A "Devacha Mulga", whose destiny was pre written.

                If Sachin is amazing, his biography by Khalid Ansari, "Sachin Born to Bat" is really amazing! Something I really liked about the book and learned the most important thing about dreaming. No wonder Sachin is “Devacha Mulga” (God’s Child) as described by one of his close friend in the book; his life has been nothing more than a fairy tale as we see in animated movies. Of course the god, himself has written script of his life and everything he wanted, he got it. Whether he played his first match at 16^th, he got his first century, marriage with Anjali, he bowled the last over in Hero Cup, his knocked after sandstorm, century after father’s death, recovery from injuries, first ever double hundred, winning world cup, 100^th century, 200^th test @ Wankhede and finally receiving highest honor “Bharat Ratna”.

                We can say this was the part of a story which God scripted for his own child named Sachin Tendulkar or maybe he’s still scripting his story. All he dreamed, he made it fulfilled by efforts, hard working and honesty played major role in success of Tendlya’s (named after a Marathi vegetable “tindli” by his school friends) life. When he was asked about his dream he told about the world cup immediately after losing the 2007 WC in Windies where India disqualified in first round. He knew that next world cup was held in India and final would be in Mumbai, Wankhede. It was the best chance to give something a country and especially to Mumbai where he started his career. 2007 was the year when he was struggling with his form and pressurized with his retirement. Still he kept patience and dreamed of the World Cup. He told his teammates to forget about the past and concentrate about the future 2011 where their destiny was waiting. Team won the world cup here in Mumbai and fellow members dedicated this cup to the senior most and their beloved player Sachin Tendulkar.

At a press conference on being elected as a Congress Rajya Sabha MP

                This was only a single example of achieving a dream. To a small level, he wanted to conquer Champions League T20 & IPL which he successfully did in his last matches. He wanted to play his last match of career at Wankhede which he was able to manage and it was witnessed by his mother for the first time. The most prestigious award he won recently when he was honored by Bharat Ratna by prez Pranab Mukharjee on 4^th Feb 2014. We can say this was too a part of his dream or maybe not as he dedicated this honor to all mothers of India who sacrifice themselves for their children. The Indian Cricket is in bad stage nowadays even with names like Shikhar, Virat, Rohit, Raina, Dhoni, Jadeja, Ashwin etc. They have not won a single match yet after the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar. His presence was crucial in Indian team. Even if he wouldn’t play, the team definitely performed well. Hope he’ll be dreaming again to see team India at the top of the list and make that dream come true. Till then, we hope some miracle can save Team India and they can be able to win matches.