It was always one of my dream to watch Sachin Bat in front of my eyes...A couple of weeks ago I missed his batting at chepauk against The Poms,in which he scored a match winning Ton,because of unforeseen circumstance....And i regretted for not making it to Chepauk that day...I was worried that I would never witness his batting again at M.A.C....But after a week i came to know that Sachin was in Chennai to play a match against Saurashtra for his side(Mumbai, Ranji Trophy Match)...It was crucial encounter,A semi final match....I marked it that day that I shouldn't miss this opportunity....
The day came...It was on the 4th of January,a Sunday,and I thought that I should make it count for....Unfortunately,I woke up at 9A.M and the match starts Half past Nine...I was worried that I couldn't make it once again...When I switched on the T.V.,Jaffer,Captain of Mumbai,won the toss and decided to bat...Don't know what cajoled me,I set off for the match at 10A.M. with my friend,another Sachin Fan....
We entered the ground at 11A.M and the openers were still batting and our stand was almost full...Got a feeling that Everyone were aware of Sachin's presence at Chepauk...We were just encouraging for every boundary scored and also for good fielding...We made sure that players in the arena got confused...And the first blood was drawn by the Saurashtra bowlers and we were going gaga over it,knowing that Sachin would come after the fall of Second Wicket...But,unfortunately,that never happened the whole day and most of them in the ground felt disappointed...After the day got over,We chanted Sachin's name in chorus and after a few minutes Sachin came into the ground with his pads on....He was accompanied by a chucker with some three to five balls...He started to bat in the nets and made us happy...One of my happy moments came when he waved his bat towards us...It was then I realised that there is no need for him to come and bat but only to make the spectators happy...Great man!!!That's why he is celebrated all round India...He played some 20 to 25 deliveries and went into the dressing room..Not a single face seen by me was disappointed...But,I thought that I should go next day to see him bat in the middle...
Next Day was also the same old story,I woke up at 9 but this time I reached the ground at 10...I wasn't cared about whether he would score runs or not...It was important for me to see him come into the ground with his bat and face at least a delivery...It was the time when the second wicket fell and the Maestro walks into the middle...It was a great feeling for me to be in the ground..I cherish this moment...When he made his first run there was a big roar in the ground,though only a small amount was there...Finally,One of my dream was fulfilled when he faced his first delivery...After 4 to 5 deliveries,the Maestro got set and whacked a six over deep midwicket...He made it look very easy...He was going all guns blazing and boosted the team's Run Rate...Within no time,50 runs Partnership came between Sachin and Jaffer..Of which 38 runs came from the willow of Sachin...Jaffer was only a sleeping partner,then...Soon,Sachin brought up his fifty in style with a chip over extra cover...And,at that moment I felt that he was all set for a big Century....He was just milking the bowlers and seemed to be unstoppable...He played different strokes at times which was viewed by me for the first time...
The Stand was almost full after the lunch break..It was again "The Sachin Show"...He was dancing down the pitch to the spinners and treated them like an infant...He smashed 3 sixes in three overs and got to 80 runs swiftly....He didn't stop there..Went on to score yet another century of 120 odd deliveries with a scintillating cover drive bisecting the two fielders...Whenever Sachin turned on the leg side to see the field set up,we waved our hands towards him..But,No Reply..And we all understood that he was concentrating on his batting...
The crowd started to build up on all parts of the ground and importantly there were a lot of women supporters for Sachin and they were making the place alive...It was during the drinks break when Sachin removed his helmet to have a bottle of Juice...we all started to shout "Sachin,Sachin" and on one occasion he waved his hands towards us and was again making us happy...Sachin started to slow down a bit after the century...I think it was on the score of 122,he had a chat with the Umpire and walked into the dressing room...
After he walked into the dressing room,almost entire ground was empty within minutes...I too left the ground as there was no use in seeing the match further...This was my experience of watching Sachin Bat and I would treasure the moment when i saw him facing the first ball...And,Finally one of my dream was fulfilled...
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