Go Sarwan Go

Ramnaresh Sarwan that very talented batsman from the West Indies is the only entity that stands between South Africa and a victory in the second Test at Trinidad. The only entity that can prevent another masterpiece from Brian Lara going to waste. While the whole world, Michael Atherton being the prominent among them, went gaga over how the West Indies could do so well without Lara and Sarwan after they had scored 540+ in the first Test, here it has been just these 2 that are standing tall for the West Indies.

While Lara's 196 was one of the greatest lone hands in recent years and I can go on talking about him, I would like to conentrate on Sarwan here. I am a huge fan of this young bloke. Most West Indians are gifted stroke players (with some honorable exceptions like Jimmy Adams) and this young team is no different - you have Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Bravo, Powell all very attractive stroke makers. What makes Sarwan different is his spirit. This is what leads me to believe that he has a big future as West Indies Captain, The One Who Will Bring Back Glory to the Windies and more so than Brian Lara, the key to West Indies' revival. I could see that spirit in his eyes in the ODI series in India where it was near impossible to get him out - the way he maintained his nerve to get West Indies home with a last ball boundary in Jamshedpur, the way he scored a selfless 99* in Ahmedabad and a fiery 80 in the decider and a couple of other useful innings. I wish him all the luck for tomorrow and in the future.