India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane recalled one of the most memorable days of his life. He was just 14 when he got the opportunity to meet cricket great Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahane, who also plays for Mumbai, shared a video on Instagram on the occasion of Sachin's 47th birthday and narrated the story of his first meeting with the legend.
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"I was 14 and on my birthday I requested my coach that I want to meet Sachin," he says in the video. "He took permission from Sachin and he said yes. He told my coach that you can ask Ajinkya to come around 4:30 in the evening."
Rahane was so enthralled that he reached his coach's house at 9:30 in the morning. "I was so excited and nervous as well. We used to live in Dombivali at the time so from there I went to Dadar where my coach lived. 9:30 in the morning, I was there at his house. And Sachin had called me at 4:30 pm," said Rahane.
"So my coach asked why are you here now and I said what if the train got delayed or there was no train. I don't want to miss any chance of meeting Sachin."
"I don't remember exactly what I was doing for all that time but I was roaming around outside Dadar station. I was so excited about meeting Sachin that I did not even understand when all that time went. And then I met him for the first time at his home, took his autograph, and discussed a little bit about cricket."
