Before the runs, the records and the trophies, there was a shy yet confident curly-haired teenager who got the entire cricket world excited with his batting feats. But what made the young Sachin Tendulkar so precious? What did he do in his teenage years that ensured that the years that followed made him the greatest batter ever of his generation?
Hear Cyrus discuss it all with Ayaz Memon, a man who closely followed Sachin’s growth as a young reporter in Mumbai in the late 80s and 90s in this episode of A Century of Stories: Cricket podcast presented by IDFC FIRST Bank.
00:00 - Intro
1:45 - Ayaz’s first memories of watching Sachin bat
4:34 - Influence of the family
6:46 - Sachin in Pakistan on his first tour
9:25 - The West Indies tour that didn’t happen
10:30 - Famous First Interview
12:36 - The beginning of Ton-dulkar with a Manchester special
14:05 - Perth 100 and comparisons with Bradman
15:52 - The role of Coach Ramakant Achrekar
17:24 - Sachin’s strange weakness
19:15 - Mumbai’s role in Sachin’s story