Sachin: Veneration for Cricket!

A spit of land not more than 22 yards

Is all it takes to fetch 200 on the cards!

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the man of the hour, the indisputable cricketing champion in the history of the game, has set yet another milestone. Cricket has evolved like everything else that surrounds it and if there is one man who has been able to tame the evolution, it is none other than our beloved Sachin. Cricket is no longer a game that a novice player could fathom. Sachin has changed things forever and there is no going back. He has been raising the bar for the past 20 years and has been setting glorious benchmarks in all forms of the game.

I was among the unlucky few to have missed this act of excellence, but the news of Sachin's innings made me respect him more than ever before. The fact that he made this record after so many years of his cricketing career is an indication that Sachin's bat has still got a lot to say. Not that he already hasn't, we can only be hopeful that we get to see more of Sachin making history in the years to come. With the world cup knocking at the door, expectations rise in belief that the cricketing god plays for India. I truly believe that his hands deserve to hold that priceless trophy before he bids farewell to the game. There are people who believe in god, and there are those who don't. I believe that if there is a god, he definitely played in the Gwalior match. I am sure that a lot has been written, about Sachin and his wonderful innings, in newspapers and magazines. But the history that Sachin has created with his bat shall always be towering the pages amongst the most spectacular individual achievements of all times.

Now, I shall write no more but take a moment to feel proud that Sachin is also an Indian.