Ek aur bada elaan jo ab tak sirf kagazon par hi hai! England Cricket Board (ECB) aur BCCI ne apni nayi chamchamati trophy, jo Sachin Tendulkar aur James Anderson ke naam par hai, ka launch rok diya hai. Kyun? Kyunki Ahmedabad mein hua woh bhayankar plane crash, jahan Air India ka flight AI-171 bas 33 second mein gir gaya aur 265 zindagiyan chheen li gayi. Ab cricket ke tamashe ke liye kaun sa muh dikhaye? Sach mein, yeh ECB aur BCCI ka faisla ek tareeke se unki taraf se ek chhota sa salute hai un sab ke liye jo is haadse mein nahi rahe. Lekin, thodi si khalish bhi hai – kya yeh sirf ek PR stunt hai ya dil se nikla hua kadam?
Chalo, thodi der ke liye cricket ki duniya mein ghoom aate hain. Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy ka naam sunte hi dil mein ek alag si khushi jagti hai. Sachin, woh batsman jiske aage bowlers ki rooh kaanpti thi, aur Anderson, woh swing ka jadugar jo batsmen ko apni googlion se nachata hai. Dono ke naam ek saath ek trophy par – yeh toh wahi baat hai jab 2003 World Cup mein Sourav Ganguly ne apni shirt utaar kar balcony mein laharaya tha, ya jab 2011 World Cup mein Dhoni ne woh chhakka maara tha. Yeh trophy dono teams ke beech ek nayi kahani likhne wali hai, ek aisa jang jo shayad India-England ke Test matches ko aur bhi yaadgaar bana de.
Lekin yeh trophy ka launch rukna bhi ek baat kehta hai – zindagi cricket se bhi badi hai. Ahmedabad ke us haadse ne sabko jhanjhod diya. Ek hi pal mein kitne sapne toot gaye, kitne ghar ujad gaye. Ek survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, jo seat 11A par baitha tha, jaise kisi chamatkar se bach nikla. Yeh baat dil ko chhoo jati hai ki kabhi-kabhi zindagi ek chhoti si seat ya ek pal ke faisle par tiki hoti hai. Aise mein ECB aur BCCI ka yeh faisla, bhale hi chhota sa ho, ek insani pehlu dikhata hai. Cricket toh hota rahega, lekin insaniyat ka ehsaas har match se bada hota hai.
Ab thodi si baat cricket ke maidan ki. England, apne swing bowling aur aggressive batting ke saath, hamesha se India ke liye ek kadi chunauti rahi hai. Lekin India bhi koi kam nahi! Yaad hai 2021 ka woh Test match jab India ne England ko unke hi ghar mein, Lord’s ke maidan par, 151 runs se hara diya tha? Jasprit Bumrah aur Mohammed Shami ne aisi bowling ki thi ki England ke batsmen bas dekhte reh gaye. Aisa laga tha jaise India ne England ko unki hi zameen par patak diya ho. Aur yeh Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy bhi aise hi kuch lamhon ko janm degi, jahan chhote se chhote player bhi bade dikhenge. India ka ek nayi peedhi ka bowler, ya shayad koi naya batsman, jo England ke maidan par apna jhanda gaad de – yeh sapna har Indian fan ka hai.
Lekin yeh bhi sach hai ki England ke paas Anderson jaisa bowler hai, jiska experience aur skill aaj bhi jawab nahi. 700 se zyada Test wickets – yeh koi mazak thodi hai! Lekin India ke paas bhi ab Bumrah hai, jo apni yorkers aur pace se kisi bhi batsman ko pareshan kar sakta hai. Aur yeh trophy ka mauka dono teams ke liye ek nayi shuruaat hai. Chhoti si baat par gaur karo – India ka ek young player, jaise Yashasvi Jaiswal, agar is series mein chha jaye, toh shayad woh Sachin ke jaise ek nayi kahani likhe. Aur England ka koi naya bowler, jaise Ollie Robinson, agar Bumrah ko takkar de, toh shayad Anderson ka waris ban jaye.
Yeh trophy na sirf cricket ke liye hai, balki dono countries ke beech ek rishte ka prateek hai. Jaise 1983 mein Kapil Dev ne West Indies ko hara kar World Cup jeeta tha, aur pura desh jhoom utha tha, waise hi yeh trophy bhi ek nayi ummeed jagati hai. ECB aur BCCI ka yeh kadam, Ahmedabad ke dard ke saath khada hona, ek baat saaf karta hai – cricket sirf khel nahi, ek jazbaat ka silsila hai. Har chhakka, har wicket, har run ke peeche ek kahani hoti hai. Aur ab, jab yeh trophy launch hogi, toh shayad usme Ahmedabad ke un logon ki yaad bhi shamil hogi.
Lekin thodi si shikayat bhi hai. Yeh trophy ka naam toh bada hai, lekin kya yeh sirf ek aur tamasha nahi? Har saal nayi-nayi trophies aati hain, naye-naam ke series, lekin kya yeh sab waqai mein cricket ke dil ko chhoota hai? Ya bas ek aur marketing gimmick hai, jisme Sachin aur Anderson ke naam ka istemal kiya ja raha hai? Waqt hi batayega. Filhaal toh bas yahi ummeed hai ki jab yeh trophy aayegi, toh woh maidan par aisi kahaniyan likhegi jo Ahmedabad ke dard ko bhi kuch had tak bhula sake. Lekin cricket ke is bade tamashe mein kahin na kahin woh chhoti si insaniyat ki baat phir bhi dab si jati hai. Khel toh chalega, lekin dil mein ek khali pan toh rahega hi.
