They came dressed in formals, not in the familiar all-whites or the Men in Blue attire, etched indelibly in a generation's memory as they scored a mind-boggling 88,218 runs in Tests and ODIs. But when they spoke, the Fab Four of Indian cricket - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman - rolled back the years. There was the easy camaraderie that only comes after sharing rooms, your worst fears and the finest moments of your lives over thousands of days playing, travelling and bonding together.
The anecdotes flew thick and fast at a function in Mumbai to mark the release of Sachin's autobiography on Wednesday. Sachin revealed that he did not watch any part of the 2011 World Cup final after his dismissal and didn't allow his opening partner, Virender Sehwag, to watch either.
"In an earlier game in Ahmedabad, I had been getting a massage with my head down and Viru was sitting next to me and we did well. So in the final, I stayed on the massage table and kept Viru with me. He said, 'Let me see the game a little bit'. I said, 'No, you see as much as you want on TV later'. And we won," said Tendulkar.
I didn't watch 2011 World Cup final after getting out, nor did Viru: Sachin Tendulkar - The Times of India
The anecdotes flew thick and fast at a function in Mumbai to mark the release of Sachin's autobiography on Wednesday. Sachin revealed that he did not watch any part of the 2011 World Cup final after his dismissal and didn't allow his opening partner, Virender Sehwag, to watch either.
"In an earlier game in Ahmedabad, I had been getting a massage with my head down and Viru was sitting next to me and we did well. So in the final, I stayed on the massage table and kept Viru with me. He said, 'Let me see the game a little bit'. I said, 'No, you see as much as you want on TV later'. And we won," said Tendulkar.
I didn't watch 2011 World Cup final after getting out, nor did Viru: Sachin Tendulkar - The Times of India
