S achin Ramesh Tendulkar aka God aka Tendlya aka Little Master completed twenty years in office on the 15th November. Playing test match cricket for 20 years is a herculean task by any yardstick that is out there. I mean just imagine the number of hours that he has spent on the field playing, practicing, travelling etc. The average sportsperson has a much shorter ‘active’ lifespan and considering that Sachin started playing at a very tender age this achievement is definitely special. On top of that he also stayed in top form for a very large part of this illustrious period. The records and the achievements on the field are a byproduct when one scales peaks this high.
The man is still a simple middle-class Maharashtrian boy and has his both feet firmly planted on the ground. He is a proud Indian too and that is why I liked his latest salvo at the so called Mumbaikars about Mumbai belonging to India. No airs, no tantrums and no big celebrity histrionics. There have been some controversies both on off the field and he has always answered his critics with his bat. He is absolutely the role model if one is starting his career.
Here is wishing that his dream of winning the World Cup for India gets fulfilled. All the best Sachin and all of us would like to see you keep playing on and on.
