It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

I am not going to come back and play IPL. Have a few plans and may play a few matches here and there.

As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.

Sometimes I need to look at the scoreboard to figure out whether I'm batting hundred-plus or whether I am on zero.

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.

Let us celebrate the spirit of sport through the National Games

Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar.