Sachin Tendulkar hit a brilliant 76 balls century in the fourth and final one-dayer to help India clinch the four match series 3-1. The innings was studded with 10 hits to the fence and one hit clearing the stadium at Vadodra. Now once again the news channels have something to sing about....and to wait for. Each time Sachin comes up with such an innings, "experts" and the media starts talking about how much the team needs him and how the innings reminded them of the Sachin of yesteryears. Experts get paid to comment on television and Media leverages such opportunities to sell themselves and out-do the competition. And they wait for the failure. A failure gives them the "masala". In India, Cricket is a religion and there are millions of Indians like me, who worship Tendulkar. Not because of his endorsements, not because of his ferrari, not because of his restaurant.....but because of what he has done and continues to do. Whenever India is playing a cricket match, an Indian forgets about the problems in office, increasing fuel prices, falling sensex, nagging wife/wives.....and gets glued to a television set. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, on numerous occassions, has made them smile and feel proud to be an Indian. So sentiments are obviously attached with Sachin. And the news channels know it. Thats why they keep him in news....be it a good reason or bad. One failure and suddenly he would be old, blocking one position in the team etc etc.
What these people fail to understand is that we need his batting brilliance if we want to have some chance to win the WC. Why are we unnecessarily creating pressure on him? Agreed he is going through a bad phase but wasnt he going through a lean patch before the last world cup too? We know what he is capable of. Okay, do one thing. Make a dream team for the world cup and try filling Sachin's slot with Suresh Rainas or Wasim Jaffers of the world and think if you would bet your money on that team. I definitely wont!!!!
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