India‘s cricketing legend of the modern game, Sachin Tendulkar on Friday remembered his famous knock of 143 against Australia, he played at Sharjah, 18 years ago, on April 22, 1998, as Australia won the game by 26 runs, via D/L method, in a rain curtailed tie. Batting first, Australia had set a total of 284 in 50 overs, while India managed to score 250 in 46 overs, thus falling short of the target by 26 runs, despite Sachin’s heroic and hard-fought knock of 143. Sachin sent out a tweet early on Friday morning remembering his knock, and saying that time passes by, but memories remain forever, as he termed the knock as #Desertstorm.
Earlier, he had a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis. According to a tweet by Fadnavis; Tendulkar and PepsiCo will jointly work towards bringing some relief to the drought problem in Marathwada. Maharashtra is today plagued with drought problems in a lot of places and Marathwada is the worst affected of most of the regions. Earlier, Fadnavis had said that his government would not provide potable water for IPL 2016 matches to be played in the state and he has no problem if the venues are shifted. Fadnavis in his tweet also said that he was delighted meeting “Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar”.
Earlier, he and chess maestro Viswanathan Anand, along with many celebrities, have joined Reliance General Insurance’s Twitter campaign against child labour, the company said on Tuesday. “The company has partnered with Child Rights & You (CRY) to raise public awareness and help in the fight against child labour,” the company said in a statement, reported IANS.
