| Uthappa Uthappa!! And bye bye Tendulkar (in ODIs that is) |
 Uthappa Uthappa!! And bye bye Tendulkar (in ODIs that is)
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Sep. 5th, 2007 @ 10:46 pm 
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Ohh boy, what a cracker of a match. And what a finish!! Uthappa was a bloody revelation eve for people like me who have followed his rise from the U19s. He is the most destructive young batter in India (more than Yuvraj and Dhoni) but his coolness under pressure today was a pleasant surprise.
However the day has been saddened a bit by reports of Tendulkar contemplating retirement from ODIs after the matches against Pakistan and Australia. It is a correct decision since he has been struggling a lot due to the packed schedule and it will help in prolonging his Test career. After all Tests are the real thing. But it saddens me as it will most cricket lovers (except those jackasses who think of him as a run machine....even now one can imagine headlines stating that he is running away and will not be performing his duties of entertaining the masses). My first cricketing memory is of my father raving about his first century in England. Then my second prominent memory is of him getting a West Indian out to secure a tie in Australia in 1992. Then onwards cricket was about Tendulkar and mainly Tendulkar.
I am not a fan of ODIs (and absolutely hate 20/20) but my interest in them have been mostly sustained by the masterly performances of the little one. Now with him about to exit from the ODI stage, it will be tough to retain it.I am feeling:  sad |
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October 19th, 2007 09:38 pm (UTC) |
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my first memory of tendulkar was when there was this tournament in pakistan and he hit abdul qadir (?) for 5 sixes or something. :)
yeah. i don't watch much cricket, but he's always been the star attraction.
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October 19th, 2007 09:38 pm (UTC) |
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oh that was me - richard
He hit him for three sixes in an over - Qdir still does not understand how he hit them!!
Do not watch "much" cricket?? I always thought you do not watch "any" cricket.
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