The exhilarating persona, a humble human being,
dedicated person, jewel of Cricket and a man with a pride, no one but Sachin
Tendulkar, finally announced his retirement from the test cricket made millions
of fans woeful. A man who is playing cricket since last 24 years, entertained
millions by his spectacular batting performance, have now two more tests to
play.
Sachin is not only a great cricket player, but in
charge of happiness of million cricket fans across the world. Cricket is more
than a game in this country, a religion which is followed by children, youths
and olds. And Tendulkar is considered deity of cricket. There are so many
players in the list of great cricketers, but he is more than a sportsman. A
person whose presence is enough to shatter the opposition’s will power and
every time give confidence to the team. Sometimes he appeared in bowler’s dream
and made their nights uneasy and several times gives a tremendous start to the
innings and founded a strong base for the upcoming batsmen. He had well played
a role of opening batsman and at no. 4 he played unmatched.
Sachin holds almost every record as a batsman whether
it may be a highest no. of match played or being a person scoring highest
number of runs in international cricket. He became the first person on planet
to score 200 in an ODI (One Day International). He scored highest no. of
centuries in both the formats of game (ODI and Test). Despite of good batting
track, he also played a good role as bowler. Yes, he was playing since 16 year
of age but his dedication towards the game and his physical fitness is
unrealistic. At the age of 40, he is having a very much craziness to play more
and more good cricket like a young player. This makes him different from other
once.
As quote states that- “A great person faces so many up
and down in life like all, but balanced them very well”. He also had faced ups
and downs in his long span of career. Sometimes played out of form and sometimes
faced critics. But he is the person very far way from any type of controversy,
every time come back with extraordinary performance rather than replying with
the words. His long 24 year career is totally clean and he plays like a
gentleman. His clean career is a lesson to those players who are indulging in
the illegal activities and spoil this gentleman sport. These qualities make him
a motivator for all other cricketers, a good man and superstar for cricket fans
all over the world.
Sachin Tendulkar, who has set many records, received many
awards for his great cricket performance like- Cricketer of the year, ICC
Cricketer of the year, LG People’s Choice award, Wisden leading Cricketer in
the World, prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
Apart from these big official awards, he has honored by several media awards
also. In 2011, Tendulkar was conferred with Indian Air Force’s honorary rank of
Group Captain and became to first sportsperson to get this honor. He is the Member
of Parliament as in April 2012, UPA’s government nominated him to the Rajya
Sabha.
“Every beginning has an end”. This will prove again with
the retirement of Sachin. A master class batting, high technical shots, helmet
with tricolor, jersey no. 10 will be available only in recordings and mind of
the people. The charismatic personality will not be present on the ground to
entertain the billion cricket lovers. The person who is the motivation for the
team since last 24 years will not be with them in dressing room. Sport will not
stop, but will lose his gem, as the debut of 16 year old young boy came to end
with his retirement at the age of 40. But his great batting is unforgettable and
everyone will remember forever this maestro. Sachin is a god of cricket and he
will be.
- Prateek Dixit
