Today, the most celebrated cricketer of india , the living legend Sachin tendulkar completes 20 years in international cricket , Many congratulations to him for achieving this marvellous feat. The only second cricketer in world to do so after Great Sir Gary Sobers. Wonderful Achievement but few questions .....?????
1. Sachin has scored 45 centuries in ODIs for India and India have won 32 matches out of that , what a fantastic record,you will say but pl read on .............
Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasurya have scored 28 centuries for their respective countries and their teams have won 24 times , impressive you will agree,
Desmond Haynes (trust you remember him ) have scored 20 centuries and his team has won 18 times , very impressive again you will say ...
Our dear destiny's child Sourav Ganguly has scored 22 centuries in his controversial career and India has won 18 times , poor Sourav , summarily given marching orders from oneday and test teams for faults only known to bunch of jokers........but pl read on...
what I call playing for team, playing for country is Mr Adam Gilchrist , 16 centuries in international cricket and Australia have won all 16 matches, staggering is I would say .
I am not wanting to get in to debate of Sachin's greatness here, he is without doubt the best cricketer India ever produced , but facts speaks for themselves and the debate will go on.
The greatness is not in achieving laurels for self while you play a team game, but in ensuring your greatness helps team in winning , winning is everything ofcourse yes, but while the team wins it is a sign of great leader.
This example can aptly be used in our corporate world, in my career I have seen fantastic individuals but average leaders , hence they have grown very fast as an individual but their teams have failed miserably .
The ability to put team ahead of self , able to think outside the box and having an ability to visulise things for people and taking them through is absolutely a skill which is rare .
the first cut of thoughts,chalo having to go and meet someone, will be back with more .
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Hey Dhavan...
ReplyDeleteIndeed, a great cricket player Sachin Tendulkar is...
Well, I beg to differ from what you have said... What can Sachin do when rest 10 don't do adequate... Let me remind you two matches... First the World Cup Final against OZ at SA and second the recent match again against OZ at Hyderabad when he single handedly FOUGHT against OZ...
To end; let me put the text of the interview of Amitabh Bachchan with TOI... (TOI, mujhe maaf karna... Copy-Paste kar rahaa hoon...)
TOI:
When Tendulkar is playing well, he puts a smile on a billion faces. Suddenly, people everywhere seem to be more accommodating and friendly, and even the cashier at the bank serves you with a smile! Have you experienced similar feelgood vibes at your shoots?
AB:
There is an atmosphere of positivity when Sachin is doing well and, at shoots, there is a constant, uplifting buzz.
This is NIRVANA... Sachin is not only a player - He is an artist!