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To have consistently performed despite the pressure of a billion fans and more sets Sachin Tendulkar apart from the other sporting greats of the world. Few, if any, would have had to endure the ruthless, microscopic dissection of every move the man has made during his brilliant career spanning over 24 years. To have come out unscathed from this kind of relentless scrutiny on and off the field is a tribute, in itself, to the genius of Tendulkar. As one who loves cricket and has followed the game since childhood, it’s no surprise that I have grown up admiring him.…

Ishant Sharma was touted as a future star long before the rest of the world had even heard of Andre Russell. He was also part of some great international sides, including one that went unbeaten through the Champions Trophy in 2013, India’s last ICC Trophy win. Russell won the T20 World Cup twice with West Indies, but represented the region just 124 times across formats in a career that spanned 11 years. Ishant was considered finished as a white-ball bowler nearly a decade ago, but worked so hard on his Test-match skills that he became a crucial component of India’s…

When you are deeply invested in someone, he somehow becomes a part of you. I used to watch Sachin each time he went out to bat; in the process, he became a part of my subconscious. Irrationally, I felt I could understand and say what he would do next while batting. And it once happened that a few of us friends were in a pub called Ghetto when he was batting in a match against Sri Lanka. Randomly I started predicting what I felt Sachin would do next. And you can call it a bizarre coincidence, but things started happening…









Sachin Paaji is special. Always will be. The greatest batsman to have played the game. But that’s not what defines him. He is a wonderful human being, and that’s what I will always say is his first quality. I fondly remember Sachin Paaji taking me out to dinner when I got my first Test century in Colombo. He had scored a double hundred in the same game and had taken me out to my first Japanese meal. It was an experience. Paaji was a foodie, and with him around, we learnt a lot about Japanese food. He came up…