Speaking
to
India
Today
conclave
on
Friday
(March
17),
Tendulkar
recalled
a
piece
of
early-career
advice
from
his
family
and
his
coach,
revealing
why
he
respects
playing
the
sport
and
picking
up
a
cricket
bat
so
much.
Known
for
his
discipline
and
adherence
to
his
principles
among
other
things,
Tendulkar
became
a
part
of
Indian
sporting
history,
let
alone
cricket
history.
Sachin
Tendulkar
also
said
he
is
not
into
training
so
much
these
days,
saying
he
picks
up
the
bat
only
when
it’s
serious
business,
flaunting
his
respect
for
the
sport.
Sachin
Tendulkar
retired
from
international
and
all
forms
of
cricket
in
2013.
The
batting
great
played
his
last
season
in
the
Indian
Premier
League
(IPL)
in
2013.
However,
Tendulkar
made
himself
available
for
exhibition
tournaments,
including
the
Road
Safety
World
Series
over
the
last
few
years.
“It
(training
and
playing
cricket)
doesn’t
happen
so
often.
Earlier
I
used.
Even
after
stopping
to
play
cricket,
I
used
to
find
some
time
to
practice.
Sometimes,
with
Mumbai
Indians,
I
used
to
ask
the
bowlers
to
bowl
to
me.
But,
not
really,
not
of
late.
“Only
when
I
played
those
couple
of
tournaments
in
the
last
two
years,
that’s
when
I
practice.
Because,
whenever
I
have
a
cricket
bat
in
my
hand,
it
should
be
serious
business.
It
should
not
be
for
fun.
Some
fun
elements
will
be
there
for
me.
But
nothing
should
be
taken
for
granted
when
you
are
playing
for
India
and
that’s
my
formula.
My
coach,
my
family
and
my
brother
said,
everyone
told
me
that
‘when
you
have
your
bat
in
your
hand,
don’t
fool
around’,”
he
added.
SACHIN’S
FIRST
MEETING
WITH
HARBHAJAN
Sachin
Tendulkar
also
recalled
a
funny
interaction
during
his
first
meeting
with
Harbhajan
Singh,
throwing
light
on
how
difficult
it
was
for
his
new
teammates
to
get
used
to
his
mannerisms.
“I
remember,
I
saw
Harbhajan
Singh
for
the
first
time
in
Mohali.
This
was
in
the
mid-90s
and
somebody
had
told
me
that
Harbhajan
bowls
Doosra
very
well,”
Tendulkar
said.
“I
was
like
‘okay,
call
him
to
the
nets’.
“After
bowling
every
delivery,
instead
of
going
back
to
the
run-up,
he
would
walk
up
to
me
and
say
‘kya
paaji’ and
then
go
back.
I
would
say,
‘nothing’.
“After
he
got
into
the
team,
he
spoke
about
this.”
“He
said
‘Paaji,
aapse
ek
baat
karni
hai’.
He
said
remember
the
first
time
I
bowled
to
you
in
Mohali.
Now,
I
realised
you
would
adjust
your
helmet
and
do
this
–
so
Bhajji
would
come
and
say
kya
chahiye
paaji,
I
said
nothing..
Then
he
would
go
back,”
he
concluded.
(with
inputs
from
agency)
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