‘I needed to look him in the eye’ - Anjali Tendulkar’s mother recalls her daughter’s marriage with Sachin Tendulkar

Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali have been married for almost 30 years now. Recently, Anjali’s mother, Annabelle Mehta, came forward and talked about the time when Sachin asked for Anjali's hand for marriage when he was just 19 years old. It is interesting to note that Anjali is six years older than Sachin, but both have continued to state that age has never been a factor in their relationship.

It is worth noting that Anjali’s family moved from England to India during the 1950s, and her mother opened up about those days in her new memoir, 'My Passage to India.'

"I had clocked by then that Sachin was the brightest star in the Indian cricketing establishment, but I was concerned by the possibility of him becoming a playboy like so many of his fellow cricketers. Sachin in the nineties was like David Beckham in England. I needed to look him in the eye and ask him how he felt about my daughter," Annabelle wrote, as per NDTV.

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Furthermore, she also revealed Sachin’s reply; the youngster was quick to reply that he wanted to marry her daughter. She also stated that his answer took her by surprise a little. 

"'We want to get married' were his precise words. I was astounded. I had always imagined Anjali marrying a tall, dark and handsome man. Dark and handsome, Sachin was. But at nineteen, he was still a boy. And so small. Barely taller than Anjali, who is five-foot-five and a half. Sachin's bouncy hair probably gives him another inch, but not enough for Anjali to wear the high heels she had always loved," Annabelle added. 

It is worth noting that Sachin was just 19 when he talked about his intentions to marry Anjali, but he did wait until he was 22 to marry her.