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Among the many firsts Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary batter, created in his glorious career was becoming the first overseas signing of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, one of the most prestigious teams in England\u2019s County circuit.<\/p>\nAmong the many firsts Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary batter, created in his glorious career was becoming the first overseas signing of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, one of the most prestigious teams in England\u2019s County circuit.<\/p>\n
The man responsible behind getting Tendulkar to Yorkshire is Solly Adam, a passionate cricketer from Yorkshire. But Adam himself revealed that it was Sunil Gavaskar, the original Little Master, who helped him persuade Tendulkar to sign with Yorkshire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke with Sachin, he was in Australia in 1991 and he told me he had too many commitments to fulfil and couldn\u2019t accept the offer. The next thing I do is I call up Sunil and he tells he will speak with Sachin,\u201d Adam recalled at the book release function of \u201cSolly Adam \u2013 Beyond Boundaries\u201d a biography on Adam\u2019s remarkable life.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoon afterwards, Sachin calls me and told me: \u201cI have had a word with Sunny sir and I will come, Solly\u201d. That\u2019s Sunil Gavaskar for you. I was only the intermediary but the man who actually convinced Sachin to sign for Yorkshire was Sunil.\u201d<\/p>\n
The book was released by Gavaskar and former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar with Adam\u2019s family, friends and a galaxy of cricketers from Mumbai who have been helped by Adam for playing professional cricket over the last five decades in attendance at the Cricket Club of India on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Gavaskar, in his address, referred to Adam as \u201cnot a friend, but Solly and the Adam family is family\u201d. He stressed that selfless individuals like Adam make cricket the game it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am looking forward to reading the book. What he has done for cricketers from India, Pakistan needed to be told. I have always said the game of cricket is very fortunate to have unselfish cricket lovers like Solly,\u201d Gavaskar said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never expected anything back, from anybody. He just wants to give back to the game. The game of cricket is very fortunate to have people as passionate as those who play and want to make contributions to the game that many others would be able. So Solly bhai, thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Vengsarkar narrated a funny incident involving Adam\u2019s first meeting with Miandad while Vijay Mohanjraj, the former Bombay and Hyderabad opening batter, recalled how no one who entered the Adam household will return with an empty stomach. Former Mumbai opener Shishir Hattangadi hosted the function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Among the many firsts Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary batter, created in his glorious career was becoming the first overseas signing of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, one of the most prestigious teams in England\u2019s County circuit. The man responsible behind getting Tendulkar to Yorkshire is Solly Adam, a passionate cricketer from Yorkshire. But Adam himself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n