There is only one thing that can raise heartbeats to the maximum, pump your adrenaline so much that you can literally feel flash of current flowing through your whole body, make your head spin and perhaps makes you forget everything else that is around you and thats when little master is batting at his best.
I am writing this before today's match concludes, and I dont care a damn about how it ends. The best thing that happened today was 200 runs unbeaten by little master. Stadium of gwaliar was literally experiencing a treat that has never been seen before and perhaps wont be possible in near future.
It was sheer pleasure to watch, a treat to eye and a feat rejuvenating every senses. Throughout his 200 run play, little master was playing with ease and smashing every bowler out of the stadium.South Africans were just living their nightmare, but perhaps every one of them wont deny it was a sweetest nightmare to experience.
Sachin, should not only be worshipped for his records through the years but for the way he keeps himself rooted to the ground. When you are playing one of the most sought after game, and that too in a nation where it is treated as a religion , And you are the best player , who is treated as a god, its nearly impossible.
It would be just amazing to see how many of us can stay on the ground when they reach the amazing heights, It will be a challenge for us, truly. I regard sachin as a god and ahead of any other god there is and thats because he is the living example of how one should deal with success. I feel its relatively easy to deal with failure, because that naturally makes you more accepting.But dealing with success would be a huge challenge.
Again the one thing that no other batsman can ever be is calm and composed like sachin. When 100 crore people have eyes on you , expecting 100 from every inning you play.when whole 40 thousand people in the stadium roar and bow to you when you are 1 run away from getting that amazing feat, when you have played whole 50 overs from ball one, when you are at 36 years of age and cramping like a old warhorse, then it can be only sachin who can have a smile on his face with one hand comforting his back which is aching badly.
I salute sachin tendulkar for all this and many more qualities that he has...which would make this blog unending.
I truly thank god , since I am born in the era when sachin tendulkar lived on this planet...
Very good article. I especially liked your observation about success and failure. Indeed, it is very difficult to keep oneself rooted when one is successful.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the way you write. You have a story-telling style and though I didn't watch(yes, unfortunately its true) the match, I could visualise Sachin's innings. Keep it up buddy!!