The last day of the career which
ran for twenty four years could not get better than yesterday. It would have
appeared the same for everyone who watched Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell day
after the end of his two hundredth test match. The great man did bid farewell to
the game amidst his family, friends, team, and of course his long time fans. His
speech in full length of emotions was the highlight of the day and probably one
of the highlights of his admirable career. Good that he could maintain that
composure and fully utilized the once in a life time chance to express himself
and thank all the deserved!
Enough is written, shown and said
about Sachin and his career milestones. I‘d here mention about my mind’s
journey with this great man’s personality.
Sachin Tendulkar: The name that
is very famous and perhaps the mostly repeated in the record books of cricket. Ask
his fans to know the rest. A famous public figure here in India and always has been
a brand ambassador of Indian sports. Be it any game or sport, more than ninety
percent of the players agree to fact that he is an inspiration, a legend, a
trend setter. Less like a celebrity and
more like a person next door, Sachin, although has spoken emotions very less
number of times to the crowd, has been successful in winning millions and
millions of hearts. People do every possible thing for him, to see him, to watch
his innings and so on. It might appear as endless madness, but even if it is
true, there is some magic in this madness. Being able to enjoy his gesture is a
bliss, a real bliss it feels.
Writing about him has been
special to me. There have been numerous occasions on when I’ve written about
him and cricket here in this blog. As I’ve always said, sports bring out the
best writer in me, as per me. Every time I wrote about cricket, I got connected
to the game and the players a bit more. Among the many players about whom I
have written here, Sachin has been special and will remain to be so. When I
started knowing him or liking him, I was just into the first year of my
teenage. Probably that’s one of the main reasons why I used to go crazy about
him. Later it turned out to be liking, which felt very pure from inside. And
even today it does appear the same. I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to
enjoy it all these years and even today. It feels as if I’m happy for some
portion of me. As if I’ve achieved something too!
I must confess. It was not the
same good boat throughout. There were plenty of occasions when I got angry on
him and used bad words. That was out of sheer disappointment which fortunately
never lasted for more than a minute every time. The sportive spirit and the connectivity
to the sports men I’ve developed over the years have always come into the show
and bring me back to the normally thinking position. I must apologise to him
for all such minutes! May be, he deserved some of them for the way he played
but never for the intention with which he played. Sorry Sachin.
Thank you is not enough for all
that he has been doing. It’s not that every day you get to see players like him
getting retired. On this occasion, a heartfelt thank you makes great sense. But
I’m worried what all I shall mention why I’m thankful to him. Thank you Sachin,
for the happiness, for the memories, for the inspiration, and for the way you
have carried yourself. Learnt a lot from you!
I’m one of those who believe that
records are meant to be broken. Also, I’m one of those selfish persons, who
want to see another Indian rewriting the record of this great man. Well,
country name would not matter much although the selfishness might get hurt some way, if
there comes a player who surpasses this batting maestro, it would be another
great era to be part of. Tendulkar’s era is gone beautifully.
One wish I’ve, in fact I’ve been
having, is to read a biography or an autobiography of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar,
a frankly written one well like the one on Steve Jobs; as bigger as that and as
frankly written as that. Sachin must show interest in writing and publishing this.
He must write it for his family, friends, fans and of course for the generations to come. For the family to know how were his unexpressed emotions like. For friends to convey the beauty of friendship. For the fans to tell them how it like hearing Sachinnn..Sachin while coming to bat in a big match. And for the next generations to make them believe that there lived a man called Sachin Tendulkar and so that they will be sure of his existence and he was not really that 'god', he was a pure human.
This is it for now ** For You
Sachin**. I’m sure I will keep getting opportunities to write about him. For
him and against him; in any case I will enjoy writing about him.
Good bye Sachin and Thank You!
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