Will I cease to be a ‘cricketaholic’?
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan has spoken beautifully for me and many others – twenty somethings who have spent their entire adolescent and adult lives watching the Fab Five in action.
How different will cricket be for me; without this extraordinary bunch?
Will it wane my interest in the game?
I think hard and another exodus comes to mind
I was a tennisaholic in the glory days of Becker, Edberg, Courier, Sampras, Agassi and Ivanisevic
Now I only watch when Federer plays Nadal
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A great supporting cast but no leading man
The last line of SV’s article hits the nail on its head… I have always wondered how it would be the day after Sachin retires. We all have our personal favourites – Dravid for me – but Sachin’s irreplaceable in many ways, isn’t he! The closest I have come to guessing the feeling is by echoing Simon and Garfunkel in Mrs. Robinson, where they sing, “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you… yoohooho…”
Dude this is like Joe Di Maggio, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gherig and Roger Maris retiring together…dunno what Simon and Garfunkel would do then
‘happy hours’ are here