If you are not already a fan of Usain “Lightning” Bolt for his twin records at the Olympics and his Caribbean demeanour, here is something that would definitely make him the Apple of every Indian cricket fan’s eye!
The 22-year-old who scorched the Beijing tracks with his astounding pace says he is a cricket lover and a huge fan of our own Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.
That he is a cricket fan cannot come as a surprise, given that Bolt hails from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In fact, he revealed that cricket was his first love before he decided to switch sport and take up athletics.
But, his naming Sachin as one of his two favourite cricketers – the other being Chris Gayle of the West Indies – comes as a surprise indeed as Bolt had commented after his 100-M gold win that he loved watching Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist of Australia bat.
Asked whether he followed cricket, Bolt was emphatic in his response. “Of course, I do,” he said and added that he loved watching Chris Gayle and Sachin Tendulkar bat. “I like the way he plays,” he was quoted as saying by the Deccan Herald newspaper.
At six-feet and five inches, Bolt admits that he would have been a good bet for the beleaguered West Indian team, given that he “batted and bowled” in his early teens before switching over to the tracks.
Wonder how Sachin would react to his latest fan? Maybe, he would have felt sorry world cricket lost a fast bowler who could have done the West Indies proud and made it to the pantheon of greats like Marshall, Garner, Holding and Roberts. Cricket’s loss has definitely been Athletics’ gain!
The 22-year-old who scorched the Beijing tracks with his astounding pace says he is a cricket lover and a huge fan of our own Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.
That he is a cricket fan cannot come as a surprise, given that Bolt hails from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In fact, he revealed that cricket was his first love before he decided to switch sport and take up athletics.
But, his naming Sachin as one of his two favourite cricketers – the other being Chris Gayle of the West Indies – comes as a surprise indeed as Bolt had commented after his 100-M gold win that he loved watching Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist of Australia bat.
Asked whether he followed cricket, Bolt was emphatic in his response. “Of course, I do,” he said and added that he loved watching Chris Gayle and Sachin Tendulkar bat. “I like the way he plays,” he was quoted as saying by the Deccan Herald newspaper.
At six-feet and five inches, Bolt admits that he would have been a good bet for the beleaguered West Indian team, given that he “batted and bowled” in his early teens before switching over to the tracks.
Wonder how Sachin would react to his latest fan? Maybe, he would have felt sorry world cricket lost a fast bowler who could have done the West Indies proud and made it to the pantheon of greats like Marshall, Garner, Holding and Roberts. Cricket’s loss has definitely been Athletics’ gain!
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