Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

[Bala (Karthik)]

Digression but felt like posting it here nevertheless:
http://cricketingview.blogspot.com/2...years-ago.html

It was Day 4 of the Kolkata Test of 2001. Since that day, the two men who batted all day against one of the best bowling attacks of all time, have made fifteen and a half thousand Test runs including 36 centuries for India. Both men have gone on to play 100 Test matches for India, VVS has played 99 since that Test, while Dravid has played 108.

It was a day that changed the fortunes of India and her cricket. Can you imagine an India in which cricket went into decline in the aftermath of the match-fixing scandals of the late 2000s? Would there have been the generation of the 2000s? Would there have been the IPL without that day?

On 15 March 2001, exactly 124 years after the first ball was bowled in a Test Match, a miraculous stand by two wonderful players changed the shape of India's decade. I hear on the grapevine that those two gents will be sharing a meal tonight.

Would it not be fitting if India were to fulfill the promise of the day by winning the World Cup?