Usain Bolt idolised Sachin Tendulkar
Posted on Aug 28, 2008 at 12:56 | Updated Aug 28, 2008 at 13:49
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New Delhi: Champion sprinter Usain Bolt yearned to be a top class cricketer and always idolized Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and West Indian skipper Chris Gayle, a newspaper reported here on Thursday.
“When I was young, I had taken up cricket but my coach decided that I was better off in track and field and hence took up athletics,” Bolt was quoted as having said by the Hindi ‘Dainik Jagran’ newspaper.
Apart from Tendulkar and Gayle, the Jamaican has also been a fan of Aussie cricketers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, the newspaper reported.
Bolt, who broke three world records at the Beijing Olympics, also believes he could have been a famous pace bowler like compatriots Malcom Marshall, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts and Joel Garner had he pursued cricket.
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Posted By dongri
Hope Bolt does not follow Tendulkar when it comes to \''winning\'' because he has been a miserable failure in either
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Posted By Anurag
Another inspiring story from a real showman of this Beijing Olympics. We should have few if not some sports person
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Posted By Rajesh Verma
Tendulkar, Please come back strongly and play few defining innings for India. It\''s been long since you played a knock
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