Legends of Sports

Sachin Tendulkar has been termed as the gaming ambassador by Graeme Smith.the captain of South Africa for playing as an motivation to many and even for Smith who watched him play at a young age and it was because of him that he got the desire to play this game at a young age of 11.When Tendulkar toured the country after the readmission of the nation after a long break due to apartheid, Smith was 11 then and a little boy in the making to be a great cricketer one day.

Smith will be on his first Tour dated the 16th of December to India while this may be Sachin’s last tour to the nation on the other hand.Smith happily proclaimed that Tendulkar is the gaming ambassador for cricket and he is a player with world class standards on the whole.By seeing Sachin play Smith got his early concentration to the game and this leaded on to become motivation.Seeing Sachin over the television set made him feel that he wanted to be someone like him one day.

Smith also talked about Gary Kirsten the present coach of India and also the former South African opener saying that his play is still respected all across.Kirsten also became a point of appreciation from the mouth of young player S. Sreesanth who said that the coach was a great inspiration to play with.It was Sreesanth speaking on behalf of the Indian cricket team at the official reception while Smith spoke for the South African team.