Since AP went down thanks to Nigerian hackers a lot has happened. Anyway for me the biggest was Sachin Tendulker's phenomenal double century. Which is the first in the history of ODI (about 40 years).
Anyway, I feel compelled to drop my feelings about it. I was sitting at work watching the innings on CricInfo commentry and scoreboard. You know I swear may Allah strike me down if I tell a lie, when he was on 111 I was like he should play for the double century. I know nobodies going to believe me, and I can't and won't make you, I'm just saying what happened.
So anyway, even though Mahendra Dick Dhoni tried his hardest to hold strike and steal the limelight from Sachin and the awesomeness of reaching 200 and beyond, eventually Tendulker done it in the final over. 200 muthafucking runs bitches.
You know, this might come as a suprise to some of you, but contrary to what the uber coolness suggests I'm am of Pakistani origin. But I am as happy as any Indian that Tendulker was the first to the milestone. I've been watching cricket for about 15 years, I think what Saeed Anwar achieved was superhuman, he done it against India, in India. But let me make it clear that Tendulker is in another league to every batsmen I've ever known. He just has a different ability to deal with stress and pressure, the dude has never buckled under the pressure of 1 billion and more people relying on him. Pakistanis and others that want him to fail, the dude is the greatest batsmen that has ever lived. Yes there was Bradman, but I don't think even Bradman played with the pressure Tendulker does.
You know, I'm just a fan of cricket, I love cricket, and I love good cricket, Tendulker loves and respects cricket, he plays and puts his soul into it, he gives his life to it. So really if you hate on Tendulker, you're just a hater, because technically, mentally, statistically and visually he is the best batsmen. I trully believe we'll never see another batsmen of the same quality in our lifetimes and when he does retire we'll start to appreciate the contribution he makes to cricket.
You know when I asked my mum if she heard about Tendulker, she said no, I said he made 200 runs in a ODI and still was not out: you know what she said? She said "MashAllah". And you know, I have to agree, regardless of what Tendulker is and what we all call our lord, we have to aknowledge that he gives without discrimination and to whomever he chooses. So yeah, if you're a hater Pakistani and you're going to hate on me on saying this, then take a few seconds to think about that.
200 and not out. 50 overs. Undisputed pioneer and really is the greatest batsmen of all time. As a Pakistani, cricket lover. I have to salute the general.
Superman batsmen. I hope he plays many more years to come.
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