‘Apart from being a cricketer, I’m a regular person’: Meet Sachin Tendulkar, the man behind the master blaster - Hindustan Times
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‘Apart from being a cricketer, I’m a regular person’: Meet Sachin Tendulkar, the man behind the master blaster

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May 21, 2017 01:03 PM IST

It is difficult to stump the master blaster with googlies. So when we decide to throw him some, he plays them with a straight bat!

“Give me three questions you would want to ask Sachin Tendulkar,” I ask a friend who was there in the stadium to cheer every time the master blaster added a milestone to his career.

Sachin Tendulkar finally answers the questions he usually prefers to dodge(Rohit Chawla)
Sachin Tendulkar finally answers the questions he usually prefers to dodge(Rohit Chawla)
Sachin says that if he has not been as social as people would have wanted him to be, it is because he was always on a single-minded pursuit to better his game, and steered clear of the paraphernalia (Saurabh Turakhia)
Sachin says that if he has not been as social as people would have wanted him to be, it is because he was always on a single-minded pursuit to better his game, and steered clear of the paraphernalia (Saurabh Turakhia)
“Maybe I was not as social as people would like me to be, but it was never about being an introvert. I did what I thought would add value to my game, because that is the only thing that mattered to me.”
(clockwise from left)Sachin’s wife Anjali with their daughter Sara; Sachin with his son Arjun; the social media was recently abuzz with Arjun’s uncanny resemblance to Justin Bieber (Getty and instagram)
(clockwise from left)Sachin’s wife Anjali with their daughter Sara; Sachin with his son Arjun; the social media was recently abuzz with Arjun’s uncanny resemblance to Justin Bieber (Getty and instagram)
“Value whatever you have got. If you are complaining about things you don’t have, trust me, even at 80, you will be doing the same and life will pass you by. I tell Sara and Arjun this too.”
“The competitiveness, being at the practice sessions, my teammates, the dressing room, the dressing room jokes, I miss everything!”
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    Ananya Ghosh is an assistant editor with Hindustan Times Brunch. She has 10 years of experience as a journalist having worked as a copy editor/feature writer in various publications.

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