What Tendulkar told Navjot Sidhu when they were walking out to face Curtly Ambrose on a wet pitch

Navjot Singh Sidhu recollects the memories of sixteen years old Tendulkar facing Ian Bishop and Curtly Ambrose from 1988 ODI match with West Indies at #ThePrintOTC.

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[tushar]

It brought tears because i grew up watching Tendulkar cricket.

[steveaustin]

"Your thoughts become your karma becomes your habit becomes your character....and your character becomes your destiny" biggest learning we had lately on the internet.

[yogfull]

One thing is certain, Sidhu made more name & money with his story telling than his cricket.

[NikhilSharma-kskm]

No one can beat sir Sidhu in story telling . Although he is good in speaking

[rogerarcher]

One of my Favorite Indian batsmen Sidhu. He played West Indian bowlers of the backfoot. Scored centuries against the great WI. Saw him in Barbados

[rizwan]

The era of cricket Sachin has dominated makes him best of the rest

[arghyadipsenapati]

"Your thought becomes your karma, karma becomes your habit, habit becomes your character and character becomes your What a way of thinking.

[kuldeepbabbar]

Story may not be accurate in terms of date. But try to understand the deep meaning of what he's trying to say. People are so fast to point out mistakes. No body understood the mindset of the champion that he was implying.

[sriramsundara]

Great words thoughts becomes karma becomes habbit becomes character becomes destiny and Destiny makes you LEGEND. Sachin

[eskayagarwal]

Navjot is haillarious and he not only praised Tendilakar best ever batsman inida has prodiced so far but Navjot gave a great wisdom. God bless him

[nirmalya_kajuri]

By all accounts, during his playing days Sidhu used to be a very quiet individual who spent his off time reading. It's remarkable how he has re-invented himself as this hyper and talkative storyteller character. This story is totally made up by the way, Sachin did not go to WI till 1997 and he did not even start opening till 1994 or so. But Sidhu knows what people want to hear.

[bhaskarpuvvala]

Actually he was referring to that 1st odi in 1997

Sachin scored 44 off 43...my view one of his best non 50 innings

[durgeshbanerjee]

Tendulkar was not part of the team in 1989 West indies.Sachin's first series was against Pakistan in 1989 which took place in the month of November.The West Indies series happened in March 1989.

The incident that Siddhu is sharing could be of 1997 West Indies tour when Siddhu used to open with Tendulkar.

[mizzyroro]

I remember that 1997 tour. VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Navjot Singh Sidu. Very entertaining tour.

[parthmaniktala]

So this story must be from India’s tour to the West Indies in 1997. (first ODI). Siddhu is mistaken about a lot of details - the year of the series, the fact that Azharuddin wasn’t captain, the fact that India had won the toss and chosen to bat.
However what seems genuine is that siddhu and tendulkar went to open the innings together. Sachin scored 44(43), while siddhu scored 5(17). Also, C Ambrose and Ian Bishop were in the bowling line up for the match.

[jijojijo]

Storytelling is just an incredible talent!! Navjot Singh Sidhu is just a master of it.

[fitsurvivor]

That's how Sachin was named "Master Blaster" ❤️

[arunk]

Simply fantastic Sherry Sir!!! The way you interpreted this incident is simply Fabulous- eyes closed!!!

[prasanthm]

Tendulkar opened in his second series after Pak series, are you kidding? Sachin started opening in New Zealand late in 91

[tarunyadav]

Iss aadmi ko poore din sunn sakta hu ...gajab ka story teller hai Sidhu