master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar Perhaps the most watched of budding cricketers India Because of his humility and the values he stood for on the field. Despite being surrounded by larger-than-life figures during his tenure as an India cricketer, Tendulkar never did anything flashy or over-the-top that showed him in a bad light.
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Instead, Tendulkar enjoyed letting the bat do the talking and became even more popular for being called a god by the next generation of cricketers like Yuvraj Singh. Furthermore, he made sure that he never did anything stupid on TV and was careful not to spoil his image of being the boy next door. He once said that he is very particular about the brands he endorses.
Speaking to Gaurav Kapur in a free wheeling chat at an Infosys event, he revealed that he was offered an endorsement right after his knock against Australia in Sharjah, which took his popularity level to another level . Tendulkar, known as the Desert Storm, received several brand endorsements thereafter, recounting how he asked one such advertiser to change his script as it was ‘outrageous’.
“It happened after the Desert Storm tour in Sharjah in 1998. We came back and one of the sponsors wanted to shoot an ad where cricket balls were coming at me and I was hitting them outside the stadium. So, I Turned down the ad, I said you have to change the script as it is an insult to my sport and I worship my sport. I will not shoot this ad,” Tendulkar revealed during a chat at an event organized by Infosys. Did.
“Fortunately, they did (change the script). I don’t think I would have been able to go back home or even go back to my coach after I shot that ad. It was not something they taught me. He inculcated the right values and I stand by those values.
In a career spanning 24 years, Tendulkar represented India in 200 Tests and 463 ODIs as well as one T20I. He retired from all forms of the game in 2013, but continues to feature in unofficial matches from time to time; His last cricket appearance came in October 2022 in Road Safety world Series, where he led the India Legends team to victory in the final against Sri Lanka Legends.
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