Watch: Sachin Tendulkar reveals his ‘first love’ on Valentine’s day

Sachin Tendulkar, a name which still echos in the hearts of millions of cricket fans in India and Worldwide. A name which still brings tons of emotions and joy for cricket fans around the globe. Often has been asked about the first love of the person who is loved and adored by many.

Sachin Tendulkar revealed his ‘first love’

It is widely known that cricket has always been the first love of Sachin Tendulkar. However, Sachin Tendulkar made it clear that cricket and straight drives are his first love. Sachin Tendulkar revealed his first love via Twitter as he shared a video of nets session with the caption, “My first love”. The Indian great was seen playing a couple of straight drives in the video.

My First Love! ? pic.twitter.com/KsYEYyLaxD

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 14, 2020

Why was Tendulkar batting?

The video of the practice session was from Sydney, where he was coaching Ricky Ponting XI team in the Bushfire Cricket Bash. Ricky Ponting XI played a match with Adam Gilchrist XI to raise funds for the bushfire victims in Australia. Both teams had several retired superstars from the game including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Brian Lara, Yuvraj Singh, Matthew Hayden, and Justin Langer among others.

Sachin was not supposed to play any part in the game initially but he was challenged by Ellyse Perry to bat against her for an over during the innings break. Sachin Tendulkar gladly accepted the challenge and also hit Perry for a boundary on the first ball of the over.

In case you didn’t know:

Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for the Indian team at the age of 16 in 1989. Over the course of his career, he aggregated 34,357 runs across all formats. Widely regarded as the greatest batsmen ever to play the game of cricket, Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer of all time in international cricket. Master Blaster had notched up a total of 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Test matches. At present, he is the mentor of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

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