SRT has done it I yelled to my friends while discussing Cricket (Cricket is religion in India and its always discussed)…who is SRT; asked one of my friends from back… ohh you don’t know SRT you should be a ****** is life to not know SRT… Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar… a boy wonder, the phenomenon, the little master and heat beat of billion people in India (leave the rest of the world aside)
Once my friends told me “Commit all your crime, when SACHIN is batting, god will go unnoticed, because GOD is watching his play"… So this the some one says about a man who brings all the people Hindu, Muslim, Sikhs, Christian and all together whenever he is batting for India.
Just recently had the privileged to see he score his 50th Century in Test (From Home). Each time he walk to bat it’s a really pleasure to see such a great personality to take the field who is still humble and grounded with all he has achieved over a period of 20 odd years in the game.
I am still amazed to how can a man been so humble and generous and the passion for the game is still the same when he debut for India at the age of 16 against a fierce attack of the rival Pakistan with like of Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Akram and the wily old fox Abdul Qadir.
Lasting for your 20 years is difficult and staying at the top is more difficult than that…but he has done this without any drama, fuss or any controversies…No remarks, No late parties, No abusing/ sledging… would like to say this the English invented the Gentlemen’s Game, but the TENDULKAR MASTERED it!!!!
Hope to see much more century from his blade and hope to see him drive India to a series victory in South Africa and more important the final nail in the coffins would be holding the World Cup in his own back yard in on 02nd April 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai…
Some Quotes!!!! About Sachin…
1. “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991]
2. “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman Ever. [1998]
3. “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six.
He is the best batsman I’ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World’s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998]
4. “Shit, I’m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia’s Fast Bowler. [1998]
5. “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” — Wasim Akram, World’s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002]
6. “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?”— Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003]
7. “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996]
8. “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans].
9. “Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa Batsman. [2004]
10. “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” — Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]
11. “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]
12. “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World’s Most Successful Bowler. [2009]
13. “If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket’s McEnroe & Fast Bowling Legend. [Undated]
14. “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia’s most successful Pace Bowler. [Undated]
15. “Sachin is a genius. I’m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar’s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated]
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