SPORT-LD TENDULKAR 4 LST

Tendulkar thanked the millions of cricket fans in the
country for showering him with love which was also a huge
factor in him going strong for so many years.

"Above all, the affection and support from the cricket
fans of the country was immense. You need people to share your
success and I have more than a billion people. That is more
than enough for me," the ace batsman said.
Asked about absence of any aggressive postures from him
like some other cricketers worldwide, the master batsman
replied that he was aggressive inside and did not need to show
it with his body language.
"Aggression should be inside. It has to benefit you and
not benefit your opponent. You can see aggression in the eyes
of players," he said.
Tendulkar recalled how former Cricket Board president,
the late Raj Singh Dungarpur, had walked up to him before the
team for the 1988-89 tour to the West Indies was to be
announced and told him he would not be on the visit as they
felt he was not yet ready.
"There was talk when we (Mumbai) were to play the Ranji
Trophy semifinal that I could be on the West Indies tour for
which the team was to be announced. Rajbhai, the chairman (of
selectors) came to me during nets and said I would not be
going as it was too early.
"He told me to concentrate on preparing for my SSC exam
and said there was the Irani tie coming up and good things
will happen. His guidance meant a lot," he recalled. PTI SSR
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