2023-04-24 05:16:09
He has a history of relegating even a country’s budget announcement to the second page of the media and filling the entire front page. Apart from the three letters Sachin, world cricket has no history, this is his story. It was the day of India’s railway budget announcement, the news that should have been the first to hit the headlines, but it was his day and everything else was of secondary importance. Sachin was 37 at the time, the age when any cricketer should finish a game at home, and his first ODI double century came from his bat.
India had a king who wore a helmet instead of a crown, a king who ruled world cricket for 24 years with a two-and-a-half-foot bow… When he reached the crease, a whole country cheered for him, a whole nation prayed for him…
They waited so still that even the clocks stopped as he neared his century… They prayed with offerings and vows that he wouldn’t fall halfway, they cried like children when he cried, the galleries screamed only for him.. Yes, once cricket meant Sachin, the canvas of cricket synonymous with Sachin has shrunk. days
Year 1989 November 15, National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan… A 16-year-old boy who made headlines in school cricket and Ranji Trophy is playing for the first time in an international match… It must be remembered that it was a time when Imran Khan and Wasim Akram were costing the blood of the batsmen with their speed.. A 16-year-old boy even in first class cricket. Play an International Test match in that non-debut period, that too once morest the best bowling line-up of that time…
India trembled on the second day as they faced fire spitting balls from Pakistan bowlers. Srikanth, Siddu and Manjarekar all returned without seeing even two figures. Indian score 41 for 4. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, a 16-year-old with the bat in his gloved hand, took the sixth over. It was the debut of a batting genius who would single-handedly draw the world cricket map. But even the grass snakes of Karachi were thirsty for the blood of that young man.
Waseem Akram welcomed the boy who didn’t even have a moustache, asking if he had told his mother that he had come here. The aim was to intimidate the debutant and the fielders were lined up around the 22 yard pitch. Followed by fiery fastballs and bouncers in succession faster than you can leave. Many balls passed before Sachin completed the shot. But where the frontline failed, little Sachin scored 15 runs off 24 balls including 2 beautiful boundaries. The first Test ended in a draw with no major breakthroughs. But it happened in the second Test. The boy wonder who was born only for cricket created history. The world of cricket witnessed the half-century of the youngest player. The 16-year-old Sachin faced 172 balls that smelled of blood that day. By the time he was finally dismissed as LBW by Imran Khan, Sachin had added 59 runs to his name and won the scepter and crown to dominate cricket.
By February 24, 2010, most of the records in world cricket had bowed before Tendulkar. The second ODI between India and South Africa… At the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Gwalior, there was nothing to be heard but chants of Sachin, and they waited with bated breath, not even willing to blink.
3rd ball of the 49th over of the Indian innings, Sachin batting on 199 at the strikers’ end. Long Welt’s over pitch wide of the stumps hit the delivery point and Sachin ran into history… God greeted the excited gallery, raised his head to the sky and thanked him… Ravi from the commentary box Shastri’s words reached First man on the planet to score a double century in one day international… and it is the ‘Superman’ from India
It was the day of India’s railway budget announcement, the news that should have grabbed the headlines first, but it was his day, second to all else… Tendulkar was 37 at the time, an age when any cricketer would think of ending the game, and his first ODI double century came from his bat.
There is an incident that a sports journalist named Peter Reebuck once said regarding Sachin Tendulkar. Once, while traveling from Shimla to Delhi, the train stops at a station. But the train does not leave following more than usual time. Because this was the scene he saw when he got busy, all the passengers of the train including the loco pilot and the station master were watching TV. When I inquired what happened, someone called out and said ‘Sir, Sachin batting 98’… the scene where a whole nation is waiting to see Sachin’s century, yes, this genius can stop time in India…. the only man in the world who can stop the time of a nation.
Fans of the game will never forget Sachin Tendulkar, the 25-year-old who became a desert storm…and the commentator with the magical voice of Tony Greig, who screamed his throat out with his shots. Sachin Tendulkar’s ‘Desert Storm’ century, which directly beat the sandstorm of Sharjah and the bowling of Australia, is still sweet even following a long time. March 22, 1998. India’s last league match in the Sharjah Cup, India set a target of 284 runs once morest Australia to reach the final if they score 255 runs. But the leading line collapsed, India 138 for four… Sachin and the opener Laxman at the crease… Sachin took the steering of the game by keeping Laxman at one end, and by the time the Indian innings reached top gear, a sandstorm came as the villain. Waited, seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours… finally the sandstorm came and India’s victory target was set anew. With Sachin’s striking power, Australia, the world’s first-ranked team, was crushed, and India qualified for the final in the 42nd over with sixes. Sachin scored 142 runs off 131 balls, leaving Kasprowicz and Shane Warne untouched.
Sachin got out in the next over, silencing the cheering gallery, Gilchrist caught the ball as Sachin gloved it, but the umpire did not call it out, but the gentlemen returned without waiting for the umpire’s decision. Australia was the opponent in the final. That match was on Sachin’s birthday. That day once more a storm blew on the ground in Sharjah, but it was only from Sachin’s bat. Another century, but 25 runs short of victory, Sachin lost his wicket to a wrong decision by the umpire. . Steve Buckner did not show that courtesy to Tendulkar, who left the crease even following the umpire did not call him out in the last match. LBW conceded on a ball that went off-stump. How many times has he been dismissed in front of the umpire’s wrong decision in the days when there was no DRS, and he has left the crease smiling without even a glance of resentment.
Maidaan par jo aapne kaha, uska ulta hi kiya, toh aaj aapke iconic 50th birthday par toh aapko Shirshasana karke wish karna hi tha.
Wish you a very happy birthday @sachin_rt Paaji, aap jiyo hazaaron saal, saal ke din ho ek crore. #HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/awvckIAqc9
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 23, 2023
Finally the day has come. November 14, 2013. It was the day of flag-raising of the unparalleled talent that Indian cricket has contributed to the world. The lamp is going out. Just five days away, an era is regarding to end. Wankhede is the venue for the retirement match of Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest cricket icon the world has ever seen. India vs Windies Alla Sachin takes on the West Indies in his 200th Test match, a match that should go down in the annals of history. Padded for India at the age of 16, he returns for the final innings today at the age of 40.
24 years 199 Tests, 328 innings, 15847 runs, 51 centuries… That was Sachin’s account book when he entered the last Test. Indian innings at 77, Murali Vijay returns. Cheers in the packed gallery… For the first time, Mumbai saw fans cheering when India lost a wicket. Yes, it’s time for God to appear at the crease to play the final innings. What else do they need?
In the soil of Wankhede in Mumbai, where Sachin became Sachin…no other word but Sachin rings out from that gallery. Windies players received the talent who created a new grammar for cricket with a guard of honour. The whole stadium stood up and applauded. Their beloved Sachin is back in the middle of the field. After this match there will be no God, only normal humans will be playing, so every moment is precious watch it without blinking an eye, read the text on the sidescreen of the gallery.
6⃣6⃣4⃣ intl. matches ????
3⃣4⃣3⃣5⃣7⃣ intl. runs ????
2⃣0⃣1⃣ intl. wickets ????
The only cricketer to score ???? intl. hundreds ????
The 2⃣0⃣1⃣1⃣ World Cup-winner ????Here’s wishing the legendary and ever-so-inspirational @sachin_rt a very happy 5⃣0⃣th birthday ???? ????#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/iyP0CfjTva
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 24, 2023
Lots of boundaries flew from Sachin’s bat, he easily completed his half-century and hoisted the tricolor on the field, the excitement in the hearts of the spectators… Finally, the time has come and the cricketer named Sachin has found the last runs to write his name. Sachin swung his bat at Deo Narine and fell into Sami’s hands at first slip. Wankhede is silent… Many are breathless, no one is talking to each other, everything is over in a flash.
Sachin is on his way, his last walk into the pavilion in front of tens of thousands of fans. After a moment of sadness-shadowed silence, they all stood up. Sachin raised his bat and thanked everyone before walking up the stairs from the field to the dressing room. Sachin…He climbed those steps in an atmosphere filled with shouts.
After bringing tears to the eyes of a billion people by saying that he would not be wearing the pads for another innings, he walked back to the ground, to the center of the 22-yard pitch that was his life, bowed his head, touched the pitch, looked up… and back to the dressing room, eyes full of tears, struggling to start… The world ended, that day. This is how time was marked in the calendar of the cricket world, before and following Sachin Tendulkar…
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