Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar recently opened on an incident during the 200th Test match when a young Virat Kohli walked up to him to gift his most treasured possession. Emotionally drenched after Tendulkar’s retirement, Kohli gave the former cricketer a sacred thread presented by his late father.
Tendulkar said that after his 200th Test, he had returned back to the dressing room and could not control his emotions. The 48-year-old cricketing colossus added that he kept those threads with him for a while and returned them back to Kohli as it was Kohli’s property.
In a chat with Graham Bensinger, Sachin Tendulkar said:
“So I was sitting in one corner, alone with a towel on my head and I was really emotional. And at that time, Virat had come to me and gave me the sacred thread that his father had given him. I kept that for a while and returned that to him and told that it is your property, and I gave it back to him. That was an emotional moment and something which will always be in my memory forever.”
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Adding further, Sachin Tendulkar revealed that after his 200th Test, he had returned back to the dressing room and could not control his emotions. He had also told himself that he will never ever walk out as an Indian player again.
“I still remember I had just returned to the dressing room and I couldn’t control my tears. Till then, I knew I was going to retire, but when that (last) ball was done I said to myself, That’s it. Never ever in your life you will walk out as an international player for India,” he concluded.
Sachin Tendulkar played his final Test match for the Indian side against the West Indies in November 2013.