Former cricketer Hemang Badani said that batting great Sachin Tendulkar had once asked him to exchange former fast bowler Javagal Srinath's trousers with Tendukar's just so the latter can laugh and relax before a match. Ahead of an ODI match in 2002 against England in Cuttack, Badani said that Srinath was being uncharacteristically nervous and Tendulkar decided to play a prank on him to lighten his mood.

"For some strange reason at Cuttack, he (Srinath) was extremely nervous, extremely wobbly, which he normally isn't," Badani said on his Instagram account on the episode of #StorieswithHemangBadani. "Java (Srinath) is extremely vocal and very confident in his normal self, but for some strange reason, he was a little nervous that day. "And, I wasn't playing that game. So, what Sachin asked me to do that game was – Srinath, obviously being a 6'2, 6'3, had really long pants, and Sachin, being about 5'5, 5'6 had shorter pants.