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Mind over Matter
Age and size does not really matter. Both of these are a state of mind , scientists and philosophers have told us for ages . We completely agree. How else does one explain the phenomenon of Sachin Tendulkar?
In a world of tall, muscular , aggressive cricketers, the pint-sized player is an exception with his gentlemanly , soft-spoken ways and his baby voice. But put him on the pitch and the man takes on the grace and speed of a panther, with the same menace as the dreaded cat. And, anybody who undermines him does so at their own risk, a fact that the Sri Lankan team recently discovered at Colombo during the on-going series, when he put in an effortless double century, to save India from its second defeat.
Tendulkar, arguably the world’s most loved sportsman, is a great believer in the power of positive thinking. While the media has repeatedly written about his advancing age and possible slow-down, Tendulkar had not reacted to any of this discussion. Only last week, 37-year old Sachin set off another wave of incredulous applause when he notched up his 5th test double in international cricket.
Predictably, the media went hyper, talking about the magical feat and going to great length telling readers how really rare it is for a cricket of that age to achieve such a feat.
This time, Tendulkar was not amused by all that talk of age. The ever-green hero of the cricket world politely told a media conference at Colombo, right after his match-saving 203 knock against Sri Lanka, that he would appreciate it if the media just stopped harping on his age.
“I think as long as you are mentally strong and prepared to go through the grind, age does not really matter. I think everyone should just stop talking about the age factor. If I can score a double hundred at 37, I don’t think age really matters.
“Being number one is important for us. We got here through a process and we hope to continue this process in the next match and win it,” the diminutive brave heart said, showing once again his indefatigable spirit and commitment to the game and to the sporting spirit, for which he has been so much celebrated.
The master blaster who has 48 test hundreds to his credit started playing at the age of 16 and has overcome any number of requiem written for him during his 21 year old career, during which he suffered from a couple of rough patches, including injuries for which he sought help with a Pune-based Yoga guru.
Tendulkar remains one of the game’s most-admired icons with a fan-following even amongst the players themselves. During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew Hayden said “I have seen God. He bats at no. 4 in India in Tests.”
We wish there were more sports people in the world like this little gem. Sport would be the better for it.
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