On 5th ODI

Firstly like million other I rever Sachin with utmost devotion. I believe that come decades, there wont be a player like him. We witnessed another GOD like display from him yesterday. I just made a loose comment that in India after Mahatma Gandhi, Sachin must be the only person who inspires collective emotion of whole nation. Also he must be soon awarded "Bharat Ratna". Nothing less.

As the match came to an end with the loss I somehow could find the flaw in my loose statement. Gandhi finished the job for which he came into the arena and thats where Sachin has not been up to the mark.Not for the first time its happening that maestro played a valuable innings and India lost. So close yet so far. I was disappointed with Sachin just because he didnt just finish it. I mean you got to finish the job you take over. He just didnt do it. It made me remember Misbah's shot in T-20 final. He could have won it for pak, but he just didnt do. All good work went down the drain and it further added to the tally of those innings which Sachin played in vein.

Also it highlights one of the major difference domestic cricket structure of Australian and Indian cricket. And it shows when the situation is what it was yesterday. Our players just didnt have that temperament to take us to victory when experience was absent to guide them. I mean there was a circus going on the pitch.

Last but not the least. We were playing an Australian team which was far far depleted in resources and which defied the odds once again. And I feel thats what a champion attitude is. I was not that disappointed coz these days cricket is Sachin Tendulkar for me. I will watch if he plays. Else it is shear waste of time to watch and then have disappointment of loss, of game and time.