Throwback: Here’s why Sachin Tendulkar introduced wife Anjali as a ‘journalist’!

Sachin Tendulkar was 17 then and returning from the tour of England and Anjali was at the airport to receive her mother when the two met for the first time. As per Anjali’s admission, she did not even know what does Sachin Tendulkar did then.

Monday, the 24th of May, was a special day in the lives of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali – who completed 26 years of marriage. Anjali, who is a doctor by profession, prefers to stay away from the limelight. Sachin Tendulkar was 17 then and returning from the tour of England and Anjali was at the airport to receive her mother when the two met for the first time. As per Anjali’s admission, she did not even know what does Sachin did then. Once they met, things clicked straightaway and sometime later they got to know each other in a better way through a common friend. It is no secret that Tendulkar has been a shy person and was extremely nervous when he invited Anjali to his house for the first time to meet his parents. During the launch of Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’ in 2015, Anjali recalled how they had come up with a plan to hide her real identity from his parents.  The plan was – Tendulkar introduced Anjali as a journalist to his parents. Anjali recalls wearing a salwar kameez.