Friday, December 28, 2012

My Top 10 Tendulkar Moments

My Top Tendulkar Moments

They illustrate emotions around awe, hope, pride, elation, worry, respect, anger, horror, anxiety, elation, belief, disbelief and love for 23 years of my life..



a) The Hero Cup Semi Final Over vs South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaSetI8IcH4

b) Elation followed by pin-drop silence at the Eden when Tendulkar is bowled of Shoaib's first ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJbfbfnR20A


c) The Perth Test Century -  The 114 that made the man out of the boy. Against Big bad Merv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aj6EINaDXc

d) SCG one - his classiest for me -  Didnt play a single shot towards the covers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI4E2wnLucM


e) The best 3 hours of Indian batting overseas - Sachin and Azhar backs to the wall attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ40mTqVtcg

f) Desert Storm - Tendulkar shredding Warne, Moody and Kasprowiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAKhaJg3Rf0


g) The Saqlain Dismissal at Chepauk?  The disappointment for being nearly there yet so far.. Batting with 6 hours of excruciating pain to save a Test, when all as usual was falling around him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3104t7x3UFM

h) Retorte 1- the 3 shots that ended Shoaib - second over at Centurion, 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXxGe4bL7M


i) Retorte 2-  Who's your Daddy? This 38 ranks for me better than the numerous other centuries, or high scores Sachin has accumulated over McGrath..  He did it purposely so that McGrath would be frustrated.. cos he knew that McGrath's line and length would be lethal on this pitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-h8D-a87U
j) the first 200 in One Dayers..    just a bit above his 100 vs SA against Steyn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjHmfsR7qkY
    Phew..  I had a top 25..   so many ones vs England,  West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, even the 100th 100 against Bangladesh ..  are missing..  even emotional ones like th 1999 one after his Dad's death.. or individual moments, like his elation after his catch of a berserk Shahid Afridi, the 5 mcGrath pulls followed by the dismissal, the Henry Olonga lesson, the left arm spinners, his horror in seeing Ganguly run out due a ricochet of his straight drive..  His 194 in Pakistan, or the Abdul Qadir lesson folklore as a 16 year old..   I could go on..   I am sure many others can as well.   Over the last 5 years.. a lot has happenned in my life..  Many important things..   I have felt the urge to blog about many more events personal or otherwise as well..   Yet, Sachin's retirement from One dayers is the strongest cue that urged me to document my emotions in my long decrepit blog...   Its as if a phase of my life has just passed away...