Thursday, March 9, 2017

25years back… "A HERO WAS BORN!!!"


Sport inspires us!! Be it Football, tennis, table-tennis, badminton, swimming. 

These are few of the sports which are attracting Indian kids like never before. This is good thing for Indian Sporting Eco system. Nonetheless, it is one sport in Indian context which has ruled the lives of people across all generations is none other than Cricket. 

Be it 7 / 8 year old kids or the ones playing galli cricket, club cricket, under19, under21 they all dreamt of sending cricketing delivers out of the stand, while some were eager to run in fast and bowl at a lightning speed. 

But, none of them ever thought of fielding until March, 8, 1992.

Yes, it was 25 years back a Hero was born. Who took fielding to a different level all together. 

I was just 12, when I saw a man flying midair to claim a run-out. 

Well, he not only got Inzamam (Pakistan batter) run-out but, went onto become a fielding legend. 




Since then it was an astonishing piece of athleticism which he carried on the field.

He was a HERO of our generation who made fielding look like a poetry in motion.  

Every guy since the day celebrated SRT, Lara, Ponting and many greats but, deep down every kid someday wanted to fly like Rhodes.

Thank you Jonty for helping us realize joy of diving!!! 




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