Sachin Tendulkar has not missed out an opportunity to shower praise on Team India coach Gary Kirsten, who became India's next foreign coach after the departure of Australian Greg Chappell

Sachin is a batting professor, says Kirsten

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Sachin Tendulkar has not missed out an opportunity to shower praise on Team India coach Gary Kirsten, who became India's next foreign coach after the departure of Australian Greg Chappell.

Now, it's Kirsten's turn to use the praise brush. "I think he (Tendulkar) is a professor in his batting. He has got incredible knowledge about his own batting and basically uses me as a sounding board.

After 21 years of playing the game he still wants to learn about his batting and still feels he needs someone to bounce ideas off. It has been a real privilege to have had that opportunity. I absolutely love it," Kirsten told Cricinfo.