Cricket the so called religion in India is unique in a way dat its the only thing that brings people of all religions to exult and celebrate together under one umbrella...its one uniting power that barges all obstacles and religious boundaries , making them a unified whole.....
So is the charisma of ,popularily acclaimed by 100 crore sensibilities as "The God of Cricket", Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar that the day India wins topped with a century by the maestro, it turns into a day of festive celebration for the whole nation.......The nations exults and cherishes the effort of its son with whole hearted celebration which sometimes turns into a kind of madness.
Yesterday nation went beserk when the maestro played music with his bat, to hit the first Double Century in the history of one day internationals and demolished the South African bowling attack.It was a treat to watch the epitome of cricket world at his best.
However a question arises dat is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar the finest batsmen ever that this game has produced over the period of 5 decades. There are some contenders to this throne of finest ever batsmen in one day internationals with "Adam Gilchrist" being one of the strongest contenders with his impeccable record of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat for his team consistently.( others being Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting.)
However in my view Adam Gilchrist is a much stronger contender then the other two to give competetion to the little master....Adam Gilchrist has been another magician of the game who has played some unbelievable knocks for his country and nearly demolished the opponent bowling attacks into rubbles. The brilliance of Adam to play under pressure in second innings and nearly win games single handedly for his team is unparalled and even sachin lacks on this count...........There has hardly been any batsmen in the world to match this ability of Adam Gilchrist..( may be his teammate Michael bevan was gud at this skill).........
It was unfortunate on Gilchrists part that he could not lead Aussies in too many games as he shared the era of Waughs and Pontings who didnt do anything wrong to let Captaincy slip off there hands......But still contribution of Gilchrist to modern Cricket has been immense....He could be remembered as a Crusader who demolished opposition attack almost everytime his team wanted him to do so................He was a nightmare for opposition, whether he opened the batting or came lower down the order at number 6 in test matches..........His innings in two world cup finals have been testimonial to his uncanny knack of coming out big and hard on the Big days and deliver when its required the most.....................
So to the dissatisfaction and disagreement of many people I would have rated Gilchrist slightly better than Sachin in terms of the best ever, as one crucial area Sachin has dissapointed
has been the second inning scores of sachin which are more a test of character of a batsman.....The under pressure situations are really the times when one shows his or her mental temperament and class.................Except at Sharjah against Aussies there hasnt been many knocks by sachin where he has been able to finish off the game for his team under pressure in second innings...............
However even then, the pressure and burden of 1 Billion hopes and expectations which sachin shoulders is unimaginable and unmatchable...It makes me crazy to imagine how a little person handles this burden and has been performing with it for past 20 years continuously without any break.....This is the Genius of the Little Master that makes him what he is today and Justifies all the accolades and titles bestowed over him.......
He is the Maestro...He is the Little Master...He is the Genius...He is the Patriot.
........................and above all He is ..................
.................."THE GOD OF CRICKET"...............
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