As the little master trots towards his tenthousandth run i was tempted to take a tour down memory lane...I thought Sachin Tendulkar must have read "Who Moved my Cheese" by Spencer Johnson...Sachin merits being studied as a case in top b schools as an example of a successful professional who changed with the times...The causes that necessitated the changes being....Himself, his team, his fans, his opponents, his critics, and fate.... Change is a permanent entity and there is no one who is not a victim to change,...but whether all adaptation is positive is a question to ponder over indeed....
In sachin's case, A fast ferrari encountered a small traffic jam in a race track, and had some riding to do in a crowded street, but the changes made to the engine and the car were such that it drove the same way even after the track cleared and the conditions perfect for high speed driving. This sums up the effect of change on Sachin the master blaster....
With no offence meant to sachin, He needs to take a feather out of Sehwag's book and rediscover the joys of batting, that he gave to millions worldwide. Making batting a laborious exercise is a compulsion of lesser mortals, and they dont resort to it by choice, So when someone as ridiculously gifted as Sachin bats like a worker bee, it is a loss to world cricket...
One sincerely hopes and prays that once the self inflicted burdens of the 35 centuries and the Top scorer in world cricket are off his shoulders, he again makes a symbolic debut in world cricket and starts as he did as a cherubic teenager who was a stealth bomber with bat in hand. Setting and beating Records don't merit genius, but delighting crowds and scaring the s**t of bowlers requires GENIUS...and when a genius bats like a overworked factory labourer struggling to make ends meet, One can only pity the vissicitudes of the human psyche...
Sachin...You know yourself like the world knows you...That's what we all want....
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Finally.. a post by J on his fave topic...vaada vaa...
There was a point of time when I felt 16 yrs might have taken its toll..but the recent innings where he scored his first 47 runs in 60 odd balls and the remaining 47 in 140 odd balls...stunning contrast..after having watched him bat till lunch, I was convinced that the Sachin of the old had returned.... but it was not to be...
It's turned out to be totally mental.... Sachin... rise above the world..and urself!!!
p.s - J at his best!!!
Good to see someone who has traditionally been anti anti-sachin join our brigade..
But yes, has been a LONG time since i saw a PASSIONATE innings from him.. he might have matured to "Realise his role in the team's context", and all that polite-talk, but all i wanna see from him is a facial expression that says "WTF.. I am here to hit u out of the attack", one attacking shot and a look on his face that sends me the signal that he is charged up..
putting ur head down is one thing, but lookin charged up is another..
but looks like the 52 in the second innings kinda redeemed his fast dying reputation, and bucknor handed him a raw deal...
Wishing Sachin well at the end of the day..
http://espnstar.com/studio/studio_coldetail_1472890.html
read this by harsha...awesome one...on err.. the same topic..
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