Sachin....A man who conquered hearts..whats special about him?hmm there might be many answers...Opponents fear him,team mates respect him and country men adore him.To me the utmost quality in him apart from cricketing aspects is that the way he has presented himself to the world..Imagine if any one of us had such fame,money,will we be able to handle it?There have been many instances where people with the above said gifts just were not able to cope up with thier fame.In short Sachin is a once in a Generation Star.
Its often said that Records dont often speak up the truth..Thats very true.the records of sachin dont actaully reflect his calibre as a cricketer..With due respect to Sir Don Bradman who is said to be the greatest batsmen to have graced the game,I would like to compare thier averages..Don stands at 99..Sachin's is on and around 56....Is that a big gap..if you look at just the numbers in terms of cricketing point of view it may be,but you are missing an important point..Pressure...The pressure to fulfill the expectations of a Billion people.Remember this you have to go to the field and perform each time keeping this in mind that a million of them are expecting you to perform miracles.
Well i can say this,it is a terrible feeling..when we have such a pressure beleive me you cant even do a simple thing right.Will Don Bradman be able to maintain such an average if had such a pressure..
If you take the clock to 10 years back,the Indian team had only one match winner and it was Sachin..if he is gone so was India's chance of victory.Will you be able to perform,if you know that if you commit a mistake India will lose..to be honest if any one is in that situation his hands will be shivering leave alone the thought of holding a bat and taking India home.
Well every cricketing fan and the so called experts will have thier own man as the greatest batsmen..I am not sure how many will have sachin in thier list..but for those who dont have sachin in thier list,you should sincerely consider the above facts and if you make up the list,i can tell without having a look at the list that sachin will be sitting at the top as an Emperor,just as shane warne had him,way ahead the rest in the same way as Don is way ahead of the rest in terms of averages.
You can have your list lined up with kings who are no less than one another in terms of ability..but in the end its the emperor who is Supreme.
If cricket is a Dynasty you will find many Prince's like Ganguly,Kings like Don,Ponting,Dravid,Hayden,Viv Richards and list is endless as the cricketing journey continues and you will find many who make this list.
But the bottom line is,
There can be many kings but there can be only one Emperor..
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
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