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Sachin Tendulkar on his 49th and 50th test hundreds
“It’s just another number for me”. That’s what you’ve heard Sachin say. What you haven’t is this –“my 49th hundred was very special, it was not just another number…I still remember, it was 9th October in Bangalore, we were playing Australia and we beat them but here we could lose to South Africa and in two months time I’d like to forget all about this hundred and the bad memories attached to it…it’s just another number for me” Sachin added again. "But the 49th was the reason I interacted with a lotta weirdos who kept asking me about the 50th (which I kept telling them, was just another number) – anyway, most of these weirdos knew nothing about cricket, they were being paid to ask me about my 50th – so I would ask them what do you think of my 49th hundred…and one guy actually said, oh that one, wasn’t that the first double hundred in a one-day game? Of course talking about the 49th hundred, which incidentally, was a double hundred, made me write to the ICC to reconsider double hundreds as two hundreds – that way I could have been at 50 hundreds already (which is just another number for me)..."
On the eve of Sachin’s 50th test hundred
Seats are being added in Nagpur as politicians and students will enter free of cost. Whereas the pricier tickets will cost even more – the first session, where many believe Sachin will knock the 43 runs off, has two more premium tickets up for grabs – that of the two umpires. The lucky two will wear Simon Taufel and Nigel Llong masks (created by the makers of Face off), and undertake a crash course in umpiring by none other than Taufel and Llong. The Taufel ticket is pricier as is it involves far greater umpiring skills.
Thank You Sachin!
Sachin, oh Sachin,
You always think of us, whether we’re having a good time watching the cricket, or an even better time, not watching the cricket. Today, you did something very special – you made sure we don’t watch the cricket.
This would not have been possible if you were playing for that 50th test hundred. Instead, you played for a forty. What does this say about you – You let us get back to our Diwali lives. How could I have hugged my folks if I was still watching you play? How could I have replied to Happy Diwali SMSes if I was hanging on to your every run? How could I have eaten that barfi? How could I have? How could I have answered that phone call, call of nature doorbell? How? How could I have taken my eyes of you, your fiftieth, no, not even a 39th Diwali could come in my way.
I speak for all Bored Cricket Crazy Indians. Thank You Sachin! Thanks for putting Diwali before your fiftieth test hundred. Tussi great ho!
In the scorecard it should read Sachin caught Happy bowled Diwali. Sounds crazy, hey, it’s Diwali, yaar! Happy to you, you Bored Cricket Crazy Indians, Happy to you Sachin. Happy!
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