Spare a Thought !!

Nothing needs to be told , jus looking at this Pic tells the story....almost every part of the great man's body has been affected by the 16 years of international cricket !

But all said and done Sachin Tendulkar will return and silence his detractors again as he has done so many millions of times in the past.

Millions of his detractors asking for his head and what not...these will keep continuing though..i would like to hear these people talk when he is back to form..most of them are such cowards..the same people write things like.."Sachin rises like the phoenix.." or "God is back..." Maintain some consistency in your thoughts please...U r dealing with india's most precious entity !

Perfect Gentleman !!

When he was caught behind off Jimmy Anderson on Sunday afternoon, he was booed all the way back to the dressing room. Yesterday he was given the full we-are-not-worthy treatment after running out Owais Shah.

As he strolled back his fielding station on the boundary, supporters swarmed to the front of the stand and clammered at the perimeter fence.

Sachin raised a dignified hand in acknowledgement. Personally, I might have favoured a different gesture.

But that is where i guess lies the difference between humanity n divinity !

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Some of the good articles ..

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/24/stories/2006032404112300.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/21/stories/2006032110371800.htm
http://hindustantimes.com/htcricket/7947_1655842,001601190000.htm
http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2006/mar/24ten.htm

Dissapointing Day !!!

Date : 19th March 2006,
Place : Mumbai

There was that buzz around the ground , you could sense something was about to happen,someone had to give way,20 odd balls for the great man to take a single ! he definately is a better player than that. Then came a rank wide ball outside the off stump and the great man obliged pushing at that giving a regulation catch to the keeper.Dejected and Dissapointment as always , he started the walk back to the pavilion, but something was different this time , amidst the stunned silence which is uncharateristically becoming a little too common nowadays you could hear few booooos and cat calls.....This was something new to happen to the great man.This to a man who was synonymous with indian cricket for almost a decade..it was Sachin=Indian Cricket. Now this on a day whn the great man broke the world record for maximum appearances by an indian in Test Matches.The man just walked on into the dressing room without even looking up. The damage had been done.

2 Days later same venue, India Battling to save the test match and as always The Wall and the Great Man at the crease. At Lunch india were 75/3 , people started talking about india winning/drawing and saving the test series.But then 3 balls after lunch The Wall crumbled to Freddie and the Great man followed him in the next over to a little know Udal , a soft dismissal, again a walk back to the dressing room , his last mebbe in about 2-3 coming months.He will be out with a surgery on his shoulder which is another of his body part succumbing to the wear and tear of 16 years of international cricket ( Which has been half his lifetime so far ). First his back,then his toe,finger,knee ....A small tear rolled down my cheek and so would have from millions of supporters as the unthinkable was beginning to happen.Is this anywhere near the beginning of the end..afterall everyone needs to understand all good things have to come ot an end someday..But still heart takes over the mind in some matters when it comes to people close to you.

He is GOD , He bats at No.4 for India. ( a Banner which was going around the stadium yesterday )

God is definately down but am sure not 'out' yet.

Was a sad day for indian cricket that we lost to the english..

Anyway hope ODIs sans Sachin bring something to cheer for..

Will Continue Worshipping the undisputed GOD of indian cricket though,

One among a million Dejected,Dissapointed Sachin Fan