ARTICLES BY Sadanand Vishwanath

‘Sachin Tendulkar epitomised India’s surge in the new economic world order’

I first met Sachin Tendulkar in Secunderabad, when he was playing for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy against Hyderabad in 1989. During his innings, he played quite a few glorious inside-out shots over the covers off left-arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju. He showed that he could dominate any kind of bowling — be it spin, fast or swing. His greatness and potential was recognised at a very young age by legends such as Sunil Gavaskar.