Sachin Tendulkar clicks a selfie with kids from the Apnalaya Foundation, at the launch of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon on Thursday.
Hours after releasing the official teaser of the much-awaited film ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ through social media, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar admitted on Thursday that acting was more challenging than playing cricket which came naturally to him.
The 42-year-old has made his acting debut in his own biopic, directed by award-winning British director James Erskine.
“For so many years I did whatever I wanted to do and the camera captured it. Suddenly I was asked to do a particular thing and then was captured by camera. The first option was a better one. Acting is not something that I dreamt of. Without any doubt it is more challenging for me than playing cricket, I enjoyed that (cricket) more,” said Sachin here on Thursday.
Tendulkar will be the face of the IDBI Federal Life Half Marathons in Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata.
Tendulkar praised the fitness of the India team. “Fitness is from within not how you look, what the body is actually able to do it. And without any doubt, with more knowledge and awareness, the current India team is fit,” he said.
The former India skipper known to have his own fitness regime revealed how it all started. “At Shivaji Park when I started playing 30 years ago, my coach (Ramakant Achrekar) would make us practice from 7 am to 9:30 am then have a break of 30 minutes.
“We would play matches from 10 am to 4.30 pm, take another 30-minute break, and practice again till 7.15 or 7.30 pm until it was dark. Then I had to do a couple of laps with cricket gear on. Without realising I felt the foundation was becoming more solid for me.”
Tendulkar who scored 34,357 international runs including 100 centuries during his 24-year career, also revealed how he went out of his comfort zone at times to feel comfortable at the crease.
“I used to train differently. Sometimes I used to drop ball on my chest. When you play with a hard ball, you are going to break bones here and there. I once played for three months with broken ribs which I realised only after having a scan for another injury. Sports make us tougher.”
