A recent spat with my friend has provoked me to write about this genius. Everybody who knows cricket would know who this person is. A new era in cricket was born when he set his foot into this sport. In fact, this sport has more fame because of this little master than anything else. Yes, it is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar who has achieved more than any cricketer could ever do.
Sachin has been incredible throughout his career. He has been the leader in terms of runs scored and centuries at a better strike rate. He's one of the few Indian players who was able to maintain the same level of consistency both at home and away. Also his average being better in matches where India won would tell us his match winning performances. He has also scored consistently against the World Champions and indeed, his batting average against Australia is slightly higher than his overall career average. Sachin has left no stones unturned and have set many records in the history of cricket.
If at all there's one thing that is missing in Sachin's achievement would be the World Cup. He has made 5 appearances in the World tournament so far but yet the team has not won a single time. Is that we do not have better players since cricket is not a single man's game that we lose every time? We had "On the off-side, first there is God, then there is Ganguly." We had "If cricket is religion, then Sachin is God". We had "The Wall" Rahul Dravid. We did have the greatest cricketer of all times but then why did we still fail?
Australia never had an off side God, a Wall or a cricketing God but they have managed to win it more than once and once under the very nose of India. What one cricketing GOD could not achieve was achieved by 11 cricketing mortals.
I am not into pondering the answers for these questions. My question is simple: What is the use of having so much money, if one could get what he wants? What is the use of having the best bedroom in the whole world, if one could not have a peaceful sleep? What is the use of having so much great cricketers in our country, if we could not win one World Cup after 1983?
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Do you believe that Mr.Abdul Kalaam is a genius?. If you do answer yes, then tell me why does more than 60% of the country still lives under poverty line. You so called genius should have done his work, and wiped away all the adversity in the country, shouldn't he?.
ReplyDeleteOhh wait, actually he didn't..Hmmmmm I wonder why, Why didn't the boy genius work his magic.
It takes two to make a conversation, it takes millions to eradicate poverty, it takes 11 to win a world cup.
And btw this is the friend whom you had the spat with.
True Kiddo, it makes two to make a conversation and not two geniuses, millions to eradicate poverty not billionaires and 11 to win a world cup and not Sachin Tendulkar.
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