Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar met Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates not too long ago and the duo performed ‘crennis’ – which in accordance with the India nice is ‘little little bit of cricket and little little bit of tennis’. In a video posted by Sachin Tendulkar, he could be seen assembly Invoice Gates on a tennis court docket. Nonetheless, the American businessman and philanthropist was shocked by the best way Tendulkar was holding the tennis racquet. “I although we have been enjoying tennis?” Gates mentioned. “I mentioned crennis,” replied Tendulkar. The enjoyable video ended with the 2 having fun with a Vada Pav every.
“Sport teaches us teamwork, life calls for the identical. Crennis was enjoyable, however the actual motion is brewing with Sachin Tendulkar Basis & Gates Basis,” Tendulkar wrote in a submit on X.
Sport teaches us teamwork, life calls for the identical. Crennis was enjoyable, however the actual motion is brewing with Sachin Tendulkar Basis & Gates Basis. pic.twitter.com/Khrf6pCbUu
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 21, 2025
Sachin Tendulkar hailed the present Indian set-up, saying that it’s now not only a “batting powerhouse”, however world-class pacers and spinners have made this group “crammed with expertise, youth and expertise”.
Sachin mentioned, “This group is crammed with expertise and has an excellent mixture of youth and expertise. What excites me essentially the most is the fearless strategy they’ve. Gamers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and now Shubman Gill are carrying ahead the legacy in their very own manner. Additionally, the best way our bowlers have advanced is improbable. India is now not only a batting powerhouse – we now have world-class pacers and spinners as nicely.”
Tendulkar is at no mistaken right here, as through the years, Group India has witnessed some class and thrilling batters like Virat, Rohit, Shubman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer. These batters haven’t solely helped India keep an unbeaten run at house in Check cricket for over 12 years until it was damaged by New Zealand final yr but additionally helped them solidify themselves as a white-ball cricket powerhouse. Whereas Group India did fumble in knockouts lately, their 10-match unbeaten run to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 runners-up end at house and T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy wins in 2024 and this yr has made them a limited-overs cricket large.
The efforts of the batters have been complemented nicely by bowlers, with spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja serving to India set up Check supremacy at house with each ball and bat, with stars like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma additionally delivering spells that made quick bowling cool once more among the many plenty. Over the past two years, the expansion of younger specific pacers like Mayank Yadav, Umran Malik and Kartik Tyagi has additionally excited followers.
With ANI inputs
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