Published 13:39 IST, December 4th 2019
Sundar Pichai throwback: New Alphabet CEO quotes MS Dhoni on meeting Sachin Tendulkar
Sundar Pichai was recently appointed as the CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet. To quote MS Dhoni in congratulating him, we say "Bahut Badiya" Mr Pichai.
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Google chief Sundar Pichai was recently appointed as CEO of American giant's parent company, Alphabet. To quote MS Dhoni congratulating him, we say "Bahut Badiya" to Mr. Pichai. businessman has been kwn to quote former India captain very often while speaking in Hindi, understandably being one of his biggest admirers.
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Pichai's interest in cricket is well-kwn. In July, during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, when India was playing England in Birmingham, India’s most famous techie met legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar had taken to Twitter to commemorate event as he posted a couple of pictures along with Pichai and captioned it in a witty way “Kya yeh Sundar pic-hai?"
Sachin Tendulkar tweets upon meeting Sundar Pichai
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Sundar Pichai's reply to Sachin Tendulkar
Google CEO called former India captain as 'Mahi Bhai' and used one of Dhoni's commonly-used quotes for replying to Tendulkar. Dhoni is famous for saying "Bahut Badhiya" while he is keeping behind stumps, which loosely translates into "well done". He has used it often to encour bowlers.
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Sundar Pichai thanks Google founders Larry P and Sergey Brin
47-year old Pichai thanked founders P and Brin for ir vote of confidence in his abilities, as Madurai-born business executive is preparing to take charge of Alphabet Inc. In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, Mr. Pichai said he was excited about Google parent company's "long-term focus on tackling big challenges through techlogy" and praised Larry P and Sergey Brin for having provided a strong foundation. Pichai, who was appointed as CEO of Google in 2015, will w take responsibility for both companies.
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12:20 IST, December 4th 2019