This is bad. The Prince of Kolkata has announced his retirement. Fab 4 is down to Fab 3.
Couple of years back name any SMS joke this guy would feature in it. He was mocked at. Every one of us played the mudslinger. He was written off as a spent force and one who placed himself above the team.
Defying all odds, this great cricketer set an example for “when the going gets tough; the tough get going”. He came back and with a bang and did exceptionally well against the Pakistanis / Aussies in tests as well as ODIs. Still one cannot fathom why the Damascus’s sword perennially hangs over his test/ODI spot. He was once again dropped in the ODI series against Australia (VB series) and subsequently from the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy.
The million dollar question is - Why him? Why not the other members of the elite fab 4?. None of the others have performed in the recent past. Sadly all of them are a shadow of their former self.
Fortunately for his fans (including myself) he was picked for the Aussie series and while we are preparing to watch this crafty batsman in action, he has dropped a bombshell by announcing his retirement. Gee! This is sad. This man during the last 6 months kept on saying that he still had 2 years of cricket left in him is forced to retire (in my opinion!) well in advance.
Let’s not forget this man built a team from the debris (remember the Indian team that toured Sharjah, Australia in the years 1999-2001 under the captaincy of the little maestro?) and turned it into an aggressive, cohesive unit to challenge any team in the world. Yuvraj, Zaheer and Bhajji were his finds.
All said and done let’s hope he is at least picked in the team for all four tests.
Long live dada!
What is even more saddening is that Bengalis are more worried about Dada’s retirement than Tatas moving out of singur. Enna Kodumae Saravanan Idhu!!!!!
2 comments:
True,I don't understand why they fought over the land because anyways the land is not going to be returned to the farmers.
On the other side, when one decides to retire he need not quote any reason. The reason can be understood. That is done just to seek attention.
Not necessarily... This guy has proved himself in both forms of the game and is responsible for what the team is today...He s definitely not doing it to seek attention..He s got enough attention :-) (For no fault of his)... He s an all time great..
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