<p>Trust <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/sachin-tendulkar-to-play-in-inaugural-edition-of-international-masters-league-23402951" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Sachin Tendulkar</strong></a> to find a cricketing connection to almost every aspect of his life.</p>
<p>Signed as the brand ambassador of Bank of Baroda, the 51-year-old Tendulkar on Monday went back to his U-15 days, recalling a century he made in the city as a teen batting sensation some 38 years ago.</p>
<p>"Not many guys present in this room would know that the first hundred that I scored for Mumbai in any official tournament, any age group, happened in Baroda," Tendulkar told a gathering of people after being unveiled as the bank's brand ambassador.</p>
<p>"I think it was in (the) year '86 that I scored my first hundred, playing an under-15 tournament. We were playing Maharashtra and I scored 123 in Baroda."</p>
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<p>Despite retiring from the game more than a decade ago, the Little Master's memory needs only a few seconds to remember cricket connections with different aspects of his life.</p>
<p>Tendulkar recalled being named in Mumbai's squad for Ranji Trophy but not finding a place in the team for a contest in Baroda.</p>
<p>"It did not stop there. After that, when I was picked to play for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/rs-1-cr-reward-for-irani-cup-winning-mumbai-ajinkya-rahane-23407315" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Mumbai</strong></a> Ranji team, I was in the probables. I didn't get a chance to play in the playing eleven, but coincidentally, that match was also in Baroda."</p>
<p>"At that time, I actually got an opportunity to visit your founder's (Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda) palace. Just take a look at the special things that he's got in the palace.</p>
<p>"If I'm not mistaken, I (have also) played against Samarjit Gaekwad (former Baroda player). So he's from Gaekwad family," he added.</p>
<p>Tendulkar, who holds the record of playing most ODIs in career for any player with 463 appearances, also remembered correctly that it was at Vadodara where he played his 400th match.</p>
<p>"Over a period of time, there were a number of special things that happened to me in Baroda. I think my 400th ODI match was also played in Baroda. So the association only got concretised more and more," he said.</p>
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