Chants of ‘Sachin, Sachin’ reverberate at the Wankhede Stadium even before the Indian team steps on the field. A bank holiday means less people have to stay away from work. A huge roar greets the team as they start their warm-up. It gets louder as the Little Master steps on the field.

It gets deafening when Tendulkar and Cheteshwar Pujara walk into bat. The crowd want to see their hero Tendulkar take strike, but Pujara faces up to Tino Best. The Saurashtra player takes a single off the fourth ball which is greeted by a huge roar — unthinkable for a single in Test cricket.