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| Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar - A Surging River of Genius |
First and foremost, I would love to say about the epitome of cricket a.k.a. God of Cricket that "When God wanted to play cricket, he created Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar".
Having spent
half of his current life in cricket field ! Sachin is still going strong. At this juncture, when success lies in every corner of your life,
'what next' becomes the most-asked question? And it's nothing different for
Tendulkar, who perhaps is the biggest victim of demands in this country.
The pride of Indian cricket and a
perennial crowd-favorite Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973, in
Mumbai. As aspiring young cricketer Sachin wanted to be a fast bowler. He even
undertook trials at the MRF pace foundation, Chennai, but his short stature
proved to be a hindrance for bowling. Meeting Mr. R. Achrekar, his Cricket
Coach and changing his school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir in Dadar marked a
turning point in Sachin's cricket career.
Sachin at the age of 16, he made his
International debut in ODI’s India vs. Pakistan at Gujranwala and Tests debut
India v Pakistan at Karachi around 1989/90. And since then he has been an
integral part of the Indian cricket team, and has not looked back ever since.
Tendulkar has scored 51 centuries in Test cricket from 188 matches and 49 tons
from 463 ODIs he has played so far in his international career spanning nearly
23 years.
The first thing that comes to mind about
Sachin is the will to win, the fear and respect of
the rivals -- he has it all. India's star batsman is sheer genius. We can actually feel that he is a super human
and a scenario of eleven versus one on the
cricket field which is called the Tendulkar fantasy.
He knows every shot in the book and makes
his own improvisations. As he sees the ball leaves
the bowler's hand, he would have already decided where to hit it. His
shots have tremendous power and he times the ball perfectly, making him one of
the best batsmen in the world. He is also an effective bowler and also one of
the best fielders. In IPL 2012, he stepped down from captain-ship.
Their campaign stuttering due to continuous batting failures.
Sachin’s
humility, patience, persistence and vision are a confluence of all these in one
surging river of genius. His records are like a river bursting its banks. Now,
the surging river is reaching the sea where he can perform at his will and the
young cricketers in the team are following his path to be the next maestro. Hope
he serves cricket many more years to come, in one or other way.
