India, March 6 -- The easiest way to travel is to watch Sachin Tendulkar bat. Don't believe us? Ask Shane Watson. All it took was one Tendulkar straight drive for Watson, the former Australia all-rounder and the current skipper of the Australia Masters team, to go back 15 years. A packed BCA Stadium in Vadodara was treated to a vintage Tendulkar masterclass as the batting legend turned back the clock with a remarkable display during a high-scoring International Masters League (IML) 2025 game between India Masters and Australia Masters.

Despite skipper Shane Watson (110*) and Ben Dunk (132*) smashing unbeaten centuries to help Australia Masters register a 95-run victory, it was Tendulkar's fluent strokeplay -featuring some of his signatur...