DON was greatest of his era. But not the greatest of all times. He did not play against most countries. Not his fault. But then those days England n Australia played most of the cricket. India, NZ, WI and SL played very little cricket. Wait, SL didnt even have first class stature. So bugbears and chucks were non-existent. So were the Pakistanis. That era they were fighting the British to have their own country.
So Mr DON scored 5200 of 7000 - 4 runs against England in 37 tests. 37 of 52 tests were against England. He didnt ever play in WI, NZ, SA and India. Colonialism.
He just scored 29 hundreds and hit less than 10 sixes.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored goddamn 30000 runs with 89 hundreds and 143 fiftees in international cricket. For most part of his career he was single most effective batsman of the team. Even to this day. Take him out of a Test match and Indian batting would stutter.
Its a pity that I have missed his 2 ODI hundreds just cos damn there is no TV here. Fuck. When he bats everybody watches. When he steps on the field people forget their worries, they want him to score 100 in every game he plays. He carries the expectation of billions of people around the world where the cricket is religion for the folks. Who else does that or has done ? He is unique in that way in the 200 years of modern game that he has carried the expectations of a generation and a half.
I pity those people who question his credentials and those who say he lacks killer instincts. If he did lack killer instincts would he have lasted so long ? Would he have scored 89 hundreds ? Would he have played for 20 years ? Godddamn thats for 80% of my life, I have watched this man play. Right from the day when he demolished the idiot Abdul Qadir who took a jibe on him to go drink milk to this day. Poor Qadir was looking for a place to hide where he could pee or vomit.
Being a Sachin Tendulkar is a once in a million years phenomenon. And we should be proud that this man wears tricolor and belongs to the land of India. India. India. No other feeling besides a cricket match and prolly a war against the rogue neibhour evokes such patriotism in this country. Sachin does that. Every time he walks to the crease he spell bounds people. Thats his magic. In a country where there are very less role models he is the tallest of all. He is comparable to Amitabh Bachchan or a Rajnikanth. A Rajnikanth would still be stuck to boundaries of TN or Southern part. Amitabh would be limited within the Hindi belt. This man stands tall everywhere. Chennai loves him as much as the Jaipur as much as the Indore crowd where he scored 10000th ODI run , me being a witness to it or even a Kolkata where people riot 2 times in 3 years when a cheater and a chuck runs him out with fraud. Except a ridiculous boo in 2006, Mumbai loves this man more than the Bollywood stars or the Thackerays.
People in England, Australia and even in bug bear's country Sri Lanka give this man a standing ovation.
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer to have played the game till now and for years, millions of years to come. Its so tough to understand him. To understand him, you got to think for a while. Just a while and then trust me you'd fall short of breath. Sachin Tendulkar does that effortlessly.
Jai Ho Sachin!!!!
So Mr DON scored 5200 of 7000 - 4 runs against England in 37 tests. 37 of 52 tests were against England. He didnt ever play in WI, NZ, SA and India. Colonialism.
He just scored 29 hundreds and hit less than 10 sixes.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored goddamn 30000 runs with 89 hundreds and 143 fiftees in international cricket. For most part of his career he was single most effective batsman of the team. Even to this day. Take him out of a Test match and Indian batting would stutter.
Its a pity that I have missed his 2 ODI hundreds just cos damn there is no TV here. Fuck. When he bats everybody watches. When he steps on the field people forget their worries, they want him to score 100 in every game he plays. He carries the expectation of billions of people around the world where the cricket is religion for the folks. Who else does that or has done ? He is unique in that way in the 200 years of modern game that he has carried the expectations of a generation and a half.
I pity those people who question his credentials and those who say he lacks killer instincts. If he did lack killer instincts would he have lasted so long ? Would he have scored 89 hundreds ? Would he have played for 20 years ? Godddamn thats for 80% of my life, I have watched this man play. Right from the day when he demolished the idiot Abdul Qadir who took a jibe on him to go drink milk to this day. Poor Qadir was looking for a place to hide where he could pee or vomit.
Being a Sachin Tendulkar is a once in a million years phenomenon. And we should be proud that this man wears tricolor and belongs to the land of India. India. India. No other feeling besides a cricket match and prolly a war against the rogue neibhour evokes such patriotism in this country. Sachin does that. Every time he walks to the crease he spell bounds people. Thats his magic. In a country where there are very less role models he is the tallest of all. He is comparable to Amitabh Bachchan or a Rajnikanth. A Rajnikanth would still be stuck to boundaries of TN or Southern part. Amitabh would be limited within the Hindi belt. This man stands tall everywhere. Chennai loves him as much as the Jaipur as much as the Indore crowd where he scored 10000th ODI run , me being a witness to it or even a Kolkata where people riot 2 times in 3 years when a cheater and a chuck runs him out with fraud. Except a ridiculous boo in 2006, Mumbai loves this man more than the Bollywood stars or the Thackerays.
People in England, Australia and even in bug bear's country Sri Lanka give this man a standing ovation.
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer to have played the game till now and for years, millions of years to come. Its so tough to understand him. To understand him, you got to think for a while. Just a while and then trust me you'd fall short of breath. Sachin Tendulkar does that effortlessly.
Jai Ho Sachin!!!!
