As Sachin Tendulkar, who turned 52 today, two of the UAE's veteran cricket administrators shared their memories about how they missed an opportunity to face the iconic Indian cricketer. This was September 1989 — a few months before Tendulkar burst on the international scene, famously making his Test debut as a 16-year-old prodigy in Pakistan. But the tales of his magical prowess with the bat were restricted to India’s maidans (grounds), until Mohamed Lokhandwala and Mazhar Khan touched down in Mumbai (then Bombay) with the



