Tendulkar’s wardrobe secrets revealed

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly revealed that batting maestro Tendulkar would just ‘bat and shop’ during his playing days. “He (Tendulkar) would only bat and shop. He would get a Test hundred and the next day you would see him shopping in an Armani or Versace and you will see them hanging in his wardrobe. He was very fond of his clothes and had a great wardrobe,” Ganguly remembered. Talking about VVS Laxman, Ganguly said the elegant Hyderabadi batsman was a perennial latecomer. 

“You would see him taking a shower even as the no 4 and 5 batters were at the crease. Even he would be the last to board the team bus,” Ganguly said in a talk show, organised on the occasion of Kolkata hosting India’s 250th Test on home soil. The show also featured India coach Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev and Virender Sehwag. Remembering the historic Kolkata Test win against Australia in 2001, the former Indian skipper said: “I didn’t have Kumble and to beat that Australian side from that position, Harbhajan stood up in the series.”