Do not call me grandpa: Sachin

New Delhi, Dec. 5: At 36, Sachin Tendulkar may be the oldest member of the Indian cricket team but he clearly resents being called a grandfather by his teammates. Recently when Tendulkar celebrated his 20 years in international cricket, Yuvraj Singh had jokingly said that the veteran batsman was called a ‘grandfather’ in the Indian dressing room now.

“We have started calling him grandfather,” Yuvraj had quipped. Asked what he thought of the reference, Tendulkar went on to state, “I warned him to think twice before calling me grandpa because I have many names to call him in front of the camera.”

Tendulkar said even he has a few nicknames for Yuvraj but refused to specify what they might be. “I have many names for him too, which I cannot reveal in front of the TV camera. I am not revealing them now as I am giving him a chance after my warning,” he told a news channel.

Tendulkar also mentioned that his brother Ajit does not watch him bat. “He does not watch my matches. I have been told by friends that he goes on a long drive alone, where there is no radio, there is nothing, and he comes back only after the match,” Tendulkar revealed. “Later, a recording is pulled out and then he and I discuss where improvements can be made in my batting and what mistakes I committed. All this discussion happens then,” he said. “Because I speak to him every evening and on a daily basis we discuss what sort of preparation should be made for a match,” Tendulkar said.