Sachin Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket in 2013, but there were hardly any signs of rustiness as the batting legend kicked off his preparations for the upcoming tournament, Cricket All Stars, a T20 concept of Tendulkar and Shane Warne devised to promote the game in the United States of America.


Sachin Tendulkar plays an off-side shot at the BKC ground yesterday. Pic/Nimesh Dave

Tendulkar has gone back to his diet schedule in order to get fitter for the exhibition matches. "A little bit (dieting) yes, I wanted to lose some weight so I had to check my diet. It's fine. We are all retired cricketers, we want to enjoy, we want to promote cricket.