Nagpur: Sachin Tendulkar and his family are on holiday visiting a wildlife sanctuary in eastern Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.
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Accompanied by his wife Anjali and son Arjun, the cricket legend landed at the Nagpur airport on Friday night for a weekend vacation.
Sachin Tendulkar at Nagpur airport. (Photo: PTI)
Anjali Tendulkar makes her way out of Nagpur airport. (Photo: PTI)
Sachin's son Arjun Tendulkar snapped at Nagpur airport. (Photo: PTI)
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Excited about his trip, Tendulkar on Saturday morning posted a photo of him in striped T-shirt, jeans and a hat on his Twitter account and was immediately flooded with thumbs-ups from his fans across the globe.
Soaking in the pleasure of Mother Nature! Spot me in the wilderness & guess where I am
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 20, 2016
Clue:Very much in Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/QuVls4Bj2r
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He also had a bit of banter with South African great Mark Boucher , regarding his wild safari.
@sachin_rt looks great Sach! Come do some rhino work with me in SA! Much needed! Bring @LewisHamilton!
— mark boucher (@markb46) February 20, 2016
Just started with wild at home! SA will take a while. @lewishamilton is still some miles away from club of retired! https://t.co/XbCm5MIKHP
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 20, 2016
Though the guesses ranged from the obvious to the absurd, local officials said he had gone into the Umred-Karhandla wildlife sanctuary near Nagpur and even posed with forest department staffers for a photo.
Sachin Tendulkar posing with forest officials at Umred-Karhandla wildlife sanctuary near Nagpur. (Photo: PTI)
Though Umred-Karhandla is not an officially designated tiger reserve, the big striped cat is known to inhabit the area which has other major tiger sanctuaries.
Last August, Tendulkar was invited to become Maharashtra's Tiger Ambassador and he accepted the proposal by Forests Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.
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According to official figures cited by Mungantiwar, Vidarbha has the potential to become the 'Tiger Capital' of India with its tiger population increasing from 169 in 2006 to 190 in 2014.
India is currently home to 2,226 tigers, shooting up significantly from 1,706 in 2010.
