It has been almost 30 years since the marriage of India’s great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar. The love story of Sachin and Anjali is very interesting, both of them first met at Mumbai airport. Their relationship which started with friendship turned into love one day and after dating for 5 years, they got married on May 24, 1995.

Let us tell you, Anjali is 6 years older than Sachin, but both of them always say that age is never a barrier in their relationship. Anjali Tendulkar’s mother Annabelle Mehta recently talked about the time when Sachin asked Anjali for her hand in marriage at the age of just 19.

I had to look him in the eye and ask him- Annabelle Mehta

Anjali’s mother Annabelle Mehta was worried that Sachin Tendulkar might be a playboy like other cricketers, so she had to look Sachin straight in the eye and ask him what he thought about her daughter. According to NDTV, Annabelle Mehta has written in her new memoir ‘My Passage to India.’

I had realised by then that Sachin was the brightest star of Indian cricket, but I was concerned about the possibility of him being a playboy like many of his fellow cricketers. Sachin was like David Beckham in England in the 90s. I had to look him in the eye and ask him how he felt about my daughter.

Sachin Tendulkar immediately responded to Annabelle Mehta’s questions by saying that he wanted to marry her daughter. Anjali’s mother also revealed that she was a bit surprised by the answer of 19-year-old Sachin.

‘We want to get married’ were his exact words. I was stunned, I had always imagined Anjali marrying a tall, dark and handsome man. Sachin was dark and handsome, but even at 19 he was still a boy and so short. Anjali was taller than him, being five and a half feet. Sachin’s bouncy hair might give him another inch, but he was not tall enough for Anjali to wear high heels.