WATCH: Sachin Tendulkar hits cover drive with cricket bat’s handle, video goes viral

Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was seen playing cricket with the people in the streets of Kashmir. In a video uploaded by him on Twitter, he came out of his vehicle to play with the people in the streets. While he played some of the orthodox shots, he decided to hold the bat from its face. In the end, the right-hander hit a cover drive with the handle of the bat.

“Hum khelein?” (Can I play), he requested and the locals, obviously obliged.

As Tendulkar took strike off the last ball, he told the bowler, “Out karna padega” (You have to get me out).

Tendulkar then capped off the game by taking a selfie with fans. “Cricket & Kashmir: A MATCH in HEAVEN,” he captioned his post

Watch the video here

Sachin Tendulkar traveled to Kashmir for the local willow

Meanwhile, over the years, Kashmir Willow has been one of the highest qualities of the cricket bat. The 2011 World Cup winner visited MJ bat manufacturing company, he checked out and studied some of the bats carefully. Tendulkar’s first tryst with cricket was with it. Sachin did some knocking with one of the Kashmir Willow bats and revealed a fascinating tale that many might not be aware of.

“The first bat given to me was by my sister and it was a Kashmir willow bat. Ab main yahaan hoon to Kashmir willow ko to milna banta hai. (Now that I’m in Kashmir, meeting a willow is a must) P.S: An interesting fact; some of my favourite bats had only about 5-6 grains. How many grains do your bats have?” he quizzed.

He retired from Cricket and IPL in 2013. Since then, he has played in the two seasons of the Road Safety World Series.