Rajni tendulkar biography of barack

After the silence came the acclaim, long and loud but almost a wail. “Thanks for 24 years of Sach entertainment,” said a message on the electronic scoreboard as he walked off the ground towards the MCA Pavilion. The cameras cut across to Rajni Tendulkar, who seemed slightly dazed by it all. Then up the steps and out of sight. Just like that, it was over.

Friday had seen 68 minutes of play by then, a little over an hour for a hopeful crowd to dream of perfect scenarios. That a Test match was on, with India just 25 runs in arrears, was almost incidental. The focus was solely on one man, as it had been for so much of his career.

The tone was set with the fourth ball of the day, which Cheteshwar Pujaraworked to square leg. Seldom has a single from a batsman not named Sachin Tendulkarbeen so applauded. The roar could have been heard on Marine Drive. The stands were still only halffull, with thousands waiting in line to get past the stringent security checks.

The expectant hum built to a crescendo before a defensive push calmed everyone down again. That was also temporary though. When Shane Shillingford dropped his third ball of the morning short, Tendulkar pounced and cut powerfully for four. The next delivery was deftl

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