Sachin Tendulkar: Up close and personal

  [caption id=“attachment_1228087” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Tendulkar leaves after batting in the nets during a cricket practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Pakistan on Wednesday, in Mohali 29 March 2011. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228091” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  October 1989: Portrait of Sachin Tendulkar of India before the Test series against Pakistan in India. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228095” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  6 June 1996: Tendulkar during the First Test match against England played at Edgbaston, in Birmingham. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228099” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Tendulkar adjusts his hat during his 199th Test match — against West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. BCCI[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228103” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin looks on during the fourth day of the NPower Second Test match between England and India on 11 August 2002 played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228105” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin during a nets session at the Wankhede Stadium on 1 April 2011. Getty Images[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228107” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Sachin looks on after he was presented the honorary rank of Group Captain by Air Chief Marshal PV Naik during a ceremony in New Delhi on 3 September 2010. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1228111” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Tendulkar during day two of the 4th npower Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on August 19, 2011 in London. Getty Images[/caption]