Usain Bolt wants to know Sachin Tendulkar's success secret

It's not just cricketers who are looking for advice from India batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who became the first batsman to score 50 Test centuries yesterday.

Sprint king Usain Bolt ufffd the world's fastest man ufffd is eager to know the secret behind Tendulkar's success. "I'd like to ask him just how he has managed to work so hard to stay at the top for so long and what advice he'd give other sportsmen," Bolt told MiD DAY in an email interview.

Tendulkar achieved the feat when he guided South Africa's Dale Steyn for a single on the fourth day of the first Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion yesterday.

"It's a great achievement and testimony to a fantastic player, who has consistently been at the top of his game. His achievements have made him a great ambassador for his country," said the reigning Olympic 100m and 200m champion.

Bolt said Tendulkar's latest achievement has put him right up there with the greats of the game.

"For sure, he is up with the greatest cricketers."

However, when asked whom he enjoyed watching more ufffd Tendulkar or Brian Lara, the Jamaican said: "I have to side with Brian Lara as he is from the West Indies." Bolt, who fancies trying out other sports on retirement from sprinting, is not too keen about cricket though. "I'd like to play football when I stop running," he said.