Sachin Tendulkar

It was a dream come true for the students of Guru Govind Singh Tegbahadur High School here when they met and interacted with cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today. Tendulkar, as a member of Rajya Sabha, had sanctioned funds for construction and upgradation of classrooms of the school, located in Sewri, south Mumbai. He interacted with children and also posed for photographs, after distributing them goodies like bats, balls and footballs. Recently he also sanctioned over Rs 40 lakh from the MP Local Area Development funds for construction of a school building in Drugmulla area of Kupwara district in Kashmir, which will be the first school in the locality, sources close to the cricket legend said. Speaking to reporters after visit to the Sewri school, Tendulkar noted that he was a teacher's son.