As the 2007 world cup went underway, I came across this story on Cricinfo , which said that there were only 5 players surviving from the 1992 world cup to the 2007 world cup. It included Inzamam, Sachin, Lara, Jayasuria and A C Cummins who played earlier for the WI and now for Canada. Inzy has already announced his retirement and I am pretty certain that we'll not get to see the rest for the next world cup.
There's enough of nostalgia , especially , since when I started watching and following cricket seriously, all these players esp Lara, Sachin and Inzy were just starting to fire at the international scene. As a kid, I remember maintaining stats of every match of Sachin, and of course who could not be a fan of Inzy after that 60 off 37 balls that he made against New Zealand in the World Cup Semi's in 1992.
All these years, all these players have gone through ups on downs, but then, they have defined cricket for our generation. They have given their countrymen reason to cheer, reason to dance, reason to cry, and just have been an inseparable part of our lives. The time has come to bid farewell to some of the finest cricketers we have seen.
2 comments:
Add Kumble to the list as well.
guess... cricket in india is given unnecessary hype and importance.. its like another religion in itself... ppl worship hte game and cricketers as if they are someone who can changehte world..... do the cricketers really deserve these praises and worshipS???
i guess more thn half of team members should take retirement.... they being in team doesnt matter at all...
well ppl who are crazy fans of the game might want to differ from wat i said... .but thn i m a person who doesnt understand the ABC of the game..... its anyways my viewpoint!!
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