SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR-GEM OF INDIAN CRICKET

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar , the GEM of Indian Cricket,as a childhood cricketer at his school along with the partnership of Vinod Kambli (his classmate)scored record score of over 500runs in his school.That was the first record established by Sachin in Cricket.Both of them continued cricket &later on both turned out into Test Cricketers for India.Sachin a right hander&Kambli a left hander.Both were doing their job well.But Vinod Kambli later on left Cricket behind the reason for which is best known to him. Sachin continued in Cricket successfully& won many a laurels for him&his Motherland. He joined Test Cricket in 1989 at the age of 16 as a debutant in a Test match against Pakistan. in Karachi.This was his first step into the Indian Cricket world. Next month he played his first one day international against the same Pakistan. Sachin continued cricket playing for India for the last 2 decades,except for short periods here&there on account of injury like Tennis Elbow &minor fitness problems very usual for all cricketers.There wasnt a single occasion when he was kept away from Cricket by selectors or the Board. He is regarded as the greatest batsman of India until today without whom the Indian Cricket would not have grown to the level in which India is today! He is the leading rungetter earning more than 15,000 thousand runs in Test Cricket & over 18,000 runs in one dat internationals. It wasw one of the many sweet dreams of Sachin to win a World Cup in the Wankhede Stadium ,his home ground This dream was fulfilled in the 2011 Wordcup when the matches were played in India. On April 2nd 2011 the World Cup was eventually won by India at the wankhedes.He had to play in 6 world cups to achieve this unusual dream. After winning the World Cup at the Wankhedes,his team mate Virat Kohli said"ALL THESE YEARS SACHIN HAD carried us on his shoulders!It is now our turn to carry him around this stadium"Saying this he &team mated took him collectively on their shoulders to take a round around the Stadium. The Prime Minister of India& many prominent personalities were witness to these emotional scenes.A great Tribute to a great Batsman after Sir Donald Bradman! Sachin is also a leading Century maker in International cricket with 100 Centuries to his credirt ,a record which is likely remain in tact for a long time to come!!. He is a Genius and is capable of Controlling the game&the dressing roon of players as he is liked by his Teammates more than anyone else. Sachin Tendulkar has many a Laurels to his credit which also serves as a honour to his Motherland. Some of them are from India.Most prominent is Padmavibhooshan.This incidentally is the second highest Civilian Award accorded by the Government of India. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.This is the highest award given in the field of Sports&Games by the Government of India. He is also the receipient of the ICC Cricketer of the year 2010.He considers this as the Best for his Cricketing Carrier. In 2010 ,he was the first Batsman to break the 200 Runs Barrier in One Day International Cricket. The latest Best Honour he got was from the Prime Minister of Australia who announced that the "ORDER OF AUSTRALIA", an exclusive honour usually conferred upon the Australians alone,was being given to Sachin for his extraordinary Brilliance in the game of Cricket. Yet another rare Honour received by Sachin was the great Gesture from Sir Donald Bradman, greatest of cricket, who invited him to his residence to wish him every endeavour and success in the Game of Cricket! Now, recently some controversies have been generated among a few old time Cricketers &to some extent from the media about the continuation of Sachin in Indian Cricket . They said indirectly that Sachin was not in good form for a few days &should think about eventual retirement himself. Yes! it is true!Sachim himself knows it.Thats why he opined that it is for the selectors to decide his retirement &would abide by their decision.It is also a true fact that every cricketer has some lean period sometimes or other.It is true that for about 10 matches Sachin has not scored a Century or for that matter even a fifty. But, his trusted colleagues Anil Kumble& Rahul Dravid thought differently .Both of them in one voice said it not correct to put pressure on Sachin to retire as he is required for the Indian Cricket more than ever today.Sourav Ganguli,Ravi Sastry, Dhoni &many more had the same view when India won the last World Cup at the Wankhedes Mumbai very recently. Now coming to the most vital point regarding his retirement was that Sachin ,it looks ,had the sweet dream in his mind to earn the 200th Test Cap, the just one honour he left behind in Cricket.If he is allowed to achieve he would become the only one Test cricketer to achieve this special teature&would remain in the History of cricket for a long time to come just like his 100 centuries. He is just 39 year old .He has certainly a few years more or at least yet one more year to play for India.He has already played 192 Test Matches.The Kolkatta Test on 5th December 2012 is his 193rd Test Cap.If allowed to continue, he would complete 194 Tests in the current series against England at Nagpur.I am sure in one of these two Tests remaining for him to appear against England he would successfully break his lean period in Test Cricket.Then just 6 more Tests left for him to earn 200 Caps . In a matter of one year he could play 6 more Tests if everything goes smoothly for him. His dream is legitimate &justfiable for sacrisfying his carrier for earning honours for his Motherland INDIA. Finally Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar the GEM of Indian Cricket& the darling of his childhood coach Shri Achrekar deserves this rare honour of 200 TEST CAPS from India. All the best to Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar on the eve of his appearance in the Kolkatta Test Match at the famous EDEN GARDEN Sreedharan Mundanat 4th December 2012