1. Named after legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman by his father.
2. Grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy his idol John McEnroe.Was called McEnroe by his friends. Admires Boris Becker, Pete Sampras and Diego Maradona.
3. Wanted to be a tearing fast bowler and even went to theMRF Pace Academy but head coach Dennis Lillee asked him to concentrate on his batting.
4. Has scored big runs on Indian festivals like Gokulashtmi, RakshaBandhan, Holi and Diwali.
5. Loved to have i-can-eat-more-vada-pavas-than -you competitions with cricket buddies Vinod Kambli and Salil Ankola.
6. A foodie who loves sea food. Co-owns a restaurant.
7. Sydney Cricket ground is his favorite ground.
8. Loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits. Fusses over his personal stereo.
9. A Ganesh devotee, he visits Siddhi Vinayak temple in the early hours of the morning.
10. Wears his left pad first, has the tri-color pasted inside his kit bag.
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