Can you imagine the Legend Sachin Tendulkar not having a penny to pay for a cab ride?
With a net worth of 115$ million, Sachin Tendulkar is the richest cricketer in the world. The legend recently reminisced about the time when he didn’t have a single rupee to pay for his cab ride home from the railway station. This was after an under-15 match in Pune.
“When I got my turn, I was out on 4, run-out. I was only 12 and could barely run at a decent pace. I was disappointed and came back to the dressing room crying and after that I did not get another chance to bat,” he said.
A pre-teen who had no idea how to manage his finances, the then budding cricketer ended up blowing all his money on a movie and on food.
This is what he said,
“Because it had rained, we had nothing to do the whole day, except to go out, watch a movie and eat. Without knowing how to spend my money and how to equally pace myself and save money, I finished everything and when I came back to Mumbai by train there was not a penny in my pocket. I was carrying two big bags, we got off at Dadar station and I had to walk to Shivaji Park because I had no money. “
The master-blaster also wondered how this situation would have been different if he had a cell phone then.
He said, “Can you imagine, if I had a phone in my hand, one SMS and my father or my mother would have transferred the amount to my phone and maybe I would have travelled by cab.”
Times have certainly changed since then.
News Source: News 18