S K Shahid attended five day camp at Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy.
Internet sensation kid S K Shahid’s father Shaikh Shamser on Friday (11th March) talked about how his five-year-old son ended up training with his idol Sachin Tendulkar.
S K Shahid recently hogged the limelight after a video of him batting went viral on social media. The likes of late Shane Warne, Michael Vaughan and many other pundits along with fans praised the five-year-old and called him a future star.
Shahid also caught the attention of Tendulkar, who called the young batter to his Middlesex Global Academy for a five-day camp. Batting great himself was present there and taught him a few things.
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Tendulkar also took care of all the expenses during Shahid and his family’s visit to Mumbai and arranged for their stay at a guest house.
Speaking to PTI, Shahid’s father Shaikh Shamser said that his 5-year old son is a huge fan of Sachin Tendulkar and wants to be a cricketer like him. He expressed his gratitude to the Indian legend for having his son at the training camp.
“My son is five years old. His role model is Sachin Sir and it was his dream to see him. He wants to become a cricketer. Just to see him was his dream, but what Sachin Sir did, even a thank you is less,” Shaikh Shamser said.
Shamser feels Tendulkar saw the video via Fox Cricket's Twitter handle and asked his associates to reach out to Shahid. He added that the associate then admitted the father and son for a five-day camp and also gave them a routine for home.
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“We had uploaded a video of Shahid on our Twitter handle. This video was tweeted by Fox Cricket, which is an Australian channel. The channel tagged Tendulkar, former England captain Michael Vaughan and the late Shane Warne.
“We feel that Tendulkar saw this video after which a member of his team got in touch with us. He took us to the academy where Shahid trained for five days along with other activities including swimming. We have also been given a routine and a schedule, which we follow at home,” he said.
Shaikh Shamser, who works in a hair salon, recalled what advice Sachin Tendulkar gave to his son and revealed that academy officials even said that the boy has ‘natural talent’. He also added that they will now look for a coaching club where they can enroll his son.
“He gave advice on which balls to be played on the back-foot, which balls to play on the front-foot, he showed that. They also showed how catches are taken and after that, how the bat and grip is held. They showed us everything. They even said that the boy has natural talent and he would go far. This all happened recently,” he said.
S K Shahid also shared a video on his Twitter account and posted a video of him batting at Sachin Tendulkar’s academy. He also thanked former Indian skipper for having him at his academy.
He captioned the video: “Dream come true . Thanks @sachintendulkar sir. First time flight first time mumbai never imagine play in front of you At my 5 years of age . Lovely gesture from everyone there.not enough to say thank you.”
(PTI inputs)