Sachin 'God' Tendulkar: Divorces Cricket
I was born in Sydney on 27 th December 1959 in an Indian household. It was a weird day. Y’day was 10 th October 2013. It was a really weird day. Rachel, my wife, divorced me. We were married for 24 years. Sachin Tendulkar divorced Cricket. They were married for 24 years. You must have noticed the peculiar similarity in our divorces. That’s where you’re wrong. My divorce doesn’t come close to Sachin R. Tendulkar’s. He is the man with the greatest love story, ever. Mine, not so. Let’s go back a little. Let’s go back to 13 th August 1976. I was 17 years old. And I didn’t like Cricket. It was almost mid-night, but I didn’t feel like going back home. I entered this swanky sports bar in Central Sydney. I sat down at the bar, on a tall bar stool. I confidently ordered beer hoping bartender wouldn’t ID me. She didn’t. England was playing West Indies in a Test match, in London. The 10-hour time difference & rare ‘live’ international telecast meant it played on this