Cut this mindless fury over Maria not knowing Sachin Tendulkar
Updated On: 06 July, 2014 08:56 AM IST | | Michael Ferreira
<p>If Maria professed ignorance of the icons of F1, or soccer, or golf, or basketball or track and field Olympic champions one could perhaps fault her. But c’mon guys, let’s be real -- cricket is played at the highest level by less than 10 world-wide though the sheer mass of sub-continental fans causes the impression that it is a global sport</p>

Sachin Tendulkar. Pic/Bipin Patel.
'Goodness gracious me! You mean she didn’t know HIM? Hang on! In this zamana of achhe din when elegant expressions of surprise in English might be sneered at as too elitist, perhaps that question should more appropriately be re-phrased as Arre voh apne aap ko kya samajhti hai?
Yes we are talking about that storm in a teacup when tennis diva and World No 1 Maria Sharapova professed ignorance about who Sachin Tendulkar might be. Before going any further, let me state my own position in respect of the man himself and cricket in general.
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