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Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar today turned 45 as countless wishes poured in for the master blaster on social media.
Past and current Indian cricketers took the lead in wishing Tendulkar, who remains as popular as ever after playing his last international match in November 2013.
"Happy Birthday dear @sachin_rt . You are and will always remain an inspiration . It's wonderful to see you contribute towards society with some really good initiatives even after your retirement. Wish you success always," wrote his longtime teammate VVS Laxman.
His opening partner Virender Sehwag wrote: "Many more happy returns of the day to a man who could stop time in India (literally) .Thank you for making the Cricket Bat such a great weapon, which later many like me could also use."
It was not a surprise that #HappyBirthdaySachin was trending on leading social media platform Twitter.
Suresh Raina and Lokesh Rahul too had emotional messages for Tendulkar, the only batsman to score 100 international centuries.
To the man who united a billion Indians and brought a smile to their faces everytime he walked out to bat. A dream that he turned into reality.
Sachin is an emotion.. Sachin is a phenomena!
Happy birthday, Paaji!! @sachin_rt
#HappyBirthdaySachin pic.twitter.com/PRVNVnAFVw
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 24, 2018
Rahul wrote: "The Legend, The God of Cricket - @sachin_rt. You inspire me everyday paaji, Happy Bday to you!"
Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh were also among the many cricketers who wished Tendulkar.
Here are some more tweets:
Wish you a very Happy Birthday @sachin_rt Paaji. ?? You are and will always be the real Master Blaster! ??
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 24, 2018
Happy birthday Sachin sir. May this year be all kinds of wonderful for you. My warmest Regards ??@sachin_rt
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 24, 2018
This was in 2009. One of us has retired since then; the other is untired!
Wishing you many happy returns of the day @sachin_rt ! pic.twitter.com/scRdXazfbn— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 24, 2018
Wish you a very very happy birthday @sachin_rt sir.? pic.twitter.com/NNGCSz80s9
— Sakshi Malik (@SakshiMalik) April 24, 2018
Always held the country’s flag & head high! A life made so meaningful... #HappyBirthdaySachin @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/3CdDFLzWsC
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) April 24, 2018
And here's how the master blaster thanked everyone.
I cannot thank you all enough for sending so much love to me. It really means a lot! Deeply grateful ? pic.twitter.com/zVkPGMZdXf
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 24, 2018