Sachin: A Billion Dreams Page #10

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And in 3 years he got

18 international 100's.

- If you mention the word boxing,

you have to mention Muhammad Ali...

- mbasketball, Michael Jordan.

- And when you speak about cricket,

I would speak about Sachin Tendulkar.

- What happened in match number 130?

- You scored 16 and 128 runs

not out against England.

- In number 80?

- You scored 76 and 65 runs

against Australia in Mumbai.

You've got a billion people would throw

themselves in front of a train for this man.

His only release was to

walk on the cricket field.

Probably the only time he didn't have

200 people within 5 metres of him.

I love cars.

I feel relaxed while driving.

I like travelling in every ways.

Being a Tendulkar is a pressure.

So going away has always

been an escape route.

- Once you're inside.

- Come on, 1-2-3 jump.

- I am notjumping.

- Don't delete the video.

- I am scared.

- Go-go...

- Now give him that.

- I am feeling dizzy.

In my kids' company...

...l'd recall my father's words.

Cricket is just one

chapter of your life.

But until I had fulfilled my dream

I was not ready to turn the page...

Though I knew this would be

my last chance to fulfill it.

- India will definitely win.

- India is the best.

The host and one of the

favourites for the title...

...are getting primed

for the World Cup.

The pressure was immense,

but for Sachin...

...it was a very different level, because

that was literally the last chance.

To lift the cup.

Everyone just said one thing, please

win the cup, please win the cup.

It became something that started

to bind the entire team together.

We have to do this because Tendulkar

can't end a career without a World Cup.

Down the track.

Five World Cup hundreds

for the Little Master...

...more than any other player

in the history of cricket.

He is a genius.

Great shot,

and it's going to be six.

Sachin Tendulkar...

99 international 100's!

India into the Semi-Final

of the World Cup.

We flew to Mohali where we were

playing the Semi-Finals against Pakistan.

- Long Live Pakistan!

Possibly one can say the

most tensed game of my life.

We went to the ground... security

issues, the food couldn't come.

So the players were upset.

I said, "The entire

nation's hopes are on us."

"lf you're so hungry...

...then go out on the ground

and feast on runs and wickets."

"Satisfy your hunger out there."

Coming from him,

everyone would listen.

The guy that we've

always looked up to...

...you don't want to let him down.

I asked him,

"When you walk into the ground...

...and 100,000 people are shouting

"Sachin-Sachin", what do you feel?"

And he said,

"They remind me of my responsibility."

We scored 260 runs... few short.

But it was a fighting total.

With India-Pakistan game,

it's always about absorbing pressure.

Suddenly we were in the Final.

We were very excited.

Because the whole country

was waiting for this.

- Obviously we want to celebrate...

...but I don't think it's

going to do us any good...

...if we stay up till

6 o'clock this morning.

- So let's just be careful...

...how we manage ourselves

over the next two days...

...knowing that we still

have a mission here.

- Okay? And that mission

is two days away.

- The travel day,

and a practice day...

...and then its the

Final of the World Cup.

The flight to Mumbai

was a special one.

Lot of security to receive

us and I told my wife to join me.

I've known him through each World Cup.

I knew that was the

most important thing.

I knew that this was going

to be his final World Cup.

The day I was

thinking about in 2007.

That moment has come...

...and just the final hurdle is left.

Final challenge.

The reason I staned

playing cricket...

...that moment was

a few hours away from me.

And all roads in Mumbai today

leading to the Wankhede Stadium.

This is the biggest game

you'll have in four years...

...the World Cup Final.

People have been queuing up since morning,

trying to get into the ground.

- India playing in India...

...Sachin Tendulkar playing the match.

- It is his last World Cup.

- I won't see such

a match in my lifetime.

The World Cup,

I did not watch Sachin bat live.

I was alone at home, watching on

my lucky seat and my lucky television.

When you are standing in the middle of a

ground, National Anthem being played...

...that is the proudest moment.

You get goosebum ps.

Sangakkara winning

the toss and batting first...

...you can't help but think

that is a big advantage.

In the slot.

Whacked away.

What a way to end the innings!

Momentum for Sri Lanka,

they believe.

Sri Lanka believe.

Mumbai was where I started...

...l thought that I had

completed that circle...

...that I was destined to do that.

/The Little Master, of course, India's highest

run scorer in this tournament for a third time...

...and the all time leading

run-maker in World Cup History.

I just went blank...

...Shocked!

As if everything has come to a hault.

I was shattered...

I was completely shattered.

I kept crying-

The immediate feeling

that I had was...

..."Sh*t." I am walking

in and he's walking out.

And I felt like I am

walking into a graveyard.

People are so connected to him...

...they are only reacting

on what's happening with him...

...such is the impact that he created.

Before the World Cup

I was struggling with cancer...

...nobody knew, I didn't know.

My body was hurting.

And I told Sachin,

I don't know what to focus on.

And he told me, "You're going

to matter when it matters the most...

...remember my words."

I was sitting inside

the dressing room.

I had Sehwag next to me, and

I said you're not leaving this place.

So I sat there and we talked, but...

...l had no clue that he wouldn't let

me get up through the entire match.

So I controlled my urge

to pee for a really long time.

I said, "What you see on television,

is exactly what's happening out there...

...so you sit here,

you're not moving...

...we'll only go out when

the last run is scored. "

We were so happy.

We all ran outside, jumped

and celebrated, cried happy tears.

I was looking at these pictures,

and I said...

...l've known this man since he was 14,

I haven't seen this kind of emotion.

Winning that World Cup was his dream and

it took him about 24 years to achieve that.

I mean, you know how special is that?

- We did it for Sachin.

- Our one dream was to do it

for Sachin and the whole of India...

...and we did it for him.

Ask Sachin about the

biggest moment in his life.

I think above all his 100s,

above all his achievements...

...he will say that World Cup.

It was something else.

The whole night,

it was like some sort of dream.

It was one of the most

wonderful days of my life.

- Sachin, last World Cup.

- He deserved the World Cup.

- Indians won the World

Cup only for Sachin Tendulkar!

- Hard to express what I feel today.

- I've waited for 22 years, so...

...it's been a long time,

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