Thank you Sachin

More than the elation, it is the relief. Relief not just for Sachin but for all Indians collectively. Sachin's stature as the greatest ever is a discussion for cricketing pundits and commentators the world over - but not for us common Indians. We already uphold him as the greatest ever and it is this fact that propelled our desire to see him get a century of centuries, probably more than Sachin's own desire itself. For Sachin it is yet another day at the office for doing what he does best and in getting the hundred - he has given us Indians Bragging rights. So thank you Sachin.He may retire with a final tally of centuries to his name and that tally will be the bar for future cricketers to raise to. Someone may end up breaking the record in the course of a few decades from now - but we can still brag that you were the first and that without you others wouldn't have imagined this possibility. Even if someone were to go one past your tally - it would still have been Sachin's record that is broken and not any other record like an Olympic record or a swimming record. And then after going one past your tally - greatness would lie only in the next whole number that appeals to our sensibilities and until someone is christened as the first to reach 125 centuries etc. By then I hope, like Millions of other Indians i would have gone to the grave with the satisfaction that i lived in the era of the Best Legend from the world of cricket. Thank you Sachin for letting us Rest in Peace.