Tendulkar is god in India, says Hayden
9 April 2001
Sachin Tendulkar is a god in India, a phenomenal player, says
Australia's new batting sensation Mathew Hayden.
Australia's most successful batsman in the just-concluded series in
India, Hayden wrote in a newspaper today, "His (Tendulkar's) life
seems to be a stillness in a frantic world and I admire his mental
strength. He is a phenomenal player".
When Tendulkar goes out to bat, wrote Hayden, "It is beyond chaos - it
is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man".
Tendulkar "seems like a spiritually rich individual, a solid human
being; quite reserved and thoughtful to speak to. The people of India
see him as a god," the left-handed opener wrote, adding "(Australian
captain) Stephen Waugh is almost a god here, but Sachin is a god and
people believe good luck shines in his hand".
Summing up his admiration for the Indian genius, Hayden quoted a Paul
Kelly song about Sir Donald Bradman: "He was more than just a batsman,
He was something like a tide."
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