Thursday, February 25, 2010
Immortal Maestro
A charming soldier with innocuous face
Eyes sparkling with glory and grace.
Maestro walked down the field 'o green
Twenty Years, still firm and lean.
Crowd welcomed with rapturous applause
Time stood by to take a pause.
His forehead glistened with seasoned sweat
Bowlers shivered of ineludible threat.
Sword in hand, feet across crease
His eyes scanned for gaps of ease.
Humble Master stood his ground
A few seconds to beauty abound.
The show began, elegance was redefined
Confluence of body and heart, soul and mind.
Bowlers bowled, crowd roared
Flawlessly connected, bowl raced to four.
He flicked, he glanced, he drove, he sliced
Be it Gully, Long Off or Mid-wicket, he left no side.
Kallis jittered - was left astound
But his wagon-wheel went round and round.
Bowlers prayed to catch him low
But I guess Gods were engrossed in the resplendent show.
Treat to millions, we savoured each shot
Beyond a doubt, we were the privileged lot.
Twenty Years shouldering resilience and might
100 Crore dreams ain't so light.
Still, nothing but excellence - he will chase
And we salute his passion and craze.
Mortals came - and went away
But the epitome of talent is here to stay.
World has its prodigy, some call him player
We call him God a.k.a SACHIN TENDULKAR.
- Dedicated to our Hero on being immortal in cricketing history.
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Here's all i can say...just some memories from the past of the inevitable.
Here you go(Enjoy reading)....:)
Hashim Amla:
"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin
Tendulkar on it."
Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a
flight
Yaseer Hameed:
"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and
Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially
for Sachin
BBC on Sachin:
Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there
is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something
that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even
those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When
he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their
lives "
"But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds -
or a game - until Tendulkar was out."
"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq
when the latter dropped Sachin's catch.
Brian Charles Lara:
"Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal."
Mark Taylor:
"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" -
Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)
M. L. Jaisimha:
"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best
knock."
Glenn McGrath:
"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which
he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility -
all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
Have some More;::--
Anjali
"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute
longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out
there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
Matt HAYDEN:
"I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"
"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
-- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the
teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai
KUMBLE:
"I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!"
Shahrukh (quoting Shahrukh from an interview)
"Que: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?
Shahrukh: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were
invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan.
Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!"
Navjot Singh Sidhu:
"India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par
Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.."
Waqar Younis
"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also."
A banner once said-' I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE
SACHIN ' that quiet defines Sachin-The greatest.
Allan Donald:
"Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has
many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the
world"
And i remember reading in one of Allan Donald's interview.
This interview was in Cricket Talk 7-8 yrs ago.
"I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from
point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the
over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to
be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over
and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my
astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin.
His reflex time is the best I have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec.
To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries."
Peter Rebouck, Aussie journalist
"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.
The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century.
This Genius can stop time in India!!"
NKP Salve, former Union Minister (This was when he was accused of ball tempering)
"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to
politics. It's clear discrimination. "
Andy Flower:
"There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the
others."
sahi hai ladke !!! carry on NICE!!
beautiful post Bro and even more beautiful comment......
Nice post and so the comments. People have written what they can to the level but still words are falling short to describe the maestro .. Like many others i have been reading online from tomorrow to concord with words, not necessarily mine. But i guess you don't find other words once you have said the Lord.
A salute to both the maestros...
Good going man .. carry on..
awesome and unusual...
gr8 going buddy...keep it going....!!
@ all bros: Thnkx a lot guyz...in fact..noo wrds can describe the maestro...his achievement is beyond the realms of comprehension that language can describe..
abhe ye blaAg bhagel chachu ka hia ya tapu ka...11....
gud goin tapu...........
"Sachin Tendulkar" word should be included in dictionary that should mean courage,brilliance,passion,eagerness,performance,durability......
because no words are left in english dictionary to admire sachin.
sachin is simply sachin !! mortal languages fall short while describing him otherwise !
Simply awesome post Frodo.. Aise hi bas kalam chalaate rahiyo !!.. Super awesome comments also :) Really enjoyed reading !
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