Sachin Tendulkar hints at major sporting plan for India with Narendra Modi

LondonIconic Indian batsman SachinTendulkar on Friday hinted that a major proposal on sports whichhe has submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to beunveiled soonAt the UK launch of his muchhyped autobiography Playing It My Way here Tendulkar said the details of theplan would be released soonThe Rajya Sabha MP ruled out any plans of enteringpolitics but confirmed that he has been in talks with the Modigovernment on a proposal which he will reveal soonI was a sportsman and will be a sportsman forever Ihave handed over a proposal recently which presents my visionand the PM has been receptive he told reporters at a launchevent at the Lords Cricket GroundI have already given one proposal some time ago to thegovernment Recently also I met the PM and shared my visionwith him and he was extremely receptive and immediatelyafterwards met with his team We are working on somethingwhich you will know soon he saidWhile Tendulkar did not completely rule out coaching theIndian cricket team in the future he stressed that he hasalready been unofficially sharing his knowledge with currentplayers and will continue to do soTwentyfour years with cricket is a long time to spendaway from family I feel players are approachable to me and Iam approachable to them We have been discussing over thephone on various issues and there were also a few players whoended up coming to Mumbai to work with me and we had a coupleof sessions each trying to figure out what could becorrected said TendulkarIts about sharing your knowledge sharing your thoughtsand thats what I have been doing and I dont think I need apost to be able to pass on that message The response that Ihave always received from players has been special becausethey respect me and the respect is mutualSachin TendulkarThe 41yearold batting legend said that the players werereceptive to his adviceWhatever I say they listen to me and thereiquests a healthydiscussion on that Its not that whatever I say is the finalword Its nice to talk cricket As long as I am able to dothat it really doesnt matter whether I am the official coachof the team or notThe former Indian cricketer was joined at the Londonlaunch of his book by exEngland cricket captain NasserHussain who Tendulkar described in his book as the bestcaptain he has played againstHussain asked him about the toughest aspect of writingthe autobiography given how private he is as a personIve covered most of my life I would say The toughestbit for me to cover was my personal life with Anjali whichnobody knew about That was really difficult TendulkarrespondedThe icing on the cake was when we won the 2011 WorldCup which I have covered extensively including how I had aflower in my ear as I danced with my wife with a bottle ofchampagne in hand It book is a good insight into what Ihave been through in my life he saidRegarding the impact the book has already had in Indiahe said I have not tried to create controversiesintentionally Certain statements I make in the book have madeheadlines but the idea was not to make headlinesDuring my playing days I felt all my energy shouldfocused in one direction which is scoring runs and winningmatches for India And I honestly didnt have the time orenergy for anything else But now my career is over I thoughtit was only fair I brought this out and let people know what Ihave been through Tendulkar saidThe publishers Hodder amp Stoughton have claimed that thebook has already broken all records for a hardback in India