Living in the era of Tendulkar
March 20, 2006Rahul Bhatia wrote a wonderful small piece on his blog where he fears India wont matter once Tendulkar is gone. The following is what I have to say on the same:
Some generations leave their darlings on people. Some players who are chrished a lot more than the game itself.
In these times we forget that the game goes on. It went on after Bradman in Australia and many cherished players in many eras.
For us, who have been priveleged to have our cricketing ‘wonder years’ in the era of Tendulkar, specially Indian fans as others may cherish a Lara or a Warne, and not necessarily to the same extent, cricket will indeed never be the same.
But we will look back and feel proud about being in the same era as Tendulkar. Our love for the game wont decrease. We are likely to appreciate many finer aspects of the game once there isn’t a Tendulkar. We often have done the same (appreciate the game a lot more) when we watch tests of other nations for example.
That said, I am confident it is not over for Tendulkar.
