5 occassions when Sachin Tendulkar perservered where others may have quit

A bat in hand rarely fails to bring a smile to the faceLooking at the stratospheric heights Sachin Tendulkar has attained, it's easy to take his path to superstardom for granted. Legends such as him transcend reality, we see them as larger than life figures and it is difficult to ever perceive them as being anything other than completely amazing at what they do.  While he belonged to a fairly well to do family, he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. You may be surprised to find out that Sachin had to face innumerable barriers in his path during childhood which many budding cricketers may have faced as well.After reading this, the next time you feel a flicker of annoyance at that kid who bumps into you with an oversized cricket kit slung over his shoulder, give him an encouraging smile so he doesn’t feel a stab of guilt at availing the bus in his smelly clothes. You may just see that face smiling back at you, raising his bat to acknowledge a century, on a TV screen someday. 

#1 Kid with a bloodied face lugging a cricket kit up a flyover

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At the age of 12, Sachin was captaining his team at Shivaji park. His team’s wicketkeeper sustained an injury. Sachin looked around for volunteers to keep but no one was ready to, so like a good captain , even though he was uncomfortable playing an unfamiliar position, he volunteered to keep . He missed a knick and the ball hit him square in the face, barely missing his eye. He got a deep cut and bled profusely. He didn’t have the money to take a taxi home, and was too embarrassed to take the bus with a bloodied face.

He asked his friend to give him a lift on his bicycle. On they went, lugging two heavy cricket kit bags. There was a busy flyover en route, and his friend found it difficult to pedal up. Sachin ended up walking uphill on the flyover, with commuters staring at the "young kid with a bloodied face, and bloodstained shirt lugging his cricket kit over a flyover”. When he finally made it home he only confided in his grandmother, who put warm turmeric on his cut.