01 March,2024 11:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Sujay Shivalkar
Sachin Tendulkar during his flight to Srinagar (Pic: Screengrab/Instagram)
India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar recently travelled to Kashmir with his family. There he visited a bat manufacturing factory where he tested the Kashmir willow bats. During his flight to Srinagar, he was greeted with the chants of "Sachin...Sachin". The video was recorded by one of the passengers on the flight.
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During his trip, the former India opening batsman also posted a video of him enjoying the flight with the caption, "The closest thing to heaven on earth is Kashmir." ðÂÂÂï¸Â
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The video "Sachin...Sachin" chants is going viral on various social media platforms. The cricket stadiums once used to reverberate the chants when the "Little Master" used to take the field.
All the passengers in the economy class cheered for the former Indian batsman with a smile on their faces.
Sachin has represented India in 200 tests and has scored 15,921 runs including 51 test centuries and 68 half-centuries. He also donned the ODI jersey in 463 matches in which the veteran registered 18,426 runs. He also has 49 One-Day International centuries and 96 half-centuries to his name.
Tendulkar made his appearance in just one T20I match in which he scored 10 runs including 2 fours. He holds the record for most international runs and also the most "Player of the Match" award in international cricket. Tendulkar after retirement works as a commentator and cricket expert.