Two months before he celebrates his 37th birthday, he has played the longest innings in the 39 year history of one day internationals. If anything he seems to be getting fitter by the day. 3 of his four highest scores have come in the past two years, even after many years of speculation that maybe its time for the master to retire from competitive cricket.
In the recent series against australia when he scored 175 while chasing a mammoth 360, he had required a runner and was barely able to move while nearing the end of his innings but not this time around.
This inning, i believe has cemented his place as the best player in the history of cricket so far, bettering even Don Bredman. The only thing that stood in his way till now was the fact that he didn't have the record for highest scores in any format of the game which he has now achieved. He has become the only person in the world to score a double century in a one day international.
We are seeing perhaps the best patch of this master in his long 20 year career and that shows how committed he is to playing cricket. Getting his and the world's highest score at an age when most contemplate retirement is the sign of a true genius and there may never be another mortal like him to walk this planet.
So i bow down to this master of cricket and hope that on 24th April on his birthday he gets a 21 gun salute from our government.
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