Every cricket fan dreams of meeting Sachin Tendulkar. Yesterday, kids of Shelter Don Bosco (Wadala) realised this dream as they interacted with the legend and shared his views about how to chase bigger dreams. As a part of Aviva Early Starters, an initiative to encourage children to plan for their future, Tendulkar visited the shelter to interact with the kids. The Master Blaster even gave away autographed cricket bats to five children.


Sachin Tendulkar interacts with a kid at an event at Wadala's Shelter Don Bosco yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate 

One of these kids is Rohit Jagwani, a Class VII student of Sahkarnagar BMC English Medium School, who idolises Tendulkar and dreams of being a cricketer like him. "After my parents died, I used to sleep on the footpaths of Ghatkopar. I survived having leftovers that I would pick up from near dustbins. The police got me admitted to the Dongri Children's Home, before I was shifted to Shelter Don Bosco in 2013.