I am sure eulogies are going to go over the top for a banal knock at an one-day match in yet another Indian pitch. 'No one deserved record more than Tendulkar' goes the first one from the sycophant and ex-teammate from Mumbai. I had always thought of such records and Sachin as 'Yet another record, yet another player?'. Given the fact that he opens the batting and has been playing for so many years (easily 100 matches more than Ponting as of now), it is in some sense strange that he took so long. Especially when he relishes such opportunities against minnows like Bangladesh and in Indian pitches.
So far, so bad :(
Update: 27 Mar 2010
There has been an orchestrated campaign, rather Gavaskar, Sidhu join chorus for Sachin's T20 WC inclusion. There is a 'notion' that only younger players are fit for T20, which the 'veterans' are trying to dispel. Nothing but shadow-kill. Hindu brought out a recent cartoon, which I had thought when I saw this IPL announcement of Lalit Modi for IPL I itself.
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