Sachin mania stuns Aussie players

Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs and Darren Lehmann have never witnessed anything like they did here on Sunday. After the game, people from different corners of the ground marched towards the players' enclosure, to try and get a glimpse of birthday boy, Sachin Tendulkar.

Such was the chaos that Tendulkar's family had to stay back in the dressing room just as he was being escorted to the team vehicle. Symonds told MiD DAY: "I have never, ever, seen fans react in this way. I can't believe that a birthday of a cricketer could give so many people joy. It's unbelievable, mate," he said.

Chargers coach Lehmann, who had just finished his post-match media briefing, had to walk past the door of the Mumbai Indians dressing room, en route to the hosts' section. Just then, hundreds of fans were standing outside, trying to get a sight of the little master. Lehmann asked: "Why are all these people standing here?

Don't people have to go home?" "They are here to try and get a glimpse of Tendulkar," he was told. Lehmann replied: "If there was a statue of Tendulkar, there'd be people who could perform their ceremony there."

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