Sachin: A Billion Dreams Page #6

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his name as I ran after him.

I didn't have the guts

to wave at her and look back.

I was too embarrassed.

to wave back at her.

I just looked down,

and staned pushing my trolley.

The next day, every single

newspaper had a photo of him.

I got every single picture,

cut it out...

...and stuck them in all my textbooks.

So whichever textbook I opened...

...the first thing I would

see was this picture of Sachin.

My friend got me his number,

I called Sachin and I said...

"l saw you at the airpon yesterday."

He said, "Yah, I remember".

I said, "What rubbish!

I'm sure you don't remember.

Tell me what was I wearing?"

I said, "An orangish-red

T-shin and blue jeans."

So she said, "You did notice me."

I said, "You were the only girl...

...who was waving and

screaming out there."

"How could I not notice you?"

I had never ever done this in my life.

I was a very serious medical student.

But there was something about him.

Anjali was the first girl, whom I

had spoken to like that on the phone.

We met. We got to know each other...

...and then I staned dating her.

It had been about four years

that we had been seeing each other.

Sachin had recently returned

from his New Zealand tour...

...where he had opened the

innings for the first time.

And when he came back

he was on a super high.

So I asked,

"What are your plans about us novfl"

I said, "l think we should

get engaged."

"But I'm not going to speak

to my family I am too shy about it...

...you will have to talk to them."

I said, "Okay, fine."

So I went to his house.

I made his Mum and

Dad sit down, and...

...l told them that

Sachin wants to marry me.

And they said, "Okay."

Anjali was the one who decided

to step back from her career.

Because she knew that

I was playing for India...

...and every little thing that I did,

the whole nation was following me.

- Don't be conscious.

He sort of said one

person has to give up.

That's when I decided I was not going

to pursue my career in medicine...

...even though I was

an MD in Pediatrics.

- Stand straight.

For me it was extremely imponant...

...to have a life-partner who

understood the immense pressure on me...

...and understood my dreams.

The 1996 World Cup

is a foretaste of...

...what International Cricket

is going to look like...

mbecause the world comes to India...

...rather than India

having to go to the world.

It was huge...

...because everyone felt that maybe...

...lndia playing at home

could repeat the glory of 1983.

We will win...!

Pakistan's going to win!

India-Pakistan match

is always special.

Aamer Sohail hit Venkatesh

Prasad for a four...

...and said something to him.

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