The batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar needs no introduction as he ruled the cricketing world for more than two decades. In the end, his fans nicknamed him as ‘God of Cricket’. Now, Hanuma Vihari has opened up over the importance of the legendary cricketer in his career.

Tendulkar was nothing less than a nightmare for even the bowler like Shane Warne. He was technically very sound and faced some of the great bowlers like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Imran Khan and a lot more. There is no doubt over the fact that Sachin took the Indian cricket to a different level. He had decided to hang his boots from international cricket back in 2013.

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Now, it’s been around seven years and he still holds several records in international cricket like most runs in ODIs and Tests. Also, the Master Blaster holds the record for scoring most number of tons in Tests and ODIs.

Recently, Hanuma Vihari revealed that Tendulkar has been his idol since childhood. The former cricketer played a significant role while he was growing. According to Vihari, he started playing cricket only because of the Indian batting maestro.

There is no question over the fact that Tendulkar was an inspiration for every child who wanted to break into the Indian side. Vihari used to love watching Sachin’s batting.

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Vihari elaborated, “Sachin sir was obviously my idol when I grew up. That was the reason why I started playing cricket. When I was young I used to watch him bat and I loved it. In the 90s he was like the king of batting. Whenever he used to get out, I used to cry and unplug the TV – used to do all such things.”