SACHINS A D I E U - FROM CRICKET- TEARFULLY YOURS SACHIN AND CRICKET HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE TWINS FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS NOW. AFTER SETTING SOME AWESOME RECORDS, HE HAS FINALLY TAKEN A BOW FROM CRICKET MAKING HIS DIE-HARD FANS SAD. BUT RETIREMENT HAS TO COME AT SOMETIME AND SACHINS TIMING IS AS PERFECT AS HIS COVER DRIVE. SUCH MAESTROS APPEAR ONCE OR TWICE IN A GENERATION. TILL 1950s, I HELD IN MY HEART SIR DONALD BRADMAN AS THE GREATEST CRICKETER. HIS RECORD TILL NOW HAS NOT BEEN SURPASSED EVEN BY LITTLE MASTER SACHIN. SIR DONS RECORD IS 52 TESTS, 6996 RUNS, 29 HUNDREDS AND AN AVERAGE OF 99.96. IN THE LAST TEST, IF HE HAD HIT A BOUNDARY, HIS AVERAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN HUNDRED. COMING TO SACHINS TEST RECORD, IT IS 198 TESTS, 15837 RUNS, 51 HUNDREDS AND AN AVERAGE OF 53.86. THESE TWO ARE THE GREATEST SONS OF CRICKET. IN ODIs ALSO, HE HAS AMASSED OVER 18000 RUNS AND AN INCREDIBLE 49 HUNDREDS. PUT TOGETHER, HE HAS 100 CENTURIES IN TESTS AND ODIs. IAM RUNNING SHORT OF EPITHETS TO DESCRIBE THE BATTING PROWESS OF SACHIN TENDULKAR. THE WAY HE SCORED HUNDREDS, I USED TO JOKE, HE IS NOT TENDULKAR BUT TONDULKAR. SINCE THE BLOG IS BECOMING TOO LONG, I AM SIGNING OFF BY SALUTING THE LITTLE GREAT MAN. ONE MORE LINE- WHO CAN FORGET THE MASTER BLASTERS ONE LINER ADVERTISEMENT BOOST IS THE SECRET OF MY ENERGY.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 06:50:22 +0000
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