"We all learn as we grow..."
This day... 13th of January, 2012 feels like the world around me just shattered...
The greatest of life's tragedy has been "THAT GAP" from completeness to COMPLETEness...
Everyone has dreams...More often than not pertaining to our own well being.... But, we are always impacted most when THAT someone is impacted. e.g. my father has cancer, my dog died and so on.... Well that's the end of that... We move on and every now and then sit back and wonder "WHAT IF?"...
But, nothing can beat the feeling of not fulfilling one's life long dream and you know its not going to come back...
For a SACHIN TENDULKAR FAN, this is the end of the road... The thought that only two of his dreams (winning the world cup and being a Test #1 team) are complete is earth shattering... His dream of winning a series "DOWN UNDER" remains a dream... He could not conquer Australia, the team he has played against with a tennis elbow/back pain/broken toe, the team he has fought against all the time, the team he has stood up against all on his own.... Who can forget the pains he took to perfect the art of playing the upper cut in bouncy Australia or the hard work he put in to slog sweeping the best leg spinner in dust fields in India....
You have inspired me, entertained me and more often than not thrown away all of my life's disappointments and lower ebbs...
The pain is excruciating for I can do nothing sitting here within the four walls to change the direction of the result or save you from being dis-graced for no reason of yours...
Sachin - You have done it all for us.... A 100 at Perth when we crumbled for 200 as an 18-yr old, a 175 chasing 350, only for the remaining 4 wise men to not score the remaining 18 runs...
But, you will always be remembered for single handed-ly dominating Warne, for helping us qualify and winning the series in the deserts, for being positive and yet watchful for we were wasteful and clueless against good swing bowling, for cutting out all your stylish shorts for a team cause in a critical test match down under, for single handed-ly winning us the 2 finals in Australia in 2008 and standing up for our great nation...Above all for giving us respect as a nation, without being rolled over.
If I could do something as a common man, I would... All I can do is to pray to your creator... Love you loads Sachin... For the honesty you have shown, for the life you have lived, for the joy you have given and the sheer poetry we witnessed. For a cricket maniac - you are William Wordsworth, you are Shakespeare...
All i can say is you did not deserve this ending..... An ending where the team you were a part of is annihilated... for no reason of yours...
God... Hope you give your son a better life post walking away from what he did for 23 yrs.....
This will remain a tragedy, an anti climax that life cant explain.....
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