Aila Sachin!

I love Sachin, we all do. May be that's the reason why I find it so difficult to digest when he is not able to perform at the Sachin Standard - the gold standard in Cricket. 

It was after a series of such poor performances, where the whole world & their grandmothers wanted him to call it a day. Thankfully, he's now retired from One Day Matches - and the sinking feeling is that Test Matches are not too far. 

I respect Sachin - it is not possible to not love him, adore him, for he has provided us the reason to follow and cherish cricket for over two decades. Below are just some humorous lines on SRT's form of late... Needless to say, and I am sure Sachin would agree, such banter means to offence!

1) Nursery Rhyme revisited:

Ding Dong Bell

Not all is too well

Why put him in

Our Little Master Sach-in

Please pull him out

Save the ugly rout!

What a wonderful boy was that

But now back at drop of the hat

Who never did anything wrong

Will this series be his swansong?

(this one was written during the last England tour where they hammered India both in Tests & One-Days)

2) Why was Rahul Dravid wearing a t-shirt that said ‘retire’?

So that Sachin could see the writing on the Wall!

3) What’s the similarity between Life of Pi & SRT?

One’s lost in the sea looking for ground & the other is at sea on the ground. 

4) Teacher: Opposite of ‘in’ is ‘out’. Give me another example

Little Johny: Sach-in opposite Sach-out

5) 

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

Sach

Sach who?

Sach is life!

Aila Sachin!