records on cricket field and brought many laurels to the country spreading shivers down the spines of the opponents with his attacking batting.
Captain Cool MS.Dhoni emerged as the successful captain for the country and did India proud by winning two world cups, T-20 and 50 overs and also reached the finals another time and also brought India to No 1 spot in test rankings.
Now it is comingout that both Sachin Tendulkar and MS.Dhoni faced the wrath of selectors and also their venom. Former Chairman of Selectors Sandip Patil after the end of his term made some shocking revelations.
Speaking to scribes about Dhoni, Sandeep Patil said "Of course, we had a brief discussion about it (removing Dhoni from captaincy) on a few occasions. We wanted to experiment by handing the baton (to somebody) but we thought the time was not right with World Cup (2015) round the corner,". However Dhoni gave them shock by resigning as captain after the first test loss against Australia in Australia.
About Sachin Tendulkar, Sandep Patil said "On December 12, 2012, we met Sachin and asked him about his future plans. He said he did not have retirement on his mind. But the selection committee had reached a consensus on Sachin... and had informed the board too about it. Perhaps Sachin understood what was coming because at the time of the next meeting, Sachin called and said he was retiring (from ODIs). If he had not announced his decision to quit then, we would have definitely dropped him,"
Revealing the shocker which stunned everyone,Sandeep Patil said "As long as I remember, it was December 12, 2012, Nagpur. Sachin got out and the selectors decided to meet him and ask him about his wish. I was the one who staged the meet, being the chairman of selectors, and it was purely to understand what was running in his mind. It was a good thing to do. It did not happen in one day, one month or one year, it took two long years. Sachin retired in 2013. The meeting in Nagpur was just to ask his plans. Sachin wanted to concentrate more on Test cricket. So, it was decided that he would retire from One-day cricket. He called me and Sanjay Jagdale (then BCCI secretary). Then it was collectively decided that he would retire from ODIs."
