HIS HUNDREDTH HUNDRED !!!

Chandidas:- Hurrah! At last! Oh! At last! He has achieved it after 33 innings from his 99^th century.

Yasodha:- That long wait for the century of centuries made this moment more special. Maybe, he was under too much pressure to achieve that feat.

Raichand:- When a batsman is on 99, usually, he plays under pressure and waste too many balls to get that single run. The same case was against the little master. But, now, he has become TONDULKAR.

Arindam:- This man, Sachin Tendulkar will remain as a terrific cricket icon for all times, because, he has taught everyone the essence and value of ‘PPP’. PPP stands for Perseverance, Performance and Professionalism. He is a masterpiece in displaying all the three qualities. After the 99^th ton, under the pressure, he neither lost his cool nor did he decide to retire. He waited patiently for the golden moment.

Heena:- But, the century came against a weak team, Bangladesh. Anybody can score a century against them.

Chandidas:- Boss, a century is a century. A performance is a performance, no matter, against which team you do it.  It is very easy to comment like that, unless you know the pain of batting in a pitch, where you have to work hard for scoring every run.

Raichand:- But, Bangladeshi batsman batted with ease. Maybe, the Indian bowlers were bowling like school-level bowlers to them. One Bengali of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee declared a very tough budget and on the other hand, the descendants of the Bengalis of the partitioned Bengal Province of 1911, gave too much pain to the Indian cricket team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Asia Cup of 2012.

Yasodha:- Please don’t take it otherwise, but, one thing, I have seen that in majority of ODI matches, where Sachin Tendulkar has scored centuries or made most of the runs in an innings, India has failed to win those matches.  Even in 1990’s or so, under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin, everyone used to criticize Indian Cricket Team as a one-man team. If Sachin used to score some runs on the board, Indian bowlers used to get some respectable runs on the board to defend, otherwise, I have seen India losing matches against Zimbabwe and Kenya also.

Arindam:- See, Sachin Tendulkar’s dream was to win the World Cup for India. His teammates responded well to his wish, and Indian cricket team lifted the World Cup under the cool captaincy of Dhoni. Saurav Ganguly also could have achieved that feat, but, as you know, the Indian bowlers forget everything about bowling at proper line and length under pressure. Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad; all flopped against Australia in the World Cup final and Ganguly was really helpless in that regard.  The similar case was with Dhoni in the match against Bangladesh. What can Dhoni do, if his bowlers are constantly bowling badly? There was one time, when Irfan Pathan used to get natural swings in both directions. Wasim Akram was also impressed with this lad, but, that bloody Greg Chappell destroyed the talents of Irfan Pathan by trying to make him an all-rounder.

Heena:- Well! Indian Cricket Team has always been a very inconsistent team. The recent tour in Australia has proved that.  But, the Kohinoor Diamond of the International Cricket is still shining brightly. Oh! Boy! Don’t go by his height! He can beat any demons by swinging his bat. Big bowlers like Glenn McGrath, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee always regarded this little master as the No.1 batsman of the world.

Yasodha:- Hey, Heena! Probably, you missed out Shane Warne! The man who used to see Sachin Tendulkar hitting big sixes in his dreams also; heartiest congratulations to Sachin Tendulkar for achieving “HIS HUNDREDTH HUNDRED.”