India is on the brink of losing a test match unless the weather, Sachin Tendulkar and Sreesanth or the new kid Unadkat have other plans. And speaking of Sachin Tendulkar - Shouldn't he have been knighted by now? He just scored his 50th test century!
Yes 50th! You probably knew that but it's the 50th! I mean that's unimaginable, and the sheer size of the achievement is above the scope of comprehension. This man here has 14,366 runs as I write with 50 diamonds among them. Plus add another 17,000 runs in ODI's and you get a mammoth of a mountain that truly is unscalable ! I mean when you measure any mountain you take the measurement and compare it to another object. a building or another mountain or a hill whose height is already known to get an idea of just how big that mountain is. But imagine a mountain somewhere thrice the size of Mt. Everest. Now that's quite unimaginable, isn't it? That's exactly how Sachin's achievement stands out as. It simply can't be put into context. His closest competitor is 11 tons short! That's more than one fifth of the height! The only thing that I can compare this is to Bradman's average which surely will stand the test of time.
What's more is this achievement is not only simply amazing and indescribable but also reflects on the man who wields the willow. Sachin is into his 21st year in the International level, has seen defeats and wins and surely his body must be under tremendous strain from such a long career. However his fitness is great (Why! It's better than many younger players in the team) and he still has the same passion towards the game even after achieving everything. He walks out every time like it's his debut with that sparkle of excitement in his eyes. He has no record to beat, and no one even stands close to his achievements yet he still does what he does best. Play cricket for India and play it only the way Sachin can do.
Now why shouldn't this man be knighted now? I can think of 50 reasons why he should. Sir Richard Hadlee has the unique distinction of being the only player to be knighted while still playing for his country, and I think it's time Sachin joins him.
Each of his 50 test tons have been wonderfully recollected here by cricinfo.
Yes 50th! You probably knew that but it's the 50th! I mean that's unimaginable, and the sheer size of the achievement is above the scope of comprehension. This man here has 14,366 runs as I write with 50 diamonds among them. Plus add another 17,000 runs in ODI's and you get a mammoth of a mountain that truly is unscalable ! I mean when you measure any mountain you take the measurement and compare it to another object. a building or another mountain or a hill whose height is already known to get an idea of just how big that mountain is. But imagine a mountain somewhere thrice the size of Mt. Everest. Now that's quite unimaginable, isn't it? That's exactly how Sachin's achievement stands out as. It simply can't be put into context. His closest competitor is 11 tons short! That's more than one fifth of the height! The only thing that I can compare this is to Bradman's average which surely will stand the test of time.
What's more is this achievement is not only simply amazing and indescribable but also reflects on the man who wields the willow. Sachin is into his 21st year in the International level, has seen defeats and wins and surely his body must be under tremendous strain from such a long career. However his fitness is great (Why! It's better than many younger players in the team) and he still has the same passion towards the game even after achieving everything. He walks out every time like it's his debut with that sparkle of excitement in his eyes. He has no record to beat, and no one even stands close to his achievements yet he still does what he does best. Play cricket for India and play it only the way Sachin can do.
Now why shouldn't this man be knighted now? I can think of 50 reasons why he should. Sir Richard Hadlee has the unique distinction of being the only player to be knighted while still playing for his country, and I think it's time Sachin joins him.
Each of his 50 test tons have been wonderfully recollected here by cricinfo.
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Indians don't get knighted because the Queen/King of Britain is not the symbolic head of state. Likewise Pakistan, SL, Bangladesh and SA.
More to the point, the Indian honours system has it's own traditions - he already has Padma Vibhushan.
Australia also no longer has knighthoods, despite still sharing a Queen with the UK. NZ recently reinstated them.
Basically, it doesn't make much sense to talk about cricket who have/haven't received such national awards now that countries deal with it themselves, rather than leave it to the Empire.
Maybe we should just refer to him as Sir Sachin anyway - a knight amongst men.
@Vidooshak,
That is the general rule, but citizens of countries without the queen as the Head of state can also have the honour conferred on them as in the case of Billy Graham, Bill Gates, and Rudolph Giuliani. However such cases are very rare.
So Sachin can in every way be conferred a knighthood.
@Jonathan,
Your point is taken, and Sachin is a candidate for the Bharat Ratna - India's highest civilian honour. However I thought it would be a honour for the Empire to bestow this award on Sachin.
@Rob,
He already is a knight amongst men isn't he?
Sometime back David Cameroon talked about giving Knighthood to people in the entire commanwealth.(even outside the Empire)...so Sachin could end up being the first guy outside...UK,Canada,Aus, NZ...!!:-)
@Jenin,
Actually he won't be the first...Others already have been given honorary knighthoods outside the commonwealth but these titles mean nothing...
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The award of "Sir" is no more sign of honour in India and Pakistan, because it was a prize for locals to cheat their people during occupation of UK. Tendulkar does not need it, because it will devalue his personality.
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