The award of the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour, on Saturday to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and scientist CNR Rao put these two doyens in the same sentence. But as cricketing analogies go, Rao is no Tendulkar. Those who know him closely would compare him with Sunil Gavaskar rather than the contemporary maestro. When Gavaskar started playing, India did not have cricketing heroes respected globally. When he finished, a young generation of cricketers were ready to take the team to the next level.



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