Maestro from Mumbai...

Hard work and determination brings success to people but what makes them champion is their ability to rise up like a phoenix when they are written off..
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar… the mighty master in 5’4”frame always proved ppl right that he is a champion… this is a tribute to the ICON I have in my heart from childhood…

The word cricket is known as a sport in some countries, an insect in many countries and as a religion in few countries!!!
The GOD of cricketing religion emerged from one such peninsular country…
History had always told about child prodigies but the chance to witness them when they are on song doesn’t come to all.. I guess am lucky…

The legend was born at a time where One day internationals was also a new born child…The cricketing world could not wait more than one and half decade for the birth of a master in the sport..Wallop came for the quickies who threatened batsmen from the subcontinent with their pace and beamers.. the weapon they used to threaten were sent to the fences in double the speed in which it was shot out…

Whole world opened their mouths in awe to see a young kid blasting out the bowlers of twice his size…
The little boy from Mumbai made a statement to the world that his nose bleed would give nose cuts to the bowlers….he gave that through cuts from his willow…
Aggression was bundled in that tiny frame..it exploded time and again… but this dynamite brought happiness in the air and made people breathe easy in Indian cricket…. The little master…he was no longer the “amul” baby of Indian cricket.. he became a brand ambassador to “boost” the energy of people..

There were always two kind of people in the universe..one reach success through hard work and talent… another retain the hard fought success with their character and now it was time for the third kind…

The consistency and quality in work would give promotions for people in their jobs…it happened with Sachin as well… the promotion was to open the scoring for team India… in him we found an opener we never imagined…
Success came to team India on a consistent basis whenever he was successful but it became so dominant that one point it was becoming a single man show and the team’s cohesion came down…

Every calendar year could see 1k runs scored in any form of the game by an Indian player… the first rank holder being obvious at most times...
As people say appearances are deceptive and smaller grains are tough to crack… this happened with all the opponent teams..
However the little toughie always dreamt of contributing to team’s glory..
No one can forget the lofted drives he used to give to the quickies when he was on song……the blonde leggie from oz mentioned that he lost his sleep due to dreams of balls going over his head for half a dozen runs….
The contest which had lot of expectations and hype proved out one sided with the winner being obvious.. critics across the borders kept their mouth zip locked seeing the swash buckling innings over the so called “champions”…
If it was not with the bat he dominated them through the bowling weapon…

Sharjah would not forget Sachin…nor the aussies… The sand storm which made ppl blind was silenced by an Indian “Gale” who just stood there determined watching the wind blow out the sands of the deserts… is he an alchemist???…I still wonder….

After a while it was time for critics again to say consistent performer could not raise his game at crunch times and bring glory to team… the champion raised his game and performed in crunch only to bring in back pain of high severity… in movies we used to see police cops taking bullets out from their shoulders and going for fight…. I saw something similar in reality when he played a breathtaking innings in my hometown Chennai…. Couldn’t bring a win for the team but that innings still stays in heart for many ppl… nothing could stop him… even his dad’s death would make this unstoppable assassin emote only through the MRF endorsed timber.. hats off to u….

At one time I had all the international centuries that he made in my mind but it became a complex task as years passed by.. it was due to the phenomenal record this guy broke time and again… and definitely not coz of me getting old..

Every champion need not be a great leader…. It happened with him too.. pathetic form of Indian team was witnessed when he led the side.. but that’s where he stands apart in taking up the role of leading by example which and it was/is more apt to him… it only got the better of himself… when stones were thrown at the doors & windows of Indian cricketers for their poor play in 2k3 world cup the master blaster opened the doors of opportunity to snatch the World cup… the first step he took was taking up responsibility and stating to Indian public for their support… the words were not uttered just from the tongue and he proved that it came deep from the heart… Though india finished runners in the tournament it was the winner of hearts… First ever win in oz…first ever win in Britain…Kiwi land…Zimbabwe…. All had a fine and crisp touch of the legend’s batting quill… the ink would be drained out from my quill if I need to write all those…

Tennis elbow…back injuries could only make this maestro from Mumbai stronger than ever…. And couple of days back it took world record…first ever double ton in history of one day internationals to make critics silent again…
When people wonder what is there more for this person to achieve…he comes up with a new record and performance and answer people’s thoughts…

There were always two kind of people in the universe..one reach success through hard work and talent… another retain the hard fought success with their character….third one do the first two in an infinite loop…People call him SACHIN TENDULKAR in India…