Sachin walks, Ponting are you watching?

A day after Australian captain Ricky Ponting refused to walk after being caught behind, waiting instead for the third umpire to decide his fate, Sachin Tendulkar showed just why the gentelemen's game is still alive and kicking as he walked back to the pavilion after edging a Ravi Rampaul delivery in the game against the West Indies at Chennai on Sunday.

 

The crowd at the stadium and the television spectators who were hoping to see his hundredth international hundred arrive on the colourful festival of Holi were surely disappointed, but the respect for the man touched a new high as he set yet another example of graceful conduct for the nth time.

The decision was all the more impressive because Tendulkar was playing in his 450th one-day game, extending his ODI appearance record to six more than Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who is second on the list of most capped players - the only other man to have played more than 400 ODIs.

Tendulkar's sporting decision to walk off despite the fact that umpire Steve Davis had not given him out was in direct contrast to Ponting standing his ground despite getting an edge to the Pakistani wicketkeeper in Colombo on Saturday.

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Via: Crickernext.com