Ramblings of a Sachin Fan !!!!!

                     There are many people who manage to capture a million hearts,why won't it be that way there are plenty of platforms and many great people in each of it. Anyway in a very big country of ours there are quite a few legends  why are really popular for their uniqueness, like for instance our favourite Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh who is really famous for his silence.People quote him as a example of the most impeccable and advise others to follow his behaviour taking him as a role model (er well it sort of happened to me as well). Or our very own Rajini, ahh well who wouldn't know him for his style,humbleness and the most popular jokes over the internet .These people have their own uniqueness.They are popular,affirmatively;everybody's favourite,not very sure. But there is this one person who has made sure that he stays firm in the hearts of the people,right from little kids to the elderly everybody loves him and the haters constantly talk about him than his fans.His announcement for retirement shattered a billion hearts,nevertheless people would never stop talking about him. 
                               Born in this Cricket crazy nation one cant help but follow cricket and who wouldn't love Sachin Tendulkar. I don't remember when i started watching cricket ( i was very little i suppose) but the his name has been etched on my mind forever. Being in a family that watches cricket his name is etched in my head for a very long time. Although Lance Klusener is my most favourite player i wouldn't mind sachin sharing that spot with him. As a kid I can still remember the times i used to jump in high spirits whenever he hit a four,at that time I probably didn't know what a four was but still i used to celebrate every time he hit it.
                               As i grew up i came across many people (my ill luck was that most of them were my close ones) who loathed him. Sometimes i used to feel like punching their jaws whenever they spoke bad about him but then why to argue with an idiot and get down to his level to prove that he is right.Am sure many of us would have faced such a situation, especially during the times he was blessed with a very bad team and he had to lead them which he wasn't able to do successfully or whenever he failed to win a match since he wouldn't have had anybody to give him a stand and people would blame him as a non match winner that he is just selfish enough to play for the world record (snorts !!!) The best part i love is when people say that the match in which Sachin scores a century would be a match where India would lose ( wonder why these people didn't find a place in NASA).People always find a way to criticise someone rather than appreciating whatever that is being done.
                               For someone who is a Sachin fanatic i find it very hard to select my favourite moment (since i like every match he plays) but one of my favourites would be his massive 98 against Pakistan in the 2003 world cup. Cant believe that was ten years back (feels as though it happened yesterday). Back then i used to switch off the telly when Sachin's wicket falls,well am the same even now (old habits die hard). 
I would consider myself blessed to watch him play live,not once or twice but thrice (thanks to my DAD). Although he didn't score much in all the three matches watching him live on the the field was something unexplainable,his presence in the stadium was reverberating,it was hard to believe that he managed to unite so many people at a single point.These are surely the most cherished moments of my life.
                                  Considering the fact that all good things must come to an end if it really painful to see him announce his retirement. The one question i believe that would be on everybody's mind is that who will be the next Sachin of the Indian team,now considering that to be improbable i suppose there might be a chance infinitesimally. Wonder what Sachin would do next,where would we see him ?!? In the commentary box perhaps !! Having poured out my heavy heart I would like to dedicate this post to my fellow Sachin fans !!! Hail Sachin !!!