The poetic straight drive The venomous upper cut The habitual shake of the wrists The copyrighted abdomen tuck The paddle sweep conceived with the magical wrists Placed strategically at mid on to give your expert bowling tips Perennially chewing on your fingernails at first slip Absence of a triple, perhaps the only blip Nod of the head before taking strike That pull off Caddick in Durban, with imperious might The scare with that incoming delivery with loopy flight For it would somehow sneak in, even with a technique so tight Seam up to the Windies forcing a last ball tie at Perth Choking the Proteas once again at the Hero Cup Wrong un, arm ball, and whirling the occasional off break A choice youd make with the kind of cherry, a Kookaburra or an SG make Respect for Warnie, and the subsequent mauling The fifer at Kochi with some fine, tossed up bowling The twin strike at Operation desert storm The unbeaten 241 at sydney, whilst apparently out of form Fierce cover driving on the up at Perth Weilding the Power willow with a 4 inch girth Triumphing over the Aussies at the Titan Cup The final frontier never breached by Tugga, Punter or Pup Poster child for Murphys law The chosen one for Bucknor and Harpers flaws Maneuvering the space within the crease, with supreme skill Turners, bouncers and good length balls, all flayed at will The astonishing 8 figure Worldtel deal The scintillating 523 run Wills world cup showreel The cursive left handed autograph Permanently engraved on Shoaib Akhtars epitaph The determined 140 at Bristol after your fathers demise The valiant 136 at Chennai when all of India cried The crafty 177 at Trent Bridge, acting as Souravs guide And well, the certification from Sir Don that vindicated our pride From the pinch hitting at Aukland to the sublimity at Centurion Capturing the attention of one and all; a 6 year old, or an octogenarian Many like me felt a sense of duty, buying todays ticket at a premium For you sir, are the biggest Icon India has produced, in this millennium
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:36:28 +0000
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