S.R.Tendulkar-The Guardian of Indian Cricket

Time&again,I have been highlighting the value&the pride of Indian cricket are concentrated on one great person Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Once again he has proved that Indian cricket can not flourish without him In the first Test match at Chepauk stadium,chennai India was about to face yet another tragedy,SRT came to the rescue of his motherland. Indian openers were removed without any significant score from them.It looked India was going to ruin themselves against the traditional pace and spin attack from the famous Australians who had been ruling International cricket for the last many years. The great Shane Warne,Glen Magrath,Bret Lee,Mitchel Johnson,Shane Watson and many more were dictating terms to the other cricket playing Nations until recently. In Chennai during their current tour Australians did not look different in the absence of many of the above stars who have been replaced by many a new players who are equally good in their role if not better! Virat Kohli&Cheteswar Poojara ,however ,helped Tendulkar in guarding the tradition of Indian Cricket. With India winning the world cup under the captaincy of M.S.Dhoni at Bombay on 2nd April 2011 Virat Kohli had said"Sachin had carried us on his shoulders all these years.It is now our turn to carry him on our shoulders".Saying this the team members carried Sachin around the Wankhedes Stadium.Yuvraj Singh was yet another player who was responsible for the *Indian triumph though he is not playing in this Test Match. In a function in Mumbai,when a press reporter asked Sachin whether there was anyone in India to break his records,pat came reply from Sachin pointing out to Virat Kohli in the front row in front of him"yes he is the one who was going to break his records. Today at Chepauk Stadium ,we saw both together in the rescuing act. Sachin was out unfortunately at 81.But Kohli still continues the act where Sachin had left it with an unbeaten 82 runs in the able company of his captain M.S.Dhoni. At lunch on the third day of the test match,India was in a favourable position to take lead on the Australian first Innings. Rest in my next at the appropriate time. SXreedharanMundanat 24th February 2013 ,Sunday at12-15 Hrs(IST)