Tendulkar at 40: ever evolving batting
Greg Chappell celebrated Tendulkar's 40th birthday in his column, looking back at their relationship when he was the Indian coach, and the little nuances and observations that made Tendulkar stand out from his peers. BBC Sport picks out six of Tendulkar's
What did surprise me was the meticulous attention that he gave to his bats. I had seen others who were quite protective and caring of their bat, but I had never seen anyone who showered their bat with such loving attention. He constantly altered the batting grip and spent hours with a scalpel scraping and cleaning the blade so that it was pleasing to his eye
It might not have been the biggest score of Tendulkar's career, but his 44 against West Indies in a one-day international in Trinidad was another courageous and skilful display of batting. Opening the innings, he top-scored as India were bowled out for 179 on a difficult pitch - Curtly Ambrose taking 4-36. India's pacemen were not as effective and the Windies raced to victory.