http://blogs.fullhyderabad.com/showblog.php?blogId=395 i will b writing on various things of public & private interest. phoenix1 2023-09-04T14:01:37Z http://blogs.fullhyderabad.com/showblog.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=2373&blogId=395 <p>One of my earliest cricketing memory was to see a guy called Richard Hadlee being interviewed on TV on the ocassion of his retirement.I did not know who he was and i couldnt care less.The year was 1990,i was 9 years old &amp; i&nbsp; spent most of my free time playing cricket than watching it on TV.And i hardly knew about any famous cricket player.However,all that was soon about to change.And the kid who changed my life forever happened to go by the name of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.</p> <p>It was still the age of Deadly DD.Doordarshan for the uninitiated.And satellite television was&nbsp; still a pipe dream,a science fiction kind of fantasy for the common man of india.The indian cricket team was playing in Sharjah (yeah,there was a time when India used to play there,&amp; Dawood Ebrahim was JUST a very good friend of the Bollywood filmstars).As used to be the norm in Sharjah,India were in big big trouble against its archrivals pakistan.The batting was in tatters &amp; there was no hope in hell that they would make a match of it.And then a little kid,all of 16 sweet years,with lovely curling hair,just about 5 feet tall,and with the innocent smile of a one year old boy,started scoring in boundaries.He was full of confidence,had a great technique, and stood up to be counted.India did make a match of that contest,but on a personal note,it was the start of a love affair that was to go on for many many years to come.As i came to learn that day,his name was Sachin and he hasnt left my heart since that day.</p> <p>To be Continued.......</p> Sports 2006-03-20T19:05:37Z phoenix1