23rd December, 2012- the day would go down in my books as the day when a part of my childhood died, a day when the creator of all those memories carefully preserved all these years bid me adieu, a day when the ugly head of reality reared its fanged head to devour on my innocent dreams, a day when the coldness of the chilly December weather seemed warmer than the coldness of the cruelty being blared out by news channels, a day when the Lord himself decided to desert his most faithful devotee, a day when a small big man chose to walk away into the sunset, a day when the Messiah of Indian cricket got crucified by the heavy cross of his own gargantuan expectations, a day when the young blood made a mockery of old age, a day when my world turned upside down, a day when one phone call (from my friend) changed my life, a day when everything else became immaterial & redundant, a day when I mourned the death of One-Day cricket, a day when my childhood hero succumbed to the brickbats, a day when Sachin Tendulkar chose to retire.
All these years, I used to switch off the
television when Sachin would get out. Now, WHAT FOR WOULD I EVEN SWITCH IT ON?
Oh Sachin, why did you have to retire from ODIs; why did you have to exit so
suddenly without any forewarning; why did you have to bow down before the
millions clamoring for your blood; why did you have to walk out so silently and
so quietly; why did you have to run that scalpel down my chest and into my
heart; why did you have to desert your passion and desecrate my dreams; why did
you have to grow old; why did you have to end the way you ended! This gentleman’s
game of cricket can be so so cruel.
He steals a
single, raises his bat and the entire nation orgasms.......
- No more of that. God hangs one of his boots. RIP ODI cricket :'(
- No more of that. God hangs one of his boots. RIP ODI cricket :'(
-By Ritesh Agarwal
Will miss him more than anything in my life. i grew up watching him. He had been only constant in my life. I always feared the day when he would announce his retirement.I'm sad! very sad.
ReplyDeleteAbout the post- Well I was expecting you to write on Sachin. I remember reading one of ur posts on cricket some time back. Glad to see some one as crazy as Im for the God of cricket :)
Yes Prasoon. Even I used to dread that day....It had to come but I was deluding myself into believing that it wud never come......But it came :'(
ReplyDeletePS- Sachin is my life...how could i not write about it
that line- SACH is LIFE will forever echo in my heart :(
DeleteThat line looks faimilar but can't remember where i read it? Can you please throw some light Prasoon
DeleteYou must heard it and read it many times. It is one of the favorite slogans of Sachin's fans! :)
DeleteThere was a Sachin Tendulkar community on Orkut . Admin of that community had an account on Orkut by the name Sach is Life :) :)
Yes, i may hav heard of it on so many places
Deletewould have love to watch sachin for the final time in ODIs and the occasion was perfect india vs pakistan.......i m hoping..actually praying to see a farewell match ....the indian cricket owes him that much ,at the very least.......
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely....it is a pain to see him quit at 49 centuries and 96 fifties....one more century and 4 fifties more would have been phenomenal
DeleteSachin Tendulkar is a great player...He should remain in ODIs, to see him some years more in action
ReplyDeleteHe's gone now...gone for ever from my TV screen and from my daily life....... :'(
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