The Bat Man wants Sachin to break Lara's 400 Test record

He won't be there to watch Sachin Tendulkar to witness the hype and hoopla his farewell Test series but the man who claims to have repaired and crafted more than 20 bats for the senior batsman wants him to break Brian Lara's record of 400 runs in a Test before saying goodbye to the game.
"I pray to God that Tendulkar breaks Lara's record of 400 runs in a Test. That's one record not many are holding. If he gets it, it will make all Indians proud," Ram Bhandari, who has repaired and crafted more than 20 bats for Tendulkar, told PTI here.

Tendulkar has announced retirement from international cricket after playing his 200th Test match against the West Indies in November.
Bhandari admitted given the enormity of the occasion it would a tough ask from Tendulkar to get 400 runs but if anybody is capable of doing it, it is the diminutive Mumbaikar.
"Cricket is a funny game. Anything can happen. Did anybody in the world dream of somebody scoring a double hundred in a one-day game. Sachin did it. When he can do the unthinkable, why can't he do the thinkable?" he queried.
Bhandari, a housekeeper at a commercial complex, customises bats as a part-time vocation. He came to Bangalore from Bihar in 1979.

Asked about Tendulkar's retirement, Bhandari said, "It is really sad that we will no more see Tendulkar after the West Indies series. I suppose he decided to quit probably to give chance to youngsters. All should respect his decision.