"When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket,
Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never
been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a
world
champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.When
Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name
unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid
in the Jamaican
backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr
Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on
every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have
had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin
Tendulkar and we never will."
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