Aus PM salutes Tendulkar

New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) Visiting Australia Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd Thursday doffed his hat at Sachin Tendulkar,
saluting the Indian batting great for becoming the first
cricketer to score 17,000 runs in one day cricket.

"I congratulate Sachin Tendulkar on achieving the
outstanding milestone of 17,000 One Day International runs,"
Rudd said while addressing an India Business Lunch in the
capital.
Incidentally, Tendulkar reached the milestone during the
just-concluded ODI series against Australia.
Rudd conveyed the respect Tendulkar commands in Australia
and said, "From one cricket mad nation to another, we salute
the 'Little Master'."
"I'm advised his young teammate Yuvraj Singh has started
calling the 36-year-old 'grandfather', where that places
52-year-old like me, I'm not sure," Rudd quipped.
"And may I say on behalf of all Australian cricket fans
that if Sachin does decide it is time to retire, we would
support him wholeheartedly," he said, tongue-in-cheek.
"Of course there is more to life than cricket," Rudd
added as the gathering burst into laughter.
The Australian Prime Minister said he would have loved to
be in Mumbai yesterday for the seventh and final
India-Australia ODI which was washed out. MORE PTI AY
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