and then there was <br />Sachin Tendulkar, <br />so ordered the Lord. <br /> <br />for the unintiated, <br />let me inform <br />with all the pride <br />and vanity <br />that i can muster and command, <br />that <br />Sachin <br />is to Indian cricket, <br />what <br />Shri Laloo <br />is to Indian railways. <br />a messiah, <br />a sine qua non, <br />stongest pillar <br />of the firmament, <br />a <br />money spinner. <br />before Laloo jee came, <br />indian railways <br />was starving with the charas <br />before <br />Sachin came, <br />nobody knew <br />money <br />grew on <br />cricket trees. <br />but <br />touts and doudters abound, <br />talks of retiring him <br />come <br />whenever his heavy bat <br />stops scoring, <br />natural yaar! <br />bat is heavy, <br />if it has scored in the past <br />let it rightfully take rest, yaar! <br />doudting Thomasses cling on, <br />a stumbling block <br />to indian cricket, <br />has not won a world cup for us, <br />let him retire <br />or better give him the push. <br /> <br />i am really pained. <br /> <br />for the interest of indian cricket <br />and the tamasha viewers, <br />let us all pray <br />to the law makers, <br />to make a law <br />in parliament that <br /> <br />Sachin will retire <br />at 60, <br />normal retirement age, <br />if he cannot, <br />let him not <br />bat, bowl or field, <br /> <br />selectors, <br />select him you must, <br />hundreds of crores of rupees <br />ride on him, <br /> <br />he is cricket's showpiece, <br />let him, in the middle, stand and dazzle, <br />(veeru's bald pate next on him) <br />for <br />they also serve <br />who <br />stand and get zeroes. <br /> <br />..a t p <br />21.07.2007<br /><br />samyak jain<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sachin-tendulkar/