Sachin: A Billion Dreams - 5 unknown facts revealed in the movie

#4 Anjali first met Sachin at an airport in 1990

Sachin first met Anjali when he was only 17 years old

Upon the then 17-year-old’s return from his first Test series in England, Anjali Mehta, a doctor by profession, who was later going to be the batsman’s wife was enamoured by Sachin’s cuteness when she first saw him at an airport.

Anjali was there to receive his mother and was accompanied by her friend but when she saw Tendulkar she was amazed at the child’s looks even though he didn’t recognize who he actually was.

It was her friend Aparna who revealed to Anjali that he was Sachin Tendulkar, the then youngest batsman to score a Test hundred and the one who was being hailed as the poster boy of Indian cricket.

Having had that information, Anjali couldn’t control her excitement and momentarily forgot about her mother while chasing the cricketer yelling ‘Sachin... Sachin’ even as his brothers, Ajit and Nitin accompanied him.

Sachin, being the shy person that he was, didn’t respond to the calls and quietly got inside the car. It was only later when Anjali called Sachin on the phone that he revealed that he had noticed her and remembered that she was wearing an orange shirt.

This was how the partners-to-be had their first interaction. Later in the movie, Anjali also revealed how they used to write letters, as there wasn’t any internet connectivity during those days and how she had to inform Sachin’s parents about their intentions of getting engaged.