They are a sort of veterans in the field of cultivating and spreading terror and they know how to grab media’s limelight by pressing on the panic button at the most opportune moment. So when the Jammu-Kashmir based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed announces that they have made plans to whisk away Sachin Tendulkar, even the care free law keepers of India give it a serious thought. The IB has informed the Maharashtra Government and Nagpur Police Commissioner has confirmed it---the hero of International Cricket is under a kidnap threat from one of the most ruthless terrorist organizations.
You must say, the Nagpur Test---the concluding one in the ongoing test series against Australia--- is going to be really exciting. The Nagpur Test due on 6th of this month is going to be interesting for the reasons other than mere cricket scores---it is going to be Dada’s last Test. It will be the First Test Match
after the mantle has been passed on to Dhoni from Kumble . And here comes the news that cricket has come in the terrorist’s latest hit-list and International Cricket’s hottest star is going to be the victim.
The threat must have sent the top cops on tenterhooks, but Sachin himself seems to have taken the threat casually as usual. Sachin said earlier that he was not at all bothered about these kinds of threats, for he believes nobody can harm the players right in their homeland. It was just like Sachin Tendulkar, who never seems to be carried over by any adulation or exaltation.
Sachin thinks he and his colleagues are relatively safe while in India. But the Police and administration are plainly not nearly as cool as Sachin and Nagpur police commissioner, Pravin Dixit made it clear that they are not going to take any chances when Sachin plays in the Nagpur Stadium. In and around the stadium, the security has been tightened and Sachin himself is going to receive an additional security cover. After the open challenge of Jaish-e-Mohammed, everything seems possible---International Cricket is waiting for the Nagpur Test to be memorable with yet another record-breaking performance coming from India’s cricket legend’s bat and not for any wrong reason.
