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If India8217;s fading star batsman Sachin Tendulkar were to look in the mirror, it would tell him to retire, former Australian cricket captain Ian Chappell said in a newspaper column Friday. India8217;s disastrous showing after crashing out of the World Cup in the first-round has prompted experts to call for a change of guard and for senior players such as Tendulkar to make way for younger talent.

8220;At the moment he Tendulkar looks like a player trying to eke out a career, build on a glittering array of statistics,8221; said Chappell, whose brother Greg Chappel, India8217;s current coach, has also been blamed for the country8217;s early elimination from the World Cup.

8220;If he really is playing for that reason, and not to help win as many matches as he can for India, then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately,8221; Chappell wrote.

Comparing Tendulkar to West Indies star batsman Brian Lara Chappell said the Indian cricketer is a shadow of his former self unlike the West Indian who has managed to maintain his form. 8220;For whatever reason Tendulkar hasn8217;t been able to maintain his extremely high standards for the last few years and unless he can find a way to recapture this mental approach he8217;s not doing his team or himself any favors,8221; said Chappell.