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If we talk about India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, there is no one like him in the cricket world. The number of people he gets admired by is crazy and his fandom exists at all levels irrespective of gender, country or age. He is the most complete batsman the world has witnessed, in the history of cricket. He boasts several exceptional records which are difficult to break and no doubt his kind heart, down to earth nature and compassion for his fans has bought him eternal love.
Also regarded as the god of cricket, not only fans in and around the world appreciate him as a cricketer, even his fellow teammates and opponent team’s players admire him for his dedication to the sport. The 2011 World Cup is the last World Cup he played for India in which India emerged victorious with all the Indian fans paying tribute to Sachin Tendulkar for his phenomenal contribution to the Indian Cricket team.
Bas De Leede narrates an interesting incident
Recently in a video clip uploaded by ICC on its official Instagram handle, Dutch cricketer Bas De Leede spoke about a striking and iconic moment where the former Netherlands cricketer, Bas De Leede’s father, Tim De Leede got his wicket ball signed by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. This incident took place in the 2003 World Cup when in a match between India and Netherlands, Tim de Leede took a total of 4 wickets, with one of the dismissals being Sachin Tendulkar. Tim de Leede was actually very excited to get his ball signed by him, but unfortunately due to the wicket, Sachin had to leave the field in between but luckily for Tim, the umpire was kind enough to hand him the wicket ball.
After a few years, Tim got to know that Sachin was seeing a physiotherapist in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and coincidentally that physio turned out to be a friend of Tim’s. Fortunately Tim finally met Sachin through his friend and got the wicket ball autographed by the legendary batsman. After that, the ball was kept on a special shelf in Tim’s office, stated Bas De Leede.
India’s World Cup campaign
This is just one of the few incidents where Sachin was recognized as a cricketer’s idol but there are several such moments which remain unknown till this date. In the 2023 World Cup, India is moving ahead of all the teams to carry its World Cup campaign forward. Being the first team to qualify into the semifinals, fans can’t wait to see India play on its home soil after 12 years.
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