#cricket in post Era of Sachin Tendulkar
BY Manish Waghela
Some people left watching cricket after Sachin’s retirement because they think “SACHIN IS GOD” without him the charm of the game just fizzled.One should always remember “CRICKET MADE SACHIN,and not vice versa” Somehow don’t feel happy when somebody puts person above game.
51 hundreds in test and 49 hundreds in ODI is not which made Sachin in the eyes of everyone around globe but It’s Sachin, a true booster to Indian Cricket Team, which is and will be missed forever.Every cricketer who played with him came out and spoke about how grateful it was to play with/against sachin,and not about his figures which wasnt that aspect for greatness.
Every individual has his own style,his own way of presenting himself on and off the field- SACHIN TENDULKAR
He knew that helping others to cope up in their game was great thing to do.so he helped Yuvraj Singh in his tough times and became inspiration to him and harbhajan singh. Every youngster was so inspired by sachin that sachin himself took the charge and taught technical moves to them.
After sachin “INDIA HAS QUALITY BUT LACK OF EXPERIENCE” thats what today’s generation says.
Yes,MSDhoni knew that its difficult to fill the no.4 slot in Indian team,but with the help of selectors and past records of players proved themselves to fit in that place and can handle responsibilities.
The top order of SHIKHAR DHAWAN,ROHIT SHARMA,VIRAT KOHLI and AJINKYA RAHANE have scored enormous scores in all formats which gives a limelight of positive results in current and near future.
MSDhoni who made strategies with Tendulkar, or having a word with Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in the slips has now moved on to the same process with the others.
Over a period of time as the team built, player like Kohli steped in to handle the role after MSD role in test career.Because, we often forget that Dhoni himself won’t be around for too long and a leadership has to change with different skills to head in ODI.
The CAPTAIN COOL MSDhoni in his usual calm and composed mindset said after sachins retirement “With the last Test match we played in India, it is 100 per cent sure that Sachin won’t be available for any more international series. It was always good to have him, but now that he won’t be there, we have to concentrate on what he have in our hands. We have accepted that fact and moved on.”
Sachin was the spine of Indian crickets team from past 1-2 decades. But that era was also formation of new talent/new formats/new rules/new technology/and new way of leading team.With growing form of Rohit, Virat,Ajinkya,Shikar has made us forget the Sachin,Ganguly,VVS Lakshman and Dravid.
“NO ONE CAN BE AT TOP AND BE NUMBER ONE FOREVER”, but Sports is one of the best ways to make human turn into a hero and a hero ultimately has to walk away into the sunset, Perhaps it’s the future part which have to be taken as we move ahead.
Post-Tendulkar era is not about debating ‘Who will fit in the shoes of Mr.Tendulkar?’ but enjoying the phase of creating of new talent and new legends. India has to move on,afterall change is not constant like sachin.