The Master Blaster....The Little Champion....The God of Cricket......and what not! And this bloke really fits into these titles. No doubt in that. Yes, this is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar I'm talking about.
With all the ascendancy ever, he has been kinda ruling the cricket world. Making his start as a trainee in MRF Pace Foundation as a fast bowler, he has come a long way. And as they say in India---"If cricket is religion, then Sachin is God." Trying writing all the praise things on my level about him (when I know I would definitely run short of words) would be a big blasphemy on my part. Ohhh.....but I do wanna write 'He is the greatest'! :)
But as I read this finest article about him, I couldn't stop myself from sharing it.
"When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the caption of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.
When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of, Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr. Manmohan Singh was yet to 'open' the Nehruvian economy.
It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of the planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin T endulkar and we never will." :)
Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!
- G
Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!
- G
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