Endulkar

One .. Two .. Three .... .... ....

... Nine ... Ten .... .

We waited. We counted. And now we've reached the count of ten. This is the end at ten. This is the End. Is this the end ? Is this the end of Tendulkar ? Yes perhaps.

He is (or rather was) a good player. Scored runs in tons. Broke records. Highest number of this and highest number of that. He did play some good innnings and he got the credit due to him. He appeared in commercials and was worshipped - but then why speak of his personal exploits. Let's speak about the game since now the game no longer speaks for him.

I read this caption in the news somewhere. I dont remember where. But its now a certain fact that Sachin Tendulkar is well past his prime. His place in the team should depend on his current form and not on past exploits. There are many youngsters who can do a better job than him as of today. So if we consider that the team is playing for the country then the best possible should be selected and not someone who "had played well earlier".

He was clean bowled this time and earlier took a nasty blow to his helmet from the Rawalpindi Express. Poor judgement of true pace. Age is not on his side and one does realise that his reflexes are not as they were when he cut his teeth in the grounds of Dadar.

So let him leave the game gracefully. One would not want him to become a spectacle like Ganguly - and in the process get ridiculed by everyone all over the country, save perhaps Maharashtra. His devotees there woudnt beleive a word of what I've just written, but then boys, this is the truth and we all know that the truth is always bitter. Lies are sweet.

Whos next ?