Did You Know Sachin Tendulkar Wanted To Elope To Gretna Green With Anjali As He Couldn’t Legally Marry In India?
Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law reveals he asked for Anjali Tendulkar's hand when he was just 19 years old!
Sachin Tendulkar is known for his god-like presence in the world of cricket. But did you know, in his personal life he had to face a lot of things before marrying the love of his life? The cricketer and his wife Anjali Tendulkar had a love-at-first-sight and since then he asked her mother for a hand in marriage. But Annabel Mehta’s reaction to a 19-year-old boy’s question was not straightforward!
Annable Mehta’s Reaction To Sachin Tendulkar’s Performance
Anjali Tendulkar’s mother Annabel Mehta wrote an engaging memoir named ‘My Passage To India.’ In the book, she wrote about her journey from England to India and some lesser-known facts about her daughter and son-in-law Sachin Tendulkar. Writing about the incident of Tendulkar asking the hand of her daughter for marriage, she explained that when he came to her brother’s house, Patel asked everyone to leave her alone with him. She said that she was swayed away from his sweetness when she realised she had to make sure of his intentions.
Mehta said that she thought Sachin Tendulkar was the brightest star in the cricket industry but was afraid of him becoming a playboy like his fellow cricketers. Mehta compared Tendulkar in the 90’s to David Beckham in England. But Sachin Tendulkar assured her that he loved her daughter. Even though Anjali was his first girlfriend, he was sure that she was the one. Annabel Mehta revealed that Sachin Tendulkar and her daughter wanted to run away to Gretna Green as they could not legally marry in India. This was because Tendulkar was just 19 at the time and Anjali also wasn’t even a graduate. But they waited for two years till she completed her post-graduation.
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They decided to keep the relationship a secret and according to Annabel Mehta that wasn’t a task. She wrote that even though Tendulkar was well-known, many people didn’t recognise him coming and going from Anjali’s place. But soon after, Anjali wanted to get married. So Sachin Tendulkar went ahead and asked his parents. Annabel Mehta also revealed that their families were too different from each other yet they made it work. Finally, on April 24, 1994, they got engaged. She wrote that she is proud to be the mother-in-law of a person who is a role model for so many people!
First Published: August 02, 2024 6:50 PM
