People have short memories and forget the goods as the evil is not oft interred with the bones!!! It is wrongly associated in the present and the past futures...
The sharjah knock of 141 from Sachin was scintillating and can be likened to maradona's goal of the millenium in 86 soccer world cup...
It is for those who have forgotten that in the late 80s this young lad showed what is aggro when he smacked Abdul qadir for three sixes and fought tooth and nail for victory agianst pakistan in an exhibition match. Before that Pak was invincible for India. It was unfortunate that others did not follow suit and his fighting knock was to no avail as India missed the mark by whiskers.
He is the first in so many other things. Besides Dhyanchand, Vishy and few others we could have never boasted of a cricketing legend. Try playing top class international cricket for extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemely tiring years and you will see the GOD in him. For the ordinary mortal it will be the curse of Sisyphus. For the rare legend it is the delight of his own genius. Imagine Einstein enjoying in the woods and coming up with E=mc^2 and Kekule seeing the benzene ring in his dreams. That is precisely how even the majestic aussies discovered the precocious teenage cricket sensation in the ealry 90's. He was an icon even then. It is sad that the world revers except the few rare ordinary cricketers, selectors and commentators.:) but Indians forget the son-of-the-soil talent. He is blessed with divinity and never took his cricket as just a commercial rampart and got rich by his gift of God and not just by gift of the gab. Small wonders many petty mortals derive pleasure by criticing him by a pet line that he is not a match winner. Unfortunately for so many years we lost because tendulkar could not fire. This is for all die-hard tendulkar fans!!!
Please post more on the legend...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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