Sunday, December 23, 2012

Thank you Sachin!!


And finally the day came, Sachin retires from one day format. He has been hardly playing this format since World Cup triumph in 2011 but still this announcement is like a "Full Stop". Somewhere in my heart the hope was always there that he will play some more time but that's not going to happen any more. Like all Sachin's fan I am a little sad but it's not the time to mourn but to celebrate a glorious career.

Sports give so much excitement to our otherwise monotonous and boring life. I started to watch Cricket seriously around same time when Sachin debuted in 1989. It was the black and white television days, the days of Doordarshan. I still remember how we used to assemble in someone's house having a tv to watch the matches. Sometimes standing outside a television shop and watching Sachin bat. It was the time when Sachin was synonymous with the whole team. If he plays we used to win and once he gets out people used to switch off tv. He gave us the belief, he was a symbol of rising India. We struggle to carry the burden of ourselves and family but he did that for a billion of people for many many years. It's simply incredible.

He was the kid everyone loved to love. And it was more than his playing skills. He was humble, graceful and did not abandon the middle class values he was brough up with even after he became such a big star.

There was never anyone like Sachin earlier and there won't be anyone like Sachin ever. Thank you Sachin for the beautiful moments and memories.

-Bibhuti

1 Comments:

Blogger suresh said...

Well written....I would like tomention few of his many inspirational qualities like humbleness, truthfulness and obedience towards empires decisions,which I admire to the core...

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