I have seen this familiar script rolled out many a time in my cricket watching and every single time I have felt the urge to do what Karthik does in this picture, go hug THE MAN!
Its redundant to talk about Sachin and his batting if you are an Indian or for that matter any sort of cricket follower but another interesting and well documented side of this man's genius is his magic arm that has got many a wicket at crucial moments! He has this uncanny knack of picking up wickets that few part time bowlers have and the chief reason for this comes from the fact that Tendulkar is the best student the game has ever produced! You can have issues with his technique, his match winning ability, his (now often abused) aging aggression but one thing that no one can deny is that he has an understanding of the game that is innate. I say innate because one can also be a Rahul Dravid or Steve Waugh, people who work hard to hone their understanding of the game and then you have Sachin, he understands the game in a very instinctive and unparalleled fashion. I guess his understanding cant be taught to others or used as a tool to lead which partly explains why he was a bad captain. His genius is purely for us to savour!!!
All Hail Tendlya!!
