India, Jan. 30 -- It's one thing to be a promising talent, but a whole other when you get that acclaim from none other than Sachin Tendulkar. The Master Blaster, arguably the greatest batter of all time and the most complete Indian cricketer, sure knows a thing or two about talent when he sees one. After all, he spotted MS Dhoni's captaincy credentials before anyone else and recommended it to the BCCI. After all, he predicted Mitchell Johnson would have a blockbuster Ashes 2013, and boy, oh boy, didn't it turn out to be Johnson's Ashes. And after all, in 2012, he had tipped Virat Kohli to break his record when no one gave the then-youngster a chance.

History books are filled with Tendulkar's greatness, not only with the bat but as a cric...