On Friday, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar reached his 50th career half-century. While fans have filled social media with happy birthday messages, they are also curious about how the ‘God of Cricket’ would spend his big day.
Meanwhile, Sachin turned to Twitter and posted a handful of his photos with the caption, “50 not out.” The former Indian batter was spotted sipping a cup of tea beside the pool.
The cricketer has previously stated that he does not enjoy parties and prefers to spend his birthday with intimate pals.
In an interview with CricketNext, Tendulkar stated, “It’s gonna be a surprise for me (laughs). There are not really going to be big celebrations, I’m not a sort of a person of big parties and big celebrations. I don’t remember going over the top and celebrating my birthdays. Would rather call close friends and that is all fine. So, I think there would be some plan this time but not at a mega scale, just close friends”.
Tendulkar said in the same interview that his charity is attempting to assist underprivileged youngsters in the country.
“We were doing that earlier as well but what we have done post-retirement is that we have structured that and identified certain verticals where we would want to focus more. The three areas are health, education, & sports for children,” he said.
“My foundation, Sachin Tendulkar Foundation, of course, my name is there, but the captain of the ship is Anjali. Being a paediatrician, it helps because she thinks differently, she is extremely committed and extremely driven by this because we all believe that we are in a position to impact lives and work all around the country in these three verticals”.
“There are tribal areas that have limited resources and with those limited resources, life gets challenging. So how could we impact their lives, how can we give meaning to their lives & how could we not allow them to lose hope and chase their dreams, help them achieve their goals is what we want to do,” said Tendulkar.