Sachin Tendulkar's legendary journey

"I see myself when I see Sachin play"
 -Cricketing legend Sir Don Bradman

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, had represented India at the age of 16. Rather than asking 'How old are you?', people who were longing to query his age would have asked him 'How young are you?'. Such a prodigy he was and still is one. He was given his first international cap on 15 November 1989 and exactly 23 years and 364 days later, he played his last international cricket match for his nation and on a combo, it was his 200th test match. 

            Sachin has scored over a 34,000 international runs, and there are no exclamations for that huge milestone after describing him as a prodigy. But still seeing another cricketer of his quality and matching his frequency, is very far away from my eyes. But who knows he might be somewhere playing cricket in schools, or schooling in kinder gardens, or building blocks in play schools, or might even be an unhatched embryo. 

            On making his debut at the age of 16, by 21 the legend had played cricket against all the countries in the world, which was indeed a bright beginning towards his legendary journey. He attained his peak during the mid and late 90's. He was at his destructive best and demolished every bowler who threw the ball at him. Some fearsome ball striking and precise judgement of length made the bowlers to shiver and it carried to all the bowlers for a decade and a half until he decided to retire. 

Roses are red, violets are blue. Records unbroken by
Sachin are only a few.

            You say 1729 as Ramanujan's number, I say 1998, Sachin Tendulkar's. In the year 1998, Sachin was unstoppable as he mounted 1894 runs in the 34 ODI matches he played at an astonishing average of 65.31 in addition with 9 centuries. This is the most no. of runs scored in a given calender year by any cricketer on earth. What separated him from the other cricketers was the culminated selection of shots. He would not go after every balls he played instead he would punish only the odd loose balls very severely that in turn made the bowlers to feel the heat.   

          Post the World Cup in 2003, he arose as a complete hero for the Indian fans watching cricket. People believed in tough situations that  Sachin was always there to save the team. And on an inverse situation people switched off TV's when he got out. The impact he made on the world is immense. There is no doubt why he is being termed as 'God'. 

          Both India and the cricketing world shed their tears and said a good bye to the living legend. We were all very much honored to be able to watch how Sachin wass being fared well. The trends raised in social sites like twitter were on a high with all sorts of hashtags that include #ThankYouSachin , #SachinSachin. Let us salute the master and adapt our self to witness a new era of cricket that would be left out with the absence Sachin Ramesh Tedulkar.