"Cometh the hour, cometh the man"
And the man is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Whenever India has been in deep trouble, its often SRT who comes to the rescue. His two decade stay in International cricket has caused no dearth in thirst for runs. He still dismantles the most lethal bowling attack with ease. His 9 centuries against the best team in the world bears testimony to this fact.
On 5th December 09, the whole world was waiting for the 17000 th run fom sachin's blade. And the moment came when sachin went past the 17k mark. On the other end was Suresh Raina with 1700 odd runs. Such has been sachin's vast experience. He is the messiah of Indian cricket. Even the young blood aren't able to replicate what sachin has done so consistently over the years.
Once sachin went past the 17k mark, people were out planning celebrations. But sachin had his own way of celebratin and that is do what he likes most ie score runs. He scored at a phenomenal rate and the aussies were left gaping at the marvelous strokeplay. He paced his innings perfectly and shifted gears seamlessly.
On a pitch that looked flat as a carom board, Scoring runs was not a problem . But what made sachin special is his meticulous planning of the innings. He made sure the required run rate always hovered around the 7 mark even though wickets were tumbling at the other end.
In 1999 at Chennai , sachin played a similar innings and took India almost to the finish line but his mates faltered and ended up gifting sachin a defeat. I am sure those memories were back haunting him during the last four-five overs. Ten years down the line nothings changed. Sachin departed and his teammates marched behind their great commander.His consistency in giving his wicket off to debutants also remained intact as he paddle scooped a gem of a delivery into the safe hands of Mike hussey.
The 175 will remain a memorable one for the hyderabadis. We are lucky to live in this sachin era. As he moves into the twilight years of his career, I wish him all the luck and hope to see him score a double ton in ODIs.
ATB Sachin!!
1 comment:
a true verse from someone who played on the soil of AP..Bharath u have done well to scribble the thoughts of a billion people...Thank u on our behalf...Sachin Tendulkar is a legend and we are proud students of the institute names Sachin Tendulkar!
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