We call Sachin grandfather: Yuvraj by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	Yuvraj Singh, SR Tendulkar
Event:	Australia in India 2009/10

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DateLine: 2nd November 2009

 

Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar may just be 36 years of age but he is already being addressed as grandfather by his teammates.

 

Left-handed middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh paid rich tribute to the champion batsman's longevity and his insatiable hunger for perfection.

 

"We have started calling him grandfather," Yuvraj quipped last night, after guiding India to a six-wicket win against Australia in the third one-dayer.

 

"Even at this stage, he wants to improve with every game. For him, there is no end to getting better, no matter whatever you have already achieved. He is an amazing man and I don't think any other player can go on to play for 20 years or more like he has," Yuvraj said.

 

Tendulkar, since his debut in 1989-90, has gone on to possess almost every batting record, amassing 12777 runs in the 159 Tests he has played, besides piling 16953 runs in the 433 ODIs.

 

With 47 more runs added to his kitty, Tendulkar would compile 17,000 runs in ODI's and when quizzed if the team has any special plan to celebrate the occasion, Yuvraj said, "Plan? We are in fact tired of planning celebrations for him. Every week, the guy goes on to make some record or other."