Some poignant thoughts on Sachin….
This post inspired by Subash’s post over on the Cricket Couch.
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In less than three hours, Sachin Tendulkar will walk out to play his 194th, and quite possibly last, Test match for India.
I am not saying he should or should not retire, or that he will or will not retire, that decision lies solely with him, for he and he alone knows if there are runs left in his bat, and he has earned the right to make the decision himself, but the point remains: come Monday evening, he could very well be walking off the pitch wearing the Indian whites for the very last time.
Only 39 years old, and it feels as though I am writing his obituary.
And that’s the thing about athletes, they achieve so much when they are still so young – the average Olympian is only 26 years old, for instance –…
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