#WidowsBay is so gloriously unserious. One minute youโre on the edge of your seat, holding your breath to see what happens next, and the next itโs serving the most absurdly hilarious scene imaginable. and thatโs exactly what makes the storytelling so brilliant.
Stop comparing Vaibhav to Sachin. Compare him to the current T20 players and ask one simple question: does he deserve a spot? The answer is yes. India needs match-winners, but it also needs crowd-pullers. Vaibhav is both.
#VaibhavSuryavanshi
๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ! ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ! ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ!
A chant that echoes through Wankhede to this day, a name that inspires a billion dreams! ๐๐
Just a small anecdote of Sachin Tendulkarโs Irani Trophy debut on his birthday:
November 1989, Wankhede Stadium.
5 selectors sat in the stands with notebooks & doubts, watching a 16 year old boy try to force his way onto a plane to Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar had already shone through the Ranji season, 583 runs showing he was ready. But the men in charge preferred patience. They wanted one more look.
Irani Trophy gave it to them. Rest of India against Delhi. Tendulkar made 39 in first innings. Promising, but not the hundred that would have made selection automatic. So the 2nd innings became an audition he could not afford to fail.
What happened next was less a cricket match & more a rescue mission. Tendulkar walked in at number 4. Scorecard around him read like a horror story. Not a single teammate managed to reach double figures after he arrived (in fact, no one crossed 6 runs). Wickets fell like dominoes. By the time 9th wicket went down, he was stranded in the 80s, the hundred slipping away with every departing batter.
Enter Gursharan Singh. Rest of India vice captain had fractured his finger in first innings, his right hand wrapped in plaster, his match effectively over. Then Raj Singh Dungarpur walked over & told him to pad up. Not to save the game, but to save the boyโs hundred.
Gursharan walked out one handed. Tendulkar, already heading back to the pavilion assuming the injured man would not bat, stopped in his tracks. Gursharan looked at him & said, โTera hundred kar ke jayenge.โ
Tendulkar smiled, took strike & told Gursharan he would handle Maninder Singh himself. They added 36 runs for last wicket & Sachin scored 103*.
A week later, he was on a flight to Karachi. Selectors had seen enough. Sometimes greatness needs a century. Sometimes it needs a teammate with a broken finger willing to stand in the firing line so the story can continue.
๐ฏ/๐ฏ every time you stepped on the field
Every innings, a story defining the game for decades
Happy Birthday to the God of Cricket ๐๐
#WhistlePodu#SuperBirthday
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐. ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ณ
To the man who didn't just play cricket: he made it a religion, a refuge, and a reason to believe for every single one of us. Happy birthday, God of Cricket. ๐๐๐ฅณ
@sachin_rt | #PlayBold #เฒจเฒฎเณเฒฎRCB
Happy Birthday Paaji ๐ sharing the field with you was an honour, but learning from you was even bigger ๐ค Your discipline, humility and love set the standard for all of us! Thank you for the memories and the inspiration you continue to be. Lots of love โค๏ธ @sachin_rt
#HappyBirthdaySachin
The man was a magician for Indians back them.. He could do the impossible, and the joy he gave millions is beyond measure. There was no bigger hero for India, donโt let anyone tell you otherwise
Rashami is busy thriving -hosting podcast, launching her clothing line, pursuing theatre, her long-standing passion. Why would she waste time asking anyone to talk about that man? His fans were always known for toxicity and negativity,now add zero brain cells to the list.