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Book review: Hero - A biography of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Hero is a collection of pleasing remembrances that admirably explores all things Sachin Tendulkar

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Dhruv Munjal
“Well, this little man is the nearest thing to Bradman there’s ever been. What a player he is… what a player!”

Even today, every now and then, Tony Greig’s frenzied voice poetically pierces through my ears and brain, unearthing a spine-tingling mix of euphoria and wonderment. Euphoria, because nothing in the past 20 years can perhaps match the manner and significance of what India achieved at Sharjah in 1998, and wonderment, since most of us still abjectly fail to fully comprehend how Australia were annihilated for two games running by the one-man assault squad that was Sachin Tendulkar.

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