Into the darkness rides the knight
Today, Charles plays his last international game. A one-dayer against England, not at all fitting for this legend, 'The GENIUS' of his generation. Last time around, I missed writing a farewell post 3 months back when another legend rode into the darkness of retirement. But not this time.
Brian Charles Lara, the epitome of everything that is beautiful about this gentleman's game. A left-hander par excellence with an exaggerated backlift, a flowing cover drive that is as exquisite and graceful as the salsa, footwork and timing that will do Gaurav Iyer (one of our best on the IIMB dancefloor) proud, wrists that have been specially custom-prepared by GOD to make rival captains look stupid - I can go on and on.
Very often, during the last 15 years, Charles has repeatedly shown why his art has compelled the usually reticent to purple prose. Many a times, one is forced to drop everything one is doing and go find a thesaurus to find more and more superlatives to describe the genius.
But as the knight mounts his horse and rides into the setting sun, the game will miss a lot of things: it will miss one of its greatest ever batsmen with an astonising appetite for runs, it will miss one of its most innovative thinkers with a brain that revelled in outfoxing the best opponents but above all the game will miss one of its fairest and most honest practitioners. A GIANT among the PYGMIES.
Thank you, Brian 'Charles' Lara, for all the wonderful moments you have given me. Fare ye well.
Labels: "Brian 'Charles Lara", retirement
posted by prince of hyderabad @ 5:50 AM
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4 Comments:
Strong stuff dude!
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Must admit...when I started reading this post, I was wondering who this Charles was to get a high profile cricket farewell... guess this is the first time I'm hearing someone address Lara that way!!...
...Lara will definitely be remembered for his elegance n his perseverance...and also for his passion for the game (who else would name his daughter after his most memorable ground location...Sydney!!) :)...
...heres to one of the greatest cricketers of our times...
Glad you did not get to write about the other legend!! What epitomises our character is not just what we do when the world is watching or when the pressure is on, but also, in a big way, what we do when nobody is watching. But then, something beyond public's knowledge shouldn't necessarily be classified as non-existent. There might always be enough skeletons in anyone's closet.
The world of cricket has become poorer with the kinght's absence, but then tabloids report that he has promised us some more joyrides in the near future. Let's hope the show gets on the road, and quick. I can even wait an eternity though.
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