Barrier broken....Hats off to u little master....

Those 22000 spectators hadn’t even dreamt before coming to the stadium that they are going to witness a historic moment in cricket…

That was the day when the long standing barrier was shattered by a long standing cricketing legends…The god of cricket…

Every one…not just Indians but everyone who loved cricket and even people like me, who have no extra love for cricket had glued to the tv just waiting for that moment. And it took long…real long…at times I felt Dhoni will not let him bat..!!!

But in the 50^th over that moment came. The crowd was elated and so were other Indians…and with that single came the 200!!! 20 years of absolute carnage…more than 400 ODIs , dedication, devotion and fitness…..all combined together….A record was created..the barrier was shattered…There may come some other players who can break his record of 200..but walking past a broken barrier is easy..and the one who breaks it is remembered forever…

This is a mail I received which explains him…in a few words…

When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.

When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.

It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.

HATS OFF…. MASTER BLASTER…