A few weeks in the past, a five-year-old named SK Shahid turned an web sensation after a video of his batting went viral. The apply video, uploaded by his mother and father, turned out to be a life-changer for the younger Shahid, as he was known as by former India cricketer and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to his Middlesex International Academy to coach for 5 days.
Shahid’s father works in a hair salon and his apply video additionally caught the eye of worldwide media final month, with late Australia legend Shane Warne additionally lauding the kid’s abilities.
A fan account of the cricketing nice shared a video of Shahid coaching at Tendulkar’s academy:
“My son is 5 years outdated. His position mannequin is Sachin Sir and it was his dream to see him. He desires to turn into a cricketer. Simply to see him was his dream, however what Sachin Sir did, even a thanks is much less,” Shahid’s father Shaikh Shamser advised PTI over telephone on Friday.
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“We had uploaded a video of Shahid on our Twitter deal with. This video was tweeted by Fox Cricket, which is an Australian channel.
“The channel tagged Tendulkar, former England captain Michael Vaughan and the late Shane Warne. We really feel that Tendulkar noticed this video after which a member of his workforce acquired in contact with us,” recalled Shaikh.
Tendulkar took care of all of the bills throughout Shahid and his household’s go to to Mumbai and organized for his or her keep at a guest-house.
Shahid’s father needed his son to get some skilled coaching and Tendulkar fulfilled that want too.
“He took us to the academy the place Shahid educated for 5 days together with different actions together with swimming. Now we have additionally been given a routine and a schedule, which we comply with at dwelling,” Shaikh mentioned.
So what precisely did the grasp blaster inform Shahid?
“He gave recommendation on which balls to be performed on the back-foot, which balls to play on the front-foot, he confirmed that. Additionally they confirmed how catches are taken and after that, how the bat and grip is held,” Shaikh recalled.
“They confirmed us every part. They even mentioned that the boy has pure expertise and he would go far. This all occurred lately,” his father added referring to the journey to Mumbai final month.