I don't see why people worship Sachin tbh 🤐

See, ideally you shouldn't worship any cricketer. But if you have to, Sachin and dhoni are both in the top tier. Let me explain why Sachin. And you should watch 90s cricket matches for reference. Sachin, at that time, was hope personified for people. If Sachin was standing, India could win a match. If Sachin got out, no chance. You need to remember, this is a period where India had a very weak batting lineup and people hadn't finished matches, so there was no self belief as well. This is pre 2002 Lord's final, pre 2007 T20 WC. This is an Indian team mired in both politics and corruption. Sachin was the only knight in shining Armour amongst this team. You had coaches (Kapil) offering bribes to players, captains (Azhar) fixing matches, anti-social characters (Dawood) mingling with players. And amongst all these things, you had a 16 year old boy, facing, arguably the most skillful bowling duet in cricket history (Waseem, Waqar), with a bloodied and broken nose, saying "Mai Khelega". There are many and more anecdotes where Sachin's individual brilliance even brought the best teams to their knees (You should see the highlights of Desert Storm). In mid 1 90s, India triseries with SL, NZ, 3-4 Indian players agreed to drop the match. Sachin, who was also the captaincame to know about it and singlehandedly won us the match. But Sachin is not just this. The longevity of his career alone make him one of the best, if not the best batters to ever exist in the game. 1989-2012/3, where any other team would need at least three world class batters to cover the space, India didn't have to worry, because they had Sachin. And he would have had to transform his game each time to suit the occasion. All this, while maintaining his average of 50+ in tests, 45+ in ODIs with Strike rate of 80+. These are staggering numbers. Also, he was, in all essence, India's first sports superstar. His story, was the middle class to riches story. The "Indian dream", if you may.

P.S. I'm not born after 2000, I have seen Sachin (Ganguly, VVS, Dravid) play. And also Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina and likes. The question genuinely persists

Today, whatever craze there is for cricket in India, a major reason for that is Sachin Tendulkar. He is called GOD for a reason, and mind you, that is before the social media era. He gave rise to so many top cricketers in India. One of the many reasons why even the greatest of cricketers, including Kohli, idolize Sachin. With time, the fame will gradually decrease, but for the likes of Sachin, he will always be once a legend, forever a legend.🙌

Dhinchak Pooja ke bhi die hard fans (read worshippers) the. People will worship who they want to. Just let them. Whatever helps one sleep at night

Like I can't understand why people love biryani

@BiryaniEnthu be like: aa kya hua pura question ka matlab hi change kare aa log. I’m not coming to this group again

See, back in the 90s there was not much to look forward to. Majority of us generally let a relaxed or a full life. No Netflix, no video games, nothing major. Bollywood was there but going to movies wasn't a regular thing. But, Sachin unified the country. Irrespective of the regions, languages, social status and so on. The think to look forward to in life was cricket and ofcourse Sachin bat! That's because if he gets out there's going to be a collapse either ways. But if he's still there, there's hope. And the country stops. Ppl are glued. So he was a different phenomenon. Runs and matches are different. He was just a phenomenon who United the country as long as he played and have us hope. Duh. I know it sounds dramatic now, but that's why he was worshipped and a lot of the new age cricketers can't be equated to him.