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<font color="#ffff80"><b>Fixed & Synced by bozxphd. Enjoy The Flick</b>.</font>

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Today, you can't talk to Anjali
because she just had an operation.

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- I will come and show you the baby.
- Look at that.

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My goodness..

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You're going to be
a cricketer like your father?

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Father's so shy, he's not looking up.

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- Yes.. I am scared.
- The father's so scared.

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I'm concentrating very hard.

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As far as I can remember.

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I always wanted to be like my father.

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Shall we go to Goa? Goa?

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He always told me that,
<i>Whatever you want to be in life</i>

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<i>always give your best
and never take shortcuts.</i>

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So unaware of what everybody's doing.

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Nice face..

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<i>You've chosen to play cricket and
that is just one chapter of your life.</i>

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<i>But something that's going
to stay permanently with you</i>

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<i>is the person that you are.</i>

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<i>If people tell me that
you are a better person than a cricketer</i>

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<i>then I would be a happier father.</i>

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India.. India!

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What is India?

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India!

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India is not a country.

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A thousand Indias dwell within this India.

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At the stroke of the midnight hour

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India will awake to life and freedom!

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In a country, where there's
such widespread poverty still

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unless it is dealt with,
no system will prevail.

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The story of India over the last 25-30 years

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is of a nation
on the path of self-realization.

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The nation was searching for a hero

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who would be the best in the world.

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The one sphere where
India comes real, is sport.

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Between 1989 and 2013
we've had ten governments.

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The television revolution has happened.

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Amidst all this chaos

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there is one order.

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Perhaps, there's no other player
who has had such a long stint

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and no other player
who has disappointed people so less.

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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For India, Sachin is not just an icon

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he is much more than that.
He is an emotion.

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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Sachin.. Sachin..

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<i>First nation..
A crowd of a 100,000 turned out</i>

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<i>for this first rally.
Showed encouragement..</i>

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<i>And it has been..</i>

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Hey, this is the.. Shall we?

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<i>That is probably the biggest test yet.</i>

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Wow! Fritters! Sweets!

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- Hey! Did you wash your hands?
- I did, five times.

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Five times? I see!

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Gaurav!

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Hey, Gaurav!

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- Look there. A two rupee note!
- What?

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Look there.
Three steps to your left.

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What happened, dear?
Are you alright?

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I told him to be careful,
otherwise he'd fall into the pit.

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But he didn't listen.

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When did you warn him?
We didn't hear anything!

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I come from a very simple,
middle-class family.

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My father was a Marathi professor

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a writer and a poet too.

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<i>Colors are lost in the sky.</i>

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<i>Colors are lost in the sky.</i>

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<i>Colors are spread in my eyes.</i>

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"Had this heart not been helpless.."

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We siblings are very close to each other.

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"Any my paths are lonely.."

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"I wish I had a pretty companion."

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Music was very important to our family.

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"Oh.. This heart.."

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That's why I was named..

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Sachin!

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Sachin.. Sachin!

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He was very mischievous.

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Children are very mischievous.

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He had eaten his lunch

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and hid a frog in the empty lunchbox.

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It was a prank for him

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and I had no clue.

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So, when I opened the box, I saw a frog

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and it immediately jumped out.

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I inherited my industrious nature
from my mother.

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She would work day and night

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and never tire.

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<i>- Sachin!
- But I would never listen to her.</i>

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Sachin!

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But whenever my brother, Nitin,
would call me..

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Sachin!

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I would immediately run back home.

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Because I was scared of him.

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He would run around
like he was on roller-skates.

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He was never indoors.

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Always on the ground.

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Hey..

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Always wash before eating!

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Sachin would sometimes
eat outside on the ground.

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He was full of energy..

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A bundle of energy.

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I played a lot of pranks.

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The naughtiest thing that I did

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was when we would deflate
all four tires of the car.

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Whoever has done this,
show up himself right now!

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That was very naughty.

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I wouldn't want anyone to do that to my car!

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These neighborhood kids are very annoying!

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Father.

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Looks nice on you.

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I remember my sister, Savita

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bringing gifts for everyone
from her trip to Kashmir.

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And for me?

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Close your eyes.

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Done?

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Now open.

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I bought a small gift for Sachin

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just to play with.

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Right hand on the base

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and loosen your left hand.

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And hit the ball.

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Got it? Come on.

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Sachin!

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It's on. Hurry up.

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Come on! Let's go.

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I was only ten years old

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when India won the World Cup in 1983.

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We don't have a chance.

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Look at their team.

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Holding, Robert, Garner..

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And our team?

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<i>The edge just picking up..</i>

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<i>- Howzzat..
</i>- Yay!

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I didn't know the significance
of being world champions.

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But I felt differently.

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There was a buzz in the air.

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And from there on,
this beautiful journey started.

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I wanted to play for India, some day.

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I wanted to hold the World Cup in my hands,
and win the Cup for India.

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The person who understood me the best

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and guided me always, was my brother, Ajit.

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Ajit was the first
to notice the talent in me..

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That spark.

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He took me to Mr. Ramakant Achrekar.

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Feels nice to be back here
at Shivaji Park again.

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Brings back all the wonderful memories.

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This net is where for the first time.

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I tried on pads, gloves,
thigh guard and all, and batted.

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The main reason for taking Sachin
to Mr. Achrekar was that

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he was the coach
for Shardashram School

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which was a champion team.

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I was very tense and nervous.

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I had no clue about what was going on.

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The seasoned ball bounces differently

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and the rubber ball,
obviously has more bounce.

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It comes directly on to the bat,
so you can hit it better.

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But I was getting a feel that
this ball was keeping slightly low.

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So I couldn't do much with it.

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He must be feeling intimidated
because you're watching.

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If you stop looking at him

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he'll loosen up and start playing.

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He plays really well.

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So, this time when I looked back

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I saw that Mr. Achrekar
wasn't standing there anymore.

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He had taken charge of another net.

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What did you say your brother's name was?

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<I>Sachin Tendulkar!</I>

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<I>What a player!</I>

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<I>What a wonderful player!</I>

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"Brave Maratha.."

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It was a demanding routine.

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Waking up at 6 a.m.

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Going to school.

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Reaching the ground at 3 p.m.

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And then until dusk,
just practice, practice, practice!

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"Let the knees wear off."

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"Let the heels wear off."

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"Color yourself with the hues of passion."

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"Hammer it to the skies."

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"Take it head on."

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"Just like the wind.."

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Mr. Achrekar would take him
from one ground to another.

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Owing to which, Sachin would end up playing
two different matches on the same day.

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There were times when Sachin
played for ten consecutive days.

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The days spent in Shivaji Park
were very special.

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Mr. Achrekar taught me

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to play honestly and with dedication.

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And never to cheat.

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No player is bigger than the team.

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This piece of advice
became a part of my kitbag.

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It helped me face the world.

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Whoever claims his wicket will get this coin.

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There would be at least
80 fielders around the park

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so it was important
to keep the ball on the ground.

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I won many coins.

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These are like gold medals for me.

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Whenever I batted well

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sir would give me
money to buy <i>Vada-Pav.</i>

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And I would know
that sir was happy with me that day.

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In fact, my breakfast was that!

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After many years, these guys were
wanting to serve me Muesli and all.

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I said, <i>No.. Please keep all that aside.
I need "Vada-Pav".</i>

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Ticket.

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Hey, wise-guy,
who's going to buy a ticket for your bag?

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Sunil Gavaskar or Kapil Dev?

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Sachin!

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"Tire out if you have to."

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"Rest if you have to."

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"But get back up soon."

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I never had time for myself.

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So my parents and brother decided

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that I would go and stay
with my uncle and aunt

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who lived at a stone's throw away
from the ground.

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"Hammer it to the skies.
Take them head on."

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After coming back from practice,
he would first eat

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and then I would bowl to him.

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I would get tired,
but he would never get tired.

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And he would say,
<i>Throw the ball and get me out.</i>

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But how would one get him out?

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That's how I learnt my back foot defense.

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It would remind me of Formula One race.

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As soon as Sachin would come home

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he would sleep in mother's lap

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and father would massage his feet
while aunt would feed him.

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This is where my career
took direction and shape.

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It changed me as a person, completely.

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From a notorious kid

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to a serious and focused cricketer.

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I scored the highest partnership
with Vinod Kambli

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which was also a world-record at that time.

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They are still batting, sir.

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The bowlers are crying!

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They don't want to bowl to them.

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"Don't give up.."

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"Here comes the brave Maratha.."

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In just five matches
of inter-school cricket, he'd made 1028 runs.

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He'd been out only once.

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So Sachin Tendulkar was already
a well-known name

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in Mumbai's cricketing circles.

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Top cricketers would come
to see Sachin batting.

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Even at the age of 14-15 years

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one could see that here's a young player

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who would bring fame to India,
as well as for himself, in future.

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Sachin, you must be getting tired now

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of people asking you questions,
and giving interviews a lot.

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No.. I think this is just the start.

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- You prefer facing fast bowlers?
- Yeah, I always prefer.

255
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- What is the reason for that?
- Fast bowlers..

256
00:19:03,416 --> 00:19:07,041
I like to play fast bowlers
because the ball comes straight on the bat.

257
00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:09,750
At the CCI Nets,
I think Kapil also bowled to you.

258
00:19:10,125 --> 00:19:12,083
- How was that?
- I enjoyed.

259
00:19:12,291 --> 00:19:13,625
I just kept on playing.

260
00:19:19,416 --> 00:19:22,291
<I>16 year-old Sachin Tendulkar,
child prodigy.</I>

261
00:19:22,416 --> 00:19:24,666
<I>The youngest ever cricketer
to play for his country.</I>

262
00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,375
<I>At 14, he was the
youngest ever cricketer</I>

263
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:31,125
<I>to play for the Ranji Trophy, which
included a century in his debut match.</I>

264
00:19:33,541 --> 00:19:35,833
Once in a decade, a genius is born

265
00:19:36,708 --> 00:19:39,083
and Sachin Tendulkar is just that.

266
00:19:39,666 --> 00:19:43,041
I am very proud to say that
I've been selected for the Indian Team.

267
00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:46,583
And tomorrow we'll be going to Pakistan.

268
00:19:46,708 --> 00:19:49,125
Do you feel a little nervous
about facing the Pakistan team?

269
00:19:49,250 --> 00:19:50,208
No, not at all.

270
00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:04,250
India-Pakistan cricket match
is the world's biggest sporting rivalry.

271
00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,916
I remember that India won one World Cup match

272
00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:10,708
and there was celebratory gunfire
by the soldiers at the border.

273
00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:15,500
It's an emotion that perhaps,
no other country can understand.

274
00:20:15,625 --> 00:20:18,958
<I>As the new dominions of Pakistan
and India take over their own affairs</I>

275
00:20:19,083 --> 00:20:22,583
<I>fleeing from their looted,
blood-stained towns, comes a new exodus..</I>

276
00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:25,541
Overnight, the country had a partition.

277
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:33,208
It was one of the most violent
mass migrations in history.

278
00:20:33,416 --> 00:20:35,291
Unlike anything seen
anywhere else in the world.

279
00:20:37,041 --> 00:20:39,500
Whether it's cinema, culture or sport

280
00:20:39,791 --> 00:20:43,041
India versus Pakistan gets imbued
with a different kind of significance.

281
00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:45,458
And cricket is the only arena

282
00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:49,458
where the two square off against each other.

283
00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:51,333
You don't want them
to square off anywhere else

284
00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:53,625
especially if the alternative is the armies.

285
00:20:55,625 --> 00:20:59,125
Long live India!

286
00:21:02,291 --> 00:21:06,083
In 1989, the conflict in Kashmir
was just about to start.

287
00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:14,416
At that point in time,
for a 16 year-old Indian to go to Pakistan

288
00:21:14,875 --> 00:21:17,041
and play the likes of
Imran, Wasim and Waqar

289
00:21:17,625 --> 00:21:18,750
is unbelievable!

290
00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:25,500
The first time we saw him on Karachi Grounds
during practice

291
00:21:25,625 --> 00:21:27,250
he looked about 14.

292
00:21:28,416 --> 00:21:30,500
I looked at Waqar,
and Waqar looked back at me.

293
00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:32,625
And we said,
<i>What's this kid going to do?</i>

294
00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:33,958
<i>Why have they got him here?</i>

295
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:40,416
<I>And the next batsman..
Looks to me to be Tendulkar.</I>

296
00:21:41,541 --> 00:21:45,916
<I>And if one can say he's having
a baptism of fire, this is it.</I>

297
00:21:46,291 --> 00:21:48,916
<I>Coming to a situation where
India are reeling</I>

298
00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:52,416
<I>and the Pakistan pace attack
looking almost invincible.</I>

299
00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:57,875
Our bowlers bowled at 150 kmph,
with swing.

300
00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:02,208
<I>Akram to Tendulkar.
It's quite a terrifying site.</I>

301
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:07,958
The first ball to him was a bouncer,
and we said to him.

302
00:22:08,625 --> 00:22:11,458
<i>Welcome, boy, to Test cricket.
This is not school cricket.</i>

303
00:22:11,916 --> 00:22:15,458
<i>The only drive you'll get here
is from the hotel to the ground.</i>

304
00:22:18,708 --> 00:22:22,500
<I>This one a very airy-fairy shot
from Tendulkar.</I>

305
00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:24,791
<I>Bowled!</I>

306
00:22:29,125 --> 00:22:32,041
I had no clue
as to what was happening over there.

307
00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:37,333
I thought that maybe
I would never get another opportunity.

308
00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:43,250
After that Sachin's body language
looked pretty negative.

309
00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:46,875
He dropped his shoulders down
and he looked very upset.

310
00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:51,416
So the next day, I went to Pakistan.

311
00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:57,083
I remember him coming to me
and asking in Marathi

312
00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:58,375
<i>I played in a hurry, didn't I?</i>

313
00:22:59,208 --> 00:23:00,208
So I told him

314
00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:02,958
that he must give himself some time
at this level

315
00:23:03,166 --> 00:23:04,833
and just respect the conditions.

316
00:23:04,958 --> 00:23:06,208
Hey, out..

317
00:23:07,041 --> 00:23:09,958
For quite some time, my coach
hadn't allowed me to wear a helmet.

318
00:23:10,958 --> 00:23:14,166
He said, <i>You got to see the ball</i>

319
00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:17,958
<i>and if you get hit,
then learn to take the hit.</i>

320
00:23:21,291 --> 00:23:23,083
We were in a delicate situation.

321
00:23:25,416 --> 00:23:28,583
Wasim-Waqar were bowling flat out.

322
00:23:29,291 --> 00:23:30,416
Full throttle.

323
00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:34,000
Waqar Younis to Tendulkar.

324
00:23:35,125 --> 00:23:36,708
Testing him with a bouncer.

325
00:23:36,833 --> 00:23:38,791
When a seasoned ball hits you..

326
00:23:42,291 --> 00:23:44,083
It was a gory sight.

327
00:23:44,416 --> 00:23:47,750
His nose was totally smashed out of place.

328
00:23:49,250 --> 00:23:52,250
The entire Pakistan team gathered around me.

329
00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:54,208
And Javed Miandad said.

330
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,750
<i>Your nose is broken.</i>

331
00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,833
<i>You have to leave right
away to the hospital.</i>

332
00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:03,083
By the time I reached the non-striker's end

333
00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:05,333
I hear a squeaky voice..

334
00:24:05,958 --> 00:24:07,125
<i>I'll play.</i>

335
00:24:07,958 --> 00:24:09,250
<i>I'll play.</i>

336
00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:16,333
Had I walked out, it would have been
a huge benefit to Pakistan.

337
00:24:18,375 --> 00:24:22,291
My brother, Ajit, was sitting right
in front of the dressing room.

338
00:24:23,083 --> 00:24:26,416
I didn't want to let him or my country down.

339
00:24:28,583 --> 00:24:31,291
I wiped away the blood, applied a bit of ice

340
00:24:31,666 --> 00:24:33,291
and continued batting.

341
00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:42,791
I knew the next delivery
was going to be a yorker.

342
00:24:44,666 --> 00:24:47,291
He was standing two feet behind.

343
00:24:50,458 --> 00:24:53,166
In that state of mind, he anticipated.

344
00:24:54,291 --> 00:24:56,291
<I>That's a good shot.
That's four runs.</I>

345
00:24:56,583 --> 00:24:58,416
<I>That must do him a world of good.</I>

346
00:24:59,083 --> 00:25:01,250
He didn't bat an eyelid after that.

347
00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:04,708
He was like a guy who has
already played 15-20 test matches.

348
00:25:07,083 --> 00:25:08,625
Bones will break

349
00:25:08,958 --> 00:25:13,833
but that won't stop me
from doing what I want.

350
00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:18,250
That's when we Pakistanis
got impressed with this little chap.

351
00:25:20,125 --> 00:25:21,833
I made 57 runs

352
00:25:22,083 --> 00:25:26,333
and the satisfaction for having saved
the game for India was unbelievable.

353
00:25:28,958 --> 00:25:31,708
I became fearless after that.

354
00:25:37,583 --> 00:25:39,083
Just two days later.

355
00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:44,333
Sachin was facing Abdul Qadir,
the best spinner in the world.

356
00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:48,125
When Qadir had just bowled,
he said something to you.

357
00:25:48,625 --> 00:25:52,125
He told me that..
<i>I won't let you hit it.</i>

358
00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,625
- He said that?
- Yes, he said that.

359
00:25:54,041 --> 00:25:59,041
I said, <i>How can I hit you?
You are such a good bowler.</i>

360
00:26:05,708 --> 00:26:07,125
I think, thanks to the grace of Allah

361
00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:09,208
not many have hit me for a six too often.

362
00:26:09,333 --> 00:26:12,541
In fact, I had bowled to him
with my full ability.

363
00:26:17,291 --> 00:26:19,333
53 runs in 18 balls.

364
00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:20,916
It was a declaration.

365
00:26:22,875 --> 00:26:24,875
A legend was born.

366
00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:27,791
<I>And a new star in
international cricket..</I>

367
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:32,375
<I>India today successfully
launched a long-range missile.</I>

368
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:36,583
You can visualize India through
the prism of Sachin Tendulkar.

369
00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:38,458
<I>Tendulkar on 98.</I>

370
00:26:40,458 --> 00:26:41,416
<I>And there it is..</I>

371
00:26:41,541 --> 00:26:46,250
<I>First Test Match 100 for Tendulkar
aged 17 years.</I>

372
00:26:47,333 --> 00:26:51,833
<I>India's former Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated today.</I>

373
00:26:52,458 --> 00:26:56,166
If you come from a nation
that has a lot of sadness

374
00:26:56,291 --> 00:26:59,416
you look for inspiring stories around

375
00:27:00,250 --> 00:27:01,958
to forget all the negativity.

376
00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:04,875
<I>That's 50.</I>

377
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,375
<I>Beautiful 50 from this young man.</I>

378
00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,125
<I>A star of the future.</I>

379
00:27:08,916 --> 00:27:12,625
Until 1991, we were an economy
that was a closed one.

380
00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:15,166
We are on the verge of a collapse.

381
00:27:15,375 --> 00:27:17,208
Time to think big.

382
00:27:18,958 --> 00:27:21,875
<I>There's a chance he'll get it.
Uses it to come back..</I>

383
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,541
We were standing
at the threshold of history.

384
00:27:24,666 --> 00:27:27,750
The possibilities of the future
was clearly evident.

385
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:35,333
<I>Here's the youngest player
to score a test 100 in Australia.</I>

386
00:27:35,458 --> 00:27:37,250
"If there is love.."

387
00:27:39,041 --> 00:27:41,541
<I>His second 100 in the series,
and certainly the best.</I>

388
00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:45,916
Tendulkar's achievements overseas proved that

389
00:27:46,041 --> 00:27:48,208
India is as good as any other team anywhere.

390
00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:52,750
Can you see any specific area

391
00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:54,375
you might ever go getting him out?

392
00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,708
I think our best chance
is when he's not looking!

393
00:27:57,166 --> 00:28:00,875
<I>128 years of cricket tradition
were broken today</I>

394
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,541
<I>when the Indian batsman, Sachin Tendulkar,
made his debut for Yorkshire.</I>

395
00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:08,625
He's a fine young player,
he's going to get better.

396
00:28:10,250 --> 00:28:13,000
In those days, Doordarshan,
the state broadcaster

397
00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:16,125
would demand Rs. Five lakh from the BCCI
to telecast a cricket match.

398
00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:21,166
In 1993, for the first time

399
00:28:21,375 --> 00:28:24,791
the Indian Cricket Board
sold the telecast rights to ESPN

400
00:28:24,916 --> 00:28:27,125
for 6,50,000 dollars.

401
00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,000
And so began a deluge of money.

402
00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:37,958
The person at the center of this
telecast revolution and liberalization story

403
00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:40,125
was Sachin.

404
00:28:47,041 --> 00:28:50,125
He became the poster boy of the country,
overnight.

405
00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:52,666
<i>Boost is the secret of my energy.</i>

406
00:28:52,916 --> 00:28:53,916
<i>Our energy.</i>

407
00:28:55,208 --> 00:29:00,541
With the young Sachin,
there was a great desire to love him.

408
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:15,708
He represented the traditional
middle class virtues.

409
00:29:16,291 --> 00:29:18,541
Humility, modesty

410
00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:20,041
respecting elders

411
00:29:20,166 --> 00:29:21,750
not chasing money..

412
00:29:22,541 --> 00:29:24,416
Tendulkar chased runs

413
00:29:24,541 --> 00:29:27,458
and everything else came to him, naturally.

414
00:29:28,416 --> 00:29:29,541
<I>Like being famous?</I>

415
00:29:30,208 --> 00:29:33,291
Not very much, but like to be famous.

416
00:29:34,333 --> 00:29:37,416
Till now I've not become a great batsman.

417
00:29:37,791 --> 00:29:39,625
But no one can tell his future.

418
00:29:41,166 --> 00:29:44,166
Gavaskar's generation
invested in fixed bank deposits.

419
00:29:44,291 --> 00:29:47,916
Whereas Sachin's generation
was ready to play the equity markets.

420
00:29:48,083 --> 00:29:50,416
And that was quite evident in his batting.

421
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,458
You've just got engaged
to be married, haven't you?

422
00:29:54,583 --> 00:29:56,750
Yeah, I got engaged the other day

423
00:29:56,916 --> 00:29:58,375
when we got back from Sharjah.

424
00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,333
Were you embarrassed
when you popped the question?

425
00:30:00,458 --> 00:30:01,958
No, no.. Not really.

426
00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:19,833
In 1990, Sachin was returning after playing

427
00:30:19,958 --> 00:30:23,208
his first tour in England.

428
00:30:25,083 --> 00:30:28,541
In those days, the Mumbai airport
had a viewing gallery.

429
00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:30,666
And I had gone to the airport with a friend

430
00:30:30,791 --> 00:30:32,791
to pick up my mom.

431
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,208
There were many people
standing downstairs

432
00:30:37,916 --> 00:30:39,458
wearing blazers.

433
00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:42,958
I found one of them very cute.

434
00:30:43,083 --> 00:30:44,500
I was looking down

435
00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:48,333
and suddenly I saw him look up at me.

436
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,250
And I thought he's like

437
00:30:50,791 --> 00:30:53,750
the cutest person
I have ever seen in my life.

438
00:30:55,541 --> 00:30:57,041
My friend, Aparna, said.

439
00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:58,916
<i>Hey, he is Sachin Tendulkar!</i>

440
00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:04,916
<i>And he is the youngest Indian
to have scored a Test century.</i>

441
00:31:06,208 --> 00:31:08,375
I ran down from there

442
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,583
and I was just screaming his name
as I ran after him.

443
00:31:11,958 --> 00:31:15,458
I didn't have the courage
to wave at her and look back.

444
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:17,500
I just looked down

445
00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:19,375
pushed my trolley and left.

446
00:31:19,583 --> 00:31:22,958
The next day,
every single newspaper had a photo of him.

447
00:31:23,916 --> 00:31:25,833
I got every single picture, cut it out

448
00:31:25,958 --> 00:31:28,583
and stuck them in all my textbooks.

449
00:31:28,708 --> 00:31:30,333
So, whichever textbook I opened

450
00:31:30,458 --> 00:31:33,708
the first thing I would see
was this picture of Sachin.

451
00:31:35,083 --> 00:31:39,458
My friend got me his number,
I called Sachin and said

452
00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:41,541
<i>I saw you at the airport yesterday.</i>

453
00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:44,458
He said that he remembered.

454
00:31:45,041 --> 00:31:49,041
So, just to confirm,
I asked him what I was wearing.

455
00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:53,208
I said, it was orange or red t-shirt
and blue jeans.

456
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:56,708
So, she was impressed that I remembered her.

457
00:31:57,541 --> 00:31:59,500
I said, she was the only girl

458
00:31:59,625 --> 00:32:02,500
who was waving and screaming out there.

459
00:32:03,375 --> 00:32:05,125
How could I have not noticed her?

460
00:32:06,875 --> 00:32:10,083
I had never done this in my life.

461
00:32:10,625 --> 00:32:13,291
I was a very serious medical student.

462
00:32:13,916 --> 00:32:16,958
But there was something special about him.

463
00:32:18,125 --> 00:32:19,166
Anjali was the first girl

464
00:32:19,291 --> 00:32:21,958
whom I had spoken to like that on the phone.

465
00:32:23,583 --> 00:32:26,583
We met.
We got to know each other

466
00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:28,500
and then I started dating her.

467
00:32:37,041 --> 00:32:39,666
It had been four years
since we started seeing each other.

468
00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:45,833
Sachin had recently returned
from his New Zealand tour

469
00:32:45,958 --> 00:32:49,541
where he had opened the innings
for the first time.

470
00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:51,666
And when he came back
he was extremely happy.

471
00:32:51,833 --> 00:32:55,500
So I asked,
<i>What are your plans about us?</i>

472
00:32:56,666 --> 00:32:58,833
I said that we should get engaged

473
00:32:59,541 --> 00:33:02,583
and that I was too shy
to speak to my family about this.

474
00:33:03,041 --> 00:33:04,583
That she will have to talk to them.

475
00:33:05,125 --> 00:33:06,625
I was fine with that.

476
00:33:06,750 --> 00:33:08,500
So I went to his house.

477
00:33:08,625 --> 00:33:11,250
I met his parents

478
00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:16,750
and told them that Sachin wanted to marry me.

479
00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:18,708
And they agreed.

480
00:33:19,041 --> 00:33:25,958
"I love these things."

481
00:33:27,458 --> 00:33:32,208
- "What?
- This land.."

482
00:33:32,875 --> 00:33:36,166
"These rivers.."

483
00:33:36,541 --> 00:33:41,708
- "This ambience.. And you!
- And?"

484
00:33:42,833 --> 00:33:47,625
"I love these things."

485
00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:54,791
"This land, these rivers, this ambiance.."

486
00:33:54,916 --> 00:33:58,708
- "And?
- And you!"

487
00:33:58,833 --> 00:34:03,500
"I love these things."

488
00:34:06,916 --> 00:34:10,458
Anjali was the one who decided
to step back from her career.

489
00:34:10,833 --> 00:34:13,708
Because she knew that I was playing for India

490
00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:18,208
and every little thing that I did,
the whole nation was following it.

491
00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:23,958
What are you doing?
Please don't.

492
00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:25,916
Don't be conscious.

493
00:34:26,791 --> 00:34:31,333
He sort of made it clear
that one of us has to give up their career.

494
00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,875
That's when I decided
I was not going to pursue

495
00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:36,625
my career in medicine

496
00:34:36,750 --> 00:34:38,375
even though I was an MD in Pediatrics.

497
00:34:39,625 --> 00:34:40,666
Stand straight.

498
00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:48,250
For me, it was extremely important

499
00:34:48,583 --> 00:34:50,333
to have a life-partner who understood

500
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:53,750
the immense pressure on me
and understood my dreams.

501
00:35:03,875 --> 00:35:06,500
The 1996 World Cup was a foretaste

502
00:35:06,791 --> 00:35:09,250
of what international cricket
is going to look like

503
00:35:09,791 --> 00:35:11,458
because the world comes to India

504
00:35:11,583 --> 00:35:13,583
rather than India needing
to go to the world.

505
00:35:15,666 --> 00:35:19,666
<i>In the opening game of Group A,
India however..</i>

506
00:35:19,791 --> 00:35:21,041
It was huge

507
00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:22,666
because everyone felt that maybe

508
00:35:22,791 --> 00:35:27,416
India playing at home
could repeat the glory of 1983.

509
00:35:36,750 --> 00:35:38,833
<i>Sachin Tendulkar..</i>

510
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:46,250
<i>What a player! Beautifully played!
Sachin Tendulkar is on fire.</i>

511
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,250
<i>Unbelievable batting.
The crowd loving every minute..</i>

512
00:35:50,375 --> 00:35:52,625
<i>He has come down the track.</i>

513
00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:55,708
<i>And the ball goes soaring over
mid-on for a six.</i>

514
00:35:55,833 --> 00:35:57,458
We will win!

515
00:35:57,583 --> 00:35:58,916
Pakistan's going to win!

516
00:35:59,041 --> 00:36:02,000
India-Pakistan match is always special.

517
00:36:04,208 --> 00:36:07,041
Aamer Sohail hit Venkatesh Prasad for a four

518
00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,333
and said something to him.

519
00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:10,416
And on the next ball..

520
00:36:16,083 --> 00:36:18,333
And Venkatesh gave him
a rather special send-off.

521
00:36:22,958 --> 00:36:25,083
You know that the next day
after a game against Pakistan

522
00:36:25,541 --> 00:36:28,666
you're going to wake-up with a sore throat.

523
00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:30,333
<i>Out!</i>

524
00:36:30,458 --> 00:36:33,458
India beats Pakistan to get
through to the Semi-Finals.

525
00:36:34,041 --> 00:36:36,375
It almost seemed as though
this is bound to be their year

526
00:36:36,791 --> 00:36:38,416
in front of their fans.

527
00:37:00,041 --> 00:37:01,750
<i>Eden Gardens, Kolkata.</i>

528
00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:06,458
<i>The crowds have been pouring in
since very early this morning.</i>

529
00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:09,916
<i>The atmosphere is
absolutely electrifying.</i>

530
00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:17,083
<i>Those 252 runs required
aren't going to be easy to get.</i>

531
00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:20,875
The whole nation is transfixed.

532
00:37:25,958 --> 00:37:28,000
And everything rides on Tendulkar's fortunes.

533
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,208
Can you imagine the pressure
on a 22-year-old?

534
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,250
That was the first World Cup
Semi-Final match of my life.

535
00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:41,625
It was expected that I make a big score

536
00:37:41,833 --> 00:37:42,958
and do something special.

537
00:37:50,708 --> 00:37:53,083
<i>That's a beautiful straight drive.</i>

538
00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:57,208
<i>And Tendulkar..
Driven beautifully through the off-side</i>

539
00:37:57,333 --> 00:37:58,750
<i>by Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

540
00:38:02,958 --> 00:38:06,083
Every four that he hit gave a sense
of enveloping national destiny.

541
00:38:06,416 --> 00:38:09,583
<i>Sachin Tendulkar on 49.</i>

542
00:38:10,791 --> 00:38:12,375
<i>Listen to the crowd.</i>

543
00:38:12,541 --> 00:38:14,041
<i>The crowd says it all.</i>

544
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:18,208
<i>Really beautiful innings
and we love you, Tendulkar.</i>

545
00:38:23,708 --> 00:38:25,458
<i>Oh, he's got him!
Yes, he's got him!</i>

546
00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:28,500
<i>I am sure he's out.
This could be a vital wicket.</i>

547
00:38:28,791 --> 00:38:30,458
<i>He's asked for the replay.</i>

548
00:38:30,583 --> 00:38:32,541
<i>Tendulkar knows he's
in big trouble here.</i>

549
00:38:32,791 --> 00:38:35,541
<i>Wonderful,
smart work by the wicket keeper.</i>

550
00:38:37,541 --> 00:38:40,000
I knew that I was out.

551
00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:46,625
Before I could turn back
and get inside the crease.

552
00:38:46,750 --> 00:38:48,625
Kaluwitharana had taken the bails off.

553
00:38:49,875 --> 00:38:51,041
<i>Oh, he's gone.</i>

554
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,750
People didn't quite know what to do.

555
00:39:06,208 --> 00:39:09,958
There was just this
incredible sense of disbelief.

556
00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:14,666
<i>- Take it!
- In the air, and he's got him. He is out caught and bowled!</i>

557
00:39:14,791 --> 00:39:17,541
<i>- Bowled!
- He has bowled him. Around his legs again.</i>

558
00:39:17,666 --> 00:39:19,875
India played themselves into a situation

559
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,750
that was not uncommon in those days.

560
00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:24,791
If Tendulkar is out, India is out.

561
00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:27,250
<i>He's got that in the air.</i>

562
00:39:27,416 --> 00:39:29,708
<i>The Indians are committing suicide.</i>

563
00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:31,500
And it pretty soon became clear

564
00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:32,916
that this is not going to be India's night.

565
00:39:34,083 --> 00:39:36,125
This is not going to be India's tournament.

566
00:39:37,291 --> 00:39:39,166
India wasn't destined to win this game.

567
00:39:41,291 --> 00:39:44,416
And the crowd made it worse.

568
00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:47,083
<i>All the hopes and dreams</i>

569
00:39:47,208 --> 00:39:49,791
<i>of the Indian people
have all gone up in smoke.</i>

570
00:39:51,625 --> 00:39:53,958
<i>Well, it looks to me like
they are coming off the ground.</i>

571
00:39:54,083 --> 00:39:57,583
<i>The game is going to have to be
awarded to the Sri Lankans.</i>

572
00:40:03,125 --> 00:40:04,708
I had never seen such disappointment

573
00:40:04,833 --> 00:40:06,416
in the dressing room.

574
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,708
It was too embarrassing.

575
00:40:11,416 --> 00:40:15,375
Everything was over, even my dream.

576
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,083
<i>Selection committee felt that
there was a need for change.</i>

577
00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:33,125
<i>Tendulkar has been
selected as the captain.</i>

578
00:40:35,958 --> 00:40:37,041
Hi.

579
00:40:37,458 --> 00:40:38,541
How do you feel about it?

580
00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:41,708
Yes, I feel good.
I'm quite happy about it.

581
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,708
The first Test, I was excited,
all charged up.

582
00:40:58,333 --> 00:41:01,958
As a captain when you win,
it's an amazing feeling.

583
00:41:03,625 --> 00:41:07,458
When your plans click,
it gives you immense satisfaction.

584
00:41:09,083 --> 00:41:10,416
But when it doesn't

585
00:41:12,458 --> 00:41:13,916
you can't sleep at night.

586
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,083
You keep wondering where you went wrong.

587
00:41:19,791 --> 00:41:23,166
Whenever we lost, it affected me.

588
00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:26,708
And slowly, I started feeling that pressure.

589
00:41:28,750 --> 00:41:31,250
<i>And it is caught by Gary Kirsten.</i>

590
00:41:31,375 --> 00:41:34,416
<i>Pollock has got Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

591
00:41:37,125 --> 00:41:38,541
People started saying

592
00:41:38,666 --> 00:41:41,625
that captaincy is adversely
affecting my batting.

593
00:41:49,541 --> 00:41:51,333
He would just stop talking.

594
00:41:52,041 --> 00:41:55,083
I would think maybe he's upset with me
over something.

595
00:41:55,958 --> 00:41:58,541
I would ask him if he was angry with me.

596
00:42:00,458 --> 00:42:02,875
I figured out eventually
that it has nothing to do with me.

597
00:42:03,541 --> 00:42:05,416
It's just that his mind
is completely in his game.

598
00:42:07,375 --> 00:42:10,541
As a sportsman, you have to learn
to get back on your feet after a defeat

599
00:42:10,666 --> 00:42:12,541
and start competing again.

600
00:42:14,666 --> 00:42:18,958
But I was finding it difficult
to get over this disappointment

601
00:42:19,958 --> 00:42:21,625
as I was taking it personally.

602
00:42:23,083 --> 00:42:25,208
When the team wouldn't perform well

603
00:42:25,333 --> 00:42:26,458
he'd be so disturbed.

604
00:42:26,583 --> 00:42:28,291
He wouldn't sleep at night.

605
00:42:29,166 --> 00:42:33,125
He would only be thinking
about setting fields, or planning..

606
00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:35,291
That is all he would do at night.

607
00:42:37,958 --> 00:42:40,833
He used to tell me
that something's not right.

608
00:42:40,958 --> 00:42:44,583
And the matches that they were losing
should actually have been won.

609
00:42:45,875 --> 00:42:48,750
I was only 23 when I became the captain.

610
00:42:49,208 --> 00:42:53,125
Perhaps that's why it wasn't easy
for the senior players to play for me.

611
00:42:54,791 --> 00:42:57,708
Azhar had led from 1990.

612
00:42:59,041 --> 00:43:00,791
Of course, I have a lot of respect for him.

613
00:43:00,916 --> 00:43:02,708
And I'm sure he'll listen to me

614
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,875
and there won't be any ego problems at all.

615
00:43:06,625 --> 00:43:08,333
On one hand was Mohammad Azharuddin..

616
00:43:08,458 --> 00:43:11,875
Stylish, classical, very handsome batsman.

617
00:43:12,625 --> 00:43:16,958
And on the other hand was this emerging star,
the mega star, Sachin Tendulkar.

618
00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:19,208
There was bound to be some
unrest in the dressing room.

619
00:43:22,041 --> 00:43:24,875
Mohammad Azharuddin
was also a cricketer of great eminence

620
00:43:26,208 --> 00:43:27,875
but here was this boy

621
00:43:28,208 --> 00:43:30,083
who had become the nation's darling

622
00:43:30,458 --> 00:43:31,833
taking everything away from him.

623
00:43:33,583 --> 00:43:35,791
There were two different
emerging power centers

624
00:43:35,916 --> 00:43:37,458
and that was clearly visible.

625
00:43:40,958 --> 00:43:42,708
<i>Day 4 of the third Test Match.</i>

626
00:43:42,833 --> 00:43:45,791
<i>India requiring 118 runs to win.</i>

627
00:43:46,291 --> 00:43:47,583
<i>Big challenge here for Brian Lara</i>

628
00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:49,500
<i>in his first Test as captain.</i>

629
00:43:50,291 --> 00:43:51,708
<i>Here's Franklin Rose.</i>

630
00:43:52,166 --> 00:43:54,666
<i>How do you play that?
That's out.</i>

631
00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:58,833
<i>Well, the match may
well hinge around this man.</i>

632
00:44:04,333 --> 00:44:06,416
<i>Edged and taken by Lara.</i>

633
00:44:06,541 --> 00:44:09,000
<i>This is a big blow for India.</i>

634
00:44:10,041 --> 00:44:13,333
He told me once
that this was the lowest point

635
00:44:13,458 --> 00:44:15,541
of his cricketing career so far.

636
00:44:15,666 --> 00:44:18,875
Especially because somewhere he felt

637
00:44:19,375 --> 00:44:21,500
that not everyone was playing as a team.

638
00:44:22,958 --> 00:44:23,958
<i>That's it.</i>

639
00:44:24,083 --> 00:44:28,708
<i>The third test match is over
and won in dramatic style.</i>

640
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,208
<i>Tendulkar has been
removed as a captain</i>

641
00:44:38,583 --> 00:44:41,583
<i>to relieve the tension on his mind
as a captain</i>

642
00:44:42,416 --> 00:44:44,791
<i>and to take the best
out of him as a player.</i>

643
00:44:45,166 --> 00:44:46,375
I felt terrible

644
00:44:47,958 --> 00:44:49,291
because no one had the courtesy

645
00:44:49,416 --> 00:44:51,375
to even call me up and tell me.

646
00:44:52,833 --> 00:44:56,583
I know I've not been able
to live up to my own expectations.

647
00:44:57,458 --> 00:44:59,375
But every batsman has to go through that.

648
00:44:59,500 --> 00:45:03,208
So I don't think because of captaincy

649
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:05,708
there is any pressure on my batting.

650
00:45:06,291 --> 00:45:09,208
No, I don't feel there's
a burden on me as such.

651
00:45:11,541 --> 00:45:13,625
When life starts getting difficult

652
00:45:13,958 --> 00:45:17,541
you need your family members
around you even more.

653
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,125
Dad..

654
00:45:21,250 --> 00:45:23,958
"Happy birthday to you!"

655
00:45:24,125 --> 00:45:27,791
"Happy birthday, dear Sara."

656
00:45:27,916 --> 00:45:32,208
"Happy birthday to you!"

657
00:45:37,666 --> 00:45:41,041
I did everything possible
to keep him relaxed.

658
00:45:44,708 --> 00:45:48,041
I would never bother him
with any problems at home.

659
00:45:51,958 --> 00:45:54,333
Cricket was his priority,
the family came later.

660
00:45:54,791 --> 00:45:56,750
And we had accepted this fact.

661
00:46:08,958 --> 00:46:11,500
Whenever I felt troubled
over cricketing matters.

662
00:46:13,291 --> 00:46:15,375
I would always seek
my brother, Ajit's advice.

663
00:46:17,708 --> 00:46:20,333
Since the day Sachin started playing cricket

664
00:46:20,916 --> 00:46:22,125
there hasn't been a single day

665
00:46:22,375 --> 00:46:25,666
that I didn't talk to him about cricket.

666
00:46:26,375 --> 00:46:28,791
Or spoke about anything else besides cricket.

667
00:46:32,208 --> 00:46:34,750
Ajit and I would constantly
be in touch with each other.

668
00:46:35,375 --> 00:46:37,208
I would go out alone to bat

669
00:46:37,708 --> 00:46:40,250
but I knew that
he was always with me, mentally.

670
00:46:41,125 --> 00:46:44,250
It seemed like we both played the game,
not just me.

671
00:46:51,333 --> 00:46:53,416
They could take away the captaincy from me

672
00:46:53,583 --> 00:46:55,708
but not cricket.

673
00:47:01,916 --> 00:47:03,833
Cricket is like oxygen to me.

674
00:47:05,041 --> 00:47:07,541
Without it, I am nothing!

675
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:13,375
For the last 25 years,
this has been my companion.

676
00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:14,666
My kitbag.

677
00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:21,208
My children, Sara and Arjun,
drew this Indian flag for me.

678
00:47:21,375 --> 00:47:23,541
All these are very important for me.

679
00:47:25,125 --> 00:47:28,333
I'm a bit fussy about my kit.

680
00:47:28,708 --> 00:47:32,333
I wanted everything to be perfect.

681
00:47:35,541 --> 00:47:38,083
This is the padding that I've created myself.

682
00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:41,708
I've taken different pieces of cushion

683
00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:46,833
and put these little pieces together

684
00:47:46,958 --> 00:47:48,875
to make one big package.

685
00:47:51,666 --> 00:47:55,875
When you're batting,
the last two fingers become important.

686
00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:00,583
I've fixed more protection on the right hand.

687
00:48:01,041 --> 00:48:03,791
And attached a fiber plate
over here on the top.

688
00:48:04,958 --> 00:48:06,458
So it is less painful.

689
00:48:10,875 --> 00:48:14,375
People kept discussing the weight of my bat.

690
00:48:15,125 --> 00:48:18,541
I never believed that the weight of my bat
has to be changed.

691
00:48:19,125 --> 00:48:22,041
For me, the bat was a part of my body.

692
00:48:22,166 --> 00:48:23,708
So why change it?

693
00:48:24,958 --> 00:48:27,500
Only the shape of the bat was changed.

694
00:48:28,833 --> 00:48:32,083
It is a little curvy at the end.

695
00:48:32,333 --> 00:48:34,583
And I always liked this curve.

696
00:48:35,833 --> 00:48:37,958
If somebody cracked their bat

697
00:48:38,208 --> 00:48:40,125
they would ask me to repair it.

698
00:48:41,208 --> 00:48:42,458
I would always keep

699
00:48:42,666 --> 00:48:46,583
glue, tapes, sandpaper
and batting grips in this bag

700
00:48:47,125 --> 00:48:50,375
I'd repair the bat overnight
and return it to them.

701
00:49:02,125 --> 00:49:04,166
I've always respected the bat.

702
00:49:08,583 --> 00:49:10,708
I never threw my bat, ever.

703
00:49:14,708 --> 00:49:17,125
My coach would always say.

704
00:49:17,708 --> 00:49:19,750
<i>You must learn to look after your kit</i>

705
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:22,666
<i>and the kit will look after you
in the ground.</i>

706
00:49:29,458 --> 00:49:32,000
<i>With Sachin Tendulkar
facing criticism over his form</i>

707
00:49:32,125 --> 00:49:34,958
<i>a nail-biting encounter
between India and Australia</i>

708
00:49:35,083 --> 00:49:36,375
<i>could well be on the cards.</i>

709
00:49:36,750 --> 00:49:38,958
<i>The Australians have
great depth in their batting</i>

710
00:49:39,083 --> 00:49:41,958
<i>not to speak of the Golden Arm
of Shane Warne.</i>

711
00:49:48,166 --> 00:49:51,083
<i>Excellently brilliant
from Shane Warne.</i>

712
00:49:51,208 --> 00:49:54,708
<i>He can bring things in the air
out of nowhere.</i>

713
00:49:55,083 --> 00:49:57,625
Warne's specialty was

714
00:49:57,791 --> 00:49:59,958
that he used to drift the ball

715
00:50:00,083 --> 00:50:02,916
and it would go in the air outside

716
00:50:03,041 --> 00:50:05,333
the leg stump and turn in.

717
00:50:09,375 --> 00:50:12,666
- Warne, you having a good time?
- I am!

718
00:50:14,750 --> 00:50:16,833
In the 1998 tour of India, there was
nothing about Australia versus India.

719
00:50:16,958 --> 00:50:19,083
It was always Warne versus Tendulkar.

720
00:50:24,166 --> 00:50:26,250
I used to prepare for the conditions.

721
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:29,541
Not for any individual bowler.

722
00:50:30,875 --> 00:50:34,375
But the only person
I've prepared myself for, is Warne.

723
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,291
Because until then

724
00:50:37,583 --> 00:50:38,750
there was no right-handed bowler

725
00:50:38,875 --> 00:50:41,625
who would go round the wicket
and bowl into the rough.

726
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:43,916
I heard that he'd practiced with

727
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:45,541
roughing up pitches around the wicket.

728
00:50:45,666 --> 00:50:47,500
And getting young leg spinners
to bowl at him.

729
00:50:47,666 --> 00:50:49,458
There are different things one has to do

730
00:50:49,583 --> 00:50:51,666
to play against world-class bowlers.

731
00:50:52,583 --> 00:50:54,583
I'll just tell Shane Warne.

732
00:50:54,916 --> 00:50:56,458
He's developing a secret weapon.

733
00:50:59,083 --> 00:51:02,083
<i>Welcome to the series
that we've all been looking forward to.</i>

734
00:51:02,250 --> 00:51:04,083
<i>To the Chidambaram
Stadium here in Chennai.</i>

735
00:51:04,208 --> 00:51:06,458
<i>It's hot,
humid and steamy all over again.</i>

736
00:51:09,125 --> 00:51:11,000
<i>This is what the
crowd has come to see.</i>

737
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:15,041
<i>Two tremendous young players here
pitted against each other.</i>

738
00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:20,208
Sachin! Sachin!

739
00:51:42,708 --> 00:51:46,250
Our plans for Sachin, earlier,
were to try and go after him.

740
00:51:46,375 --> 00:51:48,083
Intimidate him, verbally.

741
00:51:48,666 --> 00:51:50,791
<i>Short leg wicket..</i>

742
00:51:58,166 --> 00:52:02,041
<i>He's out and Mark Taylor has taken
a splendid reflex axiom catch</i>

743
00:52:02,166 --> 00:52:03,416
<i>actually..</i>

744
00:52:04,541 --> 00:52:06,166
When you get out like this

745
00:52:06,458 --> 00:52:10,208
you want to go the dressing room
and slap yourself real hard.

746
00:52:12,375 --> 00:52:15,208
He was so dejected,
he just went into the room

747
00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:17,958
and locked himself away for almost two hours.

748
00:52:23,375 --> 00:52:27,583
<i>We'll have to see if Sachin Tendulkar
has got his skip back in the 2nd innings.</i>

749
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,750
For me, the game is all about

750
00:52:30,875 --> 00:52:32,125
getting into your opponent's head.

751
00:52:32,666 --> 00:52:34,875
If I am stuck with my technique

752
00:52:35,125 --> 00:52:36,666
how am I going to watch the bowler?

753
00:52:37,750 --> 00:52:38,916
From the opposite end, the bowler

754
00:52:39,041 --> 00:52:40,958
constantly asks you questions.

755
00:52:42,791 --> 00:52:45,583
I knew that Warne hadn't used
his round wicket technique yet.

756
00:52:46,708 --> 00:52:48,458
At a crunch moment in the Test series

757
00:52:48,583 --> 00:52:50,708
he came round the wicket to me.

758
00:52:52,625 --> 00:52:56,583
I always felt that I should have
more than one method.

759
00:52:58,041 --> 00:53:02,500
First, how to hit the pad
and make the ball a dead one.

760
00:53:03,208 --> 00:53:07,041
And second, how I should attack if I wish to.

761
00:53:08,041 --> 00:53:10,666
"When he hits the six"

762
00:53:10,833 --> 00:53:13,333
"there is no way you can catch it."

763
00:53:13,458 --> 00:53:15,458
"You can be.."

764
00:53:15,583 --> 00:53:17,041
He also put pressure on me then.

765
00:53:17,166 --> 00:53:18,333
And all of the rest of the bowlers to think.

766
00:53:18,458 --> 00:53:20,541
<i>Well, if he can do that,
what else has he got?</i>

767
00:53:25,625 --> 00:53:27,333
If someone's generally getting on top of you

768
00:53:27,458 --> 00:53:29,375
you seem to think,
<i>Well, he can't just keep doing that.</i>

769
00:53:32,041 --> 00:53:33,166
He did do it.

770
00:53:53,375 --> 00:53:56,416
After that innings, he graciously
came up to me and congratulated.

771
00:53:58,750 --> 00:54:00,833
And from then on, we became good friends.

772
00:54:02,791 --> 00:54:04,500
Went over to his place a few times.

773
00:54:06,666 --> 00:54:08,000
Dinner would start at about 12 o'clock.

774
00:54:08,125 --> 00:54:09,708
And I'm sort of saying,
I'm ready for a skip

775
00:54:09,833 --> 00:54:11,041
as I got to bowl tomorrow.

776
00:54:11,791 --> 00:54:12,958
I don't know if it was a strategy or not

777
00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,333
but it was good fun.

778
00:54:15,916 --> 00:54:17,291
He loved Dire Straits

779
00:54:17,625 --> 00:54:19,250
and he had this fantastic sound system.

780
00:54:23,208 --> 00:54:26,000
Music has always been my secret weapon.

781
00:54:32,125 --> 00:54:36,041
"You get a shiver in the dark,
it's raining in the park but meantime.."

782
00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:38,166
To control my emotions

783
00:54:38,291 --> 00:54:40,291
there were many times
I would listen to a single track

784
00:54:40,416 --> 00:54:41,666
over and over throughout the day.

785
00:54:47,333 --> 00:54:50,541
In 1998, he just kicked out the jams

786
00:54:50,666 --> 00:54:54,708
went to a new level
and he showed what he is capable of.

787
00:54:55,416 --> 00:54:57,166
I never saw myself play

788
00:54:57,708 --> 00:55:00,458
but I feel that this fellow is playing

789
00:55:00,583 --> 00:55:02,375
much the same as I used to play.

790
00:55:05,791 --> 00:55:09,708
<i>Century number 13 for Sachin Tendulkar.
What a privilege it's been to be here</i>

791
00:55:09,833 --> 00:55:11,041
<i>while he was batting.</i>

792
00:55:14,416 --> 00:55:16,458
You can ask anyone from that generation

793
00:55:16,583 --> 00:55:18,708
about which was Tendulkar's best innings.

794
00:55:18,833 --> 00:55:19,791
And they will all say..

795
00:55:20,125 --> 00:55:22,458
<i>There's a desert storm brewing here.</i>

796
00:55:24,083 --> 00:55:26,833
<i>We'll have to look at
Tendulkar's approach from now on.</i>

797
00:55:30,708 --> 00:55:34,208
<i>This man is literally toying with
the Australian bowling at the moment.</i>

798
00:55:34,333 --> 00:55:36,291
He was hitting Kasprowicz out of the park.

799
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:38,958
Shane Warne coming in, going out.

800
00:55:39,333 --> 00:55:42,666
<i>He's gone berserk here in Sharjah.
So has the crowd.</i>

801
00:55:43,291 --> 00:55:46,041
The way he batted on TV

802
00:55:46,166 --> 00:55:48,958
I used to copy his ways at home.

803
00:55:49,375 --> 00:55:52,541
The way he shook his neck
or the way he stood

804
00:55:52,666 --> 00:55:54,541
or delivering a back-foot punch like him.

805
00:55:55,291 --> 00:55:57,708
<i>Wonderful 100 from Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

806
00:55:57,875 --> 00:56:00,958
<i>He has taken India
single-handedly into the finals.</i>

807
00:56:02,375 --> 00:56:03,541
I would tell people, you know

808
00:56:03,791 --> 00:56:05,666
when Sachin comes in to bat,
please let me know.

809
00:56:09,208 --> 00:56:12,291
When he came in to bat,
we would stop working.

810
00:56:12,708 --> 00:56:14,000
<i>Wait, we'll do it later.</i>

811
00:56:14,125 --> 00:56:16,041
<i>We won't get to see this again.</i>

812
00:56:16,583 --> 00:56:18,291
I used to have a fixed position
in front of the TV

813
00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:19,833
and I would not move.

814
00:56:20,083 --> 00:56:22,541
I'd not eat or drink

815
00:56:22,791 --> 00:56:24,375
while he was batting.

816
00:56:24,583 --> 00:56:25,875
Sara, who's come?

817
00:56:26,583 --> 00:56:27,666
<i>What's the score?</i>

818
00:56:27,833 --> 00:56:29,208
<i>Okay, so many runs
for so many wickets..</i>

819
00:56:29,333 --> 00:56:30,416
<i>Is Sachin still batting or not?</i>

820
00:56:30,541 --> 00:56:31,791
That used to be our question.

821
00:56:32,708 --> 00:56:35,000
That would give us some reassurance.

822
00:56:37,250 --> 00:56:39,291
Oh, he has hit this one miles!

823
00:56:40,083 --> 00:56:42,041
I used to try and copy him.

824
00:56:42,458 --> 00:56:44,833
Like hitting fast bowlers for a six
with a straight bat

825
00:56:44,958 --> 00:56:46,083
without follow through.

826
00:56:47,250 --> 00:56:49,583
<i>What a shot!
What a six!</i>

827
00:56:49,833 --> 00:56:52,333
Back then, it was like.. <i>What is this?</i>

828
00:56:52,583 --> 00:56:54,333
We've never seen anything like this.

829
00:56:55,583 --> 00:56:57,791
<i>India have won the..</i>

830
00:56:58,125 --> 00:57:00,166
Mark Mascarenhas had asked me.

831
00:57:00,625 --> 00:57:02,291
<i>How good a player is Tendulkar?</i>

832
00:57:03,291 --> 00:57:04,958
<i>I'd like to represent him.</i>

833
00:57:05,916 --> 00:57:08,041
He was like one of those American agents.

834
00:57:08,166 --> 00:57:10,041
But he always thought two steps ahead.

835
00:57:10,375 --> 00:57:14,666
He knew how to turn
Sachin Tendulkar into a brand.

836
00:57:14,958 --> 00:57:19,958
Sachin represents what millions
of young Indian kids want to be.

837
00:57:20,958 --> 00:57:23,375
Sachin!

838
00:57:24,083 --> 00:57:26,208
He was the one whom
we were all looking up to

839
00:57:26,333 --> 00:57:27,541
and we were all chasing.

840
00:57:27,750 --> 00:57:30,666
And it wasn't just me, Lara,
Kallis and those guys.

841
00:57:30,791 --> 00:57:33,333
We all wanted to be like Sachin Tendulkar.

842
00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:37,041
Everybody wants to know

843
00:57:37,166 --> 00:57:40,000
- what have you been having for breakfast.
- Let it be a secret.

844
00:57:41,125 --> 00:57:43,041
We've no means of entertainment
in our village.

845
00:57:43,166 --> 00:57:44,125
Not even a cinema hall.

846
00:57:44,250 --> 00:57:46,291
For us, entertainment means
only Sachin's batting.

847
00:57:46,458 --> 00:57:49,041
Sachin! Sachin!

848
00:57:49,166 --> 00:57:50,875
Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!

849
00:57:51,750 --> 00:57:54,166
And that innings against Pakistan..

850
00:57:54,333 --> 00:57:56,458
It was one of his best innings of all time.

851
00:57:56,583 --> 00:58:00,000
During the last 30-40 runs,
he couldn't even bend.

852
00:58:04,208 --> 00:58:06,541
Cricket was a platform
that every advertiser could come to

853
00:58:06,666 --> 00:58:08,416
to use a face that was a known face.

854
00:58:11,666 --> 00:58:14,833
In terms of values,
75 percent of the market went to Sachin.

855
00:58:16,291 --> 00:58:18,125
There were a few articles criticizing me

856
00:58:18,250 --> 00:58:19,791
saying that I am chasing money.

857
00:58:20,875 --> 00:58:22,791
Money is important for everyone.

858
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:25,458
You want your family to be secure

859
00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:30,958
- but not at the price of cricket.
- Kiss him..

860
00:58:31,875 --> 00:58:33,750
Nice girl, you know..

861
00:58:35,916 --> 00:58:37,958
- Sara, who's come?
- Sweetheart!

862
00:58:40,208 --> 00:58:42,833
Father and daughter
getting ready in the morning.

863
00:58:45,166 --> 00:58:46,875
He used to be away so much

864
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,541
that we would be happy
when he'd come home.

865
00:58:49,916 --> 00:58:51,791
He didn't spend much time with Sara

866
00:58:51,916 --> 00:58:56,500
but whatever time he spent with her,
he was amazing.

867
00:58:58,291 --> 00:59:02,208
Do this, Sara.
Go closer and show your tongue.

868
00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:09,291
He would have lots of energy

869
00:59:09,416 --> 00:59:11,500
and he would play with her the whole day.

870
00:59:12,833 --> 00:59:15,541
- Now show four. Four..
- Four..

871
00:59:16,833 --> 00:59:19,958
He said one thing
that he'd never change diapers.

872
00:59:22,041 --> 00:59:25,875
Sara bowling.

873
00:59:36,208 --> 00:59:38,041
Her dad when he scores a 100.

874
00:59:47,083 --> 00:59:49,125
Sara doing her first <i>Rangoli</i>.

875
00:59:50,375 --> 00:59:54,125
I always wanted to create
the same relationship with my children

876
00:59:54,458 --> 00:59:56,666
as I had with my own parents.

877
00:59:59,416 --> 01:00:01,458
I always found my father so calm.

878
01:00:04,708 --> 01:00:08,083
In my younger days,
I would watch him closely.

879
01:00:08,291 --> 01:00:10,166
I was grasping so many things.

880
01:00:11,333 --> 01:00:16,166
He treated each and every person equally.
He respected everyone.

881
01:00:18,583 --> 01:00:20,958
If I could be half as good as my father was

882
01:00:21,708 --> 01:00:23,708
then I'd consider myself
a good human being.

883
01:00:30,083 --> 01:00:32,291
<i>As the Indian Team
left for the World Cup</i>

884
01:00:32,416 --> 01:00:35,458
<i>the hopes of a nation
too went with them.</i>

885
01:00:37,166 --> 01:00:39,041
This was my third World Cup

886
01:00:39,416 --> 01:00:43,375
and England has always been
a special place for Indian Cricket.

887
01:00:45,583 --> 01:00:47,875
India had already won in 1983

888
01:00:48,083 --> 01:00:50,916
and this team was similar to that team.

889
01:00:51,791 --> 01:00:53,416
I was excited about our chances.

890
01:00:59,875 --> 01:01:02,333
Our second game was to be against Zimbabwe.

891
01:01:03,750 --> 01:01:06,333
And at 2 o'clock in the morning,
I heard a knock on the door.

892
01:01:07,333 --> 01:01:10,250
I was surprised when I opened the door.

893
01:01:11,250 --> 01:01:12,291
It was my wife, Anjali.

894
01:01:16,041 --> 01:01:18,958
She came inside the room and said.

895
01:01:19,083 --> 01:01:20,833
<i>Sit down,
there's something I want to tell you.</i>

896
01:01:22,458 --> 01:01:25,041
She said my father had passed away.

897
01:01:26,333 --> 01:01:30,208
He had a massive heart attack
and passed away.

898
01:01:33,791 --> 01:01:35,916
The whole journey is a blur for me.

899
01:01:38,375 --> 01:01:39,791
I'd just gone numb.

900
01:01:44,041 --> 01:01:48,416
I can never forget that sight of my mother
sitting in the corner of the room..

901
01:01:49,083 --> 01:01:50,125
Alone!

902
01:01:53,291 --> 01:01:57,791
For the last 20 hours,
she'd been sitting facing the wall.

903
01:01:59,833 --> 01:02:01,250
She had not moved from that spot.

904
01:02:07,291 --> 01:02:09,041
I was extremely close to him.

905
01:02:12,666 --> 01:02:13,750
From there on

906
01:02:13,916 --> 01:02:15,833
my father was not going to be

907
01:02:15,958 --> 01:02:19,166
a part of what would happen in my life.

908
01:02:19,958 --> 01:02:22,416
That one thought was hurting me.

909
01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:33,875
It was difficult to face the reality
that he's no more alive.

910
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:47,291
Everyone at home felt
that I should go back

911
01:02:47,583 --> 01:02:49,333
and join the team.

912
01:02:54,541 --> 01:02:56,458
So, I somehow managed to take a flight back.

913
01:02:58,375 --> 01:03:02,833
I got back to England
and went straight to the ground.

914
01:03:10,875 --> 01:03:13,416
Every little thing that I thought of him

915
01:03:13,833 --> 01:03:15,458
brought tears to my eyes.

916
01:03:17,750 --> 01:03:21,500
Yes, I am back because of my family
and all the countrymen.

917
01:03:22,750 --> 01:03:25,791
It was my mother who actually told me

918
01:03:25,916 --> 01:03:28,125
that I should go back
and play the World Cup.

919
01:03:28,916 --> 01:03:31,500
And try and get the cup back home.

920
01:03:32,166 --> 01:03:34,416
My wife, my brothers and sisters

921
01:03:35,375 --> 01:03:37,666
and the rest of the family members also..

922
01:03:39,041 --> 01:03:40,500
They are absolutely behind me

923
01:03:40,625 --> 01:03:45,041
and if my father was alive,
he would've wanted the same thing.

924
01:03:45,958 --> 01:03:47,291
So I am back here to play.

925
01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:12,125
Even while batting, I was thinking of him.

926
01:04:13,125 --> 01:04:15,541
I somehow controlled my tears.

927
01:04:49,833 --> 01:04:54,208
Earlier, when I scored 100, I would thank God

928
01:04:54,916 --> 01:04:59,125
but from that day forward,
every time I looked up.

929
01:05:00,541 --> 01:05:01,541
I would thank my father too.

930
01:05:06,208 --> 01:05:07,916
<i>I have not forgotten you, my dear.</i>

931
01:05:09,125 --> 01:05:10,875
<i>I remember everything very clearly.</i>

932
01:05:12,583 --> 01:05:14,625
<i>Our bond today with the unknown</i>

933
01:05:15,625 --> 01:05:17,166
<i>is beyond the boundary of the horizon.</i>

934
01:05:18,875 --> 01:05:22,458
<i>My eyes will hide my
silent tears alone</i>

935
01:05:24,583 --> 01:05:28,375
<i>and leave behind for you
the rainbow to own.</i>

936
01:05:43,875 --> 01:05:45,250
Aditi, Sachin speaking.

937
01:05:45,791 --> 01:05:47,166
It's a boy.

938
01:05:50,458 --> 01:05:52,041
Thank you very much.

939
01:06:00,958 --> 01:06:02,875
- He looks like you.
- He's smiling.

940
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:09,041
Sachin has a name.

941
01:06:09,583 --> 01:06:11,750
- Decided the name?
- Nick name.

942
01:06:11,875 --> 01:06:14,666
- Mini me.
- Mini me!

943
01:06:26,791 --> 01:06:30,833
Our son, Arjun, was born only four months
after Sachin's father passed away.

944
01:06:33,041 --> 01:06:35,500
His family always felt

945
01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:37,708
that Sachin's father has come back.

946
01:06:40,500 --> 01:06:43,208
Arjun is also very much like Sachin's father.

947
01:06:44,250 --> 01:06:46,833
Very sensitive boy, very caring

948
01:06:46,958 --> 01:06:49,333
and loves his family a lot.

949
01:06:50,458 --> 01:06:52,458
And he's very close to Sachin.

950
01:06:55,416 --> 01:06:57,583
- Which muscle is this?
- Which?

951
01:06:57,708 --> 01:06:58,750
Glute.

952
01:07:01,791 --> 01:07:05,208
You know, even here you can
stretch well for the glute.

953
01:07:05,833 --> 01:07:06,958
Sachin was very particular

954
01:07:07,125 --> 01:07:09,125
that Arjun should practice well.

955
01:07:09,458 --> 01:07:11,083
- Does that make a difference?
- Yes.

956
01:07:14,583 --> 01:07:15,708
Good to go, come on.

957
01:07:17,208 --> 01:07:18,541
That's your target.

958
01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:21,291
Six balls.

959
01:07:24,958 --> 01:07:27,791
See, this is the last one.
It's better.

960
01:07:29,208 --> 01:07:30,500
Slightly better, yes.

961
01:07:32,208 --> 01:07:33,416
It's like this, right?

962
01:07:34,458 --> 01:07:35,916
- Pull this back.
- Yes..

963
01:07:39,541 --> 01:07:40,625
Nice ball.

964
01:07:40,916 --> 01:07:42,666
See, without looking here, I said.

965
01:07:44,208 --> 01:07:47,875
Our coach, Mr. Achrekar,
was very loving, very caring

966
01:07:48,958 --> 01:07:50,416
and at the same time, he was very strict.

967
01:07:50,583 --> 01:07:52,833
He must be a student of this game.

968
01:07:52,958 --> 01:07:54,583
He must know what I told him

969
01:07:54,750 --> 01:07:57,083
but afterwards, he has to use his mind.

970
01:08:04,750 --> 01:08:06,833
It's just your mindset, nothing else.

971
01:08:07,375 --> 01:08:08,916
If batting was that easy

972
01:08:09,083 --> 01:08:10,750
then everyone would be a world champion.

973
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:13,083
Suppose now, the ball pitches here somewhere

974
01:08:13,208 --> 01:08:15,958
then you'll have to turn your front foot.

975
01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:18,375
At that time your head will be above that

976
01:08:18,500 --> 01:08:21,041
and bat will be as straight as possible.

977
01:08:21,750 --> 01:08:24,208
Suppose the ball pitches here somewhere

978
01:08:24,333 --> 01:08:26,291
then don't try and play it here.

979
01:08:26,708 --> 01:08:28,125
Hold your position.

980
01:08:29,708 --> 01:08:30,833
Yes, much better.

981
01:08:30,958 --> 01:08:32,500
I went to Sachin's house one day

982
01:08:32,708 --> 01:08:34,791
and Arjun had scored 100 in a local match.

983
01:08:34,958 --> 01:08:36,916
His first reaction to me was that.

984
01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:38,958
I shouldn't praise him.

985
01:08:39,583 --> 01:08:41,250
Because that goes to their head.

986
01:08:42,625 --> 01:08:44,375
That is the Tendulkar ethos.

987
01:08:44,791 --> 01:08:47,166
- Four balls, how many runs to win?
- Seven.

988
01:08:47,458 --> 01:08:49,833
I've got a fine leg up, and third man up.

989
01:08:50,208 --> 01:08:52,500
Long-on, deep midwicket, deep square leg.

990
01:08:52,666 --> 01:08:55,041
The rest of the guys in the ring,
saving single.

991
01:08:59,666 --> 01:09:00,750
This one, you win!

992
01:09:04,083 --> 01:09:06,333
If Arjun doesn't succeed as a cricketer

993
01:09:06,458 --> 01:09:08,666
he's going to have to deal with it.

994
01:09:09,583 --> 01:09:13,083
We can't change the fact
of who his father is.

995
01:09:14,125 --> 01:09:17,291
I've gone through so many years of stress
with Sachin, that I've decided

996
01:09:17,458 --> 01:09:20,000
I really can't go through this
all over again.

997
01:09:21,375 --> 01:09:23,833
Dad, leave him.
Leave him.

998
01:09:23,958 --> 01:09:25,916
Okay, you come..
You come on this side.

999
01:09:26,083 --> 01:09:29,333
In 1999, I was asked again to be the captain.

1000
01:09:30,458 --> 01:09:33,041
I said,
<i>Please don't recommend my name.</i>

1001
01:09:35,375 --> 01:09:38,250
The way I was dropped from the captaincy.

1002
01:09:39,166 --> 01:09:42,916
I didn't want to experience that again.

1003
01:09:45,708 --> 01:09:46,750
And the next day..

1004
01:09:47,333 --> 01:09:50,583
<i>Sachin Tendulkar was back this week
as India's cricket captain</i>

1005
01:09:50,708 --> 01:09:53,833
<i>nearly two years after he was replaced
by Mohammad Azharuddin.</i>

1006
01:09:54,916 --> 01:09:58,541
I could not believe
because I had clearly declined it.

1007
01:10:01,708 --> 01:10:05,250
Has Sachin come under considerable pressure
to accept captaincy?

1008
01:10:06,375 --> 01:10:09,291
No, I don't think. I think he's been
used to, you know, being captain.

1009
01:10:09,416 --> 01:10:11,791
He was the captain
of the Indian team earlier.

1010
01:10:12,166 --> 01:10:15,916
He has been captaining
the Mumbai Cricket Team for quite long.

1011
01:10:16,125 --> 01:10:18,750
So I don't think that he has come
under pressure.

1012
01:10:19,291 --> 01:10:21,083
I don't know from where you get this feeling.

1013
01:10:25,875 --> 01:10:27,125
We discussed it.

1014
01:10:27,250 --> 01:10:30,583
He was not sure how it would be perceived
if he doesn't accept the captaincy.

1015
01:10:34,625 --> 01:10:37,375
Perhaps it would be deduced that
he's thinking about his own performance

1016
01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:39,375
and not caring about the country.

1017
01:10:44,666 --> 01:10:45,833
Sachin, to the outside world

1018
01:10:45,958 --> 01:10:48,208
the feeling is still that
you're a reluctant captain.

1019
01:10:48,333 --> 01:10:50,041
That you don't want to be captain, somehow

1020
01:10:50,166 --> 01:10:52,708
and you've been almost forced
to become captain.

1021
01:10:53,375 --> 01:10:56,208
I had spoken to the selectors earlier.

1022
01:10:56,833 --> 01:11:00,708
And I just felt I was not mentally prepared.

1023
01:11:01,541 --> 01:11:06,041
What I expect from the players
is 100 percent involvement on the ground.

1024
01:11:06,166 --> 01:11:08,958
Some players may not
perform up to the expectations

1025
01:11:09,083 --> 01:11:11,791
but that's fine.
As long as they have put in a lot of effort

1026
01:11:12,083 --> 01:11:13,333
I'll be very happy with that.

1027
01:11:14,041 --> 01:11:16,708
Again, Sachin,
there have been rumors

1028
01:11:16,833 --> 01:11:19,958
that you weren't keen to lead the side
while Azharuddin is still playing.

1029
01:11:20,166 --> 01:11:21,541
Any truth in that?

1030
01:11:22,500 --> 01:11:25,958
I think it's better we just
leave them as rumors.

1031
01:11:26,083 --> 01:11:28,375
And you know, stick to the reality.

1032
01:11:32,250 --> 01:11:33,833
After being appointed captain the second time

1033
01:11:33,958 --> 01:11:35,125
we left for Australia.

1034
01:11:35,708 --> 01:11:37,666
It wasn't a great tour at all.

1035
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:44,708
I do not want to offer any excuses
for our poor performance in Australia.

1036
01:11:45,541 --> 01:11:50,291
But I, as captain, take
the moral responsibility for our failure.

1037
01:11:52,291 --> 01:11:55,916
I feel sorry for not living up
to the expectations of my countrymen.

1038
01:11:58,291 --> 01:12:02,750
And I've decided after a lot of thought,
to step down from the captaincy

1039
01:12:03,583 --> 01:12:06,666
after the forthcoming two test matches
against South Africa.

1040
01:12:08,166 --> 01:12:11,916
Whatever was not in his hand

1041
01:12:12,208 --> 01:12:15,125
we had to just go ahead and accept it.

1042
01:12:16,375 --> 01:12:18,708
Something didn't feel quite right.

1043
01:12:20,833 --> 01:12:23,458
During the entire revelation
of match-fixing..

1044
01:12:24,250 --> 01:12:26,708
At the end of it all,
when it actually came out

1045
01:12:26,833 --> 01:12:29,541
the man most disillusioned
was Sachin Tendulkar.

1046
01:12:33,458 --> 01:12:36,791
<i>The Indian police claim to have evidence
that Hansie Cronje</i>

1047
01:12:36,916 --> 01:12:39,791
<i>had agreed to fix the result
of international games.</i>

1048
01:12:39,916 --> 01:12:41,708
<i>The cricketing world's
elite got around</i>

1049
01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:44,500
<i>the table today to
address a game in crisis.</i>

1050
01:12:45,250 --> 01:12:47,791
<i>Scotland Yard is not
releasing any details.</i>

1051
01:12:48,250 --> 01:12:51,083
<i>Investigation is taking
an international dimension.</i>

1052
01:12:52,041 --> 01:12:56,958
What scares me is just how
far up the line this corruption goes!

1053
01:12:57,541 --> 01:12:58,791
What is match-fixing?

1054
01:12:59,125 --> 01:13:01,750
You will pre-determine the result of a match

1055
01:13:02,500 --> 01:13:07,000
by buying out the services of a few players
who will under-perform.

1056
01:13:07,791 --> 01:13:09,541
<i>He's bowled him!
He is bowled him around his legs!</i>

1057
01:13:09,666 --> 01:13:10,916
<i>That's a magnificent delivery!</i>

1058
01:13:12,583 --> 01:13:15,791
Not just results, but also
the individual performance in the game.

1059
01:13:16,166 --> 01:13:17,958
Runs scored off a particular ball

1060
01:13:18,125 --> 01:13:20,166
or runs conceded during a particular spell.

1061
01:13:21,583 --> 01:13:23,583
There's just no end to the possibilities
to make money

1062
01:13:23,708 --> 01:13:25,333
once you start thinking about it.

1063
01:13:25,500 --> 01:13:27,625
<i>Every test playing
country in the world is</i>

1064
01:13:27,750 --> 01:13:30,166
<i>currently being investigated
for corruption.</i>

1065
01:13:34,125 --> 01:13:36,166
Whatever is the truth, it should come out.

1066
01:13:36,333 --> 01:13:39,041
It is very important that we must
clean up our own house first.

1067
01:13:39,166 --> 01:13:41,375
There's also sufficient evidence

1068
01:13:41,666 --> 01:13:44,625
to establish an inquiry of this type

1069
01:13:45,291 --> 01:13:46,750
that there was match-fixing.

1070
01:13:46,875 --> 01:13:49,333
- Who are they?
- All five of them.

1071
01:13:49,583 --> 01:13:52,208
<i>Senior players were banned by the BCCI</i>

1072
01:13:52,333 --> 01:13:54,500
<i>while they continued
to protest their innocence.</i>

1073
01:14:02,750 --> 01:14:05,750
This was the darkest phase of Indian Cricket.

1074
01:14:06,583 --> 01:14:10,166
I couldn't believe that
such things were happening.

1075
01:14:10,583 --> 01:14:11,583
It was shocking.

1076
01:14:13,291 --> 01:14:16,666
People kept saying,
<i>Why hasn't he spoken yet?</i>

1077
01:14:18,208 --> 01:14:19,791
How could I say anything
when I knew nothing!

1078
01:14:20,708 --> 01:14:23,750
If I had any evidence,
then it would make sense to speak.

1079
01:14:26,541 --> 01:14:28,250
When you're playing for your nation

1080
01:14:28,833 --> 01:14:31,000
then it's your 100 percent.

1081
01:14:31,666 --> 01:14:33,291
Nothing less than 100 percent.

1082
01:14:36,291 --> 01:14:39,500
And I believe that such mistakes
should be non-pardonable.

1083
01:14:39,625 --> 01:14:41,083
We'll avoid it now.

1084
01:14:41,208 --> 01:14:44,291
Stop watching
or listening to matches, altogether.

1085
01:14:44,416 --> 01:14:45,375
Now I am really confused

1086
01:14:45,500 --> 01:14:47,250
as to which one was real
and which one was fixed.

1087
01:14:47,375 --> 01:14:48,958
Earlier we used to worship cricket

1088
01:14:49,083 --> 01:14:50,666
but now, we really doubt it.

1089
01:14:52,208 --> 01:14:55,166
For me, playing cricket
was like going to a temple.

1090
01:14:57,041 --> 01:14:59,250
I always wanted to win.

1091
01:14:59,958 --> 01:15:02,250
Never wanted to lose at any cost.

1092
01:15:17,583 --> 01:15:20,500
I would call my friends
and discuss all my problems with them.

1093
01:15:25,291 --> 01:15:30,125
We knew deep down how hurt
he was with the whole episode.

1094
01:15:31,458 --> 01:15:35,208
So we never spoke about it,
knowing how disturbed he already is.

1095
01:15:45,916 --> 01:15:47,916
Everyone would be supportive all the time.

1096
01:15:50,875 --> 01:15:53,416
They would always make me see
the brighter side of life.

1097
01:16:03,291 --> 01:16:05,583
"Give me some sunshine."

1098
01:16:05,708 --> 01:16:07,958
"Give me some rain."

1099
01:16:08,166 --> 01:16:10,333
"Give me another chance"

1100
01:16:10,500 --> 01:16:11,458
"I want to grow up once again."

1101
01:16:11,625 --> 01:16:13,833
Sachin is a very simple guy.

1102
01:16:14,500 --> 01:16:16,625
He has never changed.

1103
01:16:17,041 --> 01:16:19,875
And he doesn't want us to change either.

1104
01:16:20,250 --> 01:16:22,583
We're still like we were 25 years ago.

1105
01:16:22,791 --> 01:16:25,583
Maybe that's why we're still good friends.

1106
01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:31,708
I would always tell Sachin how weird he was.

1107
01:16:32,166 --> 01:16:34,333
There was a bottle of Polo, Ralph Lauren.

1108
01:16:34,875 --> 01:16:37,291
I said to Sachin, <i>This smells funny.</i>

1109
01:16:38,666 --> 01:16:41,958
He had mixed 25 after-shaves in it.

1110
01:16:44,625 --> 01:16:47,458
Be it an injury in the nets..

1111
01:16:47,583 --> 01:16:51,458
He loves to have a laugh
at the cost of his friends.

1112
01:16:51,625 --> 01:16:54,666
He is like a kid, even now.

1113
01:16:57,833 --> 01:16:59,416
Hello, my name is Sachin.

1114
01:16:59,541 --> 01:17:01,708
We're going to Geneva tomorrow.

1115
01:17:05,500 --> 01:17:07,958
- Let's drive a little rough.
- Come on!

1116
01:17:08,083 --> 01:17:10,666
- Rough.
- If you come in the way, bad luck.

1117
01:17:11,666 --> 01:17:13,500
Sometimes, when Sachin
is under immense pressure

1118
01:17:14,625 --> 01:17:18,291
or he has a good feeling
about a particular day

1119
01:17:19,625 --> 01:17:21,625
he keeps playing the same song
over and over again

1120
01:17:21,791 --> 01:17:22,708
of Bappi Lahiri.

1121
01:17:22,833 --> 01:17:30,250
"I am reminded"

1122
01:17:30,958 --> 01:17:35,000
"of your love!"

1123
01:17:38,041 --> 01:17:39,416
Sachin is very competitive.

1124
01:17:39,625 --> 01:17:40,916
It's hard to beat him

1125
01:17:41,083 --> 01:17:42,250
at any sport.

1126
01:17:56,125 --> 01:18:02,083
"I am reminded"

1127
01:18:02,500 --> 01:18:05,583
"of your love!"

1128
01:18:11,375 --> 01:18:13,375
Life is nothing without good friends.

1129
01:18:14,208 --> 01:18:16,500
You should have those special friends.

1130
01:18:17,291 --> 01:18:20,916
And I am really fortunate to have
the set of friends around me

1131
01:18:21,458 --> 01:18:23,750
who I know for sure,
will stand by me in difficult times.

1132
01:18:34,375 --> 01:18:36,708
Post the revelations in 2000

1133
01:18:37,166 --> 01:18:41,458
Indian Cricket desperately needed someone
to pin their faith on.

1134
01:18:43,333 --> 01:18:45,375
<i>This cleanup was much needed./i></i>

1135
01:18:45,500 --> 01:18:47,083
<i>There was action taken
by the authorities</i>

1136
01:18:47,208 --> 01:18:50,000
<i>and what you saw, turn of the century.</i>

1137
01:18:52,291 --> 01:18:56,833
Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Javagal Srinath.

1138
01:18:56,958 --> 01:18:59,625
Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble.

1139
01:18:59,750 --> 01:19:02,083
These were the people
you could pin your faith on.

1140
01:19:02,208 --> 01:19:05,916
And Sachin Tendulkar
was the flag bearer of the faith.

1141
01:19:08,083 --> 01:19:10,208
We needed something extraordinary

1142
01:19:10,375 --> 01:19:12,791
to get cricket back on track.

1143
01:19:14,291 --> 01:19:16,958
That was a very challenging time for us.

1144
01:19:17,291 --> 01:19:18,583
If we lost the match

1145
01:19:18,875 --> 01:19:21,416
people would say
we didn't try hard enough.

1146
01:19:22,875 --> 01:19:26,291
If we played well and won,
they would still say

1147
01:19:26,458 --> 01:19:28,041
that the other team
isn't trying hard enough.

1148
01:19:28,500 --> 01:19:30,291
All the more reason why we needed

1149
01:19:30,458 --> 01:19:32,333
an India versus Australia series.

1150
01:19:32,833 --> 01:19:34,166
They have been in tremendous form.

1151
01:19:34,333 --> 01:19:37,208
They have won 14-15 test matches in a row

1152
01:19:37,583 --> 01:19:39,333
which is a tremendous achievement.

1153
01:19:40,250 --> 01:19:42,541
It was our final frontier
if you like, as well.

1154
01:19:43,208 --> 01:19:47,291
To go to India and finally break
the drought and win over there

1155
01:19:47,458 --> 01:19:49,708
was what we'd been gearing
ourselves for, for so long.

1156
01:19:51,666 --> 01:19:55,750
<i>That's it! Australia has
won 16 test matches in a row.</i>

1157
01:19:57,166 --> 01:20:00,291
Australia steam-rolled India
in the First Test.

1158
01:20:00,666 --> 01:20:02,208
They looked absolutely unassailable.

1159
01:20:05,333 --> 01:20:07,500
They powered through the Second Test as well.

1160
01:20:07,625 --> 01:20:08,791
<i>He's bowled him.</i>

1161
01:20:09,583 --> 01:20:10,833
<i>He's cleaned him up here.</i>

1162
01:20:10,958 --> 01:20:13,041
India followed on and it looked like

1163
01:20:13,875 --> 01:20:15,625
Indian cricket is on its last legs.

1164
01:20:18,166 --> 01:20:21,291
That is when Rahul Dravid
got together with VVS Laxman

1165
01:20:21,416 --> 01:20:22,791
and turned the tide

1166
01:20:22,916 --> 01:20:27,500
in an absolutely unforgettable
and irrefutable fashion.

1167
01:20:30,333 --> 01:20:31,583
<i>There's the hundred.</i>

1168
01:20:32,250 --> 01:20:34,458
<i>Laxman's second test hundred.</i>

1169
01:20:35,458 --> 01:20:37,541
The way they scored those runs

1170
01:20:37,708 --> 01:20:39,666
and played those important spells

1171
01:20:40,458 --> 01:20:42,458
their focus seemed incredible.

1172
01:20:47,791 --> 01:20:51,375
<i>He's got it through!
That's a fantastic century!</i>

1173
01:20:51,666 --> 01:20:53,166
<i>Rahul Dravid!</i>

1174
01:20:57,583 --> 01:21:00,833
But that wasn't enough,
we still had to bowl them out.

1175
01:21:04,500 --> 01:21:06,708
<i>And again.. Has he hit it?
He has!</i>

1176
01:21:07,458 --> 01:21:08,666
While I was attacking

1177
01:21:09,291 --> 01:21:12,541
we needed someone to give another
breakthrough from the other end.

1178
01:21:12,666 --> 01:21:14,708
<i>Ganguly, the captain,
to talk to Tendulkar..</i>

1179
01:21:14,833 --> 01:21:17,083
<i>And the talk should be,
Just one over for you, mate.</i>

1180
01:21:17,208 --> 01:21:19,458
Whenever the wicket turned,
we called in Tendulkar to bowl.

1181
01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:21,791
When Australians came to bat,
we would want him to bowl to them.

1182
01:21:22,541 --> 01:21:24,416
<i>That's a big shout! He's out!</i>

1183
01:21:28,083 --> 01:21:30,916
<i>That's hit his back leg.
What will the umpire do? Out!</i>

1184
01:21:32,250 --> 01:21:33,750
He's got everything.

1185
01:21:34,416 --> 01:21:36,625
If he bowls off-spin,
he'll be probably better than me.

1186
01:21:39,083 --> 01:21:41,291
<i>Wrapped on the pad,
the finger has gone up.</i>

1187
01:21:41,583 --> 01:21:43,958
I really thought he had
a lot of talent as a leg spinner.

1188
01:21:45,083 --> 01:21:46,791
He had bamboozle people.
He had a good wrong one.

1189
01:21:46,916 --> 01:21:48,625
He had a good leg break,
he spun the ball.

1190
01:21:51,416 --> 01:21:53,666
<i>He has padded that.. He has given it!
He has given it!</i>

1191
01:21:53,791 --> 01:21:55,333
<i>Umpire Bansal has given it!</i>

1192
01:21:55,458 --> 01:21:57,958
<i>India has won in a tremendous style.</i>

1193
01:21:59,541 --> 01:22:02,000
I think that one day took India way past

1194
01:22:02,166 --> 01:22:03,750
the bitter events of the previous year

1195
01:22:04,666 --> 01:22:07,208
and brought back the great spirit
of the good old days.

1196
01:22:08,708 --> 01:22:10,083
<i>Nice shot!</i>

1197
01:22:10,208 --> 01:22:13,791
<i>Tendulkar is beginning to stand himself
all over this match.</i>

1198
01:22:16,208 --> 01:22:20,125
<i>Tendulkar has gone for the big one
and got off to his hundred in style.</i>

1199
01:22:22,541 --> 01:22:24,208
<i>Oh, he has got it away!
This could be it!</i>

1200
01:22:24,333 --> 01:22:26,458
That series changed
the Indian team completely.

1201
01:22:26,583 --> 01:22:28,416
<i>India have won the test match.</i>

1202
01:22:29,583 --> 01:22:31,458
<i>India have won the series.</i>

1203
01:22:31,583 --> 01:22:32,833
Everyone started to believe
that we can defeat

1204
01:22:33,166 --> 01:22:35,708
the best teams in the world.

1205
01:22:39,333 --> 01:22:42,500
Such a performance against Australia
was extremely necessary

1206
01:22:43,500 --> 01:22:45,333
to make people change their perspective.

1207
01:22:45,708 --> 01:22:47,666
To win their hearts back.

1208
01:22:48,375 --> 01:22:51,500
So that we can celebrate cricket again.

1209
01:22:51,750 --> 01:22:53,958
<i>A throw and a miss..
They are going to get back for two.</i>

1210
01:22:54,125 --> 01:22:56,583
<i>India is home.
Lords is going wild!</i>

1211
01:22:58,500 --> 01:23:01,291
<i>India have won the Natwest Series Finals
by two wickets, here at Lords</i>

1212
01:23:01,625 --> 01:23:04,041
<i>in one of the most
incredible one-day matches</i>

1213
01:23:04,166 --> 01:23:05,708
<i>the country has ever seen.</i>

1214
01:23:17,666 --> 01:23:21,250
We had a very good team
going to South Africa.

1215
01:23:21,375 --> 01:23:24,500
We were very sure
that we're going to do well.

1216
01:23:24,916 --> 01:23:26,041
And hopefully win the tournament.

1217
01:23:26,291 --> 01:23:27,458
And fulfill the dream.

1218
01:23:31,541 --> 01:23:34,541
We needed some factor that could motivate us

1219
01:23:34,666 --> 01:23:39,541
and remind us when we walk out in the
middle of the ground to play for India

1220
01:23:39,666 --> 01:23:42,166
of the commitment
and responsibility we carry.

1221
01:23:42,458 --> 01:23:46,333
So that's why we started
signing near the flag before every game.

1222
01:23:47,041 --> 01:23:49,166
We wrote, <i>I can, We can!</i>

1223
01:23:49,541 --> 01:23:51,708
Because it was essential
to keep the team together

1224
01:23:51,833 --> 01:23:54,125
and for all of us to give
100 percent on the field.

1225
01:23:54,250 --> 01:23:56,041
"Hey, bat.."

1226
01:23:56,166 --> 01:23:58,416
The tri-color is always
the motivating factor.

1227
01:24:00,208 --> 01:24:03,083
"Hey, bat, get me underway!"

1228
01:24:03,333 --> 01:24:06,000
"If you want to play,
then you must be getting on. Hey!"

1229
01:24:10,333 --> 01:24:13,875
My preparation would start
15-20 hours before a game.

1230
01:24:14,291 --> 01:24:15,875
I would fold my clothes a particular way

1231
01:24:16,041 --> 01:24:17,125
putting them in my kitbag
in a specific order.

1232
01:24:18,208 --> 01:24:19,958
I would even iron them myself.

1233
01:24:21,791 --> 01:24:26,166
I hated anybody wishing me good luck
before I went out to bat.

1234
01:24:26,625 --> 01:24:28,833
Often the coaches would come up to me and say.

1235
01:24:28,958 --> 01:24:30,250
<i>Good luck, do well.</i>

1236
01:24:30,666 --> 01:24:33,375
But that was the last thing I wanted to hear.

1237
01:24:34,041 --> 01:24:35,333
I would walk off.

1238
01:24:39,750 --> 01:24:41,458
He's superstitious. If he scored a century
after drinking green tea

1239
01:24:41,625 --> 01:24:44,541
then he'd drink green tea
throughout the series.

1240
01:24:46,916 --> 01:24:49,750
Even if Sir Don Bradman came in
and offered him coffee at that time

1241
01:24:49,875 --> 01:24:51,000
he would not drink it!

1242
01:24:52,208 --> 01:24:53,541
<i>And he'll get it.</i>

1243
01:24:53,666 --> 01:24:56,416
<i>A fourth hundred in World Cup cricket
for Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1244
01:24:59,750 --> 01:25:00,833
During that entire World Cup

1245
01:25:00,958 --> 01:25:03,041
he never batted a single day at the nets.

1246
01:25:04,375 --> 01:25:06,125
I asked, <i>Are you okay with everything?</i>

1247
01:25:06,250 --> 01:25:07,708
He said,
<i>Yes, I'm absolutely fine. Don't worry!</i>

1248
01:25:07,833 --> 01:25:09,333
He got 600 runs in the tournament!

1249
01:25:13,916 --> 01:25:15,791
My mind was always at the bowler's end.

1250
01:25:16,125 --> 01:25:18,875
I would intentionally play a few deliveries
in a particular way

1251
01:25:19,500 --> 01:25:21,208
to make sure the bowler
bowl the next delivery

1252
01:25:21,333 --> 01:25:22,375
exactly where I want him to bowl.

1253
01:25:26,791 --> 01:25:29,375
<i>So again the master batsman
reading the bowler's mind.</i>

1254
01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:30,500
<i>All set.</i>

1255
01:25:31,125 --> 01:25:34,416
We had to come out with some cunning plans
to try and keep Tendulkar quiet.

1256
01:25:35,916 --> 01:25:38,166
If Tendulkar's quiet, the nation's quiet.

1257
01:25:38,416 --> 01:25:40,833
<i>End of the over, it's 75 for 1.</i>

1258
01:25:41,291 --> 01:25:43,250
I don't think there's any point
sledging Tendulkar.

1259
01:25:44,291 --> 01:25:47,375
Here's a man who's already got
a billion people in his ears already.

1260
01:25:47,750 --> 01:25:50,208
What exactly do you say to Sachin?

1261
01:25:50,333 --> 01:25:52,666
Sachin! Sachin!

1262
01:25:52,916 --> 01:25:55,541
Sachin! Sachin!

1263
01:25:56,083 --> 01:25:58,666
Sachin! Sachin!

1264
01:25:59,166 --> 01:26:00,583
Whenever we went out to bat together

1265
01:26:00,750 --> 01:26:03,083
it felt like I'm stepping out
with the king of the jungle.

1266
01:26:03,375 --> 01:26:06,291
Everyone's attention would be
only on Tendulkar.

1267
01:26:07,375 --> 01:26:09,708
That would make it pretty easy for me
to score runs with him.

1268
01:26:11,333 --> 01:26:13,958
He would normally start
at the non-striker's end.

1269
01:26:14,500 --> 01:26:16,458
But that day, as he was going out to bat

1270
01:26:16,583 --> 01:26:19,458
he felt Wasim Akram might have
too many tricks for a young player like me.

1271
01:26:19,583 --> 01:26:21,500
So he said,
<i>You stay here, I'll take the strike.</i>

1272
01:26:24,458 --> 01:26:27,458
If we get Sachin Tendulkar,
we would have won the game.

1273
01:26:27,583 --> 01:26:28,666
That was the plan.

1274
01:26:34,125 --> 01:26:35,958
But I suppose Sachin had a different plan!

1275
01:26:37,791 --> 01:26:40,125
After that shot off Wasim,
he felt this was his game.

1276
01:26:40,291 --> 01:26:43,416
<i>Shoaib Akhtar, the Rawalpindi Express,
into the attack.</i>

1277
01:26:43,916 --> 01:26:47,000
<i>The fastest bowler in the world
up against the best batsman in the world.</i>

1278
01:26:47,916 --> 01:26:50,708
Sachin! Sachin!

1279
01:26:51,041 --> 01:26:53,833
Sachin! Sachin!

1280
01:26:56,291 --> 01:26:58,083
<i>He goes after that one and it's a six.</i>

1281
01:27:00,500 --> 01:27:03,458
That was the first time
I saw Shoaib Akhtar panicked.

1282
01:27:06,875 --> 01:27:10,166
<i>50 in 37 balls.</i>

1283
01:27:10,958 --> 01:27:12,666
And the way Sachin played,
it's been outstanding.

1284
01:27:12,791 --> 01:27:14,875
I've never seen better innings
for a long time.

1285
01:27:15,208 --> 01:27:16,458
Me neither.

1286
01:27:19,041 --> 01:27:20,666
He used to be so full of confidence

1287
01:27:20,791 --> 01:27:23,791
that he would say, <i>This match is mine,
I am going to win it for the team.</i>

1288
01:27:24,541 --> 01:27:26,875
<i>Sachin, thank you for
entertaining us today.</i>

1289
01:27:27,583 --> 01:27:29,958
Yeah, this has always been
a special game for us.

1290
01:27:30,125 --> 01:27:33,125
And it's the fourth World Cup
we've beaten them in a row.

1291
01:27:33,291 --> 01:27:36,333
And nothing means more than this to us.

1292
01:27:40,041 --> 01:27:42,333
<i>And this is an emphatic win for India.</i>

1293
01:27:42,750 --> 01:27:45,958
<i>So, a journey that started
on the 12th of February</i>

1294
01:27:46,208 --> 01:27:49,541
<i>has ended up with them being
in the Final of the World Cup.</i>

1295
01:27:56,541 --> 01:27:59,541
We were all charged up,
looking forward to the Final.

1296
01:28:00,500 --> 01:28:02,541
The biggest game of my life.

1297
01:28:04,916 --> 01:28:06,250
<i>Oh, cracking!</i>

1298
01:28:09,875 --> 01:28:11,458
<i>That is a biggie.</i>

1299
01:28:14,333 --> 01:28:16,083
<i>Just over the top of the guy at square</i>

1300
01:28:16,208 --> 01:28:19,083
<i>and just running away
for a boundary to finish proceedings.</i>

1301
01:28:19,458 --> 01:28:22,083
<i>So they have got 359 for 2.</i>

1302
01:28:23,083 --> 01:28:27,708
I knew it was a Herculean task
to chase those runs.

1303
01:28:28,208 --> 01:28:30,333
We wanted to sort of break that target down

1304
01:28:30,541 --> 01:28:33,125
and achieve smaller goals.

1305
01:28:33,958 --> 01:28:36,625
The question was, can we hit
50 boundaries in 50 overs?

1306
01:28:37,208 --> 01:28:39,375
Difficult, but we can.

1307
01:28:40,416 --> 01:28:42,833
Now we're left with 250 balls.

1308
01:28:43,791 --> 01:28:47,625
Can we score 160 runs in 250 balls?

1309
01:28:48,708 --> 01:28:49,833
Yes, we can.

1310
01:29:04,250 --> 01:29:07,041
<i>He is off. Sachin Tendulkar.
The crowd has gone berserk here.</i>

1311
01:29:07,166 --> 01:29:09,541
<i>Lots of Indian supporters.
It's running away towards the boundary.</i>

1312
01:29:09,666 --> 01:29:11,875
<i>Should be four..
And it's four!</i>

1313
01:29:17,541 --> 01:29:18,958
I played one pull shot

1314
01:29:19,916 --> 01:29:22,625
and the ball took the top edge of the bat
and went right up in the air.

1315
01:29:23,791 --> 01:29:26,833
I was praying to God
to make the bowler drop the catch.

1316
01:29:28,333 --> 01:29:29,291
<i>It is!</i>

1317
01:29:29,416 --> 01:29:32,500
<i>That is the big one they wanted.
Sachin Tendulkar on the first over.</i>

1318
01:29:32,708 --> 01:29:34,458
Such catches are rarely dropped.

1319
01:29:35,333 --> 01:29:36,666
One in a hundred.

1320
01:29:38,083 --> 01:29:40,958
Unfortunately,
none of the other batsmen scored well.

1321
01:29:42,083 --> 01:29:44,416
Everyone was trying to play shots
and getting out.

1322
01:29:44,625 --> 01:29:45,666
<i>That's in the air, should be taken.</i>

1323
01:29:45,791 --> 01:29:48,041
<i>World Cup for Australia.</i>

1324
01:29:48,666 --> 01:29:52,916
<i>A comprehensive win here by 125 runs.</i>

1325
01:29:55,916 --> 01:29:59,166
<i>And the Man of the Tournament
is Mr. Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1326
01:30:00,375 --> 01:30:02,208
When I got back from South Africa

1327
01:30:02,500 --> 01:30:04,791
friends who had come
to receive me asked.

1328
01:30:05,166 --> 01:30:07,166
<i>Where is the gold bat you won?</i>

1329
01:30:07,875 --> 01:30:09,333
I told them I didn't know
what they were talking about.

1330
01:30:09,833 --> 01:30:11,875
They said, <i>The Man of the
Tournament trophy that you got.</i>

1331
01:30:14,375 --> 01:30:16,458
I had just packed it
and checked the Golden Bat in.

1332
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:21,333
The other trophy meant everything to me

1333
01:30:21,958 --> 01:30:25,416
and it was in their dressing room,
not ours.

1334
01:30:31,708 --> 01:30:33,916
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1335
01:30:34,083 --> 01:30:36,333
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1336
01:30:36,458 --> 01:30:38,666
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1337
01:30:38,791 --> 01:30:42,500
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1338
01:30:43,041 --> 01:30:45,208
My body was not in
a great shape at that time.

1339
01:30:47,291 --> 01:30:49,708
I was finding it difficult
to keep myself injury-free.

1340
01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:57,250
For him, God is very important.

1341
01:30:57,916 --> 01:31:01,750
Maybe it's because of the things
that happened in his life.

1342
01:31:04,208 --> 01:31:07,208
He started playing international cricket
at the age of 16.

1343
01:31:07,416 --> 01:31:09,708
Before his body was even ready for it.

1344
01:31:10,916 --> 01:31:14,041
It was either his knee, or groin,
or his back..

1345
01:31:14,208 --> 01:31:15,750
The injuries kept coming.

1346
01:31:17,125 --> 01:31:20,166
He got a crack in his toe
that will never heal.

1347
01:31:24,333 --> 01:31:25,541
Can you imagine playing

1348
01:31:25,666 --> 01:31:27,166
international cricket
all your life

1349
01:31:27,291 --> 01:31:30,125
without being able
to take weight on your toe?

1350
01:31:36,625 --> 01:31:38,916
The toughest injury to deal
with was my tennis elbow injury.

1351
01:31:40,500 --> 01:31:41,708
That pain was excruciating.

1352
01:31:43,625 --> 01:31:44,791
Even opening the door

1353
01:31:45,208 --> 01:31:47,291
or picking up a glass of water
was painful.

1354
01:31:50,583 --> 01:31:52,125
Everyone had a different
suggestion about it

1355
01:31:52,333 --> 01:31:53,958
and I was prepared to try anything.

1356
01:31:57,958 --> 01:32:01,125
<i>Sachin won't be able to play
in the match against Pakistan.</i>

1357
01:32:01,500 --> 01:32:02,791
<i>Troubled with tennis elbow.</i>

1358
01:32:02,916 --> 01:32:05,083
<i>Sachin Tendulkar recently
had a scan done in London.</i>

1359
01:32:05,458 --> 01:32:08,083
Are you sticking
to your old, trusted heavy bat?

1360
01:32:08,375 --> 01:32:10,583
I am sticking to what
I feel comfortable with

1361
01:32:10,875 --> 01:32:12,916
not what people feel comfortable with.

1362
01:32:13,416 --> 01:32:16,541
It's all been done in consultation
with the doctors

1363
01:32:16,666 --> 01:32:18,791
who have actually examined my injury.

1364
01:32:18,958 --> 01:32:20,041
Because there have been

1365
01:32:20,500 --> 01:32:22,750
a lot of doctors who have
not even met me

1366
01:32:22,875 --> 01:32:24,375
and they know what
is wrong with my elbow.

1367
01:32:24,541 --> 01:32:26,041
I really find that funny.

1368
01:32:26,500 --> 01:32:28,458
Every time Sachin Tendulkar
got an injury

1369
01:32:28,625 --> 01:32:32,291
India got to know a little more
about human anatomy.

1370
01:32:33,125 --> 01:32:34,708
No one knew
what a tennis elbow was

1371
01:32:34,916 --> 01:32:37,958
until Tendulkar got it.

1372
01:32:40,750 --> 01:32:42,291
About 12-year-old kids

1373
01:32:42,708 --> 01:32:46,000
would stop the ball 10 yards away from me.

1374
01:32:47,666 --> 01:32:49,375
That particular experience
gave me nightmares.

1375
01:32:49,708 --> 01:32:51,375
I thought, my career was over.

1376
01:32:55,375 --> 01:32:56,541
I would have to tell him

1377
01:32:56,708 --> 01:32:58,666
that he had played for many years.

1378
01:32:58,958 --> 01:33:00,708
Nobody else had played for so long.

1379
01:33:00,833 --> 01:33:02,958
That his body supported him
for so many years

1380
01:33:03,083 --> 01:33:04,375
and that he should be positive.

1381
01:33:08,250 --> 01:33:12,958
I used to call my friends
and say that I wanted to see them.

1382
01:33:14,916 --> 01:33:18,791
I would think, what in the world
was he doing at 4 in the morning!

1383
01:33:21,333 --> 01:33:23,625
I would pray to God

1384
01:33:24,083 --> 01:33:26,250
that I don't want my career
to end like this.

1385
01:33:27,708 --> 01:33:29,250
I wanted another chance.

1386
01:33:30,083 --> 01:33:32,416
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1387
01:33:32,541 --> 01:33:34,958
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1388
01:33:35,208 --> 01:33:37,666
"Hail Lord Ganesha!"

1389
01:33:42,041 --> 01:33:43,625
<i>Come on, guys.</i>

1390
01:33:46,041 --> 01:33:47,125
<i>Come on.</i>

1391
01:33:51,333 --> 01:33:54,291
<i>A famous father and his son
enjoying a game of cricket.</i>

1392
01:33:54,583 --> 01:33:56,541
<i>It was a forced rest
for Sachin Tendulkar</i>

1393
01:33:56,708 --> 01:33:58,416
<i>after his tennis elbow surgery.</i>

1394
01:33:58,583 --> 01:34:00,958
<i>Nearly three months later,
he began short sessions</i>

1395
01:34:01,083 --> 01:34:02,291
<i>with the bat at the nets.</i>

1396
01:34:03,708 --> 01:34:06,416
His physiotherapists would give him
fixed programs

1397
01:34:06,541 --> 01:34:08,333
like he must play 40 balls in a day.

1398
01:34:08,500 --> 01:34:11,541
He would end up playing 140 balls in a day!

1399
01:34:14,208 --> 01:34:17,291
He would climb 10 stories
up and down for fitness

1400
01:34:17,458 --> 01:34:19,208
so that whenever he recovers
from his elbow injury

1401
01:34:19,375 --> 01:34:22,000
he's match fit.

1402
01:34:27,250 --> 01:34:29,791
<i>For the average person in Mumbai,
Sachin back at the nets</i>

1403
01:34:29,958 --> 01:34:31,375
<i>after tennis elbow injury</i>

1404
01:34:31,500 --> 01:34:33,125
<i>means good news for Indian cricket.</i>

1405
01:34:33,250 --> 01:34:37,750
Sachin's come through today pretty well.

1406
01:34:37,875 --> 01:34:39,958
We just need to see
how he responds to that the next day.

1407
01:34:42,750 --> 01:34:44,750
While I was walking out
on the field to bat again

1408
01:34:44,958 --> 01:34:48,083
I looked up and thanked God
for this moment in my life.

1409
01:34:48,375 --> 01:34:50,958
- Sachin!
- The crowd was aware

1410
01:34:51,541 --> 01:34:53,250
that I was returning after an injury.

1411
01:34:53,625 --> 01:34:57,333
- I got a loud, standing ovation.
- Sachin!

1412
01:34:58,458 --> 01:35:01,000
There's no bigger moment
than this for a sportsperson.

1413
01:35:01,333 --> 01:35:02,541
This is what he lives for.

1414
01:35:04,583 --> 01:35:08,083
<i>He's got it!
Sachin Tendulkar punches the air.</i>

1415
01:35:08,250 --> 01:35:10,208
<i>The entire stadium rises</i>

1416
01:35:10,333 --> 01:35:12,500
<i>to salute this master batsman.</i>

1417
01:35:16,791 --> 01:35:18,750
<i>This man has made history.</i>

1418
01:35:38,416 --> 01:35:40,791
Sachin! Sachin!

1419
01:35:40,958 --> 01:35:42,333
Back then,
along with congratulating him

1420
01:35:42,583 --> 01:35:47,041
I also said that now
I was raising the bar for him.

1421
01:35:47,583 --> 01:35:50,541
And that he must score 100 centuries now.

1422
01:35:50,791 --> 01:35:52,541
He laughed as he went in.

1423
01:35:55,333 --> 01:35:58,333
Even I didn't know,
until I switched on the TV.

1424
01:35:58,500 --> 01:35:59,458
Why didn't you tell me?

1425
01:35:59,625 --> 01:36:00,875
- Show him.
- My picture

1426
01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:03,083
with Sachin in the papers..

1427
01:36:03,291 --> 01:36:05,750
He's scored 35 centuries.
What a man!

1428
01:36:06,125 --> 01:36:07,375
He's God!

1429
01:36:10,958 --> 01:36:13,000
- Say something on Sachin.
- Say something on Sachin..

1430
01:36:14,791 --> 01:36:18,166
- Let me think. Next!
- He can't bat.

1431
01:36:18,291 --> 01:36:20,833
- He can't bat.
- Great feeling.

1432
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:23,375
A special day or a special person,
special champion.

1433
01:36:23,500 --> 01:36:25,833
- Battery is charged.
- I saw his first 100 as well.

1434
01:36:26,083 --> 01:36:28,083
- I was in the balcony.
- Thanks.

1435
01:36:28,208 --> 01:36:30,583
And on a lighter vein,
Adidas gave him a shoe.

1436
01:36:30,708 --> 01:36:31,875
It said <i>Sachin-35</i>.

1437
01:36:32,500 --> 01:36:34,333
They are making another one,
<i>Anil-35</i>

1438
01:36:34,458 --> 01:36:35,625
but that's my age.

1439
01:36:36,708 --> 01:36:39,291
Well, he's been great,
you know for Indian cricket.

1440
01:36:39,500 --> 01:36:41,583
But I am better.

1441
01:36:45,083 --> 01:36:46,875
I think Boost
is the secret of his energy.

1442
01:36:55,666 --> 01:36:56,708
Thank you, guys.

1443
01:36:58,125 --> 01:37:01,833
It's a wonderful team, and we've
been through ups and downs.

1444
01:37:01,958 --> 01:37:04,500
But every time, the team
has stuck together.

1445
01:37:04,666 --> 01:37:06,750
I hope we continue to do this.

1446
01:37:06,916 --> 01:37:11,000
And we'll all get the
World Cup in 2007, which is..

1447
01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:12,125
- Yes!
- my dream

1448
01:37:12,291 --> 01:37:14,416
and I am sure it is our dream.

1449
01:37:14,833 --> 01:37:16,791
Hopefully, we will do that.
Thank you so much.

1450
01:37:23,291 --> 01:37:25,375
This is the most exciting job in cricket.

1451
01:37:25,500 --> 01:37:27,125
And one of the most challenging jobs

1452
01:37:27,291 --> 01:37:28,750
in cricket and I look forward

1453
01:37:29,166 --> 01:37:32,750
to the opportunity
and the honor to coach India.

1454
01:37:34,500 --> 01:37:37,916
There's no doubt that Greg Chappell
is a very accomplished coach.

1455
01:37:38,333 --> 01:37:40,583
He's not a warm
and fuzzy figure by any means.

1456
01:37:41,833 --> 01:37:43,125
Perhaps he didn't understand as much

1457
01:37:43,250 --> 01:37:46,625
about Indian cricket as he thought he did.

1458
01:37:50,833 --> 01:37:52,291
When he joined the team

1459
01:37:52,750 --> 01:37:54,958
few senior players were telling me

1460
01:37:55,500 --> 01:37:57,958
that they didn't think this coach
was doing any good to our team.

1461
01:37:58,375 --> 01:38:00,333
That he should change his attitude.

1462
01:38:02,125 --> 01:38:04,083
I've had about a gutful.
I need to tell you..

1463
01:38:04,208 --> 01:38:07,458
If I see one more batsman just
waste his time in the nets

1464
01:38:07,875 --> 01:38:09,083
I'm going to scream.

1465
01:38:12,083 --> 01:38:13,833
He was like a school headmaster.

1466
01:38:15,666 --> 01:38:17,583
His theory was very simple

1467
01:38:18,166 --> 01:38:19,500
divide and rule.

1468
01:38:20,416 --> 01:38:21,500
It's a tough job.

1469
01:38:22,625 --> 01:38:26,250
<i>Today, Greg Chappell must tell
India's biggest superstar.</i>

1470
01:38:26,791 --> 01:38:28,625
<i>Sachin Tendulkar,
he won't be opening the batting.</i>

1471
01:38:28,875 --> 01:38:31,208
If he wants to be difficult

1472
01:38:31,500 --> 01:38:34,458
then that's just what I have to do.

1473
01:38:34,583 --> 01:38:37,625
I have to convince him or tell him

1474
01:38:37,833 --> 01:38:40,750
that for the next few games at least,
that's the way it's going to be.

1475
01:38:43,208 --> 01:38:45,125
The complete batting order
was reshuffled.

1476
01:38:45,500 --> 01:38:47,500
Thirty days before the World Cup.

1477
01:38:48,375 --> 01:38:50,416
There was no logic behind that.

1478
01:38:52,541 --> 01:38:55,416
The other teams start
planning for the World Cup

1479
01:38:55,583 --> 01:38:57,250
10-12 months in advance.

1480
01:39:00,791 --> 01:39:04,416
Before leaving for West Indies,
I had told one of the board members

1481
01:39:04,916 --> 01:39:06,500
that the atmosphere
is not right in the team.

1482
01:39:08,041 --> 01:39:09,958
And I don't see this team going too far.

1483
01:39:12,125 --> 01:39:13,541
There was no trust in each other.

1484
01:39:13,750 --> 01:39:15,083
That belief was not there.

1485
01:39:15,583 --> 01:39:17,875
We were there as a team,
but we were not a team.

1486
01:39:25,583 --> 01:39:27,166
<i>Knocked him over.</i>

1487
01:39:29,083 --> 01:39:31,041
<i>Mohammad Rafique starts well.</i>

1488
01:39:31,250 --> 01:39:33,458
<i>Aleem Dar!
Up goes the finger.</i>

1489
01:39:33,583 --> 01:39:36,250
I never thought we would
lose against Bangladesh.

1490
01:39:53,416 --> 01:39:55,208
Everyone's a bit disappointed but..

1491
01:39:56,083 --> 01:39:59,333
There's still two games to go,
so there's no point being too upset about it.

1492
01:39:59,541 --> 01:40:03,541
Just have to put it behind us
and play well in the next two.

1493
01:40:04,875 --> 01:40:07,166
We knew that if we didn't win that game

1494
01:40:07,458 --> 01:40:09,083
we would be out of the tournament.

1495
01:40:12,458 --> 01:40:13,875
<i>That's a great catch.</i>

1496
01:40:16,083 --> 01:40:19,375
<i>Brilliant!
Muttiah Muralitharan holds on this time.</i>

1497
01:40:21,041 --> 01:40:23,625
<i>That's the end of the
great Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1498
01:40:25,250 --> 01:40:27,166
Many of us, after the match was done

1499
01:40:27,291 --> 01:40:28,791
went to the washroom and cried.

1500
01:40:41,083 --> 01:40:44,125
Don't you think you're also answerable
to the one billion fans in India?

1501
01:40:44,291 --> 01:40:46,750
And you should say something now
at this point?

1502
01:40:47,041 --> 01:40:48,291
We didn't play well enough.

1503
01:40:48,666 --> 01:40:51,041
- Is that all?
- We didn't play well enough.

1504
01:40:51,166 --> 01:40:52,541
Can you explain the reason behind that?

1505
01:40:52,875 --> 01:40:53,958
We didn't play well enough.

1506
01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:59,375
- Down with Team India!
- Down!

1507
01:40:59,541 --> 01:41:04,125
- Down with Team India!
- Down!

1508
01:41:04,958 --> 01:41:07,541
The BCCI.. They don't talk about it.

1509
01:41:07,666 --> 01:41:10,833
They're just quite happy to dissect
a lot of this and move on.

1510
01:41:16,958 --> 01:41:20,375
The kind of response we got when we landed

1511
01:41:20,583 --> 01:41:22,000
was as if we were criminals

1512
01:41:22,541 --> 01:41:24,333
as if we had killed a 100 people
and come back.

1513
01:41:26,875 --> 01:41:29,041
There were 40 commandoes
posted below my house.

1514
01:41:30,875 --> 01:41:32,958
There were also a couple of commandoes
inside the house.

1515
01:41:34,250 --> 01:41:35,583
It was a difficult phase.

1516
01:41:36,416 --> 01:41:37,916
I was very depressed.

1517
01:41:38,541 --> 01:41:42,666
In fact, I didn't leave home
for seven whole days.

1518
01:41:45,041 --> 01:41:47,750
That becomes a sort of defense mechanism.

1519
01:41:48,375 --> 01:41:51,458
It's easier because you can
just handle yourself at home

1520
01:41:51,625 --> 01:41:53,041
as you have your children and your family.

1521
01:41:54,083 --> 01:41:56,666
He wouldn't want
to go out of the house for days.

1522
01:42:02,750 --> 01:42:03,916
There were even articles
saying that I should

1523
01:42:04,041 --> 01:42:06,083
take a look at myself
in the mirror and decide

1524
01:42:06,416 --> 01:42:08,083
whether I should
continue to play cricket or not.

1525
01:42:11,791 --> 01:42:14,250
People who've got nothing to do
with Indian cricket

1526
01:42:15,208 --> 01:42:16,625
were also giving out their opinions.

1527
01:42:19,166 --> 01:42:20,666
He was so stressed..

1528
01:42:20,791 --> 01:42:25,541
I mean, that was a terrible time.

1529
01:42:26,166 --> 01:42:29,041
<i>Ian Chappell said he should
look at himself in the mirror.</i>

1530
01:42:29,333 --> 01:42:31,875
<i>Why doesn't he look at himself
in the mirror first? That'll be fun.</i>

1531
01:42:32,291 --> 01:42:34,708
<i>Oh, he's got him.
That's beautifully bowled.</i>

1532
01:42:37,958 --> 01:42:39,958
There was constant criticism of Sachin
in the media.

1533
01:42:40,083 --> 01:42:41,291
There were even reports

1534
01:42:41,416 --> 01:42:43,125
that Sachin was booed off his home ground.

1535
01:42:45,875 --> 01:42:50,375
Suddenly, the sport that had
given me everything in life

1536
01:42:51,625 --> 01:42:55,958
had made me experience
the worst day of my life.

1537
01:42:58,583 --> 01:43:00,708
I also contemplated retirement.

1538
01:43:04,750 --> 01:43:06,458
Not all dreams come true.

1539
01:43:19,416 --> 01:43:21,500
It was while I was at my lowest ebb

1540
01:43:22,041 --> 01:43:23,791
that my childhood batting hero called me.

1541
01:43:24,625 --> 01:43:27,791
I told him not to retire

1542
01:43:27,958 --> 01:43:31,791
because there is so much still left,
and what he could achieve

1543
01:43:31,916 --> 01:43:35,000
not just for himself, but also for India.

1544
01:43:37,875 --> 01:43:41,291
He told me that my career was not over.

1545
01:43:42,500 --> 01:43:44,166
There are brighter things to look forward to.

1546
01:43:47,541 --> 01:43:48,958
Mom, it's deep.

1547
01:43:51,083 --> 01:43:53,833
These photographers
will catch you if you cry.

1548
01:43:54,666 --> 01:43:58,375
- Mom, I don't want to go. It's deeper.
- Okay..

1549
01:43:59,250 --> 01:44:00,875
Everything is safe.

1550
01:44:01,000 --> 01:44:02,166
Dad..

1551
01:44:02,416 --> 01:44:03,583
Sleeping or standing?

1552
01:44:04,541 --> 01:44:05,708
Standing.

1553
01:44:08,541 --> 01:44:10,208
You'll hurt my back.

1554
01:44:10,541 --> 01:44:13,333
Not my back.
You'll fall down.

1555
01:44:15,625 --> 01:44:17,500
I told both my children,
when they go to school

1556
01:44:17,625 --> 01:44:19,458
people might say things to them
and they may blame their father.

1557
01:44:19,708 --> 01:44:23,208
But they have to be calm
and not say anything back.

1558
01:44:25,333 --> 01:44:28,916
Next day, Sara told me
that someone told Arjun

1559
01:44:29,166 --> 01:44:32,291
we were knocked out from the World Cup
because of his father.

1560
01:44:33,375 --> 01:44:35,708
And I thought,
I've prepared my children so well

1561
01:44:35,833 --> 01:44:37,833
and I am sure
Arjun mustn't have said anything.

1562
01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:41,500
Arjun put him down on the floor
and was sitting on his chest.

1563
01:44:42,333 --> 01:44:44,333
And said,
<i>Now you repeat what you said.</i>

1564
01:44:45,333 --> 01:44:48,458
I asked him if he hit the guy.

1565
01:44:49,375 --> 01:44:51,125
He said that he let him go this time

1566
01:44:51,250 --> 01:44:52,750
but not next time.

1567
01:44:53,750 --> 01:44:54,958
Crazy!

1568
01:44:59,750 --> 01:45:02,666
My brother once told me

1569
01:45:03,375 --> 01:45:07,125
that in 2011,
there's this big tournament coming to India.

1570
01:45:09,041 --> 01:45:10,125
World Cup.

1571
01:45:11,291 --> 01:45:13,500
And the Final will take place in Mumbai.

1572
01:45:14,458 --> 01:45:19,000
<i>Can you imagine holding
that beautiful trophy in your hands?</i>

1573
01:45:21,750 --> 01:45:23,791
And that's when my next journey began.

1574
01:45:25,291 --> 01:45:26,708
I started chasing my dream.

1575
01:45:27,458 --> 01:45:28,958
Twenty World Cup.

1576
01:45:34,833 --> 01:45:36,208
Throw 3-4 balls in front.

1577
01:45:36,500 --> 01:45:39,250
I always practiced to be a better player.

1578
01:45:40,416 --> 01:45:43,666
My day would be good the day I bat well.

1579
01:45:49,750 --> 01:45:51,625
I've practiced for thousands of hours.

1580
01:45:52,125 --> 01:45:55,083
Nothing could stop us from playing cricket

1581
01:45:55,458 --> 01:45:56,541
not even the monsoon.

1582
01:45:56,791 --> 01:45:57,791
What did you say?

1583
01:46:12,166 --> 01:46:14,333
He's doing target batting
with his eyes closed.

1584
01:46:14,500 --> 01:46:17,500
He has placed cones,
Gary is feeding him balls.

1585
01:46:20,708 --> 01:46:22,041
And he hit it absolutely perfectly.

1586
01:46:22,208 --> 01:46:25,041
And his view was,
once he has seen the ball initially

1587
01:46:25,166 --> 01:46:26,708
he should be able to move

1588
01:46:26,833 --> 01:46:28,166
to where he needs to move to,
to hit that ball.

1589
01:46:35,333 --> 01:46:38,041
Ball sense, you know, that ability

1590
01:46:38,166 --> 01:46:40,916
that intelligence about the game..
That was just unbelievable.

1591
01:46:42,208 --> 01:46:43,333
There's this feeling

1592
01:46:43,458 --> 01:46:45,666
that Sachin Tendulkar is created by God
to do well.

1593
01:46:47,125 --> 01:46:48,500
Sachin Tendulkar's story is one of

1594
01:46:48,666 --> 01:46:51,416
extraordinary dedication
and tremendous hard work.

1595
01:46:51,750 --> 01:46:53,833
Of course, it helped
that he was gifted

1596
01:46:54,333 --> 01:46:55,833
but so are other people.

1597
01:46:56,291 --> 01:46:59,916
It's what Tendulkar did with his gifts

1598
01:47:00,041 --> 01:47:04,291
that made him a legend.

1599
01:47:04,708 --> 01:47:08,708
<i>The England team returned to India</i>

1600
01:47:08,958 --> 01:47:10,625
<i>after their tour was
abruptly abandoned</i>

1601
01:47:10,791 --> 01:47:12,083
<i>in the wake of the horrific
terrorist attack in Mumbai on 26/11.</i>

1602
01:47:17,041 --> 01:47:20,458
<i>The Indian team takes guard today
in the First Test match at Chennai.</i>

1603
01:47:21,708 --> 01:47:24,708
You see, what we needed the next day
was a nervous India to come out

1604
01:47:25,958 --> 01:47:28,583
but what we got was Sachin
Tendulkar absolutely dominating.

1605
01:47:40,500 --> 01:47:41,875
And India wins!

1606
01:47:43,458 --> 01:47:45,833
Well, you can sense
that this is for Mumbai.

1607
01:47:46,958 --> 01:47:48,333
Hundreds and all these things

1608
01:47:48,500 --> 01:47:51,291
will give certain amount
of happiness to people

1609
01:47:51,458 --> 01:47:52,541
but what has happened in Mumbai

1610
01:47:52,666 --> 01:47:55,125
it's very hard to recover from that.

1611
01:47:56,041 --> 01:47:58,666
People saw Sachin as a superhero.

1612
01:47:58,916 --> 01:48:00,416
He brought a smile to their faces.

1613
01:48:01,458 --> 01:48:03,916
Sachin! Sachin!

1614
01:48:15,083 --> 01:48:17,833
Indian cricket at that time
was moving to the next level

1615
01:48:18,166 --> 01:48:20,875
with the Indian Premier League.
It was all a show.

1616
01:48:21,041 --> 01:48:22,583
It was for entertainment and for money.

1617
01:48:23,083 --> 01:48:26,208
An IPL without Sachin is unthinkable.

1618
01:48:28,041 --> 01:48:29,750
<i>Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani</i>

1619
01:48:29,958 --> 01:48:32,000
<i>is now the richest
person in the world.</i>

1620
01:48:35,041 --> 01:48:37,208
<i>BMW India has signed Sachin Tendulkar</i>

1621
01:48:37,333 --> 01:48:39,208
<i>as its first brand ambassador.</i>

1622
01:48:44,416 --> 01:48:49,250
The United States sees India
as a global power.

1623
01:48:49,750 --> 01:48:54,166
Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!

1624
01:48:54,708 --> 01:48:57,541
There is a lot to learn
from Sachin Tendulkar.

1625
01:48:58,625 --> 01:49:02,166
The whole world is connected
to his accomplishments.

1626
01:49:03,250 --> 01:49:06,666
The whole world is proud of him.

1627
01:49:08,500 --> 01:49:10,375
<i>Children at a blind school today</i>

1628
01:49:10,500 --> 01:49:13,500
<i>were given words of encouragement
by Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1629
01:49:13,625 --> 01:49:16,708
And one day when you become famous singers

1630
01:49:16,833 --> 01:49:18,500
don't forget to give me your autograph.

1631
01:49:18,750 --> 01:49:19,833
Please..

1632
01:49:24,666 --> 01:49:25,875
He calls me his mother

1633
01:49:26,375 --> 01:49:28,875
and that is why I am here
to ward off the evil eye.

1634
01:49:36,791 --> 01:49:38,041
Sachin for me is someone

1635
01:49:38,166 --> 01:49:40,541
who is the collective consciousness
of the pride of India.

1636
01:49:44,875 --> 01:49:46,541
He kept pushing himself.
You know

1637
01:49:46,666 --> 01:49:48,125
he's pushed all the limits.

1638
01:49:50,208 --> 01:49:51,541
<i>That's four.</i>

1639
01:49:51,666 --> 01:49:55,166
<i>He's got that fine.</i>

1640
01:49:55,583 --> 01:49:57,875
<i>First man on the planet to reach 200</i>

1641
01:49:58,375 --> 01:50:00,541
<i>and it's the Superman from India.</i>

1642
01:50:01,208 --> 01:50:02,458
<i>Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1643
01:50:03,625 --> 01:50:05,541
<i>200 from 147.</i>

1644
01:50:06,375 --> 01:50:08,250
Sachin!

1645
01:50:16,750 --> 01:50:18,291
Every month he's got a problem.

1646
01:50:18,833 --> 01:50:21,416
Wrist problem, finger problem, knee problem.

1647
01:50:21,958 --> 01:50:24,333
Before every game,
he will come to me for an hour.

1648
01:50:24,541 --> 01:50:27,166
And then, he will get
all the maintenance work done.

1649
01:50:30,750 --> 01:50:33,708
And in three years,
he got 18 international 100s.

1650
01:50:35,083 --> 01:50:41,541
"No matter what happens,
you have magic in your palms."

1651
01:50:41,916 --> 01:50:43,750
"If it is incomplete.."

1652
01:50:43,958 --> 01:50:45,250
If you mention the word boxing

1653
01:50:45,375 --> 01:50:46,500
you have to mention Muhammad Ali.

1654
01:50:46,666 --> 01:50:48,166
Basketball, Michael Jordan.

1655
01:50:48,416 --> 01:50:49,625
And when you speak about cricket

1656
01:50:49,916 --> 01:50:51,833
I would speak about Sachin Tendulkar.

1657
01:50:52,708 --> 01:50:54,208
What happened in match number 130?

1658
01:50:54,333 --> 01:50:57,291
You scored 16 and 128 runs not out,
against England.

1659
01:50:57,708 --> 01:50:59,333
- In number 80?
- In that

1660
01:50:59,541 --> 01:51:02,958
you scored 76 and 65 runs
against Australia in Mumbai.

1661
01:51:03,125 --> 01:51:05,666
"Sachin! Sachin!"

1662
01:51:06,541 --> 01:51:09,208
"Sachin! Sachin!"

1663
01:51:10,083 --> 01:51:12,708
"Sachin! Sachin!"

1664
01:51:13,541 --> 01:51:16,333
"Sachin! Sachin!"

1665
01:51:17,083 --> 01:51:19,833
"Sachin! Sachin!"

1666
01:51:20,208 --> 01:51:22,583
He has got a billion people

1667
01:51:22,708 --> 01:51:24,875
who would throw themselves
in front of a train for this man.

1668
01:51:25,375 --> 01:51:27,416
So, his only release was to walk
on the cricket field.

1669
01:51:28,125 --> 01:51:29,666
Probably the only time he didn't have.

1670
01:51:29,916 --> 01:51:32,416
Twenty people within 5 meters of him.

1671
01:51:32,541 --> 01:51:37,416
Sachin! Sachin!

1672
01:51:46,125 --> 01:51:48,000
I love cars.

1673
01:51:49,291 --> 01:51:51,500
I feel relaxed while driving.

1674
01:51:52,708 --> 01:51:54,583
I like travelling on any road.

1675
01:51:55,750 --> 01:51:57,458
Being Tendulkar is a pressure.

1676
01:51:57,708 --> 01:52:01,375
So going away has always
been an escape route.

1677
01:52:03,958 --> 01:52:05,166
So sweet!

1678
01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:08,958
- Once you're inside..
- Come on, 1-2-3, jump.

1679
01:52:09,333 --> 01:52:10,333
I am not jumping.

1680
01:52:11,833 --> 01:52:13,333
Don't delete the video.
Save it.

1681
01:52:14,125 --> 01:52:15,791
I am scared.

1682
01:52:17,583 --> 01:52:18,833
Go..

1683
01:52:19,666 --> 01:52:21,125
- Now give him that.
- Hold this fast..

1684
01:52:28,500 --> 01:52:29,833
I am feeling dizzy.

1685
01:52:39,041 --> 01:52:40,333
In my kids' company

1686
01:52:40,875 --> 01:52:42,875
I'd recall my father's words.

1687
01:52:44,208 --> 01:52:47,291
<i>Cricket is just one
chapter of your life.</i>

1688
01:52:48,625 --> 01:52:51,416
But until I had fulfilled my dream
I was not ready to turn the page.

1689
01:52:52,125 --> 01:52:55,291
Though I knew this would be
my last chance to fulfill it.

1690
01:53:01,875 --> 01:53:04,125
India will definitely win.

1691
01:53:04,333 --> 01:53:05,291
India is the best.

1692
01:53:06,083 --> 01:53:08,666
<i>The host
and one of the favorites for the title</i>

1693
01:53:08,791 --> 01:53:10,791
<i>are getting primed for the World Cup.</i>

1694
01:53:11,916 --> 01:53:14,500
The pressure was immense, but for Sachin,
it was at a very different level

1695
01:53:14,625 --> 01:53:17,500
because that was literally
the last chance to lift the cup.

1696
01:53:19,666 --> 01:53:20,708
Everyone just said one thing..

1697
01:53:20,833 --> 01:53:22,958
<i>Please win the cup..</i>

1698
01:53:27,833 --> 01:53:29,458
It became something

1699
01:53:29,583 --> 01:53:31,125
that started to bind
the entire team together.

1700
01:53:32,500 --> 01:53:35,916
We have to do this because Tendulkar
can't end a career without a World Cup.

1701
01:53:39,083 --> 01:53:40,333
<i>Down the track.</i>

1702
01:53:41,083 --> 01:53:43,708
<i>Five World Cup hundreds
for the Little Master</i>

1703
01:53:43,833 --> 01:53:46,750
<i>more than any other player
in the history of cricket.</i>

1704
01:53:47,333 --> 01:53:48,416
<i>He is a genius.</i>

1705
01:53:51,166 --> 01:53:53,500
<i>Great shot, and it's going to be six.</i>

1706
01:53:54,833 --> 01:53:59,458
<i>Sachin Tendulkar,
99 international hundreds!</i>

1707
01:54:04,666 --> 01:54:07,208
<i>That's hit beautifully by Sachin Tendulkar
though mid-wicket.</i>

1708
01:54:07,500 --> 01:54:11,833
<i>That brings out the 94th one-day 50
for Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1709
01:54:12,208 --> 01:54:15,041
<i>India into the Semi-Final
of the World Cup.</i>

1710
01:54:17,416 --> 01:54:18,750
We flew to Mohali

1711
01:54:18,958 --> 01:54:20,916
where we were playing
the Semi-Finals against Pakistan.

1712
01:54:22,458 --> 01:54:24,625
Long Live Pakistan!

1713
01:54:24,833 --> 01:54:29,541
Possibly, one can say the most
tensed game of my life.

1714
01:54:31,750 --> 01:54:32,833
We went to the ground

1715
01:54:33,250 --> 01:54:34,875
security issues,
the food couldn't come.

1716
01:54:36,916 --> 01:54:40,583
So the players were upset.

1717
01:54:41,000 --> 01:54:44,083
I said, <i>The entire
nation's hopes are on us.</i>

1718
01:54:44,625 --> 01:54:46,375
<i>If you're so hungry</i>

1719
01:54:47,958 --> 01:54:50,583
<i>then go out on the ground
and feast on runs and wickets.</i>

1720
01:54:51,333 --> 01:54:53,041
<i>Satisfy your craving out there.</i>

1721
01:54:54,875 --> 01:54:56,958
Coming from him, everyone would listen.

1722
01:54:57,416 --> 01:54:58,875
The guy that we've always looked up to

1723
01:54:59,000 --> 01:55:00,375
you don't want to let him down.

1724
01:55:01,625 --> 01:55:03,833
Sachin! Sachin!

1725
01:55:04,166 --> 01:55:07,000
Once I asked him,
<i>When you walk into the ground</i>

1726
01:55:07,458 --> 01:55:09,916
<i>and hundred thousand people
are shouting your name</i>

1727
01:55:10,375 --> 01:55:11,458
<i>what do you feel then?</i>

1728
01:55:13,875 --> 01:55:16,875
And he said,
<i>They remind me of my responsibility.</i>

1729
01:55:26,791 --> 01:55:28,166
<i>He has found the gap.</i>

1730
01:55:32,083 --> 01:55:36,416
<i>This time he goes over extra-cover and
it brings up Tendulkar's half century.</i>

1731
01:55:39,750 --> 01:55:43,125
We scored 260 runs.
A little less than we had expected.

1732
01:55:43,875 --> 01:55:45,208
But it was a fighting total.

1733
01:55:52,166 --> 01:55:54,750
<i>It's up in the air,
straight to Yuvraj Singh.</i>

1734
01:55:58,625 --> 01:56:00,500
<i>Out! Out!</i>

1735
01:56:00,708 --> 01:56:04,041
<i>Yuvraj Singh has got the Punjab
going now.</i>

1736
01:56:04,708 --> 01:56:06,541
With India-Pakistan game

1737
01:56:07,166 --> 01:56:09,416
it's always about absorbing pressure.

1738
01:56:09,708 --> 01:56:12,750
<i>That's surely going to be caught
by Sachin Tendulkar.</i>

1739
01:56:12,875 --> 01:56:14,958
<i>Oh, yes! Yes..</i>

1740
01:56:20,750 --> 01:56:23,375
<i>Oh, that's gone miles in the air.</i>

1741
01:56:23,875 --> 01:56:26,250
<i>Miles in the air and it's caught!</i>

1742
01:56:26,416 --> 01:56:28,875
<i>India have won a place..</i>

1743
01:56:29,041 --> 01:56:30,500
Suddenly, we were in the Final.

1744
01:56:31,500 --> 01:56:32,750
We were very excited.

1745
01:56:33,583 --> 01:56:35,791
Because the whole country
was waiting for this.

1746
01:56:43,458 --> 01:56:45,250
Obviously, we want to celebrate

1747
01:56:45,375 --> 01:56:47,416
but I don't think
it's going to do us any good

1748
01:56:47,750 --> 01:56:50,625
if we stay up till 6 o'clock this morning.

1749
01:56:51,125 --> 01:56:52,750
So let's just be careful

1750
01:56:53,250 --> 01:56:55,333
how we manage ourselves
over the next two days

1751
01:56:55,875 --> 01:56:57,250
knowing that we still have a mission here.

1752
01:56:58,208 --> 01:57:00,208
Okay? And that mission is two days away.

1753
01:57:01,125 --> 01:57:02,833
The travel day, and a practice day

1754
01:57:03,166 --> 01:57:05,083
and then it's the Final of the World Cup.

1755
01:57:07,541 --> 01:57:09,625
The flight to Mumbai was a special one.

1756
01:57:10,625 --> 01:57:12,458
Lot of security to receive us

1757
01:57:13,875 --> 01:57:16,875
and I told my wife to join me on the way.

1758
01:57:18,916 --> 01:57:22,083
I've known him through each World Cup.

1759
01:57:22,500 --> 01:57:25,041
I knew that nothing
was more important to him than this.

1760
01:57:25,875 --> 01:57:28,666
And I knew that this was going to be
his final World Cup.

1761
01:57:30,875 --> 01:57:34,416
The day I was thinking about in 2007..

1762
01:57:37,083 --> 01:57:38,125
That moment had come

1763
01:57:38,958 --> 01:57:41,416
and just the final hurdle was left.

1764
01:57:42,458 --> 01:57:43,791
Final challenge.

1765
01:57:47,375 --> 01:57:50,250
"My country, my life.."

1766
01:57:50,666 --> 01:57:53,416
"My country, my life.."

1767
01:57:53,750 --> 01:57:56,500
"My country, my life."

1768
01:57:57,041 --> 01:58:00,125
"My country, I will win for you."

1769
01:58:00,250 --> 01:58:02,958
"My country, my life.."

1770
01:58:03,375 --> 01:58:04,791
"My country, my life.."

1771
01:58:04,916 --> 01:58:08,000
The reason I started playing cricket..

1772
01:58:09,166 --> 01:58:10,958
That moment was a few hours away from me.

1773
01:58:16,541 --> 01:58:19,291
<i>And all roads in Mumbai today
leading to the Wankhede Stadium.</i>

1774
01:58:19,583 --> 01:58:22,083
<i>This is the biggest game
you'll have in four years.</i>

1775
01:58:22,208 --> 01:58:23,791
<i>The World Cup Final.</i>

1776
01:58:26,500 --> 01:58:28,541
<i>People have been
queuing up since morning</i>

1777
01:58:28,666 --> 01:58:30,083
<i>trying to get into the ground.</i>

1778
01:58:30,708 --> 01:58:31,791
India playing in India.

1779
01:58:31,916 --> 01:58:33,583
Sachin Tendulkar playing the match.

1780
01:58:34,125 --> 01:58:35,625
It is his last World Cup.

1781
01:58:35,750 --> 01:58:37,958
I won't see such a big match in my lifetime.

1782
01:58:38,125 --> 01:58:42,458
The World Cup Final match in Mumbai..
I did not watch Sachin bat live.

1783
01:58:42,791 --> 01:58:44,916
I was alone at home

1784
01:58:45,041 --> 01:58:48,458
sitting on my lucky seat and watching
the match on my lucky television.

1785
01:58:51,041 --> 01:58:52,666
When you are standing
in the middle of a ground

1786
01:58:52,791 --> 01:58:54,250
and the national anthem is played

1787
01:58:55,375 --> 01:58:56,583
you feel the proudest.

1788
01:58:57,500 --> 01:58:58,666
You get goosebumps.

1789
01:59:05,416 --> 01:59:08,000
<i>Sangakkara winning
the toss and batting first.</i>

1790
01:59:08,125 --> 01:59:11,958
<i>You can't help but think
that it is a big advantage.</i>

1791
01:59:18,541 --> 01:59:20,958
<i>He has played it fine..
Beats Yuvraj.</i>

1792
01:59:22,958 --> 01:59:25,208
<i>That's well placed, good timing too.</i>

1793
01:59:30,875 --> 01:59:33,166
<i>Gets it through into a..</i>

1794
01:59:33,916 --> 01:59:36,541
<i>Goes off-side, save your legs.</i>

1795
01:59:36,666 --> 01:59:39,625
<i>A high class innings
from a high class player.</i>

1796
01:59:40,166 --> 01:59:42,041
<i>The biggest of stages.</i>

1797
01:59:42,500 --> 01:59:44,458
<i>Mahela Jayawardene..</i>

1798
01:59:45,833 --> 01:59:46,916
<i>In the slot.</i>

1799
01:59:47,166 --> 01:59:49,541
<i>Whacked away!
What a way to end the innings!</i>

1800
01:59:50,541 --> 01:59:53,375
<i>Momentum for Sri Lanka, they believe.</i>

1801
01:59:53,666 --> 01:59:55,500
<i>Sri Lanka believe.</i>

1802
02:00:01,541 --> 02:00:04,083
Sachin! Sachin!

1803
02:00:04,666 --> 02:00:07,375
Sachin! Sachin!

1804
02:00:08,291 --> 02:00:10,708
Sachin! Sachin!

1805
02:00:11,583 --> 02:00:14,083
Sachin! Sachin!

1806
02:00:24,333 --> 02:00:26,500
Mumbai was where I started
my cricketing career.

1807
02:00:27,541 --> 02:00:30,708
And that is where the circle of my dreams
was being completed.

1808
02:00:31,708 --> 02:00:33,125
This is nothing but destiny.

1809
02:00:34,291 --> 02:00:35,458
<i>The Little Master, of course.</i>

1810
02:00:35,583 --> 02:00:38,291
<i>India's highest run scorer
in this tournament for a third time</i>

1811
02:00:38,750 --> 02:00:41,916
<i>and the all-time leading run-maker
in World Cup History.</i>

1812
02:00:42,791 --> 02:00:45,250
<i>And that was glorious.</i>

1813
02:00:49,750 --> 02:00:51,958
<i>Sachin Tendulkar's straight drive.</i>

1814
02:00:55,208 --> 02:00:58,500
<i>Splendid shot! No chance
for Muttiah Muralitharan</i>

1815
02:00:58,625 --> 02:01:00,000
<i>who watches the ball go by.</i>

1816
02:01:01,000 --> 02:01:03,166
<i>The master is looking
in good touch here.</i>

1817
02:01:04,583 --> 02:01:07,916
<i>242 more needed.
Lashith Malinga in his fourth over.</i>

1818
02:01:09,000 --> 02:01:10,583
<i>Outside edge!</i>

1819
02:01:23,041 --> 02:01:24,541
I just went blank.

1820
02:01:25,000 --> 02:01:26,166
I was shocked!

1821
02:01:30,666 --> 02:01:33,291
As if everything had come to a halt.

1822
02:01:36,375 --> 02:01:39,291
I was shattered. Completely shattered.

1823
02:01:39,958 --> 02:01:41,250
I kept crying.

1824
02:01:48,833 --> 02:01:51,041
The immediate feeling that I had

1825
02:01:51,916 --> 02:01:54,958
was that..
<i>I am walking in and he's walking out.</i>

1826
02:01:55,208 --> 02:01:57,208
And I felt like
I was walking into a graveyard.

1827
02:02:04,875 --> 02:02:06,250
People are so connected to him

1828
02:02:07,083 --> 02:02:10,416
they are only reacting
on what's happening with him.

1829
02:02:12,291 --> 02:02:14,208
Such is the impact that he created.

1830
02:02:19,708 --> 02:02:21,958
<i>In the air!
Gone! Brilliant.</i>

1831
02:02:24,458 --> 02:02:26,125
<i>Smashed away!</i>

1832
02:02:28,583 --> 02:02:30,041
<i>As you can see Dhoni telling him</i>

1833
02:02:30,208 --> 02:02:32,375
<i>you have got a boundary.
Now, just calm down.</i>

1834
02:02:33,416 --> 02:02:35,208
<i>Bowled him!</i>

1835
02:02:35,416 --> 02:02:36,791
<i>A needless shot.</i>

1836
02:02:36,916 --> 02:02:38,875
<i>Gambhir is gone for 97.</i>

1837
02:02:41,583 --> 02:02:43,333
<i>India needs 52 from 50.</i>

1838
02:02:43,458 --> 02:02:45,083
<i>New man in, Yuvraj.</i>

1839
02:02:45,833 --> 02:02:49,250
Before the World Cup,
I was struggling with cancer

1840
02:02:49,750 --> 02:02:51,041
nobody knew, I didn't know.

1841
02:02:51,541 --> 02:02:52,833
So, my body was hurting.

1842
02:02:56,250 --> 02:02:57,583
<i>Pulled away!</i>

1843
02:02:59,833 --> 02:03:02,250
And I told Sachin,
I don't know what to focus on.

1844
02:03:04,250 --> 02:03:05,666
And he told me.

1845
02:03:05,916 --> 02:03:07,916
<i>You're going to matter
when it matters the most.</i>

1846
02:03:08,375 --> 02:03:09,541
<i>Remember my words.</i>

1847
02:03:17,916 --> 02:03:19,541
<i>That's a fierce one.</i>

1848
02:03:20,166 --> 02:03:21,583
<i>Over the boundary.</i>

1849
02:03:27,083 --> 02:03:29,583
I was sitting in the dressing room
during the entire innings.

1850
02:03:30,708 --> 02:03:32,000
I had Sehwag next to me

1851
02:03:32,625 --> 02:03:34,625
and I asked him not to leave
the place.

1852
02:03:36,916 --> 02:03:38,750
So I sat there and we talked

1853
02:03:39,250 --> 02:03:40,958
but I had no clue that he wouldn't let me

1854
02:03:41,166 --> 02:03:42,208
get up through the entire match.

1855
02:03:42,541 --> 02:03:45,083
So I controlled my urge
to urinate for a really long time.

1856
02:03:48,625 --> 02:03:52,125
I told him, <i>What you see
on television</i>

1857
02:03:52,500 --> 02:03:54,416
<i>is exactly what's happening out there</i>

1858
02:03:56,250 --> 02:03:57,500
<i>so you sit here, you're not moving</i>

1859
02:03:57,625 --> 02:03:58,875
<i>and we'll only go out
when the last run is scored.</i>

1860
02:04:01,416 --> 02:04:03,750
"I praise you, my motherland!"

1861
02:04:05,208 --> 02:04:07,125
"I praise you, my motherland!"

1862
02:04:07,250 --> 02:04:08,250
<i>India lifts the World Cup.</i>

1863
02:04:08,958 --> 02:04:11,125
"I praise you, my motherland!"

1864
02:04:13,250 --> 02:04:17,375
"Vande Mataram!"

1865
02:04:17,500 --> 02:04:18,833
We were so happy.

1866
02:04:19,916 --> 02:04:21,333
We were jumping out of joy
on the ground

1867
02:04:22,166 --> 02:04:24,708
and everyone had tears of joy
in their eyes.

1868
02:04:27,875 --> 02:04:30,541
I was looking at these pictures,
and I said

1869
02:04:30,958 --> 02:04:33,583
I've known this man since he was 14

1870
02:04:34,125 --> 02:04:36,333
and I haven't seen this kind of emotion.

1871
02:04:39,458 --> 02:04:41,458
Winning that World Cup was his dream

1872
02:04:41,750 --> 02:04:44,208
and it took him such a long time
to achieve that.

1873
02:04:44,333 --> 02:04:45,666
I mean, you know how special that is.

1874
02:04:46,958 --> 02:04:48,333
We did it for Sachin.

1875
02:04:48,583 --> 02:04:49,750
Our one dream was to do it for Sachin

1876
02:04:49,875 --> 02:04:51,666
and the whole of India,
and we did it for him.

1877
02:04:52,416 --> 02:04:57,333
Ask Sachin about the biggest
moment in his life.

1878
02:04:57,750 --> 02:05:00,666
I think above all his centuries,
above all his achievements

1879
02:05:01,250 --> 02:05:02,750
he will say that it was the World Cup.

1880
02:05:05,708 --> 02:05:11,416
"Your one look of admiration.."

1881
02:05:11,541 --> 02:05:13,000
It was something else.

1882
02:05:13,208 --> 02:05:17,375
The whole night, people were celebrating,
it was like some sort of dream.

1883
02:05:17,708 --> 02:05:19,875
It was one of the most
wonderful days of my life.

1884
02:05:20,583 --> 02:05:22,625
- Sachin, last World Cup.
- Sachin's last World Cup..

1885
02:05:22,750 --> 02:05:24,041
He deserved the World Cup.

1886
02:05:24,708 --> 02:05:27,208
Indians won the World Cup
only for Sachin Tendulkar!

1887
02:05:27,333 --> 02:05:31,416
"Vande Mataram!"

1888
02:05:34,500 --> 02:05:36,083
"Vande.."

1889
02:05:36,208 --> 02:05:37,666
Hard to express what I feel today.

1890
02:05:37,791 --> 02:05:39,333
I've waited for 22 years so..

1891
02:05:40,125 --> 02:05:41,500
It's been a long time.

1892
02:05:41,958 --> 02:05:43,833
Surely the proudest day of my life.

1893
02:05:45,833 --> 02:05:49,541
"Vande Mataram..
Vande Mataram!"

1894
02:05:49,666 --> 02:05:55,291
"Vande Mataram..
Vande Mataram!"

1895
02:05:57,875 --> 02:05:59,958
Well, he's carried the burden
of the nation for years

1896
02:06:00,083 --> 02:06:01,791
so it's time we carried him
on our shoulders.

1897
02:06:26,375 --> 02:06:28,500
My life has been fantastic.

1898
02:06:30,541 --> 02:06:32,458
I don't want to change it one bit.

1899
02:06:36,833 --> 02:06:40,250
Whatever has happened in my life,
I am absolutely happy with it.

1900
02:06:44,541 --> 02:06:46,541
Yes, I constantly used to be under pressure.

1901
02:06:50,583 --> 02:06:54,083
I'm extremely proud
to have played for my country.

1902
02:06:57,958 --> 02:07:00,208
I think after a while,
great sportsmen do so much

1903
02:07:01,083 --> 02:07:03,291
that they kind of answer
all the questions that we have.

1904
02:07:04,333 --> 02:07:08,375
And there's only one question left

1905
02:07:10,541 --> 02:07:13,000
which is,
<i>How long are they going to stay?</i>

1906
02:07:16,833 --> 02:07:18,500
<i>Works it away and that is it.</i>

1907
02:07:19,041 --> 02:07:22,000
<i>It's an absolutely
mind-boggling event, this..</i>

1908
02:07:22,916 --> 02:07:26,291
<i>One hundred 100's
in international matches.</i>

1909
02:07:28,333 --> 02:07:31,250
<i>Outstanding achievement
and richly deserved</i>

1910
02:07:31,375 --> 02:07:33,208
<i>for someone who's been so special</i>

1911
02:07:34,083 --> 02:07:35,791
<i>in this world of cricket.</i>

1912
02:07:41,083 --> 02:07:42,708
I cannot complain about anything

1913
02:07:44,500 --> 02:07:47,791
because how can you complain
when people love you?

1914
02:07:52,750 --> 02:07:54,875
Whenever I heard my name
being screamed inside the stadium..

1915
02:07:56,250 --> 02:07:57,833
Those moments are priceless.

1916
02:07:57,958 --> 02:08:00,500
<i>Sachin! Sachin!</i>

1917
02:08:01,166 --> 02:08:04,208
<i>Sachin! Sachin!</i>

1918
02:08:12,625 --> 02:08:14,875
Sachin! Sachin!

1919
02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:18,000
Tendulkar's retirement
became a national event.

1920
02:08:18,750 --> 02:08:21,166
There was no other discussion.
Everyone just had one thing in mind.

1921
02:08:21,458 --> 02:08:23,291
How to bid goodbye to Tendulkar?

1922
02:08:24,583 --> 02:08:25,875
Sachin!

1923
02:08:27,041 --> 02:08:28,250
Sachin!

1924
02:08:29,333 --> 02:08:30,708
Sachin!

1925
02:08:32,750 --> 02:08:33,833
Sachin!

1926
02:08:35,916 --> 02:08:37,125
Sachin!

1927
02:08:39,166 --> 02:08:40,458
Sachin!

1928
02:08:42,416 --> 02:08:43,708
Sachin!

1929
02:08:45,791 --> 02:08:47,125
Sachin!

1930
02:08:49,333 --> 02:08:50,625
Sachin!

1931
02:08:52,250 --> 02:08:55,583
We all knew that Tendulkar
would retire someday.

1932
02:08:56,541 --> 02:08:58,500
But it suddenly hit everybody.

1933
02:08:59,208 --> 02:09:00,375
Is this the last we're going
to see of Tendulkar?

1934
02:09:03,541 --> 02:09:05,958
All of India was in tears.

1935
02:09:13,416 --> 02:09:15,916
Sachin! Sachin!

1936
02:09:16,708 --> 02:09:19,166
Sachin! Sachin!

1937
02:09:19,958 --> 02:09:22,583
Sachin! Sachin!

1938
02:09:23,375 --> 02:09:25,750
Sachin! Sachin!

1939
02:09:26,458 --> 02:09:29,041
Sachin! Sachin!

1940
02:09:29,833 --> 02:09:30,958
Settle down, let me talk.

1941
02:09:31,666 --> 02:09:33,125
I'll get more and more emotional.

1942
02:09:34,750 --> 02:09:38,375
My life between 22 yards
for 24 years.

1943
02:09:39,125 --> 02:09:40,958
It's hard to believe that wonderful journey

1944
02:09:41,083 --> 02:09:42,625
is coming to an end.

1945
02:09:44,833 --> 02:09:49,208
But I would like to take this opportunity

1946
02:09:49,375 --> 02:09:50,708
to thank people who have played

1947
02:09:50,833 --> 02:09:51,958
an important role in my life.

1948
02:09:52,875 --> 02:09:54,833
The most important person in my life

1949
02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:57,833
and I've missed him a lot..

1950
02:09:58,000 --> 02:09:59,125
My father.

1951
02:10:02,750 --> 02:10:04,125
Without his guidance.

1952
02:10:05,541 --> 02:10:06,625
I don't think I would have
been standing here

1953
02:10:06,750 --> 02:10:07,791
in front of you.

1954
02:10:08,166 --> 02:10:09,333
So, I miss him today.

1955
02:10:11,916 --> 02:10:13,166
My mother.

1956
02:10:14,250 --> 02:10:15,583
Since the day I started playing cricket

1957
02:10:17,083 --> 02:10:18,750
she just prayed continuously.

1958
02:10:18,916 --> 02:10:21,625
And I think her prayers and her blessings

1959
02:10:21,875 --> 02:10:23,083
have given me the strength

1960
02:10:23,666 --> 02:10:25,000
to go out and perform.

1961
02:10:28,208 --> 02:10:31,500
Ajit, my brother.
We've lived this dream together.

1962
02:10:33,333 --> 02:10:35,500
And it all started from the age of 11

1963
02:10:36,958 --> 02:10:39,083
when he took me to Mr. Achrekar, my coach.

1964
02:10:40,333 --> 02:10:43,250
Sir has never, ever said
<i>well played</i> to me

1965
02:10:44,041 --> 02:10:45,375
because he thought I would get complacent

1966
02:10:45,541 --> 02:10:47,000
and stop working hard.

1967
02:10:47,791 --> 02:10:51,458
Maybe he can push his luck
and wish me now.

1968
02:10:54,083 --> 02:10:57,458
The most beautiful thing happened
to me in 1990

1969
02:10:57,583 --> 02:10:58,833
when I met my wife, Anjali.

1970
02:11:00,958 --> 02:11:02,166
Thanks for bearing with me

1971
02:11:02,625 --> 02:11:05,708
and always staying by my side

1972
02:11:06,791 --> 02:11:08,250
through the ups and downs.

1973
02:11:08,833 --> 02:11:11,041
You're the best partnership
I've had in my life.

1974
02:11:12,833 --> 02:11:15,916
<i>Congratulations, Ms. Anjali.
Our Sachin is all yours now.</i>

1975
02:11:17,791 --> 02:11:20,166
I couldn't stop crying.

1976
02:11:20,416 --> 02:11:23,125
I was really worried for him.

1977
02:11:23,250 --> 02:11:26,208
I wondered what his life is
going to be like without cricket.

1978
02:11:27,708 --> 02:11:31,875
Then the two precious diamonds
of my life, Sara and Arjun.

1979
02:11:32,666 --> 02:11:35,833
On special occasions like their birthdays

1980
02:11:35,958 --> 02:11:38,041
their annual day, sports day..

1981
02:11:38,666 --> 02:11:40,083
I've missed out on all those things.

1982
02:11:41,583 --> 02:11:45,708
I promise you, the next
16 years or even beyond that

1983
02:11:46,208 --> 02:11:47,250
everything is for you.

1984
02:11:50,958 --> 02:11:52,333
I know my speech is getting a bit too long

1985
02:11:52,500 --> 02:11:54,166
but this is the last thing
I want to say.

1986
02:11:57,541 --> 02:11:59,375
Time has flown by rather quickly.

1987
02:12:00,500 --> 02:12:02,541
But the memories
that you have left with me

1988
02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:05,875
will always be with me forever and ever.

1989
02:12:06,541 --> 02:12:08,541
Especially <i>Sachin! Sachin!</i>

1990
02:12:08,791 --> 02:12:11,125
That will reverberate in my ears

1991
02:12:12,458 --> 02:12:13,791
- until I stop breathing.
- Sachin! Sachin!

1992
02:12:14,541 --> 02:12:17,125
Sachin! Sachin!

1993
02:12:17,791 --> 02:12:20,500
Sachin! Sachin!

1994
02:12:21,375 --> 02:12:23,708
Sachin! Sachin!

1995
02:12:24,541 --> 02:12:26,958
Sachin! Sachin!

1996
02:12:27,833 --> 02:12:30,250
Sachin! Sachin!

1997
02:12:30,916 --> 02:12:33,500
Sachin! Sachin!

1998
02:12:34,333 --> 02:12:36,875
Sachin! Sachin!

1999
02:12:43,791 --> 02:12:46,708
<i>Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, thank you.</i>

2000
02:12:47,000 --> 02:12:49,166
<i>Thank you!
Thank you!</i>

2001
02:13:30,208 --> 02:13:33,416
Mr. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

2002
02:13:54,541 --> 02:13:56,208
I'm proud of all my children

2003
02:13:56,541 --> 02:13:58,625
but of course, I am proud of Sachin.

2004
02:13:59,291 --> 02:14:01,750
So, no doubt, he's an excellent person

2005
02:14:01,875 --> 02:14:04,000
but something more than that I find..

2006
02:14:04,541 --> 02:14:06,833
That's why every person feels that he

2007
02:14:07,083 --> 02:14:08,333
is their family member

2008
02:14:09,291 --> 02:14:12,458
which is a great thing
of pride for me.

2009
02:14:16,958 --> 02:14:18,875
"O dear.."

2010
02:14:20,166 --> 02:14:22,250
"O dear.."

2011
02:14:23,375 --> 02:14:25,750
"My friend!"

2012
02:14:26,541 --> 02:14:28,541
"The star of the world"

2013
02:14:29,750 --> 02:14:35,291
"which has risen from a world beyond."

2014
02:14:36,083 --> 02:14:42,750
"It has risen from a world beyond,
and will shine now."

2015
02:14:46,583 --> 02:14:49,333
"My motherland, my life.."

2016
02:14:49,458 --> 02:14:52,666
"My motherland, my life.."

2017
02:14:52,958 --> 02:14:55,666
"My motherland, my life.."

2018
02:14:55,875 --> 02:14:59,166
"My motherland, my life,
I will win for you."

2019
02:14:59,416 --> 02:15:02,166
"My motherland, my life.."

2020
02:15:02,333 --> 02:15:05,458
"My motherland, my life.."

2021
02:15:05,791 --> 02:15:08,541
"My motherland, my life.."

2022
02:15:08,708 --> 02:15:12,500
"My motherland, my life,
I will win for you."

2023
02:15:40,958 --> 02:15:43,875
"My motherland, my life.."

2024
02:15:44,000 --> 02:15:47,041
"My motherland, my life.."

2025
02:15:47,416 --> 02:15:50,208
"My motherland, my life.."

2026
02:15:50,375 --> 02:15:54,083
"My motherland, my life,
I will win for you."

2027
02:15:56,458 --> 02:15:59,166
"Everyone must believe this."

2028
02:15:59,583 --> 02:16:05,416
"Everyone must now understand this,
why not early this time?"

2029
02:16:05,916 --> 02:16:13,833
"The one who is made
to touch the skies.."

2030
02:16:14,291 --> 02:16:21,625
"He was my life,
he meant everything to me."

2031
02:16:21,833 --> 02:16:28,458
"I have this feeling all the time."

2032
02:16:28,708 --> 02:16:31,166
"Everyone must now understand this"

2033
02:16:31,416 --> 02:16:36,958
"why not early this time?"

2034
02:16:38,625 --> 02:16:41,666
"My motherland, my life.."

2035
02:16:41,833 --> 02:16:44,791
"My motherland, my life.."

2036
02:16:44,958 --> 02:16:47,833
"My motherland, my life.."

2037
02:16:48,000 --> 02:16:52,041
"My motherland, my life,
I will win for you."

