Sachin Tendulkar’s interesting revelation on Rs 1 coin competition during childhood days

One of the many famous stories from Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood includes the tale of one-rupee coin that would be kept on a stump by his coach Ramakant Achrekar during the training sessions. If Tendulkar would not get out for a specific time period, he would earn that coin. However, it would go to anyone who would dismiss the child prodigy who went on to become one of the best batsmen in the history of cricket. Ahead of the release of his biographical documentary, Tendulkar revealed that he used to treat the coin no less than an Olympics medal.

“It was a medal for me. When someone competes in the Olympics and wants to win a medal and we used to compete like that. When Sir used to put the Rs 1 coin on the stump all the bowlers used to bowl with a lot of enthusiasm to bowl me out. It did not matter who was taking the catch. If there was a street vendor around and he takes the catch then you are out. All this forced me to keep the ball on the ground,” Tendulkar told News Nation in an interview.

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Tendulkar is gearing up for the release of his film Sachin: A Billion Dreams. He has clarified that the song with Sonu Nigam released recently has nothing to do with his biographical documentary: “The song is not for this movie. It is for my app 100MB. In this film AR Rahman has given the music.”

Tendulkar also featured in a recent video, making an appeal to two-wheeler riders to use helmets while driving. A big fan of driving cars himself and even go-karting, Tendulkar said it is important to take necessary precautions: “Life is precious; we must learn to value it. Once you fall off it (vehicle) then there is no fun, being in the hospital, your family is running around. You are not able to do anything, you are dependent. Life changes if you wear the helmet.”