Sachin Tendulkar plays football with kids in adorable Bhutan throwback

Cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday shared a throwback video of him playing football with kids last year in Bhutan. In a delightful video shared by Tendulkar on Instagram, the Master Blaster can be seen playing football with little girls from Bhutan sporting his UNICEF shirt. Also known as the 'God Of Cricket,' Tendulkar was appointed as the UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia back in 2013. 

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Sachin Tendulkar shares video of playing football with kids

Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar took to social media platform, Instagram on Thursday to share his throwback video which he captioned, "Visited Bhutan a year ago, have fond memories of the place, sharing a glimpse of me spending time playing some football with the kids." 

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Sachin Tendulkar wants two innings of 25 overs per side

The former Indian opener had earlier suggested splitting the 50 overs into "two innings of 25 overs per side" with a 15-minute break, which will increase the interest among the crowd as well as the broadcasters. He mentioned the same idea back in 2009. The ICC had even considered the idea but did not implement it. Speaking to a leading Indian media daily, Tendulkar said that the ODI format needed a tweak of two innings of 25 overs per side with a 15-minute break between each innings (a total of four innings between two teams). He added that there were a lot of innovations that could be made. Tendulkar said that if these modifications were made to the game, the teams will have a better chance of coming back into the game. He added that in an ODI, if a side won the toss and there was dew, then that gave the side bowling second virtually no chance as a wet ball just skids on the surface, making it an unfair battle. The Mumbai-born batsman also gave the example of the recent quarterfinal between Mumbai and Chhattisgarh of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which ended in a no-result due to rains resulting in Mumbai getting knocked out of the tournament. Due to bad weather, a number of games were affected in the tournament and resulted in the exit of Mumbai and Punjab because of no reserve days. Tendulkar also spoke about the vagueness of the Duckworth & Lewis method as no one understood it except those two on whom the method was based. He added that the six extra balls in the bowling powerplay would balance the battle between the bat and ball as it would be exciting for the viewers because teams would constantly rethink their strategies.

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