Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has made his singing debut at one of India's biggest reality singing talent show-Indian Idol 9, launching his first album- Cricket Wali Beat.
The Master Blaster collaborated with Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam for the album, releasing it on Sunday night during the grand finale of the reality show.
Having played international cricket for close to a quarter of a century, the iconic Indian batsman surprised one and all with his singing ability, earning accolades from Sonu who says Sachin was very good at the microphone.
“I am glad to be part of Sachin’s new innings. The song that he has sung with me is called ‘Cricket waali beat’. I was very surprised to see the way he was pitching right. That’s why I believe that when God blesses someone with genius, it spills in other faculties too,” Sonu Nigam told IANS.
“He is a very good singer. We did not use pitch corrector on his voice as he was singing in the right tone and despite being the shy person that he is, he got extremely comfortable the moment. It kind of increased the fun quotient while we were shooting the video.”
The lyrics ‘Nacho Nacho Sare Cricket Waali Beat Pe’ (dance to the beat of cricket) are jazzy with upbeat music and go 'Gend aayi, bala ghuma, mara chaka, Sachin, Sachin… nacho nacho sab cricket wali beat pe."
It's evident from the lyrics of his first song that Sachin may have retired from international cricket but it still is in his heart.
The former Indian captain made his international cricket debut in 1989 at the age of fifteen and played six cricket world cup tournaments. He is the highest run scorer in both One-Day internationals and Test cricket and the only cricketer to score more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.
