One can go and go on writing adjectives, but nothing can come close to describing what Sachin Tendulkar achieved at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium on Wednesday.
Tendulkar wrote history by smashing the first double century in ODI history against South Africa.
Tendulkar's rare achievement in ODI cricket proved that nothing is impossible if you have passion and commitment to do it the way the little genius does it each time he walks onto the field.
A few months shy of 37, he looks as fit and as formidable as he ever has, and his timing remains untouched by the passing years.
Before this knock if I had to pick someone to score a double ton in one-day internationals, it would have been either Virender Sehwag or Sanath Jayasuriya, but it was Tendulkar who once again proved that he is still the best in the business and age is having no effect on the master batsman.
After India's exit at the 2007 World Cup, Tendulkar's lowest point by his own admission, he didn't look the same batsman who tore the McGraths and Akrams apart. Ian Chappell had said, "Before anybody else makes a decision on what will happen to Tendulkar the player himself has to have a good long look in the mirror and decide what he's trying to achieve in the game."
He further added that Ricky Ponting was the best batsman in the world and not Tendulkar. But after this knock he should be ruing the day when he made those remarks.
Dinesh Kartik, MS Dhoni and a little cameo from Yusuf Pathan gave spectators their fondest memories to take home, but on the day everything started and ended with Tendulkar.
The little master is still enjoying his game; with almost every record in his pocket, India would be praying that Tendulkar carries on longer and achieves the long unthinkable and now lurking - a century of international centuries
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