Tendulkar's 20th year

On November 15, Sachin Tendulkar will complete 20 years as an international player, having made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. Pradeep Magazine has interviewed the batsman in the Hindustan Times, which also has other articles about Tendulkar's formative years.

VVS Laxman said his favourite Tendulkar hundreds were the ones at Sharjah in 1998 against Australia in ODIs, and the Cape Town century in 1996-97 for Tests.

Leander Paes, the Indian tennis player, recounts how he and Tendulkar once played more than 30 table tennis matches in Goa in 2000 and how cricket is lucky that Tenulkar picked it as the sport of his choice.