Describing John Buchanan's criticism of Sachin Tendulkar's abilities in the T20 format as mere a publicity stunt, Mumbai Indians coach Pravin Amre said on Friday that the batting maestro's genius is unrivalled in the shorter versions of the game.
Amre, also the coach of the Mumbai Ranji team, said "It is wrong to question Sachin's abilities in any format of the game. Even at this stage of his career he has played all the IPL matches and demonstrated his commitment to the game. I believe all this criticism is a publicity stunt."
The former Kolkata Knightriders coach John Buchanan recently wrote in his new book 'The future of cricket: the rise of T20' that Tendulkar is not fit to play T20.
"Sachin is not the daring batsman he was before. The T20 format requires batsmen to be fearless and inventive and he lacks those qualities."
