For someone who has idolised Tendulkar from childhood, how did it feel when Tendulkar got his double hundred?
I was clapping standing in the dressing room, but it felt as if I had scored the double hundred myself, that’s how thrilling it was. He’s my role model and the only reason I am playing cricket, so it was a very special feeling, it’s still hard to put in words. He’s the best in the world and there’s no comparison. I wish I could have been there with him in the middle at the time. Even when he played that innings in Hyderabad, I wished I could have been there – just the feeling of watching him score a double hundred in one-day cricket is unmatchable. What was special about this innings, apart from the fact that he got a double ton? I have never seen a batsman looking so much in control on a given day. He was hitting the ball nicely right from the start, even when we were together, he kept telling me to just time the ball and it will go for boundaries. I could see at that time that he was setting up well for a big one. The beauty of this knock was he kept getting runs and kept the momentu
