Massive pressure on Sachin !

He has all records under his belt. The highest 200 no for India against mighty SA in ODIs. The highest scorer of runs in the WC ( 1796 ).

There is one more record he is wanting. To be part of the WC winning team ?

The question is this ? C Lloyd powered WI to victory in the 1975 final. In the 1979 final, Viv Richards did the same. A DeSilva powered SL to victory in 1996. A century at the finals of the WC ! This is what is wanted ! Can Sachin do it ?

If Bradman is right " The bowlers can only bowl as the batsmen allow them to ", then Sachin can score centuries and win the WC for India.

All people say "Everything depends on Sachin".

Expectations about this little man and India are high ! Hence mammoth pressure is on him.

The one billion Indian audience heaved a sigh of relief when the No 7 spot was taken by Y Pathan firmly. A century in India is not fully recognised. But when he hit the SA bowlers to all parts of the field, at the Centurion, millions of Indian fans heaved a sigh of relief. R Jadeja was not upto the task.

Now Pathan and V Kohli, along with Sehwag, Gambhir, Dhoni and Yuvraj take the pressure off Sachin.

But then this cricket crazy nation expects him to hold aloft the 2011 World Cup. Great expectation can only mean immense pressure on the Little Master.

Even the mighty Bradman, whose feats during the Great Depression sustained a potential nation's morale, did not endure the pressure Sachin will confront, when the mega event begins on Feb 19.

Sachin is the best known Indian alive, whose status can be compared to a god or a Bollywood celluloid hero. When he faced Akram on TV, the audience in India exceeded the entire European population.

Normally all batsmen walk to the crease alone. Not Sachin. When he walks to the crease, a whole nation marches with him to the gladiator arena, says the poet C P Surendran ! "A pauper people pleading for relief, remission from the lifelong anxiety of being Indian, by joining in spirit their visored saviour."

Cricket fever is buiding up everywhere and numerous ads by different sponsors like Castrol, Big Bazaar, Reliance, Sony TV, LG, Pepsico etc are ready to be seen on TV with a total ad revenue estimate of 1500 crores, including IPL IV. This is commercial cricket at its Zenith !

When it comes to cricket, which is more or less a religion in India, Bollywood cannot be far behind to make its contribution. Music maestroes - Loy, Ehsaan and Shankar - have composed the WC official song " De Ghuma Ke".

Astrologically, he is running the period of the North Node ( Rahu ) and the subperiod of Venus till 090611. This is not a bad time for him. He can still win many a laurel !